Vespair
@Vespair@lemmy.zip
Formerly @Vespair@lemm.ee
- Comment on Aspergers officinalis 21 hours ago:
I’ve never understood this meme. Like what did you expect them to look like, and why is this apparently alarming?
- Comment on Damn it 4 days ago:
I love squab
- Comment on So glad I suck dick 1 week ago:
I actually teach the kids in my life that intent is more important than “magic naughty words,” so they can say bitch all they want so long as they aren’t being hateful. So maybe starting from the assumption that the status quo is reasonable and has merit isn’t the smartest idea?
- Comment on What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? 1 week ago:
Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel are two of my favorite games which I’m almost always down to replay.
Borderlands 3 has solid enough gameplay, but absolutely shit all over the storyline and characters.
- Comment on She's a keeper 2 weeks ago:
Very valid points. And frankly if I’m being honest with myself, I think I know this is ultimately a losing battle, as this is a field where perception is king, and I guess I’m really just venting my frustration with the situation. I think we’re mostly all frustrated with it honestly, but it’s a bell we can’t really un-ring, so here we are. Cheers.
- Comment on She's a keeper 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I’m not defending AI output here, it absolutely follows awful and easily recognizable tropes. I’m just trying to fight against the current “em dash = AI” bullshit because, again, real people use real grammar. And people have been using non-LLM spelling & grammar checks which push syntax like em dashes forever; are we to assume that people suddenly stopped using these non-“smart” tools?
Rally against AI slop all you want, I support you, it’s just the promotion of the dumbed down reductive takes like em dashes or semicolons are indicative of AI.
- Comment on She's a keeper 2 weeks ago:
Real people use em dashes — the models were trained on real human output after all — so this new crusade against em dashes as the Mark of Beast for AI has always been and continues to be silly.
- Comment on She's a keeper 2 weeks ago:
I mean as a guy I think the dude looks easily 100x better in the “before” pic. I don’t know who this dude is at all, but that before pic is already a perfectly comfortable, healthy-looking body. Before looks approachable and friendly, while still healthy. After looks high-effort and very motivated; that’s a lot for some people. A lot of people want somebody they can relax on the couch with popcorn with, not somebody who is gonna wake up every 6am to go running.
- Comment on Can you believe it? 2 weeks ago:
Not if you tell the officer that you’re a cop too and you were screaming “Wee-ooo-wee-ooo” so you’re allowed to speed too, then they have to let you go.
- Comment on He'll realize one day 3 weeks ago:
Yep, exactly what confirmed it for me
- Comment on He'll realize one day 3 weeks ago:
Imo it looks like the back wall of a Spencer’s-type novelty shop rather than a sex shop
- Comment on Everybody gets one [choose wisely] 3 weeks ago:
This is a small one, but can you please make it so that all menu descriptions actually list all the major dish components so I’m never surprised by secret onions or mustard again?
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
It also has the most boring combat. I’ve still struggling to finish the first FF7R because I keep falling asleep during combat
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
If you are so pedantic so as to not consider the support for the banister as part of the banister, then frankly I have no interest in the necessary effort required to discuss this or any matter further with you.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
If our view was from the top looking down at the bottom then the banister would be rotated 90 degrees towards us.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
I guess I should address the “wear” on the carpet as well: it doesn’t look worn to me, it looks disturbed. Like before this person tried shoving their mattress up the stairs and got it stuck, they carried a heavy dresser or or something up the stairs and dragged it up each stair, sliding it along the carpet. I suspect this is a person moving into a cheap efficiency apartment, since the one my father moved into last when he was still alive looked extremely similar.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
My stairs don’t have a visible ledge. I don’t know why people are acting like that’s standard. I think only one of the homes I’ve lived in has had a stairwell with ledges.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
My guy, the banister.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
Carpet is softer and more enjoyable to walk on than hard floors. I will never understand this weird anti-carpet trend we’ve gotten into in the past decade, except that it’s the same thing as grass lawn emulating the wide expanse of the wealthy.
- Comment on Perspective 5 weeks ago:
How are y’all arguing this? The banister makes it unquestionably obvious that it’s at the top. There’s no debate to be had here unless the banister was intentionally installed wrong just for the purpose of this meme, which would be crazy.
The mattress is at the top, y’all.
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 5 weeks ago:
I think we’re gonna have to call this one a skill issue actually, as I don’t think I can discretely put a canoe into my pocket so I’m sure how you expect me to actually get from canoe acquisition to open seas without arrest.
- Comment on Milking dust 5 weeks ago:
In general I feel like I’m more likely to want to revisit and spend more time in the world of a good book than the world of most films, even films I enjoy, so it makes sense to me that there’s enough to easily fill two books worth.
- Comment on Milking dust 5 weeks ago:
I saw the first Jurassic Park. I enjoyed it. But I feel sated with that single entry. If you love these movies, more power to you, but I don’t really understand it myself.
- Comment on Viewers like you 5 weeks ago:
Honestly even the over-the-top caricature that he is is still well-meaning and mostly decent, just jealous. Like literally even their worst case boogyman version is… Mostly fine?
- Comment on We really don't want to talk about our problems 1 month ago:
A cursory glance implies a decent canoe starts at $2000, so my bank account is stopping me, at bare minimum
- Comment on Can it take months to get over being laid off? 1 month ago:
I think you’re asking the wrong question. It can take months, years, hell even a whole lifetime to get over something like that. Or maybe you’ll never get over it!
The question you should be asking isn’t “is feeling this way normal,” it’s “what can I do to approach this healthier?” It’s not about what’s normal or understandable, it’s about what you can do with your own autonomy to improve your condition.
And on that, personally I would start by finding and speaking with a counselor who can help you process your thoughts, feelings, and emotions to achieve a sense of clarity and empower yourself to confident decisions moving forward.
- Comment on The duality of mothman 1 month ago:
Moths like lights. Somebody noticed.
Now you’re all caught up.
- Comment on YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content. Videos are allowed if "freedom of expression value may outweigh harm risk" 2 months ago:
People have literally never had to say that.
First off it was Tiktok, not YouTube, that started the “unalived” trend, but even then make no mistake, “killed,” “murdered,” “died,” etc has never been banned on tiktok either.
What has been happening is that videos (on tiktok) with “potentially divisive content” are not being promoted by tiktok. You video will not get removed just for saying the word “killed” and will still be fully available for viewing by your followers, it just won’t be promoted on the For You page for strangers.
And it’s fine if you still object to this, but we have to stop conflating the two. Not being promoting is not the same thing as being censored.
- Comment on Press F to pay respects 2 months ago:
For those looking where to head, here’s where I picked.