Cracks_InTheWalls
@Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
Enthusiastic sh.it.head
- Comment on Why does it seem most people, mainly conservatives, against Trans people? Unless I am wrong I never heard of one shooting up a school church or whatever. The ones I have met have been pretty cool. 2 hours ago:
Ugh - that’s fucking gross of people, and I’m sorry to hear that.
My argument was more when considering ‘most people’ - most people is a lot of people. An individual doesn’t really interact with most people. But that said, you can certainly interact with ‘enough people’ that an expectation of shoddy treatment is pretty reasonable (if a pretty bullshit set of circumstances individuals shouldn’t have to suffer).
Pedantry on my part, I guess, along with likely blindspots I have as a cis male. Fuck transphobes…such meaninglessly hurtful bullshit.
- Comment on Why does it seem most people, mainly conservatives, against Trans people? Unless I am wrong I never heard of one shooting up a school church or whatever. The ones I have met have been pretty cool. 18 hours ago:
First, I’d challenge the ‘most people’ part. In my experience most people really, truly do not care one way or the other if someone is trans. But to be fair, this may vary between countries, societies, etc.
Next, aside from its obvious use as a political wedge issue, and generic fear of the unfamilar, I’d argue that a decent portion of conservatives (in a North American sense) fancy themselves as Christians. There are ideas in the bible re: the ‘place’ of men and women in relation to one another that make deviations from this (gender identity not match genitals, homosexuality, etc.) aborrhent. I personally think those people are missing the actual good things to take away from Christianity, but I’m also not a Christian, so idk.
I think it’s silly, really - coming out and living as a Trans person, if that’s something folks feel they want/need to do, is one of the most radical exercises of a person’s autonomy and personal freedom. I’m for it.
Complete aside, but it’s always weird to have conversations with folks who like the idea of transhumanism who are transphobes. Met more than one conservative person who is like this, which is really the only time I give trans people much serious thought beyond “Oh look, a fellow human. Neat!”
- Comment on MyHouse.WAD - Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod 2 days ago:
After watching this video and a few other playthroughs, I didn’t feel a need to actually play it. But I am thrilled that it exists, and love the idea of someone having the opportunity to play it blind (though how would you even come across it these days if not through exposure via Youtube or other media?).
Such a cool mod.
- Comment on Anon falls through the cracks 1 week ago:
Big subgenius energy in anon’s post.
The subgenius MUST have slack!
- Comment on I would personally just treat whatever direction I'm facing at the time as North and go from there. 1 week ago:
Quick shoutout for Trail Sense for Android. Designed to function offline, lots of cool navigation/basic tools I haven’t used outside of the GPS and compass, reasonable permissions, etc. One of those “You don’t know how useful it is until you don’t have connectivity” things.
- Comment on Road trip! 2 weeks ago:
Honestly, now that I know Pee Pee island is in the mix, I’m sold on a trip to Newfoundland. Dildo was almost enough to make that happen as it was.
- Comment on Old photo of my brother before he lived alone in a cabin 2 weeks ago:
We got the Subproject 68 expansion set here.
- Comment on Most of the trick-or-treaters have been skipping my house, and I finally figured out why 2 weeks ago:
Out of curosity, how was the weather in your end of the world? We had the same thing happen this year, but mostly because it was unseasonably warm.
Granted, it was also 'cause we had a fog machine this year, but the weather played a big part.
- Comment on She-Ra Lives! 2 weeks ago:
Huh. Can’t help but wonder if this is connected to why a significant amount of people find asses sexually attractive across gender lines - something about signs of a good persistance hunter (likely quite overstated by base monkey brain), and therefore ability to provide for spawn.
Probably not, but makes ya think. I also accept that I’m thinking about it from a heteronormative, sex as biological imperative for spreading genes POV - so limited and overall probably wrong.
- Comment on Can I not be an adorable junkie 4 weeks ago:
Listening to a folk punk song that uses the word fuck to great effect on Spotify yesterday, wondering why the fuck the line ‘If you fuck up I will still be your friend’ reads ‘If you f up’.
I just don’t get it. Fuck is a valid, if vulgar, part of the common English lexicon. It serves a purpose.
- Comment on BA Johnston's Ham Jam - Subs, Part 1 4 weeks ago:
Not affiliated, just a fan.
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- Comment on Do you have what it takes to become a geologist? 5 weeks ago:
It’s very much a different strokes for different folks kinda thing. People I know prefer LSD and other, closely related lysergamides because it gives a bit more of an energy boost - I’ve heard it described as shrooms with a shot of espresso. Others prefer shrooms because it’s a little more laid back feeling.
Granted, your set and setting is really going to set the tone for whatever psych you ingest. Things can go amazingly or very, very badly with either substance depending on your headspace and how you set yourself up/structure your environment for the experience.
- Comment on Anon shares his dating preferences 1 month ago:
Now I’m curious, are there any FOSS dating apps out there? Even as kind of a joke?
- Comment on Anon tries smoking for the first time 1 month ago:
I’ve moved to vaping, but every so often I’ll have a few too many and crave a cigarette. I regret it about two puffs in every time, shit’s gross - and I say this as someone who smoked for almost 20 years.
