I like this sentiment. Hope is also very important in my life. In my darkest times, there was always hope to cling to. It wasn’t always realistic and most of it has failed. Some have succeeded though and I am in a much better place now.

However, it is important to learn that failure is a good thing. Society has imprinted in most of us that failure is bad. It is not. Failure is a way to learn. Without failure you cannot learn and you cannot grow.

For this same reason it is perfectly fine for hope to fail. You can learn from that and adjust your hopes and expectations accordingly within the scope of you values.

Jesus fuck, does everything have to be political? I guess it does

Yes it’s not much, but it feels special because it’s an international train for which you usually have to pay a supplement.

Only if you have a subscription though. Like a businessman, a student card or a “traject vrij abonnement”. It doesn’t count for individual sold tickets, I guess that also means prepaid ov cards.

I sometimes take the ICE from Arnhem to Utrecht. It’s special, because it’s an international train with sleeping cabins and sometimes even on-board catering. You usually have to pay an extra supplement, but not if you only ride it nationally. This kind of train only stops on three stations in the Netherlands (Armhem, Utrecht, Amsterdam), which makes it more special.

Got a kid and a job and eventually lost all time for gaming. Now I’m slowly starting again, but only single player stuff

Try doing a bachelor next to you job. Dear God, do I long for some rest. I’ve been slacking on my studies lately, but I only have 50 EC left to do. Anyways, I’ve got no choice but to change jobs after I get my bachelor. Employers don’t give proper raises, they only give unfair wage gaps to new employees. That s how you get the “I’ve worked here 30 years and the new college kid gets twice my salary” rethoric. That’s sadly how it works. So eventhough I’ll have my degree next year, I know I won’t get paid for it unless I leave. I’ll try, because I like my job, but I know they won’t accept my offer.

Ain’t nobody got time for a strike. I gotta feed my kids and pay my rent

Good point, I should start murder more people who don’t use iso8601… It’s about time!

Love the name

My son is 5 and has all but Fiep and Fons in his class, but there is a Fien. Old fashioned names (or variations) are very popular these days… or five years ago.

Good story, but I don’t give a fuck

I think it’s grow or die, just like everything. So I think we’ll have to grow, but I’m just curious how. Will it stay like it is now? Will it become even more niche? Will there be some capitalist instance who’s gonna take over the whole fediverse? Will there be mainstream news broadcasters mentioning Lemmy posts or users? Will “This is awesome, Lemmy post this online” become a mainstream saying?

For one thing, you can’t make break-out rooms in Linux, which is something I need to do all the time.

I’m a windows user and I don’t deny anything. I’m just too lazy to switch to Linux and I need the full functionality of Teams for my job.

• black
• male
• nothing, it was just a hand pushing the ball
• a ping pong ball
• round, wood coloured, but thin like a metal coffee table.

I did have to think about how to put it into words, but the picture was fully formed before revealing the questions.

There’s a religion for that, Breatharianism

Paint me like one of your French girls

Matricide