It seems like this only happens on the Internet. Lots of my IRL friends are vegan, vegetarian, or reduce their meat consumption. We all get along.

It’s cool, but buying produce from your neighbors is also cool. Strong communities thrive together

Honestly, I don’t care. I don’t even look at that stuff, I just type in the bar thing what I want. Mozilla has to fund the project somehow.

Every faction is the bad guys, it’s individuals (or sub groups like the salamanders) within the fiction that get to rise above their faction and be good guys.

I’d probably say some shit like, “if you’re really crazy, then how would you know?”

Why is it hard to find people that aren’t shitty? I’m still recovering from learning Neil gaiman was an abuser

I’ve been reading “the dispossessed” by Ursula k le guin, and I’m becoming increasingly interested in anarchy. Where should I look for more information on it?

I’m not yet 30 and I think it’s good applicable advice. I think you can actually practice a lot of these skills by making friends. The difference between romantic and platonic isn’t that big.

So I think the question could be refined a little. Eye contact helps build connection between people, but it’s not the only piece of the puzzle. Maybe a better question is “'How do I communicate more empathetically?”

There’s another question; “How do I let someone know I’m interested?” This question is related to the first in that trying to get close to another person (being vulnerable with each other) and communicating your feelings is how you let someone know your interested.

TLDR: get to know them and tell them you’re interested. If they say they’re not interested you can probably still be friends since you already got to know each other. Empathy and humility/vulnerability are key in building relationships.

Meh Dayzie or Caleb, I don’t use deodorant and I do a bunch of exercise. Exercise then shower, and I have a smell, but it doesn’t smell bad. Most people just smell like people unless they aren’t taking care of themselves.

Thank you for turning my shitty sleep deprived joke into something that contributed to the conversation, you’re a real one.

Is it true that no one hates the French quite like the French?

So like, what problem does immortality solve? Because when I think about, it’s just giving me more time to deal with more problems. Like how good of a person I am doesn’t change if I live longer.

How would being immortal make your life better? because I’m just not sure I get it.

Ah, because whoever they kill is definitely an enemy. If they were already infallible why do they need AI?

I have a couple of friends in law enforcement (NYPD & state Police). They tend to be best cops around, one of them is being sent to be a trainer so he can get some bigger promotions.

You got to ask yourself and maybe them if they are a good person. All cops are bad because of what the system does to them. But who they are in spite of what that system is doing says more about who they are as a person.

Chances are they’ll have edgy jokes, but you’ve been on the Internet long enough to end up here, so I’m sure you can navigate that.

Remember conservatives hate liberal arts colleges because people who are exposed to diversity are more tolerant of it.

Assuming it’s the US

• set up a fund to provide free school lunches until the government provides them
• give grants for people to set up housing co-ops
• hire my own army of Russian trolls (they do not need to be Russian, I am inclusive to all trolls) to fracture conservative unity/support progressive
• buy up some social media companies. (YouTube would be best, but I don’t the 300 billion is enough) make the algorithm progressive
• whatever is left over goes to renewables and conservation efforts

There was a lot more I missed when I switched, can’t think of anything now. I was going to joke that I miss being 19. But eh, I’m doing better now than I was then.

It’s really annoying actually. Sometimes you’re asking something completely benign, and it’s likes sorry I’m an AI and I can’t do anything.

Example: I asked it what a commonplace book was. Apparently language models don’t have the capacity to help with that!

I think they’re implying that legitimate things are immediate, sad, and personal. But I think all of these options are legitimate reasons to cry.

What’s an illegitimate reason? To manipulate someone