Blakdragon's recent activity
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Comment on Don't sleep on Kpop Demon Hunters in ~movies
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Comment on I have now donated five full gallons of blood products! in ~health
Blakdragon LinkI can't lie, I feel like having O- blood is a bit of a superpower. I have no idea how much I've donated. But I absolutely made myself anemic, and AFTER that Canadian Blood Services changed the...I can't lie, I feel like having O- blood is a bit of a superpower.
I have no idea how much I've donated. But I absolutely made myself anemic, and AFTER that Canadian Blood Services changed the recommended donation schedule for women?? Like I literally cannot believe that it took until the mid 2010s for them to realize women had less iron and less blood, but whatever. I'll take some iron supplements before and after a donation, and now I know the symptoms of anemia lol.
I donate when there's an event near enough to me! It's honestly the easiest thing for me to give back to humanity. I'm donating in Canada, where you don't get paid or anything, just cookies and chips and juice.
My mom actually can't donate anymore, because she was once tested in a batch that tested positive for HIV? But she then obviously tested negative for HIV.... but still can't donate. Seems wild honestly, that she DEFINITELY DOES NOT have HIV, but they won't let her donate her O- anymore. 😂
Oh and my grandmother was recently diagnosed with hemochromatosis. (Too much iron.) Guess I'll keep up my donations!
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Comment on Most US exhibition execs think traditional moviegoing has less than twenty years as ‘viable business model,’ according to new survey in ~movies
Blakdragon Link ParentI can't believe I, a woman with bladder anxiety (don't worry I'm mostly over it), wrote a whole rant and forgot about this. 😂 If you're movie is 3 hours long, it better be god damn engaging that...So the fact you're stuck in place for 3+ hours with no way to pause if you need to use the bathroom
I can't believe I, a woman with bladder anxiety (don't worry I'm mostly over it), wrote a whole rant and forgot about this. 😂 If you're movie is 3 hours long, it better be god damn engaging that whole time. I literally do not understand the idea of 3-hour-long-lowest-common-denominator-movies. Are people watching those???
Apparently not.
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Comment on Most US exhibition execs think traditional moviegoing has less than twenty years as ‘viable business model,’ according to new survey in ~movies
Blakdragon LinkExecs don't have a lot of creativity, IMO. If they made going out to a movie an actually nice experience, instead of an exercise in parting people from as much money as possible, maybe more people...Execs don't have a lot of creativity, IMO. If they made going out to a movie an actually nice experience, instead of an exercise in parting people from as much money as possible, maybe more people would go? Maybe people don't like weird predatory experiences, and capitalism is finally realizing the ends of its reach.
Like I realize I'm a huge introvert who dislikes large events in the first place, but holy crap theatres are the fucking worst. You want me to go watch a screen that's literally too big, with sounds that are sometimes literally too loud (unexpectedly, to counterbalance the normal sound range of course) with snacks that are absurdly fucking expensive and nothing special. I've gone to a theatre once in the last... oh god I don't even know. 7 years? I went for the Boy and the Heron.
I don't know, make a business model that doesn't fucking suck. Doesn't seem that hard. It's not the cost that's bothering me. It's that it's a cheap as fuck experience that isn't good. Figure it out. 🙄
ETA: Here's my real, less cynical, suggestions. Smaller theaters. You don't have to show literally every movie all the time. If sound balance could be less bombastic... I'd like that. I'm not spending $20 on popcorn or pop. Please get real on that. That's all.
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Comment on Victories and challenges: An A[u]DHD community and support fortnightly thread #1 in ~health.mental
Blakdragon Link ParentI've always felt way more comfortable with animals than people. (Or mammals, at least... I get out of my depth real quick once we start looking at reptiles) There's a simplicity to them. Animals...I've always felt way more comfortable with animals than people. (Or mammals, at least... I get out of my depth real quick once we start looking at reptiles) There's a simplicity to them. Animals don't lie to you. Or if they do, it's really easy to understand why. (Fear, pain, or performing for a reward, etc.)
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Comment on Victories and challenges: An A[u]DHD community and support fortnightly thread #1 in ~health.mental
Blakdragon LinkI've been exploring the idea that autism seems to explain a lot of how I've experienced life for a while now. It's not something I'm really sharing with anyone except my husband and friends who...I've been exploring the idea that autism seems to explain a lot of how I've experienced life for a while now. It's not something I'm really sharing with anyone except my husband and friends who also fall along that spectrum. (Which is ... all of them. I don't have any real life close friends, but my husbands friend group, and my online group of friends, all absolutely contain neurospicies.)
