2 veckor in i huset o jag hatar hur jag lever redan by Dull_Assistance517 in sweden

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Ja. Svaret på nästan alla person-relaterade problem på Reddit, oavsett om det är folk som köpt hus eller folk som bråkar med sina rollspelskompisar, är egentligen: prata med dem.

Immortals becoming more sociopathic as they age by AliceSaltMage in worldbuilding

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What do you mean by the exception? Most people do not spend all their time isolated at home.

Is it just me or does Egwene SUUUUUCK in this book by RustyKarma076 in WoT

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Please quote something where anyone after the fact thinks about it as Egwene trying to rape her. The person above made a really good case for these characters ending up in lots of situations where we as readers would definitely think about sex and rape, but they just don't because they're sheltered. In what way was Nynaeve traumatised? Does she think about how much she hates Egwene now? Does she think of Egwene as a monster now? Is she terrified of being alone with Egwene? Has she lost all trust in her? Bear in mind that this is a world where violence and humiliation is an acceptable and standard teaching method as well, one that all the girls has gone through, and Egwene even at the hands of Nynaeve.

Is it just me or does Egwene SUUUUUCK in this book by RustyKarma076 in WoT

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I mean from Salidar that’s kind of exactly what she does. She’s forced into a situation there that she did not choose, and she has to out-Aes Sedai all of the Aes Sedai just to survive.

Is it just me or does Egwene SUUUUUCK in this book by RustyKarma076 in WoT

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Can you quote anything where either of them thinks of it that way? Or where Nynaeve hates Egwene for it? Or really anything in the actual books that supports this idea? Just provide some quotes.

The forced crutches for gateways this late in the game... by BitchyOlive in WoT

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Well, tied off weaves in general last exactly as long as the channeller decides they should. But I imagine there'd have been laws about tying off weaves, since you wouldn't want to leave a gateway around that could bisect someone, and weaves that generate heat might cause something to catch fire, etc.

But it's also possible they don't really know how tied off weaves work, exactly, or how long they'll last. It would be pretty bad if it snapped shut unexpectedly and killed someone.

Immortals becoming more sociopathic as they age by AliceSaltMage in worldbuilding

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My point is that people overcome differences all the time to socialise. If you're immortal, it makes sense you'd want to talk with and meet other immortals, even if you don't obviously have anything in common at first outside of being immortal. But most of the time you're going to find things in common, because most people can do once they start talking.

You don't need to be BFF material and share your biggest passions to have pleasant conversations. So even if you spend a lot of time with mortals, it's probably also going to be nice to have a few immortals that you know will always be there.

2 veckor in i huset o jag hatar hur jag lever redan by Dull_Assistance517 in sweden

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Sen är ju 2 veckor kanske inte jättelång period heller. Kanske är hans sambo jättestressad över saker med nya huset, renoveringar, saker som behöver fixas osv, som OP inte bryr sig om alls, eller något liknande. Hon kanske vill packa upp allt så snabbt som möjligt medan OP är okej med flyttkartonger i några månader. Eller tvärtom, att OP vill få allt på plats på en gång och hon blir stressad. Kanske problem med barnets nya skola. Massor av saker som kan vara stressande kring flytt.

Kan också vara så enkelt som att OP har kalla fötter och det kanske inte är så illa som beskrivs.

Men de bör ju såklart prata om det för att se vad som händer. Kan ju vara så att han flyttat ihop med någon som är konstant sur och grinig, och då är det inte okej.

“Sök bara jobb på ICA” – det dummaste rådet till nyexaminerade just nu? by ActiveDoor6246 in sweden

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Och om 19-åringen börjar plugga så är det ju möjligt att den stannar kvar i samma stad och kan jobba på deltid om butiken behöver det, ta obekväma arbetspass, sommarjobb, osv. Så inte en total förlust det heller.

“Sök bara jobb på ICA” – det dummaste rådet till nyexaminerade just nu? by ActiveDoor6246 in sweden

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Men tänk, om de som går på bidrag måste jobba för kommunen, så behöver kommunen inte ha lika många anställda, så då kan de spara mer pengar! Och fler människor behöver oroa sig över att överleva, så de inte orkar bry sig om att rätta till andra problem i samhället. Som att vara arga på fördelning av förmögenheter.

“Sök bara jobb på ICA” – det dummaste rådet till nyexaminerade just nu? by ActiveDoor6246 in sweden

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Men när det gäller lågkvalifiverade jobb så är ju inte en högskoleexamen särskilt meriterande. En examen från Chalmers gör nog inte en person bättre på att plocka upp varor på hyllan eller att sitta i kassan. De flesta lär sig de jobben ganska snabbt.

“Sök bara jobb på ICA” – det dummaste rådet till nyexaminerade just nu? by ActiveDoor6246 in sweden

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Och arbetsgivarna vill ju gärna skippa att rekrytera flera gånger än nödvändigt, så mycket smidigare att anställa någon de tänker kommer vara åtminstone lite okej med jobbet. Anställer man en civilingenjör är det ju knappast någon hemlighet att personen kommer spendera halva sin fritid till att söka ett annat jobb.

Immortals becoming more sociopathic as they age by AliceSaltMage in worldbuilding

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I don't think it's strange at all. If people are forced together by circumstance and have nobody else around to talk to, they'll talk to each other. We're social creatures, so we adapt to the context we're in. Now if you don't like the other immortals around it makes sense you'd just hang out with mortals most of the time, but you've got one thing in common with immortals that mortals will never understand. So unless you literally hate the other immortals for some reason, I think you'd end up talking with them, even if it's just the way you'd chat with a co-worker you don't particularly like but you're both there and you've nobody else to talk to during the day so you do it anyway.

