He is probably just lying.

it's like trying to read an image from a conspiracy chanboard

software development in most shops is just duct taping problems because there is "never time" to actually fix the problem or address the root because we have to sprint on to something else.

At my workplace I am the duct taper. I'm not a real developer myself - I'm a person with development skills whose job is to clean up the mess that the real developers mindlessly create in their rush to get cards from one side of the screen to the other.

The cruelty is the point

Wow, that's so close that it's basically a toss-up. Of course, the outcome I'm really hoping for is the <1% chance of a 270 split...

Jill Stein. Vote for her to make liberals very very very annoyed

Kaycee

Daria

Dariacore

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emptiness (hexbear.net)

eyes tinged with regret

countless thoughts flying by too quickly to grasp and gone

shoulders burdened by unseen weights, then her back

mournful cries from her lungs and soul: waah, waaaaah

anything to fill the emptiness within

CHI, worn down by her pleas, meets her with a scoff and sigh of resignation

it can only be delayed for so long: they both know this

a challenge

and, same as always

a victor

CHI opens the fridge and takes out the can of cat food.

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gender reveal 9/11 (hexbear.net)
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starring:

hamas-red-triangle
isntrael

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It's pretty new... right...? https://howoldisminecraft1710.today/

i-love-not-thinking

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All goo.gl short links will die.

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Went to 4 different pharmacies, 2 of them enormous. Couldn't find any masks/respirators on the shelves. In each case I asked a store helper person. Only in the 4th one I went to did they have anything, and in that case there was only one type of product available - a disposable N95 respirator by 3M. They cost $5 each.

How are you finding masks and affording to stay masked all the time? It seems really expensive...

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

I've been generally hearing that it's good and been thinking about playing it. I'm not sure if it's my type of game or not. Was looking to hear about people's experiences and if you had any fun stories to share?

I also have some questions:

  • I'm not comfortable with nudity or sex. Apparently this can be turned off in game. If you used this option, how effective is it?

  • How integral to the game is combat and looting?

  • I'm Autistic. If you're Autistic, do you feel that the game can accommodate Autistic players? (For example, I'd feel uncomfortable if the game forced me to take part in pointless social interactions like attending/talking to people at a party. I wouldn't know what to do in that situation and I would feel very stressed, and probably not do what I was "supposed to" in the game's rules.)

  • Have you played with any mods? Good mods? Bad mods?

  • Did you have a good time?

Thank you so much! cyber-lenin trans-heart

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he was proud to have been the first Black woman vivian-shrug to serve with a Black president obama-medal

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Was this one added today after Assange was freed or has it just been cooking in the backend for 2 years?

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hee hee hoo hoo you should definitely bring the self-surveillance device that is registered in your name, covered in cameras, and reports its location at all times to a legally dubious event

great plan

This is actually so true. This is the realest thing. Before my physical transition, pronoun circles were so harmful to me thanks to experiencing the scenario in the OP, and now at this point, I don't care about them at all. But they have never been helpful to me.

I agree that other people will surely find it helpful if they wish to share their own pronouns; and they are also useful for creating an atmosphere of acceptance to make me feel more comfortable; but they do more harm than good when a person is forced to answer like in the situation in the OP. It hurts.

Cis people, here is how to do it: Feel free to present your own pronouns to convey an atmosphere of acceptance and reassurance, either verbally or in a signature/username/bio, but do not ask other people for their pronouns unless you actually really need to know. You only need to know if you are talking about the person to a third party.

It is also extremely performative and annoying when cis people only do the pronoun circle when there is a visibly trans person in the room. It's infantilising. Either you always offer your pronouns because you want to, or you never offer your pronouns because you don't want to.

Disclaimer: This is the humble onion of just one trans person and I don't respresent everybody.

"Some people"? The operating systems themselves call them apps now.

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