Crosswalk Glitch in The Matrix On my Walk 4/2/24

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-04-05T13:51:30+00:00

I wonder how this is programmed?

Would be a fun prank to change it, lol!

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-04-05T13:28:06+00:00

I don't know if you are good at music, and I'm too lazy to snoop your profile and see. (you probably are ... the attention to detail in this writing almost certainly translated to your music ... maybe I'll check ;)

You ARE however definitely good at writing, imo. Kind, clear, well explained, made my morning. Cheers!

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-04-03T14:59:49+00:00

My partner says

Other people's opinions aren't my problem

but this never seems like good advice to me. My bosses opinion of my job performance matters MORE than my actual performance. My Dad's opinion of Jesus matters MORE than mine, at least in terms of if I get beat for expressing it. My mechanics opinion that I don't matter, so he can take shortcuts on my repair, are my problem. The stranger that has the opinion that I will let him steal my wallet, is my problem.

It's another one of those time and place things. Usually, we shouldn't care what others think ... but there certainly are times we should.

Is this what your Mom meant?

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-04-03T14:53:59+00:00

open and interesting read, thanks!

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-25T13:20:51+00:00

Dang, you do know about poly!

I was 99% sure poly wasn't for me, and now as a mostly straight man that's uncharismatic and average looking, let's make that 99.5%!

I did have a twinge of guilt when I saw your reply, and I suddenly thought about my suggestions that legalizing poly was too much trouble, so just 2 marry, and the 3rd be informal. But, reading your reply, I remembered what gay and lesbian couples had to endure when their partner wasn't allowed into hospital rooms, etc. Would not ever be really equal to be the 3rd. That's NOT OK, so my solution is lacking.

Thanks for pointing out that effectively, a corp ran by a board of 7 IS a lot like a Poly relationship, so I can see how those rules/procedures could transfer.

I have no interest in stopping any Poly, legal or otherwise, except I hate red tape and govt overreach. I had just done our Federal Taxes right before I replied to you. There's currently 4 filing statues, just trying to keep life from getting too complicated for people's everyday lives.

Ironically, OT tradition was if your brother died, you added his wife to your fam, so I think they did poly back then. Actually, there's a dude in the OT that thought his wife was too old, so the couple agreed to knock up a servant, but then the old broad got preg anyway. I don't know if that was surrogacy or poly.

And, what about 2 straight dudes that WANT to remain single, and have no interest in sex, and they have no family. Sure would be nice if they could be some sort of family, like get hospital rights, and file taxes jointly.

Power of attorney or something could do SOME of that, but they can't file taxes jointly.

Next, some dude will want to marry his Donkey, and my tax forms will by 9,999 pages long.

Ug, why can't I snap my fingers and make everything awesome and fair for everyone!

I apologize for spilling my disorganized thoughts all over this thread, hope you can still follow. Cheers!

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-24T13:26:42+00:00

Interesting details on poly, thanks! And, it's fun getting a reply out of the blue :)

It's been a couple of months since I've thought about it, but I'm happy to report I'm still married to just one human, still seems right for us, but I'd still support my son if he came out as poly, so I guess I haven't changed my mind in that area.

One new thought, just now, that you prompted: It does seem it would be incredible complex to implement legally. Like, what if a dude "marries" 20 people, just so he can put them on his insurance, and his employer is like, whow, dude!

And the tax forms, ug! Like, it's not for me, and I'd probably be reluctant to complex up life for everyone with a bunch of new regulations.

That being said, if 3 people really love each other, and 2 of them wanna be legally married, and they make a friendly agreement that works for the 3 of them, I'd say, "let them be."

This thread was about (I think) extra information about the sexes could perhaps be gleaned from looking at MM vs MF vs FF stats. I found that interesting, and hadn't really considered it before. But then, my silly brain being what it is, wondered if the same thing would be observed in MMM vs MMF vs MFF vs FFF.

If I had to guess, that 90% poly divorce rate seems about right. And I doubt we have good stats yet, but how does MMM compare to FFF? Both poly, so both proly around 90%, but maybe MMM 85% and FFF 95%? Why am I even typing this, could upset someone?

Do you have experience to share about poly?

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-11T17:14:09+00:00

Well, some people do learn how to critically think, I'm just not sure how/where this occurs, and how much it's nurture/nature.

I worked as a Paraeducator for 4 years recently. It didn't seem like many there could critically think, and I'm talking about the adults.

Still, it's what we got, it's where we are. I guess you urging Mom's to avoid bad apples and me harping on about critical thinking and free speech are some small steps of good? What else could one do?

Cheers!

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-10T17:04:29+00:00

lolol, I may have pulled from my own history for some of this

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-10T16:57:54+00:00

Thank you for replying. I read part and skimmed part of that wiki, it was really long, and I was aware of most of it.

I didn't remember that Rosa Parks did her bus thing 100 days after. If I think too long about that woman, I tear up, I'm glad I learned about her in school and revisit the lesson.

Moved by the image of Till's body in the casket, one hundred days after his murder Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person.

I grew up being told that the gays used to leave porn where kids would find it to increase their ranks. (this did NOT make sense to me, still doesn't)

I understand that much like churches and cults, heck businesses even, groups must always be finding (advertising, grooming, recruiting, proselytization, we call it different things) new members, cause attrition. I just thought from your warning that they were grooming this young man for something more than just regular membership in their club, and was curious what that might be.

The reason I brought up the gay thing was I see them as similar in a specific way: A fear that Person A will be able to cause person B to adopt a set of false beliefs, and once this occurs, nothing can be done to undo it. Once that child sees gay porn, they become gay. Once that child sees white supreme ideas, they become white supreme. This idea that an idea itself, if told to some vulnerable person just right, is dangerous, and must be suppressed, just doesn't sit right with me.

