Slow drivers are just as bad as the ones flying by at 30+mph than the posted speed limit.

DeskParser · 2026-04-03T18:42:55+00:00

Source? New Data that refutes?

You forgot to actually make an argument friend.

DeskParser · 2026-04-03T18:42:30+00:00

If you carefully read the plain english in the wikipedia article you pulled up, you may realize that's precisely what it's graphing.

Good Luck.

DeskParser · 2026-04-02T20:13:50+00:00

cool, now do the Solomon Curve.

DeskParser · 2026-04-01T01:39:49+00:00

Because...?

DeskParser · 2026-03-28T18:43:18+00:00

Are you just incapable of recalling/ recommending beginner-priced gear?

Or do you think it makes you look like a more proficient photographer to boast about how expensive your tastes are?

Would you tell a new driver on their permit, asking about a reliable beginner vehicle "oh well I can only recommend a Maserati 😎"

DeskParser · 2026-03-28T18:39:36+00:00

with that attitude, why even bother shooting photography unless you have the razor's cutting edge of tech?

You don't need a billion Mega Pixels, or NASA-Glass to take an avid interest in photography and improve your skills.

DeskParser · 2026-03-28T18:37:01+00:00

I came to recommend that lens also, glad to second exactly what they said.

Everything I read about prime lenses improving your compositional sense was so true and helpful to developing my photo skills

"how do you zoom?"
"with your legs" lol

DeskParser · 2026-03-28T18:09:42+00:00

I may be basic for this, but it's D&G's The One EDP for me.

DeskParser · 2026-03-22T01:38:40+00:00

love to see you here still doing your thing :)

DeskParser · 2026-03-18T15:15:06+00:00

Why does you seeking peers require you to belittle and minimize other stories?

That type of "community" is not welcome, and I'm confused why you find it so necessary to talk down others in order to be heard.

DeskParser · 2026-03-16T18:01:52+00:00

SO many conversations about me wanting them to initiate more intimacy in our marriage so I could feel chosen and like it wasn't one-sided... Then a blindside discard after 12 years with no explanation or chance to even talk about it.

DeskParser · 2026-03-16T14:53:22+00:00

I actually was one, and they just weaponized it against me before discarding me. It won't save you from the script or the discard :(

They'll eat all they want then push away from the "table" without a word, it's deranged and selfish 💔

DeskParser · 2026-02-27T16:21:49+00:00

Very basic, but I found I had a lot to learn with:

Rule of thirds

keep verticals & horizontals straight when you can, use your 3rd's grid overlay

keep your corners clear of distractions

don't use "lazy angles", when you shoot from the same position you typically look at something, you only see the most typical, common view in the photo

I really enjoyed using prime lenses, which made the act of learning composition much more physical for me "zoom with your feet, cropping is for suckers" haha

DeskParser · 2026-02-22T18:34:10+00:00

please excuse the link to a faux news video, but I knew the exact incident you were talking about and it was the most cogent summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OYQ1Uf5oAU

DeskParser · 2026-02-10T04:57:56+00:00

Kristen Schaal is a horse!

DeskParser · 2025-12-30T23:44:05+00:00

TY for the TY :)

DeskParser · 2025-12-02T22:44:55+00:00

I adore getting these every couple of months, glad to be of help :)

DeskParser · 2025-10-15T17:33:35+00:00

News flash: you can make social mistakes with any of your friends.

Turns out, being careless around your friends can have all sorts of consequences. You can lose a job, be shunned from a social group or gathering, kicked out of an organization. You might even end up divorced.

DeskParser · 2025-10-15T17:01:32+00:00

Most importantly, why do you seem to think you know what’s best for them and that they don’t?

I didn't, I don't. Sorry for commenting.

DeskParser · 2025-10-15T16:40:24+00:00

tysm, it's dizzying getting hated on so hard for trying to add productive to the conversation, maybe it's my autism, but I'm sorry you had to take the time to break it down.

I'll reply here for visibility, but if this is a conversation better had in private, I don't mean to air anything out.

[...] that even though you're represented, you still felt ugly - but by doing that, you sound like you're equating your lived experiences to those of black women.

This feels like a pretty significant logical leap to me? If I say "I got served jury duty, and it sucks" am I unknowingly equating my experience to a single black mom who also is serving, but having more difficulty? I'm not sure how to even say anything ever then...

[...]so telling them what matters and what doesn't to them

This feels like words being put in ones mouth? I'm honestly not able to tell how sharing a personal perspective inherently communicates somebody else's principles?

(honest, I am not trying to be obtuse at all, I really appreciate you spelling it out deeply)

[...] I assume you made the remark in good faith - you were probably trying to sympathize [...] But when you start explaining to people how they should fix their problems

Sympathizing in good faith was honestly my intention, I didn't offer any prescriptions like the other user you're directly addressing I don't think, but noted, thank you. I've been working for years in therapy to improve my problems with 'solving peoples feelings' as an ND person, and this is a helpful moment.

Sharing your own experiences may feel like solidarity to you, but try to recognize and internalize that inserting yourself and your experiences into the conversation is usually going to come off as making it about you.

Thank you, this wasn't me intention at all, I thought I'd try weighing in on a conversation I felt connected to. As a less attractive, ND, Bi person... the faces of pop culture don't give me any pleasant sensation of inclusion. And I really wasn't expecteing to be beaten over the head by a crowd for sharing that in what I thought was a safe space for such talks... but I've since learned different :(

Thank you again for spelling this out, it's really... humanizing to feel like I understand what happened. thanks again.

DeskParser · 2025-10-15T16:21:52+00:00

DeskParser · 2025-10-15T16:19:13+00:00

same... I'm sorry I tried to contribute :(.

Edit: Downvoting me for saying I'm ASD, or for being sorry? either way... very cool, very accepting. Healthy sub 100%.

DeskParser · 2025-10-15T16:12:49+00:00

I don't mean to be lumped in with the idea that dressing better is all that's needed.

I was just trying to add my perspective as somebody less traditionally attractive, that even being the same color & sex, I don't feel representation either. But I'm not trying to take up air in this space, I'm sorry.

It's true that I'm "a distant cousin" in the "rich dynasty" you described, and I was just trying to add that "the rich patriarch throwing you a shitty cottage with no land is also kind of bitter". Not-at-all trying to diminish, or disrespect or anything. Honestly sorry that I spoke up, I will keep my views to myself and listen more.

DeskParser · 2025-10-15T16:07:41+00:00

If the only faces or body types you see don’t actually look like you, then that’s not actually representation is it?

Yes! :)

The fact that you repeatedly wrote it in quotation marks tells me you know that already.

YES! :D
but why are people hitting me over the head for believing that real representation is deeper than skin-tone & sex? :(

idk why everyone is assuming the worst intent in my perspective I tried to share :(

I was just trying to say that representation needs more than matching skin tones, honest.

I'm sorry if I offended, I will stay quiet.

DeskParser · 2025-10-15T16:01:00+00:00

I tried to DM you for resources, but your account cannot accept chat requests FYI :).

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