No, absolutely not. At least, certainly none of my own, even if I were capable of it… I don’t really see the point in procreating with the world on such a catastrophic trajectory. On the other hand, if I find myself in a situation where I have a home and resources to share, and some unfortunate already-existing kids need those things, I’d certainly offer them a place. That would be just as true for non-kids though, so I dunno how much of a “parent” that’d really make me.

I came to say the same thing about Camellia sinensis, thinking “am I about to be more of a tea purist than is even encapsulated in this chart?” So I’m glad somebody else got there first lol

Mostly I’m onboard with what you’re saying here. Although, like others have said, don’t forget there’s plenty of people on OF who aren’t women! If there is any problem at all, why isn’t it also a problem for them? Second, I definitely wonder how many of the opinions in this thread are coming from other women who’ve done sex work. Those are mostly the only people I wanna hear from on this topic.

As far as the “fakeness” not working for you personally, I might have some good news for you. While of course capitalism does tend to suck all of the joy out of everything, like all professions, there are sex workers who definitely do enjoy their work. At least as much as anyone can feasibly enjoy working under capitalism anyway.

You’d be surprised, attractiveness is subjective!

I was saying the same thing as you a while ago and somebody told me that I’d be surprised and that attractiveness is subjective. And you know what? They were right!

An old PS1 fighting game called Unholy War. It had a lot of really unique mechanics I haven’t seen since.

My boss would be really mad if I tried to not come in for that long

Lowe Mill in Huntsville, Alabama. It’s like a giant collaborative art space in an old factory building. Pretty much the most anarchist space I’ve ever been to, although that’s a very low bar for me.

It’s been great honestly. I’ve got two boyfriends I love very much. While it’s not all sunshine and roses all the time, they’re the only people in my life who I feel like truly have my back, and I have theirs. Of course that’s not something that’s unique or inherent to romance, you could have the same thing with friends, family, etc. Just worked out that way for me.

Obligatory scaly lizard man of course.

Omg!! Are they finally doing a Starfinder 2e in the same vein as Pathfinder 2e?? Yessss amazinggg!!!

Approximately ~7 different packs of Haldiram’s Minute Khana.

It’ll keep me going another week or so, and is (hopefully) a little healthier than ramen! Certainly more flavorful, at least

In my imagination I’m always a scarred, grizzled old lady. That’s if I imagine myself at all, I don’t super often.

I usually wait till they complain about something related to one of the big corporate platforms, then throw out a “you know, the fediverse has an ‘X’ now, come join us!” Just replace X with reddit/tumbler/youtube/etc, whatever platform they were complaining about.

Alternatively, I’ll share fediverse links in the process of showing memes to people.

YES THANK YOU!!! The only sane person right here! 😭😭😭

Lemmy for sure, I love this place so much!

I do understand this. Never said I wasn’t a marxist, I’m just not a tankie.

…you know, that definitely sounds pretty plausible! Massive wave of fascism happening internationally right now, and we’re screaming about these people instead because the red scare was so incredibly effective? That is sadly very believable.

No.

Maybe I’m way off the mark here but… I think the reaction to tankies seems very overblown. No one you could describe as a “tankie” is currently in charge of any of the countries/companies/organizations that are busy destroying the world right now, so I don’t super understand why everyone’s talking about them like they’re at all a priority? The authoritarians that tankies are obsessed with are all either long dead, or totally unaware of their existence.

Maybe some people on the left are just trying to look at future dangers here, like tankies are gonna be “Bolsheviks Part 2”, somehow come into power, and then purge all the anarchists or something. But didn’t Bolsheviks actually have a lot of power and influence prior to the revolution? Tankies don’t seem to.

Remember how many days are in each month. I mean, I guess maybe I could if I tried harder, but I refuse.

EDIT: ok I’m seeing everyone’s tips here, and thank you, but I gotta say… None of these heuristics seem any amount easier to remember. 😭

I’m not a fan of Bluesky, but i hear tell they got some sorta customizable sorting algorithm thingy right? Maybe it’ll have something like that!