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6 votes
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Female founder secrets: Men clamming up
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What are some songs that tell LGBT narratives?
My husband and I recently started listening to Tones and I who has a song called Johnny Run Away. It’s a short story about a boy who has feelings for another boy and is told by his dad to “run...
My husband and I recently started listening to Tones and I who has a song called Johnny Run Away. It’s a short story about a boy who has feelings for another boy and is told by his dad to “run away” not because the father is homophobic but because he’s trying to protect his son from getting bullied:
His daddy walked by with a sigh
Said, "Johnny, sit by my side
I'm gonna give you the best advice
You've ever heard in your life
See that boy named Jimmy, yeah, he's a cutie
But no, no, Johnny, no, no, no
Johnny run away”I like the song partially for its musicality (so catchy!) but also its narrative is genuinely touching to me. My father-in-law once told me he knew his son (my husband) was gay early on. He said that never changed how much he loved his son, but he was always worried about how much harder life would be for him because of that. I think a lot of parents support their LGBT kids but also live with the very real fear of knowing that the rest of the world won’t necessarily do the same, and I think this song captures that perspective.
Anyway, I would love to hear about other songs that feature LGBT stories and perspectives, especially if they’re personally resonant for you or someone you know.
15 votes -
US rent has increased 175% faster than household income over past twenty years
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Laura Veirs - Magnetized (2005)
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Oona & Gage Brown skate to Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
7 votes -
Miklós Lukács · Peacock Dance (2016)
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Looking for recommendations for half-hour shows
I’ve started exercising to TV and need some shows with episodes of 30 minutes (or less) because anything longer is not in the cards for me yet. I’m open to any suggestions, but would prefer more...
I’ve started exercising to TV and need some shows with episodes of 30 minutes (or less) because anything longer is not in the cards for me yet.
I’m open to any suggestions, but would prefer more recent shows and less well-known ones. It’s easy to find recommendations for stuff like The Office and a lot harder to surface those hidden gems that are out there.
Any streaming service is fine. My husband and I don’t really stay subscribed to any and just toggle individual ones on and off as needed.
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What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
6 votes -
Why are circuits on boards?
10 votes -
The truth about lying
10 votes -
Picture Book Lust - Vanishing Asia by Kevin Kelly
5 votes -
Simple hand-built structures can help streams survive wildfires and drought
10 votes -
What does your gaze reveal about you? On the privacy implications of eye tracking
10 votes -
Metric paper and everything in the Universe
10 votes -
Real estate for existentialists: Appreciation
3 votes -
These mutant blind rabbits walk on their front two legs, and now we know why
14 votes -
The Suicide Squad | Official trailer
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If humankind left Earth and came back after 100 years, how much of our digital files would still be readable?
That's something that concerns me a lot. A lot of what we know about our history came from analog media that was preserved throughout history. Will future generations (100, 200, 1000 years from...
That's something that concerns me a lot. A lot of what we know about our history came from analog media that was preserved throughout history. Will future generations (100, 200, 1000 years from now...) be able to access our digital documents to understand how we lived?
Edit: the scenario I proposed in the title was just a way to express my concerns more concisely. I don't think it will actually happen but answering it is equivalent to addressing my concerns..
24 votes -
Music and Computers: A Theoretical and Historical Approach
5 votes -
The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) - Discussion thread
I finished this the other day and given how popular it is, I'm surprised there's been no discussion thread here. No spoilers in this top post but go ahead with spoilery discussion in comments....
I finished this the other day and given how popular it is, I'm surprised there's been no discussion thread here. No spoilers in this top post but go ahead with spoilery discussion in comments.
- Network: Netflix
- Format: 7 episodes mini-series (45-70min runtime)
- Drama set in the 60s-80s, based on a book, that follows an orphan chess prodigy and follows her as she grows up into the chess world.
I'll greatly recommend it. Quick and high quality. Wonderful acting.
