Being borderline, I feel called out lol

Pirating books is not fair use. Using copyrighted works to train an AI model is not fair use. People seem to grossly misunderstand what fair use is, and how limited its scope is. Don’t believe me? Here’s legal the precedent

Absolutely fair, I’m in the same boat. Though I’m a lesbian, so the only things going in there would be silicone :3

Well, based on that one executive order, everyone can be classified as a woman in the US, remember?

Never heard of a spitroast?

Every. Damn. Time.

So, I’m going to share my own experience here. As far as AMAB/AFAB is concerned, I only see a point in using those terms when I’m talking about, say, what things were like for me growing up. As a clarifying point more than anything. I would only use those terms to describe pre-transition, and even then I feel like they’re superfluous unless someone doesn’t know I’m trans. I think your example of “AFAB-run hair salon” would piss me off royally (and actively does). The way it’s being used in that context implies transphobia to me. But I have no problem when those terms are used by trans or nonbinary folks to describe their experiences; it’s contextual for me. I can see what you’re referring to with nonbinary folks, but since I’m not nonbinary myself, I don’t tend to bud in for things like that. They can choose to refer to themselves how they want, and I’ll go with it.

Honestly, I’ve never viewed transmasc/transfem as terms related to medical transition, and wouldn’t ever use them to imply it. Perhaps I’m uninformed on why they’re related? For me, I just break them down by their namesakes. As someone who would identify as “transfem”, it just means to me that I am a feminine trans person. Though I’d often refer to myself as a trans woman instead (or y’know, just a woman, full stop). I think that it’s more inclusive purely in the respect that “transfem” doesn’t refer only to trans women, but also to other feminine gender identities that aren’t strictly “female”. After all, gender is a spectrum, and being trans can place you anywhere on that spectrum. While I’ve never seen it used this way, I think “transfem” (and by extension “transmasc”) is irrespective of one’s AGAB (i.e. someone AFAB who identifies as a feminine gender other than “female”). But again, just my own experience and thoughts on the matter. I’ve never thought someone referring to me as transfem was indicating anything about my desire to medically transition.

TL;DR: I only like AMAB/AFAB being used by trans and/or nonbinary folks who are using it to contextually refer to their experiences growing up, but I don’t have any problem with transmasc/transfem being used.

I like looking at “cookie-cutter” by its namesake. Cookie-cutters create shaped cookies of identical shapes. For an application, consider cookie-cutter houses. These are typically in neighborhoods where there are only a handful of unique blueprints for houses, and so there are tons of identical houses all “cut out” as if from cookie cutters. The Hallmark movie example refers to a handful of plots (as opposed to blueprints), where each movie is “cut out” of whatever cliché plot they choose from the incredibly small amount of plots Hallmark has.

Thanks! I’ve saved this so I can check it out later. I’m interested in learning about how to use and package flatpaks

I just watched Dexter for the first time last month, does that mean I didn’t deserve to get the experience of not knowing what would happen while watching? People watch old shows for the first time all the time. As someone who has watched Breaking Bad twice, the meme isn’t even funny. It basically only exists to spoil the plot and ruin the experiences of other people. How are you choosing to defend that?

There’s already someone in the comments who has been spoiled by this because they haven’t finished watching the show.

Except that being forgetful isn’t something you can magically fix. Take it from someone with severe ADHD, I wish I weren’t as forgetful as I am, but there is nothing I can do about that for most things. “Resolve it early” is such an ableist and completely dismissive take that I can’t see how anyone would ever believe that’s a legitimate answer.

That isn’t what the post is about. It’s about the fact that society (specifically neurotypicals) believe that fulfilling the expectations of what others have for you is more important than your own happiness. That is the product of late stage capitalism, and is an utterly depressing way of viewing people. It distills people into simply the role that they serve for you, dehumanizing us. You can’t seriously be defending that? “Oh, you have a complaint about how the world works? I don’t care, learn to deal with it”. People are allowed to have disagreements about how things work and point out the disservice it does to humanity. Your ignorance and dismissal of that fact is insensitive.

Still being dismissive; it’s very clear what they’re talking about, and you do nothing but whine about semantics by pointing this out.

Missing the point completely here. One should be allowed to decide who they show physical affection to. It is not our responsibility as humans to serve the needs of other people against our will, yet that is exactly what we are expected to do.

Where is this one even coming from? I see nothing here about intimacy with strangers. If you’re going in order through this list, I can only assume you’re talking about the point discussing informing people of your preferences? I don’t see anything intimate about that whatsoever. I certainly don’t see anything even remotely alluding to “unloading your worries” onto them.

Etiquette, at its core, was invented by the rich as a way to seem superior to the poor. It exists solely to enforce classism through meaningless mannerisms that serve no positive function. It exists to serve rich people with a superiority complex, and to degrade those of lower class. It isn’t a form of respect; it’s an artificial system that was created so the rich can look down at the “uncivilized” poor.

See? I can be dismissive of your entire comment, too. Except my points have an actual basis in reality, which seems to be missing from much of your comment. :3

What are you doing here, anyway? You see a post indicating the things that someone has learned through childhood trauma, and just make it your mission to invalidate all of their experiences? For those of us who have experienced the same trauma (mostly us neurodivergent folks), this post serves as a relatable way to lighten our mood, by acknowledging our shared trauma. There is nothing “dark” or “upsetting” about this to anyone with a soul. If your first instinct when hearing about the grievances someone has with the world is to attack them for speaking their truth, then I hardly have to wonder what kind of person you are.

No, it’s called Yuri on Ice because the characters’ names are Yuri (and it was also chosen to allude to gay romance, despite it being between men instead of women). This is a play on words by instead referring to the type of Yuri featuring sapphic romance, as opposed to the name. “Yaoi on Ice” would only make sense if someone’s name was Yaoi, though that isn’t a traditional given name, unlike the name Yuri.

This is horrifying. The implications of this could be absolutely massive, and we all know that this Supreme Court isn’t getting fixed next presidency. It’s far too difficult to impeach justices, so we likely won’t see these decisions get overturned for decades. What a horrible dystopia we live in in this awful country. .-.

Why are a bunch of words meaninglessly bolded? It makes it really hard for me to read :(

It seems to have gotten worse for me; I can’t see most images anymore. I don’t appear to be the only one still having issues

Can confirm, am also having this problem

In other news, the sky is blue, and Republicans are stupid! More at 11.

I think this view is wrong in a large variety of ways. First off, as is most relevant to this community, gay erasure. I have zero interest whatsoever in men, and I’ve already gone down the route of trying to figure out if I’m bi or lesbian. Second off, erasure of literally every other sexuality out there, including the most common: hetero. I think it’s ridiculous to say that the entirety of the straight-identifying population just hasn’t found the right person to change their idea of their sexuality. Plenty of people are just straight, nothing else about it. I’ve met many, many women who have zero attraction to other women, and are so unfamiliar with the concept of sexual interest that even incredibly obvious flirting is merely seen as friendly. It’s perfectly okay for someone to be straight, and it’s my firm belief that there are plenty of people who are.

This is remedied for me by the clipboard history in the system tray in KDE. I can have a lot of things in my clipboard and access any one of them whenever I want

Is this not a thing in Windows? It’s such a wonderful convenience, and I swear I’ve always used it, but I guess I haven’t touched Windows in well over a decade at this point, so I can’t say I remember.