I've been thinking the same thing. While I like the idea that publishers are responsible for maintaining the needed infrastructure, I can only see that resulting in even more predatory pricing to cover the costs and unreasonable pressure on smaller publishers leading them to fold and leave behind the greedy ones

Brilliantly said. Chasing those "higher highs" can feel like an obligation at times. But I think it's important to understand that it's a feeling that is coming from yourself and your own deeper needs as a person. And not, as I believe the person I was replying to was thinking, some sort of societal pressure to conform and "do the right thing."

Both interpretations of the word "obligation" are technically correct. But I think that it's one of those things in life where the only way to truly understand the intended interpretation is to have been a parent for yourself. Somehow it can be both a great chore and burden sometimes, but it's one you choose to put upon yourself because the rewards are sooooo worth it.

As a parent myself, I love this. I feel that the single most important thing you can do as a parent is to actively tell (and show) your kids that you love them. Everything else can grow from there.

I'm personally a fan of Noah Caldwell-Gervais. His essays can be quite long, like several hours long, but it's always very thought-provoking. I like to watch them on a second monitor while doing something brainless to wind down at the end of the day

As an Australian, I am ashamed at how long I sat here saying "care-sore... queso" to myself over and over listening to how strangely similar they do sound when I think about it

At least paper can be produced through sustainable farming practices and any waste is almost entirely biodegradable.

But I do agree that the debate sucks. What we should really be doing is forcing corporations and governments to 1. Adhere to very strict sustainability levels and 2. Pay for clean up efforts out of the salaries of their board of directors. Any corporation that declares a profit or gives a bonus to someone in managment without meating their sustainability requirements results in large fines for the company as well as every individual member of the board of directors. And anyone who claims they can't pay within 12 months is given jail time and stripped of all assets instead.

Sounds harsh, sure. But till we start holding them accountable, it's not going to matter how many people are using reusable plastic shopping bags or soggy paper straws. It's not going to make any difference

And my toddler throwing a tantrum at bed time is the user arguing with IT that they did turn off the power and rebooted when they just closed the laptop and opened it again

Not me personally but related. American Truck Simulator has started displaying in-game billboards for an irl truck driving recruiter.

I'm usually pretty strongly against in game advertisements, but this one just kind of makes sense to me.

It will be interesting to see how the existence or lack of a downvote option affects communities over time. There's some interesting arguments to be made both for and against. And now we actually have a way to easily test and compare between comparable communities on different instances.