If you live near or attend a large university, the real struggle meal is just food from free events on campus.
When I was a grad student I’d show up to every event on campus where I knew there’d be food and fill up a Tupperware or two. Didn’t matter if it was connected to my department or not.
I teach philosophy for a living these days.
I’d probably keep doing that, but less of it.
I’d also do a lot of writing.
Make your a salami sandwich with the following steps.
People look at me sideways for using hummus as a sandwich spread, but it’s delicious.
Academia, USA.
You’re getting the exact same quality of education for introductory classes at a community college, state school, and private school.
I know because I teach the same suite of classes at all 3 as an adjunct. Same book, same syllabus, same schedule, same assignments. The only difference is the price tag, and I’m hardly alone in that.
Actually, scratch that. You’re getting a better education at the community college because the people in charge there bother to remember that I exist and treat me as an equal.
You gotta block the bots that post news stories to communities named after the publication.
Really clears up the feed.
I’m absolutely convinced that there’s a certain threshold of money/power/privilege that just destroys a person’s humanity.
Stereotypes ain’t cool, dawg.
I don’t recall saying that “everyone on the planet” should or could adopt any kind of belief.
Pacifism isn’t aimed at victory.
I think it’s fair to say that, for a person to be consistent in their pacifism, they probably also need to adopt:
Or some combination of the two, as was the case for the Diggers.
Pacifism.
The overwhelming majority of people, no matter where they sit in terms of culture, religion, and politics, see total nonviolence as a naive position.
But it’s among my most deeply held beliefs.
I left Reddit because the algorithm really wanted me to be angry and afraid.
The world is a shitty enough place. I don’t need the advertisers stressing me out even more.
We have to remember that the people making these decisions have no idea what life is like for a poor person. The kinds of payments that would ruin my life and yours are nothing to them.
So, they think we have the ability to afford these payments because they’re damned fools. They don’t expect mass defaults.
I think they’re wrong about that.
Trump will die and a new religious movement declaring him to be divine will gain a significant foothold among people who call themselves Christians in the US.
Hi there. I teach World Religions (and other philosophy classes), so this is my area of expertise.
Some religious traditions are more open to being practiced along side other traditions, while some have beliefs that demand exclusivity.
In Hinduism, for example, there are millions of gods… all of which are a part of the Supreme God. This logic can, and has, been extended to the gods of other religions.
Likewise, some religions pair together quite nicely, like Buddhism and Shinto or Taoism and Confucianism.
There are also ways in which some religions might have some common ground. You can apply some Buddhist ideas within your Christianity, depending on what those Buddhist ideas are. On this, see Thomas Merton’s work on Zen, or DT Suzuki’s work on Christianity.
As to practicing multiple faiths being a sign of maturity… I think it’s more that friendliness to ideas outside your comfort zone is the mark of maturity here. This can include atheism too. Someone who genuinely wants to understand other perspectives is going to walk away with at least a few ideas they can affirm.
Parts of the American South are getting close, but are holding on as long as their power grids do.
That said, a good chunk of Texas won’t remain that way forever.
Hey. Thank you for sharing this.
Websites like this are the good part of the internet.
That’s true. My cynicism is pretty personal. I’ve worked for a corrupt nonprofit in the past.
I suppose I still don’t trust the not-for-profit outlets either. Non-profit status, at least in the US, is a matter of taxes rather than one of morals.
And, yes, I do end up relying on people around me to hear about things for the first time, but I can and do look into things further from there.
There are pros and cons for this, of course, but I feel a lot calmer without the constant stream of doom in my life.
I have all major news sources and US politics tags blocked on Mastodon. I also continually block subs focused on US news here on Lemmy.
Frankly, I don’t trust news media or any kind. The purpose of those publications is to make sure they’re distributed as widely as possible to sell ads. So I don’t look at them unless I have to.
I do, however, follow some local chatter for my city, as the relevant news is there.
Personally I feel I manage to still stay informed, since anything of real importance will break through my block list anyway.
Youthful rebellion transcends technology.
Is there much difference between this and, say, using a pen to drill a hole in your desk?