Cracks_InTheWalls

@Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There exist people who will go through the effort of leaving their home, traveling to a movie theatre, paying for a ticket, and sitting for 2-3 hours for a movie they claim "nobody wants to see"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  What got me back into theatres was going out and being around people without actually, you know, being around people “post”-COVID. That and I wanted to support my local indie theatre, 'cause it’s cool and stood a huge risk of going out of business during the pandemic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think on the whole, we do a little better at this than other platforms. Does depend on the subject, but I see more positive, respectful interactions here than other platforms.

  Always a good reminder though!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introverts Rock⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, extroverts who collect introverts, or introverts who put the necessary energy into collecting other introverts, are some of my favourite people.

  Know one of the latter who made it a personal mission to make a very cool, but very reserved person her best friend. Took a lot of effort but it’s a beautiful friendship that’s actually kinda inspiring to see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study reveals that dark web users show significantly higher levels of depression, paranoia, suicidal thoughts, self-injury, and digital self-harm compared to surface web users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also used for anonymous communication where there’s significant privacy concerns, there’s several news organizations that have a dark web presence for sharing sensitive information.

  But yeah, there’s a lot of that other stuff going on as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study reveals that dark web users show significantly higher levels of depression, paranoia, suicidal thoughts, self-injury, and digital self-harm compared to surface web users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, the term they were looking for is clear web.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Lemmy users feel when they delete their Reddit account⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, now I’m getting a vague memory of an edgier website in this vein, but I’m stumbling on the name. Steak and Kidney Pie or something?

  Only real memory is that there was some really dark humour shit on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ammu-Nation (San Andreas) ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  When I used to go to California, after a certain point I always got hit with severe GTA V uncanny valley vibes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe something like Patreon

  Well we do have Liberapay. It’s not perfect in that it only addresses the payment angle (with the issue around processors noted by the other reply still present), and doesn’t allow for subscriber only content, but it’s something.

  I think between something like this and a few other things (dunno much about PeerTube etc. or if ‘private’ posts are a thing where you could maintain a ‘mailing list’ of donor accounts and grant them access to exclusive stuff), it’s possible to cobble something together. Lot of management would be required in the backend compared to more mainstream approaches at this point, though.

  Just thinking outloud, there’s probably stuff I’m not considering here. Re: an eStore…idk, only thing I can think of is a DIY webstore relying on emails and money transfer services if trying to avoid mainstream eCommerce stuff (same way people used to sell pot on the clearweb back in the very early days, lol).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just a general reminder to people that college stations still exist, blow most other stations out of the water if you want a better variety of music, and the one closest to you would love your support. And lots of them would also love volunteers from the community!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Girlfriend⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely, I don’t fault him for that. It’s just kind of hard for other folks to relate, when he’s getting up to 10 matches a week and the guy he’s complaining to got like 1 in a month.

  Real talk, I find it hard to believe the kind of woman he’s looking for is on a dating app. But who knows?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Girlfriend⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A combo of Hinge and Bumble, apparently. Seems to be working for my buddy anyway (to the absolute fury of the people he complains to about the number of matches/dates he gets).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fucking math...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The real question is do they start using ounces for amounts equal to or over 28 grams?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a girl asks you if you're big, are you supposed to lie or not?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Flirty answer followed by real answer if actually pressed. It’s not like it’s something you reasonably have control over anyway (I don’t consider lengthening surgery reasonable, though more power to anyone that does, it ain’t my body), outside of maybe some small gains if losing weight in your pelvis area or improving your general cardiovascular health.

  Not gonna come out here and say size is totally irrelevant, but there’s lots of ways to have great sex without going around bruising women’s cervixes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aight. Let's be honest. How many of you dress for yourselves, and how many dress for others?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hell, I BARELY dress for myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meh, I'm more of an Aragorn fan...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It seemed much cooler back when it was called cyber-anthropology. Second Life seemed like it was going to be much more important than it turned out to be, among other things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explaining your traumatic past IRL feels so underwhelming compared to when a character in a movie or tv scene revealing their traumatic childhood.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In a world where we all have phones, I see no reason we all can’t have sad violin music at the ready for these occasions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does being a ‘hero’ mean you are a perfect person?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Gonna echo the other folks here - heroism does not require perfection. Every one you can think of as a hero has a flaw (or several), big or small.

  The upside to this is that heroism is accessible to almost everyone. Any opportunity you have to do the right, but difficult (and tbh sometimes not all that difficult, perhaps just uncomfortable or risky), thing is the chance to be a hero to someone in some respect. The downside is that people you may admire as heroes, when you meet them as just a person, can sometimes be disappointing.

