[-] SCmSTR 1 points 22 minutes ago
[-] SCmSTR 1 points 23 minutes ago

Should force that guy say "We're destroying families." Make him take responsibility. And if he wants to switch sides because this helped him develop humanity, then fine. Otherwise, burn in your hell and die enjoy what you voted for, fascist pig.

[-] SCmSTR 1 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 26 minutes ago)

By saying their nutsack is showing? Both users in this picture are bad. It's all bad. I hate that people find anything in this picture not grotesque. It all makes me deeply uncomfortable.

[-] SCmSTR 1 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago)

Duck you. This is not new, nor is it the only one, one of few, nor is this not known. They just aren't listening anymore and likely never have been

[-] SCmSTR 1 points 33 minutes ago

When you learn that on edges of continents and big islands, the wind changes direction with the day/night cycle because of the sun

[-] SCmSTR 1 points 42 minutes ago

And even for the people who don't pass, it really isn't an issue until some pos makes it. Its a bathroom: just use it and leave.

[-] SCmSTR 1 points 48 minutes ago

And that's why it's TERF Island.

[-] SCmSTR 4 points 52 minutes ago

Lmao that's fucked up hahaha

[-] SCmSTR 1 points 1 hour ago

Look, I'm trying to advocate for an opposing viewpoint, I'm not your enemy here. And even if I were, saying shit like "you need help" hardly paints a picture of open-minded rationality worthy of a good faith conversation.

[-] SCmSTR 1 points 3 hours ago

I think that's over simplifying it pretty significantly

[-] SCmSTR 1 points 3 hours ago

Wouldn't blocking anything deemed risque or deviant more sensitize you than DEsensitize you? Or are you implying like a pornography addiction or something?

Either way, I think this subject is VERY much in play in the current culture war we're in. The normalization of mainstream language now using shame, guilt, "on GOD", and other European Christianity masculine values like "brother" this and "bro" and "cringe" and stuff. So much of this newfound self help and what should be behavior never really gets looked at deeply, and so much of it is extremely problematic with racist, sexist, and homophobic foundational logic. So when people adapt it, like you say, it becomes a pretty slippery slope to controlling behavior that if you came out and just wanted people to stop, there would be an uprising. But because of these more insidious jumps in logic that people just assume ("naked person in public does affect me"), it becomes this slow decay that eats away at rights.

Basically, I'm saying that we just have to ACTUALLY talk about, as hard as it may be, and we must talk about it HONESTLY and OPENLY. Maybe learning how to discuss topics like these needs to be what education reform focuses more on, so that, you and I are just screwed, but maybe the next generations can be better off, aware of, and protected against giant leaps in worldview logic, and how to address them justly.

Like, I'm pan af and very sex positive, but also think safety and long term happiness for everybody should be the end goal. Let people be people, making drugs or speech illegal doesn't fix anything, "race" is not a synonym for species or national heritage, attractive or not naked people on the street aren't hurting anybody, the sexualization of everything actually fixes a lot of problems, and we must keep in mind that morality doesn't exist in nature and is solely defined by humanity and is basically infinitely fluctuating and differently simultaneously across different people across time and in different places.

But, there has to be an answer to naked-person-having-a-walk-in-public.

I'll start, with this question:

Does the context in which the decision to do that matter? Does it matter if it was a PROTEST, or, say, a FETISH exhibitionist walk?

Because, if it's a fetish walk, a lot of people will cry out the "no consent!" thing. But then you have to ask follow up questions about what is sexual, what is public, does it affect you, what does it mean to affect somebody, what the limits of affecting others are, what about acts of violence, how social contracts are implied, who follows, how they're changed, etc

And if it's a protest, you basically have to answer the same questions, but just from a second perspective. And I'm sure there's more I'm not thinking of.

[-] SCmSTR 5 points 6 hours ago

Just have her make her own comm where she's admin and can ban people and people can block it if they want.

To me, it's a breath of fresh air from all the terrible world events and is just a little bit validating. Human, you might say. And even if none of it's real, it's nice to see somebody preaching anti-stuffiness and pro-feminism.

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submitted 3 weeks ago by SCmSTR to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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submitted 1 month ago by SCmSTR to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

What if Gabe Newell is already dead and his existence is entirely AI, now?

I've long since held the belief that Valve, and gaming, tech, and much of society, is held up by GabeN. The world WILL feel it when he goes, parts of it maybe not immediately, but it will ripple effect most places and parts of the world.

