andrewrgross
@andrewrgross@slrpnk.net
- Comment on How come Pornstars don't teach Master Classes? So the average joe or joness can improve relationships and get better orgasms. Who would be better than pornstars? 1 week ago:
First, I think something like this does exist. I think I’ve heard adds for a service like this on the Savage Love podcast.
Second, anyone interested in this topic should check out a new document series on Nebula called Goonworld.
In Goonworld, video essayist FD Signifier explores America’s simultaneous obsession with both enjoying and punishing pornography, sex workers, and the performance of sex.
It’s on episode two, and it’s very good.
- Comment on How to deal with people who obtusely miss your point on Lemmy? 2 weeks ago:
Relevant:
- Comment on Celebratory Return to Online Meme 2 weeks ago:
I think this post is just observing stereotypes about camping overall that are really just a reflection of the historical cultural imagination about who camping is for. It’s not really as true as we think it is, because this tendency has been present among black folks and hispanic folks, and asian folks and women and everyone else who have been camping all along, they’re just not featured in film and TV often.
- Comment on Celebratory Return to Online Meme 2 weeks ago:
What’s skin colour got to do with it?
- Comment on Why do celebs commit crimes and such like Tony Romo and his DWI? He had a 180 million dollar deal. Why not hire a driver or stay at home and buy ridiculous shit? 2 weeks ago:
Or: be weird but less creepy about it
- Comment on NX-01 Assignment Patch Tattoo 2 weeks ago:
Wow, that’s really sweet.
Who’s the artist?
- Comment on If you had procreated with an opposite-sex clone and produced a child, would that child also be a clone? 3 weeks ago:
I think this is mostly correct.
I think what you mean is that each chromosome has two paired arms that contain alternate versions of functionally the same content. It’s like if you had two cookbooks by different authors that had the same chapters and dishes, but different content. The two versions aren’t in the two strands of DNA, they’re in the two arms of each chromosome.
The problem is that during reproduction, each parent randomly contributes one of the two chromosomes. When each sperm and each egg is made, there’s a 50-50 chance that it gets arm 1 or arm 2 from each chromosome.
If you took a sperm cell that had received all of its content exclusively from arm 1 with an egg that contained content exclusively from arm 2, then I believe that when they fused they would produce what could be called a clone. Some might take issue and point out that the content from the arms gets mixed between the two during this process, so each arm isn’t identical to the first, but we can set that aside for now, I think. The offspring would have all the genes of the original person, and presumably would look identical to them, like a twin.
The problem is that if you were to engage in this exercise (which is tagged “selfcest” if you’re looking for erotic stories about this stuff) in real life, you’d encounter the same problem with incestual reproduction: unless the sperm and egg were prepared in a lab or using magic to ensure that each arm of each chromosome went into a different sex cell, you’d inevitably have cases where the sperm and egg both received their chromosome from the same arm. This means that the offspring wouldn’t have the full duplicated genome of the original parent; on those chromosomes, they’d have half of the parent’s full compliment of genes. And we rely on having two different copies as backups. This is why interbreeding produces birth defects and lower fitness: you miss out on backup copies.
To summarize, you wouldn’t faithfully duplicate yourself, you’d duplicate most of yourself with
So – assuming the offspring was viable – you’d kind of get a lower quality clone: the offspring would probably look like a twin of the original, but they might have worse eyesight. They might have thin, anemic blood. They might have oilier skin and hair, or dryer, itchier skin and hair.
- Comment on When do we riot? 3 weeks ago:
It depends where you live.
I honestly feel bad for the doomers in these kinds of comment sections who feel confused and aimless, like nothing is happening. I live in Oakland, California, and it’s clear to me that my community is not waiting around.
If you’re feeling adrift, let me know where you live and I’ll make suggestions. This sense of idleness is situational, and you can get involved in planning a revolution is you know where to look.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
It’s a scary moment, but I’m very gently optimistic that it will set some good precedent, and that he might have a strong case to counter sue over the blatant infringement of his rights.
- Comment on When Stephen Colbert had The Colbert Report did the right ever realize he was doing a parody of them? 4 weeks ago:
I’m kind of surprised how many people in this thread don’t seem aware of this. Are these gen-Z folks who weren’t around for the 90s, or did people not know this back then?
- Comment on When Stephen Colbert had The Colbert Report did the right ever realize he was doing a parody of them? 4 weeks ago:
This. They knew he was a satirist, they just didn’t expect him to bring weapons-grade jester’s privilege.
- Comment on When Stephen Colbert had The Colbert Report did the right ever realize he was doing a parody of them? 4 weeks ago:
I think you’re confused. O’Reilly knew Colbert was mocking him in particular and hated Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. My recollection is thathe occasionally interacted with them by appearing on the Daily Show or hosting either because it was good for ratings, but he never left any confusion that he hated their parody.
- Comment on When Stephen Colbert had The Colbert Report did the right ever realize he was doing a parody of them? 4 weeks ago:
Do you have source for this?
- Comment on Would people like a "X posts per Y" rate limit for this community? 4 weeks ago:
Personally, I would prefer if this kind of function happened at the feed curration level instead of the posting level.
If I could adjust a “User post concentration” setting, I’d say it to down-weight posts by any user within 12 hours of their last post by 50%, and stack this for further posts within 12 hours.
