chocobean's recent activity
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Comment on At least thirty protesters arrested during pro-Palestinian protest at UT Austin in ~news
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Comment on Happy 6th Birthday, Tildes! in ~tildes
chocobean Link ParentAnd to many many more! Thank you @Deimos for making and keeping this human optimized corner of an ever decaying Netscape. and thank you to @cfabbro for the other place invite last June when it...And to many many more!
Thank you @Deimos for making and keeping this human optimized corner of an ever decaying Netscape.
and thank you to @cfabbro for the other place invite last June when it blew up (for me)
and a perpetual @mycketforvirrad for the tireless tagging that happens
And to all the regulars and to all the CD-ROMS, thank you.
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Comment on Can friendships be forced? in ~talk
chocobean LinkWar buddies can be friends for a life time. Arranged marriages sometimes end up with life long friendship even where romance doesn't happen Childhood friendships are basically forced interactions...War buddies can be friends for a life time.
Arranged marriages sometimes end up with life long friendship even where romance doesn't happen
Childhood friendships are basically forced interactions that eventually turn mutual
High school buddies are in my opinion some of the very very best that life can offer
Meeting romantic partners at hobby classes that run long enough for the shy introverted people to shine
I could go on. In fact friendship don't happen for me unless they are repeatedly scheduled. ADHD and introversion and face blindness going on here: I need the same content same people and scheduled to even be able to link interactions to the same person.
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Comment on Arizona grand jury indicts eleven Republicans who falsely declared Donald Trump won the state in 2020 in ~misc
chocobean LinkWhat does it mean in American law to be indicted? Does it mean these people can still walk free and campaign for Trump and repeat the lies? Does this have any affect on a campaign that doesn't...What does it mean in American law to be indicted? Does it mean these people can still walk free and campaign for Trump and repeat the lies? Does this have any affect on a campaign that doesn't live in reality anyway?
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
chocobean Link ParentThat makes me super happy to hear :) The switch handheld has a cracked screen and maybe the iFixit site has a guide....very intimidated though, one time I opened up an old stopped working NDS and...That makes me super happy to hear :)
The switch handheld has a cracked screen and maybe the iFixit site has a guide....very intimidated though, one time I opened up an old stopped working NDS and immediately ripped a ribbon
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Comment on Earth Day 2024 megathread in ~enviro
chocobean Link ParentI come from a culture where darn near anything foraged that doesn't outright kill you will be consumed. Even stuff that isn't tasty is probably good for you and we try to boil it to heck and drink...I come from a culture where darn near anything foraged that doesn't outright kill you will be consumed. Even stuff that isn't tasty is probably good for you and we try to boil it to heck and drink the broth. So foraging something not only edible but downright delicious is just amazing
Last year we found so much chanterelles that we joked the favored habitat for them is "by the side of the logging road"
Really hope the weather holds out this weekend and we'll find some spring buddies. Saw some hedgehog mushrooms at the end of their season last year but there were only three so we left them alone
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
chocobean Link ParentThank you that's most kind of you :) I'll save this comment for the eventuality when i inadvertently muck up somehow Would it be advisable for one to backup an image or do some kind of regular...Thank you that's most kind of you :) I'll save this comment for the eventuality when i inadvertently muck up somehow
Would it be advisable for one to backup an image or do some kind of regular maintenance?
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Comment on Earth Day 2024 megathread in ~enviro
chocobean LinkI missed this yesterday. The company paid to have someone come and talk about forest bathing and fungi. Always love fungi. Being Monday, my appreciation of the earth was limited somewhat to...I missed this yesterday.
The company paid to have someone come and talk about forest bathing and fungi. Always love fungi.
