Cracks_InTheWalls

@Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meh, I'm more of an Aragorn fan...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It seemed much cooler back when it was called cyber-anthropology. Second Life seemed like it was going to be much more important than it turned out to be, among other things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does being a ‘hero’ mean you are a perfect person?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Gonna echo the other folks here - heroism does not require perfection. Every one you can think of as a hero has a flaw (or several), big or small.

  The upside to this is that heroism is accessible to almost everyone. Any opportunity you have to do the right, but difficult (and tbh sometimes not all that difficult, perhaps just uncomfortable or risky), thing is the chance to be a hero to someone in some respect. The downside is that people you may admire as heroes, when you meet them as just a person, can sometimes be disappointing.

  The only flawless heroes are superheros (and even then, few are written about like that these days). Think about that prefix- how are the terms superhero and supernatural alike?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Radio Garden is cool as fuck. Also gonna plug Campus FM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sort of, or the legs of others? Ran to raise money for cancer research and awareness, he’s basically the closest thing we have to a secular Saint in mainstream Canadian culture. The Terry Fox Run is a staple of grade school life.

  thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/terry-fox

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays GTA V⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You ever start having a lucid dream, then something kicks in and it’s not really a lucid dream anymore?

  This is me with this thought. Quite liberating in the moment but hard to maintain to guide my actions for very long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doot doot⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This comment with the username chef’s kiss

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did easy access to Porn while growing up impacted Gen-Z ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kid steals magazine from dad/convenience store, shares the wealth with the homies, ditches the evidence.

  Though I do still enjoy the legend of Horny Appleseed, doing god’s (?) work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨winter fans⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The vibes are pretty comfy until you get past -15°C and/or mid-to-late January. After that, it’s either too cold, too slushy, or too grey and gross for me to enjoy.

  Give me a summer evening/late night over that any day. Do love me a good snowstorm, though (from inside, with a hot spiked coffee and simulated fireplace).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i 💚 animals.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing is, the specific meaning transmitted in a meme can shift slightly depend on how and where it is used. I’ve seen this format used in one of two contexts to date:

  1. Purity statement, whereby one side is clearly meant to be the ‘correct’ position. Usually assigned to the male figure, but with some variants where that is switched.

  2. Illustration of differences between two groups, where the idea of ‘correctness’ of one side over the other is either absent or secondary to just illustrating that difference.

  Then there’s the slippage between these two, which can be fun to tease out. IMO this meme is an example of the second usage, with some possible slippage. Both sides claim to love science, both sides have things that are sciences and things that are science related but adjacent. Each is assigned topics for which there’s a stereotype about men’s/women’s level of participation. I look at it and think “Here are two people who both truly do love science, but different domains, and each is still learning which is why some elements are imprecise/not specific sciences”). Basically, 1st year undergrad BSc man and woman meet at the record store.

  Now, depending on authorship and original context, a declaration of purity may be intended (I’ve seen stuff like this with that intent from insecure engineering students before, usually men), but I feel it loses some of that when deployed in a generic science memes community (as opposed to something like ‘Spicy Memes for Bridge Building Boys’ or whatever).

  I’d be curious if this was OC, or if not where it was taken from.

  #memesaresrsbusiness

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The recent Steam censorship debacle actually sort of opened me up to adult games.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda funny to see it in Canada as well, especially when you throw Quebec culture into the mix (things seem a little more sex positive over there compared to other parts of the country, which is neat to think about sometimes).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mmmm yes undoubtedly⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well yeah no, 'cause it’s cold here eh?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mmmm yes undoubtedly⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  cold weather Aussies.

  looks at Canadians

  Huh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A love story⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I appreciate you and wish you luck on your pitch to Corus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what books about personal boundaries do you know that don't mention god?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a question that isn’t relevant to OPs ask here. Do you have a useful book suggestion that presents the topic of boundaries and maintaining them in a secular way? Whether they believe in a deity or not?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what books about personal boundaries do you know that don't mention god?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nedra Glower Tawaab’s books come highly recommended: Set Boundaries, Find Peace + the accompanying workbook, and Drama Free (mentioned here already).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what books about personal boundaries do you know that don't mention god?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  C’mon Flax, we get it, you’re a Christian. OP’s just looking for a secular self-help/psychology book. Do you have a recommendation or not?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nooo my genderinos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  …

