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deathbird ,

Racism is real, not race. Don’t shorthand it.

deathbird ,

Whatever it is, it should be public so if an issue is raised and resolved then others can see that too.

No more Discords for support, please, for the love of god.

deathbird ,

UFCW needs more grassroots activist members who will fight for the contracts they have and to rally blocs against the bullshit two-tier, no raise crap they push after every negotiation.

deathbird ,

If they weren’t so overplayed it wouldn’t be so bad, but every microbrew has like 3 IPAs, 2 dry-hopped pilsners, and a seasonal novelty that if you’re lucky is something noticably different like a wheat beer or a porter.

deathbird ,

Taxes can be a tool for taking unjustly gained capital and redistributing it to the people as a whole.

That does require workers exerting power through and over the state, but taxes are simply an exercise of power towards redistribution of resources.

deathbird ,

The other thing that makes it tough is that we don’t really have a good grasp of what it is. At least, last i checked.

Like, are we just pathologizing people on this or the other side of a fuzzy threshold of executive function? Or is there a population that really is physiologically/genetically different? Either way, is there something wrong with society where people within a previously normal range of executive function are now unable to keep up?

deathbird ,

Goodbye horseshoe theory hello half-bagel theory.

deathbird ,

The most common first name in the world is Maria, and the most common last name in the world is Wang. Erfo the most common name in the world is Maria Wang.

deathbird ,

Least unreasonable childhood belief. There are horses. There are animals with horns. Why not a horse with a horn?

I think I actually recall a radio show where a guy thought unicorns were real up until his mid 20s. Not that he thought they were magic or anything, just that there was a horse-like animal with one horn that actually existed and was probably endangered or something.

deathbird ,

On network television movies were often edited for content and length. So in a way you were right.

deathbird ,

Was Wendy less intimidating?

deathbird ,

I can play on my own time, and I can play with friends, but god help me I HATE playing on the server’s time. I can kinda do it with Pokemon Go, but that’s one you can play as casually or as hardcore as you like since you’re mostly playing for yourself after a point.

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    deathbird ,

    One of these door bars could help: a.co/d/h56YulW

    Doesn’t really address the fundamental problem, but it’ll make getting the door open harder.

    deathbird ,

    Mos was about 7 years into his acting career by that time.

    He’s always good though.

    deathbird ,

    He’s not wrong in principle, but I trust me, so add me to the raffle too please.

    deathbird , (edited )

    What do you mean it’s only IPAs here?

    Why there’s also Double IPAs, triple IPAs, quad IPAs, Imperial IPAs, every kind of fruit-infused IPAs, hazy IPAs, seasonal IPAs, limited edition IPAs, New England style IPA, West Coast Style IPAs, wheat IPAs, rye IPAs, oat IPAs, Session IPAs, red IPAs, and non-alcoholic IPAs.

    And if none of that appeals to you we also have a limited edition seasonal dry-hopped pils that according to the menu tastes like an IPA.

    deathbird ,

    Gender variant expression is found across all human societies (probably gender/sexual dysphoria too), but transgender identification (and third genders) seems highly culturally dependent.

    Hard to know what impact language has. It’s perfectly possible that in cultures without as much linguistic gendering, there’s less trans identification because there’s less gendered language to attach to or push away from.

    deathbird ,

    “Hey, we got a goldfish. Let’s put him in a goldfish bowl”

    “Turns out a goldfish needs 20gal at least.”

    “Apparently we should get a bubbler to oxygenate the water”

    “We need how many water tests and chemicals to keep the biome healthy?!”

    “He looks bored. Let’s get some decorations. Just a few.”

    “He’s had the pirate theme going for a while. Let’s swap it out with the SpongeBob set.”

    “If we got a bigger tank he could have a friend.”

    Etc.

    Idea: fediverse of ecommerce. Time to dethrone amazon and ebay. What do you think?

    Buying from an alternative ecommerce site usually sucks: you have to register for every website, enter your address, payment information and other information, they may leak data or store it improperly, you may not know the reputation of the website or business, you can’t easily compare products with other vendors and more....

    deathbird ,

    This is kind of like what happens internally on platforms for 3rd party sellers like eBay, Amazon, and AliExpress. Even decades later they’re still working the kinks out obviously. Amazon and AliExpress particularly have lots of scammers, so they clearly haven’t figured out the secret sauce yet. They’re not under-resourced, so either they’re under-motivated to weed it out or it’s actually pretty tricky to do.