- Comment on Anon shares his dating preferences 1 month ago:
It actually is -
-I’m not interested in having kids, so I’d want a partner that feels the same.
-I like exercising, so I’d want to be with someone who does as well, particuarly if they’re into (insert physical hobby you enjoy)
-I like to go out and do (insert activities in meatspace that often involve meeting people), so I’d be interested in someone who likes to do that kind of thing over just sitting at home scrolling the internet.These are good qualifiers that more or less equate to the same thing as OP states without coming across like a dick. From there, if someone was to introduce someone to OP, they can make a further determination of compatibility, and if someone doesn’t match due to the blunter version of the above it can be as easy as “I didn’t really feel a connection, [and unless she’s actually kind of a bitch] but she’s a great person and I hope she meets someone awesome”.
- Comment on Is martial arts really that useful? 1 month ago:
Break falls are the only skill I’ve kept from my martial arts training, but it’s literally the most useful one.
- Comment on ReBoot s1e1 - remastered and uploaded by Mainframe themselves 2 months ago:
“Hey Al, they’re remastering our series.” “WHAT?”
- Comment on ReBoot s1e1 - remastered and uploaded by Mainframe themselves 2 months ago:
These folks are doing fantastic work. If you’re a Canuck, find the Reboot Rewind folks on your social media of choice, they’re going around doing screenings of their doc (and some of the D1 footage I think) in Canadian cities.
- Comment on Where do you even meet people anymore? 2 months ago:
Most settings, the key is paying attention to indicators of interest/disinterest. If someone isn’t engaging with you beyond grunts, looks visibly uncomfortable, etc. that’s your cue to gracefully exit.
This is the hard part for a lot of people, properly gauging interest after initiation and knowing when to move on.
- Comment on Where do you even meet people anymore? 2 months ago:
Sometimes you can find more casual philosophy-focused discussion/reading groups too - I know a few have a presence on Meetup in my area. They meet at a pub or something and discuss a particular topic for the evening.
- Comment on Why does the USA have so few legal protections for ordinary people, and how can we change that? 2 months ago:
“@!#?@!, motherfucker!”
- Comment on Oh no! I dropped (5£ to) Anna's Archives. Beware the mess, people. 2 months ago:
If you are are doing any kind of learning (as a citizen or registered student) your local librarian, particularly your local academic librarian, is your best friend and you just don’t know it yet. Introduce yourself, and come with questions.
But don’t neglect your public librarians either - that light I saw in their eyes when asking about an obscure service they offered stuck with me.
- Comment on How do people in this day in age become nazis/neonazies sexist or even incels when there is so much knowledge against it? Do they get anything out of being that way? 2 months ago:
It’s a term that’s taken on some additional baggage/meaning. Originally it simply meant someone who was involuntarily celibate - wants to have sexual relationships, but doesn’t. Now it usually refers to someone adhering to a kind of peculiar set of ideologies around that (see: social value theories taken to some often ridiculous extremes; good ol’ fashioned misogyny/perhaps misanthropy; etc.).
There’s a kneejerk reaction to incels in the latter sense because so much that comes out of that is pretty awful. That and it’s often folks who engage with the latter stuff who are more inclined to identify with the term incel - most others who just fit the former definition just say they’re single.
IMO the latter usage is just more proof that we are failing and continuing to fail men, badly, in terms of community and mental health supports.
- Comment on Planning to propose in a few months, what should I look for in a good value engagement ring? 4 months ago:
True, but you can meet in the middle re: this kind of thing with the ring. Having established that it’s going to happen at some point, take a trip to a jewelers ‘for fun’. Pay attention to what she goes ‘oooh’ over - style, stone, cut, etc. Write this information down to search separately.
It’s a bit of a stereotype I suppose, but trust that your future wife knows what she’s doing on that visit (particularly if y’all don’t browse jewelry frequently - it’s kind of an anvil of a hint). This way there’s still an element of surprise, but you’re not just picking something random in hopes it pleases.
- Comment on Man of Hard Principles 4 months ago:
The only thing that’s weird to me about this is, why divorce in that case? There’s no law that says you need to live in the same domicile as your spouse. Could’ve lived separately and kept stuff like shared insurance benefits and whatnot.
It’s rare, granted, but it is a thing. Unless they wanted to separate their financial lives entirely and keep getting down, I guess.
- Comment on The internet connects people 4 months ago:
No need to apologize, was just curious - figured folks is gender-neutral as is, never saw an alternate form of it before.
Sincerely, thanks! Didn’t know this was a thing for anyone.
- Comment on The internet connects people 4 months ago:
Off-topic, but if you don’t mind me asking, why folx over folks?
- Comment on I don't get how people can become depressed, when we live in the century of Fentanyl, easy access to alcohol and amusement arcades. 4 months ago:
There are people trying pretty hard to make that happen though mostly in the context of supervised medical interventions.
Which I’m here for - while a lot of people do OK, (fantastically even) with less structured psychedelic experiences, many do not. A really bad trip can do a number on you, sometimes for a long while.
- Comment on Get sorted... 4 months ago:
You may not be into the music and culture - and that’s cool - but you definitely get it.
Thank you for sharing this - sounds like it was hard, but necessary, thing for you to write. Send your cousin that text man, I’m sure he’d appreciate it.