It was actually a reference to Eminem's song "Stan" about an insane fan who murders his family or something.

Empress is my problematic fave.

I get what you're saying, but commending a group that is currently running fascistic, theocratic, totalitarian government for repelling an invading force isn't exactly the talking point you want it to be.

Not to once again prove Godwin's law, but it's like saying "Hitler may have nearly eradicated all the Jews, but he brought Germany out of spiraling hyperinflation!" You may have a point, but no one's going to listen closely enough to prevent them from interpreting your statement as an endorsement of Hitler.

I was a little kid in 2000; all I knew about him was that he was a presidential candidate who wasn't gonna win. This interview opened my eyes up to who he actually is, what he did for America, and just how similar my views on politics in America are to his. I'm glad I don't see him as just a punchline anymore.

Also, he was kinda daddy when he was younger.

Imagine being so awful that not even the IOC likes you anymore.

For people asking what it means, my Spanish is not great, but I think the first sentence is something like "These are stories relating to ECM(? don't know what that is) of experiences surrounding death (I would assume near-death experiences?)"

Not directly concerning on the surface if they're just talking about near-death experiences, but I have no idea what the content of the videos is.

EDIT: Found the English version of the channel. Definitely some woo-woo shit, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it a suicide cult.

Hi bi, I'm dad.

~~Seriously though, I'm proud of you.~~

I read the whole thing, and the one thing that stuck out to me the most is that this Diane Baird is an disgusting person. I had such a visceral reaction to this article, and her use of pseudoscience to take advantage of foster parents and rip children away from their birth parents is absolutely horrific. The more factors you load onto one variable (in this case, eye contact), the less it means, and she uses people's lack of understanding about that to draw absolutely insane conclusions that no competent and ethical psychologist would.

I love it, but I wish it were open source. I have since switched to LogSeq, and now I'm even trying out TiddlyWiki.

No one said the legends were good.

You just have to talk to them to get to know them. I’ve had many conversations with them on the train and there’s a lot of good people out there who were given a tough break.

I wish I were the kind of person who does that. I'm definitely a big introvert and don't really like talking to people outside of controlled social situations. Honestly, I feel like maybe being that kind of person would make this whole situation easier, but... yeah.

Thank you very much for your perspective, though. It helps.

I don't know why everyone's all doom and gloom right now. Yes, this is a massive issue, but they're not even federating right off the bat, just allowing accounts to be imported. Who's to say Threads will even take off? While they may take a bunch of new users, I can't see a ton of people currently using Fedi services switching to Facebook (I refuse to call them Meta).

Yes, we need to be on our guards, but don't forfeit the battle before it even begins.