I think when you’re young it’s especially easy to get cowed into following strange rules and patterns, even when the authority or consequences demanding that you do so are vague or unclear.

I guess I just find the use of psudo-homophones as euphemisms/codes for platform (or school?!) based psudo-profanity to be particularly weird. Like I get that an advertisement-dependent platform will want to de-prioritize content that discusses suicide because Frosted Flakes doesn’t want to be associated with people killing themselves, and I also understand people wanting to be able to speak freely and be heard and therefore finding comprehensible euphemisms to use on ad-based platforms. I guess what I don’t get is how it leaks over into unmonitored communication or even out into offline contexts. Actually I kinda do; it’s basically Foucault’s panopticon. But I don’t think the solution is just to become ungovernable, but there is certainly utility in being able to recognize the tools that are used to structure your behavior and thoughts.

Idk, maybe that’s too much of a tangent, but it’s weird, right?

MulticMC isn’t abandoned, though it doesn’t look like they’re doing lots of significant updates these days.

He’s such a thoughtful artist, and I really love how he explains his process.

Man I’m not saying most of those games don’t look like skeezy dreck, because they do, but a payment processor shouldn’t be able to make the call about what a store can or can’t sell.

Someone should come up with a way to exchange funds without requiring these corporate intermediaries.

Why? What was stopping you? Would you get sent to the principal’s office or written up if you spoke normally about rape, but not if you used tiktok lingo?

I for one am celebrating the Trump administration’s commitment to ending US military hegemony.

You could always say ‘rape’, even as a teen. Why do you think you couldn’t?

No. It’s an artifact of dodging algorithmic suppression of speach, and should be avoided in any circumstance where you won’t be punished for speaking clearly. And generally any communication system or social circumstance that requires that requires you to speak unclearly or ambiguously should be avoided in favor of those where you can speak in a way that is clear.

Depends on if they’re actually overweight, and how they’re handling it. If they’re wallowing in self pity or engaging in unhealthy behaviors that suggest an eating disorder, then I guess you approach the actual issue instead (i.e. the depression, the eating disorder). If they’re just trying to psych themselves up to exercise more or eat better to shed an excess 15 pounds then support and encourage them.

I’d say buy CDs from a credit union, or municipal bonds (riskier though). In fact maybe the best thing to do for now is to move your banking over to a credit union if there’s one you can join, or to a smaller local bank if you can’t and you’re with one of the big bastards.

After that, in terms of stock, an S&P index fund will have some of the best and most consistent returns, and all you’re really betting on is ‘line goes up.’ One could try to find an individual ethical company or companies, like maybe publicly traded B Corps, but even those I have doubts about.

And real estate isn’t getting any cheaper, so if you already own a home, I suppose you could buy another one and rent it at cost. You get equity, and the renters presumably get below market rent. Maintain the property, give the renters right of first refusal if you decide to sell, and sell at marginal markup rather than market rate and you’d probably be doing better than your average landlord. This is the toughest route to follow while not being a bastard.

Oh no, not quality and craftsmanship!

It’s not the power coming in like this as such but how close it is to the downspout. And I mean, if the power has to be there, the downspout really should be moved.

Large appliances.

Am I the only person wondering why the downspout is right by the electrical wires in the first place? I don’t know all the things there are to know about code, but that seems bad, if for no other reason than it can result in things like this.

What a strange time to be alive.

It takes 7 seconds for the terminal to load on my brand new laptop. I’m sure there’s some way to fix it, but that…just enrages me.

And it’s dog shit too.

The US military is not for national defense, it’s a pay pig for a handful of corporations.

When civilians want something, it’s always “those poor corporations!”

At least with the bill focused on military you can put forward the importance of “combat readiness”, “supporting the troops”, “taxpayer dollars”, and other things that politicians often say they care about.

They are examples of complex and difficult tasks that humans are capable of when working together, implying through comparison reordering society is also achievable.