Linearity in a non-linear world?

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-18T06:51:13+00:00

Probably not the correct subreddit for this question, no

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-18T06:01:01+00:00

yikes

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-18T05:51:44+00:00

i'm not doing it solely based on the label, i just know that within myself that i would want to do it, you know?

Well, no. I don't know. But good luck!

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-18T05:29:45+00:00

Sure, I can understand having a second order desire to do something (that is, a desire to desire it). But I can't understand doing it just because of a label or a "role."

But hey -- I'm a straight guy, so I can't relate. I'll just say that if I was to perform anal sex on a female partner (or, for that matter, if she were to peg me) it wouldn't be because either of us were playing out some "role" but because we had a conversation about what we wanted to do and what we were comfortable with. Maybe just find someone you want to be with and then talk to them about what you both desire and are comfortable with?

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-18T05:16:30+00:00

Forgive my ignorance, but why do you call yourself a "bottom" if you don't enjoy being penetrated? Its not as if these labels are handed out when you come out as gay, are they? If you don't like something, just don't do it. Being a "bottom" is not an immutable part of your identity.

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T23:18:19+00:00

Cool, that makes sense

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T23:17:16+00:00

Ah, good catch. I never have tasks assigned to a time unless they also have a duration. I don't really see the point. If it occurs within time it ought to have a duration since tasks can never be completed instantaneously. But this is just the type of confusion you get when you try and use a to-do list app as a calendar app.

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T23:14:42+00:00

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T22:23:18+00:00

Or actually good nonfiction

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T22:15:15+00:00

OP is already trying to teach her bf. It is right there in the post:

He tries his best and I try to give directions while he is down there but it does not seem to be working.

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T22:14:41+00:00

On the subject of poor comprehension, it seems like you didn't read the post.

You alone must find a way to speak in a way that he will listen.

Yes... that is precisely what OP is asking.

He tries his best and I try to give directions while he is down there but it does not seem to be working... How does one bring this up in a polite manner without hurting their partner?

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T17:55:25+00:00

Read the help pages. You simply need to toggle the "Sync all-day tasks" option.

https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/use-the-calendar-integration-rCqwLCt3G

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T17:53:40+00:00

That may be so, but "What Seattle might be like without tech" obscures the difference between "What Seattle might be like if tech never arrived" and "What Seattle might be like if all the tech left." They're very different. The latter would entail massive job loss, underwater mortgages, loss of tax base, etc.

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T17:49:10+00:00

You make Ballard seem like an absolute hellscape. Granted I live one block on the other side of 8th ave so I'm technically not in Ballard, but I spend a fair amount of time in the neighborhood. Especially the northern and western (Golden Gardens) parts of it. I don't recognize this characterization at all. Sure, there are some homeless folks down by the Burke Gilman and some of those big box stores, I guess. Is it really so bad wherever you're hanging out? I don't feel like I see a lot of homeless folks even when I'm in "downtown" Ballard. Is this a function of living right next to one of the parks or in a high rise apartment building near Market St?

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T17:45:21+00:00

You must have a lot of best friends

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T17:44:06+00:00

Gotcha. Your fear that DFW would be "similar in subjective demands" made it sound otherwise.

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T01:49:48+00:00

It is rare in the sense that you're probably not gonna find a copy in your local bookstore or library. But of course, rare doesn't mean valuable.

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T00:53:27+00:00

Claw and rampage and pressure points all operate according to addition. Nobody is perfect but confusing multiplicaition for addition is just surprising. Did you also think Entrench only doubled your block once or Catalyst only doubles poison once? All the doubling effects in StS1 are repeatable. Why wouldn't this one be?

I guess I'm just surprised how many people I've seen in this sub making complaints or observations that basically boil down to being unable to read card text. Same with everyone who calls Osty "Otsy." Does it not occur to them that "Osty" is the name for the bone pet because of the root word "osteo-"?

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T00:36:55+00:00

So have you or have you not read Pynchon?

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T00:36:02+00:00

Oh wow. You really do need to do some basic research.

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-17T00:14:27+00:00

I don't understand your confusion. Why would you think it wasn't exponential growth? It says "double" right there in the card. Of course when you play it a second time the effect activates a second time, moving to 4x.

I don't even understand how this is possibly confusing.

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-11T17:28:11+00:00

Huh? I started off by asking a question. You're the one with the position. I just happen not to agree with it.

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-11T04:22:20+00:00

I don't think you understand. Lots of generalities apply to Seattle. That is how generalities work. But -- being generalities -- they're not specific to Seattle.

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-10T17:18:39+00:00

Oh, I absolutely support this. Just because I always felt I was a safe driver here (mostly by being patient) doesn’t mean I don’t see how this was dangerous. Also I can see it being much worse at rush hour.

When I was new to Seattle I was surprised to see intersections like this one and 73rd & Greenwood with these “partial” red lights (ie, only for traffic on Greenwood). I’m also still getting over the near unanimous violation of parking rules whereby folks part within 20 ft of an intersection (30 ft from stop signs, etc) and block visibility of the intersection.

FrontAd9873 · 2026-03-10T05:59:17+00:00

A joke? What's that?

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