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Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society
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Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentAs someone with two sons and a daughter in Scouting, the bemoaning of the inclusion of girls in the program is baffling to me. My sons aren't losing anything by girls being included in that...As someone with two sons and a daughter in Scouting, the bemoaning of the inclusion of girls in the program is baffling to me. My sons aren't losing anything by girls being included in that program - they're still learning outdoor skills, going on adventures, and learning how to be a decent human person. They have fantastic male role models in leadership in Scouting, and they also have a few really incredible female role models. I don't want my boys to grow up thinking that they can only be a particular way to be "properly" masculine - that feeling as done more harm to me than just about anything I was taught or modeled growing up.
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Comment on Looking for Backroom games with something to do in them other than walking in ~games
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentYeah Antichamber great, and I do see how it fits. Not sure how @cuteFox feels but the draw for me to the "backrooms" type game would be more along the lines of "this seemingly mundane/ordinary...Yeah Antichamber great, and I do see how it fits. Not sure how @cuteFox feels but the draw for me to the "backrooms" type game would be more along the lines of "this seemingly mundane/ordinary space is off in some compelling way" a la Control rather than Antichamber's more minimalist surreal vibe. I do remember enjoying Antichamber, though.
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Comment on Looking for Backroom games with something to do in them other than walking in ~games
TheRtRevKaiser LinkA lot of people are honing in on the "horror" aspect of the Backrooms, and OP might be 100% on board with that, but I'd love to find some games that focus on strangeness or liminality without...A lot of people are honing in on the "horror" aspect of the Backrooms, and OP might be 100% on board with that, but I'd love to find some games that focus on strangeness or liminality without descending into outright horror. I think Control straddles that line fairly well, but OP's naming of Stanley Parable is interesting to me because it seems to emphasize the more surreal nature of the "backrooms"/liminal spaces trend than the horror elements. I enjoyed Control for similar reasons, more than something like, say, "the stairs" side of SCP media where the tension building and frisson of the unreal space is just to make the jump scares more scary.
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I'd also love to hear suggestions of games (with actual gameplay) that explore the surreal/unnatural elements of backrooms/liminal spaces/SCP microgenres without just using them as a vehicle for jump scares. -
Comment on Not-so-humble brag: What are you proud of that you don't normally get to talk about? in ~talk
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentOh holy cow, these are some beautiful shots!Oh holy cow, these are some beautiful shots!
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Comment on Not-so-humble brag: What are you proud of that you don't normally get to talk about? in ~talk
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentThis is really cool! It is kind of hilarious that people get so competitive about looking at birds, though.This is really cool! It is kind of hilarious that people get so competitive about looking at birds, though.
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Comment on Not-so-humble brag: What are you proud of that you don't normally get to talk about? in ~talk
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentDude FPV drones seem like such a cool hobbyDude FPV drones seem like such a cool hobby
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Comment on First finished hand-embroidered patch. *Very* late Timasomo entry... in ~creative
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentThank you! I honestly couldn't even make an educated guess at the number of hours. Maybe I'll try to be a bit more mindful of that in the future just to have an idea, but I suspect I won't 😅. I'm...Thank you! I honestly couldn't even make an educated guess at the number of hours. Maybe I'll try to be a bit more mindful of that in the future just to have an idea, but I suspect I won't 😅. I'm not good about keeping track. Merry Christmas to you, too!
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Comment on First finished hand-embroidered patch. *Very* late Timasomo entry... in ~creative
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentThank you! That part was a challenge - my instinct is to make everything really tight but that tends to warp the fabric so I have to remind myself to ease up a bit.Thank you! That part was a challenge - my instinct is to make everything really tight but that tends to warp the fabric so I have to remind myself to ease up a bit.
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Comment on First finished hand-embroidered patch. *Very* late Timasomo entry... in ~creative
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentThank you! Yeah the patch is embroidered on a hoop first, then I took it off and used a heat activated fabric interface to fuse it to a heavier felt backing, then cut it to the size and shape I...Thank you! Yeah the patch is embroidered on a hoop first, then I took it off and used a heat activated fabric interface to fuse it to a heavier felt backing, then cut it to the size and shape I wanted and stitched the piece and the backing together with a whip stitch around the edge.
