Why not both? Political pillow talk time

That’s a great line, and captures a lot of the complex feelings I have around this

Thanks for your service o7

I had heard about the online discourse in this area, but I’m glad to hear that something has come of that movement.

Fucking hell, that must have been terrifying

One of the key motifs of conservative ideology is zero-sum thinking: they seem to think that if someone else is gaining something, it must mean that someone else (possibly them) are losing.

I keep trying to convert my friends to using Firefox mobile for this reason. I generally try not to evangelise too much, but I have so many friends who keep complaining about ads when browsing the internet on mobile, and this would literally solve their problem. One friend complained about ads so frequently that they ended up getting irked at me telling them the problem was solvable. Our unhappy compromise was that I would stop telling them to use Firefox and uBO if they stopped complaining about this so much in front of me.

I respect their choices, but by God, I’m baffled by them. I get that inertia makes it hard to make switches like this, but when you’re spending so much time complaining about how much effort it takes to use the internet on your mobile, why would you not just solve the problem?

I had that error a couple of times, and it inexplicably resolved itself. Try having the person join again (which may require a new invite). I think only 1 out of 4 members of my family were able to join without that initial error message. This was back when Steam had just switched how they handled family sharing, so I assumed it was just an implementation bug of some sort. One of my friends took three attempts before they could join, but it worked ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Though I will note that steam family sharing no longer works if the person is located in another country for the purposes of Steam billing region (so my Norwegian friend could not join my UK family)

That reminds me of a line I like from a friend who is a GP: “We’re responsible for a patient’s healthcare, not their health”. I found the distinction interesting, because I hadn’t considered it before.

I think they use the same thing that web crawlers use. If Google’s crawler couldn’t access the content of the page (or could only access a limited amount of content), it would likely rank far lower in search results

He’s the philosopher of choice for people like Peter Thiel and JD Vance. He advocates for moving to a neofeudalist system, arguing that democracy is a failed project. Beyond this, he holds some truly repugnant views that are woven throughout his ideology

This really made me smile, because it made me think of some of my most cherished friendships.

For much of my life, I felt it necessary to dampen my authentic self, because I felt like I would inevitably be “too much” for people. Nowadays, I privileged to know people who match my energy and then some

I sometimes forget that I’m painting and get paint on my face.

I also do a lot of staring into the distance, though it’s usually a more frowny kind of focus than dreamy.

I also have ADHD. Both of these are my ADHD

I’m a big fan of fishnet stockings — ones that require a suspender belt, not hold-ups (Ideally a good suspender belt has 6 (ideally metal clips). The reason for this is that if you put your underwear on over the suspender belt, it makes it way more easier to go to the toilet because you don’t have to disrupt your stockings at all (and pulling tights up and down always contributes to ladders and tears, in my experience, especially with fishnets).

Another perk is that it makes it easier to cycle through damaged fishnets. You can get away with some holes in fishnet tights^[1] or stockings (and depending on how punk one’s aesthetic is, some damage may improve the vibe ), but eventually they’ll get too torn up and need to be disposed of. With stockings, if one of them gets damaged, I can just throw that one away. If I start with a few pairs of the same stockings, they seem to last longer than the equivalent number of pairs of tights.

[1]: Though actually, if you think about it, damaging fishnet tights actually causes there to be fewer holes. Philosoraptor.jpeg

I think that your point has gotten a bit lost in the analogy for me. Like if we’re saying that the Democrats are like chemotherapy — unpleasant but necessary — in your view, what does this mean for the potential split caused by Mamdani winning the nomination and many establishment Dems seeming to have a problem with this? You seem frustrated at some of the comments in this thread, but it’s not clear to me what your issue is in particular, or what you think is the best course of action with respect to the upcoming mayoral election.

For what it’s worth, I like your analogy, and how you frame it; I think that with some refinement or clarification, it could be an effective way to deliver your point

Whilst I understand the sentiment, I gotta respect someone who is unashamedly embracing their id and chasing that dopamine rush

The ladder that starts at Chipotle is not one that leads to work in the field you studied for. College graduates who are struggling to find jobs would relish the opportunity to work up the ladder in their field, but there are insufficient entry level jobs.

I think this is part of why transphobia against trans women is so much more loud and prominent than transphobia against trans men: to a misogynistic, it’s incomprehensible that someone would choose to sacrifice their male privilege and “downgrade” to live as a woman. It’s pretty sad that they think that way, because the cost of their own male privilege is a rigid adherence to hegemonic masculinity that’ll eat away at your soul, even if you’re a cis man.

You are ridiculous, and I love that for you.