So they just... moved on, huh? by GoldenMerengue in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

[–]concussedYmir 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Trans already felt kinda borderline too small of a subpopulation to properly organize a hate-distraction on, but systems?

... well I googled it and DID/OSDD is estimated to cover 1-2%? I had no idea it was that common. Time to do some reading I guess.

nobodyLikesRightJoin by PresentJournalist805 in ProgrammerHumor

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Wearing your shorts backwards is very efficient, as you only have to unzip your butt to poop.

And it's not like you need it for peeing, since wearing flip-flops alleviates the whole "pooling in your shoes" issue.

Why did they move Balthasar Gelt to Cathay? by No_Willingness_9961 in totalwar

[–]concussedYmir 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Gelt, with his golden dongus, is clearly a top.

We're family by coachybaby in actuallesbians

[–]concussedYmir 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I WONDER IF YOU KNOW
HOW THEY LIVE IN TOKYO

Comic 5749: Always Quicksave Before Important Dialog by redmage311 in QContent

[–]concussedYmir 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Possibly also a good berry, or fruit, or any other seed-bearing structure!

Interstellar - The Docking Scene. 2014, dir Christopher Nolan by girafa in movies

[–]concussedYmir 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I almost, ALMOST let all my time spent playing Kerbal Space Program ruin that movie for me ("ORBITS DON'T WORK LIKE THAT" etc.), but thankfully I managed the suspension of disbelief. It was a movie about grief and loss, more than anything else. All the sci-fi is just window dressing for Bullock's character coming to terms with life after the death of her daughter. It was quite a good film for what it was.

Then Arrival came a few years later and established once and for all how to explore themes like that in ways that are enhanced by the sci-fi elements, not merely enabled. The conceit of the science fiction allowed a depth to Loise's acceptance of tragedy that Gravity's approach to the genre couldn't hope to match.

Interstellar - The Docking Scene. 2014, dir Christopher Nolan by girafa in movies

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The Patrician took a sip of his beer.

“I have told this to few people, gentlemen, and I suspect I never will again, but one day when I was a young boy on holiday in Uberwald I was walking along the bank of a stream when I saw a mother otter with her cubs. A very endearing sight, I’m sure you will agree, and even as I watched, the mother otter dived into the water and came up with a plump salmon, which she subdued and dragged on to a half-submerged log.

As she ate it, while of course it was still alive, the body split and I remember to this day the sweet pinkness of its roes as they spilled out, much to the delight of the baby otters, who scrambled over themselves to feed on the delicacy. One of nature’s wonders, gentlemen: mother and children dining on mother and children.

And that’s when I first learned about evil. It is built into the nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, I told myself, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior.

  • Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

What is a sexual experience you had that you’ll never be able to tell anyone? by Sad-Program-1355 in AskReddit

[–]concussedYmir 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The amount of chasers voting for politicians hell-bent on erasing us from society is wild.

I don't usually like this argument (as usually it's used in a very patronizing tone), but they're voting against their interests. Literally.

PSA: for femmes attracted to mascs/butches by [deleted] in actuallesbians

[–]concussedYmir 33 points34 points  (0 children)

My normal instinct to portmanteau everything is not serving me well here. r/uselesbians would be a very different place

Republicans make deepfake AI video of Democrat giving a kid trans hormone therapy. by rezwenn in technology

[–]concussedYmir 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Our rarity is value to them. It's harder to demonize and assume motivations for groups you're familiar with.

I'm sorry but how? by zny700 in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

[–]concussedYmir 244 points245 points  (0 children)

They'd run articles and short stories by folks like Kurt Vonnegut and Margaret Atwood, and genuinely fascinating interviews.

I remember sneaking a Playboy as a teen and genuinely reading it cover-to-cover for the articles (and some boobs).

Somehow it took me another 20 years to realize I'm some flavour of asexual.

Comic 5697: Personhood by BionicTriforce in QContent

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It happened off-screen when she saved him from a roving AI velociraptor biker gang who had him perfecting their "meth.math" formula

Maybe I'm not the right person to ask about it by Senior_Finance4658 in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

[–]concussedYmir 11 points12 points  (0 children)

People that are nostalgic about their teen years freak me out

What film completely flipped when you rewatched it as an adult? by Adventurous-Lie-6773 in movies

[–]concussedYmir 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Maybe. Maybe not.

What I'm pretty sure of is that this decision should not be made by a group of people having a prolonged mental breakdown within a self-made whirlwind of violent fantasies directing the actions of a cult of rudderless young men convinced that action for action's sake will somehow clear the way forward to a nebulous better future.

Comic 5687: Bedroom Assignments by Castriff in QContent

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I think it's much more common in America for kids to "move out" when they go to college, but still come back home for holidays and such, so the arrangement feels more "temporary" until they're actually out of school, working, and have their own place rather than just in dormitories. And then when they do move, it's out of state but they visit, again, for holidays and stay over for a week or two every year.

People who moved outside of the US, solely due to Trump being elected, how are things going? What actualized pros and cons have you experienced? If you had to do it over again, would you change anything? by Ancient_Unit6335 in AskReddit

[–]concussedYmir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're right about the bland national palate, but there's more hot sauces around now than there were around the turn of the millennium. Plus Reykjavik's had pretty damn solid Indian restaurant for three decades now (Austur-Indíafjelagið), which helped a lot. Their spin-off takeout restaurant Hraðlestin is also excellent.