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You questions are answered in the article. I can help you a bit if you refuse to read it.

I ended up in Catalonia due to poverty. I was not even aware people speak Catalan there. I thought they speak Spanish. Poor people from outside end up staying around the same poor people - work in the same places, etc.. So Romanians, Moroccans, South Americans, and others, spoke Spanish. They too probably didn't even realize others speak Catalan here...or what is this Catalan a Spanish dialect!?

After all we came to Spain and got a Spanish residency...

On top of that all Catalans also speak Spanish. And Spanish is also an official language in Catalonia.

So the situation was kinda like this. No to mention that for those who come to work due to poverty reasons it is not very advantageous to know a regional language since they may move to other parts of Spain for work.

I never said the Catalans have a problem. I actually said we should understand this complex situation and try to find a humane way of living with each other. Read the article if you want to understand.

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I've read the article. Your point of view is mistaken IMHO and I'll try to explain why. We, Catalans don't speak Catalan to exclude foreigners or anything like that. We speak Catalan because it is our language, that's why. As simple as that. Why do we have to stop speaking our own language in our own country?

Imagine moving to Amsterdam, where everybody speaks English but the mother tongue of the majority of Dutch people is Dutch language, of course. Now, imagine...
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imagine hanging around with a group of amsterdamers speaking Dutch with each other. Would you complain about that? Would you really ask them to change their language and start speaking English just for you? I wouldn't dare. If i was this person in Amsterdam I would understand that it's me the one living in their city so, if I want to be part of this group, then it's me the one that has to learn their language, not the other way around. For sure, I would be able to...
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to live in Amsterdam for 15 years or more only speaking English, but I wouldn't expect to fully integrate in the Netherlands if I refuse to learn any Dutch. Something similar happens here in Catalonia.

You need to realize that Catalan speakers have been repressed throughout history. Lots of people have been fined, abused, mistreated, beaten or even imprisoned just for speaking their language. Some of these people are famous carachters, like the architect Antoni Gaudí, for example
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@trom but I'm not refering only to past times, even today, lots of Catalans are abused or mistreated just for speaking Catalan at police stations, airports, hospitals, schools, all kind of events etc. Just last week, in Barcelona, one woman was fired from her job just because she usually spoke Catalan with customers or coworkers. If you want to learn more about it, just search on the internet, it's full of stories about Catalans being discriminated just for speaking their language.

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@trom Besides, Catalan language is declining. The main political parties in Spain (specially the ones on the right and far right) and also some high Spanish courts work actively to impose the Spanish language and reduce the presence of Catalan. Again you can learn more about it, just check what the governments of Partido Popular and Vox are doing on this matter in the Balearic Islands or in Valencia, for example. This, among other factors, is threatening the future of our language.
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50 or 60 years ago Catalan was widely spoken in places where today is almost lost. In Barcelona, for example, only 20 or 25% of the population speak Catalan on daily basis. This percentage would be around 50% just 25 or 30 years ago.

So yeah, some of us feel threatened. If we switch to Spanish every single time there's one person around that don't fully understands the language, then Catalan will simply disappear beacause this happens almost every time. Nobody would speak...
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Catalan on the streets, at jobs, at bars, events etc. And we don't want that to occur, we want to preserve our language and culture.

After 15 years living in Catalonia, I encourage you to learn some Catalan. If you already speak Spanish it's not that difficult. Plus, Romanian is also a romance language so, it should be pretty easy for you.

Catalans really apreciate foreigners that have made the effort to learn Catalan. I know plenty of people that live in Catalonia and...
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have come from all around the world, from South America, to Asia, from Africa, to Australia and, of course, also from all corners of Europe. Some of this people Speak Catalan and are very happy about it because now they feel really welcomed and accepted in Catalonia. In fact, some of them are today active pro-independence campaigners. Once a foreigner speaks Catalan, we Catalans treat him or her like a very special guest. In fact, we don't consider this person a foreigner anymore.
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So yes, if you are happy livng on this land and you plan to live here longer, you are very welcome to stay and I encourage you again to embrace the Catalan language and culture in order to become a true Catalan-Romanian.

Una abraçada, tant de bo poder seguir aquesta conversa en català algun dia proper. Salut!

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Would you be available for a podcast to talk about all of this? I'd love to have a decent and friendly discussion about this topic and to learn from each other.