    My guess is it’s both, but more that it’s just tricky to implement a reliable system of reputation and trust. EBay and Amazon got around it early on by being cheap and establishing policies that heavily favored buyers in disputes, which made the prospect of using the service less risky to the public, improving their market shares. They probably also have non-trasparent systems for tracking buyer reputations as well to avoid abuse.

    It seems to be the norm to keep these systems obscure to avoid abuse, but to make a truly functional open platform you would need to have public systems, so I’d hope that the norm of obfuscation is out of convenience or laziness and isn’t required to make the system function.

    deathbird ,

    The link has a 500 error for me. Can you say more about this?

    What film, show or game that is not necessarily 'underated' didn't have the level of social impact it deserved.

    What’s the antithesis of Arrested Development, Firefly or The Big Lebowski? Those may never have ‘found their audience’ but over time seemed to recognised by everyone. What are the deep cuts that you liked but it feels like everyone has completely forgotten they even existed.

    deathbird , (edited )

    Most Terence Malik films I guess? He’s popular amongst film buffs, but I feel like his reach should be broader than that.

    deathbird ,

    User instance checks out.

    And yeah, their loss, I agree. And don’t get me wrong, not everything Malik ever does works 100% for me. Tree of Life was good, but A Hidden Life was profound. I think anyone could find at least one of his films that would make them feel something deeply, if they had the patience.

    deathbird ,

    Boycotting is hard, because "no ethical consumption (etc).

    That said, I boycott Wendy’s and highly, HIGHLY encourage everyone else to do so as well because they still won’t sit down with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and join the Fair Food Program.

    deathbird ,

    Sometimes the job is just to be there, and to be the guy that knows what to do when things go wrong.

    It’s not like firefighters are just running from one fire to the next.

    deathbird ,

    Sounds like we’re talking about a speech act.

    If the question is intention vs. perception, intention all the way. Perception of a speech act should track the intent of the speaker, otherwise the perception has failed.

    There are of course ways a person can make their intention clearer, particularly by following rules/norms of communication, and a person receiving or processing that communication should also utilize understanding of those rules to interpret (to properly perceive) the information.

    But if both parties are doing their level best to clearly encode and decode the information, but the perceived message varies from the intended one, which one is closer to the truth? Intention. And over the long term truth wins out.

    deathbird ,

    Not quite saying that.

    What I’m saying is that communication is a burden upon the speaker and the listener, or the writer and the reader. The encoder and the decoder. But any way you look at it, the goal is to communicate (on the part of the encoder) and discern (on the part of the decoder) the intent of the communication act. It’s not about fault or responsibility when communication fails, but what’s more important in understanding a communication act.

    deathbird ,

    Well the question which it was trying to answer was “Which is more important?” without further context. We’ve all had to fill the blanks around “more important for what?” The intent is somewhat unclear, ironically enough.

    I’ve interpreted as a question about communication, or specifically about which of these two factors is more important in determining how communication ought to be interpreted. A way to rephrase the question as I interpreted it could be “When a communication fails, when the interpretation varies from the intent, which merits greater consideration in determining the final disposition of the communication? Do we circle back to the intent of the statement, or does meaning imbued in the new interpretation take precedence?”

    So it’s to that question that I say it’s intention all the way, and that if we iteratively communicate with the goal of making intent and interpretation match, the goal should be to arrive at the intent of the initial communicator and not to convince the intial communicator that the interpreter’s initial interpretation was correct.

    Of course I might have misunderstood what OP was asking, idk.

    deathbird ,

    To the ends of coherent communication, intent always has to have priority over perception. That’s not to absolve speakers of responsibility for failures of communication, just to define the ends of communication.

    Consider a discorse you may have heard before, in some variation:

    A: How’re you? B: I’m terrible. I was trying to mow the lawn today, and the mower just wouldn’t start. I think the gas I used was too old. Did you know gasoline can actually expire? (etc for a couple of minutes). A: I’m so sorry to hear that. Your total is $57.48. Will that be cash or card?

    B misinterprets A’s perfunctory greeting as a literal inquiry. What’s more important? That A’s original intent be understood (I.e. A simple salutation and transaction)? Or that B’s interpretation be recognized and explored? I believe it’s A’s intent.

    Or maybe: C: Nice shirt! D: What? C: I said that’s a nice shirt man. It looks good on you. D: I’m not gay. C: What?

