IcedRaktajino

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[โ€“] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The genre doesn't exist, but it should: "Bedtime Stories: Narrated by Morgan Freeman and Stepehn Fry".

[โ€“] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Seriously, this. I can't stand to read "the classics" but I love reading things that interest me. Would be nice if schools recognized that and encouraged reading just for the sake of it rather than forcing kids to trudge through endless stanzas of "ye art incorrect and thou must protest this injustice. Oh Horatio! Oh, lamentation this! Lamentation that!" Like, fuck, I lost the plot 3 pages of lamentations ago.

Just let kids do book reports on Harry Potter (or whatever's cool these days). At least they're reading and their brain cells are firing.

Provided it's got a decent narrator, audiobooks are like literal bedtime stories, and a lot of players have "sleep mode" that will either set a timer or stop it after the current chapter. Seems like an easy way to get people into them, IMO.

I have two of Stephen Fry's autobiographies on audiobook and would basically let his smooth voice lull me to sleep. ๐Ÿ˜†

I think I'm just gonna get some Pi Zeros + cameras and just roll my own. Probably use the NoIR versions and some cheap IR illuminators. Feed those into Zoneminder.

Bonus points if I can find some old CCTV cameras, gut them, and fit the pi camera to those optics.

That's a real hero move, and I appreciate it.

[โ€“] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

Commenting so I can remember to check back for any suggestions. I've basically run into this problem:

And in some unfortunate cases, not tidy.

Not sure what country, but in the US, wouldn't that technically be illegal (at least between co-workers)? I know some places, such as call centers, won't let you speak another language to customers without approval (for liability reasons, I assume).

She would get very angry really fast if she heard anything in a language she didn't understand.

Karen es una cabrรณn.

Oh, your hair is (pause) fine.

[โ€“] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Keep this in mind when you see brand new accounts spewing out random news sites you've never heard of.

[โ€“] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Like another commenter said, polarization and cemented, frequently extreme, views. You're not going to change their mind on anything, but they're constantly trying to change your mind on everything. I consider them shills and hit that block button.

I also block people who are here "on a mission" for whatever cause. Social media has enough activists, and even if I agree with them, I'm still thinking "will you shut up, man?".

I also block people who intentionally take others out of context as an excuse to attack them or inject drama into every interaction. There's plenty of that to go around, and thankfully, there doesn't seem to be a limit on the number of blocks I can issue.

Basically, I'm not here for drama or activism or circle-jerking any political cause or to suffer immature edgelords. I just wanna talk about cool stuff with rational people. Blocking helps separate the wheat from the chaff in that regard. Anyone who has a pattern of making this place unenjoyable gets blocked IDK

[โ€“] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I can't speak for your situation, but I do know of too many examples of marriages "just because" that made both partners completely miserable for decades. And their disgust at each other definitely was not good for the kid to grow up around.

If she's someone you could see spending your life with, just not right now, then it's worth considering. But either way, I would advise against agreeing to a shotgun wedding and leave that decision between you and her.

[โ€“] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Sounds like her parents are trying to force you into a shotgun wedding.

Ultimately, it's up to you if you want to go into a marriage that is very much going to be unhappy (I know currently and grew up around lots of terible pregnancy / stay together for the kids marriages) Personally, I'd just setup child support arrangements and discuss with her what role, if any, I would have in the child's life and politely, but firmly, tell her parents to fuck off (you're both adults).

Edit: And if she doesn't want to have a baby, I would also support and assist with that.

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