Part of this has been finding out all the things I never realized I was missing out on, so I'm really curious for a broader perspective on this particular thing:
I feel like I can read a ton of body language in dogs. I've had a few dogs in my life! I've got two right now. But I can read pretty darn well if they're anxious or happy, or reserved, or being polite but are actually kind of over whatever interaction they're currently in. All sorts of things! Most people seem pretty bad at reading dogs, which I guess isn't surprising.
I cannot read these things in people at all. Do people emote like this?? I never thought there was much to read in human body language. But when I realized how much I can read in dogs, I wondered if actually I was missing a huge piece of the human puzzle. 😂
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Comment on HBO’s Harry Potter series casts Harry, Ron and Hermione in ~tv
Blakdragon Link ParentI don't think they are deliberate at all, they're just a part of her world view, which is why I find it so damning myself, personally. One moment that sticks out to me in this way from the books,...I don't buy the claim that a lot of these things are deliberate
I don't think they are deliberate at all, they're just a part of her world view, which is why I find it so damning myself, personally.
One moment that sticks out to me in this way from the books, is when Harry is attempting to get the memory from Slugworth. Slugworth mentions something about testing all his wine for poison by having the castle house elves try it. So he's just ... okay with poisoning the house elves. And HARRY'S response to this is to just shrug to himself and think "better not tell Hermione about that".
Another thing I find rather telling is how much time is spent on the racism aspect of magical creatures not being allowed wands, and not really having any rights. And at the end of the books... none of that has changed. It's not addressed at all. Nobody made anything better, they just killed Voldemort, and then went back on their merry way in the world where magical creatures are lesser.
It's not commentary from Rowling, it's just the way things are. And she doesn't care to question it.
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Comment on My thoughts on Dropout streaming service in ~tv
Blakdragon LinkSo fair warning, I'm a huge fan of Dimension 20 and dropout, so I have bias. I think they must have changed this practice explicitly because of Burrows End. Episode 2 has content warnings in the...So fair warning, I'm a huge fan of Dimension 20 and dropout, so I have bias.
woefully lacking content and trigger warnings descriptions
I think they must have changed this practice explicitly because of Burrows End. Episode 2 has content warnings in the description, and everything since then has had pretty detailed content warnings in the episode descriptions. Dimension 20 episodes now starts with a little prelude that mentions this.
I think being fully invested in this content sphere kind of helps. I have some complaints with the technology side of the streaming platform, but I don't care because I know it's a very small production when compared to other streaming platforms. Like it's basically 1 dude and a group of friends bought CollegeHumour and turned it into what it is today, and they still don't have outside investors.
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Comment on How did you learn to read? in ~humanities.languages
Blakdragon LinkI remember my dad teaching me how to read before I started Kindergarten, and always loved reading! I remember in 4th grade we had this board we could pin things on for every book we read, but they...I remember my dad teaching me how to read before I started Kindergarten, and always loved reading! I remember in 4th grade we had this board we could pin things on for every book we read, but they had to be minimum 100 pages long or something. Except the books I was reading were like Redwall, that were separated into 3 "books", and I asked if I could use each of those as a book since each "book" was more than 100 pages. 😂
But anyways, he taught me to read just by sounding out letters and practicing with me. I guess it came pretty naturally.
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Comment on Temu and Shein are raising their US prices next week in ~finance
Blakdragon Link ParentThis sounds more like a failure of clothing to fit people, than it is a failure of people who buy clothes. Like I'm a short but otherwise very typically sized woman, and clothing sizes are fucking...This sounds more like a failure of clothing to fit people, than it is a failure of people who buy clothes. Like I'm a short but otherwise very typically sized woman, and clothing sizes are fucking bonkers and make no sense.
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Comment on ‘The terror is real’: an appalled US tech industry is scared to criticize Elon Musk in ~tech
Blakdragon Link ParentFor sure, I don't think your wrong, which is why I included that disclaimer. However, that wasn't the structure of my argument, just an anecdote. My frustration with people who have power and...For sure, I don't think your wrong, which is why I included that disclaimer. However, that wasn't the structure of my argument, just an anecdote.
My frustration with people who have power and influence, and attended the inauguration, still stands.
