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Comment on What’s the best thing you’ve done for someone else recently? in ~talk
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Comment on What’s the best 3D-printed thing you have? in ~talk
culturedleftfoot Link ParentHis name is Princess, or is he just a diva?His name is Princess, or is he just a diva?
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Comment on Which covers did it better than (or put a fresh twist on) the original? in ~music
culturedleftfoot LinkI asked a similar question a while back that got a ton of recommendations. A few of my own favorites that come to mind: Denzel Curry - Bulls on Parade | original by Rage Against The Machine Feist...I asked a similar question a while back that got a ton of recommendations.
A few of my own favorites that come to mind:
Denzel Curry - Bulls on Parade | original by Rage Against The Machine
Feist & Ben Gibbard - Train Song | original by Vashti Bunyan
Killing Me Softly, by The Fugees, or Roberta Flack (the Frank Sinatra cover is just okay, IMO) | original by Lori Lieberman
T-Pain (and his fantastic band!)'s cover of War Pigs | original by Black Sabbath
Ben Howard's cover of Call Me Maybe | original by Carly Rae Jensen
Wu-Tang Clan - Sucker MC's | original by Run-DMC
Too $hort - I Need A Freak | original by Sexual Harassment -
Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech
culturedleftfoot LinkI'm using Mint Cinnamon on my main PC and have done so since leaving Windows 3 years ago. I still consider myself a Linux newbie though. I've still not really committed anything about using...I'm using Mint Cinnamon on my main PC and have done so since leaving Windows 3 years ago. I still consider myself a Linux newbie though. I've still not really committed anything about using terminal to memory... unlike most here, I'm not a programmer, though I like to tinker and was a Windows power user (or pretty near to it) after being the fix-it person for my family computer growing up. I haven't had the time to invest into anything esoteric since switching, and Mint has been user-friendly enough that I've just stayed with it.
I've played around with 4 or 5 other distros but haven't really done any distro-hopping yet. I recently got 2 used laptops that I was supposed to be testing before giving to friends but that may or may not still happen, and I have Kubuntu and Debian on those. When I build my next PC (if RAM prices ever come back down) I'm surely going to use something with KDE Plasma.
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Comment on The greatest documentary you've never heard of - Tie Xi Qu (铁西区) by Wang Bing in ~movies
culturedleftfoot LinkYoutube comment gold:Youtube comment gold:
2 years of life, captured in 300 hours of filming, distilled into 9 hours of documentary, described in a 14 minute YouTube video essay. Somebody please make a TikTok about this.
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Comment on I love you all in ~talk
culturedleftfoot Link ParentWas that your first go at the level, sight unseen? I haven't followed Beat Saber for a long time but that's impressive.Was that your first go at the level, sight unseen? I haven't followed Beat Saber for a long time but that's impressive.
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Comment on How US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's surveillance system works in ~society
culturedleftfoot LinkHaving known about this for a while and trying in vain to move various colleagues and acquaintances from apathy to at least concern, it's good to have a summary of AI-enabled surveillance already...Having known about this for a while and trying in vain to move various colleagues and acquaintances from apathy to at least concern, it's good to have a summary of AI-enabled surveillance already in use that can be shared and fairly easily digested. However, as much as I understand the effort Wendover makes here to not appear to be sensationalizing, the dangers here are sadly undersold IMO. If you have a cursory knowledge of abuses of power by various sets of alphabet boys targeting US citizens throughout US history, and/or any sense of how rapidly technology advances, it's very hard to be optimistic.
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Comment on Pam Bondi ousted as US attorney general in ~society
culturedleftfoot LinkDoes anyone know what the MAGA rationale is on why Trump fires so many people? Do they ever stop to consider it?Does anyone know what the MAGA rationale is on why Trump fires so many people? Do they ever stop to consider it?
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Comment on Haliey Welch interview (Hawk Tuah) by Channel 5 in ~life
culturedleftfoot Link ParentKeep in mind I'm not making any sort of moral judgment or using my own determination as to whether her experience is worth getting worked up about or not. I want to make sure you aren't either....Keep in mind I'm not making any sort of moral judgment or using my own determination as to whether her experience is worth getting worked up about or not. I want to make sure you aren't either. I'm just going off of her saying she said she was embarrassed at the situation at one point - which is fine.
