it’s wildly idealistic to imagine that this question will be answered anytime soon, or to imagine that, even if it were answered compellingly by a supermajority of scholars, that answer would have a significant impact on how the technology’s development continues. but in a better world, it would
is this fucking bait
and yeah, i do think that a lot of human sexuality is neatly explained by that being a deep-seated sexual-orientation-like preference
a few years ago i asked a bunch of questions on twitter trying to figure out why monogamy matters so much to people (besides insecurity or practical concerns) and the best, most informative reply was (paraphrasing) "deep down, you're either okay with another guy cumming in your wife or you're not"
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
if i counted glowfic the answer would change multiple times a day, and that seems like too much
if i counted all media i've consumed other than glowfic, it would be black mesa, but i don't think any of the characters there are really attractive
most recent thing i read not counting glowfic was marked for death, and the most attractive mfd character is mori ami
mfd has its own ruleset, which makes that part of the question easy docs.google.com/document/d/1...
these newfangled kids and their pronouns. this venerable one speaks only in the third person as Confucius intended
easier to remember japan is the land of the rising sun
teacher's unions are pretty powerful, i think it's far from guaranteed this would happen
i go to church every sunday at La Iglesia de San Aroden e Costco
specifically you have to do it through the website, under the 'moderation' menu, which i found a little confusing
hot
from where i'm standing, it looks like you're a Good Girl, actually
as a hardcore capitalist I love when businesses fail. you wouldn't understand
i'm in it more for the posting than reading other people's tweets tbh
and the twitter user experience has been pissing me off a lot lately
does anyone know if bluesky is going to get an archive download feature soon? (or really any way to conveniently download all my data) i haven't been following development, but this feature is nearly the last thing i need to make the switch permanently
if you could see a border, it would be within your field of view, wouldn't it
thread responding to the mod's god-awful take on self-harm/suicide content
whitelist me? 🥺👉👈
oh no. i thought this was a sex thing
is this thread private?
i am nothing if not an appreciator of the feminineboyish form
@ely.bsky.social you good? ur twitter is gone
(half-serious half-joking for all of these)
i can't tell why the SEC couldn't be replaced with voluntary certifications or requirements set by stock exchanges other than that people think 'business bad regulation good' which seems like socialist thinking
cops are just a thing most states have, but are one of the primary tools for enforcing the state's authority, which is very socialist. militaries are just a thing nearly every state has.
sorta, yes and no, no, sorta
public universities arguably provide a public good (academic research) which isn't particularly socialist but also redistribute wealth to the academics and college-educated, which cynically is pretty socialist