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Also known as snooggums on midwest.social and kbin.social.

  • Oh, so metaverse not Metaverse.

    Yeah, that isn't confusing and stupid.

  • Nothing is being 'smuggled'.

    They are just advertising. Regular old advertising which should have the same rules applied as any other advertising.

  • A good fruity drink with chunks of fruit to chew is awesome! I also like to kinda chew on the ice in a slushie, not like rough ice chunks but compacted slush.

    Boba tea doesn't gross me out, but the balls don't appeal to me either. Just extra stuff that adds nothing fun.

  • Apparently it mostly appeals to young children, or maybe people pretending to be young children.

    more than half of the metaverse’s active users are aged 13 and below.

  • They could choose to curate the content itself to leave out the shitty stuff, or only include it when it is nlclearly a negative, or a bunch of other ways to improve the quality of the data used.

    They choose not to.

  • Chatgpt and other llms aren't smart at all. They just parrot out what is fed into them.

  • This should be a (short) movie.

  • The white handlebar one is real, the rest were pretend.

  • Can confirm this is a much better approach than distraction, which tends to simply delay the emotion to a later point in time. That later point in time tends to be bedtime!

  • smuggled into virtual spaces

    Words don't mean anything anymore.

  • It would be literally impossible to pull off.

    Trying to deport nearly half the population of the US would require it to be voluntary, and that isn't going to happen. The sectors that would enforce it already include a lot of non-whites who are complicit because they personally are not being deported. People, especially the non-whites whose families have been in the US from before the US acquired their land from Mexico, would absolutely resist. The non-white population is oppressed, sure, but not to the extent of non-white populations in other colonial locations where a few whites are able to enforce racist laws through violence.

    If attempted at the federal level it would implode immediately as multiple states would violently resist due to scale.

  • "We matched it on social media and news articles about social issues and for some reason it just vomits those things back out!"

  • Because the other CEOs who don't understand how people can work remotely are doing it and they want to fit in by forcing their employees to do the same.

    Proof that remote work makes for better and more effective employees means nothing, they just want control. Same reason they force people to follow specific office hours and mandate overtime that just drags out work that could be done in four days if they have flexible schedules.

  • It is funny because Vyvanse gave me weird side effects without any benefit (too long ago to remember) while the ER methylphenidate had a progressively more effective benefit with zero side effects for me as the dosage went up to the one I settled on. Been taking it for years and have to justify to insurance once a year that no, I don't want to try the ones that didn't work just let me stay on this.

    Glad to hear you found one that works for you!

  • I am on the extended release (ER) for methylphenidate on a high dose for like 20 years and for me it lets me focus while it is working.

    Sustained release (SR) does not work nearly as well for me. Standard release wears off way too fast.

    People have very different rates of success or side effects so yes, it really could be that different! It sounds like this isn't the right one for your kiddo.

  • Yeah they were! So much more room than a sedan for long distance trips, and the one we got as a kid had a table you could set up in the back to play games while on the road!

  • I know for a fact that I am completely comfortable with low double digits and the numbers really aren't that important. I'm not a high scorer by any means, but never really thought about the numbers. Can't remember ever asking for a count.

  • Romantic generally involves a lot of physical contact associated with romance, like holding hands, cuddling, kissing, etc. There are romantic overtures, like going on dates as a couple that often have that contact or at least the potential for it. Basically behaviors that people consider to be things people in relationships tend to do.

    Platonic may have some physical contact, but it is more limited and tends to not have the sexual overtones. Friends who are girls may hold hands, but not do the other things like kiss and cuddle. They might go out as a pair, but without any sexual attention. Guys can also hold hands, but in some cultures it is seen as romantic for men but not women and yes that is a double standard.

    Honestly it comes down to behaviors commonly seen as romantic or platonic when observed from outside and it is based on intent by the participants. Hugs, they can be friendly, romantic, or cold and done out of obligation and can be intended or seen different ways depending on context. Same with closed mouth kissing.

    But that is focused on behaviors. Platonic relationships don't have the same kind of romantic feelings, which are also context dependent.

  • I always saw those as something you made first and then animated, something that involved days to sculpt/construct.