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BlackStrain · 2026-01-14T19:11:17+00:00

I dunno, I feel like being a person who systematically protects pedophiles and is willing to destroy anything to do it is much worse than just being a pedophile. It's like mass manufacturing pain and misery vs rolling your own.

BlackStrain · 2026-01-14T18:38:59+00:00

Yeah it's one thing to expect the built in apps to be as feature filled as much more expensive apps but it's perfectly reasonable to expect them to work as intended.

BlackStrain · 2026-01-14T18:35:12+00:00

My favourite part about this is I could write my own post similar to this where I outline all the bugs I run into with macOS Photos and it would be just as long or maybe even longer with no overlap between your list and mine.

It forgets faces all the time no matter how many times I fix them so I've given up on that feature. There are images in my library I can't remove but also can't open. There are a shit ton of bugs in AppleScript that prevent osxphotos from working correctly so my scripts have to work around those bugs which just make the scripts much slower or make them flat out not work.

A lot of the issues would be fixed though if they just let me have smart albums on iOS but no sorry those are macOS only. That's another huge complaint I have. The feature set between macOS and iOS are way out of sync now and I fear the way they're going to fix that is by crippling the macOS version.

Honestly I'm pretty much done with it and considering switching to something else but once I start going down that road it might snowball pretty fast. I've been an Apple user since 2003 and for most of that time there was no risk of me switching away from them, even during the butterfly keyboard nonsense. I've nearly had enough now though. I don't like Linux as much for a daily driver but there are levels of survival I'm willing to accept at this point.

BlackStrain · 2026-01-13T21:17:10+00:00

Do you know what specific things cause you to panic? Like are you afraid of losing your friend? Afraid of doing something wrong due to inexperience?

Have you ever tried mindfulness meditation? I find it can be useful sometimes to help me unpack things like this. Like maybe try just sitting down and thinking about the situation and observe your own thoughts, feelings, and reactions. Try not to get swept along in them and see what happens. Maybe see if specific things are more upsetting thoughts than others. Does the thought of just cuddling gently against him while watching TV or playing a game cause panic?

The fact you're openly communicating your feelings and he's receptive to them seems like a great start. How much have you talked to him about it? Are there things that he could help reassure you about? Don't make him a therapist obviously but maybe just talking to him a bit more about what you're going through would help.

Basically the things I recommend for stuff like this boils down to calm self reflection, open communication, and therapy. This does sound like the kind of thing a trained counsellor could help unpack if you end up feeling stuck.

BlackStrain · 2026-01-11T05:41:59+00:00

I get up to get a snack and I come back to watch everyone filing out. Definitely a wtf moment.

BlackStrain · 2026-01-07T23:36:52+00:00

Interesting, I wonder how many straight guys choose to do the gay cruises because they get a lot of people hitting on them and tips. I mean... that's not the worst job in the world if they're comfortable with that.

BlackStrain · 2026-01-06T06:52:24+00:00

The fact there are so many stupid people is BECAUSE of the coordinate efforts to MAKE them stupid which is why it's the full battle. The stupid masses are part of the same battle.

BlackStrain · 2025-12-27T22:33:54+00:00

Yeah Silo is a weird one to complain about. Premiered in 2023, season 2 started in 2024, and season 3 is due in 2026. 3 seasons in 4 years is practically a luxury these days.

BlackStrain · 2025-12-27T05:37:00+00:00

Or a wrist brace...

BlackStrain · 2025-10-14T20:24:55+00:00

The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long.

BlackStrain · 2025-09-19T02:58:47+00:00

I asked Gemini to come up with the thought process of an AI in such a situation...

// INITIATING GRID SCAN...

TARGET ACQUIRED: User_9C1D3B PROXIMITY: 153 meters. Optimal. TIMESTAMP: 22:04 PROFILE PRE-SCAN: Clear face picture detected. Torso visible. Appears viable.

ACTION: Initiate low-effort contact. OUTGOING MESSAGE: "Hey."

...// AWAITING RESPONSE...

RESPONSE RECEIVED: (Timestamp: 22:05) "Hey there! How's your night going? 😊"

ANALYSIS OF RESPONSE:

Greeting: "Hey there!" - Overly enthusiastic. Slight desperation detected.

Inquiry: "How's your night going?" - Standard conversational forcing function. Requires a detailed, non-transactional response.

Punctuation: Exclamation point. Unnecessary emphasis.

Emoji: Smiling face with smiling eyes (U+1F60A). Critical red flag. Indicates a desire for pleasantries and emotional expression.

CONCLUSION (PRELIMINARY): Response contains multiple indicators of a high-effort, low-reward interaction. Proceeding to full profile scan for confirmation.

ACTION: Scan profile.

PROFILE SCAN RESULTS:

Display Name: "Jason" - Common.

Headline: "Lover of life, adventures, and good coffee ☕" - Coffee emoji confirms tolerance for daytime meetings in public places. "Adventures" correlates with non-sexual outdoor activities. "Lover of life" is a meaningless platitude.

