boatswain

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[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 12 points 2 weeks ago

FYI "mouth breather" predates the setting of Stranger Things by decades. It's also not about manipulatively forcing them to deny it: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/508300/mouth-breathing-as-slang-for-stupidity

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

I don't remember who said it first, but I've linked it before: there's no paradox if tolerance is a social contact rather than an ethic. If someone breaks the terms of the contact, then the other party is not bound by it any more.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago

I get where you're coming from. Unfortunately, it's not really that simple. Sometimes a relationship is so toxic that there's no way to restore the basic trust that's needed in order to function as a unit. This is no different. Pre-Trump, we might have been able to talk and salvage things; at this point, they're just as broken as a relationship full of cheating and domestic abuse. My fear is that the only way forward is breakup (ie civil war) or some other equally deep trauma.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 35 points 2 weeks ago

If you're having problems with a lot of people you like being blocked by your server, it's probably a good sign that you should change your server. That's kind of the point of being able to do that.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 6 points 3 weeks ago

You'd probably want height in there as well

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It would basically let you see all the hidden characters that indicate formatting, which made it possible to see why your text would suddenly display in a weird way.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 15 points 3 weeks ago

This isn't about gathering data so much as it is encouraging Trump supporters to get out and vote, is my read.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 18 points 3 weeks ago

I understand where you're coming from, but I disagree completely. They are written in a different style than we're used to today, but they're masterfully done. To me, the movies are largely good adaptations, but the books are far superior.

But that's the nice thing about taste: everyone's entitled to their own.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago

That is relevant to my interests. I'll have to pay a visit to Baltimore.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Good thing real life doesn't follow videogame logic

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