1. “Put yourself in their shoes” assumes shoes fit universally. Real empathy is more like: “Acknowledge they’re wearing shoes made for feet unlike yours, walking paths you’ve never trodden.”

    https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/114366995195743663 On Mastodon

    What I've been saying lately to "if I were you" comments is that, they'd do the exact same thing. And if they believe they wouldn't they've done a poor empathy job.

  2. I don't understand how people have a long cup of coffee while reading a book with all the calm in the world. The coffee gets cold! Or when they say "A cup of coffee" they mean "multiple servings of coffee in the same cup"?

    • Me at the pub crawl: Wonders about the impossibility to probe consciousness on another being
    • Girl at pub crawl to me: What are you thinking about?
    • Me to girl: oh! nothing important

    THE LIES THAT COME OUT OF MY MOUTH!!!!

  3. Just downloaded my @Google Timeline data before they drop the web based feature. Here's a snippet.

    [Location History (Timeline)] cat Records.json| wc -l
    54811690
    [Location History (Timeline)] python3
    Python 3.10.12 (main, Nov  6 2024, 20:22:13) [GCC 11.4.0] on linux
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits …

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