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venusaur , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

America Online Instant Messenger.

venusaur , 2 months ago

It’s for the audience to decide

venusaur , 2 months ago

I’ve never heard of Beeper.

venusaur , 2 months ago

meaning you can use your existing messaging client to talk to people on other messaging clients? like the fediverse?

venusaur , 2 months ago

that sounds pretty cool. is that an integration that could easily be implemented by other messaging platforms, or something proprietary to Beeper? meaning, could other platforms do this, but they just don't want to so you'll only use their platform?

venusaur , 2 months ago

sounds about right haha

venusaur , 2 months ago

dope thanks! most people i text with use iMessage so until they play nicely with these servers, I probably won't be making the move. so i guess never haha.

venusaur , 2 months ago

That’s pretty sweet. Don’t have to rangle so many apps. Maybe if I used WhatsApp more like when I travel it would make sense for me.

venusaur , 2 months ago

Gen Z spending much less on flat screen TV’s than previous generations.

venusaur , 2 months ago

That’s what mimikyu looks like underneath

venusaur , 2 months ago

I’m blind

venusaur , 2 months ago

PSA: only buy luwat coffee sourced from wild luwats. Also, modern coffee is just as good as this poop coffee.

venusaur , 2 months ago

The answer is to flip this psychology/narrative that men have to be the ones to initiate and women are to be demure and play hard to get. Women should be approaching men more and men should be approaching women less.

Also, men need to have more platonic relationships with women and shouldn’t only be interested in, approach and talk to a woman because they want to have sex with them.

venusaur , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Right. Men should be able to be friends with women without only wanting to have sex with them.

venusaur , 2 months ago

Updated my last comment for clarity

venusaur , 2 months ago

Sure. It’s also difficult for women to trust men for all the reasons that I hope go without saying. Life is hard. You don’t have to continue the cycle.

Won’t be rejected all the time if you’re just a normal dude and don’t go into every interaction with a woman expecting that you’re entitled to their affection.

It’s not hard. Just treat people like people and get to know them beyond appearance. More importantly, prioritize values and validation of yourself that isn’t centered around getting laid and there won’t be so much pressure on whether a woman likes you or not.

venusaur , 2 months ago

I stopped reading after the first paragraph. Nobody is ever entitled to affection whether somebody is attracted to them or not. Even in a committed relationship. You can expect it, but you’re never entitled to it.

venusaur , 2 months ago

Hm. You’re projecting a lot into this conversation. There is no semantics with consent. Nobody is entitled to anybody’s affection and much less their body (I know you didn’t say this part but this whole discussion is about sex so I imagine it’s implied). No superiority here. That’s all in your head. I’m just trying to explain how it is and why some people might be feeling rejected.

We can and should validate everybody’s feelings but not at the expense of others’ safety and autonomy, and we can validate feelings while at the same time not enabling and perpetuating bad behavior that got the person feeling rejected in the first place.

All due respect, just telling it like it is. No ego here.

venusaur , 2 months ago

All good. We’re not gonna solve sexism here. Best wishes to you and all current and future relationships, romantic or otherwise.

venusaur , 3 months ago

Looks like some geodes, dude

venusaur , 3 months ago

They could be fossils

venusaur , 3 months ago

It worked really smoothly for me…the one time I went cuz it was such a depressing experience. Don’t get me wrong tho. I love self checkout. Amazon store sucks.

venusaur , 3 months ago

It just feels sad in there. The colors are sad, the products are boring, the cameras all over are dystopian. Even though there were other people there, it felt isolating. Too sterile.

venusaur , 3 months ago

For sure. It’s an interesting concept but I enjoy going to the grocery store and this didn’t feel right.

venusaur , 3 months ago

Open-source is the only way to get a decent product. Being locked down by proprietary software from a few companies with an oligopoly over the market and the growing culture of disposable devices means they don’t give a fuck if works well or if it works past a year or two.

venusaur , 3 months ago

I’m not familiar with this. What happened?

venusaur , 3 months ago

damn, that sucks. similar to why people are averse to getting a Lucid car right now. people don't trust that the company will be around in the near future and they'll be left without any support.

venusaur , 3 months ago

Only the investors matter now

venusaur OP , 3 months ago

Hm. I don’t get the joke.

venusaur OP , 3 months ago

Ah haha yeah it’s a silicone hand pump. You can use it to manually express milk by squeezing the base. And apparently you can get Korok seeds from it too.

venusaur OP , 3 months ago

haha exactly