12 votes -
Midi Rhythm Trainer Tutorial
4 votes -
China's reckoning (Part 2/3): Housing crisis
3 votes -
The problem with pedestals — Inspiration vs. deification
2 votes -
Cassette history/trivia: A series of fortunate events
4 votes -
NoJazz - Akosua (feat. Karen Briggs, Mino Cinelu) (2005)
3 votes -
Fortnightly Programming Q&A Thread
General Programming Q&A thread! Ask any questions about programming, answer the questions of other users, or post suggestions for future threads. Don't forget to format your code using the triple...
General Programming Q&A thread! Ask any questions about programming, answer the questions of other users, or post suggestions for future threads.
Don't forget to format your code using the triple backticks or tildes:
Here is my schema: ```sql CREATE TABLE article_to_warehouse ( article_id INTEGER , warehouse_id INTEGER ) ; ``` How do I add a `UNIQUE` constraint?
12 votes -
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares - Mesechinko Lio Grejlivko (1975)
8 votes -
Building electronics that can survive under Greenland's ice sheet – meet the Cryoegg, designed to follow the melting going on beneath the ice sheet
10 votes -
What if the war of 1812 had a victor?
6 votes -
The mysterious tribal music of Sephardic Jews - Kondja mia (2019)
7 votes -
"Why is this subreddit private?" or why some large subreddits are protesting the censorship of discussions about a reddit admin's ties to pedophilia.
38 votes -
How we discovered a hidden world of fungi inside the world’s biggest seed bank
8 votes -
What did you do this week?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
6 votes -
Monster Hunter Rise - Critical consensus
7 votes -
Our parental consent case against Tavi has succeeded
10 votes -
Documents show Amazon is aware drivers pee in bottles and even defecate en route, despite company denial
24 votes -
Greta Thunberg has mocked climate change deniers by citing research that claims human penises are getting smaller because of increased pollution
6 votes -
The climate crisis is worse than you can imagine. Here’s what happens if you try.
27 votes -
Kansas City's homeless camps rise as protests
10 votes -
Realistic miniature model house with electricity is a marvel
7 votes -
M1dlet - Tell me why speedcore is so awesome (2015)
2 votes -
Dungeon & Dragons favorite character sheets?
I have started playing D&D basic with my family as a way to spend time together away from devices. I found the original character sheets:...
I have started playing D&D basic with my family as a way to spend time together away from devices.
I found the original character sheets:
http://www.ultanya.com/2015/10/throwback-thursday-character-sheets.htmlAnyone else have favorite character sheets for D&D?
6 votes -
English translation of Finland's epic poem, The Kalevala (1898)
12 votes -
Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10 billion
39 votes -
Recap of the ID@Xbox /twitchgaming March 26, 2021 showcase event
3 votes -
Aiko's Choice - A standalone PC-exclusive expansion to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, coming late 2021
2 votes -
Conservationists are creating ‘superhighways’ for insects in the UK
10 votes -
TVO cleared for fuel loading at Olkiluoto Unit 3
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Repeatedly finding myself upset with the conversations on Tildes
DISCLAIMER - The following is all my impression of discussions happening. I do not wish to call out any particular individuals or make any strong statements about 'truth' or 'fact'. This is a post...
DISCLAIMER - The following is all my impression of discussions happening. I do not wish to call out any particular individuals or make any strong statements about 'truth' or 'fact'. This is a post about how all of this information made me feel and I will try my best to avoid language which paints any of this as definitive statements of truth.
Yesterday there was a thread which got nuked in which people were seemingly arguing on the validity of eugenics. Right now there's a thread about what's going on with Reddit which at times elevates the accusations raised by a group of troublesome individuals.
I'm not comfortable with people discussing whether there's any legitimacy to eugenics. I feel extremely alienated when people elevate accusations lead by kiwifarms and lineham and other bigots - frankly speaking I don't want to see anything lineham has to say on this website, ever, except perhaps when it is prefaced by a long post explaining the background of the troublesome individual and the post is being linked to explain why they are troublesome.
How do we stop this? Am I the only one who feels alienated and like I don't want to participate in Tildes anymore? If so, at what point is a discussion veering into the realm of intolerance and how can we stop this from happening and how do we culturally enforce this to happen?
48 votes