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Cake day: 2023年6月24日

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  • Well, as a human I’ve got plenty of biases, some of them petty I suppose.

    Maybe it’s a the curtains are blue situation? Like we attribute all this meaning to art, and we get to guess at whether we’re right, or whether the artist wanted us to be drawn to specific components. We understand that art often has symbolism and that it’s meant to be evocative.

    But with AI art, there’s none of that. Whatever meaning I attribute is purely projection - which is often true in regular art too, except that I have a social contract with the artist that we both agree we want me to look at this art and have feelings, whatever they may be. A social contact with a computer isn’t real and feels disingenuous.






  • I feel happy for your child that they were able to begin adult life so incredibly supported. I wish I could do the same for my kids, and I wish the same had been done for me.

    I think one big problem with this is some people end up very entitled. They think it’s easy to “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” when in reality it’s not even possible for most unsupported folks. As long as your kid knows to be humble, that they only got to where they are by the welfare of inheritance, I think what you’re doing is great. They shouldn’t feel bad or guilty about your help, they just shouldn’t judge any choices made by anyone who didn’t have the luxury of all that wonderful support.

    I worked three jobs in college, and big surprise I burned out and dropped out with big mental health issues. I earned a full ride, but my jobs didn’t fully cover my food and rent, so I ended up with loans just to get my AA. No bachelor’s degree, and definitely no medical degree. I’m not complaining, just pointing out it’s not that I didn’t work as hard as your kid, or that I wasn’t as smart. I just didn’t have the freedom of choice your child was afforded. I congratulate you for offering that to them.




  • I’m actually a woman who has been with both circumcised and uncircumcised men.

    So when I say it isn’t better looking one way or the other, my opinion may be more objective than yours, seeing as you have a circumcised penis.

    Also, for what it’s worth, the best sex had been with an uncircumcised guy, and it’s not even close. Of course that could just be him, we’d need more data to say it definitively.

    And once again, I’m very confident that genital mutilation for zero medical reason is not what’s best for any child.


  • Maybe that’s location dependent? I went to high school in the South and our whole school was outdoors. Like the classrooms were a building, a bunch of rooms in a row, but all the doors opened to outside, and all the hallways were outdoors. Between the cafeteria, the auditorium, and the band room was a big grassy area for people to hang out, and also between each row of classrooms were long lawns. The administration was housed in a regular building, and one set of classrooms had indoor hallways.

    That said, the amount of free time shown in shows at school always feels exaggerated. We had a lunch period but no “free period” or “study hall periods.” We also had no indoor seating for hanging out or student lounges. Did your school have those?









  • I hear you, but cancelling 1/4 of your streaming services with the knowledge that can be reversed easily at any time is hardly the same as protesting or boycotting something tangible or an entire industry. I don’t think this has anything to do with celebrity worship, and it has everything to do with how easy the protesting can be.

    This protest could be done from home in three minutes, you don’t suffer the consequences until the end of the month, and we all know less TV is better for us regardless of speech so there’s very little downside.

    I agree Americans aren’t doing enough. I wish we were doing more.