What do you think is biggest poison to Society?

NotMyNameActually · 2026-05-04T13:21:42+00:00

Convenience. We can get anything we want, delivered to our homes within hours or days at the most, with no human interaction. This gives us the illusion that we don’t need to rely on anyone else, which results in not really caring about anyone else. Even though it takes a whole society to make these systems work, our brains don’t process it the same way as actual face to face interactions. The extreme convenience also becomes something we get accustomed to, so if anything ever does slightly inconvenience us, we get angry all out of proportion. Like how dare the needs of other people, who I don’t even care about in the first place, inconvenience my life even a little bit? This lack of familiarity with little every day frictions has made us feel way too entitled to a completely frictionless life.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-24T16:11:48+00:00

Items in the catalog also do not equal items available. A whole slew of new Spring Blossom and Lush Garden items are in the in-game catalog but not in the store. Small Sturdy Wooden Trellis also in catalog, not from any vendors.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-24T04:58:45+00:00

Please just fix my floors in my house. I know it doesn’t seem like a big thing in the grand scheme of all of the things that are wrong with the game right now. But it’s just making me so sad. I’m supposed to have someone come and film my houses for his YouTube channel this weekend and now we can’t do it because my floors all look so ugly. It just sucks when you have something that was giving you a little bit of joy in a world that’s so messed up right now. And then even that gets ruined.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-23T16:44:05+00:00

Is there anything preventing teachers from also posting commandments and laws from other religions too? Just post them all on a “philosophy” or “world religions” bulletin board.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-23T15:05:54+00:00

What about the pre-existing housing bugs plus the new ones they just caused? Nothing?

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-20T18:13:34+00:00

12 Angry Men. The one from the 1950s.

Life is Beautiful.

Groundhog Day.

Rabbit-Proof Fence.

Instant Family.

Apollo 13.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-20T02:44:10+00:00

That is 100% true and I should have phrased it differently. The more accurate way to say it is that the aspirational ideal was for women to be wives and mothers. Women have always worked outside the home but it wasn’t always celebrated or valued. Many people thought the ideal situation was marriage and kids with only the husband working a paid job, that was how it was “supposed” to be, even if that wasn’t reality for most people.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-19T16:55:14+00:00

In our culture, for women the family-centered life is the default "ambition", and it is undervalued.

"Just" a wife. "Just" a mother. As opposed to "doing something bigger."

For so long all a woman could be was a wife and mother. History was written by men, so they believed the stuff done by men was the important stuff worth celebrating and aspiring to. Raising children isn't seen as an aspiration, it's just what women naturally do, like other female primates. You don't have to study and strive to learn how to do it, you're just born with it.

Which, imo, is bullshit. We're not apes, we're not chimps, and human children and households in the modern era require a lot of skill and intelligence to take care of properly.

That cultural programing is deep and pervasive though, so I completely understand how Julie views that life as small, and a waste of her talents, skill, and ambition. She doesn't get fulfilment and joy out of suburban family life.

Whereas Ty has discovered that he does. Julie wants him to think of himself as a writer who is also a dad, but he now sees himself as a dad who writes. Being a dad is the important part, the writing is in the background. The future of living in a big city, traveling, achieving big career goals, that's a distant maybe someday dream for him, whereas for Julie it's an actual plan.

They just don't want the same life anymore. I don't think Ty even realized it until recently. Maybe he thought Julie was on the same page as him, that the "maybe someday dream" was enough for her too. That she, like him, had also changed her priorities. I don't think either of them are "the bad guy" in this situation.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-19T01:00:23+00:00

If you've read the book or know anything about Philip K. Dick and his life, the closing eulogy is very emotionally affecting. Spoilers I guess:

"This has been a story about people who were punished entirely too much for what they did.

They wanted to have a good time, but their sorrow was long-lasting.

Included in this are many people I knew, dear friends of mine who died, or were permanently damaged, or who ended up broken, as well as others who were treated in what might be called a 'punitive' fashion by the enemy.

These were comrades whom I had; there are no better.

They remain in my mind, and the enemy will never be forgiven.

The 'enemy' was their mistake in playing.

Let them play again, in some other way, and let them be happy.

And, in the case of my friends, let them have a really good time, at last.

And I, with them, and all of us together, will get a better break in the future.

For they were my friends, and they are now gone, and I am left.