I want to reboot our TROMcast and I'd love to have someone from Catalonia to talk about this subject - tromsite.com/videos/#cast

Please let me know. I am genuinely interested in having an open mind discussion. I have a few wonderful friends in Cataonia. I do not hate on the Catalans. Tomorrow I meet with a family to show them and their kids the Moon. I'd love to speak Catalan if I could have the time and cut from this tension, but also I'd love to see the Catalans see each other more like humans than this label that is transitory in my view. Embrace both, but we are humans first of all.

Let me know please if you would be up for a discussion and we can talk about the details.

Thanks!

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Thank you for the invitation but there's people much better prepared than me to talk about this topic. You can contact them: plataforma-llengua.cat/qui-som…

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Once a foreigner speaks Catalan, we Catalans treat him or her like a very special guest. In fact, we don't consider this person a foreigner anymore.


In my view would be better to treat everyone like that. I see everyone as humans. We have evolved from the same creatures, share the same history. Amazing and real story.

Language is just a tool we use, and it won't change who we are simply by using a different language. You should be happy to know more languages because you can communicate with more people. More diversity.

So treat everyone as humans. We all need a safe environment, food, shelter, healthcare, security, education, etc.. If I were to march for something, I'd march for this.

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I would not mind learning Catalan, is just that I am too stressed and busy with so many things in my life. I'd love to speak Catalan if I could magically do so. Or Spanish. Also I travel with the motorhome and I do not plan to stay in Catalonia for long.

I encourage people to learn Catalan if they so wish. I think is a cool language - putting aside the fact that I got annoyed with this refusing to speak anything but Catalan to me, if I take the language itself is indeed a nice one - sounds like Romanian many times.

I think the best approach is to treat each other with respect and for the Catalans to make people love the language and not hate on it. I do not like the situation here honestly, and is not ok for anyone.

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You said you weren't aware of the existance of Catalan language until you came here, 15 years ago.
Ok, so you realized Catalan existed because it's visible. You see it written on street signs, you hear some people speaking it, etc.

If we don't make it visible, lots of people would ignore the existance of this language, less and less people would find useful to learn it and eventually it will disappear. You perceive it's rude that we...

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No one ever said to stop speaking Catalan in Catalonia. All I said, and I think any decent human in this world agrees with this, is to use a common language to talk to people and try not to marginalize people because of the language.

If 4 out of 5 people speak fluently Spanish and Catalan, but 1 of them only speaks Spanish, then the decent way is to speak Spanish when that human is part of your conversation.

This is happening in so many places on this planet and I am sure it is considered basic decency.

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Some would argue that after living in Catalonia for 15 years, maybe it's time for you to make a small effort and try to understand the language. I don't even ask you to speak it but just comprehend the words so the rest of us don't have to change our language because of you.

I don't know...15 years is not enough time? I know people speaking Catalan fluently after 8 or 9 months living here. I understand not everyone has the same situation but, you know...15 years, man.

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I understand is easy to use this argument for you, but for one is not easy to learn a new language. Look at the entire Spain they learn english in schools for so many years and in my experience very few can speak english.

I also learned french in school for 8 years and I cannot speak any french. Or anyone I know....

Is not even about learning a language, is also using it. And I rarely interact with the Catalans here.

Second, even if I know Catalan I am not a vessel for the Catalan culture, so that won't help it in that sense.

So you have to understand the more complex situation here. Is not as easy as trying to force me learn a few words in Catalan as that won't make any difference I believe.

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The thing is you've been living in Catalonia for 15 years and you are complaining about Catalan being spoken when you are around.

And you are asking ALL CATALAN SPEAKERS to stop speaking their mother tongue 100 meters around you so YOU don't have to make a small effort and learn the language of the country you're living in. Not even speak it (no one is asking you to speak it) but just comprehend the words.

And you think this would be the fair outcome here.

Sorry but it is not.

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@trom I understand it perfectly well. You are asking all Catalan speakers to take diving courses, driving lessons, museum tours, university classes etc. in Spanish or English just because there's one person in the room that, after having lived in Catalonia for 15 years, refuses to make a little effort and learn the language.

Sorry but it is you the one who has a problem here (not understanding an official language of this country after living here for 15 years), not Catalan speakers.

