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  • "So basically I understand that dating a black woman is different than a white woman." Ngl this is a really weird sounding statement, and in fact this whole thread and your discussion with her seem a bit strange. In my experience, just not making a big deal about this sort of thing is usually the best way for it to be handled. To whatever extent possible, you do not want the fact that your relationship is interracial to be a property of the relationship that is at the forefront of either of your minds. But of course there are practical realities that affect this. But within you two, internally, it should not be a huge deal.

    She's probably just trying to subtly make sure that you're not racist at a minimum and are also woke (and I mean that in the most positive and earnest sense of the term).

    Probably as long as you fundamentally see black people as intrinsically equal human beings and don't have any weird or stupid stereotypes (so I would just say no stereotypes) and listen to her when she tells you stuff you're fine.

    It's like the same phenomenon as how people will get all antsy about dating a woman in general because they think women are some alien creatures. Don't see her as an alien and that's like the majority of the risks resolved.

    But the nuance comes in recognizing that different demographics DO really have extrinsic differences that, by virtue of being extrinsically created, affect different members of that demographic to a different extent. Not all extrinsic differences are negative ones, for example cultural differences are also extrinsic to someone's race. But I wouldn't recommend trying to learn about like African culture and then talk to her about it, for instance, because it's a very diverse country, and you don't even know if she considers that part of her culture or not.

    So pretty much just be open minded and don't be weird about it.

    Now, I will say, and I understand that this is not what you're asking about, the way that she expressed that is a little bit annoying to me. Very vague and beating around the bush. She could have communicated it better, but also you could have communicated your confusion better to her. In fact, asking her to elaborate on that certainly qualifies as showing initiative. So I would say that you should ask her some more questions about it.

  • Gender war content is shitty and to be downvoted regardless of whether it is true or false

  • They think that the AI is smart enough to deduce from the pixels around it what the original face must have looked like, even though there's actually no reason why there should be a strict causal relationship between those things.

  • Omg I love this thread and this post. Sometimes I feel like everyone is crazy when they suggest alternative software.

    People will be like "hey the best burger place in town closed can anyone recommend an alternative?"

    And then a bunch of farmers show up like "yeah dude buy this calf and then just raise it real quick and also plant some trees to get wood for your smoker, you have a smoker right? Anyways yeah it's so easy bro I don't even know why anyone buys corporate burgers tbh."

    And you say "hmmm okay sounds like a lot of work but I guess I can try it?"

    And you try it and it's the shittiest blandest burger and it doesn't even have any sauce or lettuce or tomatoes because fuck you those things are for corporate burgers and if you want to complain why don't you open up a tomato branch and start contributing tomatoes then and waaah waaah why won't the stupid normies eat my shitty burger that takes 6 months to make and doesn't have ketchup waaaaah it must be because everyone is dumb and lazy

  • Imma keep it real, AI has problems, but "AI Psychosis" has to be some of the most hilarious bullshit ever. This guy is either already mentally unwell or just really stupid

  • sigh

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  • I barely ever exercise and don't eat that healthy and really feel the same as I always did. What am I doing that's so special? Every 30 year old I know can't stop bitching about it and it's actually starting to irritate me. Like man I'm not even half dead, I feel great. People need to relaxxxx

  • How dare you disrupt my confirmation bias circlejerk

  • They're basically all equally good, but some are less confirmed to give your data to the government (probably they all do that too, which is why they were recommending you not use any of them.)

  • No video call or screen share either from what I can tell, which is uhhh pretty major to day the least. That said, it's not like I need only use one platform at a time. I'll probably get on that and start using it and hope that they add those things in the future. But yeah, I'm not sure if I would call it close to Discord right now.

  • “We have to stand up to it. They can’t take us all down. If the whole world showed up on Putin’s doorstep or the Iranians’ doorstep or in Washington, they’d kill 500 or 50 million or however [many], but the rest of us would survive with a new [world].”

    Damn lol, I've gotta hand it to him, this is the least word-mincing I've ever seen from a celebrity on a topic like this. Them's fighting words

  • I wonder what % of people seeing this think it's real? People really gotta keep an eye on the community and understand what shitposting means

  • Yeah I think about this with drone swarms a lot. One asshole with even a moderately sophisticated video-game like interface to control a fleet of drones. It unlocks a whole new ratio of haves:have-nots as potentially sustainable in the long run. Horrifying. I've thought before it would be nice to write a short story about it but seems like a Torment Nexus moment

  • I actually have eaten straight up sugar+butter before as a little treat. Highly recommend it

  • Shit like this is why I refuse to consume any protein powder or supplement type stuff. That world is sketchy. At least I know what harm hot cheetos are doing to me

  • Thank you so much for taking the time to post thorough breakdowns of misleading information using your expertise. And extra beautiful because it goes against the dominant Lemmy circlejerk. I wish there was community full only of such behavior!

  • Locked

    Rent is theft

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  • Personally, it only applies to huge corporations OR to smaller landlords who are abusive. Just because being a landlord isn't always shitty and evil doesn't mean we can't be upset about the scenarios where it is. How much of that $512B do you think is going to the good type of landlord you describe?

  • Not the cyberpunk body mods I was hoping for but okay

  • Yeah I think since we're on Lemmy it's easy to think otherwise, but after spending a bit in these comments I'm noticing a shocking amount of tech illiteracy. Maybe it's not fair to call it illiteracy for something as technical as blockchain? But it kind of reminds me of people debating about quantum physics after watching a Michio Kaku YouTube Short. Like... Y'all actually do not know what you're talking about.

    Anyways, my point is a lot of people here probably don't even understand what blockchain is in ANY sense beyond "something for crypto which is scams".

  • From their blog post, it seems the software itself and its code was unaffected, but the attack was only on the website?

  • Yeah I enjoy that most of the maga propaganda art looks like trash, which I suspect is because most actual good artists are on the left