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Tali @tali4.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I don't know what "gentle parenting" says to do in such a situation, but what I learned is that I can't just tell them not to do a thing - I have to physically stop them from doing it, because they're compulsive, self-destructive, and have zero self-control. Just how it is 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Tali @tali4.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I'm not sure how you're defining intelligence. You can make the tool do things that would require intelligence in a person, and that can be useful. But it won't be "alive", and won't be able to do things that worms do, or butterflies, or any creature that isn't necessarily intelligent but is living.

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Tali @tali4.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

It is always assumed that "therapy" can only make things better, but I've heard of too many cases (anecdotally) where it made things worse. I think it's worth drawing attention to.

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Tali @tali4.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

That's why I still use Facebook more than the alternatives - local groups for local content. (BTW that's a very short power outage, and I hope you got it back even earlier than the predicted time. We decided to get a generator after a 12+ hour outage on a cold day.)

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Tali @tali4.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Another way to put this is, I found that when I read people that I generally agree with, my contrarian nature can't help but finding the flaws in their thinking, which shows me the flaws in my thinking as well. I almost never get that from reading people that I disagree with, because contrarian... 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Tali @tali4.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

You might find that you can do that with people that you *almost* agree with. Operating from similar assumptions and reaching somewhat different conclusions is often more interesting than arguing with people with whom you have very little common ground to begin with.

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Tali @tali4.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Once I realized that there's very little actually gained (for anybody) from those fights, I started avoiding anything that might provoke them. Engaging with people who are reasonable and know what they're talking about is a lot more constructive for everybody... Even though there's less of it.

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Tali @tali4.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

You can do this here: bsky.app/profile/bsky...

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