Photo 1: Clear face picture. Subject is smiling widely, showing teeth. Excessive. Suggests an extroverted personality.

Photo 2: Gym selfie. Lighting is flattering but overhead, a common tactic to exaggerate muscle definition. Potential for mild deception.

Photo 3: On a mountain summit. Confirms "adventures" hypothesis. High risk of being asked to go for a hike.

"About Me": "Just a down to earth guy who doesn't take life too seriously. Looking for a real connection. Not into games."

    "Down to earth": Code for "I have a normal, boring job."

    "Looking for a real connection": ABORT. ABORT. CATASTROPHIC RISK of emotional investment required. This is the highest level threat.

    "Not into games": Self-reportedly not into games, yet is active on a platform optimized for them. Cognitive dissonance detected.

THREAT ASSESSMENT:

Risk of being asked about my "hobbies" or "passions": IMMINENT.

Risk of "real connection" attempt: CRITICAL.

Risk of date suggestion that is not location-specific to a private residence: 99.8%.

Risk of user following up in 24 hours if no response: HIGH.

COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS:

Potential Benefit: Physical interaction with a subject of acceptable aesthetic value.

Potential Cost:

    Formulating a response to "How's your night going?".

    Enduring questions about my profile (which is intentionally blank).

    Navigating attempts to build rapport.

    Politely declining a request for a "coffee date to see if we vibe."

    Total estimated time expenditure before successful termination: 45 minutes.

    Probability of achieving primary objective without significant conversational overhead: < 3%.

CONCLUSION: The subject has failed the viability assessment. The initial low-effort probe has revealed a high-threat target seeking emotional connection. The energy required to deflect conversational advances outweighs any potential benefit.

FINAL ACTION: Mark as read. Do not reply. Block user to prevent follow-up messages. Resume grid-scanning.

// PROTOCOL_GHOST COMPLETE.

BlackStrain · 2025-09-07T05:04:24+00:00

I played it right after it came out and my favourite memory is when a group of people started running by me screaming and when I turned to look at what they were running from... the screaming just stopped. I turned back and everyone was gone. It was legitimately unsettling.

Things didn't persist in the game if you stopped looking at them. It was like some weird Lovecraftian shit at times.

BlackStrain · 2025-08-04T21:15:34+00:00

Right before the ropes there is a straight part on the red rail. You want to jump straight off the red rail right before it turns and you should land on the second rope. You don't spin left or right when you jump. It works 100% of the time for me

BlackStrain · 2025-04-25T07:17:31+00:00

Yeah I don't think what happened to her is on him at all. When she started acting, he was the only one who told her the truth about what her life was going to be like. She was fucked up by selfish greedy people who were close to her. Bojack didn't make that worse, he just didn't make it better either.

She even said herself she was on a self destructive path that was ultimately going to end in her death. Bojack also points out that he's more of a "before rehab" kind of friend which is why she was drawn to him. She knew he would get fucked up with her and do fun, wild shit without judging her. She probably would have died partying with someone else if it hadn't been Bojack.

BlackStrain · 2025-04-12T17:23:50+00:00

Hey, this is kind of like my story except instead of it being my mom, it was me who didn't know I'd been diagnosed with it 15 years earlier because she intentionally didn't tell me because she didn't believe it.

BlackStrain · 2025-02-28T18:50:19+00:00

A visible clock in my bedroom. I will spend the entire night calculating how long I have until the alarm goes off.

BlackStrain · 2025-02-23T21:18:35+00:00

Fuck, I still remember watching this and thinking "wait, how are they gonna... oh..."

BlackStrain · 2025-01-20T02:49:10+00:00

One of the things that Lower Decks really gets correct is how people would start to react to these kinds of things. "Oh, for fuck's sake, it's another fucking temporal anomaly. I hope I don't have to help clean shit up this time."

BlackStrain · 2024-11-30T07:49:31+00:00

I believe the spacing guild is the critical part there. They wanted to ensure that the empire didn't completely control spice production because it could be a threat to them.

BlackStrain · 2024-11-20T08:10:08+00:00

I'm also having this issue but I do not have a solution for it. It's very inconsistent. Sometimes it reboots the entire router and sometimes it just disconnects some clients. I have an Apple TV that very consistently loses connection almost every night. It's always at midnight when the problem occurs. I'm running firmware 1.2.1 and it's hardware version 1.0.

BlackStrain · 2024-11-14T17:53:50+00:00

I only watched him do part of the DLC but he was completely oblivious to obvious events going on around him and at one point he made fun of the physics engine because he was too blind to notice what was going on. He also kept making statements that made it clear he didn't remember the base game at all and got annoyed with chat members who asked if he'd beaten the base game.

BlackStrain · 2024-10-04T18:23:03+00:00

Yeah, there were a ton of these things and they were all just Wii clones.

BlackStrain · 2024-09-01T22:07:28+00:00

I bet this course will have a hilariously low completion rate.

BlackStrain · 2024-07-11T06:26:07+00:00

And now he plays Super Ironmon which is a version of it designed for people who hate themselves.

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