All food is like that to me. I only cook because otherwise I’d die of starvation. I eat to live - food has always just been fuel for me. I don’t want to put any more effort into cooking than what is absolutely necessary. If money was not an issue, then personal chef would be the first person I’d hire. Hell, if it was possible I’d hire someone to eat it for me too.

Yle which is Finland’s equivalent of the BBC. I obviously use the Finnish version of the site, though which covers a lot more than the English version.

More than few of these rage-inducing events are people saying they or someone else is going to do something that never ends up happening and tens of millions of people got angry literally over nothing. A quite significant portion of today’s “news” are pure speculation.

I follow a single news source which doesn’t just focus on US politics. They only write about it when there’s actually something to write about. Other than that, I take active steps to block it everywhere else. On Lemmy I stay out of political communities and I have set content filters to cover everything from Trump to measles and I keep adding new ones every day. In today’s world the only way to consume anything even remotely resembling an “optimal” amount of news is by avoiding them. People who have never tried this get the feeling of FOMO and think that they’re going to then be ignorant then but the truth is that you simply cannot insulate yourself from world news unless you go live alone in a forest. When something major happens you will hear about it. Anyone consuming an unfiltered Lemmy feed because they feel the responsibility to “stay informed” are just masochists doing self-harm.

Only if you don’t then post about it on social media

I know a few trails that I’d like to add to Open Street Maps because they’re not included but I don’t know how to do it. Can anyone do it or do I need to be verified in some way first?

I’d say that confessing a good deed anonymously online barely violates the intent of intoku. You don’t really get any credit for it because nobody will remember.

Eh, not really. Maybe it would be different if I had a big client that I was dependent on but when working for private individuals they’re not really in the position to boss me around. I can quite easily just refuse the work and leave if they start making demands we originally didn’t agree to.

I doubt that a truly selfless act of charity exists. Even if you’re just giving money away anonymously you’re still probably feeling good about it and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. That’s not really what my question was about.

In my case, a lot of it comes from my mountain biking hobby. I like doing unauthorized trail maintenance - sawing fallen trees off the path, laying logs over streams and mud pits so I (and others) can cross with dry feet. In winter, I sometimes ride the same trail back and forth multiple times so my fatbike tires can flatten the snow, which then freezes overnight into a perfect surface for dog walkers to walk on.

In my job, I occasionally spend my own time improving something beyond what the customer is paying me for.

At my gym, I always fill the water bucket in the sauna for the next person.

Once I also bought the supplies and fixed a hole in a fence that’s meant to keep moose and deer from walking onto the highway.

Being my own boss is the greatest benefit of them all but sure comes with its downsides too.

It’s more about what I don’t buy - which is a lot. For most of my adult life, I’ve lived well below my means and invested everything I’ve saved. Most people don’t save at all, let alone invest.

My cousin, for example, goes on expensive vacations like the ones you described several times a year. They also drive a nice new BMW. Yet when I recently quoted them €500 for some renovation work, they asked if they could split the payment over a few months because they couldn’t come up with the money all at once.

Suffice it to say, I don’t see vacations as a sign of wealth.

I don’t think you can tell without looking into their finances. For some, a big house and a couple of new cars signal wealth, but to me, they’re more likely signs of debt and poor financial judgment.

Personally, I live in a small, 75-year-old house, drive a 17-year-old pickup truck, and walk around in old clothes that were never in fashion to begin with. Yet I know for certain that my financial situation is far better than that of the average person in my country. You’d never be able to gauge my true wealth from my appearance or spending habits.

Alright, well in that case let’s just keep doing the same thing and hope for a different outcome.

Republicans have been psychopaths for decades

Generalizing there a bit?

I don’t think this is so much about what the country currently is but rather what is seems like the left is trying to make it become. That’s what made them lose the elections and will continue to do so untill the rethoric coming from the left becomes more moderate.

As certain unpopular person once said: “Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world”

I might not agree with the perfect part but in general I think that it’s a good advice. Who am I to tell other people how to live their lives when I don’t even know how to live mine.

That’s quite a broad generalization even if just talking about US cops.

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