[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Then stand by and watch him increase the death toll you claim to care about.

I'll vote for the candidate who wants a cease-fire, rather than let the one who wants Israel to "win" get into office.

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago

Because of how First Past The Post voting works, it is an either/or situation. It's just how the math works out. Democrats splitting their votes across multiple candidates means their influence is divided by the same amount. Republicans effectively have zero division in their party, so Democrats can't afford to not vote for Kamala if they don't want Trump to get more people killed.

I understand being disgusted by the lack of options, but the fact of the matter is you can prevent Trump from making it worse. Or you can sit on your ass while Trump gets more people killed.

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

I've had people openly admit they think it's just and good that I'll go to hell for being queer. And the majority of my family follows the same doctrine, so... I don't think I even know how I feel about it tbh.

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Omelette du fromage

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Eh, there's plenty of valid reasons to trash on Musk, but I'd probably be a huge bitch if the Russian government were ~~blackmailing me(?)~~ threatening me, too.

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

The only block on both my accounts is lemmynsfw.com so I don't have porn pop up on my feed at work

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I'm not just talking about our safety, I'm talking about the lives of Palestinians.

Nobody on the left likes FPTP or anything else about our voting system, and we all know it's bullshit, but this is what we have to work with. The moral brownie points you seem to be after won't be found by crossing your arms and allowing Republicans to pour gasoline on the fire, and no amount of Democrats doing the same will outweigh the political BS that influenced the party to fund a genocide in the first place.

Is your moral grandstanding worth risking more lives in Palestine (in addition to all of the issues it'll introduce for our own marginalized citizens)?

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The high horse you've chosen to mount will get us more genocide and a whole host of new issues for queer people and people of color. Nobody will be giving you moral brownie points for allowing that to happen.

Is your moral grandstanding worth the lives it'll cost?

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Doesn't Lemmy also handle line breaks like that? Let's find out.

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

OldSchool RuneScape restored my faith in the industry. RuneScape was ruined by microtransactions, but Jagex grew an enormous pair of balls and released an older version of the game and started fresh without any of the bullshit.

To this day it's my favorite RPG. I could write a truly ridiculous amount about why I love it, but I recommend just playing it for yourself.

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I just want somewhere that won't even show me new episodes until an unghosted version is released. I primarily watch anime for the animation, so blurred and darkened frames really ruin it for me.

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(TL;DR): I love being terrified, and this has led me to a fascination with imagining being a witness to / a victim of various tragedies. Is that weird?


The earliest example I can remember of wanting to know what it was like to be a victim of a tragedy was when I first learned what happened on 9/11. We were visiting my grandma, and she was watching a documentary about it. That's the first time I had seen the footage and heard an explanation of it all, and I was still a child (like way too young to be processing what I was seeing), but I was fascinated by it. Even after everyone had left the room to hang out on the porch, I stayed in the living room to watch more. I wanted to know everything, but most of all I wanted to know what it was like to be there. Both as a witness and a victim.

To this day, I would pay good money to get hooked up to something like Roy from Rick and Morty so I could safely experience it without knowing I was safe. And I'd like to choose as many perspectives as I want. From the hijackers, to the people on the directly impacted floors, the people on floors adjacent to the impact, the people who jumped, the people who were outside and witnessed the crashes and collapses, the people who were trapped on the upper floors and remained inside during the collapse...

Besides 9/11, others at the top of the list are things like mass shootings, earthquakes and other natural disasters, catastrophic workplace accidents (mostly explosions), the sinking of the Titanic, Hiroshima/nuclear testing sites, other war related events, various atrocities committed by/against mankind (like the torture committed by the CIA against people suspected of being involved in the 9/11 attacks), the Heaven's Gate mass suicide, a significant portion of Charles Manson's life... It's a mix of wanting the experience and curiosity about the stories/information that never made it into public knowledge.

I don't have a death wish or anything, it's just for some reason I have a fascination with terror. I love getting sleep paralysis and having nightmares, and I feel a weird sense of catharsis when I wake up and realize I'm safe. My favorite ones are when I'm utterly convinced I'm going to die. Even as a kid I loved terrifying shows (like Courage the Cowardly Dog and Mr.Meaty), and as a teenager it evolved into broader consumption of surrealist art, and then I started watching Live Leak videos where I got a more realistic sense of terror. I watched all of the Bjork stalker's tapes, which, if you aren't familiar, they end with him shooting himself after mailing a letter bomb to her. Knowing he filmed his suicide was what piqued my interest, but I also wanted to get into his head so I started from tape #1.

How weird is all of this? Any psychological explanations/speculations about why I'm like this? (And are there any other subs I should ask this in?)

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Unusual kind of post but still religious cringe:

After I finished helping someone I said "have a good day" and walked away, but then she said "you see no god?" Which was confusing before I realized what she was talking about lol. After a second I said "oh yeah haha, I thought it was cute." And she responds with "well I have a good god."

I just said "okay" and walked away again. But I wish I would've asked her if she seriously thought I worshiped a dog with a cone on its head lol.

This is the third time I've gotten a negative comment on my shirt at work. I'm not even anti-religion, I just thought a dog that had to get a cone juxtaposed with him saying he's a god was funny.

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