But why are his questions nasty and disrespectful now? Weren't they just as nasty and disrespectful when she answered them? Is asking a woman (drunk or not) a question about sex disrespectful? Does she really think about it differently now just because she's sober? Or is it because she just happened to go on this whole viral rollercoaster and she was embarrassed for some time?
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Do you you kind of regret doing it?
Not really regret doing it. At first I did cuz I was embarrassed. But after that I'm like, "Okay, everything happens for a reason." Like I mean it's got good stuff with it and it's got bad stuff at the same time. just like anything.
As somebody who did a lot of interviews like in in New Orleans, like party interviews early on in my career, now I see on almost every street corner, you have like two or three interviewers, like in major college towns, like in Scottsdale or in um on any college campus really at the main bars, you have like two or three people trying to have a moment similar to the interviewer that captured yours. What do you think about the ethics of that kind of street interview?
I really hope that there's not any more interviews kind of like the one I got because now that I think about it and I'm like sober. It's just it's kind of disrespectful to women like the stuff he was asking. But you know that's just how the world works nowadays.
So in what sense was it disrespectful?
Just the questions he would ask.
What's one move in a bedroom that make a man go crazy every time that you do?
And then after you go to his account and see all the stuff he asked other women.
Like I think I got off easy compared to some of the stuff he's asked other women. And I was like, "Oh god.""You prefer missionary or backsides?"
"Missionary."
"Why?
"The guy does all the work."Just nasty questions like that. So after he released like the first video, I was like, "Oh, that's it." Like he don't have anything else to post. Boy, was I wrong. There was like four or five different videos after that, just like cutouts of this one interview. And I was like, "Oh my god, did I say that?"
To me, that doesn't sound especially self-accountable. But I try to live by a wisdom key I once heard - never complain about what you permit.
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Comment on Haliey Welch interview (Hawk Tuah) by Channel 5 in ~life
culturedleftfoot Link ParentNot for the crypto, for her initial viral moment which she said she was embarrassed by. She does admit she got in over her head with the crypto, and I give her kudos for that, but even that was...I don't see how claiming the original street reviewer was disrespectful to women dodges accountability for the crypto rugpull that was done in her name.
Not for the crypto, for her initial viral moment which she said she was embarrassed by. She does admit she got in over her head with the crypto, and I give her kudos for that, but even that was framed (in the part that I watched) as, "Well, I was just 21, I obviously didn't know what I was doing."
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Comment on Can we talk about rice cookers? in ~food
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Comment on Haliey Welch interview (Hawk Tuah) by Channel 5 in ~life
culturedleftfoot Link ParentIt's more like everything is fair game in the public square when you consent to it. The crux of the matter is whether or not the interviewee is legally able to consent. I'd agree it's potentially...It's more like everything is fair game in the public square when you consent to it. The crux of the matter is whether or not the interviewee is legally able to consent. I'd agree it's potentially predatory, and thus ethically or morally wrong, if the interviewer can reasonably conclude beforehand that their interviewee is too drunk to be legally responsible for their actions, but I don't think any of the street interviews I've ever seen (and I've probably seen as much as the average person over the years) hit that threshold, so I don't share your opinion of provocation.
Entrapment is not a great analogy because it's only a crime due to the conflict of interest specific to law enforcement agents. If a private citizen baits someone into committing an actual crime you can prosecute for solicitation... but inducing someone to embarrass themselves? Shitty, perhaps; predatory, arguably; criminal, never, regardless of motive. Commission of a crime can't depend on the supposed victim's level of regret after the fact.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
culturedleftfoot LinkI watched Le Samouraï over the weekend. It's very good, I'd give it about 4ish stars out of 5. Is the allusion to samurai is a little tenuous though? I don't recall anything about the main...I watched Le Samouraï over the weekend. It's very good, I'd give it about 4ish stars out of 5. Is the allusion to samurai is a little tenuous though? I don't recall anything about the main character Jef that evokes something necessarily unique to samurai/bushido and not found in other stoic hero stories. Then again, maybe that wasn't a popular archetype at the time, especially in France or in noir movies, and I'm thinking of things from a modern viewpoint where there have been so many other examples of such a main character since the film's release.
