But have you never run into the vegans that treat it like holy scriptures? That vegan is the one and only true way to be ethical and/or moral? I mean, I can believe that, it’s not like you’d run into that if you aren’t frequenting the places where the proselytize online (I’ve never had one dumb enough to do it in person).
It really is a thing that they treat being vegan as a command from on high than anyone who doesn’t fall in line is not just wrong, but bad. Not all vegans for sure, just the most visible ones because the chill vegans and vegetarians are just living their best life and eating well.
But, because of that obnoxious branch, I get a cheap giggle out of riling them up because calling them zealots gets the worst ones to act like zealots. It really reminds me of my pet chicken. Doesn’t take much to get her little wattles and comb bright red, and that tail twitching. And, since I have a very vivid imagery ability, that’s what I see when I pull this childish troll. Just some random person with their arms bent, flapping them and squawking madly as they scratch the ground. I did mention it’s childish, right? Me trolling them is childish, but I can’t seem to help myself. It’s almost as fun as going to to a group of fellow metalheads and asking them if they love that amazing metal band, nickelback.
Eh, when you put out obvious bait, and a fish runs with it, it’s kinda on the fish.
You throw out some kind of weird fly, any fish with sense is going to be wary.
Vegans are the fish in this analogy. When there’s a troll so obvious that a teenager is like “dad, does anyone ever actually fall for that?”, and the vegan fish not only nibble at the bait, they swallow the whole dang rod, it’s almost like the bait is true. I mean it is true, but it’s still also an obvious thing meant to take the piss.
It’s irresistible to me because it has never once, in over a decade of doing it on various forums, failed entirely. At most, it would take a day or two to get noticed before someone comes screeching in, ready to lambast and be nasty. I have zero guilt about messing with the kind of people that take the bait.
To the people, is Firefox still the go to browser? Is there something better out there for the average person? I’ve heard good things about internet explorer.
Companies are training LLMs on all the data that they can find, but this data is not the world, but discourse about the world. The rank-and-file developers at these companies, in their naivete, do not see that distinction…So, as these LLMs become increasingly but asymptotically fluent, tantalizingly close to accuracy but...
Tbh, there isn’t anything, but there are a few where I avoid the subject in real life because it’s never as fast as online.
I mention depression online, and there’s support comments for sure, as well an occasional asshole.
Irl, that’s one of those conversation stoppers, no matter how casual you are about it.
And that’s the kind of thing I’m talking about. Stuff that I’m fine discussing with friends and family when it comes up. I’m even fine with discussing it with strangers, if the goal is supporting them and maybe making them feel less alone.
But there’s a whole range of subjects where if you volunteer information, it turns any interaction into being about that. Another big one is the job I had when I was still able to work. Did grunt level medical work as a nurse’s assistant. Mostly did geriatrics and hospice. So, pretty focused on end of life care, with just enough of the other stuff to keep me sane.
Online? I can drop that paragraph, and it doesn’t derail anything because if someone is interested, it creates a new thread. It spins off without disrupting the central conversation. Irl, nobody likes being reminded of death, for one thing. Then there’s always, always folks that mean well but make a bigger deal out of it than the circumstances usually call for. Like, it’s small talk about “oh, I was in car sales, what did you do?”
“I was an NA.”
“Really?! What kind of work?”
“Death work, motherfucker.”
And you might as well say it like that because if you mention hospice at all, the room goes still. And the alternative to that is either leaving it out, which I don’t like doing because it feels dishonest to just specify geriatrics as though it’s a different thing at the end; or, you give some vague shit, which feels dishonest to myself. Like, I carry that shit. I don’t expect or want praise, or morbid nosiness, or even the all-too-common “you were doing god’s work”. But I own that shit. I carry the weight of it, the grief and the physical pain from doing it. So dismissing what it was ain’t happening either.
So, I usually just ask questions and listen instead. That’s what most small talk is about.
But online, I’ll obviously lay that shit out because it won’t fuck up the vibe of the entire room or fuck up my vibe.
So, it isn’t fear, as in I worry about how other people will react. I’m a giant asshole, IDGAF about others’ opinions of me. I’m middle aged, crippled, and beholden to no one, I don’t have to worry about other people’s goodwill. Not that I cared much even when I could still work. If you knew how many times I had a supervisor ask something along the lines of “why did you say that to a patient’s family member?” With my response being “they asked”, it would be hilarious.
Which, that was usually followed up with “couldn’t you just not say anything, or just lie?” With my response being “no, no I couldn’t. I don’t lie if I can avoid it, and never when on the job with dying people. And you don’t violate the trust of a dying human being by bullshitting.”
That’s why I was fucking excellent at the job, btw. It wasn’t the bathing and mobility support and such. It was being present. You do the job you take care of their needs. But you do not treat them like a patient in their own home. Shit, you don’t do it in a facility either. You treat them like one human being to another. That’s what it’s about.
Also, did I mention I still carry the weight of it? Yeah. That’s the stuff I let out online or with my “inner circle”, and never, ever with anyone else because that’s what’s bubbling underneath.
I was reading a recent article about the efforts by people not to ban books. While I think the sentiment is good-natured, as a helper at my local library, this is actually very problematic. People donate to us all the time, as is how libraries work. Sometimes the books are unpopular, unproductive, harmful, or just low tier....
