Well, it is a mind game, ultimately. We can never know what someone else is really thinking, at least with our current tech (which is why first strike is always so powerful), so it boils down to probabilities determined by track record. I guess this is why the Internet has made for such an interesting cultural time, because it’s allowed never-before-seen anonymity and the brutal honesty that comes with it. All I can say is that you have to learn to be content with probabilities and statistics, because trying to fit almost any aspect of human culture and perspectives into a nice, clean periodic table will leave you with more exceptions than rules!

Or you could consult an LLM, I guess…

Mine tried Signal and then vehemently returned to WhatsApp…

All right, you go first.

Oh, come on, surely you know the answers to these. Nonetheless, I’ll humor you:

How does one know if another is mature enough to give truthful and honest feedback?

See how they provide feedback to/about other people. How accurate are they? Have they been proven wrong? What is their track record? If it’s consistently good, then that’s kind of a really strong voucher, no?

Furthermore, how does one discern if said feedback is actually truthful and honest?

Same as above; did you agree with their assessments of others based on the info you yourself have of those subjects? Can you verify that everything, or at least most of what, they said is correct? If they’re consistently exhibiting honesty, then why is there any reason to doubt it with you?

You neutrally build a case proving or disproving their maturity and trustworthiness. It’s almost scientific!

Man, in that case, you should have recorded the sessions and put them up on YouTube with laugh tracks. Then they’d be hilarious!

The one problem with this app is that it has weird statuses for downloaded episodes, like deletion is separate from removing it from the queue, which I don’t understand. I wish they could just combine these.

Proton’s free plan only has one filter. One filter! That’s ridiculous; they basically make it like a nearly unusable preview or just a spam box…

Well, now that borders on arrogance lol but I was going to say that that sure seemed like a healthy view, because there are certainly things I’d back and change if I could, even if it was mere exposure to certain ideas or my interpretation of them

Does that mean you absolutely love yourself in every way?

How so?

Go on…

I pulled myself off it and my school grades tanked.

So does that mean you put yourself back on it after or what happened?

certain jobs, licenses

Wait, how? I thought you’re legally allowed to hold the diagnosis from them, or am I misunderstanding?

“True, we’re really in preschool; let’s add more naps.” - Their leadership, probably

What sort of things?.. 👀

nobody knows me enough to not tell me my idea is stupid

What about the possibility that nobody here thinks your idea is stupid? I certainly don’t. I think feedback is extremely important and that this is a great question (which can only be solved by first having close, mature friends, and asking them).

One needs to talk with mature confidants, not just people who don’t know oneself well. They’ll be far likelier to tell you what’s up.

The Netherlands are known to have the bluntest people in the world to the point of articles wondering about Dutch rudeness proliferating across the Internet. I had no idea that Finland was similar.

A revolving door of SearXNG instances, maybe.

Uh, “two weeks” is long for people who don’t have savings and really need that working time… You’re encouraging people to “just” tough out 2 weeks of terrible pain to the point of barely being able to use a phone while bedridden? What if it could be completely eradicated? It’s only endemic because of antivaxxers; measles was nearly eliminated by vaccines, etc.