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  1. Comment on A timeline of false “gender ideology” claims about the Charlie Kirk shooting in ~lgbt

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    The way the first thing I ever heard about it was right wing news media spread the lie that the bullets had "transgender messaging" carved into them. I was like "the fuck does that even mean?"....

    The way the first thing I ever heard about it was right wing news media spread the lie that the bullets had "transgender messaging" carved into them. I was like "the fuck does that even mean?".

    Turns out when your readers think that transgender people are a political hate group against your shit beliefs that everyone but you and your willing, silent trad wife, should not have the right to live an open life, you can just say any vague lie without further need to define what the fuck you mean and they will just eat it up and further spread it.

    Not a single person of their target group asked for any clarification or even tried to define what that means themselves. "Transgender messaging". That was the whole thing. That was enough.

    My face when it then turned out it was actually right wing online groups meme texts against the groups they tried to pin it on.

    20 votes

  2. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    I mean hey, we get a cool bike. Which is all I took from it. I don't understand how Nintendo frequently, without many misses, makes the stupidest advertising decisions they could do. Metroid isn't...

    I mean hey, we get a cool bike. Which is all I took from it. I don't understand how Nintendo frequently, without many misses, makes the stupidest advertising decisions they could do. Metroid isn't some 10 dollars cash grab bullshit, it's a highly acclaimed, long going game series. Yet they treat it repeatedly like we should be glad it isn't completely forgotten.

    BUT HEY, shitass pseudo re-release of their worst ever flopping game console is TOTALLY what everyone wants and needs a fullass trailer with voice over and physical accessory.

    7 votes

  3. Comment on Nintendo adding Virtual Boy to Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, with Virtual Boy replica accessory to play games in 3D in ~games

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    Lol no, it's a repeating sentiment in the whole community that they keep giving us stuff nobody asked for while the games literally everyone screams for get ignored.

    Lol no, it's a repeating sentiment in the whole community that they keep giving us stuff nobody asked for while the games literally everyone screams for get ignored.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    Very disappointed how Metroid always seems to get the silent treatment. Absolute minimal, no news, no voice over announcement inbetween some random games as if it's a third party eshop cash grab game.

    Very disappointed how Metroid always seems to get the silent treatment. Absolute minimal, no news, no voice over announcement inbetween some random games as if it's a third party eshop cash grab game.

    21 votes

  5. Comment on Nintendo adding Virtual Boy to Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, with Virtual Boy replica accessory to play games in 3D in ~games

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    "Hey, you know what people would really like?" - "Older Pokémo-" - "That's right, a pseudo re-release of our worst failing gaming console that haunts our company history to this very day! Brilliant!"

    "Hey, you know what people would really like?" - "Older Pokémo-" - "That's right, a pseudo re-release of our worst failing gaming console that haunts our company history to this very day! Brilliant!"

    14 votes

  6. Comment on Many lonely people would rather deal with a robot than interact with an actual human, according to research co-led by Newcastle University in ~health.mental

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    As an autistic person: Robots don't emotionally hurt me just because I didn't follow the socially acceptable script that I never got handed and then shutdown for any further communication or label...

    As an autistic person: Robots don't emotionally hurt me just because I didn't follow the socially acceptable script that I never got handed and then shutdown for any further communication or label me weird and uncanny.

    10 votes

  7. Comment on Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT in ~health.mental

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    I wouldn't be surprised if especially the therapists who know nothing about their profession for some reason and diagnose people (or better said: withhold diagnoses) purely based on your vibes in...

    I wouldn't be surprised if especially the therapists who know nothing about their profession for some reason and diagnose people (or better said: withhold diagnoses) purely based on your vibes in the first 2 minutes of meeting them instead of actual diagnostic criteria and tests, are overrepresented in the demographic of therapists depending on ChatGPT.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    I finally watched Summer Time Rendering and tbh, it was one of the, if not the one, best anime I watched in a decade. I was missing higurashi-y anime. I kept avoiding it because Disney+'s...

    I finally watched Summer Time Rendering and tbh, it was one of the, if not the one, best anime I watched in a decade. I was missing higurashi-y anime. I kept avoiding it because Disney+'s description sounded like a fucking summertime slice of life anime about grieving in a friend group.

    The whole theme of the anime kept me at it. A lot happened in a single episode, but to a very satisfying level - and there are 25 of them.

    At one point, I was so excited about the anime that I thought "I hope they don't fumble it in the finale then." They did not. At all. It was a very satisfying watch with multiple plottwists per episode and a nicely written ending.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Spotify is adding direct messaging to their music streaming app in ~tech

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    The only thing I have to say to this, is a big fat: "why?"

    The only thing I have to say to this, is a big fat: "why?"

    5 votes

  10. Comment on What's your current PC wallpaper? in ~tech

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    One of my Dungeons & Dragons characters I painted last year. I don't see my desktop often, as my webbrowser is my go-to application on an idle screen, but when I do I appreciate looking at...

