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Siddhartha-Aurelius, in How do you spend your idle time?

I am trying to reduce distractions and be more mindful of my surroundings. The sights, smells, and sounds of everything around me and my existence as part of it all.

It is still new to me and I find myself unconsciously getting my phone from my pocket and scrolling because it is boring. However, the effects I feel like reduced anxiety and depression are worth it. I also get to see things that I would miss if I were distracted by electronics.

Maybe practicing mindfulness could be beneficial for you as well.

HootinNHollerin, in What are your favorite names?
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Seven, but you can have Soda

TenderfootGungi, in What is the most promising pathway to reach universal healthcare?

Expand Medicare. It is already in place.

intensely_human, in What is the most promising pathway to reach universal healthcare?

Get all the people you want to have universal health care, to want universal health care. If you want it for them, sell it to them.

The only thing ever stopping any policy from existing is vote counts. Convince others that universal healthcare is in their best interests. If you’ve tried that and failed, take steps to improve your communication skill and try again.

LesserAbe,

A 57% majority of Americans say the government should ensure health coverage. Of course then 53% say the system should be based on private insurance, which is contradictory.

Another factor to consider here is people don’t vote directly for policies. They vote for legislators who then decide which policies are a priority, and can interpret for themselves, right or wrong, what it is their constituents voted them in to do.

intensely_human,

Great! That means you haven’t reached 43% of Americans. Keep pushing, you can do it!

the_q, in What is the most promising pathway to reach universal healthcare?

Removing the 37 middle men between the docs and the patients would be a good start.

ranok, in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?

Pretty niche, but a citrus squeezer. I cook a lot of Asian food and it’s much better to put half a lime in the squeezer at a time than try and hand squeeze the juice out.

BlushedPotatoPlayers,

But… Isn’t that standard equipment in every household?

Shadow,
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen one.

Turun,

I assume they mean one with some sort of lever to make applying pressure easier?

BlushedPotatoPlayers,

Maybe. We had one of that too, but didn’t use it too much either

Shanedino,

Strongly disagree, any cheap squeezer is way harder to use than a fork and my hand.

fruitSnackSupreme,

That’s what she said.

ShadowCatEXE, in What are some must-haves on your Halloween music playlist?
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If you’re a Metal fan, Halloweentown by Dark Divine is a really good song.

slurpeesoforion, in What is the most promising pathway to reach universal healthcare?

A more lethal pandemic than Covid 19 would be a faster track.

captainlezbian, in What is the most promising pathway to reach universal healthcare?

Bipartisan collaboration for a public option that provides everything that the AMA says is necessary.

The biggest step is breaking the taboo on bipartisanism

Arsinoe, in How do you spend your idle time?

I’m almost constantly crafting something. I’ve been knitting for about 16 years and have picked up various other small/portable crafts along the way. I like to put a podcast on and listen while I keep my hands busy.

Chetzemoka, in How do you spend your idle time?

I talk to you folks lol. I use this pretty much the same way I did Reddit. Something kinda brainless to scroll when I’m standing in line. And the more you comment, the more you have to read/do on here, so when I’m particularly bored, I talk more. I also don’t have any other social media.

I have a couple phone puzzle games I play. If I know I’m gonna be sitting like in a waiting room for a while, I’ll take a book with me. For the longer moments sitting at home, podcasts and music.

TehBamski, in greatest movie turnaround
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ohlaph, in What do you like about the vehicle you drive and would you have changed anythin about it?

I drive a Dodge Caravan. It’s a vehicle I got for $3k with only 70k miles.

The first part of that is what I don’t like. The second part is what I like about it.

ch00f, (edited ) in What cheap tool/gadget do you use that greatly improves your daily life?

Magnetic soap holder.

You shove a little metal bit into your soap bar, and the bar dangles from a magnet on a stand that holds it over the sink.

Soap dries quickly, no scum in the soap dish, any drippage falls right into the sink.

Only downside is the magnet falls out when the bar gets smaller, so you have to mash the old bar into the bottom of the new one to keep from wasting it.

bakachu,

I’ve never heard of this witchcraft. This is exactly what I need.

Edit: heard not beard

guyrocket,
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Yes beard, not not beard.

DancingIsForbidden, in What do you like about the vehicle you drive and would you have changed anythin about it?
@DancingIsForbidden@lemmy.world avatar

Christ Jesus, 500 a month? I might not even pay that much and I literally drive the work day (Amazon flex, Uber eats, etc) for my job. Do you know how to drive gas efficient? If your RPM’s never pass 2K and you cruise to stop lights etc you can still drive a decent speed and get much better gas mileage. Stop idling at long lights - if you’re going to wait more than 10 seconds, shut the car off. Perhaps invest in some fuel injector cleaner as a cheap alternative to a proper tune up.

unless you drive for a living you should definitely get that way down, (unless you live in california AND commute 3 hours a day or something, in which case you have bigger problems)

olafurp,

Reminder, now everyone lives in the US. Gas prices are not the same globally.

DancingIsForbidden,
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yes, but not global in this case, I saw their unit of currency was dollars and was correct to narrow it down to North america. my flaw was assuming the US and ruling out our friendly neighbors to the north

olafurp,

New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Brunei and even Cuban and Chilean peso use $ symbol. It’s also common to use dollars to explain a quantity of money in general if you’re not from Europe. “I pay 500$ for gas” is simply the easiest way to say “I pay this amount of money for gas” in a conversation where the audience is global.

DancingIsForbidden,
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this is probably gonna sound subtly racist but, with everything taken together, including their use of the English language it just made most contextual sense that it was an American. I’m still trying to normalize the fact that some cultures call it petrol.

moistclump,

I should have specified that wasn’t in freedom dollars, $500 Canadian. So moneys worth probably only like $300USD and gas up here costs over double, if what someone else in the thread said is right.

DancingIsForbidden, (edited )
@DancingIsForbidden@lemmy.world avatar

oops, my bad. how Yankee of me to assume you were down in the states.

300 USD still sounds pretty high to me for someone who doesn’t drive for a living but I don’t know what the petrol situation is up there for y’all right now.

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