fight, flight, freeze and FAWN are reactions to trauma / abuse. If a parent is abusing a child, children don't really have any other immediate option other than to fawn. They don't know to call the police, they can't fight back or run away.
A few years ago I felt kinda lame whenever I had to "make a wish" blowing out birthday candles or whatnot and the only thing I could think of under pressure was "world peace"....
Remember in Futurama when Fry finally goes online in the future and get attacked by ads. Or similar in Altered Carbon with whatever that contact-lens-AR thing was and the character spins out.
The UK just decided they're not in Europe. The rest of Europe has better PT than the UK. In the UK it was cheaper to hire a van and drive to Exeter than to catch the train, absolutely ridiculous.
New here. Migrated from Reddit. Still trying to figure out Lemmy - what's everyone's experiences like coming from Reddit and does Lemmy serve as a good alternative? Pros and cons/differences?...
I too have recently been perma-banned from reddit for nonsense. I still browse it with my banned account, I just don't comment. They're going to chase away heaps of people. I made a new account under a vpn to help someone and the account got shadowbanned. I think reddit is trying to become some corporate-safe-space where business can fake market directly to reddit users.
A highway camera photo shows traffic in FortMcMurray jammed in the southbound lane of Highway 63 on the north side of the Athabasca River. The image was captured at 3:11 p.m. MT, about an hour after an evacuation order was issued for four neighbourhoods. (511 Alberta)...
I'd cycle and camp. I reckon I could cover 50-100km a day on a bike, possibly more if motivated by emergency. 20km city riding takes me an hour usually.
Chinese police hunting international corruption targets were allowed into Australia by the federal police and subsequently escorted a woman back to China for trial, in a major breach of Chinese-Australian police protocols....
I use mint because I only have one. It's simple and does everything I want. I don't need complicated linux, I need a web browser and a NAS VLC terminal.
New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion ( medium.com )
When a parent or guardian we trust beats or causes serious violence upon us: how and why do we "love" them going forward?
I should clarify about the love part....
Looking for new Site Admins ( forms.gle )
Hey everyone,...
What's your "back pocket" wish?
A few years ago I felt kinda lame whenever I had to "make a wish" blowing out birthday candles or whatnot and the only thing I could think of under pressure was "world peace"....
Microsoft addresses Windows Recall backlash, promises to fix security issues and make it opt-in ( www.windowscentral.com )
Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good ( arstechnica.com )
Seriously, why aren't most people using adblock these days ( lemmy.world )
OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts ( www.theverge.com )
Maine Cybertruck Owner Sad Everyone Hates His Truck ( jalopnik.com )
Detroit just had it's first population growth in 66 years. Huzzah!
Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israel ( www.bbc.com )
Is Lemmy a good alternative?
New here. Migrated from Reddit. Still trying to figure out Lemmy - what's everyone's experiences like coming from Reddit and does Lemmy serve as a good alternative? Pros and cons/differences?...
Evacuations with cars are a bottleneck ( lemmy.world )
A highway camera photo shows traffic in FortMcMurray jammed in the southbound lane of Highway 63 on the north side of the Athabasca River. The image was captured at 3:11 p.m. MT, about an hour after an evacuation order was issued for four neighbourhoods. (511 Alberta)...
Chinese police were allowed into Australia to speak with a woman. They breached protocol and escorted her back to China ( www.abc.net.au )
Chinese police hunting international corruption targets were allowed into Australia by the federal police and subsequently escorted a woman back to China for trial, in a major breach of Chinese-Australian police protocols....
Mexico heat wave melts temperature records in 10 cities, including Mexico City ( www.nbcnews.com )
In San Luis Potosí at least four people died due to heat stroke and six more deaths are under investigation, according to local health services....
Using Ubuntu may give off hipster vibes to the average PC user, but within the Linux community its has the opposite effect.
hot take?...