    One of my Dungeons & Dragons characters I painted last year.
    I don't see my desktop often, as my webbrowser is my go-to application on an idle screen, but when I do I appreciate looking at something simple.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on When is the last time you made a new friend? That lasted. in ~life

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    Thank you, I wish you the best as well. Thank you for interacting with me.

    Thank you, I wish you the best as well. Thank you for interacting with me.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on When is the last time you made a new friend? That lasted. in ~life

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    Some people definitely notice when you are autistic. They don't directly know that you are autistic, but many people feel that something is different about you. A lot of autistic people tell...

    and autistic

    Some people definitely notice when you are autistic. They don't directly know that you are autistic, but many people feel that something is different about you. A lot of autistic people tell stories related to this. Especially about bullying and worse.

    It's especially hard to get around this because of issues with communication and picking up such things.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on When is the last time you made a new friend? That lasted. in ~life

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    I had this problem before I outed myself as trans back in the days as well, just not as frequently because previously, I simply didn't really speak with people IRL. A lot of these situations also...

    I had this problem before I outed myself as trans back in the days as well, just not as frequently because previously, I simply didn't really speak with people IRL.

    A lot of these situations also happened with other trans people, too.

    I do get where your view is coming from, because no matter if it's because I'm trans or because I'm autistic or anything else, it's clearly the same behavior typical trans chasers show. But I'm assuming that's simply because it's standard predatory behavior by nature, no matter the target of "attraction", starting with the fact that those people keep doing it repeatedly, with more direct attempts every time until they straight out say it - despite, or even in response to???, my desinterest in it.

    Thank you for taking your time writing that reply!

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Make new friends here! in ~life

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    Awww, thank you so much!

    Awww, thank you so much!

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Make new friends here! in ~life

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    Fellow autistic & trans moe-domain enjoyer here, followed you on some services. Cute website, by the way.

    Fellow autistic & trans moe-domain enjoyer here, followed you on some services. Cute website, by the way.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on When is the last time you made a new friend? That lasted. in ~life

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    funny enough, it wouldn't have been a problem for me if it was about romantic attraction. It's specifically the sexual part that makes me disappointed and feel betrayed. Well not even that,...

    funny enough, it wouldn't have been a problem for me if it was about romantic attraction. It's specifically the sexual part that makes me disappointed and feel betrayed. Well not even that, actually. It's the extremely pushy part about it and the more and more obvious "hints". I'm bad at picking up signs early on because I'm autistic, so I hang around too long before I finally get it / they tell me.

    I feel especially betrayed because it's this extremely pushy behavior after the first X tries already didn't give them the desired outcome.

    I also don't even get ghosted afterwards. They continue to try to pursue me until I have to cut them off.
    It's very annoying, disheartening and exhausting. I didn't feel like even trying to make new friends for a long while now.

    My only friends are online friends who are also neurodivergent, mainly autistic themselves.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on When is the last time you made a new friend? That lasted. in ~life

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    I only have online friends, because all irl "friends" I made the last decade started to make sexual advances at some point, starting with jokes, but getting more and more obvious to the point of...

    I only have online friends, because all irl "friends" I made the last decade started to make sexual advances at some point, starting with jokes, but getting more and more obvious to the point of straight up telling me that they want a sexual relationship with me. While I only want friends.

    At some point, I stopped trying to be friends with people, because I became scared of opening up to someone, just for them to reveal that they actually just find me sexually attractive and don't want to actually be friends with me.

    15 votes

  18. Comment on Made a free VTT prototype in ~games.tabletop

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    Nice one!

    Nice one!

    3 votes

  19. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Finally took the time to write the measurement tools for my VTT, such as a basic ruler, cones, circles, etc, that I will use to finish up the drawing tools soon as well. I also sat down and added...

    Finally took the time to write the measurement tools for my VTT, such as a basic ruler, cones, circles, etc, that I will use to finish up the drawing tools soon as well. I also sat down and added some functionality purely for comfort, such das dragging and dropping tokens and maps between folders and other library related features.

    We are having a blast using my VTT for the past few weeks.
    By now other GMs of our group are using it as well.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I kept working on the non directly VTT parts of my virtual tabletop system. Logins, community stuff, creating games, managing stuff, etc. For the past few weeks, we have been playing exclusively...

    I kept working on the non directly VTT parts of my virtual tabletop system.
    Logins, community stuff, creating games, managing stuff, etc.

    For the past few weeks, we have been playing exclusively in it and aside from a few tiny client crashes that were easily fixed like 5 minutes after the sessions ended, it works fine and it's nice to finally be able to just do stuff without having to wait for someone else to fix big issues like attached tokens not detaching when they should and everyone having to refresh all the time, as we had for a few months on another service.

    Next will be a small support ticket system (also in order to report errors with the actual error messages instantly) and after that I can fully focus on the actual VTT again and write a couple more features we were talking about in my group.

    4 votes