erin

@erin@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨doctors⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Excellent question, but I have no idea. She tears the medicine labels off for some reason so I’ll ask her when she gets home and edit with more info. It’s a capsule and a tiny pill, taken morning and night respectively, if that means anything to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨doctors⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My parents and my fiancee have gotten on an equivalent of Ozempic specifically for weight loss and covered by insurance. It seems to be easier now than it was, because if my fiancee wasn’t covered we absolutely couldn’t afford it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Catholic dating culture often mistaken for incel-style pessimistic desperation?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t say either. Sex is way more intimate than just hugging. I’d say it’s like “making out” but better. It’s lots of fun, and I don’t care about the societal norms restricting it between romantic partners. Pregnancy isn’t a risk for me, and I’m very careful to avoid STDs. I haven’t had sex with someone without a recent STD panel, and I use protection when necessary. My fiancee feels the same way, so I have sex with my friends all the time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Catholic dating culture often mistaken for incel-style pessimistic desperation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For context I guess, here’s my views on the list you posted, as someone who is very much not religious and dated plenty before finding my fiancee:

  • Marriage might be awesome for some, but it’s also not for everyone, and there are far too many bad marriages that could’ve been good casual relationships

  • Standards are definitely good to have, but I guarantee mine are very different than the average Catholic

  • No shame in being single. Better to be single than in a toxic relationship just for the sake of a relationship.

  • I probably couldn’t see myself marrying a religious person, but if their beliefs don’t infringe on other’s rights then I guess they can do them.

  • Sex is just sex, cohabitation is convenient, cheaper, and pleasant. I’ve never been married and I’ve lived more of my adult life with a roommate or partner than not. I also don’t believe sex needs to be confined within the boundaries of a relationship either, and I have sex with people that aren’t my fiancee, both with and without her, though that’s definitely uncommon and always done with the full consent of all parties.

  • Dating could be for finding a future spouse. It could also just be for fun, or for a casual relationship, or a long term relationship with no intent to marry.

  • Relatively wide variety in how long people date before marriage, if ever. I never planned on it for years, but I met my fiancee and changed my mind. We dated for a year before getting engaged.

  • Normal to date in highschool.

  Obviously this is only my perspective. No judgement, to each their own. Other than the views on polyamory (though more accurately, just sex. Open relationship? I don’t have a label for it), these opinions seem very common among the average dating population. My sample may be skewed since I’m bisexual and over half my relationships have been gay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has regrets⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The vast majority of people I know in the queer community around me get tested regularly and don’t use condoms, since pregnancy isn’t a risk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caption this.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fig 53: Risk of Rain’s “Huntress” has eyes perfectly positioned to gauge the velocity of arrows she fires.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Influencers people are finding their way to the Fediverse⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This doesn’t pass the smell test, as someone that has followed the Greens for years. If you thought his actions were “tone policing” then I’m immediately questioning your actions, since all I’ve seen is a standup guy and educator. I’m happy to be corrected with a link, but I’m not seeing what you’re talking about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨are "brush" and "blush" really pronounced differently? i pronounce them the same.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My tongue is exactly the same with the “D” in “dentist” and “dog.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's easier to shoot, a bow or a firearm?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Low draw means low power and penetration. For speed shooting or distracting/stunning a target, that would be helpful, but you’re not gonna kill someone unless it’s a very lucky shot. There’s a reason war bows were such high draw weight, and it wasn’t for piercing plate. More power means more energy retained over distance and more energy delivered to the target. If you’re needing to speed shoot in close quarters in a self defense scenario, you’re probably better off using the bow as a club or stabbing them with an arrow directly. Archers usually carried other weapons for that reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The indian and white uniting as one with a $500 Billion budget⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what I was referring to from the loss of knowledge due to genocide. Unfortunately, we’ll never know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The indian and white uniting as one with a $500 Billion budget⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That may be the case, but they made significant progress on rockets, nuclear, and discoveries in physics. Whether or not they were war effective, the scientific progress was there. Fascism isn’t incompatible with technological progress, but resistance to higher education and anti-science sentiments are. In the long run, the loss of knowledge due to book burning and genocide may have caught up to them, but we thankfully don’t know. The government could have continued to fund and focus on science.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The indian and white uniting as one with a $500 Billion budget⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know if I agree with this statement. If one of the main goals of the fascist state is technological superiority, they’ll prioritize it. Nazi Germany was on the cutting edge of science, to the point that the US hired a bunch of their scientists. They made technology a priority at the expense of other sectors. Luckily, being incapable of trade or producing the resources they needed, they didn’t outstrip the rest of the world, but the same likely can’t be said for the US. I think other factors will get in the way of tech research in the US far more than fascism, like moronic trade wars and disincentives for higher education, which while being enacted by fascists, aren’t necessarily fascist tenets, as proven by history.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is the life I dream of from my cubicle⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, true. He also wrote the first known usage of the popular phrase “lick my ass” though. Fun fact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Whatever man. I tried, but you’re not interested in listening. I commented for your benefit, not mine, and it makes no difference to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When they said, “I don’t care about your parents,” it was an expression of apathy, not animosity. It was them telling you that they agree, and that their point is about the greater system, not that guy’s aunt or your parents. You took it personally and got more defensive. Their absolute does hold, because it’s in regard to a system. The point isn’t that your parents are individually bad people, like you seem to think it is, it’s that they’re part of a bad system, and regardless of their individual actions, the system is still bad. Fundamentally, you, the other commenters, and me agree. They aren’t trying to argue that you’re defending landlords in general, the argument is that your defense of your parents excuses them from the system.

