Arotrios
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Arotrios

@Arotrios@kbin.social

For Amusement Purposes Only.

Changeling poet, musician and writer, born on the 13th floor. Left of counter-clockwise and right of the white rabbit, all twilight and sunrises, forever the inside outsider.

Seeks out and follows creative and brilliant minds. And crows. Occasional shadow librarian.

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I avoid this by not watching porn that makes me sad. There's plenty of consensual, happy, joyful sex-positive porn out there.

While your point is valid about this particular situation (which is horrible and criminal on multiple levels), your overbroad generalization of porn and the implied assumption of guilt in the viewers is what's led folks to react negatively to your statement.

On a larger level, this kind of statement plays into the puritanical doctrines towards sex that paint it as a negative force, and subsequently leads to the twisting of a positive, creative act into a negative expression of power and rape in those that accept those doctrines.

Porn is not at fault here, nor are its viewers. Those at fault in this crime are the producers and publishers, who were well aware of the abuses happening under their watch, and deceived their viewers into believing they were observing consensual performance acts. I hope that these women get every cent and more, and it would be excellent to see a class action suit from Pornhub's subscribers arise in tandem to and in support of their complaint.

Arotrios,
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我可能發布了 XI 的視訊聊天記錄...

Arotrios,
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抱歉 - 這可能是我的錯

Will the world ever stop being anti-intellectual?

One of the most aggravating things to me in this world has to be the absolutely rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates so many conversations and debates, and its influence just seems to be expanding. Do you think there will ever actually be a time when this ends? I'd hope so once people become more educated and cultural...

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Agreed. I'd also like to add that intelligence != wisdom != experience, and you need all three to achieve real understanding.

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Hilarious that the screed they've typed is only protected under the First Amendment of the country they wish didn't exist. That last bit would get them jailed in Russia, and if they took a similar stance against the Chinese leadership, they'd be vacationing in a re-education camp before Thanksgiving.

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@some__guy they're playing your song

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ngebHa''a' yInvam'e'? jaltaHghach 'oH'a' neH?
mujon pumbogh puH, DI'rujvamvo' jInarghlaHbe'
mInDu'lIj tIpoSmoH, 'ej chalDaq yIlegh
chovup vIneHbe', loDHom Do'Ha' jIH neH
jIghoSDI' 'ej jIjaHDI' ngeDmo', vItlhchugh pagh vItlhHa'chugh
SuS HoS vIqeltaHvIS, jIHvaD tlhoy 'oH bop vISaHbe', jIHvaD
SoSoy, qen loD vIchotpu'
nachDajvaD HIch vIQeqpu', chu'wI' yuvpu', DaH Heghpu'
SoSoy, qen jIyInchoHpu'
'ach DaH yInwIj naQ vIpolHa'chu'pu'
SoSoy, 'o-'o-'o-'o, qaSaQmoH 'e' vIHechbe'
qaSpa' wa'leS poHvam jIcheghpu'be'chugh
yIruchtaH, yIruchtaH 'ej pagh SaHbogh vay' yIDalaw'
narghpu' 'eb, tugh jIHegh
jIHeghvIpmo' bIr pIpwIj, 'oy'law'taH porghwIj
naDevvo' jIjaHnIS. Savan, Hoch.
tlhIHvo' jImejnISqu' 'ej vIt vIbamnIS
SoSoy, 'o-'o-'o-'o, (SuS HoS vIqeltaHvIS)
jIHegh vIneHbe'
paghlogh jIboghchoHpu' rut 'e' vIjInqu'
[leSpal mob QoQ]
wa' loD QIb tu'qomHomHey mach vIleghlaw'taH
SIqaramuS, SIqaramuS, qul mI' DamI''a'?
mughIjqu' wabDaj'e' pe'bIl'e' je, mughIjqu'
ghalIl'eyo', ghalIl'eyo', ghalIl'eyo', ghalIl'eyo',
ghalIl'eyo', vIgha'ro', QaQqu' ghu'vetlh
loD Do'Ha' jIH neH, 'ej mumuSHa' pagh
Do'Ha'bogh tuqvo' loDHom Do'Ha' ghaH neH
ghu'vam qabqu'vo' narghlaH 'e' yIchaw'
jIghoSDI', jIjaHDI' ngeD, tujonHa''a'
Qun pongvaD! Qo', bIjaH 'e' wIchaw'be'
(yItlhabmoH) Qun pongvaD! bIjaH 'e' wIchaw'be'
(yItlhabmoH) Qun pongvaD! bIjaH 'e' wIchaw'be'
(HItlhabmoH) bIjaH 'e' wIchaw'be'
(HItlhabmoH) bIjaH 'e' wIchaw'be'. (HItlhabmoH) 'o
Qo'! Qo'! Qo'! Qo'! Qo'! Qo'! Qo'!
('o SoSoywI', SoSoywI') SoSoywI'! HItlhabmoH!
jIHvaD veqlarghHom poltaH veqlargh 'e' vISov, jIHvaD, jIHvaD
nagh chojaDlaH 'ej mInwIj Datuy'laH 'e' DaQub
chomuSHa'laH vaj HeghmeH cholonlaH 'e' DaQub
'o bangwI', jIHvaD yIta'Qo', bangwI'!
jIHaw'nIS neH - naDevvo' jIHaw'nISchu' neH
ghu'vam vISaHbe'qu', 'e' leghlaH vay'
ghu'vam vISaHbe'qu'
ghu'vam vISaHbe'qu', jIHvaD
SuS HoS vIqeltaHvIS

Arotrios,
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It's been depreciating at a pretty constant rate. I'd wait to invest until it's under $1.

