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- Comment on What is up with the trend of naming pets after food? 3 days ago:
My chicken, Sesame, would like a word with you.
- Comment on YSK TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale. We know this because we obtained messages from TikTok engineers and executives 3 days ago:
I don’t think they approach necessity tbh. At best, they’re a bandaid, and a crutch for parents.
But the drawbacks of the laws that have been implemented so far, and are trying to be, as vast overreaches that give a false sense of security with no real benefit. They also do that by placing even more information into the hands of the very companies causing the problem in the first place.
That’s where regulations would focus in an ideal world, limiting the companies from causing the problems in the first place, not slapping bad patches over them.
- Comment on I crock pot some stuff an usually takes between 10 to 12 hours. I have seen people smoke a pig which takes about 1 day. What were the rules of sacrifice in the ancient gods or the new one? 3 days ago:
You don’t ignite the sacrifice, you place it on a pyre.
Those can burn hot when well constructed. Not quite the kind of heat a modern crematorium can produce, so it is slower. But it wouldn’t have been a full day of burning.
Cooking can take longer than burning. If you threw your steak directly into fire, it would be inedible in the same amount of time it would be medium rare on the grill above the fire (as a rough example, don’t expect precision here), and burnt into a brick in maybe fifteen minutes at most. I’ve lost meat in just coals before, and that’s about all it took, so an open fire would likely be even faster.
Waaay back in the day, to the best I’ve ever read, most sacrifices that were burnt weren’t single sacrifices. This means the fires were also bigger, more intense, than what you might have in your home fireplace. So, once the sacrifice was on the heat, it would ignite relatively quickly. Then, you’ve got fats rendering and burning, which burns pretty damn hot; hot enough that you’d only need an hour or two for the bones to fragment.
Think about it (or look it up if you have a strong stomach), people and animals caught in house fires aren’t in them for massive amounts of time, but they’re essentially carbonized well down towards the bones, and sometimes the bones are “falling apart” (there’s fancy terms for that, but I can’t be arsed to pull them from memory) in the time it takes for the structure to collapse.
Anyway, the rules of sacrifice really varied. In some cases, they weren’t actually burnt, they were cooked. It was the taking of the life that was the sacrifice, so burning wasn’t always part of it. Iirc, it was mostly sun, fire, and similar gods that fire sacrifice to destruction weres the norm. But general purpose sacrificed animals were sometimes cooked and eaten. It really varied a lot over the millennia across the world.
One aspect was though, the burning of the sacrifice was so that it could “rise” to the god/s. A form of transubstantiation, destroying the earthly form and sending it to the divine in its constituent essence. In other aspects, the fire was the god or gods consuming the sacrifice.
Fwiw, if you stack the pyre right, with enough fuel, a human body is reduced to ask and bone fragments in maybe six to eight hours. Something with less mass (a lamb as an example) will be faster.
Plus, some of the really big sacrifices were done en masse in huge fires. Literally tons of wood, often resinous woods that burn hot enough to damage stone at that scale. Can’t recall where, but there’s sacrifice spots that had stone show some melting, which is fucking hot.
To sum up, I guess the answer is that it depends on when and where the sacrifice happened, and why.
- Comment on YSK TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale. We know this because we obtained messages from TikTok engineers and executives 3 days ago:
Yeah, and that’s how you get shitty age verification laws.
It’s a double edged sword
- Comment on Is it normal I feel embarrassed about being female sometimes because of feminine smells I don't want to be associated with? 6 days ago:
Aight, I get that OP is what you might call a repeat offender when it comes to posting things over and over. But the issue is still a significant one.
So, anyone scrolling through the responses here so far is going to see two main things said.
One, that it’s hygiene, and/or that it’s an “infection” (though that term isn’t fully accurate).
There’s more to the story than that.
Talking specifically about the “fishy” odor, not any of the others possible on human genitals (because it isn’t just women that can have that particular odor), hygiene isn’t usually the driving factor. It’s typically going to be an imbalance in the microbiome of the genitals, particularly the vaginal canal, or the presence of an unfamiliar microbe.