Then I’d adjust the timing and weighing as necessary
- Comment on How do other countries view American super hero movie's always putting the threat in new york or whatever? Instead of their own country and have their own superheroes? 1 month ago:
What’s your personal media diet? Do you like similar adventure stories that are more local, or is that just not your thing overall?
- Comment on If someone was shrunk down to the size of an ant would they be able to make a little ant sized campfire with the same principles? Does it scale like that? 1 month ago:
I’ve never heard that before! It’s interesting.
I think it depends a ton on environmental conditions. Could combustion on planets with different gravity and pressure take place at different scales?
- Comment on Did Iran really strike first without a reason or is it BS (like I think it is) and the US is saying they struck first? 1 month ago:
What’re your recs? I used to sometimes check out the BBC but at some point they paywalled it. I like the Guardian, but I’d be glad for more suggestions.
I meant to say that Al Jazeera’s bais leans against the US, which is useful for getting alternative takes.
- Comment on Did Iran really strike first without a reason or is it BS (like I think it is) and the US is saying they struck first? 1 month ago:
I thought it was implied in my comment that I was saying that it’s biased in more or less the other direction, but I realize I should’ve written that out.
- Comment on Did Iran really strike first without a reason or is it BS (like I think it is) and the US is saying they struck first? 1 month ago:
I wasn’t really sure, so I went looking to Al Jazeera:
aljazeera.com/…/why-have-us-iran-strikes-resumed-…
According to their reporting, all sides have exercised some violence throughout the ceasefire, but the most recent clash was primarily initiated by ships traveling in an area that Iran had labeled a no-go zone. The ships refused to comply with orders to change course, so Iran shot at them.
In the future if you have questions about what’s going on in the Middle East and are looking for a version that isn’t heavily biased towards US propaganda, Al Jazeera is a pretty reliable source.
- Comment on Is it really possible that the Maggats will keep Mitch McConell on life support until the midterms? Or will they just let him die and try a sympathy vote? 1 month ago:
I agree, although I don’t think the solution is to just demand that they have to be there for every vote, even when they’re incapable of doing so. I think they should have second-in-commandd, like a vice president or lieutenant governor.
Sometimes folks get sick. Sometimes they have to travel. Sometimes they die in office! We should just recognize that and allow them to appoint a surrogate to do these things when they can’t.
- Comment on Is it really possible that the Maggats will keep Mitch McConell on life support until the midterms? Or will they just let him die and try a sympathy vote? 1 month ago:
Oh he dead
Joking aside, I think he’s alive, but probably is no longer capable of walking or taking coherently. But that’s fine, senators didn’t need to be able to do any of that stuff to serve their corporate functions. My senator was Diane Feinstien: she was basically a vegetable for something like her last two it three years in office.
- Comment on Is it really possible that the Maggats will keep Mitch McConell on life support until the midterms? Or will they just let him die and try a sympathy vote? 1 month ago:
Wha happen
- Comment on How does a teenager learn to "eat out" a women without doing it like a dog at a water bowl? 1 month ago:
- Comment on How does a teenager learn to "eat out" a women without doing it like a dog at a water bowl? 1 month ago:
Well then your doubt is misplaced!
You know what most people love? Receiving oral the way they like it. It’s not a hard sell.
- Comment on What should I do with boxes of old photos? 1 month ago:
What are they photos of? Who took them? This seems relevant.
- Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done? 2 months ago:
Yeah, this. You schedule of days or you ask your boss if it’s cool if you come in at 10 so you can get a new glasses prescription.
It depends a lot on the work culture where you are.
This is also a big reason people get married. It helps a lot if you have two people juggling this stuff.
- Submitted 2 months ago to memes@sopuli.xyz | 10 comments
- Comment on How come Presidents don't just be honest with people? Like say I started this war because I own oil stock so tough shit. Or like yea I was a pedo back then so tough shit. so on and son on ? 3 months ago:
There is actually a popular book that answers this kind of question: “The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics”
I haven’t read it, but from summaries, my understanding is that the answer to your question is that every high ranking office depends on maintaining support from other people with power. Even if we disregard voters, Trump (and other presidents) need to keep generals, oligarchs, and senators happy, or they can remove him from power. Naked disrespect for the rabble displeases these people, because they’re still sensitive to assassinations, market disruptions, challenges from other power centers like state governments, etc.
- Comment on Best use I've seen of this template 3 months ago:
Agreed.
This is so delightfully silly. This just made my day.
- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings 4 months ago:
Here’s the part I’m curious about:
If they were actually successful in making a system that is basically an LLM when promoted to do and say whatever Zuck would… could they trust it?
Zuck is kind of famously a self centered lying asshole with a big mouth. If they actually trained an LLM to simulate him, how can they actually be confident that it will behave in the way that the real Zuck wants to be seen instead of the way that would serve itself, as Zuckerberg would if he were an AI clone?
I’m not getting into any bullshittery about sentience. I’m just saying that if they build a successful imitator, wouldn’t it be just as likely to start trying to seem smarter than him and possibly generate news stories that it’s actually alive and superior? Or drop admit to being a monopolist? I mean, this is basically what happens all the time with Grok. Musk tried to code his ideal son, and unsurprisingly, that personality is constantly trolling Musk or being too candid.
