[All these points apply to sex and to gender, so for ease of reading, I'll just discuss gender]

Gender-exclusive groups are common in many societies, such as men-only and women-only social clubs and casual activity groups like a men's bowling group or a women's reading circle.

Sometimes this is de-facto, but sometimes this is enforced by rules or expectations, treating the club as a safe space for airing issues people have with other genders, or avoiding perceived problems with other genders.

I came across this old comment in a garbage subreddit by accident when researching. The topic is Men's Sheds:

"Here's the thing. No reasonable person has an issue with women having their own women's activity groups. The annoying part is that whenever men try to do something similar, that's a problem. Women either want them banished or demand entry, EVERY time."

I think their claim is nonsense, grossly exaggerated at best. I also know of many counterexamples of men trying to get into women-only groups (as an extreme case, the Ladies Lounge of the Mona art gallery in Australia was taken to court for sex discrimination, with the creator claiming they would circumvent the ruling by installing a toilet). But nonetheless, I can understand why they feel this way, patriarchal social relations change how most people see men-exclusive spaces vs. women-exclusive spaces.

But my response to their claim is that, I am reasonable and I do have an issue with any group setting up places which discriminate based on gender. These safe places can form as a legitimate rudimentary form of protection, yes, but they maintain and often even promote sexism, and should all be challenged and turned into something better which serves the same purpose.

Of course, I'm limited by my own experiences and perspective, so I'd love to hear your opinions on the topic.

Bonus video: "Why Do Conservative Shows All Look the Same? | Renegade Cut" - a discussion about fake man-caves and sexism.

I have been working as a software developer for PwC for couple of years, but recently I am being asked to sign an NDA - regarding not sharing information about any company including but not limited to clients or for advantage in securities transactions. I do not interact with clients or their information directly.

Does such NDA mean I am not allowed to buy/sell shares for this company in future?

Not sure if this is the right community for this.

What would be the less shameful reason why you would have to be detained overnight?

I need to find an adapter for this stupid HD-DVD drive from 2008. Sorry, this is before my time.

I am sure if it was some 9-5s name in that file they would have been executed by now .

bought my first pair of heels, black, and wonder what people use to provide comfort and keep the heels in good condition.

is there any routine you do to your new heels?

cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/43890485

If you have any good to-do list / productivity, even if not gamefied those recommendations are also welcome!
I'm looking for a gamefied one, so I can get addicted to it :)
Thank you!

I own a house/land outright (as much as a government will let you own anything): I have no mortgage or liens. For examples when comparing options, let's use a nice round number and say that the house is worth $100,000.

I'm interesting in buying a different house/land in another area.

One option would be to use the equity I have in my current house towards the purchase of a second house. I'd put less cash down, end up with 2 houses, have a smaller mortgage than financing the entire price of the new house, but also have a lien on my old house.

Another option would be to sell my current house and then buy the new house. I'd put much less cash down (or none), have a small or non-existant mortgage, and end up with 1 house.

What are financial advantages and disadvantages of those options? Are there other options?

I appreciate your thoughts and insight.

I asked this question recently, unfortunately it did not get me closer to an actionable answer. Of course clothes get damaged and stuff is in the lint drawer, but it is a huge difference between losing the longevity by a 1% and 30%. Any actual research would be tremendously helpful.

https://vger.to/lemmy.ml/post/42648344

I'm wondering how I could make a good, privacy respecting public sign up system for an event that protects both the person signing up and myself. I'm hoping for something user friendly, but ultimately my safety is important. I'm not sure what's out there or if I'll need to roll my own, but I'd love some community brainstorming here!

TL;DR: What are some ways I can have a privacy-respecting public sign up for an event I want to host that protects me and the people signing up?

I have a large music library that I don't have much storage left for on my phone. There are of course other ways of solving this problem, but are there any good dedicated music players like iPods still around?

Ideally I'd like it to have Bluetooth functionality for wireless headphones, at least 512GB of storage, and an SD card slot. Possibly physical buttons as well.

Archive.

Did they remove it due to internal or external pressure?

Other pages referring to this story got taken down also: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/news-call-of-duty-jeffrey-epstein-microtransactions/

https://news.instant-gaming.com/en/articles/17608-bobby-kotick-had-discussed-microtransactions-in-call-of-duty-with-jeffrey-epstein

I see all sorts of answers online, but am not fully convinced. I tried finding some research on the longevity of clothes between wash and wash + dry. Considering that it dries for hours just the mechanical movement should damage the clothes I would assume?

Includes "extreme" or even "offensive" things from the files. Preferably on the .ml

From my "watched a YouTube video" understanding of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem, a consistent mathematical system cannot prove its own consistency, and any seemingly consistent system could always have a fatal contradiction that invalidates the whole system, and the only way to know would be to find the contradiction.

So if at some point our current system of math gets proven inconsistent, what happens next? Can we tweak just the inconsistent part and have everything else still be valid or would we be forced to rebuild all of math from basic logic?

Setting aside Big Tech and surveillance capitalism for a minute — I wonder if fediverse microblogging apps like Mastodon aren’t fairly antisocial and inclined to individualism, while apps like Lemmy are more community and artefact/stuff-to-share centric.

People are complex, societies infinitely more so, but software can nudge us this way or that way too.

I’d be interested to hear what others here think.

Before I start a sad story just a bit of context, I live in a very much conservative country. And even though Gay marriages were legalized few years back but still society and all are not very welcoming or even accepting of LGBTQ+ ppl (Don't go by my username it's just what fake name generator spat out)

This happened last Saturday night, me and 2 more friends from work decided to go for club. Out of 3 of us me and let's all him "G" are young and experienced with edibles and can hold our own alcohol. But this third guy lets call him "A" is 10+ years older than us and is married to a woman and has a kid.

So before going to club we take some edibles and i think it was the first time or maybe after a long while he'd been to a good club or whatever reason this guy "A" who usually just drank 1-2 beer drank almost 2 pitchers and few whiskey and cocktails.

Towards the end of night he starts hitting on guys and helps another random guy light a cigarette using his cigarette still in his mouth. And all. Eventually at around 2am club closes and we all leave on the road there's someone who is playing loud music so "A" goes there starts dancing and few more guys join him. He is flirting with all of them taking there phone numbers and sharing his own. and "G" is trying to stop him because there are cops near by. And then there comes this guy who he shared cigarette with he is yelling A's name on the street but A is out there sharing his number with others on the road. This guy buys flowers from street vendors/(homeless ppl here who make living by selling random things on road) and he is telling them he is very happy today and pays 100 times more for the flowers (I don't want to use numbers or currency but due to income inequality this would be just 1-2 days income for the guy but pretty significant amount for street vendors) and I'm trying to stop him and I'm telling him A's unavailable he's already married with a kid and all but he is just yelling A's name with such love that at 1 point I felt like I'm the villain in there story. But eventually he's friends also show up they get him away. And "G" and I get A into the cab and go home. There he reveals he had done this before as well giving out his number to random men and then blocking them in the morning. (A is also very conservative and any time LGBTQ+ topic came up in discussion he'd say "its a western propaganda")

I know I deserve to burn in hell for stopping them. But I'm also not sure what was I supposed to do.

Is there any way to get blood tests done in the United States without it going into your permanent record? I'm working on leaving the us within months and I know poor health can cause governments to reject immigration applications. I have been healthy so far, but I don't want to ignore any signs of something possibly creeping up on me.