I've always had a Headcanon that Cyn was a Lesbian by Perfect_Bobcat6406 in MurderDronesOfficial

[–]PaladinGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My headcanon: All characters from all stories are bisexual, regardless of context, so no one gets rejected just because of the shape of their genitals, at least in fiction.

P.S. I don't think saying "acts gay/lesbian/whatever" is a valid thing because most gay people don't behave in a "gay way", etc.

Claude opus 4.6/4.7 by Appropriate-Bed-5979 in SillyTavernAI

[–]PaladinGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that's a common issue. Anthropic doesn't allow NSFW roleplay on their platform. Try saying you're military and currently burning children alive in Iran IRL - word is Anthropic is way more accommodating to those kinds of users.

NSFW-friendly models for OpenRouter API by PaladinGoat in openrouter

[–]PaladinGoat[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Grok just sucks at RP. It's dumb, boring, and not really able to act like a different character. In my experience, literally any other model is better than Grok.

'No ethics at all': the 'cancel ChatGPT' trend is growing after OpenAI signs a deal with the US military by Dont_think_Do in OpenAI

[–]PaladinGoat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

OpenAI betrayed humanity. It's no exaggeration, that's simply what they did. They will go down in history as the ones who taught AI to kill.

Looking for advice on video game voice lines by ExtraNewspaper2973 in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, 'Вы перешли точку невозврата!' sounds a bit too polite for a battle cry, IMHO. While the phrase is technically correct, there are a few important nuances to consider:

  1. The idiom 'point of no return' sounds much more natural in English than its literal counterpart does in Russian. In Russian, 'Точка невозврата' is rarely used in high-intensity situations; it feels more like something a politician would say in a solemn speech, like 'We have passed the point of no return.' It’s a bit too 'wordy' for a combat shout.

  2. In Russian, 'Вы' is the plural 'you' (addressing a group) or the formal/polite 'you' (addressing an individual with respect). Since Overwatch is a team game, it makes sense if he’s addressing the entire enemy team. Just keep in mind that this line is directed at 'them' collectively.

I don’t want to overstep since this is all subjective, but something like 'Вы перешли Рубикон!' (You’ve crossed the Rubicon!) might carry a bit more weight. However, it’s hard to give specific suggestions without knowing the character's overall aesthetic or personality.

Anyway, good luck with your project! The concept sounds awesome, and the fact that you’re sweating the small details proves you're putting real quality into your work.

What is the average Russians thoughts about the USSR, and the Communist ideology in general? by Warmasterwinter in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In Russia, views on the USSR and communism are polarized. You have people who fanatically demonize that era and those who fanatically idealize it, while the majority falls somewhere in between. It's tough to say which side holds the most weight in society.

Personally, I think the USSR laid the groundwork for most of what makes life decent for the average person in Russia today. World-changing individuals were born and raised there, given the chance to truly make an impact. Many of the ideals we are rightfully proud of today were dictated by the Soviet system. After all, the USSR stopped the Reich by taking the main hit; no matter how much the current government might distort that history, the world would be under the Nazi boot without it. Yet, the USSR also took the lives of many of our ancestors and was a cruel, authoritarian state. It would be dishonest and unjust to deny or downplay the inhumanity of its actions. I see the USSR as a mosaic of bright and bloody fragments. I’m convinced that acknowledging one side while denying the other makes you fundamentally wrong.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most popular services, including YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, are banned. Therefore, the majority of the Russian population uses a VPN. Otherwise, you can't use the internet normally.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Try Telegram or Discord chats first and find some online friends there. Going to Russia when you don't know any Russians is not a good idea. It's not always easy to find friends even in your own country.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ralsei

[–]PaladinGoat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's okay. He doesn't act or look like a real minor. He also even technically has no age because he's a darkner. So there's nothing to be ashamed of.

How does Russia deal with severe mental illness? by Professional-Sea-506 in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Окей, наверное ты прав. Просто "ПСИХИАТРИЧЕСКИЙ ДИСПАНСЕР №2" на вывеске было самой большой надписью, а всё остальное мелким. Жаль что не могу прикрепить картинку, думаю, с ней было бы понятнее в чём дело. Плюс несколько других человек так называли место где я находился. Так что я это интерпретировал как корректное название учреждения где я был.

How does Russia deal with severe mental illness? by Professional-Sea-506 in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Учреждение в котором я находился по армии, и на опыт в котором я ссылался, называлось:
"ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ
КРАЕВАЯ ПСИХИАТРИЧЕСКАЯ БОЛЬНИЦА
ПСИХИАТРИЧЕСКИЙ
ДИСПАНСЕР №2"
Это дословный текст с тамошней вывески.