Trichomoniasis, a condition caused by an invading protozoan, is usually going to be the cause of a strong, unpleasant rotten-fishy type of smell. It’s also got other symptoms, but that’s not the thrust of this. But it is absolutely not a hygiene issue. Doesn’t matter what kind of routine you have, it isn’t going to prevent it.
The less pungent “fishy” smells tend to be more about the usual assortment of microbes we all have on us at all times being disturbed enough that one or another is outcompeting the others. Bacterial vaginosis is what that’s called. It isn’t so much an infection as it is something going wacky. Now, this can be triggered by bacteria from a foreign source getting into the vagina, or even just onto the vagina in enough numbers that it throws things out of equilibrium. This may or may not be a result of sexual activity.
Again though, hygiene isn’t a primary factor. If anything, people going nuts over washing or using shitty products is more likely to cause problems than just not bathing. You start screwing up the Ph of the genitals, and germs throw a rave. Lack of bathing doesn’t tend to cause short term trouble, and even once enough oil and dead skin builds up to grow colonies in abundance, doesn’t tend to get fishy as much as that cheesy, funky, slightly rotten smell. And, even then, if everything stays balanced, you might not have any excess odor, it’s just that it’s possible.
If a person is using conservative methods with their genitals, isn’t fighting an active infection, and also isn’t doing a lot of crazy shit, they can still have what might get called fishy, but really isn’t what people think of. Our slime, be it boogers in our noses, rectal mucosa, vaginal fluids, or whatever tend to have a sort of meaty undertone. That protein smell is also kinda what fresh fish smells like if the fish isn’t very oily. Think something like bream, maybe catfish, rather than tuna. That’s just always there, underneath whatever personal variances there might be.
However, some personal variances do run closer to something like salmon or mahimahi. It isn’t going to be super strong in most cases, though you do run into it occasionally. But it isn’t an unpleasant scent, just very “meaty”.
Also, I want to repeat that it isn’t only vaginas an vulvae that carry these smells. Penises definitely can smell fishy. Don’t forget that parts of the penis are mucous membranes too, so they’ll produce the same basic range of aromas.
Since it often comes up, there are right and wrong ways to wash your junk. There are also ways that aren’t necessarily wrong, but will give outcomes that aren’t really desirable either.
The current best practices are the same ones I used for twenty years while washing other people’s junk. I look them up any time I talk about this subject because there’s always one asshole (at least) that wants to claim it’s bullshit. But I was responsible for the skin health, including genital health, of hundreds of men and women, and it was a source of great pride that my patients never stank. If you factor in pediatrics cases, and cases where I wasn’t a long term caregiver (subbing in for a weekend or whatever), that number gets into the thousand + range far enough I can’t keep track.
There is the caveat that some medical issues may require a change to general best practices. If that’s the case for anyone, consult whatever doctor/provider is guiding your care for your individual needs, this is all general purpose.
So, those best practices are to use no soap, minimum abrasion, and ideally only warm water (not hot). You don’t need a washcloth, but definitely avoid anything that feels scratchy. Your bare hands and warm, running water are all it takes, period. Yes, even during one’s period. Anything else is to satisfy ones mind, not cleanse the genitals, and that’s okay if that’s what you want.
But soap strips oils more than is ideal for genitals, and it dries out mucous membranes. This is a recipe for bacteria to set up a factory and go crazy. It is entirely possible to kick off a bacterial vaginosis issue from over zealous bathing, especially when soaps not well designed for genitals are used. There are soaps on the market that are designed to gently cleanse genitals.
The problem is figuring out which of those that claim to do the job right actually do. Most of the time, if in doubt, go to a medical supplies place and see what kind of perineal care products there are, compare ingredients with whatever you’re wanting to buy that is available in a regular store, and be prepared to experiment with what does and doesn’t help your skin.
