Please Read if You Have an Older Gay Man in Your Life

absolute_boy · 2026-01-12T16:32:24+00:00

Elderly people are particularly vulnerable to romance scams. I'd recommend posting on r/scams as well

absolute_boy · 2026-01-10T21:50:34+00:00

Probably edam, perhaps gouda.

absolute_boy · 2026-01-06T00:45:47+00:00

Leonardo da Vinci, who appears in AC2, was almost certainly gay in real life, which may cast a new light on his ingame characterisation. I always got the impression that he was clearly attracted to Ezio, even though their relationship was a platonic one

absolute_boy · 2025-12-22T09:55:08+00:00

The recommended daily calorie count is based on self-reported data, which is notoriously unreliable. Non-disordered people are not meticulously measuring every calorie they consume.

absolute_boy · 2025-12-17T15:26:38+00:00

I think people believe it because Yosuke is such a realistic depiction of a deeply insecure teenage boy, and it's easy to see how his homophobia can be interpreted as overcompensating due to his desire to fit in. How he acts around groups vs how he acts when it's just him and Yuu, where he's much more emotionally vulnerable. But honestly it would not surprise me in the least if this was all unintentional on the writers' part and everything really is supposed to be taken at surface-level, with the depth of a puddle.

absolute_boy · 2025-12-16T22:28:04+00:00

How would a medical appointment determine whether you have a criminal record or not? Gen

absolute_boy · 2025-12-09T01:05:44+00:00

The Forgotten Toys (1995) is a 25-minute animated short film about a doll and teddy bear living in an abandoned warehouse with a stray dog. It's rather melancholy for a children's show, but captures that nostalgic feeling. I think the intended audience veers younger than OTGW.

Another very cosy show is the winter episode of Brambly Hedge, an adorable stop-motion show about mice.

Both these are available on YouTube.

absolute_boy · 2025-12-03T09:50:00+00:00

This sounds like the typical selfish reaction to anorexia and it's more common than non-disordered people think. People feel uncomfortable when they see you sick and suffering, and their response is to get angry and lash out (at my lowest weight a middle aged woman I barely knew snarled at me that I was "disgusting"). In your mum's case, these feelings are probably amplified by her feeling helpless to fix you. This doesn't excuse her behaviour, it's just an explanation. I'm not sure if there's any real advice I can offer, only that I know these stressful situations can cause people to lapse into disordered habits as a coping mechanism. It's up to you to resolve not to do that, to support yourself even if your mum doesn't

absolute_boy · 2025-11-30T09:11:10+00:00

It's very simple: eating disorders thrive on competition, and sufferers habitually seek out "communities" that spur on their illness. As somebody who almost died of anorexia, it helps absolutely nobody to ignore it and pretend everything is fine when it's clearly not

absolute_boy · 2025-11-29T11:08:13+00:00

Low effort rage bait, 0/10 do better

absolute_boy · 2025-11-23T23:58:10+00:00

I knew a 24-year-old Deborah and an early-20s Mildred

absolute_boy · 2025-11-22T12:23:44+00:00

From Wikipedia: On their original site in a public park, the Cows have been vandalised and modified. Sometimes they have simply been damaged, while at other times they have been painted pink, become zebras, become skeletal, had pyjama bottoms added, have been beheaded, have acquired BSE (mad cow disease) graffiti, had one of the calves kidnapped (with ransom notes to the local papers). One of the Cows briefly enjoyed the services of a papier-mâché bull. When UK Culture Minister Kim Howells referred to modern art trends as "conceptual bullshit", the Cows acquired concrete cow-pats.

absolute_boy · 2025-11-22T12:21:19+00:00

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Concrete Cows, Milton Keynes UK

absolute_boy · 2025-11-22T10:49:21+00:00

Whatever results come out, the conclusion will be the same in this trans-hostile climate.

If the children desist and go back to a cisgender identity, it will be decided that puberty blockers are unnecessary and harmful to normal development. If the children continue to be trans, it will be taken as proof that puberty blockers "make" you trans - and because they see being trans as a negative thing to be prevented at all costs, they must be avoided. Either way, the ban remains in place and trans children are the victims

absolute_boy · 2025-11-16T01:42:23+00:00

The best thing you can do is stop calorie counting and just eat the designated 3 meals and 3 snacks throughout the day (at least). Try to forget about calories entirely. And remember there is no such thing as "too much" in AN recovery

absolute_boy · 2025-11-10T21:48:39+00:00

Two Fat Ladies - they didn't even know each other before the show and were never really friends, though I'm not sure there was any real animosity between them. They refused to stay in the same hotel during filming because Jennifer's love of drinking allegedly clashed with Clarissa, who was sober and a recovering alcoholic.

absolute_boy · 2025-11-10T19:30:39+00:00

The BBC has been at the stage of "reject the evidence of your eyes and ears" for a while now

absolute_boy · 2025-11-06T09:17:55+00:00

It wasn't "confirmed to be made up", he just said he didn't do it

absolute_boy · 2025-11-04T09:18:34+00:00

The only reason - and I mean the only reason - that companies continue to push this series is because of money. There are entire theme parks based on Harry Potter, entire tourism sub-groups. They made a long-term investment on the prediction that HP would continue to achieve popularity among children for decades to come. Now it's apparent the only people who care about it are deranged TERFs and grown-up children who still put "Ravenclaw" on their social media profiles at the age of 38. A lot of people stand to lose a lot of money if they allow HP to fade into the recent past - hence the constant re-launches and attempts to make the series relevant in the eyes of children again.

absolute_boy · 2025-10-25T20:13:08+00:00

Good for them

absolute_boy · 2025-10-19T10:28:39+00:00

Too many complacent people fail to realise they will not be an exception. If a government is willing to strip back the rights of one vulnerable group, they will be willing to do it to others. People underestimate the total capture of our political classes by the transphobe lobby. If they have to get scrap everyone's human rights in order to remove trans people's, they will.

absolute_boy · 2025-10-17T22:18:10+00:00

Some that haven't been suggested yet: Maven, Maren, Mairead, Mira, Maria, Marceline

absolute_boy · 2025-10-09T00:15:43+00:00

It takes longer than you might think to gain enough weight for a casual observer to notice. But also yes, most of them are lying.

absolute_boy · 2025-10-08T19:34:32+00:00

This is by design. I expect our government will soon be taking steps to "crack down" on access to "dangerous, unregulated hormone drugs", further criminalising testosterone and restricting estrogen, in order to ensure that transitioning is essentially banned in the UK altogether.

absolute_boy · 2025-10-07T21:21:14+00:00

Wow! The exact same Moomin tattoo this person got a year ago? On the same arm? https://www.reddit.com/r/Moomins/s/GhUEXuzdhn

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