70,000 is too many to have of anything

My name is on the credit card, so shipping it to a fake name isn’t doing anything but potentially drawing attention to myself.

You might be looking for Roko’s Basilisk. It’s a touch more extreme than just being nice, though.

This is something I think about a lot, and has been done well in fiction plenty already. My adhd wouldn’t just go away in a fantasy world. Sure I might have a burst of motivation for a while, but I probably wouldn’t magically be interested in studying and research just because I might be able to do some basic magic.

I can totally see the value in that, but I also worry it might result in a “blank cheque” situation where rape allegations are dismissed because one party consented on an app and the other took that as free rein to do whatever.

But you’re right. The other side is potentially protecting people from false allegations.

The issue with this is that consent can be withdrawn at any point. You don’t just agree to have sex and you’re good for the night. Consent is a constant thing.

I remember seeing the same thing on Futureweapons 15+ years ago. Anecdotally, I can say from experience how hard it is to talk when your works are echoing back to you at just the right delay. It totally scrambles me.

Same. School firewall blocked based on host names, so we all learned a lot about the hosts file so we could manually set all of the IPs Minecraft needed to authenticate.

If the espresso isn’t making you pee, you might just be dehydrated. Caffeine is a diuretic, so it’s going to make you lose some water.