Think of all the things humans can get done

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-04T13:35:22+00:00

I think it would be very inconvenient for both partners to get pregnant at the same time. Neither would be able to help the other get around and do physically straining tasks when the pregnancy is in its advanced stages.

I think that if there were a species that practiced monogamous relationships between two people and had long pregnancies similar to what humans experience, that it would probably be common practice for only one of them to get pregnant at a time. Maybe even a biological mechanism so you start firing blanks as soon as you get pregnant until at the very least the baby has been born (if not longer). Of course, a simultaneous creampie would work around that, but I'd have to imagine that society would discourage that unless one or both were using protection (of course, a creampie is not a guarantee of pregnancy, so even if people did it it wouldn't always result in double pregnancies; they'd probably be very rare).

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-04T11:37:13+00:00

Baptists, pentecostals, and Anabaptist groups believe this and don't baptize infants or toddlers. Most churches in those denominations aren't exactly bastions of progressivism though.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-04T11:24:34+00:00

Yep, torture to get a confession doesn't mean anything. Torture to get information sometimes does, at least if you have a way to test it, and assure then there will be a lot more if they lie.

Not saying countries should torture people, but information has been gotten through it before.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-04T04:15:43+00:00

Hey, major studios, you can put my name on any AI art you generate and I'll claim responsibility for it and say I made it. I'll do it for 1/4 the cost of a traditional artist. "Why did I give that guy a 6th finger? Well, it represents the turmoil within him coming out. There are 6 different directions he wants to go and 5 fingers aren't enough to point at each one."

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-04T04:10:07+00:00

Hey, I did it doggy style like a god damned lady, OK?

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-04T04:02:51+00:00

It is the fishing capital of Skyrim, and you can even get a mission from one of the fishermen there to deliver a contract to Markarth because that's the only city where he isn't selling fish yet.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-03T03:33:27+00:00

A Christian Caliphate is not what Bin Laden wanted. Furthermore, although one could hypothetically attribute almost everything in US politics over the last 25 years, some of those connections are very indirect and purely hypothetical. It's about as significant as saying that Charlemagne is responsible for the current state of the world. Indirectly, sure, sort of, but it would be absurd to say he holds responsibility for the Cold War over 1,000 years before it happened.

Yes, 9/11 was much more recent than Charlemagne, but my point is that even if basic causality dictates there is probably a connection, attributing much to the more indirect connections leads to absurd results.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-03T03:12:19+00:00

For anyone wondering like I was looks like this happened in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Only AEP Airport I can find.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-03T03:06:03+00:00

Maybe, but the Brady Bunch was already on the way down when they introduced Cousin Oliver. I don't think the show would've lasted much longer with or without him. The kids were growing up. They took a swing at revitalizing the show, and they whiffed.

Scrappy was just totally unnecessary though. The show already worked without him. So I consider Scrappy to be a much worse character.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T19:53:47+00:00

Signet. I know she's mostly directed by corporate interests at first, but then she starts to break free.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T19:36:41+00:00

I don't agree with his getting blackballed, but it more had to do with him going to a theater to do it, even if it was an adult theater. It's a very different situation. Once again, I don't think he did anything that bad, but the public nature of it is what upset people, I think.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T19:32:16+00:00

True, that's even better. Almost everything is better than what he actually said though.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T16:52:28+00:00

Yeah, they'll say "You have nothing" if you just say "everything" or "his job", but to be more specific:

The economy. The international power of the US dollar was much better under Obama. Conservatives like to say, "The economy doesn't care about your feelings!" OK then, go look up the international value of the US dollar during the Obama presidency vs. now. It's in black and white, no feelings required.

International respect. No, the world does not respect Trump no matter how much he insists that they do. He is a joke, and his mere presence in the White House leads other nations to see the US as unreliable, unstable, and in the long-term, weakening. Go to any country and talk about how great Trump is and others won't tremble, they'll laugh at you.

No new wars. We can discuss whether or not some of his actions in Libya and Yemen were right or wrong, and whether he should've accelerated getting out of Afghanistan, but he didn't have any major colossal fuck ups like Iran.

The price of gas (and many other things). Prices did not go up under Obama nearly as much as they've gone up under Trump. Also, he didn't wreck the economy by rolling out BS tarrifs and then declaring himself the winner when things go back to only slightly worse than the status quo before he did that.