The other big part is to rinse well and dry thoroughly. A lot of skin issues start with moisture hanging around. Most of the time, you can go out, get sweaty as hell, and not bathe, and still have zero issues if you dry yourself well along the way. Jock itch, as an example, doesn’t come from being sweaty, it comes from staying damp. You can’t always help that while out in the world, but you definitely can after your shower. If you’re time crunched, a blow dryer on a warm or cool setting can get the job done.
I personally do use soap on occasion, if I’ve been doing something grimy enough that it’s gotten everywhere. So it doesn’t have to be fanatical. But overall, the less you fuck with your genitals’ balance with soaps, scents, or anything else, the less trouble you’ll have with unpleasant odors.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
They do exist, though I dunno if you’d find any examples online
But they suck for most uses because there aren’t number words.
Like, in print or cursive, the word “pool” exists as a distinct combination of letters that can be recognized even with sloppy writing. I’m using that as an example because I’m dyslexic and that’s one of my favorite examples of how I manage to read as fast or faster than someone that isn’t.
However, 1984, 1776, 2025, they don’t necessarily have the same “weight” in memory where you would recognize them if the numbers are connected.
And with math connected numbers would be a shit show from top to bottom.
So there’s really no use case for learning connected numbers. They aren’t useful, and cause problems. Why learn Cyrillic if you never run into books printed in it? Even that would be a more useful thing to teach in schools than connected numbers. There’s no good reason for connected numbers except for private notation. Even then, you’d not save much time unless you’re writing a shit ton of numbers, and you’d better be able to practice both doing them and reading them if you want those notes to be useful later.
Afaik, nobody uses them at all nowadays. For anything. So finding instructions on how to do it isn’t likely online (though I’m going to check just out of curiosity and edit in if I find it). It would be unlikely to find any of the old texts that teach it even in a decent book collection.
- Comment on Is it still seasonal allergies if they last all four seasons? 2 weeks ago:
Gods, I quit smoking back in 2020, and my allergies have been brutal ever since.
Like, it’s freaking winter here, can I not get a month break at least? No? So it’s snotty nose and itchy eyes for me then.
- Comment on Why do people pronounce ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) like it's a word? 2 weeks ago:
They get called the feebs by some folks
- Comment on Are there any women here who felt they didn't deserve to be called women? 2 weeks ago:
I know you asked for women here, so please forgive second hand info and a small bit of personal interjection.
You’re far from the first woman to express that feeling. I’ve heard similar many times, and damn near exactly that a handful of times.
Yes, as folks have said, it’s most often from people that end up being trans or some variety of non binary/agender once they figure out what labels do feel right, but it isn’t exclusively that. There’s some folks that have dissonance with the label not because they aren’t women, but because the label of it carries social baggage that doesn’t match their inner self, rather than womanhood not matching their self.
I’ve had conversations about it because my own sense of masculinity and manhood (not necessarily the same thing) often didn’t fit external concepts, leading to friction. Something as minor as having long hair was enough to cause social friction that made my journey as a boy becoming a man rockier than it should have been.
What I’ve had expressed to me by women that are cis, and place themselves on the binary is as much about not being able to integrate what they sense in themselves with external concepts. Even when they fit those external concepts like enjoying makeup, there can be a disconnect so great as to make them wonder if maybe they’re trans simply because the way the world treats women can be so damn wrong. That kind of dissonance needs resolution eventually.
I will say that femininity is no more rigid than masculinity. For the most part, the real defining limit is what the person finds as their own expression of masculinity or femininity. When they find that balance where their own sense of self is no longer dependent on those external concepts and pressures, that’s when real femininity comes into play. A tomboy can be just as feminine as your prototypical “girly girl”. It’s just a different expression of femininity that happens to also match some aspects traditionally labeled as masculine.
Really, when it comes right down to it, we all have to find our own self-labels and balance them with our concepts of masculinity/femininity.
Going back to my personal journey, I discovered that part of my internalized masculinity is wrapped up in being exactly who and what I am, as a man, and to hell with external concepts. I’d be just as masculine, as much a man in high heels and skirt singing Celine Dion because I’m in balance with my masculinity. This was not always the case. The few times I did drag as a bit of fun felt decidedly un masculine because at the time, I’d never had to evaluate how much gender roles and appearances actually mattered to my own sense of self.
