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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • My grandma was born during WW2. She was still a child when many of Germany‘s cities were leveled. It was normal to her. Daily life. But people moved on. They rebuilt the country and grandma lived through the most prosperous times our country has ever seen. And she did her part in it, working in a factory and raising several children. It wasn‘t always easy but she has a good life and is pretty healthy for her age.






  • It‘s a two sided blade, but I get what you mean.

    On one hand monetization is the thing that ruins platforms for me because it invites grifters and even decent people are becoming obsessed with numbers. Most people see content creation only as a career path and not something to do for fun anymore. I find that depressing at times.

    On the other hand we currently live in a capitalist world and have to play by those rules to some extend. I learned most of the things I do for a living from Youtube because professionals do Blender tutorials as a side gig or even for a living. There probably wouldn‘t be nearly as much knowledge out there without this motivator. Or at least not in this form that is easy to understand for me. The official Blender documentation usually isn‘t the first place I‘m searching through when I have a problem.

    So I see where you‘re coming from but it‘s a fine line between helpful and loathsome.



  • The Haribo brand has been going downhill rapidly since hired managers took over leadership. It has been run by the same family for generations but the latest heirs had no interest in a leadership role. So it‘s run by random business people now who only make short term decisions based on numbers. When they moved their headquarters from Bonn (the town part of the company‘s name is based on. It‘s part of it‘s very DNA) to a tax haven state to save cost, everyone knew it was over. That company is just a Brand name with no identity now.