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I ask all Catalan people to be respectful to the others in such situations and use the language that suits all people. And please don't ignore that Spanish is also an official language in Catalonia.

Here's a math/reason problem for a 5 year old:

If you have 30 people in a classroom. 25 speak Catalan and Spanish fluently. 5 only speak Spanish. What language should the teacher speak?

A. Catalan, and 5 people would not understand the courses.
B. Spanish and all 30 people would understand the courses.

Choose.

I feel only in Catalonia people would choose A over B. Everywhere else people have a basic decency towards other humans.

I do not ask for Catalans to speak English, ALTHOUGH they learn it in school for YEARS so you would expect they know English and want to use that language else why even teach that language in schools....I do not ask for that, I ask for the Catalans to also speak Spanish, one of the official languages in Catalonia, where it makes sense.

Maybe you still don't see my point?

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@trom You still don't get it. Maybe it's not easy for you to understand it.

For some of us, Catalan language is a very important thing. We love our language, we consider it an essencial part of our culture and heritage, we want to preserve it, and yes, we want it to be more and more present and also a requirement for both public and private companies operating in Catalonia.

So yes, we choose option A and encourage these 5 people to learn it because option B means the death of our language

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@trom So yes, you still don't get it.

It's not my job to convince someone with such a closed mentality. I've tried to argue and convey the point of view of many Catalans on this topic. For many of us Catalan language is not just a tool to communicate, it's more than that, it's an essencial part of our identity.

It's ok if you don't agree or don't like it but you certainly will not change this feeling very present in a lot of Catalans, so deal with it.

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Yes, you see it this way, that's clear, but it's just your opinion. Many Catalans don't see it the way you see it and that's ok. Who's right and who's wrong depends on everyone's judgement.

One thing is clear, though. You won't be able to change the minds of many many Catalans on this topic so, since it's you living in Catalonia, better deal with it.

I don't want to continue this conversation. There's nothing else I want to argue with you so I won't reply anymore.

Have a nice day.

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You don't likke the Dutch language? Then maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to move to Amsterdam and to live there.

But if you decide to move to Amsterdam anyway and stay there for f**king 15 YEARS, after all that time, you could change your mind a little bit, make a small effort and try to learn some words in Dutch.

And if you're not willing to make this small effort, then, the least you can do is grow up & stop whining about people speaking Dutch around.

That would be my advice.

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@trom Are you aware that, roughly speaking, 50% of the Catalan populaion wants Catalonia to become and independent country and Catalan language to be the main official language of that future republic?

So can you comprehend that, for some people, could be annoying to see a person that, after having lived here for 15 years, refuses to make a little effort to learn basic Catalan and still asks everybody to stop speaking Catalan when he is around?

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I am aware that there are many in Catalonia who want independence. I do not understand what this means and I am not sure if anyone does. UK is an island...is independent. And still so many there complain about culture and language loss, immigration, bad living conditions, corruption....I detail in the article.

Andorra is independent. They speak Catalan. But barely more than half of them.

It is true percentage wise more speak Catalan now than in the past in Andorra.

However this "independence" is at best an ideal and an idea, since from products to services, cultures and languages, and values in general, we are all a mix. Catalonia cannot be independent no more than any other tribe in the world.

What would independence bring to the Catalans that would be positive in your view?

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@trom "It is true percentage wise more speak Catalan now than in the past in Andorra." --> that's because over there it is the only official language and nobody would dare to ask Andorrans to stop speaking their language in driving lessons.

There you go. So yes, making Catalan more present and required has worked well in Andorra.

I don't want to continue this conversation. There's nothing else I want to argue with you so I won't reply anymore.

Have a nice day.

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So yeah, some of us feel threatened. If we switch to Spanish every single time there's one person around that don't fully understands the language, then Catalan will simply disappear beacause this happens almost every time. Nobody would speak...

I have 2 questions for you:

1. Why is this so threatening to you if Catalan is spoken less and less and eventually will fade away? Is a serious question and I do not want to hurt your feelings, I am simply trying to open up a perhaps uncomfortable situation.

2. Why do you think this approach of forcing the Catalan language when you talk with normal people is going to make Catalan persist? As I said, for me and everyone I know outside Catalonia it makes us hate the Catalans and the language. Which is not ok for anyone.