But so, what if he's already gone, and he preemptively invested in putting himself into AI, or Valve props him up as a figurehead? Would that be good if that happened?

(Just a passing thought, I'm curious what people think about any of this. Maybe this belongs in shower-thoughts or gaming. I dunno.)

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submitted 1 month ago by SCmSTR to c/virtualreality@lemmy.world

I think we all need a way better solution for VR input to core legacy input devices. Floating keyboards are ass and we all know it. Using gestures is also bad and solves nothing.

Hardware needs to finger register better. Make grooves or lines on the capacitive controllers so that fingers don't get mixed up, and just have people type like normal. Let me play world of Warcraft in emulated flatscreen in vr. Have triggers of the controllers count as touchpads to work as both touch mouse clicks and micro adjustments for virtual mousing. Maybe even have dual actuation or multi level haptics on the trigger mechanism so that you can actually click the topmost or bottommost of the trigger.

I'm sick and tired of actual normal pc I/O besting VR and being something to fear while in VR, that's dumb. VR is supposed to be better in every way, not a trade-off. The answer to "can it do x?" Needs to be YES. VR isn't a console, it's an evolution of I/O. So until keyb+mouse doesn't need to be used, VR needs to get its shit together. And I don't know about you, but a pretty gd big part of language and using a computer requires letters, and numbers. Phones are 90% of the way there and good enough. VR is not, it just tries to avoid it by design, but it always inevitably needs it, because at the end of the day, at least for now, that's how stuff actually works.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. /rant

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submitted 2 months ago by SCmSTR to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world

"An evil corporation is a term which frequently appears in science fiction and or dystopian works to refer to corporations that ignore ethics, morality, laws and social responsibility in order to make a profit for its shareholders."

Just thought everybody should know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_corporation

Also, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_company_(Japan)

Do you work for an Evil Corporation? Do you know anybody that works for an Evil Corporation?

Would you work for an Evil Corporation?

Are people that work at Evil Corporations evil people?

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submitted 4 months ago by SCmSTR to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

For those of you who eat tuna spread sandwiches, you may know that portioning the amount of spread is... Variable... And sometimes messy. It depends on the bread type, thickness, toast level, etc., as well as the spread's qualities, AND what you're feeling like.

I wanna know:

How The Heck Do YOU Make Your Tuna Sandwiches?

Tips? Tricks? Secrets? Ingredients? Spill the beans! Er, tuna.

I'll go first. If you use a fork to kind of...wipe each slice of bread carefully with its own mechanically-stable layer of tuna and THEN put them together, I've found that it usually ends up being the perfect amount. It takes a little longer, but gives a boringly great result.

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submitted 7 months ago by SCmSTR to c/mtf

Dr Powers is dropping all out of state patients and multiplying fees by several times over. He cites the current federal administration and hints at litigation, as well as death threats and other violence, and losing one of his employees.

I'm so tired.

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What to buy? (self.espresso)
submitted 8 months ago by SCmSTR to c/espresso@infosec.pub

I'm in the USA. I've had a flair classic. It was able to make better espresso than most baristas, but because of preheating and cleaning, the first shot could take like 15-20 mins.

The weird plastic portafilter grew a hairline fracture and so I can't make espresso at home anymore.

I want something, new or used, that costs under, say, 700 usd (possibly closer to 400 usd), and is faster and possibly more automated, and makes just as good espresso, that I don't have to fiddle with as much once I've gotten it honed in.

I probably don't need a grinder because I have one of those hundred dollar hand grinders that does a pretty good job.

I also want a good steam wand on it to steam milk.

I'm considering like a sage/braville bambino, but that's such an influencer brand that I can't trust anything I see on it. Also considering a gaggia classic. But I haven't used any real espresso machines, so I don't know what I'll like or not.

Durability/robustness, espresso quality/output, and speed/time-to-coffee are my big priorities.

Any advice is welcome!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by SCmSTR to c/mtf

They stayed up late putting in edits that bans Medicaid from covering gender affirming care even for adults now. They said they were going to. It may be voted on in the house Thursday, May 22nd. Trump is pushing this massive spending bill to be passed ASAP.

The House needs to vote on it, it succeed, it go to the Senate, they vote and it and it succeed there, then the president accepts it, for it to become law.

Republicans hold majorities in both the House and Senate.

They will likely try to pass through the filibuster in the Senate with Budget Reconciliation so as to not require 60 votes, and therefore just a simple majority. That has its own rules though.

Edit: This morning the house voted for and passed the bill. Off to the Senate it goes. This is where everything happens.

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