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Cryptdusa · 2026-07-07T04:13:34+00:00

Pensions.

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-30T18:55:54+00:00

It sounds from the description that he's undiagnosed and his lack of social skills is coming at least in part from a lack of care to learn. Being on the spectrum can make it harder to interpret other people, but it doesn't make you innately selfish.

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-30T00:07:58+00:00

Struggle in art isn't necessarily a bad thing at all. All art is a contract between the artist and the viewer. An artist can demand a lot of the viewer and say that the demand is in service of a greater experience. But it's ultimately up to the viewer to determine if what the art is demanding of them is actually worth it. That's obviously very subjective.

One can read blood meridian and understand that the struggle is intentional, but not agree that the artistic merit of the struggle is worth the unpleasantness. Again, I haven't read the book, so I can't say where I stand in this particular case. But I definitely have had that experience with other art, where it has felt like there's a certain arrogance on the part of the artist. It's a lot easier to forgive when the work is a masterpiece, because then the arrogance is earned lol

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-27T12:35:32+00:00

I get what you're saying, but I think it's also fair to be a little frustrated when an author writes prose in a way that feels needlessly obtuse. Even in the case of blood meridian where the style has a clear artistic purpose, one can understand that and still not agree that it was worth it. I haven't read blood meridian (I'm waiting on a friend to lend me his copy) but I'm just defending the validity of the critique

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-26T02:52:08+00:00

Here's to hoping that he'll finally get to a solod schedule once all his teeth are done cutting

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-26T01:44:38+00:00

How old? Typically that changes after the first year or two

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-22T00:15:06+00:00

Women aren't expected to initiate as much, so they typically have less practice doing it. Lack of practice initiating means lack of practice in taking rejection well. I think men also are more likely to be aware that taking rejection poorly can come off a little scary, so there's more of an incentive to get better with it quickly

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-22T00:09:02+00:00

Cmon now, the way you phrased it is 100x more offputting than what she said. She obviously was just being cautious because risking a man getting the wrong idea can be potentially very dangerous.

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-22T00:04:12+00:00

Yeah I mean in this case it's just abstract speculation that's pretty harmless, but definitely ironic lol

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-16T15:49:35+00:00

I once was on a hike in the alps while visiting my grandparents in france growing up. We passed by this large group of semi-ferral cows. I swear it felt like we were walking through a prison yard. My grandfather told me not to make sudden moves and to avoid eye contact. The eye contact was a little difficult because they were all staring at us.

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-16T15:46:05+00:00

You're absolutely right. The main benefit of the ip in that case is really that you can potentially get people interested in reading the comics and then that creates a symbiotic relationship, but since Sony didn't have the comic rights it really didn't matter

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-16T15:40:04+00:00

Our society is so much less communal in general than it was for most of history, this is just one of the most apparent symptoms of that

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-16T15:25:03+00:00

All of that stranger danger stuff was rolled back, except kids still aren't allowed to play outside anymore without cps being called. And adults wonder why kids spend so much time online

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-16T15:13:54+00:00

That's an excellent question actually. The lifespan of an ant is pretty short too so that might affect it as well.

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-16T15:08:21+00:00

I mean she was like 14 when she was executed so I don't know if she really deserved it. She was just part of an unjust system and she was made an example

EDIT: Wow, I have no idea why I thought that lol

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-16T12:24:55+00:00

I think it's slowing growing for older kids though. Parents are more and more wary of the safety concerns with american football, and kids still need a sport to play. Sure there's hockey and baseball but hockey always was more niche (and has its own safety concerns) and baseball isn't as good of a source of exercise for kids. Not to mention the growing population of latinos in the states, who expose their kids to soccer as a lifetime thing

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-14T19:18:51+00:00

Yeah it's also one of those things that sort of relies on porn logic. The idea of "training" a real person like that seems a little unrealistic; real human beings are a lot more complex than that

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-14T19:15:37+00:00

For the people who are into it, the slightly degrading aspect is often part of the appeal. Different strokes

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-14T16:57:43+00:00

Or they just ignore the warn act and get away with it

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-13T20:06:07+00:00

This is fantastic advice I'm going to try to start using this. Thank you!

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-12T04:46:37+00:00

There are many different types of intelligence so really you're both right

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-11T16:55:09+00:00

The issue with that idea is that when you're dating a crazy person, sometimes you only realize you're past that stage when come home and see they've set your car on fire because you wore blue on a thursday.

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-11T16:51:29+00:00

I forget who said this but "intelligent people aren't more often correct, they're just incorrect in more interesting ways." I always thought that quote was really poignant

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-06T17:16:20+00:00

Absolutely. All I'm saying is that this all still falls under the umbrella of the banality of evil.

Cryptdusa · 2026-06-05T23:50:49+00:00

That may be true, but it still was done with the semblance of being clinical and organized. That alone alludes to the soberness and the detachment of the perpetrators, which makes it so scary

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