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@trom See? This is the key point of this discussion.

You see languages just as a tool to comunicate with other people. On the contrary, many Catalans see our language as part of our culture. It's something unique in the world (nobody else in the world speak it), it's part of an ancient heritage that's been brought to us through history, just like other traditions (dances, songs gastronomy, art...).

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@trom speaking English, eating hamburgers, watching Netflix, celebrating thanksgiving or the 4th of july, dressing up like idiots for halloween and playing baseball.

Maybe you don't care about your cultural heritage as a Romanian and it's ok for you to end up like this but we do care. We would like romanian language, culture, art, heritage, gastronomy, etc. to survive. So we think the same for Catalan and many other languages and cultures around the world.

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I understand that people see Catalan as important and part of their culture. We can say the same about Romanian and many other languages. I only hoped to challenge a bit these notions in order to relax our conversations around language since like I explained in the article these languages are mutations and mixes of other languages and they always change. Same is with traditions and so fort. And perhaps is important to recognize that.

Catalan is also spoken in other parts of the world by the way. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_… just a side note.

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Besides, Catalan language is declining.


I understand, but why is it declining? From what I understand is because of different forces such as the fact that Catalonia is too integrated into Spain to be able to detach now, and so everyone in Catalonia already speaks spanish....Also tourism, migration, the fact that Spanish is far more useful for most people than Catalan....

These are real forces that I am not sure you can do much about...Not saying this as an insult or anything like that....

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@TROM but I'm not refering only to past times, even today, lots of Catalans are abused or mistreated just for speaking Catalan at police stations, airports, hospitals, schools, all kind of events etc.


Where is this happening? In Catalonia? I've never heard of this. Give me some sources I'd like to know the details. However this does not justify to refuse to speak a common language with someone. What do I have to do with those situations? Why should I be marginalized, even as someone who may just visit Catalonia and speaking Spanish?

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Only in 2024, around 3.000 people reported situations of mistreatment and discrimination for speaking Catalan.

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Ans this is just the people that actually report it. The vast majority of this type of cases pass without being reported at all.

The law says that in Catalonia you have the right to speak Catalan anywhere (at work, as a customer, as a patient, as a student, etc.) and, in reality, this right is not guaranteed many of the times.

Plataforma per la Llengua recibió 2.902 quejas lingüísticas en 2024, un 25% más

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If you know Spanish fluently but refuse to speak Spanish with someone who only knows Spanish, that is intention of marginalization. When Spanish is also an official language in Catalonia and you tell the hospital you do not understand Catalan, only Spanish, and they send you the medical results and appointment details only in Catalan, that is malicious. And so forth.

No one tries to marginalize the Catalans. Like I explain in detail in the article. And explained all of the comments I replied to you I believe....I am unsure if you red the article...

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to live in Amsterdam for 15 years or more only speaking English, but I wouldn't expect to fully integrate in the Netherlands if I refuse to learn any Dutch.


Sure, could be the case, but again Spanish is also an official language of Catalonia. English is not an official language in Netherlands. Also I am not talking about situations in which you want to integrate into the Catalan culture, but random situations where you interact with the Catalan people who will not speak Spanish if you only understand Spanish.

You need to realize that Catalan speakers have been repressed throughout history. Lots of people have been fined, abused, mistreated, beaten or even imprisoned just for speaking their language.


Yes I explain this in the article. But this is the far past. Why drag this into the present and create these cancerous situations between people?

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Would you complain about that? Would you really ask them to change their language and start speaking English just for you?


I came across this exact situation. Yes they spoke English. In Romania where I am from, if 1 of the people in a group does not speak Romanian and the rest speak English, we speak English. Always.

if I want to be part of this group, then it's me the one that has to learn their language, not the other way around.


I understand this reasoning too, but in Catalonia everyone speaks Spanish fluently. If I speak the one of the official languages of Catalonia, Spanish, and the rest refuse to speak it, isn't that rude?

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indeed It's rude for some people because some Catalans view Spanish (or French in Northern Catalonia) as a foreign language, a language that has been imposed on us, and certainly it has been imposed. So if you live here and you refuse to learn anything of Catalan, then it could be viewed as something disrespectful for some of us.

Perhaps this is viewed differently in Romania, and that's ok, but here in Catalonia, plenty of people see it this way.

