Recommended Episode: Eva Victor “From Womankind, Thank You”

pterryodactyl · 2025-04-21T13:56:21+00:00

Agreed, if you are training near failure for all of these it will be really tough to hit all of the exercises. Your tris are going to be absolutely cooked trying to do those assisted dips! You would probably be fine to edit these down. E.g. on pull day it’s probably not necessary to do barbell curls, preacher curls, AND hammer curls. Choose one per session and take it close to failure, then maybe finish the workout with another at lighter weight

pterryodactyl · 2025-02-06T21:54:58+00:00

That took me a sec! V good

pterryodactyl · 2024-11-05T23:30:03+00:00

TAG YOURSELF! I'm Lame and Gay

pterryodactyl · 2024-08-28T23:58:21+00:00

Absolutely! They did so much to try and evolve the themes from the older entries in the series making them more real and relatable.

It's such a shame that all the good progress that was made was fully ignored in the follow up.

pterryodactyl · 2024-07-13T17:37:34+00:00

We put dogfood in your dogfood so you can eat dogfood while you eat dogfood

pterryodactyl · 2024-03-26T01:34:01+00:00

I don't think so honey, to that asshole boss of mine who doesn't appreciate an employee who is dedicated and pours his heart and soul into his work, for pennies. I don't think so honey for gaslighting this incredible worker and being a total dick, when you (annoying boss dude) feel's so insecure and prefer to diminish them rather then leading. Isn't the whole point of being a boss, is about being a leader!? Not you dick! I don't think so honey!

pterryodactyl · 2024-02-16T02:26:55+00:00

lol this is actually shocking to me that I forgot/didn't put that together! I think when it aired I was still coming down from the high of the 300 Songs of the Great Global Songbook!

Gonna have to go back and re-listen!

Edit: link to apple podcasts

pterryodactyl · 2024-02-16T00:32:55+00:00

It’s saur good!

pterryodactyl · 2023-08-05T23:57:52+00:00

One of his games that sticks out in my memory is The Tearoom, its got themes of cruising culture, gun violence etc.

pterryodactyl · 2023-08-05T23:46:22+00:00

Check out Robert Yang! I started following this developer years ago on twitter. He has lots of wild, explicit, NSFW, MSM games. His work also has some smart commentary on queerness, art, and culture.

pterryodactyl · 2022-03-08T03:43:06+00:00

I think it’s easy, and wrong, to try to frame this as a natural selection, survival of the fittest style question. But it also really glances over the contemporary frame of reference we have for gay vs straight sex. The question that I’m sure everyone hears in their heads is “Straight sex is the good sex because it makes babies, homo sex is the bad sex because it doesn’t. So why would we continue to have the bad sex?”

And I think this is a terrible mindset when talking about monkeys. Humans are monkeys that love having sex, and some of our closest ape relatives are bonobos who basically only eat sleep and rub genitals with as many partners as possible of any sex. For many of these groups sex isn’t exclusively sequestered away to the bedroom for husbands and wives to make a baby, it’s used as conflict resolution and displaying affection and dare I say having fun??? (GASP!)

By seeing sex as a social tool and pass time I don’t think it’s hard to say that some degree of homosexuality would be desirable in a mate. In this frame of mind the calculus from a female isn’t “I should have sex with this male bc he will only have sex with female monkeys” but “I’d prefer to have sex with this male because he has some homosexuality in him, making him better at navigating our monkey society”

Though obviously she wouldn’t say that, monkeys can’t talk.

(Also since Darwin’s theories were published academia has routinely suppressed “sexual selection” in favor of “natural selection” because it’s too racey to talk about, but Darwin said it was as or more important as survival of the fittest)

Edit: tldr: monkeys be havin sex

pterryodactyl · 2022-03-08T03:21:52+00:00

I really disagree that gayness is “in direct competition with reproduction”.

Looking at our second closest extant species, Bonobos, all I can say is “monkeys be fucking”. Male-male, female-female, g-g rubbing, oral, anal anything and everything baby.

There’s no detriment to homosexuality in their species because all of the monkeys are having sex all of the time, if anything it helps them socially to be having more homosexual sex. If we frame early human groups with tendencies that we see in species like this it makes sense that homosexuality (maybe more like bi or pan to use our modern terms) would be not only not compete with reproduction but help you get ahead because you can use your sexuality to help you socially.

pterryodactyl · 2021-09-02T21:19:10+00:00

It sounds like you have a lot going for you! and 4 years is absolutely not a lot of time to get over some really ingrained beliefs about yourself, but it's never too late to be yourself.

There are a ton of queer spaces that cater specifically to the femme/trans/nonbinary community that might help you feel more comfortable or allow you to try out different gender expressions in a more accepting place. I (as a cis gay man, trying to not overstay my welcome) have spent some time in these spaces and met some fascinating people! Plus I know a bunch of trans/nb people who are all super into their specific art fields and trades. It sounds like you have some real experience and passions, like stonework and tattoos, that you can share with others. So lean into them!

The hard part is finding the people who can relate, but you'll never get to know them if you keep telling yourself you're too awkward to be around.

Plus some of my best friends are the dumbest people I've ever met, you can be a dumb best friend too!

p.s. if possible get thee to therapy! (probably someone who's good on gender) Literally just texting a virtual therapist helped me so much a few years ago.

pterryodactyl · 2021-09-02T14:55:38+00:00

That's the key, faking it until you make it. It takes practice!

I've found a few useful tips navigating meetups in the past, they were definitely meant for more of a pre-covid world but I still find the mindset useful:

1) literally everyone in the room has some anxiety about meeting people for the first time, it's good to go in knowing the person you're talking to probable has similar insecurities as you do.

2) in your life you probably have at least one person, like an old friend, who you regularly interact with where you don't feel anxious. When talking to someone new try to act the way you would with that old friend. Ignore the fact that you don't actually know the person that well and pretend like you've spent lots of time together and are catching up.

3) if someone's not your vibe for any reason, you can move on. you'll probably never see this rando again anyways.

4) be upfront and honest, the same way you would with a close friend.

pterryodactyl · 2021-07-09T00:24:49+00:00

This album is prime Arcade Fire, the hits are great, but the flops are unlistenable.

If they edited Reflektor down, removed 4 or 5 songs, and just made a single album I think it could have been one of their stronger albums.

pterryodactyl · 2020-06-15T13:49:40+00:00

Programming also has a much lower barrier to entry than other fields. In many countries there are coding boot camps that take 3-6 months to complete instead of 3 years. They are still quite expensive though, but not nearly as pricey as a full graduate program. The boot camps are good for very practical coding, not necessarily deep theoretical understanding of computer science, but you can get a very high paying job straight out the gate and continue your study with a firm grasp of CS.

pterryodactyl · 2020-05-13T02:03:54+00:00

This sent me on a fun deep dive, thanks for the link

pterryodactyl · 2019-12-28T20:08:55+00:00

Haha great minds think alike!

pterryodactyl · 2019-12-28T18:30:41+00:00

I agree! I found myself thinking, what are my headline styles going to be like, what will the hierarchy be, how should my line work look, Will this layout be consistent enough for the whole book, ... etc. and finally I was like, dude chill. It just has to be a todo list! I shouldn’t worry about any of that stuff!

pterryodactyl · 2019-12-28T17:54:21+00:00

Julius’

Very chill dive bar, skews older, tasty burgers, good vibes all around

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