[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Reno is an awesome town now, you should check it out.

[-] [email protected] 70 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, we really don't notice all the bullshit our parents deal with when we're kids.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

This is a really common experience for a ton of VR gamers. The thing I remember the most is how white text on a black background (usually my phone) made it seem like the text was really 3D and coming out at me. It fades away but I'm sure we're going to find out some interesting things about the brain from this phenomenon.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The first 5-7 days off meds are the worst. It gets better after a little bit, but I'm pretty worthless for the entire time and definitely irritable. Ride it out, it'll get better!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Honestly, and what a good episode!

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

You've crossed into conspiracy theory territory bud. It's not entirely implausible but it is getting in the direction of "out there."

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

This is an incredible use of this as a meme.

[-] [email protected] 62 points 9 months ago

So while I generally agree with your sentiment, there are some obvious ways that sometime could be an ethical landlord.

What if you have a house that's too big, so you convert a floor into an apartment? You're adding to the number of housing units available. Should you be forced to sell a portion of your house/building to whoever wants to live there? Or should you be able to rent it out to someone at a reasonable rate? Do we want rules that discourage people from potentially adding units to the market?

I feel like the "all landlords are evil" narrative is way too simplistic, and that simplistic view turns off people who would otherwise support reasonable limits on landlords and housing ownership. Like, it's obvious that we need limits and taxes on people who own multiple properties, and it's obvious that there are companies that exploit renters and drive up prices, but it's all more complicated than just "landlords evil lol".

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Do you think that activities that are dominated by a certain gender are that way "naturally", or would you maybe agree that societal factors and sexism play a role too? The idea of "just leave things alone and let people do what they want" often ignores the subtle way that men and women are encouraged towards or discouraged away from those activities.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

Right, but then I have a separate set of saved posts and comments on every account. I'd have to try and remember which account I saved something under. It's a minor pain, but a pain nonetheless.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

Black Mirror is just so unrelentingly cynical about human nature. I watched the one with the lady whose memory is removed and "normal" people delight in following her and recording her, and it's all a big production to punish this women for doing a pretty fucked up thing.

Every episode seems to just say "aren't human beings the worst?" The sci fi is interesting sometimes, but I can't really go through life believing that humans would behave like they do in that show.

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