Joyful
4d ago
I desperately want a free speech reddit, in other words 2008 reddit, back. I probably cried in 2020 when they started blocking reddits they didn't like (including the only space on the internet where I could say 'men in dresses in my spaces freaks me out actually' ) and we lost the last vestiges of what had been. If everybody and his brother can launch their own clone of twitter, I'd like to see twitter launch a reddit clone. But I want geoblocking first.
I'm not optimistic about an independent clone though. Ovarit was terrible. The majority of the time I attempted to contribute my post got removed for board mismatch without a note of which board it should have been on (and the boards were vaguely enough named it wasn't clear). Voat never took off.
How are you going to handle European censorship laws? 4chans fights with Ofcom are hilarious but are you personally willing to stop traveling to the EU and the UK?
I don't know how you keep the moderators from going full nuts antifa though. Limiting how many subreddits one person can moderate? Being unmonetized keeps the 3rd world troll spam minimal, at least.
I wouldn't do this name thing you talked about, though. People search by /r/label and you changing the labels would be confusing and annoy people when they lost the community they were looking for.
If you want an experiment, you could do just one subforum for the culture war roundup type thread we used to have back on the reddit forum. I forget what it was called.
Joyful
4d ago
I'm starting to get concerned about surrogacy for gay men specifically, intentionally creating a baby without a mother. We've had 15 years now I'd like to hear the real consequences studies of children raised without mothers at this point (from surrogacy and adoption). It feels like every couple of months we get these horrific child abuse stories about men adopting children and raping them to death, I'd really like to know if the average outcome is significantly worse or if these are outliers. That is NOT me saying that I'm morally opposed to homosexuality, just concerned by a trend.
Joyful
5d ago
People still want 1k+ square feet per person, space from their neighbors, pleasant controlled outdoors, and distance from riffraff.
Suburbanites are literally happier than city people and changing the transportation equation isn't going to touch that.
Joyful
5d ago
Oh fashion, interesting! I don't think we are returning to heroin chic. It takes a ridiculously low weight to look good in those jeans and think of the horror Ariana Grande got for her weight loss, not praise. I think the ethnic thickness trend of the 2010s (kardashian) has had a permanent adjustment upward (although you are right that GLP has shaved off the plus size can be hot trend, which I doubt many people believed anyway, they were just trying to be "inclusive").
I think the body standard is going to stick at Sidney Sweeney / Sabrina Carpenter for a while. But then I'm a blonde so that could be a self serving prediction. (Not that I follow jeans fashion anyway, I am never giving up skinny jeans for when I care and have boxy (expensive) jeggings.) I in general think that gen-z will be sad they spent their hottest years in beige boxes.
Joyful
5d ago
This drove me nuts because it isn't "Levi Santa Clara Stadium", its just "Levi Stadium" so the rebranding confused me. To the extent which it matters, but for things like trying to figure out when traffic might go nuts it was a minor annoyance for me until I figured out what was going on.
Joyful
25d ago
I don't think any trans person is their desired gender, but that doesn't mean that they are delusional. It really is their desired gender. It's just that desiring a gender doesn't make them that gender.
What an interesting way to put this.
Joyful
1mo ago
he people involved are appropriately punished and the victims and their families are offered restitution in whatever form is possible. As for how that could happen, well, it can't, because it's not really compatible with how the UK functions as a political entity. The UK is a multi-ethnic administrative and economic zone* with Muslims as the most favoured tribe and where inter-ethnic conflict is a perpetual issue to be managed (maybe this is true of most western nations these days, idk). Addressing these crimes in any way that someone like me or you would presumably see as just would require a complete insutitional re-orientation away from this model at every level. This is probably what the main political fight over the next few decades in the UK is going to be.
This. They were broadly treated like child prostitutes and the social workers and NHS staff patched them up and sent them back about their business.
Joyful
1mo ago
Oh no I meant for tracking information and looking up notes! I don't buy through fragrantica, I either do commercial sample packs or from one of the websites that buy bottles and break them up into small vials.
