I saw it after watching and loving FLCL, in the early-mid 2000s.
I love it, and it’s now among my favorite media “franchise”. I didn’t love the final rebuild movie, but it’s hard to imagine anything ever topping End of Evangelion.
I’ve watched a bunch of other anime before and after.
Loud music, weed, alcohol, big dinner, good dessert.
“Open weights” isn’t worth a shit either.
If you don’t have the access to training data or the computational power to bake it into a model, you are beholden to somebody’s (or rather, some corporation’s) binary blob. We’re talking about the difference between freeware and FOSS effectively.
Not that it matters because all of thin generative AI stuff is for talentless tech bro chuds in the first place…
I kind of disagree. How can you be certain a person in is a certain age without determining who that person is?
The local AI concept is flawed, as is anything that relies on trusting the user.
If you want to be certain that someone is over 18 at some point you need a government ID or birth certificate, and at that point you know a hell of a lot more about them than their age.
This is identity verification.
What’s their motivation? “Protecting the children” from pictures of boobs?
Doubtful.
Instead, I think the AI companies are looking for ways to more easily distinguish human-made “content” from bot-made content, in order to decrease the amount of generative slop that ends up being fed back into their training data.
Love Telefone and Starshooter from France.
Big fan of The Pillows, The Pees, and The Blue Hearts from Japan.
Wallet, keys and phone. Front pockets.
The elections are run by the states.
Only the certification of the Electoral College during a Presidential election is handled by the federal government, and he already tried (and failed) to interrupt that on January 6th, 2021. Trumps political support, even within his own party, is dwindling. Nobody is even bothering to show up in support of Trump as counter-protestors anymore. America’s military resources are spread thin and his gestapo have proven themselves incredibly inept outside of killing unarmed women. The time for him to plan and enact a successful coup against the American people has come and gone.
Make no mistake, ~7 months from now, each of the states will decide who they are going to be sending to Congress, and the Trump administration will have no choice but to operate within that new political reality–one which is almost certainly going to be far less favorable to them than the current one.
We do need to be ready for all contingencies, but so do they, and they have never been more distracted and disorganized than they are now.
Those of us who care about the democratic process, and outcome, need to stop whining and start paying attention now. Primary season is just about underway.
Exactly. I’m not sure why people think we need to do anything other than sit back and talk shit…
Iran is a boondoggle, the economy is in shambles, the administration is in chaos, and everyone with a brain hates him. America, Iran, Israel, Russia, and all of their proxies… All sides of this conflict are run almost entirely by shitheads. The worse it goes for all of them, the better.
My only sympathies lie with the innocent people of the world who are bound to get mixed up in this madness, but there’s very little anyone can do to stop that when the leaders of the world are hell-bent on waging pointless wars. All we can really do is continue to protest and ridicule the people in power, so that we can continue to do what $4.50-per-gallon regular gas is doing, and further erode their public support.
I think blocking those people is counterproductive.
It’s much worse to have a community where you’re the only person posting, as it’s nice to have some help with regular activity.
If anything you may just need to be more proactive about posting, or maybe adjust the rules of your community.
I’m not a parent, but I can imagine I would feel just terrible.
You seem to have a lot of anxiety about things in general. Are you talking to a professional psychologist or therapist? If not, it may be something to consider.
For the most part you should be able to see things across apps and servers.
For example, I’m logged into fedia.io, which runs the Mbin software, and this thread is on lemmy.world, running the Lemmy software.
It can take a while to wrap your head around all this stuff, but personally I find it really cool to be part of an infinitely scalable reddit alternative. 😄
Welcome!
Keep in mind there’s no algorithm pushing things on us here, so it’s best to seek out and subscribe to as many communities as you have interests. :) If there’s a niche community on Reddit that you miss having here, consider making it yourself. Also, the most you can post and comment the better!
