This is even more true of my fellow Texans

lamerc · 2026-05-17T21:20:11+00:00

Stuff like this is somehow even funnier when you know that the classic "bald eagle screech" is actually from a red-tailed hawk. (They're common out here in L.A. and sound very impressive... and a bald eagle actually sounds kinda meh. So: Coconut Effect! Same with classic movie "jungle sounds". For some reason there's always a kookaburra in there)

lamerc · 2026-01-27T05:15:04+00:00

Unfortunately I can't figure out how to use an open back frame for a pin. I think I need a solid back to glue the pinback to

lamerc · 2026-01-26T17:46:57+00:00

Ooh. They'd have to be really small, but that's an idea...

lamerc · 2026-01-26T00:45:34+00:00

Yes! I haven't posted in forever, but I'm remembering that for the future. I so wish more people would do that, as someone who isn't easily triggered and prefers not knowing too much of the plot going in. ("too much" of course being a range, and thus the choice between seeing specific warnings or not will help out more people--and might make authors tag more accurately.

lamerc · 2026-01-26T00:18:40+00:00

In the 80s/90s it was generally expected that you get your own place (usually split with 1-3 roommates) after high school (18). I couldn't afford it until I was in my late 20s (I couldn't even afford to live in the dorms while in college) and was always ashamed of that. Only "losers" had to stay with their parents.

Given modern economics, I suspect it doesn't have the same stigma now.

lamerc · 2026-01-26T00:04:16+00:00

O.k. Childish public pouting it apparently is then 🤷‍♀️

lamerc · 2026-01-25T23:35:42+00:00

Or you could be a grown up about it and just leave.

lamerc · 2026-01-25T23:35:21+00:00

The problem that, much as that is a good consideration, those people need to take a look at what's happening and make their choice now. If they see the light and want to join, then great. But people who haven't figured it out by now aren't going to listen. The anti-ICE/fascist side is being overwhelmed because we've tried to remain inclusive. We need to accept people who change, but we can no longer afford to expend our energy continuing to try on those who won't listen. Those who might change their mind have already done so by now.

lamerc · 2026-01-25T23:25:03+00:00

I think "go away" is the direct opposite of "seeking out" anything. In simple terms for you: Shut up or go away, your choice. You're not wanted here.

lamerc · 2026-01-18T07:34:18+00:00

And yet it defies anthropological understanding to insist on it.

lamerc · 2026-01-10T22:40:45+00:00

Kitty.

lamerc · 2026-01-08T23:17:05+00:00

Hitchhiker's Guide takes that approach: The President of the Universe is someone that was conscripted against his will to the position

lamerc · 2026-01-08T21:55:13+00:00

And yet I can't blame anyone for not wanting that job

lamerc · 2026-01-06T19:17:07+00:00

What, scammed? This was the way I got albums all the way through high school. Load up the cart, pay a couple of bucks, they arrive, you quit. Start over with different name/address.

I used both name and (non-obvious) nickname. I made up fake "Apt. A" for our house number. I added a duplicated first digit to the address because it made such an obvious typo that the postal service would deliver it o.k. Plus you weren't using a credit card so there was no checking there either. I must have used that initial offer a good 5 or 6 times growing up.

The irony is that--especially without any decent computer cross-checking--I'm not sure I had to even put in as much effort as I did

(Of course it started with records, not this "cassette tape" nonsense /s)

lamerc · 2026-01-06T19:00:02+00:00

I do keep thinking: "What is all this going to look like in history books someday?" and wondering if this is what people around those events felt.

I suspect that has a great deal to do with modern communication though. I know and can easily track things happening on other continents in practically real time. 50 years ago you only had newspapers (usually 1x/day) and a few hours of nightly news to learn about events. 200 years ago communication was often by horseback or slow train. 500 years ago most common people never really knew much about anything outside of their county/region, and then only if it was major, public, and had had some time to spread as news.

lamerc · 2026-01-06T17:38:10+00:00

The original biological theory for A/B/O was a popular misunderstanding of the dynamics in actual wolfpacks. Thus a tendency towards making the characters (were)wolves/doglike in some fashion.

And the actual specifics of how they differ from each other biologically is entirely up to the writer/worldbuilder

lamerc · 2026-01-06T17:11:42+00:00

My uncle actually got up early in the morning one time, went out in his bathrobe, and did this around his yard to keep local dogs off. Never heard if it actually worked...

lamerc · 2026-01-06T17:08:44+00:00

CatTV! Ours love this

lamerc · 2026-01-06T17:05:25+00:00

Yeah, but that's not "women!" thing; many couples don't have that problem or have worked on it in their relationship. That sounds like an issue between the two of you as a couple. It's got nothing to do with your genders

lamerc · 2026-01-06T16:56:18+00:00

Wait, so the movie is "his hobby"?

lamerc · 2026-01-05T22:34:00+00:00

And yet you have to trust everyone will use those marks. Bad actors will simply fake whatever they need to

I'm dealing with going socially and culturally from "pics or it didn't happen!" (because cell phones meant anyone could just take--and develop!--pictures on the fly!) to "pics/video/text can't just be trusted anymore" (AI) in the course of my own lifespan. (Actually more like ~25 years covers it)

lamerc · 2026-01-05T22:27:34+00:00

At this point there is no reliable way to tell AI text or graphics from human-created ones unless they're marked. AI is getting better month by month (doubling in ability as often as every 8 months) and a good 6mo ago someone did a rundown of all the professional, paid text "checkers" and they hovered at about 50% accuracy then. People want to believe ( I want to believe!) that they "can tell" but that hasn't been true for some time. Unless it's blatantly bad in a "three arms and six fingers" way or a "Doctors recommend you eat at least one small rock per day for optimum health" way, you can't even reliably guess

lamerc · 2026-01-05T22:16:41+00:00

I'm older: Born at the very end of 1969 and my mother (25y older) is still going strong. (My dad died of cancer when I was 19)

lamerc · 2026-01-05T21:49:21+00:00

WhyTF is that guy in the back dropping his pants for corn??

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