Ryntastic, to random
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"Burning Man has countercultural roots and, once upon a time, it was a celebration of creativity and a counterpoint to mindless consumerism. Over the past few years, however, it has become massively commodified and started attracting some of the worst people on earth. Nowadays, it is an excuse for influencers and Silicon Valley types to take a bunch of drugs and party in the desert while pretending they are doing something meaningful that elevates the world’s consciousness. Burning Man is supposed to be about “radical self-reliance” and yet a number of attendees appear to be flown in on private jets and shacked up in luxury accommodation with air conditioning. I don’t care how exotic the drugs or how interesting the art is: once people such as Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk show up to your party, there is no longer anything countercultural about it. You are not rebelling against the man. You are the man."

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/commentisfree/2023/sep/05/why-all-the-burning-man-schadenfreude-where-do-i-start-

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As someone who watched the Burning Man scene begin, evolve, and become what it is today, it was clear from near 2000 on that it was destined to become a parody of itself.

Plus, as someone who has spent their life working to encourage creativity and preserve it, something about Burning Man always struck me as deeply wrong on a spiritual level. I think of all of the wonderful artworks that could be adorning our streets and walls that are nothing now but ash on the playa and it honestly makes me want to smack my head into the wall. I get the point of sacrifice, of creating art for art's sake, and respect the mythos of the Wicker Man, but shit has gotten too far out of hand.

If you really want to be revolutionary, bring your art back to your neighborhood. Live it every day, not just during summer vacation. Put it out there for free if you want to flip off capitalism, but don't destroy it. That which inspires you to create is holy and a part of your soul, and it's result deserves much better than the flames.

@Ryntastic Sorry for hijacking a month-old comment of yours, but it inspired me to speak out, and I've been holding my tongue about the BM scene for a long time.

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Came here to say the same. Lieberman is a snake, and has been using his position as the 2000 VP Dem nominee to undermine progressive policy for more than two decades. I have no doubt he's been bought and paid for by the GOP, I'm guessing right around the time he started rooting for the Iraq war (he was the biggest supporter on the Dem side at the time).

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Oh, yeah, let's see how you do in the Clutch, dutch. You ain't gonna worry my life no more.... Bang bang bang bang, vaminose vaminose

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Glad you dig! They're something both brilliant and beyond the bounds of most music - good to find someone else who knows how to Get in the Swing.

jcrm, to kbinMeta

Can we PLEASE make the top bar be customizable already? Or at least filter NSFW by default? It's a really bad look whenever I open this and "jailbait" is at the top of my screen almost every time.

Arotrios,
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@jcrm Lol - I figured out how to do this accidentally. You may have noticed that Jailbait doesn't appear in the top bar anymore.

It's because I posted this to it (sfw and 18+ by a long shot, but you'll still want eyebleach). Apparently that top bar of communities prioritizes those that have no posts. Take a look - you'll see every suggested community is empty. Posting to one removes it from the selection algorithm.

Pinging @ernest as it looks like the sorting on that top bar algorithm is achieving the opposite of its intended purpose.

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@Virginicus - the Freedom Caucus certainly will. However, the realpolitik of the situation is that any Speaker will need Democratic support to get elected at this point.

There are three possible outcomes here:

  1. The Republicans are able to control their caucus and elect a new speaker entirely with GOP votes (highly unlikely, and if they do, a new leader will be just as vulnerable as McCarthy was until 2024)

  2. The Republicans are able to peel off enough Democratic votes to get a new speaker in by advancing a moderate and granting concessions (possible, but this effort would likely lose as many GOP votes as it would gain Dem ones unless they convince Jeffries to rally his caucus in support of a moderate)

  3. The Democrats are able to peel off enough GOP votes to elect Jeffries (slightly less likely than 2, above) - this is the worst possible scenario for the GOP

Jeffries has them over a barrel as long as he maintains caucus discipline. Thus far he's doing a far better job at it than the GOP, plus he's still got Pelosi's connections in his back pocket (and she's definitely not about concessions to the GOP at this point). This opinion piece is both an olive branch and a subtle threat to those on the GOP side who can still do basic math - it's "work with us, or watch us take the Speakership before 2024".

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Oh boy. Just stopped by to warn you that linking to the bad place is likely not to be too popular around here. That being said, your profile there does have some cool links and you seem like a chill dude, so I wanted to give you a heads up before the downvotes started. You'd probably be better served by posting this link in your profile description if you're really looking to drive cross-traffic.

Arotrios, to 13thFloor
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Mom: "You're my changeling child."

Me as a kid: "Cool! Maybe I'm magic!"

Me as an adult after learning what people usually do with changelings: "Wtf Mom???"

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"Fuck it" is the most powerful and subsequently destructive phrase in the English language, allowing one to ignore consequence in favor of pure action, with the tactic acceptance that you've likely released forces far beyond your control.

For a phrase with so much destructive potential, it's interesting to note that the root of the phrase goes back to sex, the act of creation, and even possibly love. Sex is the effort to produce a child, a force which will, whether you like it or not, grow beyond your control.

"Kill it" doesn't have the oomph. Why not, when it essentially speaks to the same destructive dynamic and disregard of consequence?

Because "kill it" invokes death, which is to put to rest. "Fuck it" invokes life, which is to spark chaos.

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