One thing that’s nice about the Fediverse compared to corporate social media is that there is far less bullshit, fewer ancient reposts by people pretending to post original content, almost no AI slop, etc… It’s really nice, in my opinion. Reddit certainly has a larger quantity of stuff, but I think modernly the quality has become quite low.
Nice to have you.
I think your question reveals that you are conflating “confidence”, “self love”, “love” and “romance”. As someone approaching 40 who has struggled with all of these things to various degrees over time, I strongly recommend against mixing these things up or treating them like the same thing. They aren’t. And by conflating them, you’re only making it harder to feel satisfied with any of them!
If you skateboard then you already know all about “confidence”. You can’t land a trick without confidence, and the only way you can gain confidence is by practicing until you can do it in your sleep. I think that same mentality applies to all things, including just basic social situations, making friends, and dating. You might land it, you might bail, or you might totally eat shit, but you’ve gotta practice putting yourself out there to build confidence. Reflect on yourself to determine what you feel unconfident about, and work on it. Practice it like you’d practice an ollie.
“Self-love” is a difficult one, because many of us are our own harshest critics. You might want to be the best version of yourselves and feel let down or disappointed when you fall short of that. You might have a tendency to blame yourself for things that are fundamentally outside of your control. Worst of all, you might be someone who channels every negative emotion (boredom, loneliness, fear, anxiety, etc.) into self-hatred, instead of just accepting that you can feel bad without being bad. We have to resist all of those tendencies because they are negative and self-destructive. Look at the things about you that are good. Look at your talents, look at your relationships, look at the way you treat other people and animals, and so on… Furthermore, it’s really important that you learn that self-love is fundamentally different than love or romance for others–being in a relationship is unlikely to teach you self-love, and self-love is something that you have to work on finding even if you are single or feel lonely.
“Love” is also difficult, if only because you can’t force it. It’s also not the same as romance. Depending on your circumstances, you can find love in your family, be it parents, grandparents, siblings, kids, or other relatives. You can also find love in a beloved pet, like a cat or a dog who always wants to be with you. You can find love in a lifelong friend who you truly care about and who cares about you right back. Love isn’t romance (and it certainly isn’t sex), but it’s powerful and you know it when you feel it. There’s no recipe to finding love out in the world, but if you look around you, I think you might see that it’s already there in some form.
I’m certainly no expert in “romance”, so I’m probably not a good person to ask about this… But I think a lot of romance is just showing the other person that you’re thinking about them and care for them. Romance is not sex; you can have romance without sex and you can have sex without romance. Being “good at sex” is not the same as being romantic, nor is it necessary. I have really come to learn that the most romantic thing you can do is be emotionally intimate with a partner, by talking to them openly, asking them how they feel, breaking down the boundaries between you both and making them feel comfortable and safe in every way that people need. If you can care for another person, listen to them, and share their most intimate moments, then I think you probably do have what it takes to be romantic.
Finally, it’s also important to address the idea that “aromanticism” and “asexuality” exist in a whole variety of different forms. These ways of being have probably always existed throughout humanity, even though they weren’t discussed as frankly due to the pressures of social conformity. I think you really need to at least consider the possibility that part of the reason you’ve tended to shy away from seeking out romantic relationships is that you feel that you might not really want a conventional one. Only you know for sure, but it’s at least worth thinking about.
Damn dude…I hope you don’t! Doesn’t seem worth it, even after hitting rock bottom…
No family or friends as a support system? Any community homelessness resources? Can you get by a little longer selling stuff?
What kind of job are you looking for? Can you temporarily settle for something less just to make ends meet while hunting?
Good luck, amigo. Don’t give up just yet!
Good but a little tired! Had the weekend off but it was kind of busy: close friend’s birthday on Friday, protests on Saturday, going out with old friends tonight. Made my first gunpla model kit too. 😄
I don’t really think so… Especially in an era of AI-generated slop that’s devoid of the human touch, it’s more important than ever to recognize the people who make things.
