ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃

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Joined 2 years ago
Cake day: June 11th, 2023
  • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.socialtocats@lemmy.world•See you there!
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    7 days ago

    That’s not a thumb you dumbass, that’s her index finger separated from the others for the cat to rest on. Thumb is on the other side of the cat. Have you never held a cat in one arm and cradled it on your palm like that?

    Edit: I checked, to humor you. It’s a well-known image of Carrie Fisher in costume as princess Leiah, taken decades before anything even resembling an AI existed.

  • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.socialtomemes@lemmy.world•Beware of big bathroom
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    15 days ago

    Okay but like, the human body does in fact suck in many ways, one of those being that we’re naturally filthy as fuck.

    It’s worth noting that the above is, of course, an opinion. I find human stench repulsive. Many do. Some don’t. But regardless, I don’t think less of a person or culture for not using or having access to the typical hot water + exfoliating + soap + deodorant + scent + moisturizer method that western culture holds so dear. I couldn’t do without it. And yes I’m slightly grossed out as a natural reaction when people don’t use it. But I don’t think "that uncultured savage pig doesn’t bathe* in that situation, that would just be horrible. Unfortunately many do think that way, and I agree that that kind of hostile, accusatory thinking is likely partially due to western marketing.

    I personally am a transhumanist in philosophy. I think that if we can make a way to make the human body some radiant vessel that would have been worshipped as a goddess across most of human history, that such an endeavor is worth while. But many look down on others when such standards become normalized. That is the key difference: another main tenant of transhuman philosophy is the idea of bodily autonomy. You inhabit the vessel you want, whether bathed or not.

    And I agree that marketing has, in fact, been instrumental in pushing that “your body is fucking disgusting” idea onto others so heavily. Capitalism capitalizes best on making people feel lower or less important without a product.

  • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Every toddler becomes a hackerman when they find a tablet
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    15 days ago

    I learned all the basics of computers when I was 10 from Minecraft. Learned basic life concepts from there much earlier. I learned file directories from modding Java edition. Learned networking from multilpayer. Get an error message? Read it, Google and try to figure out how to fix it. Learned some Java coding around age 12 from a modding lesson program my parents got me. Also learned electronic skills and soldering at the same age from disassembling broken stuff and savaging motors to make stuff.

    If kids are given a difficult, nerdy interface in one hand, and all the world’s knowledge in the other, they’ll be genius. If they’re given an iPad they’ll have no idea what a folder is, much less a MAC address.

    This is why all children should start on a $100 ThinkPad running Arch Linux, a cheap rooted phone, and Firefox with the links to stack exchange and arch forums bookmarked for them.

    Thanks for coming to my TED talk.