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Has The Remote Work Boom Fueled A New Mental Health Crisis? [ [link removed] ]
That does make some sense. In an office you can always crowd around the water cooler, but if you’re a remote worker you’re basically just left alone with your thoughts, especially if you live alone. What’s a good way to get out there in the world if you’re a remote worker?
More Than Half Of Men Feel They’re Failing At Manhood Due To Financial Strains [ [link removed] ]
I would imagine if you talked to men in the 1930’s during the Great Depression, they probably would have felt very similar. Now there’s more of an expectation of partnership with your spouse though
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The Enormous Word by William Oberfield [ [link removed] ] - Captured by alien invaders who believe nuclear weapons are an impossible myth, a desperate resistance fighter swallows Earth's last capsule of Uranium-235 and baits his torturers into triggering the ultimate human atomic bomb.
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95 Percent of Gen Z Workers Say They’ve Stopped Sharing Their Real Opinions Online [ [link removed] ] - They’re worried about potential blowback, both from employers and of course trolls in the comment section. When have you found yourself tempering your thoughts?
Streamer catches girlfriend cheating with her cousin thanks to camera on cat’s litter box [ [link removed] ] - Regardless of whether or not you catch any shenanigans, if you feel like you have to watch your significant other because you don’t trust them, you probably shouldn’t be with that significant other (Of also if you find out the significant other was doing that)
‘Goat sacrificed’ in trendy London office as part of ‘black magic ritual’ [ [link removed] ] - Listen, I know things have gotten weird in the world. But if we should have learned anything from the Cubs 108 year World Series drought, it’s that you should leave the goats alone
Stonehenge’s Altar Stone Likely Came From Scotland, And A Glacier May Have Helped [ [link removed] ] - Does that mean the ancient aliens people get to feel a little smug that it turns out human beings actually didn’t do it all on their own?
Americans lost nearly $900 million to AI-generated scams last year [ [link removed] ] - Sadly, I think that number is only going to get higher over time
Cigarette smoking rates in US hit historic low among adults [ [link removed] ] - It’s good to know that for the most part we’ve all moved on to new vices
Wildfires are reversing years of progress on US ozone pollution, study finds [ [link removed] ] - That seems less than ideal
Illinois Treasurer Returns $8.65 to Pope Leo During Vatican Visit [ [link removed] ] - It was from a previously closed PayPal account. Listen, you definitely want to do whatever you can to be on the Pope’s good side
Scientists Discover Strange New Spider Species That Disguises Itself as a Fungus [ [link removed] ] - That’s just what the world needed. Now that they’ve learned to wear disguises, one day you’re going to get mugged by 30,000 spiders in a trench coat
Meet The Newly Discovered Cousin Of Velociraptor That Probably Glided On Four Wings [ [link removed] ] - They fly now? (Yes, I know, dinosaurs are close relatives to birds, it was a Star Wars reference)
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