With that said, I do think that we should be able to accept flaws and imperfections in human creators. I think people should understand the fact that you can like someone’s creations without endorsing every aspect of them as a person.
For example, the number of zoomers who I’ve met that claim that “the Beatles suck” because they have a problem with John Lennon’s personal flaws is pretty wild to me. It’s cool if people dislike the Beatles, whatever! Did John always practice what he preached? Probably not… But, like, even knowing that he was a bad father to his first son and a bad husband to his first wife, that doesn’t really change the fact that his band was objectively one of the most influential musical acts of the 20th century. You don’t have to like the guy, the band, or even the songs, but to ignore their once-in-a-generation skill and cultural importance feels like willful ignorance to me.
Like many people, I love Jamaican music: reggae, dub, ska, dancehall, etc. At the same time, I’m not a rasta, nor do I totally agree to some of the religious and political ideologies that rastas have typically believed in (judeo-christianity, African zionism, ethnostatism, the ideas of Preston Garvey, the cult of personality around Haile Selassie, etc.). I choose to look at Jamaica, Rastafari, and the endless library of amazing music that they in the context in which it was created. I try to understand their point of view and relate to their experiences to the best of my ability, even if I don’t exactly believe in all of the things that they believe in. The Rasta’s music is a window into their world, their culture, and their perspective on life, and I love that music allows for that.
In other words, I think we should be able to judge the work and the person separately, with our understanding of one informing the other, but not dictating it. We shouldn’t expect artists and musicians to be any more perfect than any other human being. At the same time, it’s fine to judge creators by the things that they say and do outside of their work, and it’s understandable if someone has stances or a history of behavior that totally turn you off of their creative output.
If JK Rowling’s stance on trans people takes away from your ability to enjoy her work, or at worst becomes a personal attack against your identity (her attacks against trans people are active and relentless), then I think it’s perfectly understandable that you can’t enjoy Harry Potter anymore. I near read, and was never emotionally invested in, Harry Potter so it’s always been very easy for me to say “nah, fuck that shit”, especially when she made it her life’s work to attack trans people for simply daring to exist. I’m not trans, but empathy alone tells me that trans people should have a right to exist and define themselves as they see fit.
Graham Linehan (creator of some great Irish/British comedy shows that I love, like Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd) went down the same path of trashing trans people on Twitter, and I still watch and enjoy his shows for what they are, despite the fact that I think he’s an idiot and an asshole for making his anti-trans hate the molehill he wants to die on… I don’t like him for being that kind of person, but why don’t I hold it against him to the same degree that I judge Rowling? I guess probably just because I liked his work in the first place.
So, basically, I can enjoy works from flawed or controversial creators without totally divorcing their work from who they are as a person.
I’d like to think so. I’m not perfect, but I mostly do what I think it right and what I think is important for myself and for society at large.
I’m not positive that you can do much outside of simply (temporarily or permanently) banning people who are acting shitty.
On the flip side, banning people because they disagree with you is how we end up with the kind of echo chambers that breed other socially toxic problems like strict partisanship, and cults of personality… so it’s a fine line.
Generally I don’t see a lot of people on Lemmy acting like straight-up assholes. I don’t always agree with people, and I think there is a potential for “flame wars” and arguments, but as long as everyone is acting in good faith and being reasonable about what they are expressing I feel that’s generally an acceptable level of conflict.
I’ve never wanted someone banned because they said something I didn’t like. Like… If someone wanted to come here and make the case for why Donald Trump is a great president, I would love to see them try. The real problem is when people resort only to trolling and forego any attempt at having a real good-faith conversation. That’s when the relationship breaks down and the conversation is no longer conducive to running a real community. When people start acting like assholes, making personal attacks, or continually arguing in bad-faith, then I think it warrants at least a temporary ban.
The goal of the internet should not be conflict avoidance or group-think, but mutual respect and treating each other like human beings. For the most part, I think the Fediverse is pretty good about that.