  I am a horrible person, but the only thing I can think of reading this is a small-circuit wrestling event where all participants have this set of chromosomes, billed as ‘The Triple X Throwdown’, for the title of Supreme Female.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It slaps tho⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Milk, butter, a lil’ cream cheese, extra shredded cheese, spices to taste. You’re welcome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It slaps tho⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Boil mac and cheese, drain the pasta, put in industrial cheese powder agent, moisten with water instead of milk, put in butter/margarine/tears and stir.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They'd just appear out of nowhere⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d recommend seeking out a therapist if it causes you distress, specifically one with some clinical interest in psychedelics if possible (keywords include ‘integration therapy’). Know that while there’s still a lot to learn about HPPD, you are not alone, and in a lot of cases it can be managed. It’s mostly a question of recognizing your triggers and developing tools to work through them (so if stress is a trigger, stress reduction techniques; abstinence from cannabis or other drugs if that’s a trigger (pretty common), etc.)

  Some folks just kinda roll with it, but there is stuff you can do help manage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They'd just appear out of nowhere⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, HPPD go brrrrr.

  I can’t tell you if this is what you’re experiencing, but worth a read if you haven’t come across the term before: …wikipedia.org/…/Hallucinogen_persisting_percepti…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else from Europe feels the same while browsing the "All" feed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there’s a place for a community called ‘epiceriedumemes’, a play on words denoting both variety of content (like an epicerie) and spicyness (epicier).

  Then again, it also really invites more bakery memes, so idk.

  (Please forgive my lack of accented characters)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm sure this would work out fine⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Things I didn’t know I wanted until now: a neo-spaghetti western set in Italy, Texas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA on privuhcy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep!

  Only thing I want to see after a ? in a youtube url is t=4m20s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Real talk, this is the absolute first thing that popped into my mind reading this thread. Have some cards for therapists in the overnight bag for folks that make her go “This is beyond my expertise as an escort. You want the other profession that leases their time by the hour for human interaction.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nausea has never been as fun as it was back then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everybody gets one [choose wisely]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is enforced, by varying degrees, by the censure or support of other humans, as well as one’s own conscience.

  The moral code you follow may have been authored by a creator figure. It may not have. Frankly, it’s beside the point. In practice, Christian morality is enforced by support or censure of the church and its teachings. It takes as its bedrock a shared conception of humanity as the Created. An atheist’s or humanist’s morality is similarly enforced by support or censure of their human community, though with a different bedrock (a belief in the dignity and capacities of humanity, for instance, either absent of or separate from a deity).

  One does not need to be a Christian to act morally. It does mean certain lines may be drawn in areas different than a Christian, but I would say that that simply makes the individual a non-Christian where those lines do not otherwise impede on, say, humanity’s inherent dignity.

  I want to say I write this with full respect for your beliefs in your Creator. I believe tolerance for the beliefs of others, where they do not impede on those who do not share those beliefs to live their lives freely, is important. I will add that if OP was being truthful, and actually is a Christian struggling with soliciting sex workers, your suggestion to seek out the Church is a valid one. If nothing else, it places him among humans that share the values he seeks to embody, and may help him on the path he wishes to walk.

  For my part, I see no issue so long as both parties enter these arrangements with no coercion or out of compulsion, with the issue here being the compulsion. If it feels bad, and it serves no greater aim, don’t do it, figure out why you’re doing it, and do things more aligned with your morals and ideals - that’s my take.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because morality exists independently of any diety figure. It is ultimately a set of ideas about what constitutes good conduct between humans and the environment around them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people hate coldplay?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The amount of radio play they got, for me. I was a big fan of How You Remind Me when it came out, and they do have a handful of listenable songs, but the sheer amount of repetition changed things from “they’re ok” to “omg not again, fuck these guys”.

  I feel similar, but to a lesser degree, about Coldplay.