Being Monday, my appreciation of the earth was limited somewhat to feeding the domesticated and wild birds in the yard
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
chocobean Link ParentOh I didn't know it'll take micro SD!! Hurrah! Thanks for the tip :)Oh I didn't know it'll take micro SD!! Hurrah! Thanks for the tip :)
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Comment on Deadpool & Wolverine | Official trailer in ~movies
chocobean Link ParentThat's one of the most flexible things about deadpool: his mouth isn't visible so any time they think of something funnier they can swap it in immediatelyThat's one of the most flexible things about deadpool: his mouth isn't visible so any time they think of something funnier they can swap it in immediately
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
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Comment on Tales of the Shire | Official announcement trailer in ~games
chocobean Link ParentI think I would have been far happier if the game was exclusively text based adventure with occasional Wētā Workshop sketches upon item inspection. Never been a big fan of 3D and especially not of...I think I would have been far happier if the game was exclusively text based adventure with occasional Wētā Workshop sketches upon item inspection. Never been a big fan of 3D and especially not of low poly awkwardness.....
I'm going to be mean and say if this didn't have Wētā and LOTR on the branding I wouldn't even click on it as a mobile game ad. I could be totally wrong though and maybe the game play loop is really fun and the stories really well told with good voice acting to make up for the graphical choices?
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
chocobean LinkI went ahead and bought a Steam Deck! It's not here yet but I'm pretty excited and am going to look at previous Tildes discussions if any. Usually super stingy kind of person so going for not the...I went ahead and bought a Steam Deck! It's not here yet but I'm pretty excited and am going to look at previous Tildes discussions if any. Usually super stingy kind of person so going for not the absolutely cheapest unit was a big thing for me (512GB regular LCD refurbished).
I don't play any triple A games, and also am a bit of a gremlin when it comes to gadgets, so it doesn't make sense to swing for the terabyte OLED. I'm used to swapping out games to manage storage sizes anyway, and the additional advantage of having housemates is that if the limitation is insurmountable, we can always buy a second top of the line unit for them.
Game-wise, enjoying some old favourites, like playing Loco Roco on PSP emulator, to make save scumming that much easier. Honestly don't know why they make cute games where the cute critters die and animate them dying with super sad sounds, but that's just me I guess. I always pretend I'm Prince of Persia Sands of Time:
“No no no, that’s not the way it happened. Shall I start again?”
As for what I'm going to be playing on the steam deck when it arrives, I'll be re-purchasing Trombone Champ to play all the custom songs, OddSparks is coming out soon, and then likely a ton of StarDewValley if I had a magical amount of free time.
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Comment on Deadpool & Wolverine | Official trailer in ~movies
chocobean Link ParentI'm in this comment thread hoping brave souls have clicked and talk about spoilers. I also hope that all the marketing materials are just a bunch of lies and the actual movie will be different...I'm in this comment thread hoping brave souls have clicked and talk about spoilers.
I also hope that all the marketing materials are just a bunch of lies and the actual movie will be different
What are your hopes and fears for this film?
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Comment on The troubling trend in teenage sex (it's strangulation) (gifted link) in ~life
chocobean Link ParentI've attended several child sex abuse prevention workshops, and that is exactly the kind of kid predators prey on: they don't know anything about sex except that their parents refuse to talk to...I've attended several child sex abuse prevention workshops, and that is exactly the kind of kid predators prey on: they don't know anything about sex except that their parents refuse to talk to them about it. It offers predators easy bait (curiosity and small rebellion), and the hook is that once the grooming begins, the predators make the child will feel responsible and too ashamed to come forward for advice.
At the very very least any child needs to know the basic biology of their anatomy in proper correct terms, and that there is nothing shameful about their own bodies, and that they have private bits that are private because they are sacred to themselves, not dirty and shameful. All of that can be talked about in non sexual terms even if we pretend the child lives in a world with nobody having sex at all.
But they won't. Because the shame is just dripping off of the adult and everything is dirty and corrupted and defiled in their own minds.
Apologies about the rant but it's astonishing how many kids could have been saved from predators if they have just one adult they can turn to for good advice and to tell if someone is grooming them. I hope your sister can become informed and do her best under the circumstances.