Joyful
1mo ago
Simply put even more shocking than the ineffectiveness of the veteran Afghan Insurgency’s attacks with gunfire, is the terrifying effectiveness amateur and deranged North Americans seem to muster consistently against both the public and the police forces who have spent decades training and preparing for such events.
Deeply interesting
Joyful
1mo ago
I thought of this. I knew multiple people growing up that had special needs siblings that made their own childhoods suck. Or they might not even have those other siblings if the drain on time, finances, and attention is too great. I read once, years ago, that women who have abortions go on to have more children than women who don't, with the idea being that it is a lot harder to get your 2.5 child happy ending marriage and picket fence once you are a single mom. I don't know if that fact is still true of millenials like it was for gen-z, but I could very well imagine that this trade off is actually 1 down syndrome child vs 2-3 without.
Joyful
1mo ago
My experience with ai medical is the same reason I wouldn't dare use it for therapy. It will indeed let you just keep talking and asking questions forever in a way your real doctor will not. Which is fine when I need answers about my hip hurting (probably a muscle strain from my move, thanks chatgpt, and it is getting better now that I'm trying to avoid certain activities, thanks chatgpt) but I could imagine obsessing about a thing that was emotionally upsetting me for an unhealthy long time. With a person you are concerned about their opinion of you and that trims the excesses of narcissism, as does the ticking away of an expensive hour.
Joyful
1mo ago
This is what I consume when I'm doing keto. I generally aim for mostly easy to grab stuff and then one recipe that lasts multiple meals.
I have a keto protein powder that added to my coffee really cuts hunger (I don't do keto anymore, although I should it is amazing for mental health and anyone interested in why should read the book Brain Energy).
https://paleomg.com/andouille-sausage-rice-stuffed-pork-tenderloin/ - I don't even make the pork part of this, this is the best substitute for carbs ever. I make it when not on keto https://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/big-mac-casserole/ Ribeye - marinade in garlic/soy/worcestershire for 4-24 hours, then let come up to temperature covered in salt then coat in a pepper rub (flat iron is what I have) and make in the air fryer. homemade steak sauce 1t worchestershire 1T mayo. https://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/emilys-southwest-taco-soup/ - drop one can of corn and do two cans of beans. pay attention to your marinade don't pick something high sugar and only garnish with cheddar and sour cream NOT tortilla chips salsa chicken - chicken breasts/tenders massage a bunch of taco seasoning into the raw chicken, smothered in a can of salsa topped with cheddar, bake in a casserole dish paleo bake- 2 packages of mushrooms, one pound of ground beef, heavy italian seasoning (1T? 2T? topped with shredded mozzarella and baked) fathead pizza dough is amazing but takes too much effort
As for products, zoodles suck but the kind of noodles made from hearts of palm is ok if you are expecting more of a salad experience (add italian dressing along with your pasta sauce). I don't do any of the protein bars etc, too many tricky fake sweeteners that are terrible for your blood sugar (like the "keto" maple syrup that is worse than table sugar). I used to get Lily's but they've changed to non keto friendly sweeteners.
Cheese sticks (colby or cheddar) Cottage cheese Full fat greek yogurt and then I add a teaspoon of jam, sugar free if I'm being really strict 2 hot dogs by themselves or in a high fiber tortilla 1T of cream cheese with 1/4-1/3 cup heavy cream with vanilla and stevia and cocoa powder for a keto whip when you are desperate for sweetness Sugar free jello with extra unflavored gelatin added to firm it up Deli sliced ham wrapped around a cheese stick with mustard Salami Bacon bits with ranch dressing Parmesan crisps (like Mrs Cubbisons, don't do like the almond flour crackers etc they sneak carbs in). Almonds with easy cheese. Sometimes you need the crunch.
My biggest challenge on keto is I am so bored of the idea of eating actually cooking doesn't seem worth it. I also am not an extreme purist, I'll eat beans, which makes this "slo carb" but not every day. For me keto is more avoiding carbs as the central feature of a meal but I can have a sauce. And you can't really trust the packaged foods they change over time and nothing is more frustrating that doing keto for days and realizing something is messing you up. I also have to watch my protein to make sure it isn't so high it breaks ketosis. Like what is even the point of lily's chocolate since they got bought and cheaped out. They taste better now! But probably fuck up your blood sugar.
