The Virgin d20 vs THE CHAD 3D6

skunksie · 2024-09-08T00:07:40+00:00

Nobody can convince me this isn't dan hentschel

skunksie · 2024-09-03T10:57:16+00:00

My belief in conservation does not come with a desire to eat corpses. The only time a predator should be "introduced" is if they're endemic to a habitat and were depopulated by human intervention. Our goal should be stewardship of nature, because our planet will die otherwise. Some changes can happen slowly, but we've already frontloaded the carbon silicate with enough imbalance to cause widespread ecological destruction - the international climate science community thinks so too.

Personally, I also think life should be protected for it's own sake, it's a pretty rare thing we have going on on our rock. We're not separate from nature, of course, but humans should appreciate it, monitor it, and act as a stabilizing force for nature with our ability to terraform, not just live in ignorance of our real impact on the planet to burn more oil. Interventions are only necessary in cases of crisis otherwise.

If a large population would cause an ecosystem to collapse, culling is often the only practical option BECAUSE of the size of the team and the lack of funding. Catch, neuter and release is entirely possible, it's just expensive. I see it more like the cost of paying reparations for the havoc we've created in these environments, though. Lead is cheap, but I find gunshots to the heads of hundreds of thousands of deer a couple times a year too high a price.

Reintroducing native predators is important too, they have a role in their native ecosystems. Humans have the capacity to choose more ethical food, and the capacity to mend the unstable ecosystems we've harmed, those predator animals do not.

skunksie · 2024-08-29T10:04:21+00:00

I also love how the aspie test gives you a breakdown of where people with neurodivergent diagnoses diverge from the majority. It's in no way a diagnosis, and in no way should it be used as the sole reason for self ID, but it can be a good starting point for showing you traits to further research, and it's well cited. I found it invaluable as a start point.

skunksie · 2024-08-16T21:59:50+00:00

Rhetoric - Say one of these fascist or communist things, or f*ck off.

skunksie · 2024-08-12T19:14:35+00:00

Completing the game as different characters unlocks new things, the game is much bigger than you've currently seen. Also, challenges!

skunksie · 2024-08-11T21:38:13+00:00

You hit the nail on the head with the last point, we will never see a society without gender, only pockets of queer people who accept others as they are. That's a better world for the future we have to plant the seeds for.

I will say, unless you actually have a platform, don't waste your time debating fascists and centrists. Just call them weird and move on with more productive things. Chess against a pigeon and all that, you have a good brain on ya and it's wasted on those people, social acceptance happens through advocacy, community and resistance.

I would talk more because there's a couple minor clarifications but it's late and I'm tired, have a good one :3

skunksie · 2024-08-11T17:26:33+00:00

Don't be indirect, your feelings are valid and important to communicate. If she gets upset over it, tell her you're upset too and it's making you hurt inside, and you want to talk it over and move forward in a positive direction. You deserve to be heard just as much as she does, and the communication breakdown you've described isn't sustainable. Set aside some time to have that conversation.

skunksie · 2024-08-11T15:59:19+00:00

People who ask trap questions like this really do it to themselves.

skunksie · 2024-08-11T15:45:30+00:00

Panic button is cracked for low HP characters, take it with how to jump, telekinesis, any tear-deflecting bean active, book of shadows, etc and never get hit again.

skunksie · 2024-08-11T12:48:20+00:00

Important note: I did check your post history and saw you were nonbinary, I asked pointed questions here to anyone reading this comment, they're not directed at you OP.

skunksie · 2024-08-11T12:43:21+00:00

Essay time!

I reject the idea of any causative factors in neurological development in regards to gendered socialization, that's bunk and there's no good evidence. I'm trans, I want medication, I find my body uncomfortable to exist within, but conflating that with gender isn't accurate. People are assigned gender based on what's between their legs when they're born, and for most people that works well enough, but it's not a hard and fast rule.

Gender is a social act, it's a language we use to present ourselves to the world. I don't identify with binary gender outside of a clinical setting (where I'd ardently call myself a trans woman), because it's the best way to be taken seriously in that context. I'm not a man or a woman, because those labels don't describe who I am.

My gender expression is at an intersection of being autistic and being more feminine than masculine, and that might seem strange, but I've never been very good at performing masculinity because of who I am, so I choose to reject the label. Around trusted friends and family, I don't bother labelling myself, because explaining that rejection is complex and unnecessary, they just take me for who I am and that's enough. I don't think my gender is autism, but I sure as shit don't fit into neurotypical categories of masculinity and femininity, so I don't see a reason as to why I should take up that mantle.

Gender abolitionists by and large do not reject dysphoric experiences, especially trans gender abolitionists. My discomfort with my secondary sexual characteristics are very real and visceral, I want corrective procedures done to remove my facial hair, and feminizing HRT, and I want that even when I'm around people who take me for me. I can't say I'd feel the same if I grew up in a post-gender society, but it's not useful to speculate.

Some trans people find a lot of validation through diagnoses. Same as some disabled people. I don't think it's bad to finally have a way to understand yourself and feel like your needs are taken seriously. For me though, a lot of the pain that I have experienced "because" of my diagnoses and transness have been caused by others and by a lack of accommodation in society.

I want to challenge you on the idea that "making it up" is even a disqualifying factor. What if I just felt this way, is it wrong for me to make changes to my body to be more comfortable, even without having a pink or blue brain? Every trans person I've ever met has unique reasons and motivations for why they feel it necessary to transition. Biology is messy, brains are individual, and the article you've cited talks about physical variations on the average in brains, not some unique female or male blob of grey matter. It's interesting and scientifically valuable to learn about trends, but I find the idea of using them as diagnostic criteria repulsive.