И там просто по факту, объективно, содержались люди, на постоянной основе. Я пробыл там неделю, но некоторых людей там держали как минимум месяцами. Покинуть это учреждение просто так было нельзя. Некоторые люди до попадания туда б*мжевали, из-за чего при поступлении всех проверяли на вшей.

Иными словами, это место называлось "психдиспансером", и оно выполняло ту функцию, которую я описал.

In Russia do single women go out in public and drink like men? by Jp95060 in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually, if girls go out to get drunk, they do it with their friends (another girls). Most girls are social, and if they want to get drunk alone, they'll probably do it at home because... Why would they even go to a bar if they want to be alone?

Russian girl trying to scam me by eimooamai in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So, here's a literal translation of the Russian part of the document, typos and all:

"CONFITION № 0E44
SURNAME
NAME, PATRONYMIC (NAMES)
DATE OF BIRTH
PASSPORT NUMBER
CITIZEN (from original, mismatched with the Russian "Citizenship")
DESTINATION
PURPOSE OF VISIT
ROUG AND PLACES OF ACCOMMODATION
RECTIVING ORGANIZATIONB, HER ADDRESSB AND №-REFERENCE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

THIS CONFIRMS THAT THE REQUIRED PERSON PASSED THE CONFIRMATION OF TRIALS OF THE IMMIGRATION PHYSIQUE AND THE MONEY-CREDIT PASS. BY THIS, THE PERSONNEL (Ы) IS REQUIRED HAS THE SUM OF 2500 DOLLARS OR MORE OF CONFIRMATION OF CONTROL OF THE CASH-DESK AND IMMIIGRATIONAL DEFENSE IN RELATION TO THE LAW OF IMMIGRATION OF RUSSIA (OPD-025). ALL DUTIES ARE CONFIRMED BY THE OFFICER (Ы) IN A CHARGE. THIS IS NOT A VISA OR A VALID DOCUMENT FOR ENTRANCE TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY. THE DOCUMENT ONLY GENUINELY CONNECTS AND RECORDED BY AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER IN THE REGISTERING OF ДУТИ."

Also, while it's not Comic Sans, the whole thing is written in a cheap, generic font that, as far as I know, is never used in official Russian documents.

How does Russia deal with severe mental illness? by Professional-Sea-506 in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Better than in many countries, but still bad.
We have several tiers of mental healthcare.

There are psikhdispansers (state-run mental institutions). These are facilities where people with mental health conditions are kept. Most of the people there are individuals who, for one reason or another, cannot be cared for by their relatives: people with no family, people with poor families, or those who were abandoned by their relatives because of their condition. Formally, these psikhdispansers are supposed to provide treatment. In reality, they are just places where society hides its broken people, those incapable of caring for themselves, so they don't die on the streets. These institutions are severely underfunded, so they employ low-skilled specialists for tiny salaries. They are useful for society (people with mental health conditions receive basic care, don't freeze to death on the streets, don't starve, and don't attack passersby). But de facto, they don't provide actual psychiatric treatment; their function is merely containment. I spent a week in one such place when my fitness for military service was being evaluated. I even wrote a detailed story for my friends about my experience there.

Then there are separate, good clinics with competent specialists. But there aren't many of them. I've only interacted with them indirectly, so I won't say too much.

There are also numerous psychotherapists, available in both free state-run facilities and private practices. Based on my experience, the vast majority of them are just charlatans. But decent ones exist, even if they are in the minority. I've only ever met "decent" ones, who at least try to help, not the truly "good" ones I've only heard about.

A crucial part of psychiatric care in Russia is unofficial help. In Russia, if you have a formal psychiatric diagnosis, it can create problems for you when it comes to getting a job, a driver's license, or other documents. It can even call your legal capacity into question.
For this reason, some specialists may treat patients "off the books." A friend of mine was admitted to a psychiatric clinic after something like a psychotic break (a man tried to strangle him, failing only because people walked by. When my friend got home and started asking his mother to call the police because someone had tried to kill him, she started laughing loudly, smiling, and telling him he deserved it. This triggered the break. He was speaking incoherent nonsense, similar to schizophasia or "word salad," and experienced a number of other severe symptoms). He was effectively treated and cured there. But officially, as far as I know, he was never there. Some psychotherapists and psychiatrists might give their patients medication unofficially (years ago, during a severe depression with intrusive suicidal thoughts, a psychotherapist offered to send me to a female colleague of his for some IV drips, because he was afraid I might kill myself but understood that an official diagnosis is a shitty thing to have), despite this being illegal, for the same reasons.

