for sure I’m hot as hell and it would probably diminish a lot of my hangups (fuck you Catholicism)

it’s totally up to you. i decided at some point that I was happy IDing as one based on my doggirlness, and then later started to appreciate the art and stuff too. i still don’t have a sona or whatever just general dog vibe. it’s just a very nice, welcoming queer centric scene. there’s no hard definition or requirements as others have said.

harsh truth tbh good post

i left a year ago or a bit more, too many libs telling me to vote for joe biden. also everyone on there has an annoying superiority complex about not being on twitter when it’s the same thing.

aren’t they pro genocide

I’m not really interested in any kind of debate about this sorry. you’re not being rude or anything I just find the idea tedious, as I said it’s clear we just disagree on a basic thing here and I’m fine with keeping it that way

i personally do believe in the human soul and don’t think rationalist vulgar materialism can fully explain consciousness so yeah, I guess we may just fundamentally disagree there. it doesn’t even have to be something “mystical” though, could just be something totally unknown to science that can never be replicated in silicon. even if you still think it’s possible, it’s plain that the current extinction event and the technological setbacks/energy crises it will bring is going to prevent much progress being made towards the currently science fiction-level technology and energy required to get even close. far from “inevitable” in my view and ultimately, a total waste of time and resources. may as well say Dyson spheres another thing made up by SF writers are inevitable. energy crises, tech setbacks and population destruction will always get in the way. it’s utopian to a cartoonish extent, like hundreds or thousands of years of end stage communism would be needed for this kind of stuff to even begin being feasible. and if we had that then I would hope creating AI slaves wouldn’t be very high on the agenda. that’s why I think taking it seriously is a waste of time.

my impression is that it’s real but haven’t looked that deep into it. there’s accounts of Stalin being freaked out that his daughter was alone with him iirc? also being real it’s understandable that a guy suited for that position would have those kinds of tendencies. im sure it gets exaggerated and dramatised and stuff but it’s pretty believable to me.

i think the through line from “sufficiently advanced computer + software” to “conscious brain akin to a human one” is basically made up nonsense conceived by SF writers and propagated as being actually real by tech bros. i don’t think it’s something worth taking seriously at all

lies of P. not sure if I like it or not yet, some annoying aspects but it has drawn me in more than any other non fromsoft soulslike I’ve tried over the years

its ok to vilify straightness hope this helps. you are not oppressed in any way for being straight lmao. this is the “complaining about anti-white racism” of misunderstanding sexuality power dynamics. queer people are telling you to shut up and you’re doubling down on your chauvinism, consider you suck!

explains it better than i could, hope this helps

well it’s a fairly addictive drug and physical and psychological dependency can creep up on you. your life can begin to revolve around the next joint at a certain point and it can make you apathetic to a depressive routine of not going out much or pushing yourself to do anything other than play videogames and smoke. some people will attest that it aids motivation for them but i find the inverse to be more common. in terms of purely physical detrimental effects it’s definitely nbd compared to cigs or alcohol, but knock-on effects from ending up in a sedentary lifestyle and eating poor quality food can be a concern with heavy users, it can also exacerbate depression or anxiety with heavy dependency. you can end up depending on it just to go to the store or do social interaction or even pull yourself out of bed. speaking as a 10+ year stoner who has had better and worse periods with this stuff. ultimately it’s a massive reduction in harm compared to say alcohol dependency but people definitely underrated the damage it could do for a while, up until a few years ago where that started seeing some healthy pushback. it obviously has legitimate medicinal applications too but ime self medication can spiral into recreational dependency quite easily.

you know “straight pride” is in the same category of thing as “male pride” and “white pride”, right? it’s a homophobic thing to invoke. nobody cares that you’re part of the hegemonic sexuality group, it’s not something to be proud of.

I don’t see why I can’t also be proudly straight.

they are one of the few western euro countries actually doing some work to keep their options open wrt working with China too

the Entente was not an equal footing situation from Brit and French POV, they essentially wanted to colonise Russia after the war. the rise of the Soviet Union was what prevented this and they never forgave them for it

yeah i didn’t mean it in any negative sense, polemics can obviously be very useful. just im pretty sure thats the category it fits in