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1. 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 12:47:04 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

   I long for the day where mothers spend more time with their baby girls (and boys) reading books and teaching them about the stars than they do taking pictures of their kids in cute outfits...

   Sadly things seem to be going in the opposite direction.

   • Rob G. (designrg@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 13:38:53 UTC Rob G.

     • nvm.aaditi 🏳️‍🌈

     @_lunawinters
     Part of the problem, a big one, is the parent's themselves being frayed and distracted by incessant media and notifications, imo.

     It is a real concern indeed. WE have too much information, and struggle to cope. A lot of it is worthless, some might say planted for distracting people from more serious issues.

     Sometimes it seems that things would improve if we lost some of the current deluge, massive communications overload.

     Great article on this from The Atlantic!!

     https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/
     @freemo

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   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 13:47:29 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Rovine(QOTO)

     @Rovine True, but i think thats just another reflection of irresponsibility. Most people who have kids do it for selfish reasons. In fact id argue having a kid is probably the most selfish thing anyone could do in general witht he caveat that **Raising** a child (well) is the one of the least selfish things a person can do.

     So with that said, they should have probably been responsible and used protection or got an abortion if they werent ready to have a kid yet.

     Either way i do **not** place all the blame on the parents either. The system, and the environment, lends itself to these patterns as well. The issue goes beyond any one actor. ITs just the parent is probably the easiest place to break the cycle.

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 14:42:03 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Karthik

     @Karthikdeva Your mom sounds like a class act <3 give her an extra hug for me for raising you well :)

   • Karthik (karthikdeva@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 14:43:33 UTC Karthik

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     @freemo Well she is my iron woman :100a: and yes, extra hug for her today :)

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   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 14:51:32 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     @ajeeshrp7 Perfection manifest!

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:04:32 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Karthik
     • nvm.aaditi 🏳️‍🌈

     @Karthikdeva

     Can i be that weird quirky cousin everyone thinks is adopted? I would like to keep my current mother but wouldnt mind an indian relative or two so I can show up unannounced and eat all their food :)

     @_lunawinters

   • Rob G. (designrg@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:09:30 UTC Rob G.

     • Karthik
     • nvm.aaditi 🏳️‍🌈

     @Karthikdeva @_lunawinters @freemo

     https://www.ukessays.com/essays/sociology/birth-order-theory.php

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   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:10:05 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Karthik
     • nvm.aaditi 🏳️‍🌈

     @_lunawinters

     YAY!

     @Karthikdeva

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:10:45 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Karthik
     • nvm.aaditi 🏳️‍🌈

     @Karthikdeva

     ::looks up as he eats all your indian food::

     Works for me cuz :)

     @_lunawinters

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:11:45 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Karthik
     • nvm.aaditi 🏳️‍🌈
     • Rob G.

     @design_RG

     As an only child I can certify this meme as factual and true.

     @Karthikdeva @_lunawinters

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:17:07 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Erik Kemp 🇪🇺

     @Erik While i see some value in nihlistic philosophy (particularly specific forms of it I wont get into) I would not say im generally someone into nihlism, especially the modern day brand of it. With that said perhaps this particular book is the sort I might enjoy, so not going to judge it specifically.

     If i get the chance i will take a peek at the book and see if it calls to me.

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:20:54 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Erik Kemp 🇪🇺

     @Erik I will given him a chance on your endorsement then.

     Bear in mind though that i am very overloaded with getting my startup off the ground right now. So may not have time to pursue that for a bit.

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:23:27 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Erik Kemp 🇪🇺

     @Erik Sadly i have to keep it secret up to the release for profit reasons, especially because it will be mostly open source and easily stolen.

     I will say keep an eye on the cleverthis.com domain as that is where i will host it when im ready to publish the software.

     It will be software related to distributed computing in heterogeneous networks.

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:24:51 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Erik Kemp 🇪🇺

     @Erik Thank you

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:26:41 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Karthik
     • nvm.aaditi 🏳️‍🌈
     • Rob G.

     @design_RG

     I am an only child and my mother suffers from some severe anxiety that often manifests in ways that she would handle things rather emotionally and not always in the best of ways (though there was no shortage of love from her).

     As such I always had to look to myself to figure out what was right or wrong as I was the only one who I felt could be "rational" and fair in judging situations.

     In many ways I had to be the adult, at least emotionally.

     @_lunawinters @Karthikdeva

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:30:27 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Karthik
     • nvm.aaditi 🏳️‍🌈
     • Rob G.

     @design_RG

     I'm an only child, not first born.. but i guess the idea carries over...

     I guess you can argue im the first, first in a group of one...

     @_lunawinters @Karthikdeva

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 15:41:03 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • Karthik
     • nvm.aaditi 🏳️‍🌈
     • Rob G.

     @_lunawinters

     Aww thanks, I appreciate that.

     @design_RG @Karthikdeva