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Comment on ‘The terror is real’: an appalled US tech industry is scared to criticize Elon Musk in ~tech
Blakdragon (edited )LinkIt's been very frustrating to watch SO MANY people just... let Trump and his admins do whatever the fuck they want. So many people who DO have power in this situation have just laid back and been...It's been very frustrating to watch SO MANY people just... let Trump and his admins do whatever the fuck they want. So many people who DO have power in this situation have just laid back and been complicit. Especially tech execs. I watched Obama say to GWB "How do we stop this?" (This was from a tiktok video of a deaf person lipreading their interaction at Trumps latest inauguration). How do you stop this? DON'T FUCKING SHOW UP. Your just here to play nice and hand the reigns to someone we KNOW is intent on destroying democracy? The literal LEAST you could do is NOT SHOW UP FOR THE TEA PARTY. THREE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS. FUCKING DO LITERALLY ANYTHING. Biden shakes Trumps hand and gives him the keys. You could just have not shown up.
And I understand individuals not feeling like they can speak up and do what's right. Your livelihood is at risk. And anyone you're responsible for, your family. Our collective power has been systematically destroyed for multiple generations at this point. We've been headed for bad times for decades. I guess it's finally time to pay up.
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Comment on What if we made advertising illegal? in ~tech
Blakdragon Link ParentRegulations don't have to be one size fits all though. Like if you're spending under 100k a year on advertisements, that could just be unregulated, and you only start regulating once you start...Regulations don't have to be one size fits all though. Like if you're spending under 100k a year on advertisements, that could just be unregulated, and you only start regulating once you start spending more.
I don't know shit about advertising, but it doesn't seem like an insurmountable problem to regulate advertising without hurting smaller businesses.
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Comment on Stremio is an impressive program in ~tech
Blakdragon Link ParentI was using it both before and after whatever debacle happened. It was down for a few days during that, but otherwise, I haven't noticed a difference. Works great!I was using it both before and after whatever debacle happened. It was down for a few days during that, but otherwise, I haven't noticed a difference. Works great!
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Comment on US teen creates memecoin, dumps it, earns $50,000 in ~finance
Blakdragon Link ParentThey reported on the one person who got really lucky. This is how the whole scheme works. Make it sound like its a great investment. Hype up the success stories. Draw in the masses. It's just...They reported on the one person who got really lucky. This is how the whole scheme works. Make it sound like its a great investment. Hype up the success stories. Draw in the masses. It's just gambling.
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Comment on OSRS Leagues: Trailblazer Reloaded in ~games
Blakdragon Link ParentYes, I don't believe there's any f2p access.Yes, I don't believe there's any f2p access.
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Comment on OSRS Leagues: Trailblazer Reloaded in ~games
Blakdragon LinkI love OSRS Leagues! For areas I'm taking Zeah, Tiranwnn, and Varlmore. Gonna go with a range build! I've done melee the last couple Trailblazer leagues, and really missed out trying to range. But...I love OSRS Leagues!
For areas I'm taking Zeah, Tiranwnn, and Varlmore. Gonna go with a range build! I've done melee the last couple Trailblazer leagues, and really missed out trying to range. But it's cool that the combat masteries let you mix up your combat build this time!
For relics I took Power Miner, Dodgy Deals, Clue Compass, and Golden God, so far. I can't believe it's only been 2 days. I feel like I've been playing for a week. 😂 It's barely started!
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Comment on What Facebook has done to us in ~tech
Blakdragon Link ParentI play Old School Runescape... I LOVE a good way-too-long video essay to watch while I'm playing lol.I play Old School Runescape... I LOVE a good way-too-long video essay to watch while I'm playing lol.
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Comment on Trans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conference in ~lgbt
Blakdragon Link ParentThere's also dangers with hormonal birth control. There's dangers with basically everything we do. There's dangers with NOT transitioning. Let people decide for themselves. The science seems to...There's also dangers with hormonal birth control. There's dangers with basically everything we do.
There's dangers with NOT transitioning.
Not every surgery goes well, and not every issue can be rectified with follow-up surgeries.
Let people decide for themselves. The science seems to say this is safer and more effective than forcing people to conform to gender ideologies.
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Comment on Weight loss drugs appear to be having an effect at the population level in ~health
Blakdragon Link ParentMy perspective is Canadian, but I wonder if weight loss at a societal level is happening because people just can't afford the same food anymore? I doubt everyones "trying" to lose weight more....My perspective is Canadian, but I wonder if weight loss at a societal level is happening because people just can't afford the same food anymore? I doubt everyones "trying" to lose weight more. Everyone has always "tried" to be the ideal, but I think it's fairly obvious that doesn't work well for weight loss. But if you just plain can't afford takeout anymore, and groceries are getting more and more expensive, you end up eating less.
I'm fully obsessed with this movie right now.
I think a lot of the plot utilised ideas that might be less familiar to western audiences, but I've learned some of it though social media osmosis haha. My favourite is the Minhwa paintings that give context to the tiger and the magpie. He made the hat for the tiger, but the bird keeps stealing it!