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[Jenny Gorelick] Co-Stars

She took a perfectly fine point (toys can be used in sex and enrich the play)...and then formulated in a way that would indeed be off-putting to plenty of guys.

Toys should not become LeBron James of your sex, "earning more points" and leaving partner on the sideline. They should be useful assistants at reaching the peak pleasure.

As long as the point is "my partner can drive me even hornier with this" - it is super healthy and great. But when the toy itself becomes the focus, it's not great. She could masturbate much to the same success.

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Beyond fucked up (CW: sexualizing children)

Because 70's were WILD for that shit.

Should I remind you that street marches were held in the name of "adult-child love"? That NAMBLA, a North-American Man-Boy Love Association (you can't make this shit up) tried to meddle with LGBTQ+ to get included? That songs were written about teenage girls being taught "adult love"?

If anything, the article is characteristic of the time.

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Does Terminal use actually make sense in the real world?

Absolutely!

First, terminal is, for the most part, distro- and DE-agnostic. Unless you use something specific to the distro or DE (like package management or working with DE dependencies), what would work on one Linux system would also work on the other. This allows you to immediately get a grasp of any Linux system.

Second, terminal is fast. You can search through GUI for all eternity, or you can type one line that does what you want, saving tons of time in the process.

With that said, both GUI and terminal should develop hand in hand to provide a user experience that suits both regular and power users alike. Windows commonly shifts to the side of regular user, while making it harder for power users to do what they want. Linux as it was in the old days shifted towards power users.

Nowadays, I think Linux finally strikes the right balance - it is accessible and powerful at the same time.

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Men can't read our signals

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A bit of insights:

They get all weird because they see getting your attention as a sort of investment. They take time, effort, dedicate themselves to figuring out how to best build contact with you, and when it doesn't work out, it naturally leads to frustration. From there, they either close down (minimize losses), or get weird (frantically trying to make it work).

As per hugs and cuddles, masculine culture heavily disincentivizes tender emotions, and they can be seen as a reason for ridicule. Being burnt heavily on that, many men prefer to be very careful about communicating such needs.

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Epstein puts my morality into perspective

While people in power are absolute evil most of the time, this is not an excuse to change your own morals for the worse.

Small acts of kindness, when taken in decent quantity, change the world no less than massive fraud and sex trafficking.

That said, one of the most moral things to do is to be on the lookout for powerful people doing nasty things and do everything in your capacity to prevent or at least retaliate. This makes abuse less common, and goes a long way to restore democracy and responsibility for everyone.

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No low ballers, I know what I have

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Yes, normally the harmless strains of Penicillium roqueforti or something of the like.

We do use molds in food and pharmaceutical industry, not all of them are bad. Aspergillus oryzae, for example, is used to produce soy sauce, miso, and sake, and Aspergillus niger is a likely source of citric acid you have in your kitchen cabinet.

Natural pizza mold, however, contains nasty kinds of Penicillium, as well as Rhizopus stolonifer causing severe infections in respiratory system, mouth, nose, and face. Most cases can be treated in a hospital environment, but some are fatal, especially in immunocompromised individuals.

Source: am food microbiologist

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Labcoat!

I wonder - how exactly does this work?

For all I know, service dogs primarily help blind people or those with severe mental health issues.

The former must make working in a lab near impossible as most things are observed visually and also making an organized spot for a blind researcher must require thorough preparation and heavy assistance for every experiment. The latter might behave unpredictably, which doesn't pair well with a lab environment, and might prompt the dog to rush to support without minding the environment, amplifying the issue.

Also, dog is an animal, and while they can be trained to behave well, they are unlikely to remember all safety rules, especially in a critical situation where they need to focus on aiding the owner.

I might be wrong by all points, since I didn't ever see service dogs in a lab environment, and don't commonly see them around, but I come from a point of genuine interest.