So, while you didn’t ask this at all, I would say that if you want to be called a woman, you deserve it, period. Doesn’t really matter if you’re trans, cis, or other, you’re as valid a woman as any other.
Now, that doesn’t mean you have to have the goal of internalizing that label in order to be a woman, you don’t. But you can also be very feminine in how you present yourself and not be a woman, and you’d deserve to not be called one either.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Well, yeah, it’s normal.
When you find goodness in the world, and it shares a common denominator, it is perfectly normal to develop some degree or another of affection/attachment for that common denominator. You don’t have to be depressed for that, it just makes it easier.
It can turn into an unhealthy obsession, and it’s possible that the motivations may not be without strings (cults and such), but those aren’t going to be the case every time.
Like, for me, I have a deep and abiding love for gay culture, specifically gay male culture, because of how much love I have received from that subculture. That has expanded over the years to embrace the entire rainbow of the LGBTQ+ community (with some extra affection for my trans folks). You go for a while needing acceptance and open appreciation, you’re going to end up returning it when a specific group is where you find it.
Truth is that the more sub a subculture is, the more likely the people in it are to be outsiders in some way. Maybe marginalized, maybe just atypical; but whether they were individually outsiders that found solidarity, or they became such by joining the subculture, outsiders have a tendency to be at least a little more accepting of other outsiders (though you run into some weird shit where you get schisms sometimes).
And it can be local. As an example, I’ve had universally great interactions with juggalos in my area, but they can be major dicks in other places. As another, furries tend to be really chill with non furries that accept them but can have bitter faction wars with each other.
Don’t let yourself get sucked into any cult shit, but otherwise find the goodness of humanity wherever you can, and enjoy it. Nothing wrong with that
- Comment on Can pets tell who's petting them without looking? 1 month ago:
Of course, at least under normal circumstances.
Like humans or wild animals, a pet is going to have their full sensory array available. Even a blind and deaf animal can pick up vibrations as someone approaches then, feel changes in air movement, etc.
Since hands are different sizes, even if they were asleep at the moment of contact, it wouldn’t take long to figure out whose hand was on them. Obviously , that might be negated if the hands are similar enough, but I would suspect that even then the differences in how a person pets them would be useful.
You could likely create a situation to bypass everything and “fool” a pet, but that’s what you’d have to do.
- Comment on Humid Acid 1 month ago:
Oh damn! That was a fun ride lol
- Comment on Do it. 1 month ago:
This is the first I’d heard of skype a scientist, but holy shit am I in love with the project. Fucking brilliant!
- Comment on Humid Acid 1 month ago:
The “wook” thing? What is that, a typo?
- Comment on No contest 1 month ago:
Only reason I went with the speed boat was the claim to fame of the falcon being able to veritably rip through the Kessel run. Depending on the interpretation of the whole “12 parsecs” thing, that implies either high speed or superior maneuverability. Plus, in some of the combat scenes, the falcon is both fast enough and nimble enough to hang with ships that are zipping around with little effort.
- Comment on No contest 1 month ago:
I don’t think vintage van is apt.
I think I’d go more with the something like a juiced up truck, or maybe hummer.
However, you could make the more apt comparison by sticking with ships.
The falcon was a smugglers’ ship, so it would be more like one of those fast cigarette boats drug runners use (or used to at least) rather than a car at all.
- Comment on What adult dude in your life has the most Michael Landon-esque full head of hair? 1 month ago:
Not important to me. I dig the skullet I have, and the shape of my head works for me overall.
Plus, my beard is fucking epic :)
- Comment on Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports? 1 month ago:
I love that reference :)
- Comment on What adult dude in your life has the most Michael Landon-esque full head of hair? 1 month ago:
Used to be my grandfather.
The man had magnificent salt & pepper hair right up to his death, though the salt was well into taking over in his late seventies. Absolutely amazing hair. Alas, the genes for male pattern baldness hit me because that’s how it works.