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Yes I understand that people may see it that way in Catalonia and I understand why may be that, but all it does is create tension and discomfort between people this whole situation. People in India do that with English I wonder? From my knowledge no, and English was imposed on them by the brits. And there are so many such examples.
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@trom @tio@social.trom.tf @jo No, it’s not, simply because we are at our home, besides if we all speak Spanish or French it’s because of centuries of imposition, not by choice. What’s extremely rude is living 10 years + in a place, not speaking the local language AND calling the locals rude for not adapting to YOU. Anyway, I don’t care the least if people like that think we are rude or call us that, I know our place, history and right.
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Paula the Muslims who were in Catalonia before Catalans arrived had to leave or ingest the Catalan language. Unfortunately all human history is like that - language is imposed in this way in most cases.

It is ugly, but if you think the solution is to marginalize those who do not speak Catalan, I am afraid this goes against your goal. First you have to understand why the Catalan language is not spoken by many people, to get why people refuse to speak Catalan or do not care. I am an outsider and everyone I know thinks like me. Would be good to talk to these people and understand form them in order to adapt your strategies.

We can all point the finger at each other and yell "rude", but we don't change anything unless we learn to talk to each other and find a way forward for all of us.

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So the cause why I do not speak Catalan, or so many foreigners who come to Catalonia, is because of France and Spain? Sure, Franco imposed Spanish to Catalonia but that was decades ago, what can you do about it now?

The reason many people do not speak Catalan is what I explained in the article (most likely). Poverty, migration, tourism, the Trade Society itself, etc..

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We, Catalans don't speak Catalan to exclude foreigners or anything like that.


That is the end result. Regardless of the intention.

Why do we have to stop speaking our own language in our own country?


You don't have to. But if you know a common language why not use that? I do it all the time. I speak English or Romanian depending on the situation, regardless what tribe I'm in.

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Almost no abdominal and back pain for the past 2-3 days. WOW. This is amazing, idk why no pain suddenly, but to not feel pain for the first time in 2 months, and overall in a year, is something of a life changing event. I hope it lasts...I hope. I have more appointments with specialists, but now I feel ok.

This week for sure I will release our new TROM Articles, alongside perhaps with a new video series for TROM. Eventually I want TROMcast back, and get active, get used to live on your my again. So far so good. I am making progress it seems.

Ride With Less will need a revamp a bit since I now travel alone. But well, I was doing the videos alone for the past many months anyway.

But fuck me Spain has become an oven. In the motorhome 43 degrees today. Luckily I stay at my sister's place in the daytime. And I go back at 9-10PM to the motorhome, fireup the AC, and am able to sleep.

Will make more videos for Ride With Less too.

Lots of things to do. I will be active again. Already am.

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Yah mysterious pain. But is not all gone. At times I still have some. But I feel so much better than before. Maybe we will figure out the source the next months.

My sister does not have AC unfortunately. Fortunately the building she lives in and how the apartment is placed, it does not get super hot inside. In theory from tomorrow on the weather should move from over 34 or so a day, to just under 30. So maybe it will get a bit better....

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Foundational corner stones aren't poop drops mate.
And saying "science is the BEST tool we have" is itself, scientifically, a bit of a stretch. Is it "a" tool, yes. Far as it being "the best"....
May we remember Goddell....
math.uni-hamburg.de/home/khoms…

And as already prior noted, one may have fun in attempts to bring their "scientific facts" regarding what consciousness is.
*and if one can't establish that cornerstone, where's that leave the "psychological sciences"?*

My intent here, more than arguing for or against things "paranormal", Rapport, Wikipedia, etc.
was simply to try to help keep arguments and/or debates from one way or another stretching outside their own boundaries.
Such said, in a look to placating appeals to "scientific fact"; the further work on Goddell has been offered for standing FACT on current and running "scientific facts".

