My initial thought is video games, everything has pros and cons, sure. However, it feels like anyone not into video games views them extrodinarly negatively. Any other hobbies parallel to that in your opinion?
As a woman very involved in the lifestyle scene (as opposed to the professional scene). Yeah, there's a lot of reasons people wind up into it, and what your friend describes is the cliche stereotype of the person who pays for pros, but a lot of the lifestylers are similar to a lesser degree.
And yeah it's not a given that you're even allowed to have sexual release in a kink event, and sometimes it has to be in a specific room. The sensations, the mind games, the role play, the pain, etc. is often the primary thing happening to the exclusion of other stuff. A surprising amount of bdsm events are just discussion groups and classes.
It's definitely skewed towards neurodivergent people, but not exclusively.
Lots of trauma on both sides of the slash (ie both in dominants and submissives). Reenacting a variant of how it felt to be bullied or yelled at/hit by your parents or even so far as reenacting sexual violence done to you within a safe space where you can end it at any time is remarkably healing, and it's easy to from there just fall in love with all of it. And on the dominant side that can be a form of taking control back in your life. A friend of mine got into being a Domme at her second husband's request, but she fell in love with it because it returned to her the feeling of control that her abusive first husband had stolen from her.
Sensory seeking behaviors are super common in the bondage scene and the sadomasochism scene.
For people with social difficulties the extent to which everything is negotiated and clearly communicated is really refreshing, and then since there's so much neurodivergence things like flat affects, saying stupid shit without thinking, etc is generally understood and not mistreated.
There's also just generally a hippie/weirdo/alternative vibe to the community. You'll meet reiki practitioners and you'll see arguments over whether fire cupping actually does anything besides bruising the hell out of a back by people who do it for fun and generally agree that bruising the hell out of a back can make it feel better outside the bruising because of endorphins and distraction. Oh also a hell of a lot of nonmonogamy.
I'm sure there's more if I think of it. Ultimately, you have to be a bit weird to take the moves from "i think this is hot in theory or in erotica" or "we do this in our bedroom" to "I'm interested in going to a discussion group/class/social event/play party about this in person where I live". The first event is terrifying to actually walk into. And then it's another big step to actually go to enough that people remember who you are or to get involved in a more community focused side of the scene like the leather community
If you’re anything like my parents, you probably wouldn’t even understand most of the content that floods my social media, no matter how hard I try to avoid it. ...
This one but in the now/future. Basically a lot of money was printed to pay for things but in order to not cause inflation we had to create debt to destroy that money in the future.
There is an image of a blonde girl making a displeased face at a 5.0 star rating derived from 19 individuals' ratings, next to that same blonde girl making an approving expression at a 4.6 star rating derived from 2,280 individuals' ratings. @justsomerandomgaynerd on Tumblr adds "#...i think thid meme demonstrated the importance of sample size better and more efficiently than any science class I have ever taken"
Yeah a 10/10 for an oil change would be something like they fixed a problem free of charge since they were already in there. A 9 is "great price and surprisingly fast"
So this is kinda of a follow up from one of my older posts, but you can say im a child of a hoarding family but some of its my fault aswell. My mother believes we dont need an external help and that i can do it by myself as if its my problem, which bugs me and demotivated me knowing how lazy and annoying m family is. ...
Yeah as someone who hoarded at a worse stage of her life and struggles with it still, the piles felt like safety and security, but they also felt overwhelming and unassailable. You have to deal with the mental health issues and nonjudgementally get the person to be ok with the cleaning bit by bit. To this day big cleans are mentally and emotionally exhausting for me, it's just that I find messes to be also extremely stressful.
Is there a position available anywhere in the world where I can simply take an assessment to identify my skills and capabilities, receive assignments accordingly, complete them remotely, and submit them without the need for ongoing communication or visits? I prefer a role that allows for flexible, independent work hours. ...
Yep, and that's why it's not just stuff like this, but also stuff like them being gay, or Alex Jones watching trans porn, or boebert getting caught giving a handy at a play.
That's not even biblical. Israel has never controlled fucking Tehran, and they were routinely in exile in Iraq and Syria, not as conquerors but as conquered. No fuccabee only believes this because he's pro genocide, anti brown people, and hates Muslims more than jews.
So I may only love it because it was my mom's favorite flavor so I have good memories of being a kid and picking grape stuff to share with her. But yeah I love the flavor. It's definitely one of the more divisive of the popular artificial flavors though.
I can't comment on it tasting like a soviet urinal, I'm not quite kinky enough to know how that tastes.
I wouldn't know I've never done enough psychedelics to experience synesthesia. And idk if I can, I suspect the I would go away before tasting colors starts from my experience
Yes, and you all understand just how controversial it is to do as well, considering that reintroducing predators is something people are trying on both our continents. Reintroducing wolves to the forests of the eastern united states may happen in my lifetime but is unlikely as the people who live where they would be enjoy hunting for meat and don't like the idea of having to shoot wolves that get too bold. They're currently controversially being reintroduced in the West like near Yellowstone. Other predators like cougars also need to be allowed to populate more. Even then though, nothing on this continent but humans is taking down boars. They're giant and massively invasive, an ecological calamity.
But for the time being, hunters should be switching to lead free shot, and they should continue hunting white tail deer. Target shooters should also be using lead free shot, in general if you don't want particles of it in your bloodstream don't shoot with it.
