[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 28 points 11 months ago

One thing I could think of from Filipino culture is the manananggal (rough translation: one who removes). It's a sort of humanlike being, but with wings and a very long tongue. At night, its body from the waist up would fly away and leave its lower half behind, then it would hunt for food. It would go on top of pregnant womens' rooftops and using its long tongue it would feed on the fetus. Once the manananggal gets back to its lower half, the fetus would be gone forever.

In order to get the fetus back, you can prevent the manananggal from returning to its lower half by putting something on the lower half, if you find it (not sure if it was salt or garlic or something else).

One interesting thing that I'm not sure is quite related, but if you have a miscarriage, people say that 'nakunan ka' (rough translation: you were taken from / x was taken from you). Could be left over from the idea that the manananggal takes fetuses?

[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 32 points 1 year ago

IMO if you think it's immoral, don't do it. You'd be totally in the right to not bribe them.

If you do wish to bribe.. then idk... but I feel like bribing could potentially cause some legal trouble.

[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 6 points 1 year ago

Me personally, I think God created all of our planets and all of our stars and whatever life lives in the universe, even outside of Earth. People who believe the same way would just stay the same and would praise God more for how great he is.

For the others though (iykyk)... well, they're gonna be like all the other flat-earthers or they call these aliens devil spawn or whatever.

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I use this account for normal user things, but I want to auto-post social media content in a community I'm in (!taylorswift@geddit.social) which I own. (The content will probably just post 0-3 times a day).

Should my account be marked as a bot? Should I use a different account?

[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 16 points 1 year ago

well... just making sure I guess? I searched up wefwef and this community came up

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Did wefwef rebrand? (geddit.social)

I just went in wefwef, updated it, and suddenly it said, "voyager is up to date!"

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I love how her curls made a comeback.

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This community is on Lemmy.

It's an alternative to r/taylorswift, where people post news about her, or rumours and social media posts, as well as fan theories, reviews and discussions about anything related to TS. People can also post their experiences on tour or in any event related to her, and share merch pictures and their own creative stuff in honor to Taylor.

Swifties are welcome, and so are non-swifties (but there is zero tolerance for hate; not liking something is fine, but no hate).

Links:

link to the Taylor Swift community

!taylorswift@geddit.social

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I like the new lyrics. I wish we still have the old ones, but the new ones are the best she could possibly pick for replacing the old ones. It has many meanings to it too, and still keeps up the attitude

The og lyrics are kind of slut-shamy, but the new lyrics are a lot less... and yet they still keep the same spirit of 'she baited him' and possibly still the same message of, 'what a hoe', although in a less direct manner.

Overall, it's the best thing Taylor could do (yk, to make sure people don't cancel her). But of course, I will still scream about mattresses.

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Mine is probably Electric Touch because electric guitars.

[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 6 points 1 year ago

I'm here for this content

[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 40 points 1 year ago

I don't like porn, and I don't want to see it, but I'm glad it's come here since it can bring more people in (like Reddit's porn communities)

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by writeblankspace@geddit.social to c/taylorswift@geddit.social

I decided to make this community as a substitute for r/taylorswift on Reddit.

If you want to be a moderator in this community, just tell me here. You can also submit a banner if you want, since this banner was just taken from a Google search.

[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 12 points 1 year ago

Why am I not getting beans :(

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By "worst", I mean most toxic, most misinformed, most discriminatory, etc (not related to the owners of the site, e.g. Elon throwing out the trash by adding ratelimits).

[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 28 points 1 year ago

scrolling through with wefwef and wondering how long this is gonna be. How dare you post this :(

[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 5 points 1 year ago

well I'm a complete virgin then!

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I recently got a new Sencor wireless headphones, but my issue with it is that the volume is weird. My phone is a Samsung Note 9.

Straight out of the box, the volume at the lowest level is loud. I would expect the volume to be enough to hear faint music and all background noises (like with wired headphones), but with my headphones, the volume seems to be moderate and I can't hear background noises clearly without having to fully mute my volume.

I tried disabling absolute volume in developer options, but while I was able to get the volume to act in a reasonable level, the headphone's local volume setting kept going to the minimum volume whenever my phone stopped playing any sound. It's quite annoying since I would have to adjust the headphone's local volume again and again. So it got rid of the first problem, but I ended up with a worse one.

I tried restarting and using safe mode, but neither worked.

Does anyone experience this too? Is there a permanent fix?

(Also as a side note, I posted this in reddit and got 0 replies; seems like the traffic's really going to the fediverse now. Well done!)

[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 5 points 1 year ago

True. For those who don't really look at Karma, the upvotes still mattered. It feels nice when your post blows up and people liked your contribution.

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Honestly, nobody even looks at other people's Karma. I didn't care much about it. Did people really care so much baout Karma that they mourn about it here, or miss it, or used to farm it?

Sorry if the tone sounds judgemental, but I'm just wondering.

[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 14 points 1 year ago

Because apparently Lemmy was blowing up. I really support FOSS, but the only reason I don't migrate right away is the lack of activity. And then Reddit just became unbearable all of a sudden, then there's the surge of new Lemmy users. I'm finally happy to join.-

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