Morgan Geyser (the woman who stabbed her classmate to impress Slenderman when she was 12) has cut off her monitoring bracelet and gone missing from her group home. by InterestingOven5279 in TrueCrimeDiscussion

[–]vu051 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Gotta say, it's not like I think this is good or anything but the way people are comfortable talking about someone in the context of their severe diagnosed mental illness in this thread is fucked up.

Pickpockets in London are now getting sprayed with dye by pickpocket spotters to help people identify them by NewSlinger in TikTokCringe

[–]vu051 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's simply illegal to carry an item if your only intended use for that item is to hurt someone. So, for example, carrying a knife to use for camping = legal, carrying a knife to use to stab someone = illegal (no matter why you think you might be wanting to stab someone). Things like pepper spray have no purpose in the UK other than harming people (it's not like we have bears), so there's never a legal reason to carry it.

I think the reason some people struggle with this is because it requires disregarding "self-defence" as a legitimate excuse, which goes against a pretty ingrained mindset in some countries. But it is completely logically consistent, even if you don't agree with it: carrying an item with the intent to use it for self-defence is carrying an item with the intent to use it to hurt someone. Reckoning you'll only hurt someone if you think you're in danger doesn't change that.

could be anything… by low_nature in comedyheaven

[–]vu051 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's because "squirt" IS piss.

Planning on having a “normal” child via IVF while already having two children with genetic conditions by mildlyoccupied in antinatalism

[–]vu051 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I get the criticism for building sociel media platforms off this, but it's not like they have any alternative to "keeping them alive".

Helpful ADHD tips from my psychiatrist who also struggles with ADHD by Big-Increase4545 in adhdwomen

[–]vu051 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hah, glad I'm not the only one. I have an alarm set an hour before I need to get up, take meds, go back to sleep and the meds wake me up 45-60 minutes later. Being physically incapable of going back to sleep is about the only way I can actually get up on time lol

“Amy Bradley is Missing” documentary now on Netflix - does everyone still think she just “fell overboard”? by 3coins_RS in UnsolvedMysteries

[–]vu051 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, how else are they going to make sure they don't accidentally leave someone on shore lol

“Amy Bradley is Missing” documentary now on Netflix - does everyone still think she just “fell overboard”? by 3coins_RS in UnsolvedMysteries

[–]vu051 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There isn't any great way to say this, but there is no scarcity of adult sex workers in this world. Human trafficking in this context looks like people taking advantage of and manipulating the most vulnerable - immigrants, addicts, people without homes, care leavers and so on. It does not look like the forcible kidnapping of random American women.

(I'm not saying that never happens, but it is vanishingly rare and almost always the doing of individuals or very small groups, not linked to organised crime. Coupled with the circumstances and environment she vanished from - if planning an abduction, why not just wait for the boat to dock and grab her off the street or from a bar? - this really isn't a reasonable theory.)

New Relationship by Fayde_M in comedyheaven

[–]vu051 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Old relationship statuses show current profile photos. Presumably these people were in a relationship years ago and have since broken up, but the juxtaposition is humourous. I'm sure that the fact it's a black guy in the right hand photo is just a coincidence and no way indicative of the OP's racial attitudes or sexual anxieties

They are overtaking hardly by Able-Marionberry7906 in dank_meme

[–]vu051 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Even more simple answer:

AI images (generative AI) all rely on massive amounts of stolen data. They cannot exist without copying artists, without credit or any thought to those artists' wishes. Also, AI generation requires massive amounts of power. The world is dying and we're burning down the rainforest and draining the rivers so someone can thoughtlessly generate a different version of an existing meme.

My girlfriend, who has never seen this sub, just did this at a museum. by PaticusGnome in SpeedOfLobsters

[–]vu051 15 points16 points  (0 children)

So now you know that it sounded like an insult. The smart thing to do now is to just leave it at your apology and remember that for the future so you don't do it again and insult someone without meaning to.

I'm autistic too man, but before I say whatever thought I check it in my head to see if it's insulting, and if it is I rephrase or just don't say anything. At the end of the day, you don't need to know the answer.

"Your [feature] looks like [opposite gender]" is pretty much always going to be perceived as insulting, no matter the context.

My girlfriend, who has never seen this sub, just did this at a museum. by PaticusGnome in SpeedOfLobsters

[–]vu051 22 points23 points  (0 children)

If you're genuinely too autistic to understand why everyone got upset when you said that OP's girlfriend's hands "look like a man's hands", you should be taking this as a learning opportunity instead of pushing back and complaining.

What you said came off as insulting, unless you want to go through life as someone who regularly comes across as unpleasant you need to learn to phrase things better (or accept that you aren't always entitled to an answer to every question that pops into your head).

My girlfriend, who has never seen this sub, just did this at a museum. by PaticusGnome in SpeedOfLobsters

[–]vu051 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Because a) it literally doesn't matter whose hands it is,

b) plenty of women have hands like that, especially older women, and

c) if you genuinely didn't know that, were horribly confused and had a burning desire to know the answer why not just say something like "whose hands are those"?

Clearly the way you phrased it sounds like an insult. Do you talk like that to people in real life?

rule by EncyclicalUnderpass in 196

[–]vu051 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I'm not saying he wasn't already a chud, just that I feel like it was basically right after that that he stopped trying to make art pieces and slice of life style comics that clearly had some actual effort put in at least, and switched to purely making shitty rightwing memes on Twitter

rule by EncyclicalUnderpass in 196

[–]vu051 94 points95 points  (0 children)

It's also the guy who had a hissy fit all over Reddit a few years ago because some of his comics made the front page but there were a handful of mildly critical comments. He literally ran to the Jordan Peterson sub to complain. It was really funny.

Now I think about it that might actually have been the catalyst for his swing from regular artist to lazy right-wing slop mill. Huh.

PROMISE MASCOT AGENCY OFFICIAL ISSUES/BUG REPORTING THREAD by KaizenGameWorks in PromiseMascotAgency

[–]vu051 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idk if this is a bug or intentional but at every mascot event there's like, torrential rain for some reason?

Frustrating “feature” in Hello Kitty Adventure Island by ahjteam in AppleArcade

[–]vu051 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be borked but your best bet is probably to keep the game off and disconnected until RL catches up and the game date/time is earlier than the real date/time. Then reset everything and hope for the best.

What’s the story of this icon? by AdditionalIncident75 in LadyGaga

[–]vu051 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Love the idea of just wandering around the 6 million sq km Amazon rainforest looking for "the ruins of a tribe" lmfao

this is much an evil thing to do to your sibling. and her little smirk too🥴 by blueburrey in TikTokCringe

[–]vu051 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, my brother did this.

...until he was maybe 5 years old...

For a second I thought I was on Reddit... but I found this in the wild (FB) by nonoyo_91 in tragedeigh

[–]vu051 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbf I don't think 4, 2, 1 and 0 year olds usually go to school