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Uh, well…

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• !socialistra@midwest.social
• !armedqweers@lemmy.blahaj.zone

I’m surprised no one has tried to give any dating advice here. OP, regardless of the virginity thing, do you want to find a romantic partner? It’s entirely reasonable to want both romance and sex.

Here’s what’s worked for me:

• Figure out what kind of person your ideal partner would be, what their interests are, and where they would hang out.
• Put yourself in places where you’re likely to meet that kind of person. For example, if you’re looking for someone that likes the outdoors and staying physically active, maybe look for a hiking group in your area.
• Be confident, and be chill. If you’re neither, fake it until you are.

That’s the basic outline. If you’re meeting people that are sort of like what you’re looking for, but not quite, that’s an indication that you’re on the right track and should keep at it. Dating is a grind and requires patience.

In terms of confidence/chill, that means:

• Assuming that someone you’re interested in could also be attracted to you, instead of just assuming they aren’t.
• Handling rejection gracefully.
• Not keeping your desires a secret, but also having the patience not to dump everything on them all at once. If you want to be sexual, be lightly flirty with them, and see if they respond in kind. If they do, then you can gradually escalate along those lines.
• Not requiring constant attention from them. Give them a chance to miss you. Don’t feel the need to respond to that text right away, for example. Wait 10 minutes or so, then respond. This lets them know that you don’t expect immediate responses, and they can get back to you later if they’re busy. It also slows the pace of conversation down, so that you don’t run out of things to talk about.

Some anime meme communities:

• !anime_irl@ani.social
• !animemes@ani.social
• !animenocontext@reddthat.com
• !yurimemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone

And that’s true, but I think it’s important to note that Trump is a symptom, not the disease itself. The disease is his base, and the corruption of their belief in democracy. I hope I’m wrong, but I feel like we’ll see this level of politics for a while more.

It goes both ways, really. You’re right in that Trump couldn’t have gotten elected without the existence of that reactionary base. That’s always existed in American politics, though its strength has varied over time. However, his presence in politics energizes them, and inspires them to organize and spread their propaganda, while also serving as a powerful propaganda mouthpiece himself.

You’re also right that Trump’s exit from politics won’t calm things down right away. Hopefully his movement won’t find a new Fuhrer figure, though that’s always a possibility.

I’d been trying to promote gun ownership and training among left leaning folks since early 2016. Took various friends and Facebook randoms to the range and taught them to shoot. Have had motivation issues with that project for a while though.

Cheapest option is an assault 12 gauge.

I don’t think I’ve come across any “assault shotguns”, but maybe you’re referring to the “tactical” variants? They’ll typically come in black rather than wooden or camo pattern, have shorter barrels, and hold more ammo when compared with hunting shotguns.

It’s important to note that shotguns aren’t super beginner friendly, though they’re probably the most financially accessible option for home defense. One piece of advice I would give is to look up what “cheek weld” is when using a shotgun (in additional to general safety and usage info). We’re also pretty late in the game here for those that are worried about election-related violence, since developing marksmanship skills takes time. Better late than never though, just try to get at least one range trip in so that you can familiarize yourself with the basics.

Not looking to turn this into a guns thread, since that wouldn’t be very useful for the OP. If anyone has any questions on the subject, you could make a post in one of these communities, and I (and probably others) can give advice:

• !guns@lemmy.world
• !socialistra@midwest.social
• !armedqweers@lemmy.blahaj.zone

I think that’s inevitable at the stage that we’re at. Enough organic growth will lead to institutional interest, and those institutions will push for regulatory clarity. If we had an environment of institutional and regulatory hostility, that would effectively put a cap on how much organic growth can happen.

Looks like it mainly:

• Makes it explicitly legal to use, accept, and self-custody cryptocurrencies, and to run nodes
• Prohibits municipalities from passing laws against the above
• Prohibits extra taxes on cryptocurrency transactions that wouldn’t apply to USD

Here’s the bill text. It still needs to pass the senate.

Even if you’re a die-hard capitalist, you shouldn’t use “tankie” as a broad label for anti-capitalists. Diluting it as a term just helps the actual tankies (authoritarian communists).

Me dealing with serious computer problems

Lemmy users: mAYbe YOu ShOuLD trY thERaPy

I miss 90’s techno-libertarian utopianism. A little naive in retrospect, but I’m holding out hope that it’ll still have some relevance going forward.

Yes, I block lemmy.ml communities when I notice them, just because I don’t want to accidentally contribute anything to that instance. Some of the users are okay, but the admins are not.

Ah, gotcha. Those are one-time passwords. Same acronym, so it’s easy to confuse them.

But yeah, I agree that everything should use (T)OTP for two-factor authentication, instead of SMS messages. The later mainly provides a false sense of security and presents only a minor hurdle for attackers to overcome.

One time pads or bust motherfuckers.

Not sure if you’re being facetious, but one time pads are for encryption, not authentication. They’re also impractical (and overkill) for most purposes.

Yeah, that’s fair.

I’d been wondering if we had a community like this. Joined.

You might want to consider limiting cryptocurrency-related posts in some way, so that the community doesn’t end up taken over by them in the future. The profit motive makes things weird there. Blockchains are a pretty inefficient, brute-force solution to decentralization too. I’m pro-Bitcoin, but I actively avoid any other project that involves a blockchain. I know there’s a lot of others that feel the same way.

You might find this helpful: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/user-generated-content-and-fediverse-legal-primer

You’re not wrong, but I was about to drop it due to how slow it was. I decided to give it one more episode, and that was the one that got interesting. xD

Yep, I love Steins;Gate. I rank Erased higher because it’s “all killer no filler”, while SG has a bit of a slow start. They’re very close though.

Erased is my favorite anime of all time. I’m a sucker for both time travel and “big damn heroes” stuff.

Like I said, they have to maintain their own patch to make that work, which needs to be updated for each new Lemmy version. It’s not something that mainline Lemmy will do.