Heard the editor being interviewed on Radio4 Today Programme this morning. This 90s throwback is bizarre. Do people really think there will be demand from this after the initial novelty?...
The porn fairy was, very often, more of someone quickly dumping something they didn’t want found.
However, the really big piles were sometimes a person’s little self-love spot away from their home, for one reason or another.
My grandparents lived adjacent to a big stretch of woodland. A half hour hike away from their house, and there was a run down old shack that had hundreds of various magazines. Just the slowly decaying stacks of playboy were astounding in number, and went back decades, though with plenty of gaps.
Best guess on that one was a specific gentleman that had owned the land, or his son. The overgrown path that was barely detectable led roughly towards their house. Considering the rather fiery and hyper-religious nature of the lady of the house, it could have been either, though if it was the son, he had picked up a lot of old issues at some point. Which, some people do.
But there were penthouses and hustlers too. It was kinda crazy.
I don't, well, for a long time I didn't because it was a storage space issue. I've thrifted for movies and shows and put the discs in those big disc booklets that can be hard to carry. But at the same time they kept things in one place than having to play around with cases and whatnot....
For various reasons, I like having the “entire package” of a CD or cassette (though I don’t have many of those any more, just a few local bands that no longer exist). Not just the little booklet, but the covers too. I tried using one of the “books” that holds the discs and paper materials, but it never worked right. It’s fine for stuff that didn’t have any kind of covers or whatever, and CD singles, but I like the experience of opening the case, using the disc and having the materials there all in one package.
Vinyl is totally different thing to begin with.
Movies, I ditched individual cases a long time ago. The only ones I keep are special editions and whatnot.
Dang. I had forgotten how bland early bloom county was. I was pretty young at the point in time this was published, but just barely old enough to be able to read the funny papers. I loved bloom county, but I think my mind latched onto the later stuff more.
I found be surprised if that’s what they meant. I have no doubt they want it to be even more of a hassle. Why? Because DMVs everywhere are where satan sends the professionals.
I’m fucking sorry, but John Candy is always a good watch, period. No matter what else may be bad about a movie, if he’s in it, it’s good. And I will water that hill with the blood of those that disagree.
Eminem releases "Houdini," the first single from his upcoming album "The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)," promising a controversial and nostalgic return.
Neverminding the evidence to the contrary. (lemmy.world)
I just posted Gowron for the glory of the empire! (lemmy.world)
Everything means everything (lemmy.world)
Apparently North Korea is launching balloons filled with poop over South Korea (sh.itjust.works)
time.com/…/north-korea-south-balloons-trash-feces…
Is Firefox still good ?
To the people, is Firefox still the go to browser? Is there something better out there for the average person? I’ve heard good things about internet explorer.
Why Is There an AI Hype? | The Luddite (theluddite.org)
Companies are training LLMs on all the data that they can find, but this data is not the world, but discourse about the world. The rank-and-file developers at these companies, in their naivete, do not see that distinction…So, as these LLMs become increasingly but asymptotically fluent, tantalizingly close to accuracy but...
The composition of the Union Flag (lemmy.world)
Do you have any non-political/non-religious/ things about yourself that you're less afraid to share online than IRL?
I’ll start, people I talk on Discord with know more of my music preference than IRL people I meet with, because rejection sensitivity i guess
If you owned a magic library people donated to in order to preserve media for eternity but which was going through overpopulation, what criteria would you use to decide which media survived/discarded?
I was reading a recent article about the efforts by people not to ban books. While I think the sentiment is good-natured, as a helper at my local library, this is actually very problematic. People donate to us all the time, as is how libraries work. Sometimes the books are unpopular, unproductive, harmful, or just low tier....
Walmart is under criticism for selling Pride merchandise. But the company is not backing down. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Loaded magazine returns to reassure men they can ‘ogle beautiful women’ (www.thetimes.com)
Heard the editor being interviewed on Radio4 Today Programme this morning. This 90s throwback is bizarre. Do people really think there will be demand from this after the initial novelty?...
Physical Media collectors, do you or do you not keep the cases to your discs?
I don't, well, for a long time I didn't because it was a storage space issue. I've thrifted for movies and shows and put the discs in those big disc booklets that can be hard to carry. But at the same time they kept things in one place than having to play around with cases and whatnot....
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Metalcore is not Metal! (lemmy.world)
31 May 1981 (sh.itjust.works)
North Carolina to roll out new driver's licenses with increased security (www.wcnc.com)
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Armed and Dangerous (1986): This goose is well and cooked - article by Mutant Reviewers (mutantreviewersmovies.com)
*audible sigh* (slrpnk.net)
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Dreadhammer - Atomic Pulse (youtu.be)
Eminem Teases New Album ‘The Death of Slim Shady’ with Provocative Single ‘Houdini’ (thenarinder.in)
Eminem releases "Houdini," the first single from his upcoming album "The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)," promising a controversial and nostalgic return.
Slaughter to Prevail, live @ inkcarceration 2023 (youtu.be)
This is why I hate not being able to do shows any more. I miss this kind of energy and sheer immersive brutality.