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Why Is the World Losing Color? in c/[email protected]

[–] pepperonisalami 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is me with all black clothes and a pair of white shoes 😂

I felt that everything was too colorful and incoherent, picking black clothes is simple and doesn't take any mental energy.

What phrase do you say a lot, like a personal catchphrase? in c/[email protected]

[–] pepperonisalami 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is great, mind if I borrow it? 😂

DUI hiring just works in c/noncredibledefense

[–] pepperonisalami 77 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"We are currently clean on OPSEC" 🤡

Got a tattoo of my favorite things to cook in my favorite pan in c/[email protected]

[–] pepperonisalami 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Not scrambled then?

The Netherlands: University of Amsterdam cuts ties to Israel and Hungary, re-examines ties to China over rights, security issues in c/[email protected]

[–] pepperonisalami 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I understand that you don't deliberately mean to be racist but...

How are you supposed to trust the Korean sitting in the metro writing some obscure script in their obscure app..?

How about the Taiwanese who writes and speaks Chinese, how do you trust them?

In the end people judge by appearance, which is ahem racism.

I think this is the job for the immigration agency to approve their visa, and anyways there are already some limitations on people from certain countries to travel abroad, please don't start to encourage people to lynch certain people based on their appearance...

Starmer says cost of sickness benefits 'devastating' - BBC News in c/[email protected]

[–] pepperonisalami 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I understand your point. It's just easy to make it economic as an example, productivity can go to hell. Life satisfaction and life expectancy by themselves should be a big enough motivation to support public welfare. It's just that the arguments against are usually rooted in economic motivations, e.g. inefficiency of the tax money management.

Starmer says cost of sickness benefits 'devastating' - BBC News in c/[email protected]

[–] pepperonisalami 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There could be a misunderstanding here, I meant public welfare spending, not personal spending.

Countries who spend more on public welfare would get more people being productive rather than staying home sick. Higher life expectancy and higher life satisfaction is also expected.

US may relinquish leadership of NATO's European command, NBC reports in c/[email protected]

[–] pepperonisalami 1 points 2 weeks ago

The facto agent

Starmer says cost of sickness benefits 'devastating' - BBC News in c/[email protected]

[–] pepperonisalami 19 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

The welfare spending provides an oversized return in productivity. What is common to all the low spenders - low life expectancy.

How good are you at your hobbies? in c/[email protected]

[–] pepperonisalami 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm terrible at them. Baked a flat pancake that was supposed to be bread. Fumbling on the guitar. Haven't drawn anything in the past 3 years. Electrical projects on hold.

I think I have to focus a little bit more 😅

Guitar lovers, what are your favorite European brands? in c/[email protected]

[–] pepperonisalami 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yamaha for beginners!

Ah, men 🥵 in c/[email protected]

[–] pepperonisalami 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He teaches men to swallow.

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I think I have tinnitus (self.casualconversation)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by pepperonisalami to c/[email protected]

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One random night, I lay on my bed in my silent bedroom, and I felt that the silence is uncomfortable. Why, I asked myself, that the silence felt sharp, like I prefer the noise of my annoyingly loud dehumidifier, or the muffled sound of traffic in my old apartment?

I realized that the silence was ringing, in a high pitched noise that we all associate with being hit near the ears. My inner voice told myself: "man, you have tinnitus."

Thinking back, that wasn't the first time I thought that I have tinnitus, but I was probably in denial for years, or it just got louder. The sad part is that I'm only 26, and somehow, I feared getting tinnitus ever since my childhood.

Even worse, I just ordered a pair of headphones with ANC, and when I don't play anything through it, the ringing gets very clear.

Was depressed for a few days, thinking that it's not fair that I got it even though I don't expose myself to loud noises often, I listen to music at a couple levels lower than my preference, and I don't turn up my music to drown out noises.

But nothing in life is fair, and to compared to the suffering of others, this is only a mild discomfort. So I'll try to keep positive about it, and be grateful that I still enjoy a comparatively luxurious life.

I'll visit a doctor soon though!

Any of you have a similar experience? I'll be happy to read your stories!

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How much would a knee meniscus surgery costs in Taiwan with the NIH (self.taiwan)

submitted 8 months ago by pepperonisalami to c/[email protected]

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Hi folks,

I've been living in Taiwan for years so I have the NIH. Recently my knee is acting up and will get super painful during runs. As much as I want to deny it, I suspect that I have a meniscus tear 😢.

If that is the case, I don't know if I have the financial means to support the treatment, so I want to ask if there's anyone here with an experience with knee meniscus repair or ACL reconstruction surgery in Taiwan?

Any recommendations for a hospital or doctor? How much did it cost or did you get quoted?

Thank you very much!