As satire its hilarious! That’s why i don’t check author sources.

I hate how “think of the economy” comes before “think about the starving people”

Big Math comes knocking: “you mean Big Physics?”

Wow, you have incredible faith in a laptop camera! On my phone the moon is often castello recognizable…

But then, you can download a sky map and figure stuff out on your own then? How precise can that be?

Keeping the floor dusted removes overall dust everywhere

You are insane and I like that!

I had one like that, it’s so dumb it had to go at random and often loses the way back home. I assume they still exist. The technology has definitely improved and you can jail break most of them. Last I brought was a little spy bot, honestly, but with some attention you can either overwrite the software (and keep the physical improvements) or block it from accessing the internet. [details figures out by my partner]

I had that for a bit and disliked how it “encouraged” me to be mentally lazy and end up passing by the supermarket at least once a day

Since that’s something you care about, I will offer an out of topic advice: robot vacuums (in general: vacuuming a lot) decreases the amount of dusting you end up doing.

Yeah, it feels like societally we are veering towards a more scarred and controlling society

The left hand of the darkness was such a revelation for me! I think I might have read out in two sittings.

I also didn’t know LeGuin at the time and picked the book up because it was one of only two books in English at a second hand shop. The other was “This is Water” by Wallace. Didn’t know him either, loved that book too.

I’m stuck on the fourth book of the Dark Tower series.

[mild spoilers] tension is rising and some foreshadowing let you imagine shit it’s not going to end well. And I can’t read it…

I’m worried of seeing climate change half the way down the list…

But you are not Amazon. By this I mean that Amazon is not going to stop at old as-of-yet untranslated books. It will try to monetize it as hard as possible. And the next “Harry Potter” or “Dune” could be machine translated, losing a lot of subtext and dumbing down to the minimum any work of literature.

There are indeed so many ancient texts only available in their original language. So much “medicine” from the renaissance that’s waiting as a hidden jewel. A first rough translation could be a first step towards detecting new elements as of yet hidden. So many positive uses, none that Amazon will pursue.

I thought we only send a handful of pictures! Never knew they were so many. Amazing!

I will add my own story. Woman, in STEM, I mostly don’t care about what I wear, but sometimes I want to rock it just because. Put on make up, do my nails, wear a skirt. I kept that out of the office until I moved to a department with a flourishing gay community. If they can wear nail polish and skirts, so can I! I’m still usually the only woman in any given room, but maybe not the only one with fancy nails.

As a counterpoint, for a while I was the fanciest dressing person of the department because none of my T-shirts had holes 😒 also got told, jokingly, to not overdo it the one time I wore a shirt.

Would you go in a field in which everyone wears short shorts and you get stared at if you don’t?

Would you “not mind” if your company dress code (for a well paired white collar job) is pink shirt with orange blazer?

Make it absurd and flip it to yourself. Suddenly, you want to wear “normal clothes” but you stick out like a sore thumb if you do. Would you feel comfortable? Day in, day out?

When I was a kid, we always had dinner together. During dinner, there would be lots of conversations, not only about how school/the day went but about politics and ethics. My father was really good at talking about “adult stuff” in a kid compatibile way. Then my sibling and I started growing up and bringing our own conversation topics to the table.

My father died a while ago, and for a bit my relationship with my mother was a bit tense (anti-vaxer VS scientist). We silently decided to bury the hatchet and not talk about that topic. Our relationship had been improving ever since. I honestly deeply enjoy every evening in which the three of us can keep chatting into the night. Both me and my sibling moved away, so they happen rarely and are all the more cherished.

When I spoon my partner, we match hips and my face is somewhere between their shoulder blades

I have a rotation of hobbies. Usually stick with one between 3 months and a couple of years, before going back to another one I used to do. Sometimes, rarely, I add a new one, or try something out for a bit. I’d say I have 1-2 active hobbies and some 4-5 in cold storage.