I’m laid up right now and I’m an anxious mess. I’m worried about finances and now my car. My mom said the engine sounded funny when she brought it over to her place, where I’m staying....
Ask yourself some questions about the situation, and give yourself honest answers.
Can I do anything about it right now?
Might I be able to do something about it when I’m better?
Could I spend some time thinking of potential temporary solutions while I wait, instead of spending that time worrying?
Is it happening now, or do I have time to come up with something?
If I think I can’t do anything about it, does worrying help the situation or make it worse?
These are sample questions. Ask yourself about specific concerns that worry you. Sometimes, the responses will require follow-up questions. Point is to end pointless worrying and start looking at the problem logically and realistically, without the emotion clouding your thinking.
First they increase prices for content I don’t watch - Live and Sports. Next, I found out they don’t allow Amazon Whole Foods employees to wear BLM masks if they want, and now increasing prices again to avoid ads.
Meanwhile, I was able to get a Walmart+ membership (on sale) for $50/year, and their prices are very competitive with Amazon, which comes with Free shipping and Paramount+ subscription, as well as other perks.
We’ve been talking a lot by the rush of states to push for age verification laws all over the world, despite basically every expert noting that age verification technology is inherently a problem for privacy and security, and the laws mandating it are terrible. So far, it seems that only the Australian government has decided...
Streaming prices are going up, ads are now a thing unless you pay more, password sharing is on the way out, and soon showing movies in theaters first will taker over, and finally, they’ll begin bundling services you don’t want with the ones you do, and have a minimum subscription term so you can’t just cancel and switch to a different service on a whim. That’s, pretty much their old business model, just cutting out the cable companies.
In the meantime, they’re playing hardball with actors and writers, in hopes of locking them in a long term contract with less money “because streaming isn’t making money”, before much of the above takes hold.
More than 60 percent of young men are single, nearly twice the rate of unattached young women… Only half of single men are actively seeking relationships or even casual dates, according to Pew. That figure is declining....
i’m doing it because I want to make the fediverse more friendly place, in hopes of making it more welcoming for new users, and the nicer place in general. But I wonder how much is just less bots.
How can a naturally anxious person keep from worrying while laid up in bed with a broken ankle and leg?
I’m laid up right now and I’m an anxious mess. I’m worried about finances and now my car. My mom said the engine sounded funny when she brought it over to her place, where I’m staying....
Voyager 1.13.0 - Keyword filters, Dracula theme, Cake day and more
Hi there! Voyager 1.13.0 is now out! It will be on the stores within a day or so. :)...
Amazon To Start Running Ads In Prime Video Series and Movies, Will Launch Ad-Free Tier For Extra Fee (deadline.com)
Lemmy Democrats, what is just ONE nice thing you can say about Donald Trump?
Conversely, can the republicans of Lemmy say just ONE nice thing about Joe Biden?
Court Says Texas’ Adult Content Age Verification Law Clearly Violates The 1st Amendment (www.techdirt.com)
We’ve been talking a lot by the rush of states to push for age verification laws all over the world, despite basically every expert noting that age verification technology is inherently a problem for privacy and security, and the laws mandating it are terrible. So far, it seems that only the Australian government has decided...
Apple buying Disney isn't the fairy tale it once was (www.macworld.com)
Disney raises streaming prices as CEO Bob Iger warns of password sharing crackdown (finance.yahoo.com)
Should we be worried about half the male population being MGTOW?
More than 60 percent of young men are single, nearly twice the rate of unattached young women… Only half of single men are actively seeking relationships or even casual dates, according to Pew. That figure is declining....
I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.
i’m doing it because I want to make the fediverse more friendly place, in hopes of making it more welcoming for new users, and the nicer place in general. But I wonder how much is just less bots.