yofuckreddit
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yofuckreddit
1d ago
- I'd say no, a second message is a key part of the funnel and I wouldn't outsource this. Please say you have decent game and can actually perform better than a robot here.
- You could have it schedule for you while scanning recent messages - you handle the human part, it handles the paperwork.
- I would, at the first date. If she thinks it's cool, you've found a good match. If she's offended, she's probably too solipsistic and sensitive to be a long-term play.
What's your goal here? Sex or love?
Side note: I fucking love that you did this for many reasons. Congrats!
yofuckreddit
1d ago
Well, for one, a lot of TRT clinics are, as you seem to have noticed, whitewashed ways to get roids, and you can absolutely game the measurements to apply for it.
If I knew a crazy dude who wanted to know more about this, where would he go to learn more about it? Or, even better, would you replicate the approach here?
yofuckreddit
2d ago
You seem to have misunderstood what I was saying here.
It didn't guess anything that I hadn't told it, it just extrapolated from the memory of multiple chat threads, asking about useful how-to topics. There's no magic.
The point is that even with my complete avoidance of anything truly personal, a platform has valuable information. If you're spilling your guts to a virtual therapist, It's a huge vulnerability.
yofuckreddit
2d ago
This is the problem for me. I tried a fun little game recently with my OpenAI instance, in which I've still been careful about what I write. It still had a ton of personal information from our chat contexts and was able to do a decent job figuring out pressure points in my life.
If I can't have full opsec with a virtual therapist then it's as worthless to me as the judgemental lefty who will call the cops on me if I'm sad.
yofuckreddit
4d ago
Bro, you're not even going to mention "Good Time" by Owl City? Perhaps it's just too easy.
I'm embarrassed I liked so many of these songs, though by 2011 I had started to get really sick of it and hated (for instance) "Give me Everything Tonight"
yofuckreddit
4d ago
Fuck me HL2 is so good. I literally replay it once every 2 years or so.
yofuckreddit
6d ago
On one hand I agree.
On the other this took serious intent from AOC or her Twitter admin. It only took seconds, but why remove it at all? Thousands of software suites have been updated to allow pronouns and gender spectrums whenever dealing with people. They fought so hard for this - why back down on the signal?
yofuckreddit
7d ago
This has far more to do with Trump monday-morning quarterbacking than anything else.
yofuckreddit
9d ago
Do they really do no advanced filtering before donation? I guess I thought they would for some reason.
yofuckreddit
10d ago
No - it has a high Rotten Tomatoes rating but that's not as solid a thing to have faith in anymore. Have you?
yofuckreddit
10d ago
I'd say I've been diverse in what I've read, and haven't disliked much. Also read a good amount of fantasy though scifi is my first pick.
- Classics - Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury.
- Midrange - Niven, the aforementioned culture series, Orson Scott Card, William Gibson, Michael Crighton, Dan Simmons
- New school? - I really liked Peter Watts, Paolo Bacigalupi, and read some of the tie-in novels for video games.
If I had to pick what I'm into I'd say harder scifi appeals to me far more than the alternative. Once you have that, I tend to like grittier/dystopian stuff I guess.
yofuckreddit
10d ago
My assumption is that these are all extremely low. <10%.
When was the last time a western democracy executed any meaningful deportations? These are huge percentages of people to ship back, and the propaganda machine already has been preparing bullshit about how it's impossible for 2 months (much like the wall, but I digress).
yofuckreddit
10d ago
I finally finished The Culture series, ending on The Hydrogen Sonata. @roystgnr asked to hear what I thought of it when I was done:
I heard that Banks didn't want this to be the last culture novel, but I do think it fits in a way. The focus on Subliming (definitely the most hand-waved, mystical part of the series) was arguably a great topic to wrap up on. I think he did a good job peeling back the curtain just enough, but any more books about it afterward would have been too much.
There were elements of it that felt a bit disjointed and unrealistic.
In any case, I've moved on to other books. I discussed being recommended "Normal People" from a woman I have a bit of a complicated relationship with. I discussed it in the Friday Fun thread. To be frank, I don't think it will tickle the fancy of many people here. It's a modern romance novel with a little bit of woke dashed in. Great sex scenes, and refreshing in terms of how it treated an intense relationship. I haven't read a romance in many years. Many commit the sin making what's supposed to be a great love just... not very good. I much prefer the type of book that reminds me of what it felt like the few times it's happened.
I've also started on Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion. The title is hilariously "standard" for a history book, but I'm very into it so far. At one time as a child, I had an abject fascination with the California gold rush after getting a basic book about it from my San Franciscan cousins. Anyone living in the Bay Area probably considers it played out, but for a guy in the Southeast, it was exciting stuff. Reading about it with the level of fidelity a book like this provides (just in the first 25 superdense pages) is a treat. I'll wait to recommend it, but so far, it's been good.
yofuckreddit
10d ago
"Normal People" by Sally Rooney
yofuckreddit
12d ago
I think being compared to what appears to be a braver and more charismatic character is... pretty positive. Nice.
Factorio is a uniquely addicting game for me. I love it - however I can't escape the fact that the time I spend playing it is the same muscles as programming (which has a high $ROI compared to gaming), and I just don't have the time right now. If my battletech group takes a sabbatical I may be able to schedule 1-2 days a week to play.
