They don’t roll themselves up into a compact ball and lay still when feeling threatened.

Hedgehogs do that.

I have already several times kicked hedgehogs across the lawn in the dark because of this behaviour (involuntarily of course)

What’s your kill count in the trolley problem?

It’s not the looking-at-th-screen-thing, but rather the switching-the-camera-on-in-the-first-place-thing, the understanding-anything-at-all-while-the-screen-is-covered-in-people-thing and the not-being-a-total-exhausted-mess-who-needs-an-hourlong-pause-to-function-again-afterwards -thing.

So no, wouldn’t be useful, I am afraid.

Have been thinking the same.

I have a serious anxiety when it comes to video calls. My direct colleagues know about it and don’t mind, but it is weird when having remote meetings involving other people. This is probably really harming my professional success.

So I was considering trying some Chatroulette like service to get more relaxed towards video calls, but was really put off when hearing about all the offensive sexual weirdness there.

Eyechat would omit that while still being near enough to a classic full-face video-call. I think this might actually work as some kind of exposure therapy. I might give it a try.

Doesn’t help in summer…

The article itself sounds a lot more relaxed than the heading suggests.

Nonetheless, this is still stuff for c/fuckcars

But why? To ensure some status quo by making higher education only available to an existing upper class?

In Germany I have the impression that decreased support for basic ecucation is at least partly connected to the increasingly inversed age pyramid, but that may not be the whole story.

Apparently not that obvious, considering the state of school funding in many countries, mine included.

You might want to look up “Enshitification”.

No surprises here…