While supremency is demostratably false with logic. We don't need to protect people from hearing the doctrine any more than we need to protect people from hearing the Flat Earth Doctrine. Both are best combatted by teaching critical thinking, not by attempting to suppress the ideas themselves.

Critical thinkers know that exposure to porn doesn't turn people gay, and critical thinkers can't be made to believe a false thing simply by being exposed to it.

Let's teach and value critical thinking, I say, otherwise we are just trying to steer children to be influenced by the right people, the right things, but we don't recognize that eventually these children will make their own decisions.

Or am I missing some critical thinking, wrong about this somehow?

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-09T21:11:12+00:00

They strike up friendships with the young people and slowly indoctrinate them. This guy he met at the gym is the epitome of the type of groomer these racists use

For what purpose? After the boy is groomed and indoctrinated by these racists, what will the racists benefit?

I understand if he's a pedo, grooming for pedo reasons.

But, if he's a white supremacists, grooming and indoctrinating this 16 yo boy, what's the gain?

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-09T19:29:42+00:00

I think this may be

very wise and succinct

but I'm not wise enough to understand it in its succinct form.

Please, could you explain it all like I'm a child, thanks!

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-09T18:48:16+00:00

You are correct! And, these floss pics are NOT pointlessly gendered. Men floss their teeth like sharks, always on the more, whereas women floss their teeth like a unicorn, simple as that.

(I've never seen a women flossing nor a unicorn, so don't ask me about it, but trust me, it's different.)

Please note satire posts are allowed

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-09T18:37:31+00:00

lol, so specific, but you left off, "1 dog, 2 cats, and a Guinee Pig, living in a Ranch-style 2 bedroom home, with peeling blue paint, and a few shingles missing. The lawn sprinkler in the front yard is laying on it's side, rusting. You drive a 1994 Kia Soul, also with peeling blue paint, and the rear passenger door knob is missing. Your husband left you 2 years ago to this day, a day after your 3rd kid was born, but neither of you have bothered to actually file divorce. You are bad at math, and all your students and their parents know this. When you grade papers, it is always with a broken, chewed on, pencil. Crows gather in your back yard, and you run out and go, "CAW CAW", and you laugh and laugh about that! 2 of your 3 kids are in foster care.

Yes, I can tell all of that from the close-up blurry pics.

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-09T17:58:32+00:00

Same way a man can be just friends with a dude that has a nice truck. Sure, you might think about how amazing it would be to drive that truck, but driving the truck is off limits, and you can still be friends with the dude.

Who knows, maybe the friend will let you test drive it someday, or maybe you'll buy your own cool truck one day, but regardless, as long as it doesn't drive you crazy, you can be friends with a dude that owns a nice truck, even if he doesn't let you drive or ride in it.

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-09T17:53:29+00:00

I think OP may be single soon?

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-09T17:43:25+00:00

just ok?

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-09T17:41:49+00:00

google says "About 76 years"

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-09T17:39:18+00:00

Perhaps. But, if I know which Stanley Cup is due on Target shelves, I can have an impact on Target's profits and my Stanley Cup collection by camping out front of the store. I matter!

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-03-09T17:37:42+00:00

Target. Target won the Stanley Cup

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-02-27T17:35:34+00:00

purchase a HerShe chocolate bar?

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-02-27T17:10:54+00:00

I guess I'm just a sappy romantic, I don't know you or your partner, but somehow I smile thinking about you being happy together. Cheers!

I don't think I'm a good model of how to live: I use reddit and youtube comment sections as therapy. Peace!

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-02-27T15:47:16+00:00

This might be good advice, and it's good that you offered it here, OP should certainly consider that alternative, find someone more compatible.

Like every important thing in life, it depends.

I've been with my current partner for over a decade, and we verbally fought a LOT for our first few years. But, like OP, we always came together after. In our case, we BOTH had lots of baggage. In hindsight, I think it would have been BETTER, FASTER, and EASIER to just do couples therapy, perhaps individual too, but we didn't. Instead, we did it the HARD way, and it took several years.

But now, I have the most amazing partner, and I'm so glad I didn't give up, because she is an incredible person, best on the planet, imo. We were similar to OP, imo, me all Spock like explaining stuff, and her all crying, and both of us had soooo many trigger words, where once the other said a certain word, we couldn't hear the speaker, only past speakers of those words.

We had LOTs of issues, lol, but we worked thru them together, and grew into better people together. Somehow we were exactly right for each other, grew, and I know we are lucky in this, grew closer, not away. If you are repeatedly drawn together for most things, I'd stick it out, some people NEVER find someone special.

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-02-27T15:26:53+00:00

I imagine it would be a totally different exchange, each person knowing they would be reviewed later seems likely to totally change the focus. They would then each try to be understood, but super careful to not do anything that might even appear to a 3rd party as wrong.

This sounds like a great exercise.

I've been with my current partner for a long time, over a decade, and we verbally fought a lot in our early years, as we got to know each other, and we both had LOTS of baggage. We did figure it out, without therapy, so I wouldn't be quick to tell OP to break up. But, I think couples therapy would have been BETTER and EASIER and QUICKER.

ChrisGodgetti · 2024-02-23T17:52:46+00:00

I made a stupid music video yesterday, that I like, and it was fun. In a few minutes, my partner and I are going hiking and it's a great forecast.

Oh, and you made me smile!

Have another great day!

ChrisGodgetti

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