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@Tio I remember "The Money Game and Beyond" was my first book that I read and it changed my life basically! I had this thought of "If I were to write a book about the world, I would write it exactly like this!"
Amazing how you compress so much relevant knowledge into each of the books and I couldn't be happier to have translated most of them into german - it was a journey that I enjoyed so much 😊
Looking forward to new TROM content and materials however they might be 😉
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@aaron
I know everyone talks about the origin of most problems book but I feel like the money game and beyond book was just as good and eye opening. I honestly don't remember why I didn't finish reading that book, I think I had to stop due to exams or something - or else there's no way I'd stop reading something that captivating. I should probably go back and read these books sometime 🙂
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@Rokosun @Tio yeah for sure, you should!
Especially since the last parts were so captivating for me.
First chapter is a summary about fucked up the past and our current world is and why, second chapter about different ideas that people proposed to create something better and how they did end up in the world.
Third chapter is about what really works and how we can "approach" this world - how to be scientific about the "disease" that exists in the world and "treat" "it". I love all parts and it is written so well :)
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@aaron
I think I have read most of the book already, because I remember the analogy using aging as a disease and comparing it with our society. Also one of the things that really impressed me in the book is how it answers a lot of the questions that would naturally arise in the readers mind, like how to handle scarce resources - the book talks about the example of organ donation and how that is distributed based on some ethical standards humans came up with.
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If you make @Technology Connections go nuclear about the shithole this society has become, then it means this society is really in a terrible shape

Watch till the end. This video is more than just solar panels for sure ;)

And if you are at it, maybe remember we made a documentary all about the terminally ill state of our society, over here tromsite.com/documentaries/tro…

#society #money #technology #trom #tromsite

#money #technology #trom #tromsite #society @Technology Connections

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Busy crazy world eh!? Flooded by idiocracy, corruption, power hungry monkeys. Consuming and being consumed.

This year will try my best to publish some videos for TROM. I have been busy, demotivated, and tired lately. This world is so upside down it makes no sense to even mention that. It is obvious. And for those that isn't, they are too deep into brain rot to probably be saved.

Anyway,

Will be traveling with the motorhome for the next weeks. I need to also have a hernia surgery in february or so. And will try my best to create new content for TROM because in the end it is for myself, to keep me sane in this fucked up world.

I am looking forward to the total solar eclipse this year. The outside universe is still the only thing that I deeply enjoy and look "up to" :). I can fantasize that there are other worlds out there, better than ours.

#universe #trom #tromsite

#universe #trom #tromsite

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Working from the motorhome on TROMjaro while watching a documentary on a projector, just like I used to do back in the days in my room :D

So cool I made the motorhome so comfy :).

Planning to release a new TROMjaro ISO tomorrow. And then to focus on writing for the TROM video Series.

I've spent a week here:

Now I am still in the mountains but a different place with a nice view:

Trying to reboot myself and TROM :) - so far so good. Excited to try and make a video series.

I live with very little money, maybe 500 Euros a month everything included (food, fuel, internet...). I have an old projector, a 260 Euros second hand thinkpad, and a Pixel 6a with Graphene OS that Aaron gave me :). And I love living cheap and with less.

Thats a way to get detached bit by bit from the trade society.

#trade #trom #tromsite

#trom #tromsite #trade

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In a wold where everyone is tired, the easiest is to fall asleep.

Stay sharp and alert people! It is hard, but it may be even harder to wake up from a deep sleep.

That's what I'm trying with all of the projects I do - tiotrom.com/projects/ - keep myself sane and awake.

Sure, not many people get to read the books I wrote, or use the tools I made, or watch the videos I created. But I do these for me first, and the rest second. That's how I keep myself from not sleeping. Is not easy, but what's the alternative!?

#awake #trom #tromsite #society

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TROM II: A Message to the Aliens (documentary)

We live in a world where everyone is busy, everyone is consumed, everyone seems confused. Money, social credits, ads, data collection, prices and billionaires. Climate change? Who cares! A one-marb...
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#foss #PeerTube #fediverse #YouTube #trom #tromsite #videos @PeerTube @Dima

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Tio

I agree that Peertube loses something good about centralization: a way to search the entire Peertube network. I think joinpeertube.org/browse-conten… does that well tho. And every instance can enable global searches like we do with videos.trom.tf - tho this is a general issue with decentralization and even these global searches will not search through all of the content.

One server needs to discover another and its contents in order to be aware of them. But this technology I think is still in its early stages and looking at how much Peertube evolved over the past 2-3 years it gives me hope that there will be better solutions for this.

I like the idea of grayjay.app/ where you are following "creators" and not channels. Can be Youtube, Peertube, or whatever. The fediverse needs to be integrated with the other platforms like this through some sort of app maybe....

