Why do we always seek to dumb everyone's unique qualities down to a single flavor in the name of equality? Equality does *NOT* mean everyone is the same an there is a perfect statistical spread for every factor in life.
The unique qualities we have (ie: sex, culture, religion, predispositions, nationality) are what make us who we are. Is it so hard to accept that our unique attributes may scale to societal trends and thus result in skewed distributions and tendencies for different things in life?
That said, we have to realize that there *ARE* things that we can do ourselves that unnaturally skew these distributions. The real question isn't, "Why isn't it a perfect spread between X and Y?" It should be, "Are we doing (and not doing) everything we can so that X has the freedom to do what they want?"
If it is really sucking the life out of you to the point that it is threatening your mental health, save up then quit. Live off of the nest egg until you find another job.
The only problem with this is that there is no telling how large that nest egg will need to be to hold you over until you find the next job.
But I'd say your happiness and mental health are more important than being short on cash for a relatively short period of time.
To me, there is a *BIG* difference between sharing my *PURCHASED* music on a private fileserver on my LAN and sharing my music on a publicly accessible server. If it is on my private LAN, the only one enjoying the music is me (the purchaser). However, placing it on a server accessible by *ANYONE* is analogous to photocopying a copyrighted book and placing stacks of it on your front porch.
While Gentoo can be an extreemly powerful and FULLY customizable distro, I found myself spending a large portion of my time compiling/tweaking/fixing my distro rather doing my work.
I've since switched to a debian-based distro (http://www.kubuntu.org/) to minimize the amount of time I spend installing/tweaking/fixing my distro.
I think any one reading this post that disagrees with that privacy policy should goto: https://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complain t.php and express your feelings. It doesn't do any good just complaining on a Slashdot post without then complaining to those who actually have some weight in the privacy market.
CASE IN POINT:
My wife had a co-worker who grew up with warped notions about sex. This was apparent in the lude comments he would constantly make about almost any female client they happened to be working with. He was recently married and needless to say was severely disappointed when his wife was not the erotic sex tool he imagined all women were supposed to be. As a result, sex in their marriage is very unhealthy, a rarity, and a point of contention.
Don't get me wrong, I am not the ideal male sex role model however I would consider my marital sex life to be very healthy. This did not require my indulgence of pornographic materials to 'educate' myself. And regardless of how "naive" and "pointless" people may say this is--We both waited to have sex until after we were married.
I don't understand how people insist that one MUST have thorough sexual experience with a person before committing to marriage. My wife and I had thorough, practical discussions about what sex means to us and what we both expected. I'm sure that since we were both inexperienced with sex we had some misconceptions about what it would be like. But all of those misconceptions can, and were, easily put to rest by open, honest communication and, best of all, with practice.
I think the real danger with sex is when we treat it as a taboo--avoiding open practical discussion about it while frequently practicing it.
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Why do we always seek to dumb everyone's unique qualities down to a single flavor in the name of equality? Equality does *NOT* mean everyone is the same an there is a perfect statistical spread for every factor in life.
The unique qualities we have (ie: sex, culture, religion, predispositions, nationality) are what make us who we are. Is it so hard to accept that our unique attributes may scale to societal trends and thus result in skewed distributions and tendencies for different things in life?
That said, we have to realize that there *ARE* things that we can do ourselves that unnaturally skew these distributions. The real question isn't, "Why isn't it a perfect spread between X and Y?" It should be, "Are we doing (and not doing) everything we can so that X has the freedom to do what they want?"
If it is really sucking the life out of you to the point that it is threatening your mental health, save up then quit. Live off of the nest egg until you find another job.
The only problem with this is that there is no telling how large that nest egg will need to be to hold you over until you find the next job.
But I'd say your happiness and mental health are more important than being short on cash for a relatively short period of time.
'Sharing' has a very broad connotation.
To me, there is a *BIG* difference between sharing my *PURCHASED* music on a private fileserver on my LAN and sharing my music on a publicly accessible server. If it is on my private LAN, the only one enjoying the music is me (the purchaser). However, placing it on a server accessible by *ANYONE* is analogous to photocopying a copyrighted book and placing stacks of it on your front porch.
While Gentoo can be an extreemly powerful and FULLY customizable distro, I found myself spending a large portion of my time compiling/tweaking/fixing my distro rather doing my work.
I've since switched to a debian-based distro (http://www.kubuntu.org/) to minimize the amount of time I spend installing/tweaking/fixing my distro.
Even when he's 'wrong' he's right.
Or try https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_C ODE=PU01
I think any one reading this post that disagrees with that privacy policy should goto: https://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complain t.php and express your feelings. It doesn't do any good just complaining on a Slashdot post without then complaining to those who actually have some weight in the privacy market.