clear and respectful communication shouldn’t be a defining characteristic of either, it should be a characteristic of us as a mature species

god knows how many people have died because of a misunderstanding that got out of hand

if i was in their shoes and had the choice between -

1. no passport, can’t leave anywhere in a normal way

2. a passport that is incorrect, can’t move comfortably because details that don’t match can and will trigger alarms and put eyes on you

3. a passport from a place that isn’t ideal, but matches my details, and allows me to travel without drawing attention to myself

i’d pick 3 as well regardless if i liked my country of origin or not

things change with time, little bumps, little scratches, even if you don’t use something for a while and just leave it out in a room with access to sunlight it will change. maybe striaght out of the facotry they were all identical but your item can become unique literally the second you touch it, if you touch it hard enough

not here for sure, but Lemmy is not exactly a reflection of the general population

people are starting to grow numb to gen AI, and people have grown numb to worse things so it’s not exactly going to get undone easily

our natural body temperature does its best to perfectly balance out to 36.6C, but you are a biological machine, you keep generating heat by just existing, and you need to release the excess. it’s much easier when the air around you is colder, but when it’s starting to reach the same temperature as your body then your the “uh oh sweating time” triggers to help you along

it’s a sad thing really, people feel the need to disclose “flaws” like that because they rejected for them before (or think they would be rejected) whilst it’s just… bro 3-4 years of a difference stops mattering right around when you turn 25

i’m ftm and my orgasms stayed pretty much the same

or scratching the right spot in your ear when it’s very itchy

it’s still an asshole move though, only a soulless corporation would ever clutch to the “well actually” of a single point of an average of reviews to deny a whole bonus

even if they were cheeky like “oh you were one point short so the bonus will be 5% less than we promised haha” it’d have been better than a binary yes/no

none of the “smart” devices are actually smart. in my experience they’re really fucking dumb

i once bought a “smart” electric kettle because i thought it’d be nice to boil my water to exact temperatures for my teas. it had a little button on a little screen to turn it on

and of course the screen stopped working, and that was the singular thing that broke. if the kettle had a physical switch i’d have only lost the ability to boil to exact temperatures instead of becoming fully useless

a similar thing happened with my Quest VR. a singular smart thing broke (the proximity sensor) and it bricked the whole thing (the proximity sensor deteced, well, proximity, and input from that decided if the screen inside was turned on. when it broke, the screen never turned on. the proximity sensor could be disabled - but only from within the settings menu that required the screen to be on in the first place. there was no other way to disable it, and that setting reset every full shut down)

never had that happen with my non smart devices, never had a non-critical feature failing bricked my “dumb” machine. oh the proper graphics card melted in my laptop? whatever i just disabled it, it might not perform as it used to but it’s still functional and perfect for just browsing the internet or watching youtube

my dumb printer never just stopped for no reason, my dumb kettle with a physical toggle has been working perfectly for 3 years now, my dumb light bulbs only stop working when they’ve reached the end of their ability to make light, my dumb devices never refuse to work even when what they can do isn’t perfect anymore

i was already annoyed by so many devices being labelled as “smart” when they’re not, and now they’re also adding “AI” to those things… i hate it here

this can easily be solved with a simple timer

it’s a neurodivergence, literally being weird differently

sometimes it’s mostly good, sometimes it’s mostly bad, sometimes it’s balanced

nuh-uh

that video was posted like, 10 years ago at most, and you can’t convice me otherwise

speaking of those two formats, most of Europe uses both at the same time and sometimes it’s very annoying for us - “you said to meet you at 5!” “oh sorry i meant 15”

i mean, birth isn’t exactly a fun experience for humans, and yet, there’s quite a few of us here

try this

i also narrowed down my guesstimation to only include those interested in taking psychadelics

oh for sure they can distinguish different intensities

in art we have 3 nifty ways to describe a colour

• hue (difference between green and yellow)

• value (difference between black and white)

• saturation (difference between grey and neon red)

even a fully monocromatic person can distinguish the value of what they see, and with some colours they can also tell them apart just by that alone (yellow tends to be lighter in value, blue tends to be darker in value)

but here the question is (or at least how i understand it) does the hue of the colour affect us in a universal way? and therefore could someone unable to properly interpret the hue be a good control group?

it was temporary but unforgettable

it’d be impossible to live like that, but for a while it felt like being born again

and it definitely left a lasting impact on me, everything was so easily beautiful. usually you have to look to notice the beauty, but then it was all apparent and awe-inspiring, i was thinking about the concepts of hospitality and langauge, as well as look at the setting sunlight dancing in the window

i could write a book attempting to describe that evening, and even then it wouldn’t be a perfect description, it’s something you have to experience

that’s what i love psychadelics, they make you stop running away from yourself. when you set yourself up correctly you can do years of therapy in a single night. sometimes it’s a painful process (mentally speaking ofc) but it’s always worth it, always helping you grow