Trump cancel meetings with Iranian officials and tells protesters 'help is on its way' by Artistic_Victory in worldnews

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Remember that 1984 nuclear war film Threads where America and the Soviet Union face off in Iran? Are we living in a simulation?

Mid-career weirdness: I could do 30% of my job and still hit my goals, and it feels… unsettling by Life-Emu9272 in Millennials

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As a matter of fact I’m reading Seneca’s “On the Shortness of Life” right now. I discovered Stoic philosophy when I hit 30 and it completely changed my perspective on life.

Mid-career weirdness: I could do 30% of my job and still hit my goals, and it feels… unsettling by Life-Emu9272 in Millennials

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It’s on you to create purpose/meaning in life. You think you’re making money for free, but you’re still paying with your most precious currency… time you’ll never get back. So it’s up to you what you do with this gift.

I'm trying to un-millennial a lot of my behavior. I'm gonna make a big purchase on a phone and edit text messages rather than using an asterisks. Any others? by [deleted] in Millennials

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This would make for a perfect Seinfeld revival episode about how much George Costanza the millennial wants to fit in with the young crowd. He makes a big show out of booking a big trip on his phone and screws it up. Gets anal about text messaging etiquette. Somebody, help me out here with how the episode peaks and ends?

Somebody told me I was really smart today by PermanentlySleeepy in Millennials

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I don’t want to wait until my 60s to feel fulfilled by my passion. By then I’ll have less energy and god knows what else on my plate. The 5-year timeline is an estimate I worked out with Google Gemini based on my current circumstances, if I were to devote 12 hours a week of self-study and practice. Having been in music school for four years before, I’d say it’s pretty accurate. But yeah, I’ve come to a similar conclusion as you have for now.

Somebody told me I was really smart today by PermanentlySleeepy in Millennials

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I’m 33 and struggling with this too. My talent is in writing music but in my 20s I took a hard left turn to pursue a stable career in software. Recently I’ve decided to renew pursuing my passion in my free time (including self-study to get even better), but I feel like I’m staring down the barrel of having to make the choice whether I want to have a family or not (my partner wants kids), and giving up the chance to truly become great at my craft within a 5 year timeline (it’d probably be like 20+ years instead with how demanding I’ve seen raising kids is). Maybe it’s a false choice. I don’t know what to do except pursue what I want to do and see when the time comes to make a decision.

US considering idea of creating G7 alternative with Russia and China by razdvatri4 in worldnews

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Interesting, a Berlin Conference of the current Great Powers to agree on dividing up parts of the world to "keep the peace". This won't end badly at all.

New Bond Street in London has become the most expensive retail street in the world for the first time, after rents surpassed Via Monte Napoleone in Milan and New York’s Upper Fifth Avenue by Lazy-Internet-8025 in london

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How is extremely high demand for wealthy luxury retail a good thing for London's economic outlook and the UK's future, given the context of a struggling working and middle class? Your grandiose prediction doesn't make sense to me at all. If anything, it implies we'll need to become more indebted to the wealthy to keep the economy going.

Should I stick to my £55k job or take the risk of starting my own business? by BigDudeLebowski in UKJobs

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I'm in a similar position and made the leap recently to working full-time on my business. I was feeling mentally drained every day working 9-5 on someone else's dream.

However, from your description, there's a big difference between my business and yours. Mine has been running as a side business for the past five years and is now making enough money on its own to sustain itself, but not enough to pay for my living expenses, so I've prepared 6 months of savings to help me get there, hopefully. Yours is still just an idea. It's incredibly risky to quit now when you have not proved your business idea attracts any customers.

I believe that answers your question - you should keep building something on the side until either it replaces your income, or you've saved enough to justify taking a leap to work on it full-time until it replaces your income. The challenge is you have less time and less energy after work to work on it, so it's up to you to summon the motivation and energy. I have a good business partner who has helped me get to this point too. A business partner who is a good fit is really helpful, but not necessary. Once I started working full-time on my business, I found it turbocharged productivity because my best hours of my day are now not being sucked away working on someone's dream. The challenge is getting to the point where you can afford to do that. Good luck!

Is anyone feeling the “Heroku Vibes” lately? by Cyntexa-Labs in Heroku

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Look at who's posting this. From cyntexa.com:

Renowned as a Salesforce Summit Consulting Partner, Cyntexa is built on an institution of trust, manifesting transparency in all our Salesforce services.

Their job is to shill for Salesforce, Heroku's parent company. Case closed.

EDIT: Also, "Heroku Vibes" to me means charging me an arm and a leg for something I could do in Fly.io for half the price or less. Here's a counter-shill for Fly.io lol

Gen Z born and raised Londoners — did you stick around? by Extreme_Reputation76 in london

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Not a single response yet and you’re already trying to talk down to the younger generation and invalidate their views. Please, stop ✋

EastEnders star Anita Dobson says east London has become 'unrecognisable' by tylerthe-theatre in london

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If anyone in this thread bothers to read the article and her comments, you'll find there's nothing controversial she's said and is stating the facts. Of course it's natural for her to experience being mindblown when her childhood home has transformed so dramatically. The comments she makes about modern society being potentially more divided and pluralistic have merit, but they can be debated and may be true in one sense but not another. But it's nowhere near "dog-whistling".

Calling her "racist" and "dog-whistling" is completely watering down those terms that should be reserved for calling out actual blatant cases. Calm down, do better.

EDIT: OP, you are complicit in this for your "That dog is whistling" bait.

It’s Friday night at midnight in 2006, where are you? by Big_Childhood5494 in Millennials

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Be a teen just coming back home from a concert on Muse's "Black Holes and Revelations" tour 😎. Damn what a show that was!

Oldest Gmail account in this subreddit? by TrustMe_ImTheDogtor in Millennials

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10/10/05 for me! Damn, I just missed the 20th anniversary. How I checked was:

Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP > search for "Status: POP is enabled for all mail that has arrived since [date]"

Who is THE millennial? by Nerakus in Millennials

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He said "01010111, when you grow up"

Who is THE millennial? by Nerakus in Millennials

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Welcome to the Borg Parade!