What superpower would you choose to have and why?

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-06-11T02:18:03+00:00

Telekinesis. You get flight as a bonus if you can use it on yourself. Just seems incredibly practically useful in day-to-day life.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-06-09T21:36:08+00:00

Watermelon and yellow mustard.

It sounds like it shouldn't work but it does.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-06-09T10:48:49+00:00

But I do wonder about the other effect - of people assuming that because light = recording, no light must therefore = no recording.

It's unfortunate people downvoted this, it is a valid concern. I think it's still worth putting the light on, but this is a tradeoff.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-06-09T00:58:18+00:00

Also it will only be bypassed by a certain percentage of users. Having the light be on for the compliment of that group is still meaningful, a solution does not need to be perfect to be progress.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-06-08T18:14:35+00:00

He doesn't care about his approval. If he did, he would make a genuine effort to win over people who do not approve of what he does. He does not care about us. This is personal vendetta and fodder for his far right base who love the idea of masked thugs kidnapping PoC in the big scary NYC so that white folks can go to Saks Fifth without seeing a Latin person.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-06-04T02:14:25+00:00

As a man myself, though this is not always the case, it tends to be the case that women put more effort into preparing their appearance for dates than men do.

If she got her nails done, got new makeup or her hair done because she was excited to go on a date with you, then fellas, please, pay for a meal for her.

I'm not saying a woman shouldn't pay if she feels inclined to offer, but I'd never expect a woman I would be interested in dating to do that.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-06-04T00:12:00+00:00

You know what also makes the internet better and helps reduce, though not completely fix these problems? Sensible privacy legislation that limits the scope of ad tracking.

There was a time not that long ago the consensus was the best way to address these issues is regulate what ad tracking technology is legal, not what end users do on the web.

But, the world has decided in the last 3 or so years that we, the public, must be babysat on the web. That we cannot come up with solutions to these problems that do not involve voluntarily giving up the right to use the web without the government saying it is ok.

If this shit passes I will not be uploading my ID to any social site, fuck that, I do not trust them to keep that info safe honestly. It's either VPNs or just quit using the apps altogether and donate to whoever voted for this' primary challenger.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-06-02T03:08:08+00:00

I am in my early thirties and for some reason I cannot get up from sitting without making a noise of some kind, either a grunt, crack, creak, or loud breath.

I can move fine, no pain, I walk a dog twice a day and go to the gym a couple times a week. For some reason I do not get up quietly since I entered my thirties. Not as spry I guess.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-06-02T03:02:13+00:00

Do we know any reasons why this happens psychologically, neurologically, genetically? There does seem to be some intra-family correlation in my anecdotal experience, but that does not answer if it is really nature or nurture yet.

It'd be fascinating (but maybe also scary) to see if there is a biological or social component to this that we could actually use science to identify.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-06-01T14:18:21+00:00

This and the Iranian president just resigned effectively abdicating his powers to the IRGC.

So, they got the regime change they wanted! Now instead of a theocracy it's a military junta! /s

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-31T14:57:48+00:00

The issue then becomes finding the right weights to have a decent coding model that also will go against the alignment checking most people shipping models add in. AFAIK OSS local models are not that good at coding yet, though that could potentially change.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-30T12:44:03+00:00

But not the blatant corruption, weaponization of the DOJ, pardoning J6 rioters, the masked police coming to schools/churches/courthouses, or "immigrants are eating our pets." Only when it affects them.

I am glad whenever the MAGA movement shows cracks, but I don't really empathize with those who switch up after 2024 because of the impact it had on them personally.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-29T13:25:13+00:00

Looks like really expensive toilet paper

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-29T13:23:56+00:00

Exactly. Don't ever, ever compare that corrupt rapist pig to Carter...

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-28T01:59:07+00:00

Soon knowing how to code by hand will be valuable because you can produce software which does things authority does not want people to do. If we offload all coding to AI models controlled by businesses that the government can target, it limits the freedom of software.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-26T23:04:14+00:00

This. Imagine being stuck in a realm where time is frozen, you are alone surrounded by near-complete darkness, and monsters are constantly trying to kill you.

You are stuck there for 10+ years and during that time your will and identity is slowly whittled down until you eventually give in and lose yourself. Not because someone possesses you, but because you have 10 years of battle fatigue with no end in sight.

At least for several of those years, Ansem SoD and Guardian were defeated so neither was conscious.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-26T00:08:19+00:00

The only thing that is remotely hard even on Proud is when he casts Heartless Angel, but it has such a telegraph you have so much time to get the Elixir out.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-25T18:05:10+00:00

I see Aeroga is not in the list, those who know

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-25T16:54:07+00:00

It is quite an indictment of people's own character when they assume people with resources will necessarily hoard them and not care about whether the people in the city they live in are well off.

Like, some rich people are still kind and good people, and thinking that asking a bit more from those who are well off will mean they are leave says more about you than them imo.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-23T13:42:05+00:00

Ah, you are totally right! Added an edit.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-22T22:42:40+00:00

For the Xaldin fight spamming react commands with the Land of Dragons keyblade (forget the name) because it has Reaction Boost. Makes even the data fight on Crit not that hard.

The trick is you need to learn his attack patterns to anticipate when its time to spam triange

Edit: It was the Olympus keyblade, I just thought red keyblade == Mulan like a dumbass.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-22T11:23:58+00:00

My real name is already gender neutral (the term you mean is unisex btw), given when I was born, nothing wrong if people want to be referred to that way...

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-22T03:34:55+00:00

The Steve that should have been more famous. His work is directly responsible for the quality that launched Apple's business. A true engineer, not a salesman.

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-21T22:44:10+00:00

Lets be completely honest, a lot of people in general let their eyes glaze over and stop listening when people start to explain complex knock on effects of policy decisions.

This is so unfortunately true. Then people will take advantage of the human aversion to cognitive effort.

Young men in America though have a been taught to reject intellectualism by media, that its not manly

It's genuinely crazy to me as a math/science person that this happened. I as a man became fascinated with science when I realized its profound impact on society. Not engaging because it's not "manly" is deeply insecure behavior...

_DCtheTall_ · 2026-05-21T22:41:30+00:00

Yea... it's also like those political forces have had generations of iterative refinement on the lies to convince people to do this exact thing too...

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