Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind when my current case fails

9 Fold also. The case I have had the same basic design as the Poetic Spartan, and the hinge feels like it’s going to break sooner or later

I got Kim to dance with me in the church in Disco Elysium

Phone case manufacturers just now figuring out good design for “Traditional” foldy devices

Source? I have a folding phone and every case I’ve seen or used is super frustrating

There is significant overlap between systems administrators and furries.

I know the definitions of both. Your statement was in conflict with those definitions, which is why I asked you to define them, to determine why you would make the statement you did.

Could you define Capitalism and Socialism for the class?

After a cursory search it seems like both are acceptable. “Think” appears to be the original phrase, but “thing” is more common today, especially in America.

I assume they’re talking about a reason as in a cause, not a reason as in a purpose.

Minorly inconvenienced. A lot of comments riddled with typos appear, and I’m vulnerable to normal doxxing. I have a few spicy takes, but nothing that jeopardizes a relationship with anyone I’m not willing to confront about it. Still rather not be doxxed out of principle.

Assuming there’s not some new thing:

The recent US general election was, as usual, a face-off between the two predominant parties. The incumbent party, while nominally being the relative “left” party, continued the unbroken support the US has provided to Israel since its conception, despite recent genocidal activity. There are some who insisted that, while that support is reprehensible and isn’t representative of the will of the left, the alternative party would be just as bad for Palestine while also being worse by most other metrics (including LGBTQ+ rights).

There are some who suggest that those insisting such a thing are shills or intelligence agents, logging into niche leftist spaces to manufacture tepid consent, rather than individuals expressing genuine concerns.

Panama is mostly because of cheaper rates to go through the canal, if I’m not mistaken.

Convergent Evolution might explain why intelligent species wind up being bipedal tetrapods.

I think there’s a compelling argument here. Certainly not all aliens would be bipedal tetrapods, but the ones who go on to be tool-using, space-faring species probably would be.

How is babby formed?

Seems like the older crowd is 90% there for the socializing. I think as the 30-50 crowd climbs the steps we’ll see the philosophical side shift into focus. I have an optimistic outlook on the next few decades.

The sub-60 crowd is much more interested in digging into the symbolism of the work. I think pushing for more education is the key to revitalization. What’s the point of purging to go over budget readings?

So make a decision, which do you value more: remaining exactly the same as you are, or romance?

This is it. You don’t have to be a “friend of everyone”, you just have to not be miserable to be around, and pleasant enough to at least one person for them to want to spend time with you.

But these are your choices. You can put in the effort to be more attractive, or you can accept that you won’t attract a partner. But refusing to change, and then complaining that your romantic life isn’t changing either, is just stupid and it makes you even less attractive. No one wants to date a miserable sad sack who thinks the world is out to get them.

Commit to change, or accept your fate. Either way, quit whining about it.

“Awful” people find relationships like the rest of us: by being interesting, sociable, and/or emotionally validating. No one “deserves” anything, they get what they work for. Pretty people put time and effort into their appearance, interesting people put time and effort into their personality, sociable people put time and effort into learning to socialize.

No one is born romantically successful. I also used to be debilitatingly introverted, unhygienic, just generally not the sort of person who attracts romantic partners. I wallowed in the same kind of bitter loneliness you’re expressing here. I thought I was doomed, that I couldn’t change, and that even if I could I wouldn’t want to because that would be inauthentic.

But that’s not the case. People change constantly, whether they’re trying to or not. Growth is a part of what we are. So I cleaned up, I got more flattering clothes and a decent haircut. I started putting myself out there, starting small by trying to make brief friendly conversation with checkout clerks, working myself up to strangers in class, joining clubs, even going out to parties. It was a lot of work, and it took a lot of practice before I could manage more than a few awkward comments. Now, years of practice later, people scoff when I tell them I’m introverted, I’ve had more lovers than I ever would have imagined before, and I’ve been happily married for years. Practice pays off.

Developing a new skill isn’t becoming someone else. And the only one who can improve your situation is you. No one “deserves” a partner. That’s a person, not an object. No one is going to want to be with you if you don’t fulfill their needs. No one can force you to change your habits or put in effort, but also no one is just going to just fall into your life. If you want people to be attracted to you, you have to make yourself attractive. This woe-is-me attitude is not attractive.

So make a decision, which do you value more: remaining exactly the same as you are, or romance?

I prefer the flavor that the LHC opened a crack in the multiverse and weird timelines are seeping through