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fucktard

[thiefking]

actually you know what that's exactly it i would rather someone add 5 parantheticals after every sentence than use tone indicators it's 1. accomplishing SO much more in terms of clarity 2. extremely funny to look at depending on how they're used

[thiefking]

observe:

"is this real? /gen" — i thought /gen meant "general" for ages. i would not be able to understand this on first sight a few years ago and is thus ineffective

"is this real? (genuine question)" — i fully understand this without issue

"is this real? (genuine question) (can't tell) (very realistic) (looks real) (scary) (photoshop?)" — is not only incredibly clear it's also very funny to read all of these thoughts stapled together while also in their own parentheses. it's also the most useful because now i can actually address all parts of what they are asking me with as much specificity as BOTH of us need

[lady-sanguis]

parentheses my beloved (they are for bonus thoughts) (and questions) ( and sidetracks) (like a 2nd conversation on top of the first)

[yuumei-art]

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm cuddling my huskies as I type ❤️

[tikkety-tok]

[i-am-the-third-heat-deactivated]

Ok that last one is just to show off

[lvl99catpriest]

Damn Ms Girl just throated the fuck out of that

[kazentais]

Hardest way to tell the word you're The Throat Goat

[alexisren]

Sleeping in With: Alexis Ren & Jay Alvarrez

[exitwound]

electric stoves aren’t real btw they’re placebo stoves. your food cooks because of the placebo effect

[transarsonist]

yeah no its just a bunch of LEDs that turn red, it only boils water because you expect the water to boil

[citrono-kirbo]

[minyicho]

[kedreeva]

If you're ever worried about whether your writing is too self indulgent, I just want you to remember that Sharknado had 5 sequels. I'm only partway through watching Sharknado 6: It's About Time, but already they've traveled through time and ridden a pteronadon into a Sharknado so they could use the magic teleportation portal inside of it to travel forward in time to King Arthur's time, where they are currently battling a Sharknado full of fire-breathing dragon sharks with Excalibur, which is a chainsaw sword that calls lightning. You're fine. In fact, be a little more self indulgent if anything, because I am having a BLAST watching this specifically because I can see how much fun the writers were having.

[kedreeva]

In case you were wondering if people like self indulgence in their media? So far responses to this fall into 5 categories:

What the fuck this cannot be real/this sounds awesome

This is totally real, I looked it up/I've seen them and they were awesome

I don't want to know if this is real, this is awesome

Time to watch/rewatch Sharknado/all the Sharknado movies because they are awesome

I feel better about my writing now and will be more self indulgent

So whatever you're on the fence about indulging yourself over in your story, please go for it whole ham.

[micro-usb-deactivated20230625]

[therustyskull]

And 32 of them were Zuck sock puppets.

[ralfmaximus]

“But we gave them legs! Those ungrateful bastards!” Zuck shrieks as he throws his VR headset at a cowering assistant.

Metaverse/Decentraland is pretty pissed about this article, citing the metric “38″ means “38 active blockchain wallets” and not total number of users who can login for free. So 38 paying customers.

Which... 38 paying customers for your $1.2 billion investment is a laughably terrible ROI.

[drtanner]

[tallgreenlady]

Oh nooo, they clarified that they have 8,000 active users (as in people who log in each day). That number isn’t better at all

[fairycosmos]

my friend is very confident and free and i always want to know how she does it so once i asked her and she just said “the only difference between me and you is that when people treat you badly you think it’s because there’s something wrong with you but when people treat me badly i think there’s something wrong with them.” scalped

[were--ralph]

Pee in a cup and leave it outside near ants - if they avoid it's probably not diabetes, if they seem interested, you might have sugar in your pee and should get checked out

what the fuck is this 1200’s medical science 101

[spacecaptainglow]

As a specimen processor who checks body fluids for a living I can confirm this is a real, vaguely accurate ancient way of checking for diabetes that dates back at least to Pliny the Elder

[were--ralph]

no i know it’s real but this isn’t the middle ages I can literally go to the UC or ER if i need to?? why would i resort back to this

[were--ralph]

actually nvm the American healthcare system is absolutely too expensive you’re right

[unbotheredmuse]

[monsterbi]

[mormonhair]

Hah scene queen huh? thanks. now here is a troll of me yay!! - Kollene

OMG KOLLENE KINGSTON IS LITERALLY TROLLING MORMONHAIR

This is such an honor! Thank you so much! Big hair respect!