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PeerTube's own Sepia Search is trying to cover having a single search system in one place. It uses a blocklist system to screen out bad content when it's reported.

I'm trying to do my own single place to discover content at fedi.video but using an allowlist system instead, so I only allow accounts to appear on the site if I manually approve them.

These are the two ways of providing a unified search for discovery, I think there's a place for both?

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I think if I'd live 678 years I would never get bored and I would have new projects to do all the time. I feel like I want to do a lot. And I do a lot every day, but the days are too short for my motivation and drive. The weeks, the months, are flying by so fast. The years, still more ahead than behind, but soon they will balance, and then you'll ride the ones ahead. But it's all about making the best of this ride, even tho too short.

This year we have a motorhome, very little money, and a lot of plans.

Make sure you follow us on Peertube videos.trom.tf/c/tromhome/vide… - we will go chase the darkest skies in Spain, meet with some wonderful friends from the project, volunteer, and do a lot.

#trom #tromsite #motorhome #spain #vanlife #exploring #nature #tromhome

#nature #sPAIN #trom #tromsite #vanlife #exploring #motorhome #tromhome

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We now have a Wishlist for our TROMhome project because we are broke and if anyone wants to help they can directly do so. Here tromhome.com/#wishlist

For example we need to put a satellite dish (a Starlink Mini) so that I can keep our servers updated, do backups, upload our TROMjaro ISOs from the middle of nowhere, and in general be available online to help with the TROM projects. We need it specifically for my work on TROM.

So if anyone can help we have a GoFundMe for it gofundme.com/f/help-us-get-a-s… (450 Euros). I hate that they are putting satellites into the orbit, but we have no better option in Europe. The monthly fee of 72 Euros is also gigantic for us, but again I need an unlimited Internet access...

If anyone can help that'd be fantastic. If not is ok we will buy it eventually.

Thank you in advance! :)

#trom #tromhome #tromsite #internet #motorhome #spain

#internet #sPAIN #trom #tromsite #motorhome #tromhome

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Dont Worry, We are Fucked! videos.trom.tf/w/tn5h6Q6VK5QjK…

This is a recording I did after we finished filming for the TROM 2 documentary. I wanted to compress all of my thoughts in one go, one recording. And this rant is more than relevant today when it seems this world is fast slipping into idiocracy. If you did not see our TROM 2 documentary I recommend you better watch that instead of this video - tromsite.com/documentaries/tro…

In essence I think that the human society has dug its own grave so deep, it is likely we cannot save it from a total failure. However, if you have the patience to watch the entire rant, you will see that despite this negativity I am still positively active with sane and nice projects and I will continue to do so.

If the world is fucked, it does not mean I, or you, have to be fucked and complete idiots, or to not care about the world.

#trom #tromsite #capitalism #trade #money #idiocracy #profit #cunsumerism #world #society

Dont Worry, We are Fucked!

This is a recording I did after we finished filming for the TROM 2 documentary. I wanted to compress all of my thoughts in one go, one recording. And this rant is more than relevant today when it s...
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#Capitalism #world #money #trom #tromsite #society #Profit #trade #idiocracy #cunsumerism

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Starting to do the TROM work now :) - I am in Romania for a month or so before we go back and start the TROMhome adventure. A new TROMjaro ISO is out forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-… ! More updates to follow!

#xfce #tromsite #tromjaro #trom #linux #foss

#Linux #foss #trom #tromsite #xfce #TROMjaro

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I am trying to do some work from the motorhome for TROM and WebApe...I eat GB like a blue whale eats plankton. :D - I've put 100GB on my phone, using it as a hotspot. I have 50GB left now. After a few days...

This is why when we come back in January and start to live full time in the motorhome we will probably put a satellite internet with an unlimited plan. Mobile plans suck - only available per tribe....and in Europe, living in a motorhome, makes 0 sense.

We've also ordered 260W more of solar panels. We already have 260W on the roof that we put ourselves. Plus a new 1280W lifepo4 lithium battery. We decided to have enough power and be fully broke. It is what it is.

But feels great to get back online bit by bit. Doing my "normal" work. And doing it from here:

#motorhome #trom #tromsite #spain

#sPAIN #trom #tromsite #motorhome
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