  The only flawless heroes are superheros (and even then, few are written about like that these days). Think about that prefix- how are the terms superhero and supernatural alike?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Radio Garden is cool as fuck. Also gonna plug Campus FM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How long can someone physically walk for?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sort of, or the legs of others? Ran to raise money for cancer research and awareness, he’s basically the closest thing we have to a secular Saint in mainstream Canadian culture. The Terry Fox Run is a staple of grade school life.

  thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/terry-fox

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that only by being yourself will you find people who like the real you. No one can beat you at being you, but you’ll only ever be second best at pretending to be someone else.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see your point, but I still think a little thinking about what the ‘real you’ actually is is still warranted for the OP statement to work its fullest benefit. Sometimes it can be hard to suss out what’s actually ‘real’ or what was simply adaptation to specific circumstances to present a certain facade that was useful then, but harmful now. We humans are great at lying to ourselves so often it starts to feel like truth.

  But agreed - don’t intentionally be disingenuous when engaging with others, because you’ll likely need to keep that up to keep them in your circle, and at some point the dissonance will bite you in the ass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that only by being yourself will you find people who like the real you. No one can beat you at being you, but you’ll only ever be second best at pretending to be someone else.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s some merit to this idea in general, but it begs the question: who are you? It can be argued that the ‘real’ you is a set of behaviours developed through your upbringing, education and social history to date. That might carry with it some unpleasant or maladaptive behaviours that, on the one hand, you may want to reject as not being the ‘real’ you, or if taking a tack of self-acceptance without thorough self-reflection, part of the ‘real’ you that you can and should change but which now seem like immutable traits.

  Some time should be spent on figuring out what the ‘ideal’ you is - for no one other than yourself - to bring that closer into the field of being the ‘real’ you, then suss out which elements don’t fit from that ideal vision. It should also be noted that the ‘real’ you, despite maybe being based in some pillars that are resistant to this, can change over time - and that can be OK.

  Signed: Guy who twisted himself into pretzel over the last decade and a bit, and is tasked with figuring this whole ‘real you’ thing again. Only core pillar I’m not questioning is “Kindness is key”, though with new modifier “but you must protect yourself from those who have no appreciation of it”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doot doot⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This comment with the username chef’s kiss

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did easy access to Porn while growing up impacted Gen-Z ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kid steals magazine from dad/convenience store, shares the wealth with the homies, ditches the evidence.

  Though I do still enjoy the legend of Horny Appleseed, doing god’s (?) work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens are adjusting to the smartphone ban⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’d be an interesting turn of events - phone bans leading to a zine Renaissance among young people.

  Don’t see it happening, but it’d be kinda cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens are adjusting to the smartphone ban⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  IIRC from the Pokemon days, there were a lot of concerns around the ‘prize’ scoring system, with the idea that you’d take the opponent’s prize cards when you knocked out a Pokemon. Misunderstanding/holdover from Pogs, I think (where getting the other player’s pogs was a thing).

  Couple that plus stories of kids getting knifed over holo Charizards, and I kinda get why schools were concerned (putting aside the ‘that’s not how the game works’ + ‘that was one psycho kid’ elements).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Job Market Is HellYoung people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have a feeling it depends on where you are/what you’re doing, but yeah - a lot of hiring roles require an application on top of a resume.

  It’s one small part of why job hunting is a pain in the ass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i 💚 animals.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing is, the specific meaning transmitted in a meme can shift slightly depend on how and where it is used. I’ve seen this format used in one of two contexts to date:

  1. Purity statement, whereby one side is clearly meant to be the ‘correct’ position. Usually assigned to the male figure, but with some variants where that is switched.

  2. Illustration of differences between two groups, where the idea of ‘correctness’ of one side over the other is either absent or secondary to just illustrating that difference.

  Then there’s the slippage between these two, which can be fun to tease out. IMO this meme is an example of the second usage, with some possible slippage. Both sides claim to love science, both sides have things that are sciences and things that are science related but adjacent. Each is assigned topics for which there’s a stereotype about men’s/women’s level of participation. I look at it and think “Here are two people who both truly do love science, but different domains, and each is still learning which is why some elements are imprecise/not specific sciences”). Basically, 1st year undergrad BSc man and woman meet at the record store.

  Now, depending on authorship and original context, a declaration of purity may be intended (I’ve seen stuff like this with that intent from insecure engineering students before, usually men), but I feel it loses some of that when deployed in a generic science memes community (as opposed to something like ‘Spicy Memes for Bridge Building Boys’ or whatever).

  I’d be curious if this was OC, or if not where it was taken from.

  #memesaresrsbusiness

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The recent Steam censorship debacle actually sort of opened me up to adult games.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda funny to see it in Canada as well, especially when you throw Quebec culture into the mix (things seem a little more sex positive over there compared to other parts of the country, which is neat to think about sometimes).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mmmm yes undoubtedly⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well yeah no, 'cause it’s cold here eh?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mmmm yes undoubtedly⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  cold weather Aussies.

  looks at Canadians

  Huh.