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Comment on Haliey Welch interview (Hawk Tuah) by Channel 5 in ~life
culturedleftfoot Link ParentAs much as I dislike the entire "content" ecosystem, I can't come up with any plausible reason to agree with or support this, given whatever recording were to take place in a public space like her...The content machine is out of control. There do need to be laws preventing the publishing of videos about drunk people who legally aren't allowed to drive vehicles or sign contracts.
As much as I dislike the entire "content" ecosystem, I can't come up with any plausible reason to agree with or support this, given whatever recording were to take place in a public space like her original interview. If you choose to consume any substance of your own free will, you are generally responsible for whatever actions you take under its influence. You might end up regretting your choices in hindsight but that's the risk you take - welcome to adulthood. Significant portions of society do not get to use being young and stupid as an excuse. Learn your lesson and keep it moving.
Having not really paid any attention to Welch before beyond knowing the meme and vaguely hearing she subsequently had a podcast, she seems like a quite nice person here. However, you can clearly see this is a managed attempt at rebranding and she also dodges accountability from the start by claiming the original street interviewer is disrespectful to women, so I didn't watch past the first 15 mins. Maybe I won't get the whole picture as a result, but I'm skeptical as to how much value anything further would hold for me.
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Comment on What is something you're holding together? in ~talk
culturedleftfoot Link ParentBig same. I know people who are the glue for various things in their family and social circles and it just looks exhausting... not just physically, but dealing with all the constant overstepping...Big same. I know people who are the glue for various things in their family and social circles and it just looks exhausting... not just physically, but dealing with all the constant overstepping and self-centered assumptions and inconvenient annoyances that are individually minor but collectively draining. The emotional labor, as they say.
I'm selfish enough that I'm really good at avoiding those relationships/situations, but I think that makes me more attractive to those who aren't so good at avoiding it themselves. Not great either.
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Comment on Growing a human: the first thirty weeks in ~life.women
culturedleftfoot Link ParentI imagine there's some solace in the understanding that those potentially embarrassing changes during pregnancy aren't necessarily permanent though, no? I would think the elderly are often...I think perhaps this is why my father has such a hard time with aging: many of the symptoms he is suffering from, that he considered to take away from his true personhood, are small potatoes compared to when my sister and I were pregnant.
I imagine there's some solace in the understanding that those potentially embarrassing changes during pregnancy aren't necessarily permanent though, no? I would think the elderly are often reckoning with a loss of dignity rather than embarrassment, because they don't see any way back to "normal," not to mention how seniors can be considered/treated as burdens by society in a way that I don't think pregnant women ever are.
That's not to downplay the other changes women typically have to reckon with, pre-baby body vs. post-baby body etc., but they seem like distinct categories in my mind. Am I mistaken?
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Comment on Growing a human: the first thirty weeks in ~life.women
culturedleftfoot LinkSome interesting (to me, at least) perspective from a first-time mother engaging with the many contradictions and uncertainties of contemporary pregnancy.Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious understanding of how you are doing it
Some interesting (to me, at least) perspective from a first-time mother engaging with the many contradictions and uncertainties of contemporary pregnancy.
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Growing a human: the first thirty weeks
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
culturedleftfoot Link ParentUnless I'm misunderstanding what exact similarity you're looking for, there are a good number of shows similar to Kino in the travel-the-world-and-ruminate-on-the-circumstances-of-its-people vein....Unless I'm misunderstanding what exact similarity you're looking for, there are a good number of shows similar to Kino in the travel-the-world-and-ruminate-on-the-circumstances-of-its-people vein. The only one that I've watched is Mushishi, but I've often seen Girls' Last Tour, Galaxy Express 999, Frieren, and Violet Evergarden recommended.
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Comment on Commonly misspelled words quiz in ~humanities.languages
culturedleftfoot Link ParentI'm curious. Do you mean that you were imagining the spelling based off of phonetic pronunciation, or subconscious visual recall?I'm curious. Do you mean that you were imagining the spelling based off of phonetic pronunciation, or subconscious visual recall?
Also, it's great to create space for people to pitch in up to the point that they are comfortable and not terribly "inconvenience" themselves without feeling guilty about stepping away while the person they're helping still needs so much more. It may not be as much of a factor when you're already friends beforehand, but I have a couple friendships that developed from me initially trying to help someone out when they're clearly being failed by social services, bureaucracy, etc. and no one else is really making the effort to help them. In each instance I found myself at a point where I thought to myself, "I want to help this person, but I can't afford to be their everything."