Yeah this should have a spoiler tag. That took away from what could have been a fun development

Apparently it got bought by Proton, but Standard Notes has been my brain dump forum for years now. I love it

Thank you. I disabled the google app (which I tbh low key don’t know what it even does)

So is Gemini on there as an app? It isn’t listed as such on my phone

Of course we are all individually somewhere on a continuum of capacity. But I think that the overall system in which we live accounts for much of what you describe (see: messaging in our entertainment, commercials, social media, how they shape people). And also, perhaps that a kind environment like these people had is not a sufficient condition for pro social behavior, if it doesn’t teach them perspective building for instance; or exposure to, and legitimization of, alternate lifestyles and realities.

idk. All this coexists with the inherent flaws of the human organism. Selfishness is one of our qualities. It’s biologically built it in. Ideally our environment nurtures the executive functions to override and temper it. But, again, a capacity being there is not a sufficient condition for it to emerge

I think the capacity is there to function at a higher, pro-social level; but it is severely compromised by societal systems that at some point were shaped by scarcity and real world dangers but have just become obsolete and out of control. We’re living a traumatic legacy that we can’t shake and just keep dumping on successive generations

Hm. Cop uniforms. I accurately appraise judge them to likely be problematic in all kinds of ways that might threaten my safety and certainly that of others

Yup. I find written fluff faster to run through than video fluff

Does she have any recommendations for trainings to become a trainer of these skills?

Yeah I’ve not personally used anything but steel and cast iron for years now

There was a recent post somewhere bringing attention to how ceramic pans are often not truly ceramic but an amalgamation that includes more questionable materials and/or being only a thin layer covering lower quality metal that could leach. That would make me wary of bottles with ceramic linings

These posts low key scare me tbh. Like they are windows into the minds of other humans and… it ain’t looking good in there

That part could be attributed to reissues, per the bio in OP’s comment

None of this is sexual but it is very much full of love.

I loved this line, resonated with an unmet need in me

100% on this. I hate that we get robbed of and rob ourselves of affection. Because then of course all touch becomes sexualized. Of course all our emotional needs get poured into any opening they are given. We’re touch starved

Brain development, namely executive function—the wiring that allows you to connect knowledge to performance as well as to perceive and understand nuance, amongst other functions—are still in development into the mid-20s. And that’s without factors like the delays caused by neurodivergence, if present, to say nothing of the impact of psychosocial factors.

All that aside, we need way more open arms to anybody, at any age, who is looking to grow and rectify their past behaviors and attitudes. “I was wrong” is intrapsychically and socially one of the harder things for any of us to cop to. Kudos to anyone who does.

There’s an upper limit to how much benadryl you should take in a sitting if you don’t want to breach the stratosphere

Just think: the public transport system in the bay area is one of the better ones in the u.s.

Elden Ring. Somehow failing my way forward helps. Also, going back and slaughtering creatures that used to one shot me

I liked Twilight 2, actually. Just happened to see it in the right moment that it worked for me. Never watched the rest of the series though