Luminous5481 [they/them]

when it’s the last resort to self defense. at that point, it’s not only the only viable solution, but the morally obligated one.

I know you’re feeling very self-righteous right now, but I hope at some point you can calm down enough to step back and realize this is such a silly thing to be getting so dramatic over.

it’s not really a question of working or not, is it? it’s a question of what words mean. if somebody says why isn’t an orange considered an apple, it’s perfectly normal to say it’s because they’re two different things. you wouldn’t say, “do what works for you, make an apple pie with oranges”, would you?

you can listen from their website, or load up their stream in a media player.

That’s adorable.

I imagine virtually all of the camgirls on OnlyFans are consenting. there might be somebody on there that has some dude with a gun off-camera forcing them to do stuff, but I can’t recall ever hearing about it.

I’m not explaining this to somebody again.

there’s also nothing inherently wrong with a porn magazine from a feminist perspective. sex work is real work, and just because the publication is made for the male gaze doesn’t mean it’s problematic if the women are being paid well and treated right. if it were otherwise, then sex work itself would be problematic.

None other than Radio Rivendell. Been listening to them ever since the days when I played Second Life.

Everyone from my instance sees my votes. Which are the people who matter to me. Federate means between instances. A fair portion of our communities are similar, only allowing downvotes from members of trusted instances, which in our case are dbzer0 and quokk.au. I believe we also opted out of Lemvotes as well.

There are communities on certain instances that have auto-moderators that take into account upvotes to ban/unban people.

Piefed also by default collapses any comment that has a negative vote. if the comment gets downvoted even further, it can even be shadowbanned by being hidden from anyone on Piefed. although you can change that or opt out, if you prefer to see every shitty take. Piefed also places bright warning icons next to the names of anyone with a bad rep. there’s quite a lot of personal control over what you see if you use Piefed.

I just blocked my votes from federating. it’s nobody’s business what I upvote.

actually, a child doesn’t have a legal right to a parent. for example, my birth certificate doesn’t list a father. legally, I never had one. of course, practically speaking, I also didn’t have one.

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that’s magic nonsense that crime dramas on TV invented. try a reverse image search and look for higher resolution versions of the image you want.

or grit your teeth and use tools that “add detail” by guessing, like AI. but keep in mind that those tools essentially lie by painting in detail that was never there to begin with.

saving as much as we can

an economic depression is going to make your spending power tank. don’t save all of your money, invest it in things that will allow you to support your well-being when things get hard. I don’t mean in stocks or whatever, I mean in things like a garden to grow as much food as possible. water filtration like a Katadyn hand pump water filter. solar panels large enough to charge your small electronics like a phone at least, and big enough to power things like your lights if you can afford it. hand tools for repairs around the house. a bidet so you don’t ever need toilet paper again. whatever you need to route your rain gutters into tanks to store water for drinking or watering plants.

you know, practical things that will help you. if you do save money, keep it hidden away in a fireproof safe inside your walls. money saved won’t do much if it’s in a bank that might decide not to let you withdraw it during a recession. I’m not saying you should go crazy and become a prepper, but taking a few steps to decrease your reliance on a functioning society will make things easier when times get hard.

it wold be better you go back to being isolated. enjoy what’s left of the world before trump stumbles his dumbass way into a nuclear war.

Yeah, let’s go ask the cavepeople of 30,000 years ago how they handled dangerous industrial jobs in a communist country.

That’s nonsense. They would be selling the poor to the AI. Think the Matrix, but it’s powering a stock market machine that makes money for Bezos.

I pay a total of $6/month for an indexer an usenet service, and $8 for a VPN. all other media, including games, I get through that.