  A fair and kind cop is still responsible for participating in an evil system, just as your parents are. They may be good people, with good intentions, and treat people well. No one is denying that. It’s just entirely besides the point. They’re still hoarding property that should be possessed by those that live in them, and housing should be cheaper. Without landlords and real estate conglomerates driving prices high, there should be a surplus of housing. Again, your parents might be good people, but they are participating in an immortal system. Even the best landlord is still a landlord, and while they are nowhere near anyone’s first target to fix the system, they’re still participating.

  The best cop is still a cop, the best billionaire is still a billionaire, and the best landlord is still a landlord. It’s nothing personal against them specifically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a neutral outside reader, this person does not sound like they are hating on your parents specifically, and you come across as extremely defensive (understandably). Their point seems to be that the existence of a good cop doesn’t make the police state tolerable, nor does the existence of a good landlord make the system of people owning other’s homes tolerable.

  Regardless of how good any landlord is, it would be better for homes to be affordable and owned by those that live in them. In the current system, some areas are unaffordable without renting, but that doesn’t make the landlords morally good categorically, it means they’re part of the problem that drives prices too high in an area. Owning property to rent artificially drives the price of real estate up. Ideally, renting should be far, far more limited or entirely phased out depending on the specific situation. No one is saying that your parents specifically are evil, but they are part of a larger system that is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not everything needs to be Art⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yikes. A world without artists would be a dark, dark place. What an incredibly terrible take, unless you’re implying that the only art that counts as labor is when it’s for a corporation, which, even worse take, yikes again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok boomer⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately not an option for most stores where I live.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To the center of the earth!📉⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It isn’t 90 degrees because the image is misleading. 60+40+y=180. y=80

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Absolutely nothing happened June 1989⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know how much you can trust the narrative when the media is all state controlled and anti-party speech is at best minimized, at worst censored. Total state control of the narrative is not conducive to free and fair elections, not to mention a police state. Before you whatabout, I’m well aware that the US is a police state and is controlled by two parties of neo-libs. I’m no supporter of the US, but I’m also no supporter of any autocratic regime. Calling the PRC a fair democracy is at best willfully ignoring the extreme state control over information, at worst denying a tyrannic despot twisting socialism into an autocratic, capitalist dictatorship while silencing opposition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok boomer⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Self checkout isn’t supposed to be for more than 10 or 15 items in most stores… obviously it would be less convenient in those cases.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is mooning someone considered sexual assault?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My experience is so different, and so are the market statistics. A “forever mouse” is a dumb idea just looking for a subscription cash grab, but the PC mouse market is expanding year over year as more people get desktop computers, and especially for PC gaming, an expanding market in its own right. The customer base of people who use mice might be shrinking in some Linux communities, but stating that across the board is just incorrect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It was a general assumption, and apparently not an accurate one. I don’t presume to actually know how you think from one comment. There are dog whistles on all sides, because it’s essentially a term for an “inside joke,” minus the humor (usually). It comes up most often with Nazis and racists not because they’re the center of attention necessarily, but mostly because dog whistles are needed primarily by groups that are not socially acceptable. You cannot be openly racist except with other racists, or openly a Nazi except with other Nazis. Dog whistles allow people to declare allegiance and signal to others that believe the same without needing to openly state it. Usually, we still know anyways, but it gives them plausible deniability in their eyes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What? They used the word correctly. How are you gonna pull out “both sides” when they’re correct? It hasn’t lost its meaning, you just don’t like hearing it so often because, surprise surprise, there’s an awful lot of dog whistling going on in the current political cycle. It means a signal used to communicate loyalty or belief to an idea, group, platform, etc, that is understood by other people who agree, and not necessarily obvious to the neutral observer. In this case, the word “woke” is a dog whistle for bigots. It was applied correctly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good point⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s rather selfish. There is harm, but not to you. You’re okay with hurting other people for your own gain to avoid having one difficult conversation. I can only assume that you wouldn’t feel good if a partner treated you like that, so why do so to them? Either you have a general lack of empathy, lack introspective ability, or are just perfectly okay with the idea of being cheated on, and also the idea of someone else hurting because of your own actions. I’m fascinated, and also recommend you try consensual polyamory next time instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top post in the conservative subreddit: Being unable to work at a "woke" company⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Doesn’t believe in transgenders”

  Genuinely funny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ant smell⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fascinating. I do have a lot of childhood trauma, though I wouldn’t consider it “early” childhood. And I do misplace things often, though that might be more due to ADHD or my general scatterbrained forgetfulness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ant smell⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for your genuine curiosity! I like talking about things like this, and it’s nice to not be confronted by people telling me I’m wrong about my own mind. As far as my fiancée, we do collaborate using music as well! I’m a musician and play dozens of instruments, all of which I hang around our house among her drawings and paintings. We like to mix her animation and my music.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ant smell⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What others have found interesting in the past is how I conceptualize spaces around me, especially when imagining things like my DnD campaign that I run. I don’t see things in my head visually, but more have a general special sense of them. I don’t need to visualize my foot or my hand to know where it is. I don’t need to visualize the wall of my room that I’m very familiar with; even with my eyes closed I know my relative position in the space and can find the light switch in the dark, or the fan. It’s the same for my special reasoning. I can navigate the world perfectly fine, or conceptualize a fictional DnD battle, not visually, but more like through touch, though that’s not exactly the sensation. I cannot rotate the proverbial cube in my mind, but I can conceive of what another face might feel like, and, if it’s not too TMI, I have a very good mental map of my fiancée’s body, and could draw her accurately, even if I can’t see her.