deathbird

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[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 1 points 14 minutes ago

Or....you tend to be negative.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

I feel bad for folks who are introverted and not particularly strong. Almost every job with a low barrier to entry demands a lot of physical or emotional labour.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Imagine a barista with a pin that says "Here are some of the soft skills that this job demands and which I lack."

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I think by "do nothing" he means no arbitrary interface changes, new features no one asked for, etc.

That's the sort of "doing something for the sake of doing something" stuff that Microsoft and Apple often do that people hate.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

When I have romantic feelings it doesn't make me want to sleep with the person they're directed towards.

It doesn't make me want to necessarily sleep with them either, but rather stay up late having sex with them. And maybe after sleep.

But this idea of asexual romantic attraction makes about as much sense to me as saying "When I am hungry it doesn't make me want to eat food."

When I say I have "romantic feelings" for someone, the feeling I'm referring to is a combination of love and sexual desire. Even when I was a kid and would sort of push down or repress sexual thoughts because in my head it felt wrong or inappropriate, what I was feeling was sexual desire and love.

My understanding of the term "romantic" has always been euphemistic, based in an understanding that it would be weird and rude to just tell someone you're crushing on that you love them and you want them to love you too and you want to put your mouth on their genitals because you think you could make them feel really good and you want to physically intimate to be vulnerable with them because vulnerability is a part of of not just physical but emotional intimacy and you want them to share their feelings and feel open to you and so on and so on you get the idea.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 41 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Do people seriously conciously fantasize about taking part in erotic acts with real people (especially ones they have feelings for)?

Yes.

I kinda get the disrespect perspective, maybe. I felt that a little as a teen. But then I thought it probably wasn't respectful treating my crush in my mind like a sort of sexless statue or object rather than a real human being that I was in love with and wanted to have sex with.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 66 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Because they're also rich. Laws are for the poors.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Public micro blogging overall is a bane, so yes.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

The difference between clearly documenting features, and hiding or removing them.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

First time I saw a Zoomer do that it hurt my soul.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 8 points 4 weeks ago

The proof for eligibility was basically self-attestation.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

This is actually a good take. Kids aren't miniature adults, they're kids. They're not helpless or useless, but neither are they fully morally and emotionally developed. They need guidance. Plenty of adults can't responsibly handle internet access. I survived early onilne porn and gore and social media, but it's not like any of it benefited me in a meaningful way.

Some folks have an attitude that's like "I touched hot stoves and I learned better", but that's far from ideal.

 

Hey folks. I was wanting to get a new set of keycaps for my work computer's keyboard, but I'm having a little trouble finding a set that seems like a good fit. I'm fishing for suggestions here.

I'm looking for a set with XDA profile and a darker color scheme (the base is black). Most XDA profile caps I've seen on AliExpress seem to be on the lighter side, and most darker caps aren't XDA profile.

And ideas?

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