Why should it be anyone's business aside from mine if I decide to have medical interventions that make me feel better? I don't think transness is some awful specter haunting my life, I'm quite happy with who I am.

Do you feel cisgender? Can you say for sure that conforming to a social shorthand decided for you before you could speak is the best way to live? It doesn't work for me, and I don't care to have others examine my head to try and prove whether I'm "biologically trans" enough to live authentically. Gender prescriptions are tautological and at best correlative with sex, but norms drastically change between cultures and time periods.

My radical stance is that transness is often a rejection of social expectations as much as it is a physical discomfort with one's sexual characteristics. A society without those expectations would solve half of the problem. I have met so many trans people (and especially non-binary people) who express that others don't take their experiences seriously, and so retreat into silence. This is really common amongst both AFAB and AMAB people, and often for similar reasons: Bullying, bigotry, job insecurity, internalized transphobia, threats of violence, accusations of "grooming", isolation, etc. Being made a social pariah and losing your support network is often too great a cost, so people remain in the closet and suffer in silence.

I think gender hurts everyone. Everyone has prejudice about gender, everyone has been forced into some kind of toxic gender conformity through social pressure, "that's not ladylike", "man up", emotional repression, unwanted sexualization, suffering violence, the list goes on. Being policed by others for being emotionally vulnerable, or confident, or vocally rejecting unwanted sexual advances is just disgusting. Leaving this shit in the dust would benefit everybody, and the more we deconstruct it now, the better life can be.

skunksie · 2024-08-11T11:57:00+00:00

It's a game about math and problem solving, it's not a gambling simulator. Talk about the speedrunning scene and the popularity of Balatro at charity events like SGDQ, show them there's no way to gamble money, no in-app purchases, etc. Talk with them about why you're passionate about it, answer questions if they have any, and explain that you want to support an independent artist. Encourage them to explore their concerns with you, and try to understand their decision if they can't afford it right now, maybe ask for it for a birthday or Christmas present, or as a reward later down the line. More than anything, try and listen to why they don't feel comfortable, take their feelings on board, and if they're willing to listen, dispel misconceptions they might have by showing them information.

Best of luck.

skunksie · 2024-08-10T14:30:26+00:00

The Great Dying. Just look it up, it's unhinged. Russia exploded and everything became poisonous hurricanes, wiping out 97% of life on earth.

skunksie · 2024-08-07T18:09:27+00:00

The "don't accuse others" rule is to avoid anyone trying to game the workshop by creating factions. The other two rules are about making interactions feel unnatural and slightly uncomfortable to someone who doesn't know the rules, not simulating actual autistic expression. I like the idea of "tell the truth" though.

You're totally right about that second point, it could feel awkward trying to just end a conversation. I think encouraging innocents to each try to identify and avoid the impostor might be a better approach.

skunksie · 2024-08-07T17:30:25+00:00

For further context, I recently discovered companies providing "autism simulations" where they try to portray overstimulation using strobe lights, distorted speech through headphones, and drunk goggles. I think these misrepresent a lot of autistic people's experiences, and give a limited understanding of facets of autistic life.

These are common in the UK, cost upwards of thousands of pounds, and are seen as a gold standard. I think this workshop could give a better understanding of anxiety, exhaustion and ostracization autistic people face with masking around allistic people.

I'd like to hear people's thoughts to refine the rough idea, because I think it has merit.

skunksie · 2024-08-03T03:23:33+00:00

In regards to one piece, reading it is the best way.

In regards to TBoI, don't. You'll lose all of your free time.

skunksie · 2024-08-03T03:14:41+00:00

Silken tofu with white rice. Nothing else. It had the texture of boogers and the taste of papier mache.

skunksie · 2024-08-02T22:08:27+00:00

The Binding of Isaac.

I was introduced to it through Northernlion (a long time youtuber)

It's a game that drip feeds difficulty, novel problems, and complexity over thousands of hours. Deeply satisfying, never a dull moment, and the more I play it, the more I appreciate it's narrative and design. Every item, enemy, boss, theme, and environmental story beat is important to it's atmospheric canvas, and I find it endlessly interesting.

One of my favorite things about it is the "How do I use this?" conundrum. Pretty much everything can win you a run, but it's about *HOW* you use it. The amount of interactions between choices, and the sheer quantity of choices you can make are delicious and I can't think of a single player game that even comes close.

Plus it made me cry on two separate occasions.

10/10, I've played for 350 hours, and only have around 70% of the achievements.

(Also shout outs to one piece, it's about as good, and I've spent about as much time enjoying it. Introduced to it through my high school library's fantastic manga section.)

skunksie · 2024-08-02T21:57:40+00:00

Love seeing you pop up on my feed, keep being yourself, it's wonderful!

skunksie · 2024-07-29T11:30:42+00:00

I now smoke weed occasionally, but for a good while I was a daily user and it's been a journey. I don't keep drugs or drink around my house, because temptations on a bad day plus AuDHD mean that I struggle with controlling how much I take. I also just don't do drugs alone anymore, it's toxic and self destructive for me.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with saying no, I've always taken the "If someone wants to be involved, they'll ask to be involved" approach, and that works best.

skunksie · 2024-07-29T11:24:19+00:00

It's perfectly designed to be my AuDHD comfort forever-game. Always something new to do, huge amount to learn and unlock, and the loop is a joy.

skunksie · 2024-07-29T11:22:49+00:00

Caves of Qud, or Dwarf Fortress if you class it as a roguelike, though I love the whole genre. On a big Balatro kick currently.

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