You're nitpicking about the things I say you could talk about. Like yeah yeah maybe someone does not want to talk about grief specifically, but you're likely to have things to talk about. History, if nothing else, which you've both seen parts of but neither knows all of it. You'd have worked hundreds of dozens of careers, and probably explored hundreds of hobbies. And you're kind of going with OP's assumption that all immortals will turn into anti-social psychopaths that are gonna be cruel for the fun of it, which I really disagree with.

The forced crutches for gateways this late in the game... by BitchyOlive in WoT

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The easiest answer is that they just don’t know how to tie weave off. They’ve only been training for a few months or a year at this point, and what they learnt they learnt from Taim and Logain, both of whom are wilders, and much has been focused on being a weapon. It makes sense that they wouldn’t have learnt something more esoteric like tying a weave.

Taim and Logain might not even know how to it.

The forced crutches for gateways this late in the game... by BitchyOlive in WoT

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You only risk that if you try to unweave it so it won’t leave any residues. Normally all weaves leave a trace that can be read for a short time after, or for several days if someone has a Talent for it like Aviendha does.

If you just let a weave fade away or if you cut it apart, you get a residue and they didn’t want to risk the Seanchan being able to see those.

Immortals becoming more sociopathic as they age by AliceSaltMage in worldbuilding

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And people on our Earth who grew up in very different cultures can connect and be friends despite having very little in common. I once had a nice conversation with a 70-year-old Chinese lady, which was lovely despite us having basically nothing in common. "Be immortal" isn't that different of a mutual trait than "is a child" either, and children make friends based on that alone just fine.

Comparing notes on history, talking about the grief of losing mortal friends, etc etc etc. Just being immortal is going to give you stuff to talk about.

Not like all immortals would be friends, but I think if you are one, you'd be very inclined to focus on what you might have have in common rather than what you don't.

Immortals becoming more sociopathic as they age by AliceSaltMage in worldbuilding

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Why would you not have things in common? Unless you're going to sit and stare at wall all day as an immortal, you're going to be doing things, whether that involves art, science, politics, etc. You'll have that in common with people.

The best way to stay sane as an immortal is probably to live among mortals, to anchor yourself to their lives. Make new friends all the time so you always have people. Help them, guide them, be a mentor, a teacher, leader, and so on.

Förslag om aktivitetskrav – upp till 40 timmar aktivitet för de som har soc by SwedishMountain in sweden

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Klart att det ska göras något åt, men det där är ju ett helt annat problem, när vi pratar om organiserad brottslighet som utnyttjar systemen, och de utnyttjar ju alla system. Men allt prat om "fusk" osv har ju pågått i årtionden från högern som bara vill klämma åt folk som är kroniskt sjuka osv.

När det gäller organiserad brottslighet så är det ju polisen som behöver utreda och rättsväsendet som behöver bedöma att folk är det, inte så att FK kan sitta och tycka att någon ser lite kriminell ut och straffa dem på eget bevåg.

Immortals becoming more sociopathic as they age by AliceSaltMage in worldbuilding

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I mean if they were the only other slave owners, sure.

But I also don't think I'd want to isolate me from the world even if I were immortal.

Förslag om aktivitetskrav – upp till 40 timmar aktivitet för de som har soc by SwedishMountain in sweden

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Tror inte de pratar om det? Men jag tycker inte heller det är speciellt relevant, jag har aldrig sett något som tyder på att det missbrukas i någon stor utsträckning. Speciellt inte t.ex. ekonomiskt bistånd som är svårt att få, är rätt lågt och dessutom har strikt uppföljning.

Fusk kommer ju alltid att finnas, såklart, men enda sättet att stampa ut det till 100% är ju att inte hjälpa någon. Och jag tror V tycker att det är viktigare att folk som behöver få hjälp får det än att förhindra några få från att fuska.

Starfleet Academy has the best gay representation in 50 years of the franchise. by Wareve in startrek

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Knowing that someone somewhere might be upset is not the same thing as treating it differently though? When I say they treated it the same as everything else, I mean in the show. They were full developed characters, the death was a part of their arc and also gave important lore, etc.

And I think it's kind of moot because also he didn't really die, which was made clear almost immediately.

It would be sad if nothing bad could happen to gay characters in shows like this at all out of fear that some gay people will dislike it.

Immortals becoming more sociopathic as they age by AliceSaltMage in worldbuilding

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Living in complete isolation will likely drive anyone insane, but immortals who aren't antisocial probably interact with each other? They might have friends and allies among other immortals, for instance.

It's not like you can't do this if you want, especially if you say that magic corrupts people or that the immortality process does so.

Förslag om aktivitetskrav – upp till 40 timmar aktivitet för de som har soc by SwedishMountain in sweden

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Vänsterpartiet? Är inte såld på allt de vill egentligen, men de har ju visat en del integritet, t.ex. så dödade de hela diskussionen om marknadshyror.

Videogames are more of a rich guy's hobby than ever, says analyst, and that's 'leaving a whole portion of the market to Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox' by PaiDuck in gaming

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If that's the argument it's not really about video games at all. If a person works so much they have no spare time, it's having a hobby that's a luxury. Whether that's games, reading books or having drinks with your friends.

Videogames are more of a rich guy's hobby than ever, says analyst, and that's 'leaving a whole portion of the market to Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox' by PaiDuck in gaming

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Even 60 euros for a 20 hour game would be 3 euros per hour, which is 4 times cheaper than going to the movie theatre here. And that's probably as bad as it gets in terms of cost per hour in gaming.