on LPT: Stop engaging with online content that makes you angry! The algorithms are keeping you angry, turning you into a zealot, and you aren't actually informed! · c/lifeprotips · 3 pts · 3yI think it’s a global phenomenon. Part of it might be feeling the need to be angry on behalf of other people or causes - rather than about something you have directly experienced. Lots of psychology to unpack.
on Can you suggest me books in the style of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams? · c/books · 3 pts · 3yHaven’t read the Myth Adventures - will go and have a look now! Underrated author.
on Can you suggest me books in the style of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams? · c/books · 5 pts · 3yPhule’s series might tickle your fancy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/505064.Phule_s_Company
on LPT: Stop engaging with online content that makes you angry! The algorithms are keeping you angry, turning you into a zealot, and you aren't actually informed! · c/lifeprotips · 23 pts · 3yArguing with people online is a very tempting rage trap. Good tip.
on what book or books have you read that were so good that you didn’t want to put it down? · c/books · 2 pts · 3yYes another great book that seems so bizarre when you read the summary but is just so well written and believable!
on what book or books have you read that were so good that you didn’t want to put it down? · c/books · 2 pts · 3yIt’s so intricate and intimate - I just disappeared into the book and isn’t that what we need sometimes?
on what book or books have you read that were so good that you didn’t want to put it down? · c/books · 4 pts · 3yImajica by Clive Barker.
on What's your favorite memory from the early internet? · c/asklemmy · 4 pts · 3yPhoenix - before it became Firefox. IRC and then early days of IM. Zork. The Pawn. The 56k modem sound. Compuserve nodes. Lots of great memories.
I think it’s a global phenomenon. Part of it might be feeling the need to be angry on behalf of other people or causes - rather than about something you have directly experienced. Lots of psychology to unpack.
Haven’t read the Myth Adventures - will go and have a look now! Underrated author.
Phule’s series might tickle your fancy:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/505064.Phule_s_Company
Arguing with people online is a very tempting rage trap. Good tip.
Yes another great book that seems so bizarre when you read the summary but is just so well written and believable!
It’s so intricate and intimate - I just disappeared into the book and isn’t that what we need sometimes?
Imajica by Clive Barker.
Phoenix - before it became Firefox. IRC and then early days of IM. Zork. The Pawn. The 56k modem sound. Compuserve nodes. Lots of great memories.