I had a very good experience with Tae Kwon Do as a youth, taught me skills I still use daily. Make sure you find a gym that focuses on teaching, not just moving kids through the belts.

The only post I see is this one. More likely a federation issue than a shadowban.

Enough to get by, but not completely. Like most things.

No, only ones where it’s on-topic.

Separate, no, not completely.

I’m very “Death of he Artist”, though, and think that the artist gets no special say in what the art is about once it’s complete. So yes, I still listen to and enjoy songs by The Mamas and the Papas and most songs by Ace of Base despite the reprehensible qualities of those artists, because the former didn’t write songs about sexual abuse and the most of the letter’s songs aren’t tinged by white supremacy.

But knowing what I do about them now, I definitely cast a critical eye over their catalogs, and of course I’ll never pay for anything by Ace of Base ever again.

I almost always mute in-game music as the first step before even playing, sorry.

Unfortunately those boxes aren’t labeled and sometimes they go in the wrong one.

The corporate person is a selfish narcissist, a paperclip-maximizing artificial lifeform forever questing after its own advantage. It is an abuser. Like all abusers, it is keenly attuned to any social dynamic that it can use to manipulate its victims, and so social media is highly prized by these immortal colony-organisms.

YES.

Didn’t realize I was reading Doctorow until the end, but amazing essay, thanks OP for sharing.

Maybe you should edit your post to say what that is?

Flattered, obviously.

“Shut Up and Dance” by Walk the Moon

Kinda? You had to press a code to dial out, otherwise they were only good for calling the office or other classrooms.

She’s not a morning person, so I cook breakfast and do all the baking.

She used to be a professional chef, so she cooks dinner most nights.

The kids each have one or two dishes they can prepare for lunch to feed each other.

The cats are useless layabouts and don’t even bring us hunting trophies anymore.

So that’s a book a week. Sounds about right.

If I can spare it, I share it. I used to be homeless myself and would never have gotten out of that without help. It seems to me I have an obligation to pass that on.

If you’ll be my bodyguard, I could be your long-lost pal.

Crack two large eggs in a bowl and whisk in:

• 1 Tb rendered bacon fat
• 4 fz yoghurt
• 3 fz water
• 4 ts molasses
• 1 C AP flour (you can sub up to a quarter of this with barley, buckwheat, or whole grain flour)
• 1 ts salt
• 4 ts baking powder (if using soda, 2 ts baking soda and 2 ts corn starch)
• 1 Tb pumpkin pie spices

Once the batter is free of lumps, hear the griddle and stir (not mix!) in 2 ts of apple cider vinegar.

I’ve perfected this recipe over a decade of fatherhood. You’re welcome.

I believed Ukraine could win, with enough help. I remember Ukraine pleading for help in order to win.

I feel the same now. I never doubted Ukraine had an agenda, their agenda was to remain independent. That’s not sinister, and it’s an agenda I support.

I am pretty irritated at you specifically for the way you’re “mentioning” this, framing it as sinister and underhanded instead of the forthright plea for help to remain independent that it always was.

Definitely not, an LLM will not be able to give you what you need. As you’ve already discovered, neither will most humans. But you’ve got to sift through a lot of silt to find the nuggets of gold.

I’d suggest you start by not looking for a girlfriend at all; just look for a friend. Or at least, don’t base your search on what what you think a girlfriend should look like. All of my long-term relationships came to me that way: either making a new friend, but she wanted to be more than friends; or making a new friend and she hooked me up with a single friend of hers.

People can tell if you’re self-sufficient versus looking for someone to fill a need in you. The former is attractive; the latter can be a turn-off. You’ve seen this yourself with the women that you discerned were just looking for a certain kind of partner to elevate their own status.

Sincerely, not sarcastically.