Cross stitch is, to my understanding, a subset of embroidery that uses a specific stitch (the cross stitch) arranged in a grid pattern.
So yeah I think you could do this with pretty much any type of embroidery. It was pretty time consuming, but since it's freehand embroidery (you don't have to count stitches like you would with cross stitch) it's really easy to just get in the zone while watching a show or listening to video essays or whatever. Also I don't think the next one will take three months, I definitely learned some things that will cut that time down, I think.
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Comment on First finished hand-embroidered patch. *Very* late Timasomo entry... in ~creative
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentThanks! It wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be - the stitches I used are mostly pretty straightforward, it just took a really really long time.Thanks! It wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be - the stitches I used are mostly pretty straightforward, it just took a really really long time.
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First finished hand-embroidered patch. *Very* late Timasomo entry...
So I realize I didn't quite make the end of October target - in fact I finished this piece just this evening, right in time for Christmas tomorrow (it's intended as a Christmas gift for my...
So I realize I didn't quite make the end of October target - in fact I finished this piece just this evening, right in time for Christmas tomorrow (it's intended as a Christmas gift for my sister). I didn't get many early progress pictures, so all I have are some from the last couple of weeks. The whole thing is hand stitched, including the whipped edge.
Nearly finished piece without the outlining:
https://postimg.cc/kB5HYKnMOutlined:
https://postimg.cc/7bHtb0JhOff the hoop, washed, cut, and whip-stitched.
https://postimg.cc/FfbGHH9CI think I'd like to try some more variety on the types of stitches I use to fill areas next time. I pretty much only used basic back stitches and satin stitch for this. I tried a tight seed stitch initially for the dog's fur, but didn't like it and spent a whole evening picking it out.
I also found the process of washing the piece (this isn't strictly necessary but I had used water soluble pen to trace the image and needed to wash it to get the ink out) and cutting it very nerve-wracking. It took so damn long to sew and I was terrified I was going to fuck it up right at the end. There were a couple of spots where I felt like I didn't cut it quite as evenly as I wanted, but after adding the stitched edge you can't really tell at all. I also had no idea what I was doing when fusing the initial piece to the felt backing with interfacing, and the interfacing didn't fully adhere to the fabric in a few places, but it worked out fine.
All in all it took forever and there are a few noticeable mistakes, but overall I'm pretty proud of it and I'm hoping the next one doesn't take so long.
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Comment on The 2025 Steam Winter Sale is live (runs Dec 18 - Jan 5) in ~games
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentIt probably depends heavily on how much grind you can tolerate, and how much you like survival games, but I game with a group (between 4 and 7 depending on the game) that have played a lot of...It probably depends heavily on how much grind you can tolerate, and how much you like survival games, but I game with a group (between 4 and 7 depending on the game) that have played a lot of survival crafters and I detest Ark. If you play with default settings it is an intolerable grind, and even with most of the gathering/taming turned way up in the server settings the second time we played I still found it excruciating.
Now, this was near the end of a very long streak of survival games for this group (Conan finally broke me, personally) so I might have just been burned out on them, but I really didn't enjoy any step of our last Ark playthrough at all. IMO the only recent survival game that respects your time and feels good to play is Abiotic Factor.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 15 in ~society
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentThe only thing that makes sense to me is that they think a war would be good for shoring up support among their base, and this is their paper-thin justification for it. I know my state senators...The only thing that makes sense to me is that they think a war would be good for shoring up support among their base, and this is their paper-thin justification for it. I know my state senators are in lock-step on the messaging when it comes to this, so I don't think it's just a "Trump is crazy/senile" thing. It's fucking worrying though.
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Comment on /r/politics moderators in ~tech
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentOkay but that's not a shadowban? It's automated removal, sure, but a shadowban involves a user being banned, but the site still behaves (to them) as if their posts/comments are going through. Or...Okay but that's not a shadowban? It's automated removal, sure, but a shadowban involves a user being banned, but the site still behaves (to them) as if their posts/comments are going through. Or am I misremembering?
