Thanks for the thorough perspective! The specific space I was thinking of was a gay bar/gay club. There have been a few times when I’ve partied with a group that included a bunch of gay men. Then that group wanted to continue the night at a gay bar and invited me. Even with an invitation, it would feel like invading. I had no idea there was an ally flag. I’ll look into repping that.

Thanks for all the tips.

Queer people: I’m a cis straight man. Would it be ok for me to show some rainbow iconography to show support? I try not to put myself in gay spaces since that’s not for me. Idk if it would come across as like…stolen gay valor or something.

Side question: is it ok for me to refer to lgbtq+ people as queer? The acronym feels clunky but I’m not sure if this is a “we can say it but not you” situation.

I understand that the answers may not have broad agreement one way or another but I wanted to do at least a little bit of a temperature check.

Rappers write all sorts of bars. 2 Chainz is like 60% comedy, 40% trap. He’s quite silly while staying in character is a cool rich rapper guy.

These are great bars (okay maybe Kodak could’ve said something else). Many of them are meant to be punchlines. Far from whack bars.

Ya know, I’m somewhat convinced that leftist infighting isn’t really a thing irl. I’ve been to leftist socials and meetups and whatnot and we’re all talking about how much we agree. Even if we have differing ideologies, we all agree that the rise of fascism is the main threat. I think the fighting only really exists online where algorithms and anonymity get people frothing at the mouth. If the “Republicans” and “Democrats” of the future are anarchists and MLs, we’ve already made a ton of progress. In person, I think most leftists are most interested in getting to the point where our different ideologies are actually relevant.

Graham Platner is not perfect but he’s far from the violent Nazi you’re portraying him as. He represents the Democrats moving towards populism and I think that’s a good thing. He will probably advocate for a lot of reform during his campaign that he falls short on in office but he’s still an expansion of the Overton window leftward.

Steam knob when

It’s a song encouraging homeless people to use the YMCA for housing and a meal. It could be a subtle jab at the state of homelessness in America while pretending to celebrate American culture. Might be a stretch though.

AI jack off detection trained on trillions of hours of Omegle and Chat Rulette.

Well I used to have an e36 (with H&R cup kit and Eibach sway bars) and I’m straight so I guess it doesn’t mean much. I also had a couple miatas and an Audi TT though so I might just be in denial.

*Serpentine belt. If it were a timing belt it would be much worse than a noise. This usually is a pretty easy thing to replace in most cars.

What is lemmy even about man

Miata or WRX?

I don’t and I deal with the consequences. I used to live with a roommate that would “rinse” the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher…with soap and water and a sponge. Brother you’re just washing the dishes. That’s why he used paper plates and utensils all the time.

It would have been intuitive if…

One issue I see with suggestions is that everyone thinks their a designer. What they suggest might even be an improvement for that one small tool but would make the overall experience less intuitive. Overall, I think OSS should cater to their existing users plus a little bit more. Make the experience better for the people who really want to try to use it but eventually give up in frustration. Over time, it will improve and the user base will increase.

I think this is a needlessly combative stance. If your goal is to get new users to engage with the development side, calling their criticism “bitching” isn’t going to do that. Most software users don’t have the first clue about software development and wouldn’t even know what exactly to say if given a suggestion form. The best feedback a lot of new users can give is “the user experience is clunky and unintuitive”.

Personally, I think influencer/hustle culture, parasocial relations, personal “brands” are a rot on society coming from the worst parts of capitalism. The influencer benefits from alienation and I think that’s wrong. I don’t think an OF model is any worse than any other influencer. I also think a lot of OF models didn’t feel they had many options when they started. But the really successful ones could get out or be less parasocial or something.

Shucks that was clever

Just say you made a French variation of it.

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