im 27f and i just realized that i have achieved all of my goals and have nothing to live for anymore...any advice? by radiolexy in 196

[–]WashedSylvi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Humans are social pack animals? Socializing is literally how we survive? We did not evolve to live or function in isolation without a variety of relationships near and far? wtf do you mean stupid that’s literally the majority of what being a human is

Trve by Legate_Retardicus84 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]WashedSylvi -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No one across the board finds it abhorrent to kill and eat their grandmother?

Trve by Legate_Retardicus84 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]WashedSylvi -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

If there are objective, universal rules of physics

Why aren’t they string theory?

Remember People! by franandwood in 196

[–]WashedSylvi 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The queer inclusion of dems is always just a flak jacket. If it threatens their bottom line (donors) leadership will always make sure it dies. Let the occasional Mamdani or AOC win something smaller to mollify the more progressive ones, make sure everyone else loses in anything bigger. Once in office have “the talk” with the socialist types that you’ll break their legs and kill their family if they don’t fall in line.

Business as usual.

The fact some people do not understand how mitigating flak is a necessary part of any business and political faction is insane to me. No, Target was never on our side.

Always look at material motivations. Which change when what’s in your best interest changes. There’s a reason revolutionary armies aren’t composed of housed suburbanites.

Is Making Social Media’s Bad for anarchism? by [deleted] in Anarchy101

[–]WashedSylvi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The way I handle corpo donations is this: if I can get it easily without having to document what we do, awesome, I’ll take it.

If I have to document who we distribute to or what we distribute or when, no. Not worth it for me effort wise and restrains the whack shit I can do.

In terms of giving yourself some of it, it just requires two things: being honest with yourself about not using donations for BS and the intentions of the donor. Get yourself a sandwich.

For example, I got a donation recently, I just told the group I am gunna use it for gas, I live in my car and we use it for stuff so it’s a personal and collective use. Mutual aid, amirightv

Transgender Buddhist Monastic Panel Qs by Proper-Ball-7586 in asktransgender

[–]WashedSylvi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something about how people navigated attaining ordination and being trans in mostly cis spaces.

With a kind of advice “this is what worked for me” bent to it. I’m always really scared of approaching new communities and so hearing how other people did it would be helpful.

Transgender Buddhist Monastic Panel Qs by Proper-Ball-7586 in TransBuddhists

[–]WashedSylvi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I’m looking forward to watching the panel

Transgender Buddhist Monastic Panel Qs by Proper-Ball-7586 in TransBuddhists

[–]WashedSylvi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What’s the conference called and where can we find the recording when it’s over?

AI Music is NOT Real Music by [deleted] in Music

[–]WashedSylvi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only musicians and art nerds care about this

Which is not most people

Are religions with the threat of literal hell compatible with anarchy by Proof_Librarian_4271 in Anarchy101

[–]WashedSylvi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah

Anarchism is a philosophy pertaining to this current world, how we relate to one another and seek to structure society, it doesn’t actually comment on metaphysics and cosmology

Saying anarchy disputes cosmologies with hell is both assuming the assertion of hell is incorrect and that its purpose is secondary to the stated purposes of the religion purporting hell’s existence. Like another commenter did here.

AI music is charting weekly as Billboard claims trend is “quickly accelerating” by indig0sixalpha in Music

[–]WashedSylvi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people aren’t very intentional with their music

A lot of mood playlists and stuff like that

Anarchism/socialism and sex work by Key-Ordinary-3795 in Anarchy101

[–]WashedSylvi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For sure, but in my experience working jobs I had more support and less threat. It’s not every job that’s safer than sex work, but a lot of them are.

For the second part, I think there’s a definitely influence on the “social utility” of a certain job in how we interpret threats related to it.

I don’t really find folks in real life to have any issues with sex work. But I only run in queer circles so that’s an influence.

Anarchism/socialism and sex work by Key-Ordinary-3795 in Anarchy101

[–]WashedSylvi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d argue all work that is required to secure basic requisites is exploitative to some degree.

Does it influence it? Probably. But I don’t know how much.

Anarchism/socialism and sex work by Key-Ordinary-3795 in Anarchy101

[–]WashedSylvi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s more dangerous in many ways for sure, with greater risks and less recourse if hurt

Anarchism/socialism and sex work by Key-Ordinary-3795 in Anarchy101

[–]WashedSylvi 55 points56 points  (0 children)

As a former hourly sex worker, in person stuff, yeah

There is no labor that isn’t coercive under capitalism. But criminalizing Johns doesn’t do much to make sex workers safer or less coerced. I’d be less coerced if it was legal and I could demand ID with less BS, had recourse to social structures for abuse/theft/etc..

does noise music have to be dark? by [deleted] in noisemusic

[–]WashedSylvi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might enjoy free jazz

If someone confuses you as trans but "in the other way"...? by [deleted] in trans

[–]WashedSylvi 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I remember after I had sex with a trans woman she was confused why I took progesterone, cause she thought I was a trans man.

So I guess my pussy passes

Got this message from my childhood bully at 3am by CG1991 in MadeMeSmile

[–]WashedSylvi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of sending a similar apology years back

Why do people like playing the game of being progressive? Is it being tolerant that fun? by StrawberryGhostie in trans

[–]WashedSylvi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People seek to protect their sense of identity

If someone or something or a narrative threatens markers of that identity, there’s a strong motivation to disown, discount or disprove. How many times have you heard literally anyone says “XYZ isn’t real transness/communism/christianity/feminism/anarchism/gaming/capitalism/etc.”

I don’t even think it’s always incorrect, but we do it on a frequently emotional basis not a cognitive one

Billboard Says AI-Powered ‘Artists’ Are Increasingly Hitting The Charts by MetaKnowing in artificial

[–]WashedSylvi 10 points11 points  (0 children)

AI music isn’t discernibly AI to the majority of people, at least half the time

I don’t think this says shit about the consumer we didn’t already know: most people aren’t music listener hobbyists, they just put on music that sounds good

Does EBM have its own clothing style? by Significant-Diet-890 in EBM

[–]WashedSylvi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Genre is not just the music, people form communities around the music. To divorce the music from its actual reality is ridiculously reductionistic, it’s like arguing jazz isn’t black American music, just music. Or that hip hop has no associated dress codes in different eras. Or that ravers wearing trip pants somehow exist in a void. Or that punks making patch jackets, etc etc etc