    D’s perception of C’s compliment as a sexual advance is incorrect. What’s more important here: C’s intent, or D’s interpretation? I believe it’s again C’s intent. Maybe it’s easier to empathize with C here, but I think the principle holds broadly. C gives a compliment, and D replies with a general inquiry as to the intent. C mistakenly believes that he was not heard clearly, and repeats the statement with greater detail. D, believing that C is clarifying that he is making a pass at him, expresses that he is not interested. C is confused D’s seemingly random declaration of his sexual orientation, and asks why he said that.

    And on it goes when people talk past each other. But the way people stop talking past each other is by understanding the intent behind each other’s words. Understanding a perception, or more particularly a misperception, only gets you part of the way there. It helps you determine whether or not communication was successful, but it is a measure of the success of communication only by the degree to which it conforms to the intent of the speaker.

    deathbird ,

    Mi volas konvinki mian edzinon al lerni kun mi. Mi pensas ke se mi povas praktiki kun alian homon, mia gramatiko kaj vortfarado pliboniĝus. Sed ŝi ne volas.

    deathbird ,

    Artisanalcheese is still around 4.4k.

    deathbird ,

    No, Art is anal Cheese, but all one word.

    deathbird ,

    Desert Eagle w/ steel core ammo?

    deathbird ,

    If it’s a luxury, isn’t it almost by definition “something you can live without?”

    deathbird ,

    Best I can figure since I don’t know the language:

    Girl cat: “Mrep” is “Hey I see you/Hello/Aloha/Nameste” “Mrow” is “Gimme cheek rubs” “Mrp” is “I like you”

    Boy cat: “Murp” is “Look at my belly/wanna play?” “Murrow” is “Pick me up and carry me around” “Mrayer!” Is “Don’t leave me, pick me back up!”

    deathbird ,

    Looks like right where the glans meets the shaft.

    Idk, between Spain and France…did y’all give the Basques something?

    deathbird ,

    Based on the ratio, we have a genuinely unpopular opinion here. Well done.

    deathbird ,

    USA: Personal cars should be banned, and commercial vehicles should be tightly restricted.

    deathbird ,

    Murdoch owns WSJ, Bezos owns The Washington Post.

    deathbird ,

    You are a family man with a secret identity that loves coffee.

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    deathbird ,

    I hate to say it, but I don’t think you need a €3000 computer.

    $3000 is a gaming PC, or CAD PC. Unless you’re a professional streamer or a CAD designer, you don’t need it. You can get a decent computer for 1/2-1/3 of that price.

    At the same time, it’s okay to buy things you don’t need, if you can afford them. But you have to decide if you should.

    What made you choose your instance?

    Following the spirit of spreading across the Fediverse (and because my main instance is down so many times, because diverse reasons) I’m intrigued about the joining instance process, because I honestly don’t know what criteria to have in order to join another one if I ever want to do it....

    deathbird ,

    I picked my instance because it wasn’t too big or too small, and it federates with basically everyone.

    deathbird ,

    Broad federation, low conflict.

    deathbird ,

    Basic STI panel, I guess. Idk how much they run these days. Probably depends on where you go (health department, planned parenthood, primary care physician) and whether you’re insured or not.

    deathbird ,

    Also gonorrhea, syphilis, or chlamydia (and other NGUs).

    deathbird ,

    I wouldn’t assume it’s a solicitation for payment for sex, but it’s strange to ask someone you just met to cover your medical expenses. I mean, presumably you’ll need the same testing she will. I assume anyone who actually sells sex will try to frankly negotiate payment up front.

    My guess is…it was maybe an indirect way of asking you to slow down. Or she’s could be on a tight budget and also horny AND knows she’s going to have to get down to Planned Parenthood to get tested for the clap after letting some stranger off Hinge eat her out.

    People make all kinds of bad decisions when they’re horny, and sometimes try to mitigate them in weird ways in the moment. You neve known a guy who started having sex without a condom, then paused to put one on?

    deathbird ,

    Yeah. Every bacterial STI, plus HPV and herpes (though I’m pretty sure they never test for herpes) can be transmitted via oral sex.

    deathbird ,

    So I read it as he only went down on her, that oral sex was the sex that they had.

    If they had vaginal intercourse AND he went down on her, I suspect that like a lot of people they used a barrier method for the PIV but not the oral. People don’t tend to think of using barriers during oral even if condoms are pretty normalized for PIV.

    deathbird ,

    CathodeRayDude and Keybored

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