- Comment on Is there a name for the vocal technique used for characters like Sméagol? 1 month ago:
Pretty much, yeah, though it doesn’t have to be low, iirc. It can come from higher in the throat, and thus sound higher pitched as well.
- Comment on Is there a name for the vocal technique used for characters like Sméagol? 1 month ago:
Isn’t that a version of fry?
- Comment on Happy Public Domain Day everyone 1 month ago:
Yeah, it’ll be a while yet
- Comment on What unique thing bothers you about politics in general? 1 month ago:
Human stupidty and arrogance.
Even when I share the purported beliefs of someone, the vast majority of people are so fucking smug and insistent on being right, that discussing politics ain’t likely with me.
Then, you run into the fact that people tend to treat it like an identity and just mouth what they think they’re supposed to believe without ever actually thinking about it. It isn’t even just the people that are raised in one party/bloc/whatever and stick with it. Even the ones that change allegiance tend to treat it as some kind of granfaloon, but not the harmless kind. Shit, that’s that case with unaffiliated people too, it isn’t limited to party members.
Like, yeah, we all think we’re right, but when that turns into smug self aggrandizement, fuck that.
That’s the shit that bothers me about politics, that people can’t just fucking chill and vote their conscience, they gotta be right, and feel superior about it.
That may not seem to be the kind of thing you’re asking about, but it’s one of the sessions those abysmal laws happen.
- Comment on Happy Public Domain Day everyone 1 month ago:
So it goes
- Comment on had to replace my 10 year old cheap corded headphones 1 month ago:
Good rant.
That being said, ten years with a cheap pair of buds is kinda rare. The uber cheap ones sometimes won’t last one year, even with light use. I don’t think I’ve had many buds in that price range not fail inside of two or three. Wires wear out, the drivers get screwy, something.
But, as you’ve said, putting money into buds for the kind of use case you’re using them for doesn’t make sense.
The only cheap buds I’ve had last decently are Klim. The sound is definitely meh at best, but there is bass presence. They handle being shoved into pockets well though, and that tends to be harder on buds than regular use. I’m almost at the three year mark with the first pair and so far they’re holding up. The original tips were foam rather than rubber or silicone, so they’re long gone, but they came with extras, and the size is easy to find. Since tips are inherently going to degrade over time no matter what they’re made of, I don’t consider them a factor in the overall usability.
I do have a pair of sony buds that have held up okay, but they’re in the next price tier up, as in under 20 by a few cents.
- Comment on YSK that in most countries, traffic fatalities have been falling. But in the U.S., the opposite happened. Americans die in rising numbers 2 months ago:
It’s the astroturfing that’s objectionable.
- Comment on Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn 2 months ago:
- Comment on Looking for a good Lemmy mobile app 2 months ago:
Kinda depends on what features in sync made you like it.
Overall, boost, connect, thunder and summit each get close to parity, but only close. But, you could say that in reverse, (that sync only gets close to parity with any of them) it isn’t a slight against any of them.
Eternity is another one that I’ve had good use of, but development on that seems to be stopped as well, so I dunno if that’s a useful option.
Past those, you get less similarity in ux and ui than would make sense to compare. Like, the apps that mimic voyager (or whatever the popular iOS reddit app was called), things are laid out so different that if you used sync as a primary, you aren’t likely to enjoy that ui.
On a phone, I kinda favor connect over sync, despite it looking very unlike it compared to boost or eternity. But on a tablet, nothing else does double columns in portrait worth a damn for me, and aren’t great in landscape either. But boost and eternity come the closest to the visual ease sync has.
- Comment on Feeling that groove 2 months ago:
You hear about the dwarf psychic that escaped prison?
He’s a small medium at large
- Comment on What OS does the Batcomputer use? 2 months ago:
Ahhhh, iirc, it’s one he built himself.
It’s actually come up in comics before, more than once if my mind isn’t playing tricks.
I don’t doubt that he would have at least taken lessons from open source type projects if Linux doesn’t directly exist in the comic universe.
