That’s fair.

I’m of the worldview that while technically there is no “meaning,” doesn’t mean there’s no effect (even if it’s infinitesimal). Just because there’s no purpose in pushing a ball across a table, it still moves when you touch it.

It also places, in philosophical framing, that humans are the creators and arbiters of the concept of our own “meaning.” The fact that we ask of it, and in some cases find there is no such thing from external forces, suggests that it comes from us. However you go from there is the beauty of the notion.

Bit of a side tangent lol but thank you for sharing and engaging :) /gen

Meaning: try to do no harm, give love where I can, and hopefully leave the world a little better where I touched upon.

Why I keep living (bit of a TW):

Also experiencing video games.

Oh wtf :( people’s cruelty and ignorance knows no bounds.

Here I thought it was because their little natural red carapace spots look “painted” on.

That would be Onan, found in Genesis chapter 38.

So this is what the Mutual Aid fairy looks like

Monster Hunter

Volunteer, hands down. Local community stuff, create something akin to a co-op public broadcasting channel, spend time with my animals, bake and donate goods.

Am I the only one who prefers face-to-face over everything else?

It’s the only form of comms where I have all the information/cues to interpret, and no bullshit lag.

1. In person - all cues, real time.
2. Text - verbal comms, gives me a chance to read. No body language or tone to glean from though.
3. I hate audio calls because I’m hard of hearing, sound quality is shit and I can’t lip read or respond on my own time.
4. Video is somehow worse since now two sensory inputs are fucked due to awful stream quality/lag and my usual methods of trying to understand what’s said are shot. Worse, people expect it to be “better” because I can see now and it makes me angrier. 🙃

It’s like an autobiographical Calvin & Hobbes (meant as a compliment)

I feel this so much. I am but a bunch of electrical signals piloting a meat sack; having to tie social concepts of “gender” on top of it all is an overwhelming amount of extra work I don’t feel like taking on.

That said, OP, yes anyone can have goals - your body, your life, your joy: pursue it as you see fit.

Damn automating Tom out of a job what has this world come to

Thank you for the resources, I’ll be sure to check them out.

Unfortunately I’m still on iOS atm (hoping to switch to Android -> GrapheneOS down the line, when I have the finances), so I’m stuck trying to find something that’ll work between that and my Linux desktop, with GoogleAuth being my primary OTP app.

Cursory Internet search suggests something called 2FAS for mobile so I’ll see if it’s a cross platform option. I actually didn’t know non-corpo authenticators existed until today so it’s an exciting path to explore. /gen /pos

A sick little part of me wonders what would happen if convincing Republican voters to believe Trump is actually a Democrat were possible

This is why I hate passkeys and authenticators (as mandatory requirements). The moment I lose my phone I’m just completely fucked with no recourse, in actual use case.

As always, the best way to get kids to stop using these words is to use them yourself. Use the ancient cringe-power to disarm the youth 🦹🔥

This is how I got mine. I had just my one cat for a couple years then one day a new momma shows up on my front steps and informs me that I have a new owner.

Eventually ended up with her and two of her second litter and they’re all lazily asleep on my couch while my first girl is on my her bed and will give me stink eye if I go in before my approved bedtime.

Goats are like if someone combined domestic cats with toddlers and gave the result horns and hooves.

It takes a certain constitution to deal with them but they’re quite entertaining.

Eugenicist community that treats autism like a plague that ruins the lives of parents and everyone the autistic person comes into contact with.

Speaks over actual autistic people in favor of a “cure” instead of treating autistic people like, well, people. The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) is a much better foundation.

Just like with any marginalized/disability oriented community: “Nothing about us without us.” Autism Speaks violates that rule aggressively.

Free air and sincere thanks for fostering our lil community 😄

I won’t ever slack up