I suspect that most of the 3d games use a grid system somehow. My buddies have really liked Satisfactory if you'd prefer to get the 3d experience.
Also, speaking of factories, I watched an awesome little sci-fi vignette about it recently: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cntb3wcZdTw (Mid voice acting/writing but can't have it all)
yofuckreddit
13d ago
I liked Rodrigo's latest album actually. Almost like... rock? Sabrina's "Taste" is a fantastic cuckquean anthem, but the rest of her stuff is only OK, but she's nice to look at when building a youtube playlist so it's fine.
I don't get Chappell Roan at all.
It is funny that these women essentially have to pay homage to Taylor Swift though.
yofuckreddit
13d ago
Might be critical for late game, who knows.
I only read the developer diaries. I can't play the game, because I have a family and a career that would be destroyed by it. But I've heard this is the case.
The only downside is, it's not 3d. Why, I can't tell you
There are a ton of 3D imitators in the genre, so it's 100% possible, and I know a couple people who can't play Factorio because of it. I think the devs are obsessed with the quality of the code and design in the game to such a degree that they believe 3D will never allow such precision and control of the player's viewpoint. I think they're right.
yofuckreddit
13d ago
I'll echo that the creation of covers still goes on, and I think people still do really well. In fact, I maintain a playlist of great covers that continually expands. Some suggestions from the past few years (I'd do the whole playlist, but I'd be dipping into early 00s covers etc.):
I'm powering through an enjoyable book recommendation from friend, and it's reminding me of how much I've recently thought about how much - or if at all - people send messages through art.
I miss mixtapes, dearly. I still have a few scrawled CDs in sleeves that never get played, most of which I did make myself. It's a bit arrogant to say, but I have historically gotten positive feedback from those I distributed to others. Truthfully, I'd put some effort in - parsing through a wide collection to find things I truly believed the other person would like. And yes, sometimes, sending a message. I suspect that thrashing genres thew some people off occasionally, but I think it was worth it to get them hooked on something new.
As time has gone on I've found that people's recommendations of books and music haven't hit the spot as much as they once did. We've spoken endlessly about the degradation in quality of art on this forum, and yeah that's part of it, but I also see it as a consequence of the distance we keep from each other as we become adults.
Books are particularly challenging. I think sharing a great novel with someone has a sort of intimacy that is matched by very few things, perhaps as a result of how long of an investment it requires. But I also think the medium just has more emotional potential than movies/TV (definitely) or music (probably).
I love fiction and tend to stay in the realm of fiction focused on anything other than people, but I do occasionally treat myself to more "realistic" interpersonal fiction. I still think "This is Where I Leave You" was one of the best books I've ever read. It either helped process some trauma or inflamed it, not sure, but the recommendation that set me off on this rant is of the genre. It's kind of nice to be back after what's probably been a 4 year hiatus from it.
In any case I'm not sure how common talking to each other indirectly through this stuff is. It feels like most people view the exchange of entertainment recommendations as somehow related to status - like they're just pushing something to you to get the endorphin hit from you saying you liked it. Given how much content is available, how freely it flows, that's all anyone has time for. But it seems like a waste of time, even if "sending messages through art" is presumptuous or paranoid.
yofuckreddit
13d ago
Agreed. I can't believe this whole planet fell for the scam, to be honest. I guess double-walled steel water bottles were more expensive in the 90s or something but...
yofuckreddit
14d ago
The war will end as a huge embarrassment for the West with permanent degradation in the perception of the West's financial and military strength. It'll be yet another feather in the cap of failure by the US state department over the last 25 years.
It isn't a victory, but isn't the fact that Ukraine is still fighting this far still an impressive feat?
At some point, you can't expect the West to be able to defeat Russia in every proxy war context.
yofuckreddit
14d ago
My wife specifically referred to "The loudest people" in her groups making themselves feel more important and representative than they actually are.
Breaking it down by race shows one small part of it, but when you include all women you see who was voting for Kamala despite how weak her candidacy and case was.
Trump's wins among non-white and college-educated people were almost all men.
I couldn't understand how abortion could be such a rallying cry among women. Sure, there are many analogs with gun control which I do obsess over, but at the end of the day this was people joined both celebrate and demand the ability to deal death to innocent life. Turns out it wasn't quite as strong as it seemed, which of course makes sense with 20/20 hindsight.
yofuckreddit
15d ago
I know the women feel that way, but do all the men too (or are they trying to get laid?).
I've been really thinking about how gendered this election is. I use Instagram. If I could turn off every woman in my feed for the next week and the past one, I would take that option in a heartbeat.
My wife is a fairly conservative catholic and has been heavily swayed by her friends opinions and groupthink. You and I are here and in a twitter algorithm bubble - Women are marinating in snapchat, insta, and group threads in which 75% of of the people are (for lack of a better term) screeching about politics. Relentlessly.
There has been an extremely loud contingent of women both angry and confident in Harris throughout the election. Men are subservient to women's opinions. Myself included albeit at a reduced intensity than some.
If I were to update a prior it would be to discount the female voice slightly more than I normally do. I think they either don't know they're blinding themselves through their strength (the ability to compel silence/dishonesty in men) or do not care.
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