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Comment on /r/politics moderators in ~tech
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentWouldn't you be aware that comments are being removed? I haven't experienced this and it's been a good while since I left reddit, but that doesn't seem the same as a shadowban. I could be...For many, many years it was possible to write an automod filter to automatically remove posts and comments from particular authors without letting them know.
Wouldn't you be aware that comments are being removed? I haven't experienced this and it's been a good while since I left reddit, but that doesn't seem the same as a shadowban. I could be mistaken, though.
Why is "the gerontocracy is wavering" a bad comment?
I didn't say it was a bad comment, I said it was on the line of violating that particular rule. In the context of news of a particular (old) politician dying, I can absolutely see it being taken as celebrating their death. I can also see it not being taken that way - that's what I was saying about the difficulty of handling comments like this in bulk.
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Comment on /r/politics moderators in ~tech
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentYeah, I always come back to this post on "evaporative cooling" in communities, and I think it's especially important if you want to be a friendly place for marginalized folks.Yeah, I always come back to this post on "evaporative cooling" in communities, and I think it's especially important if you want to be a friendly place for marginalized folks.
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Comment on /r/politics moderators in ~tech
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentUnless something has changed in the last year or so, Reddit mods don't have any ability to shadowban or "shadow remove" comments. It's just not a feature that has ever been part of the moderator...Unless something has changed in the last year or so, Reddit mods don't have any ability to shadowban or "shadow remove" comments. It's just not a feature that has ever been part of the moderator toolbox, unless it has been added recently.
Also, that comment is certainly toeing the line of violating that rule. I can see a perspective where it is, and one where it isn't, it's a grey area. If a major politician died, I can just about guarantee yours was not the only comment removed for violating that rule, and I suspect that dozens or hundreds were worse. These people are volunteer mods, they can't stop and ask ever poster - "hey, did you intend to violate this rule or did you intend your comment to mean something different?", you'll fucking go crazy(er). You just remove and move on. It's not personal, but if you want to keep a place the size and nature of r/politics from being an absolute cesspit (and honestly it's hard to argue that it's not already pretty bad, but I promise it could be SO much worse) that's how you have to operate.
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Comment on /r/politics moderators in ~tech
TheRtRevKaiser Link ParentI also modded a couple of medium sized subreddits, but I can't imagine how much worse r/politics must be. I don't doubt that the mods are assholes, but it's hard to imagine anybody who isn't...I also modded a couple of medium sized subreddits, but I can't imagine how much worse r/politics must be. I don't doubt that the mods are assholes, but it's hard to imagine anybody who isn't modding a sub of that size/nature.
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Comment on /r/politics moderators in ~tech
TheRtRevKaiser LinkI wouldn't be surprised if the mods of r/politics are assholes, but every time moderation comes up here it's obvious that a lot of folks haven't been on the other side before. Modding sucks ass....I wouldn't be surprised if the mods of r/politics are assholes, but every time moderation comes up here it's obvious that a lot of folks haven't been on the other side before. Modding sucks ass. People who need to be moderated rarely think they do, you have to be fairly heavy-handed if you want a large community to not be an absolute shithole, especially one that is political in nature, people constantly try to rules-lawyer you, and pretty much no matter what you do somebody is going to be mad at you. There's absolutely no fucking winning, and I can't imagine anybody being a mod in r/politics for long before they'll be a complete mess.
I've not had that experience at all, but I know that a person's experience with Scouting can be extremely different depending on the local council and troops. There is definitely a contingent of grizzled scouters who can be pretty crotchety about doing things a particular way, but we haven't seen any resistance to including girls - in fact the folks that are involved at the council level have been really enthusiastic about supporting our small but growing girls troop, and we're probably going to be combining to a fully co-ed troop as soon as we're able to (the two units are already doing pretty much all of their outings and activities as a single unit, so it would just be combining the committees and leadership).
I do wonder if there's a regional difference. I'm in the southeast, and there were a couple of pretty major exoduses by far right groups over the last few years for conservative alternatives, which has honestly left "Scouting America" as fairly progressive (in some ways - still pretty conservative in others). A lot of the really conservative old guard left for Trail Life.