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DankOfAmerica

@ DankOfAmerica @reddthat.com

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  • The Top 3 Apps in my Country (Venezuela) are all VPNs...

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  • Hi! I used to live in a US city with lots of recent Venezuelan immigrants. They would tell me about how difficult things were in Venezuela, but that they missed it a lot. Their faces would light up when I would ask them about things they liked about home. They also seemed to have hope that things in Venezuela would improve and they could move back. It must be really difficult to leave one's country to another for economic and political reasons. They didn't truly want to leave, so they miss home, never really acculturate, and feel alienated. I have been to several other countries myself for extended periods. Many of them were well-developed and welcoming of Americans. Some even had characteristics that I found better than in the US. Regardless, I found myself missing home a lot.

    I don't know if it makes any difference what I tell you, but wanted you to know that the recent Venezuelan immigrants I've met in the US still have their heart in Venezuela.

  • The Top 3 Apps in my Country (Venezuela) are all VPNs...

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  • A colonial powers in the Americas were real douchebags. They genocided the natives, then went to another continent to enslave people and bring them over. All this was for sugar and tobacco. Millions of deaths and enslaved so some people in Europe could smoke cigarettes while they have sweets. It couldn't get much worse than that.

  • The Top 3 Apps in my Country (Venezuela) are all VPNs...

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  • Maybe pay for the service?

  • Proton CEO embraces Trump for "standing up for the little guys"

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  • Damn it. I just switched over from Google about a month ago. Worked on creating lots of aliases for my signs-in throughout the internet. I'm not leaving this easily, but now it's something that I'm thinking about and will bounce if things get worse.

  • What are you surprised that people pay for, when there are free alternatives in existence?

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  • And it's way too much charge for the quality of the meat and produce. They give ground pork at beef steak prices and the produce isn't as carefully selected as I would have picked.

  • What are you surprised that people pay for, when there are free alternatives in existence?

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  • Not every home in countries with safe tap water have safe tap water at home

  • Anyone getting suspicious of the divisiveness and anti-American circle jerk on Lemmy?

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  • Thank you!

  • Anyone getting suspicious of the divisiveness and anti-American circle jerk on Lemmy?

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  • Thanks, and you're welcome!

  • Anyone getting suspicious of the divisiveness and anti-American circle jerk on Lemmy?

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  • I get this part, and I agree with a lot of critique. What I'm noticing is that it seems that I'm seeing more hate than valid objective critique. It seems to me that a lot of the anti-US comments are merely to criticize the US out of hate than to criticize a behavior.

    Imagine it were people instead of countries. This is like being at a party with friends and Marcel is not present. Marlon shares that he likes coffee without creamer. Martiza says she does too. Misty then says, "Did you know that Marcel uses raw milk instead of creamer in his coffee? What a piece of shit. It wouldn't surprise me though. Everything he does is terrible. Remember, he cheated on Mariah in 2006. He's probably cheating on Merced right now." That's completely unnecessary and irrelevant.

    That's what it feels like to me. It's not just critique. It's hate in discussions that are irrelevant to the US. That's been my observation at least, but I'm bringing it up to see if maybe I'm a bit too suspicious or paranoid.

  • Anyone getting suspicious of the divisiveness and anti-American circle jerk on Lemmy?

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  • Yes, thank you! This is what I was getting at. The critique isn't objective stuff. It seems deep-rooted and personal. It's not about being upset with an action or policy. It's hate.

  • Are Asian Americans in the US more likely or less likely to get harassed by law enforcement compared to other racial groups?

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  • Maybe they were looking for someone that looks like you with long hair.

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    How to wake up during nightmares?

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  • I'll give it a shot. Thank you!

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    How to wake up during nightmares?

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  • The thing is that in the dream I think that my real-awake body is in physical danger, so I need to wake up to protect myself from the real danger, but I can't wake up. It's like I'm paralyzed and can't do anything to protect myself from the impending doom that feels very real in the dream. If it was just normal nightmares, I would generally be fine with them except for the poor sleep. These new ones are something else because they feel so real since they involve my real-awake body.

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    How to wake up during nightmares?

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  • The thing is that the dream is so realistic, that in the dream I think I'm in danger in real life. I think I need to wake up because what is happening in my dream is actually happening in real life. Waking up from my dream will help me respond to the danger I believe is present in real life.

    Like imagine you are sleeping in a hammock in the jungle. While sleeping, you dream of your real situation. During the dream, you suddenly think that in real life, there is a gorilla coming for you so you need to wake up. No matter how much you try to wake up, you can't. Throughout the dream, you think you finally removed up only to realize that you're still really sleeping. That is what keeps happening. It's terrifying and exhausting. I almost didn't go to sleep last night, but a friend agreed to stay over.

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    How to wake up during nightmares?

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  • I had a friend stay the night. They kept pushing me to lay on my side when I would snore. I didn't have any vivid intense nightmares that I remember, and I aremoved feeling much better than usual. I think it could be a combination of a lot of things, but that seemed to help. I tend to be near people I trust when I'm scared. It's how I feel safer. I have a thing where I overlook a lot of factors, so having someone nearby that can cover those areas intuitively helps with safety. Having them around may have helped with the fear in the dreams. They also pushed me onto my side whenever I would snore, so maybe that prevented me from having as much difficulty breathing. I want to order one of those long maternity pillows that keeps women on their side to see if that helps. If it's only sleep apnea, then that would be a nice remedy. But I'm certain there are some psychological and situational factors influencing this as well.

  • What advice would you give to your younger self?

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  • When you run away, never look back. Don't visit, don't call, don't keep numbers, don't give out your number. Just disappear and start a fresh new life. Find someone that you admire and start figuring out how to be like them.

  • What do you think have we taken for granted before it was enshittified?

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  • I have been using Linux 100% for the past several years without any use of Win. The last time I used Win, it was Win 7 on a work computer. All I know about Win since is from what I see on Lemmy and the very few short instances when I might look at a friend's computer. What I remember not liking about it was a lack of control in comparison to Linux and that it would get slower and slower with updates. Is the latest Win really as bad as Lemmy makes it out to be? Are there ads in the OS? Does it truly spy on you without your knowledge?

  • What do you think have we taken for granted before it was enshittified?

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  • Can you clarify? I'm confused as to whether you think Win ME was the best or worst version of Win.

  • What do you think have we taken for granted before it was enshittified?

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  • I thought Win 2000 was an improvement. Didn't Win 3.1 literally run on top of DOS? Like, DOS was the actual operating system and Win 3.1 was merely the graphical user interface/desktop environment, so it consumed a bunch more hardware resources? I think I remember having to run many programs out of DOS so that they would run more smoothly than if I used Win 3.1. In that sense, Win 3.1 was really Ski Free, Space Cadet Pinball, Solitaire, Minesweeper, and a nice file manager.

    I also liked the improvements of Win Vista, but my laptop couldn't seem to keep up with the requirements needed for things to run smoothly. Win 7 seemed like a smoother Win Vista, so that was nice. However, I felt let down that there were no major noticeable improvements other than performance, which could also have been attributed to improvements in hardware. Around then, I started experimenting with Linux out of sheer curiosity and slowly switched to Linux 100%. In the past several years, I know about Win only from what I hear on Lemmy, so ofc I think it's terrible, but I wouldn't know from personal experience and judgment. I'm happy af with Linux anyway.

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    How to wake up during nightmares?

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  • Between another comment and yours, I think what my dreams are representing are how little control I feel I have over anything in my life. I just have to prepare for the worst. That's what I'm feeling.