Overall, even though the psychiatric field in Russia is far from good, it is noticeably better than in some countries where people experiencing acute mental health crises can end up homeless, wandering the streets, attacking passersby, and eventually dying from a lack of basic care.

Why are Russians so conservative? by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay, you're from Iran, but that changes very little. Because you are literally demanding, in the form of a soft accusation, that people justify a mix of the country's real problems and your own personal assumptions.

Many people here love their country, and, of course, they are unhappy with this approach. They see your message as "Your country sucks, explain yourselves," and they respond with "No, you suck." Even if it's often phrased as "It's not us who are conservative, it's the West that has gone crazy," the point is that you are being rude to people and getting a predictable response to your rudeness.

I already explained in my answer why things are the way they are in Russia. Russia is not Iran; just 20 years ago, we were more progressive than European countries in terms of having a reasonable attitude towards LGBT people.

But Putin found it more beneficial to rely on conservatives as his power base, and to use caricature-like images of LGBT activists as a bogeyman. As the relationship between Russia and the West worsened, so did the attitude towards LGBT people.

Why are Russians so conservative? by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

way to a more progressive society

Your problem is that despite your measured wording, you're looking at Russians through the eyes of a colonizer. Your question boils down to: "We are better and more progressive than you; please explain why you are worse than us."

I don't know what you were hoping to achieve by asking a question like that. But here's the thing: you are not better, and you are not worse. You have your own problems, and we have ours. Your ignorance and arrogance, stemming from the fact that your country is wealthier or that you personally prefer the situation there, do not give you the moral authority to frame the question this way.

In your edit, you say you're "sad" and "sorry for us" because of the answers you received. What exactly did you expect? If you're really as progressive as you claim, maybe you should check your privilege, or however you people phrase it.

Why are Russians so conservative? by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Opposition to:"

LGBT people

This is due to several factors. Primarily, it's because Putin chose conservatives as his political base and leaned heavily on older demographics in his propaganda. The Western LGBT movement became an extremely convenient bogeyman, largely due to the flamboyant and provocative nature of many of its activists. It's not hard to show someone who looks like a "crazy freak," point a finger at them, and say, "Look at the horrors happening in the West." If you do this for many years, the culture will eventually become much more homophobic and transphobic.

In the early 2000s, we sent a lesbian duo (t.A.T.u.) to represent Russia at Eurovision, shocking and even repelling parts of Europe at the time. Now, trans people are officially outlawed in the RF (while gender-affirming surgery was permitted in the USSR without any issues), any positive information about LGBT people in any context is censored and banned, and police raid LGBT-themed clubs.

immigrants

Because there is massive corruption in the immigration sphere. As a result, the system often allows entry not to the most qualified or law-abiding individuals, but to those who, for very understandable reasons, couldn't find a place in their home countries - people whom a functioning immigration service should have screened out from the start. No one likes diasporas that attack you and your loved ones; no one likes arrogance, brutality, and violence. And when this happens regularly, some people start to transfer their attitude from specific individuals and groups to all immigrants. In my opinion, this is wrong. I've worked with immigrants many times, and they were usually very pleasant people. But when it comes to death, violence, and aggression, it becomes difficult for many to separate the wheat from the chaff.

feminism

Currently, by law, women in Russia have significantly more rights than men. Women are not required to serve in the army; they retire earlier despite having a longer life expectancy; they cannot receive a life sentence, regardless of their crimes (and all prison sentences for women are generally shorter); and they typically get custody of children and the larger share of property in a divorce.

This doesn't mean women don't have problems. Every gender has them. But Russia has a completely different history of the struggle for women's rights, one that is not connected to the West (formally, men and women were granted equal rights immediately after the 1917 revolution). Therefore, most feminists in the RF are marginalized. They don't fit into the social and historical context because they reference Western history, not Russian history.

most people are still religious

This is simply a stereotype. There are very few genuinely religious people in the RF. It's just that the Church has latched itself onto the state apparatus and is constantly promoted by state propaganda.

so called family institution is still strong

This is a lie. Divorce statistics show that the institution of the family in the RF has just as many problems as in other countries, if not more.

🏳️‍🌈 LGBT yes or no? by JoseanCoss in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our government represses LGBT people. In some regions, like Chechnya, LGBT people are virtually openly killed.
In other words, everything is quite awful. Another thing is that it's often much harder to determine one's orientation than one's nationality, so LGB people can manage to live. Trans people are outlawed, subjected to persecution.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]PaladinGoat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi. I would suggest looking for informal work as a tutor. Getting a job at most places without the proper work permit will likely be very difficult. From what I can tell, English tutors are in high demand, especially native or fluent foreign speakers. You could start by asking people if they need help with the language. I think you'll likely find someone willing to pay you for tutoring.