[so-very-cool]

If I ever have enough money to afford a car, I hope I’ll have enough self-discipline to send the money to charity instead.

[lizzyy26]

[icequeenxxxx]

June 2013 and June 2015.

[xlegendaryx-deactivated20161119]

This is the most lovely thing I’ve ever seen

[depression-party]

Yes

[alexisren]

Sleeping in With: Alexis Ren & Jay Alvarrez

[assdownloader]

“don’t support nestle!” shouts the liberal on the computer made from parts manufactured at foxconn

consumer activism is a lie, see you in hell or in communism

[so-very-cool]

assdownloader: What do you suggest instead?

[assdownloader]

i thought that was clear

[so-very-cool]

You suggest avoiding consumer activism? That’s it?

[assdownloader]

is the suggestion that we move towards communism not at least implicit in the OP or do i have to explain this shit again after like a year of liberals on my post

[so-very-cool]

Obviously you don’t have to, but I really would appreciate an explanation if you’d be so kind. (I tried to find it on your blog, but the search function didn’t work.)

I get that you want to move toward communism, but I don’t know what the connection is between that and avoiding consumer activism.

[assdownloader]

consumer activism is useless at best, boycott without support of workers whose products you are boycotting hurts workers, communism is the only thing that will save the planet, etc

[so-very-cool]

If there’s not a connection between consumer activism and communism, then I’d really rather just stick to the topic of consumer activism. My real question is this: you say consumer activism is useless, but does that mean that you think it’s okay to spend your money on absolutely whatever?

I personally like the mottos “reduce, reuse, recycle” and “use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without”. I don’t believe they are useless concepts. I think rampant consumerism hurts our habitat and that reducing consumerism will help. Obviously organizing workers is essential too, but I think that’s the solution to a different problem.

[assdownloader]

you’re wrong

[so-very-cool]

Reducing consumerism won’t help?

[assdownloader]

“reducing consumerism” is a meaningless phrase and a meaningless goal, your focus on individualist solutions is really pitiful and cynical

[so-very-cool]

The phrase has a meaning in my mind; I’ll try to illustrate it with specific examples. In the United States, the average household uses 909 kilowatt hours per month. Reducing that average to, say, 90 kwh would reduce the need to burn fossil fuels for electricity. That would reduce environmental damage due to mining and pollution. The savings would come from using fewer high-power appliances.

Another example, the average American drives 13476 miles per year. Reducing that average to, say, 1300 miles would again reduce demand for fossil fuels, it would reduce fatalities from motor vehicle accidents, and it would reduce the need for road and highway infrastructure, which also require heavy mining to build. The savings would come from shorter commutes and increased carpooling and alternatives such as walking or cycling.

Example three: in the US the living space per person has doubled in the past forty years. Reducing that average to what it was in the seventies would greatly reduce heating and cooling costs; there would be more adequate housing available for homeless people, poor families, and immigrants; and it would make it easier for people to find places to live near where they work. The savings would require people to accumulate fewer or smaller consumer goods.

I hope those examples suffice to illustrate what I think the phrase “reducing consumerism” means, and hopefully also why I think it’s a meaningful goal.

I disagree that individualist solutions are pitiful; decent propaganda campaigns can be effective tools for changing the behavior of individuals, as Edward Bernays, for one, rather spectacularly demonstrated. Of course, I’m all for other measures as well. I’m partial to Alan Durning’s Tax Shift proposal for reducing environmental degradation through taxation. Technological innovation is the other main force that could help reduce consumption since people will resist changes that reduce their comfort levels.

[assdownloader]

did you at any point consider that ordinary workers are not the cause of environmental issues and taking shorter showers won’t save the global fucking catastrophe that is capitalism like are you that dense and self-important

[so-very-cool]

Oh, yes I had considered that. The economy is the cause of environmental issues, that’s why it needs to be destroyed, and that’s the connection to communism. I get it now.