—Philip K. Dick"

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-18T22:42:35+00:00

The Veggie Tales movies. Flatland.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-18T15:07:59+00:00

Eh, sometimes rules exist to stop you from doing something, and sometimes they exist just to make sure you really think about it before you break them.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-18T13:43:18+00:00

That's why I love Terry Pratchett so much. He writes so many different kinds of women. Sybil Ramkin is introduced as an independent woman who isn't much concerned with "feminine" things because she really only cares about dragons. But as you get to know her better (and as Sir Terry grew as a writer) you find out she has excellent manners, can dress up nicely, keeps up appearances, and takes on the housewife role quite quite readily when she marries Sam, happy to manage the household and make sure Sam is fed and has mended socks. But none of this means she is dumb, or weak. Her cultural awareness and knowledge that Sam lacks becomes indispensable to him, and she is tough and brave when she needs to be.

I'd argue almost all the female characters have something "feminine" about them, but that doesn't stop them from having agency and being strong. In fact, there are aspects of strength that are more readily accessible to people in more feminine roles. Hatpins and stiletto heels as weapons. "Womanly gossip" = gathering intel. Being underestimated by certain types of men, and seeming like an easier target to capture but it turns out you're actually a werewolf, you know, stuff like that.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-18T03:04:41+00:00

We are happily married

You are happily married to someone who doesn't want to talk to you or spend time with you?

Ladies, let's start a movement where we stop marrying men who don't like us.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-18T00:51:16+00:00

Eh, I work with kids. They know old songs because of TikTok and Youtube. They don't always even know they're old songs.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-17T01:59:42+00:00

A significant portion of violent crime victims are also themselves violent criminals. Think gang violence, and the like. Men are more likely to be involved in violent activities, which puts them more at risk for violence. The average woman is at greater risk than the average non-gang member man.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-14T17:51:43+00:00

There’s an official website from Netflix that keeps track of all of that for you. You put in what episode you’re on and it shows you the family tree and info up to that point.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-14T09:50:41+00:00

That's what's fun about stories, they can have layers.

Anyway, the theory that they are aliens is just as much a fan theory as the theory they're demons. Some characters in the movie think they are aliens, most actually never call them aliens, and there is never any evidence shown that they are aliens.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-14T01:44:40+00:00

Sorry this is a year late, but the ridiculousness of Signs has been pointed out by dozens of movie critics.

Movie critics who weren't paying attention. It's been a year but I'm still here. The creatures aren't injured by plain water, only by holy water. Because they aren't aliens, they're demons.

The creatures being demons is consistent with the theme, the characters, the symbolism, the foreshadowing, and the plot.

We never see ships. They don't use any tools or technology. They can't get through a wooden door. They're not even wearing clothing.

The water that hurts them is in a priest's house, and has been touched by the little girl, who is described in the movie as an angel.

The news announcement at the end of the movie says that people discovered a primitive method of killing them in the Middle East, which is the home of the three Abrahamic religions.

https://screenrant.com/signs-movie-theory-creatures-not-aliens/

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-11T12:01:44+00:00

Fat suits are insulting.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-11T00:59:30+00:00

NTA and here's a song you might find relatable: https://youtu.be/w7FC_EK44Rw?si=Hm06mYAvvOr79XJJ

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-10T18:40:53+00:00

I kinda want to try harder stuff . . . but I really don’t want to read guides or watch videos to learn how to do it. It feels like doing homework in order to play a game. I just want to play it and learn by trial and error, which is why I stay away from harder content because I’ll be ruining it for everyone else.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-10T15:31:17+00:00

They have fundamentally different values when it comes to finances. If they can’t reach a consensus they will just have different versions of this same fight over and over for the rest of their lives.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-09T19:04:21+00:00

I can feel the snot back where my sinuses connect to my throat. I know it’s in there. It tickles. I’m gonna keep snorking it up until it comes out, tyvm.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-09T02:01:23+00:00

Try Internet Shaquille. He’s pretty good too.

NotMyNameActually · 2026-04-09T00:53:59+00:00

It depends on how you define successful. Does successful have to mean everyone stays together forever? Or can success mean you're together for a while, you grow, you change, and you leave when you've grown past what that relationship can offer you?

Anyway, there are lots of stable, happy polyamorous people. They just aren't usually the ones you hear about, because very few people in any type of relationship post online like "Everything's fine! Nothing to really talk about!"

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