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The fact that the -oid suffix is used is enough of a tell that this is some 4chan fanfic shit. Ultimately I’d rather just see that whole franchise fade into obscurity instead of whatever the fuck this is.

haha body shaming amirite?

I’ve both had my mind changed and had others change their mind when talking online, but I don’t think it’s the norm if I’m being honest. Most people don’t seem to enjoy having their views challenged and someone feeling defensive will very rarely approach discussion with an open mind. I say this as someone who gets defensive and struggles at times with this very thing. We’re all flawed. 🙃

Separating the art from the artist is usually meant for academic settings when discussing works from people who were flawed (I’m using very mild language) or who we see through a modern lens as problematic. It’s how we can talk about the themes and IP that Lovecraft created despite him being a truly garbage human being in his life.

I think we have collectively co-opted the phrase to try and engage with entertainment we like when the artist is problematic. I think that’s generally okay if the artist is no longer alive or does not own the IP anymore.

If an artist is alive and actively a shitty person, then it’s not really possible to separate their art from them in my opinion (again, non-academically). Doing so can give money, clout, or other forms of power to further enable them. That’s why we’ve been seeing “cancel culture” grow, because boycotting is one of the few ways to limit an artist’s reach if they are using their art or status to hurt people.

As an aside, depending on the artist’s actions or reputation, it is genuinely seen as suspect to engage with their art outside of academia even if they are dead. This can be especially true if the art itself espouses dangerous or very hurtful ideas. A common example is stuff like Mein Kampf, which has been studied academically/historically in order to understand it. I think anyone would be wary of someone saying they are a fan of it though.

Do you think the Winchesters have enough clout to make the paranormal shit themselves at their mention at this point? I like to imagine that’s how it might go

“7 days…”

“Hi this is Dean Winchester and-”

“FUCK FORGET I CALLED LOSE THIS NUMBER MY BAD click”

Yeah this looks like the West Springfield donut dip, a small chain out in western MA.

Really fucking weird seeing it randomly on the Internet lol

I just want to confirm, as someone from MA, that this person is absolutely right. New Hampshire is the armpit of New England. You could not pick a worse state up here to live in.

Someone made a frontend for Lemmy called Tesseract. This person added a default-on non-comitted list of users, communities, and instances that frontend would block regardless of your own instance or account settings (unless you were a mod or admin). This was done under the guise of wanting a “normal” experience for new users. This was never disclosed to users who would use the frontend.

Meanwhile, the blocklist (which is hosted separately and downloaded by the app when used to avoid instances removing the blocklist for their copy of the frontend) reads like a personal-grievance diary. A lot of people are rightfully really upset that this was done and not disclosed. The creator doubled down and is continuing to add people to the list and showing their whole ass to everyone.

Wow dude, they were a medic what the actual fuck is wrong with you.

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…and the cops can’t stop you

Neither can the cow hehehehehehe

He struggles with ramps and walking unassisted. He’s an elderly man with dementia. I’m pretty sure a gentle push or some uneven ground could end him.

Republicans are so weak!

EDIT: re downvotes: Is this question too stupid even for this comm? :(

Did you actually believe the war was over and that Trump was smart? The answer to that question is probably the answer to your edit question.

Am I the only one who thinks that tattoos are avocado toast is for wealthy or semi wealthy people? Why not use that money in a CD, Volunteering, or Donations? Kind of feels a bit selfish?

Don’t get me wrong tattoos are avocado toast is great I have seen very neat ones. But I have also seen people who can barely afford anything or just down on their luck get avocado toast a tattoo? Where are the priorities at?

I was unaware there was apparently no physical reaction time, endurance, or skill to being one of the greatest LoL players of all time.

“Opinion.”

Is Hisense adding a display port to the Epstein files…?

You absolutely deserve connection with others, we all do. There’s an expectation that you and I have that really hurts us and makes that hard to accept though. I wish I had more concrete or resonating advice to give. Honestly it was a lot of therapy and work just to get to where I am.

You deserve connection and you deserve love.

Are you me? Fuck.

The best I’ve got is to be more selfish and be okay with the idea that people and relationships are temporary. When a relationship feels like an event and not a forgone conclusion it doesn’t hurt as bad when it ends. It also helped me with grounding myself and reinforcing that my emotions are not always mirrored and are not factual.

Right? That is not my preferred skill set and I don’t enjoy those things. I like understanding and designing patterns. I like feeling connected to the code and problems I’m solving, and I like feeling clever when I come up with solutions.

AI takes all of that away. It’s got more data than I can ever cram in my skull, more energy than I’ll ever have available to me, and it’s being forced on us at every corner so it has access to things I’ll never see.

Honestly I would be okay with LLMs if they weren’t killing our planet and robbing us of our humanity and creativity.