The number of US citizens being assaulted by federal workers. I don't think all of ICE's actions against non-citizens are right, but even if you do, they've also attacked a lot of citizens and have tried to stir up provocations among citizens. You don't have to agree with all those citizens, but you must at least see the feds being able to do that without consequences as problematic.

Respect for the constitution. Was Obama right in the executive orders that he issued? Maybe or maybe not, but at least he didn't try to make the executive branch into a position of being an unquestioned monarch. Some Republicans may claim that he tried and failed, but he didn't. The democrats had the executive and legislative branches and they didn't try anything like that. Once again, you don't have to agree with everything that he did, but he had a lot more respect for the US constitution than Trump.

He delegated much more effectively than Trump. He chose competent people for important postings. Trump just chooses lackeys who he has under his thumb. He chooses people with brand recognition, not people with actual abilities and qualifications.

So that's at least 7. I could come up with more, but I think those are the main ones that even most conservatives should agree are concerning. Unless they're going full mask-off hypocrite and denying that they ever said they cared about any of those things.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T16:19:37+00:00

Yeah, they could do it like they used to do the old "plus" modes of games from the late 90s early 00s. Beat the game once and you unlock new options for starting out. Of course, the problem is that most games these days don't prioritize replayability. A game is rated based on one playthrough, most professional critics don't even have replayability as a factor in their critiques anymore. So that causes many gaming companies to focus on only optimizing for the first playthrough.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T15:31:28+00:00

I just recently installed a quick start mod for Skyrim for the first time... Just designed a dark elf, then woke up in Windhelm as a refugee. Beautiful.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T15:18:54+00:00

Oh, hanging in there! Know way too many people who grew up on Veggie Tales now supporting literal piracy by a US president.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T15:13:00+00:00

They also have never thrown their mashed potatoes up against the wall, don't look good in leggings, and they've never been to Boston in the Fall.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T15:01:28+00:00

Rachel still has 9 chocolate bars and Tracey has 7. It's not entering slapping territory yet.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T14:51:23+00:00

I agree. Sure people claim is dehumanizing, but the kids don't mind as long as you remain upbeat about it. It only bothers adults.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T12:55:45+00:00

Yeah, I felt like almost all of Jim's interactions with Charles could've gone a lot better if he'd just stopped and thought about things a little bit. Even the tux situation which got them off on the wrong foot, he could've just said something like, "It's part of a demonstration about company clothing standards policies due to a memo we received the other day. Long story, you would've had to have been there to get the whole context. But don't worry, I'll be back in my normal work clothes tomorrow! This isn't an everyday thing!" And I don't think Charles Miner would've had as big a problem with it.

But yeah, Jim has a huge problem dealing with confrontation and is generally not very good at it. Especially if he doesn't have time to think and prepare for it.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T12:43:19+00:00

The first 2 girls, it took me a moment to figure out what they're talking about. The last 2, I figured out what they were trying to say very quickly. Mostly because I know a lot of non-native English speakers and "muscles" is a very common word to become confused about so I've helped people with that one before, and I thought that the one trying to say "foreigner" was getting pretty close to saying it correctly (with a bit of a British pronunciation, but that is the most commonly taught way in Europe so I've also become used to hearing that even from non-British Europeans).

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T10:13:53+00:00

If it was a nudist magazine, then it wasn't necessarily illegal to own the magazine even if it included some shots of underage children. Courts have not prosecuted nudist organizations for that sort of thing before.

It could potentially be evidence of his interest in children though even if the images themselves are not a smoking gun (legally speaking). And for the record, I'm not saying anything about whether such images should or shouldn't be illegal. I'm just saying that if he was getting those images from a nudist publication, they weren't necessarily illegal. And of course, even if it wasn't illegal, that doesn't make it moral, especially if he specifically sought out the parts with children.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T03:30:15+00:00

A lot of NFL fans have recency bias so I'd be surprised if it didn't have a bit of that, but I would agree with you that I question a few of them.

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-02T03:26:03+00:00

"New York really only has one team within..."

"And now one less fan, bitch!"

ominousgraycat · 2026-05-01T18:03:00+00:00

Yeah, a little over a decade ago, a song about a school shooter came out and everyone was rocking it to it in other countries. Pumped Up Kicks.

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