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user92  ·  2136 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 10 Things You Don't Know about Yourself

Ouch.

    It might seem logical to think that people with a negative self-image would be just the ones who would want to overcompensate. Yet as psychologists working with William Swann of the University of Texas at Austin discovered, many individuals racked with self-doubt seek confirmation of their distorted self-perception. Swann described this phenomenon in a study on contentment in marriage. He asked couples about their own strengths and weaknesses, the ways they felt supported and valued by their partner, and how content they were in the marriage. As expected, those who had a more positive attitude toward themselves found greater satisfaction in their relationship the more they received praise and recognition from their other half. But those who habitually picked at themselves felt safer in their marriage when their partner reflected their negative image back to them. They did not ask for respect or appreciation. On the contrary, they wanted to hear exactly their own view of themselves: “You’re incompetent.”
user92  ·  2140 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Entire Economy Is MoviePass Now. Enjoy It While You Can.

These shaky business models have to be a function of too much easily accessible investment money. And how that's not indicative of a bubble is beyond me.

user92  ·  2140 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Entire Economy Is MoviePass Now. Enjoy It While You Can.

I've been wondering about this for a while. As an outsider I've always assumed there must be something to these business models that I just don't have knowledge about, but it's still seemed like something is off.

user92  ·  2142 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Help finding a story

That's right! Well, it's a great story. It kinda stuck with me ever since I read it.

user92  ·  2659 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are your goals for 2017?

- Hit my goal weight (I know it's something everyone says, but I'm well on my way and it's definitely doable.)

- Stop being such a hermit and get out more and do new things and meet new people.

It's easy sometimes to slip into a mindset that we've made so much progress. And then something like this comes aling and sobers me up and reminds me how far we really have to go.

user92  ·  3368 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, how do you feel about drugs?

I have anxiety disorder and pot does the same to me. I know how to handle it now but I really don't find much pleasure in it so I'll do it maybe a couple times a year if it's being passed around. I do drink but I have to be careful not to fall into self medicating.

user92  ·  3370 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 104th Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

Hail Mary Mallon

Porter Robinson

user92  ·  3370 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The price of BTC is dropping precipitously.

So it's going on sale? Sweet!

user92  ·  3370 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: People of Hubski, what companies or famous individuals have you boycotted and why?

McDonald's - Diarrhea

user92  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Declaration

I declare that I won't buy any more Kindle ebooks until I read all the ones I currently have.

user92  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The CIA Didn't Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings

The Atlantic had a good response to Obama's "This is not who we are." statement basically calling attention to the fact that this is who we are.

user92  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The CIA Didn't Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings

    Their "theory" had a particular means-ends relationship that is not well understood

Dang.

user92  ·  3374 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ

user92  ·  3375 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Enjoy Yourself, Sulky NYPD Is Refusing to Enforce the Law

This seems to be a clear sign that control of the police department by the city has been completely lost. Or am I missing something? Is there some other way to view this?

user92  ·  3453 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: NASA now says vast methane cloud over US southwest is for real

    The source of the methane is believed to be extensive coal-mining activity in the San Juan Basin

sigh

user92  ·  3651 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Police spies still get free rein to have sexual liaisons, say women suing Met

True as that may (or may not) be, there's definitely something pretty creepy about these guys apparently being in very long-term relationships, just to spy for the state. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty creepy.

user92  ·  3664 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence

The privatization of—really, the addition of a profit motive to—our legal systems seems obviously immoral to me and just icky.

Just ordered the book for my Kindle. I have a hard time with slideshows for some reason.

user92  ·  3668 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Neil Young's Pono Music Service Isn't As Innovative As He Wants You To Think

Check out Rockbox for your iPod.

user92  ·  3669 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Scandinavia Can Teach U.S. Teens About Coming of Age

Yeah. I was vegetarian for a while and the whole meat substitute thing was rather annoying. This seems like that.

user92  ·  3669 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Scandinavia Can Teach U.S. Teens About Coming of Age

    We need a civic confirmation that treats democracy as its own ethical and even spiritual experience.

That's just creepy to me.

user92  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Satoshi Nakamoto: I am not Dorian Nakamoto.

Good idea. They need to get Dorian in a room. Then somehow get Satoshi Nakamoto to post online somewhere. That would go a long way towards clearing this up for Dorian.

user92  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Weekend Update: Q: Where Did Refugee Go? A: Baltimore.

Cool! I live in the DC area and we love going up to The Aquarium (the only one that matters anyway) at least once or twice a year. We sued to actually have annual passes. Glad you had a good time. Baltimore has a lot of character and is a neat place to spend time.

user92  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Does Everyone Hate Monsanto? - Modern Farmer

    “They also become this – I don’t want to say scapegoat, but icons [representing] broader social problems.” In Starbucks’ case, the company was blamed for mistreatment of farmers, bad environmental practices and neighborhood gentrification, with varying degrees of fairness. Similarly, says Arsel, Monsanto becomes “symbolically linked to a loss of small farming practices, political alignments and other abstract concerns.”

Hits the nail on the head.

user92  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Weekly photo challenge: Memory

Most of my extended family vacations in Cape May every summer and have been doing so since before I was born. I have so many fond memories there.

user92  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Leah McGrath Goodman: The Face Behind Bitcoin

On his part, really. Not that he's to blame for being doxed, but for someone who wants to remain anonymous, he sure has done some odd things (e.g. using his real name, etc.).

user92  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If the Moon was only a pixel

I think most of them would be smaller than 1 pixel though.

user92  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Obama knew CIA secretly monitored Senate intelligence committee, senator claims

Between our impotence regarding Russia's aggression and our intelligence agencies spying not only on our own citizens but on our government, it's hard to argue that we're not in a decline.

user92  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Leah McGrath Goodman: The Face Behind Bitcoin

As someone on the outside, it seems like there's some sort of arms race with journalists. In this case, if she hadn't doxed him, some other journalist would have and then they'd have (supposedly) gotten more views. At least this is what the mentality looks like to me, an outsider.

Anyway, it's hard to tell what Nakamoto's motives really are, but if he's just concerned about his privacy (as he seems to be trying to communicate) there are so many better ways to have gone about that.