richieadler

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[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

OTOH, USians have their Overton window so moved to the right, and it continues to move so fast, that it has a visible Doppler effect.

What in the US some people calls "radical ideas", most of the world calls "common decency" or "human rights".

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one -1 points 2 months ago

Nice strawman you got there.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, the McKittrick effect (remember Wargames?)

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 11 points 2 months ago

"Sorry, I cannot help you without the message."

Close ticket.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 46 points 2 months ago (7 children)

That current "AI" is not turning into Skynet any time soon.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The rapists and the men who kill their current or previous partners due to their entitlement are usually no bankers.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 2 months ago

With a life partner, they are your #1 priority and you are their #1 priority. You are meant to be equals. And you’re supposed to stick with each other for life. I get that it’s not necessarily a fairy book that turns out this way, but at least you have a partner in crime. It gets lonely sometimes to be alone.

Well, but that's earned. You're not entitled to that. If you tire of people easily, have a short fuse and don't like people (or the interactions with them) in general, I don't see that you have much to offer in a way that's palatable for other people.

Crudely said: What do you have to offer, for someone to want you as a long-term companion?

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 2 months ago

I can’t just flip a switch and adore someone immediately without taking forever to get to that level. It takes a long ass time for me to develop that kinship. It happens passively when you see someone often for unrelated reasons (like for me, at work…I get to know people over time without the stamina struggle of constantly forcing a relationship). But in dating, that’s the sole focus.

Well, I'd say that's how it works for must of us. In the cases of "love at first sight", generally it's mostly lust dressed as "love". Dating should be an occasion to know a prospective partner, but it's the first step of a long road if you want to know the person enough to open to them. I don't know how many people acts like this, though.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Someone who I am as important to them as they are to me. Someone to spend my life with.

But if you don't like people, what's the purpose of having this? A merely pragmatic reason is insulting for the other person.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Dating is the polar opposite of that.

I feel like you feel that you should do that. Ask yourself why.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 2 months ago

You know that raising a family is not mandatory and that nobody is (or should be) forcing you to have one, right?

I don’t even know what the hell people are supposed to do with each other.

You're supposed to do whatever you want to do that is pleasing or interesting for both. That means that if that activity is not pleasing for you, you shouldn't do it.

If you don't like people, you don't. Forcing yourself to interact with people you're not interested in is a bad idea.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Given the glacial pace I've been seeing, I would't be so sure... But understandable if you have many repos and need to reach consensus.

You can reduce some impacts adding explicit >= constraints instead of ^.

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