That said keto is a lot of work and deprivation and I just use ozempic now which has brought me from almost 30 to almost 25 and sustains. I take half-shots spread out and barely vomit anymore.
Don't forget coconut oil in your coffee if you are getting constipated.
Joyful
1mo ago
His blood level would not have been reversed by Narcan even if they'd dosed him with it the second they arrived.
Joyful
1mo ago
Does anyone really not know that Floyd was more than twice the blood level of fentanyl that can be saved with Narcan? He was absolutely in an irreversible overdose. And he DID the crime he was being accused of. Several in fact.
Joyful
1mo ago
Regardless we know that he had been fatally stabbed by the time the police arrived and he was a goner regardless even if the police had done the correct thing.
He was only two minutes by ambulance to the nearest hospital. I saw a doctor argue on twitter that his primary source of bleeding out was the subclavian vein, which often clots itself, and that given that he was able to forcefully talk when the police arrived (indicating a certain level of aliveness and blood pressure), but died almost immediately after being handcuffed, that the physical manipulation of the handcuffing itself might have dislodged the clotting that was keeping the bleeding under control and absolutely contributed to his death. That doctor made her statements based on the court reports, not an actual review of the autopsy which has not been released.
I don't think they should charge these cops with murder but I think they should be named and fired for appalling judgment.
Joyful
1mo ago
Indian accents from a guy. The musicality is so annoying. It's fine for women.
Joyful
1mo ago
A great idea but you'd need to tweak it. Real books fit a lot more per shelf than arcana codex books, which have a sort of minimum size for ease of manipulation. Damn if I don't love the idea though.
Joyful
1mo ago
So prior to 8 coming out I reread 1-5 and 7. I think the loss of
Joyful
1mo ago
Librarian - Tidy up the arcane library. Had more fun with this game than anything else this year.
I've been attempting to cut back on algorithm driven internet content for a while now. I go on big "quit reddit" streaks every few years but lately I feel that youtube and twitter have become just as bad of default behaviors. And its genuinely possible i'm defaulting to scrolling over living my life.
I am one week into my digital fast. Its easier to call it that rather than say "I'm giving up twitter/youtube/reddit" forever. I've had 24 logged slips, none longer than 15 minutes and most of which were 1-2 minute headline cruises of google news. the technique I'm trying is to have a project in codex where I log slips. Interestingly, although youtube is the thing that takes the most time, it is has been the easiest to resist, only one slip. Twitter is the one I really crave. Feelings: Bored, irritated, lonely. Strategy: logging to codex/chatgpt when slips happen, usually after I close them but once when I couldn't close twitter. It suggested standing up and then I was able to close it, for some reason. I've attended two ITAA meetings*. Locking my phone in the food safe a couple of times. Outcomes: I've been to 2 meetups with strangers (HARD!), to the gym twice (great!) and watched two movies. I've also finished two or three novels but that is normal.
Goals: to reestablish the quality of social life I had pre-pandemic in terms of local friends. Right now I have 7 people I do activities with. Only one of them is a friend acquired post-pandemic. That may sound like enough but three of them are married with kids so they are more "once a month" friends rather than "twice a week" or impulsive "lets go to X tomorrow" friends. I really feel it if one or more of them is out of town. I sat down and wrote it out and this list used to have an additional 13 names on it.
I also would like my life to have dating in it again. I'm having some trouble getting that restarted. Obviously age changes things. My preferred platform has been multilated (Okcupid) and I struggle to feel interested in people from the simpler platforms. Apparently Hinge is where I need to be, numbers wise. Maybe I'd be more comfortable with match?
*I have very mixed feelings about ITAA. It has a lot of restrictive rules that limit the specificity of story telling and honestly the sharing aspect is very boring compared to (I imagine) NA or AA. I often feel a basic dislike of the people so it is a pain to attend. I think it works for me, to the extent that it works, by showing my nucleus accumbens that this is a priority because I took the time to do it.
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