A couple were told they faced a $200,000 (£146,500) medical bill when their baby was born prematurely in the US, despite them having travel insurance which covered her pregnancy.
Yeah the better option is for a multi state compact for a public option. I know Washington has a bit of a public option. That said, you get no subsidies if your employer offers minimum contributions to the health insurance of their choosing.
Edit to finish the thought: we need universal single payer, but barring that we need public options and real choice, including choice over where to apply our employer's contributions. It wouldn't fix everything that universal single payer would, but it would enable you to have the freedom to not need to change doctors every time you get a new job.
Listen, I think we're as barbaric about this as any reasonable person, but we really aren't unique. Mexico, Egypt, and the Philippines aren't doing so great, but they're all modern nations with modern infrastructure in their urban areas. India has even worse health insurance than the US and while yes they're still building out their plumbing systems, Mumbai and New Delhi are modern megapolises.
Yes, it's a for profit business that makes it's profit off of trying to have the most accurate odds they can. They charge you slightly more than they expect to lose on you (the house edge) and then they're betting on every roll of the dice. That's exactly how casinos earn money (though casinos try to compete on experience and payout, while insurance competes on price and payout).
The difference is that the casino is attempting to take advantage of your greed and wants you to stay there and bet everything you have. Meanwhile the insurer is selling relief from fear of financial ruin and is asking you to make scheduled bets that you want to lose every month. American health insurance has massive issues and should be replaced with something akin to the NHS before it was defunded, but nobody is losing their shirt buying homeowners insurance unless the area they live in is now being pummeled by the climate crisis like southern California or the gulf of Mexico.
Would government run insurance be better? Yeah probably. But in the era before modern insurance a major part of the draw of fraternal organizations was that they served that role.
Yes, we're a profoundly broken country in how we use our wealth. But you were over here acting like no other country that isnt entirely and devastatingly impoverished is failing it's citizens this way, and I'm pointing out that no, once again we fall in line with developing nations rather than developed ones. And for those of us who wish for it to be a functional country, I think my framing is much more useful.
And i apologize for assuming you're a European who knows nothing of anywhere beyond the Eurosphere and assumes developing nations don't even have running water.
The convent likely belongs to an outside group that exerts control over it. There were crackdowns in the middle ages on convents because some tried to turn into lesbian communes with Jesus.
That's fair, I see it more as civic conscription, but I absolutely think that there needs to be more compensation or other support such as forcing your landlord or bank to scratch the costs of housing for days you're on jury duty. Police can afford mraps, parole is set to ensure no bed in a prison goes empty, no prison ever closes nor cop's overtime denied, and yet we can't find the money to compensate indigent juries or to pay for public defenders. But at the same time I'm one of the jury system's greatest defenders because it's one of the few checks on government tyranny we still have.
*puts on witch hat* SILENCE, INCEL! *FWOOOM!*
What are some hobbies that are generally looked down on but are not really problematic?
My initial thought is video games, everything has pros and cons, sure. However, it feels like anyone not into video games views them extrodinarly negatively. Any other hobbies parallel to that in your opinion?
(State Senator) Scott Wiener unveils new bill to help cities break up with PG&E ( sfstandard.com )
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By what nickname do you call your wife or husband?
‘Our classrooms are empty because the graveyards are full’: Iran’s students on why they are protesting again ( www.theguardian.com )
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If you’re anything like my parents, you probably wouldn’t even understand most of the content that floods my social media, no matter how hard I try to avoid it. ...
AI contributes to inflating global debt, already approaching $346 trillion or 310% of GDP ( www.cadtm.org )
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Realistcly how much can be cleaned out of a house, as a child of a hourder?
So this is kinda of a follow up from one of my older posts, but you can say im a child of a hoarding family but some of its my fault aswell. My mother believes we dont need an external help and that i can do it by myself as if its my problem, which bugs me and demotivated me knowing how lazy and annoying m family is. ...
hello Fediverse! how do neurodivergent peeps get jobs?
Is there a position available anywhere in the world where I can simply take an assessment to identify my skills and capabilities, receive assignments accordingly, complete them remotely, and submit them without the need for ongoing communication or visits? I prefer a role that allows for flexible, independent work hours. ...
Tennessee House passes bill allowing private citizens to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages ( www.wsmv.com )
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What book, movie, etc. do you wish there was more of?
Especially if it’s only one movie or book.
This N.J. Trump voter’s husband was detained by ICE: ‘I thought they’d focus on criminals.’ ( www.nj.com )
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Outcry after Ambassador Mike Huckabee suggests Israel has God-given right to Middle East land ( www.nbcnews.com )
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The hammer and sickle symbolized the biggest groups of proletarians, manual laborers and farmers. What would today's symbol be?
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Couple left with $200k bill after baby born in US ( www.bbc.co.uk )
A couple were told they faced a $200,000 (£146,500) medical bill when their baby was born prematurely in the US, despite them having travel insurance which covered her pregnancy.
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*clears throat 17 times before starting* okay well that's enough training for today
Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones, study finds ( news.harvard.edu )
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Almost Half of Jury Pool in Elon Musk Trial Tossed After ‘So Many’ Said They ‘Hate’ Him ( www.mediaite.com )
Almost half of the prospective jurors for a Twitter investor lawsuit against Elon Musk were disqualified because they declared their hatred for him.
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