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Comment on Startups want to geoengineer a cooler planet. With few rules, experts see big risks. in ~enviro
chocobean Link ParentWhat are governments but collectives of equally selfish and greedy individuals? Public private partnership is often just profit driven entities using public funds to further their profits. Think...What are governments but collectives of equally selfish and greedy individuals? Public private partnership is often just profit driven entities using public funds to further their profits. Think of the messes they have made of industries we know so much about: housing, transportation and employment got wrecked by airBnB, pie in the sky mag tube + cancelled rail lines to rural communities, and precarious employment thanks to gig economy and mechanical Turk etc. It's not always bad but they tend to feel inadvertent rather than by careful design and well safe guarded implementation.
Unfortunately climate change isn't going to be solved via democracy: just not that many of us care enough to put our current livelihood at risk, too many people's survival depend on staying the course and the developing world will never go for it. So private enterprises and their insane ideas might be the worst option, except for doing nothing. We might be gifted with the miracle of hitting the jackpot and survive anyway due to someone's get rich quick scheme.
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Comment on The troubling trend in teenage sex (it's strangulation) (gifted link) in ~life
chocobean Link ParentWhich makes me so angry about the state of sex ed: tell your kids early on about safe toys for bums and choking can kill someone, if you dont want the teachers at school to talk about it. Or pull...Which makes me so angry about the state of sex ed: tell your kids early on about safe toys for bums and choking can kill someone, if you dont want the teachers at school to talk about it. Or pull your kids if you don't want schools to talk about it but don't petition and rally and march against other kids being able to learn sex ed.
Honestly it's not any more sexual than telling your kids don't eat pills from the medicine cabinet and don't stick fingers / forks into electrical outlets.
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Comment on The troubling trend in teenage sex (it's strangulation) (gifted link) in ~life
chocobean Link ParentTo be fair I didn't think Song of Solomon should be counted in the debauched category. It's one man one woman and a lot of similies and metaphor without much graphical depictions of much besides...To be fair I didn't think Song of Solomon should be counted in the debauched category. It's one man one woman and a lot of similies and metaphor without much graphical depictions of much besides regular penis in vagina sex. Very tame by any (non Victorian) period standards.
Let's replace that example with Gilgamesh randomly raping lots of teenaged girls.
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Comment on The troubling trend in teenage sex (it's strangulation) (gifted link) in ~life
chocobean (edited )Link ParentYou're not alone. I can't comment on older pornography, but I'll comment on media in general. I do appreciate the "new" tag system these days, when one could inspect a (say) game package or review...You're not alone.
I can't comment on older pornography, but I'll comment on media in general. I do appreciate the "new" tag system these days, when one could inspect a (say) game package or review and find out if there's smoking or use of drugs or drinking or whatever, and filtre from there. Same for sexual content, you could probably read tags and find out right away if something's got stuff you don't like. It's my understanding that in ye Olde days you just click on stuff and be surprised? Or buy a VHS and be surprised?
Back in the human world, my concern would also be that performers are pushed to doing weirder and much more violent and degrading content than they would otherwise choose to do before they entered into the industry. "But they consented" doesn't mean as much as people think they do when money and work and young people and power dynamics are involved
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Comment on Laziness does not exist in ~humanities
chocobean Link ParentWhat a wonderful gift to those young people. Even if only half of them learned something that's a lot of kids armed with insight they couldn't learn from school, about a world they will only grow...What a wonderful gift to those young people. Even if only half of them learned something that's a lot of kids armed with insight they couldn't learn from school, about a world they will only grow further away from every year as they make their way upwards in life.
When was the last time you've been to DTES by the way? I grew up in Vancouver and never thought it was that terrible (mostly day time. Night time I'm with people) but two years ago I drove through and it looked 100 times worse
And how does it compare to LA and Costa Rica?
Personally I would love to follow you on one of these tours still, at my age
Agreed.
We've been told not to judge police by their worst members, and not to judge government by its worst members etc. why we demand this of protests especially with police provocateur being a proven repeated reality is totally unreasonable.