I'm not a misogynist or a red pill bro. I'm pretty pro-feminism. I think that life as a woman tends to be a bit more difficult. Like I as a man don't have to be careful walking home at night, I don't get catcalled, I don't have people assume incompetence because of my gender, there aren't laws being passed to prevent me from getting medical procedures or being drafted to stop access to contraceptives. But I do think the one part of life that they have that is easier is dating and pursuing romantic relationships.

In heterosexual dating dynamics, it is very much a feast v. famine when it comes to men who are widely appealing to women and men who are not. Most men tend fall into the famine category, so chances for romantic connections are sparse. I know that attraction is "subjective" but subjective doesn't mean randomized, and there are men who are widely appealing to most women. Genetically, men are built to be attracted to a much larger portion of women so there's a lot less women who experience the lack of attention that the typical man experiences.

Also with men having the typically take the role of initiator, you also have to make yourself the vulnerable one and make yourself open to rejection much more often. Men kind of just have to harden themselves to rejection whereas women don't really have to do that. It sucks, but it just is. As men, there's also a large amount of societal expectations, for men to invest a lot more emotionally and financially early on. Men usually don't have a roster of women, we have to devote our efforts to the one woman giving us a chance and impress her. Otherwise, we get pushed to the side for the next guy. It's like where job applicants and women are the hiring manager.

And don't get me wrong, when women say "men are worried about being embarrassed, women are worried about violence". That's not an untrue statement and it's a serious worry. But when it comes to dating, violence is the worst case scenario, it's not the typical or even a very likely scenario. It's not unrealistic, but it is also uncommon for a date to end in violence towards women. It's a lot more likely to happen in a committed long term relationship or by a friend/acquaintance than it is by a random guy you go on a date with, and when it is, again it is very rare. So I thinking using that as the sole justification on how it's harder for women is just not exactly very fair.

I am officially a man now.

A melhor parte de um relacionamento é quando duas pessoas estão comprometidas o suficiente para serem um casal, mas ainda mantêm distância e autonomia suficientes para não se desgastarem com a convivência. Existe um equilíbrio entre intimidade e liberdade que, com o tempo, pode se tornar cada vez mais difícil de preservar.

Se o namoro está ruim, existe uma saída relativamente simples: terminar e seguir em frente. É doloroso, obviamente, mas não exige dividir patrimônio, resolver questões jurídicas, discutir guarda de filhos ou reorganizar toda a vida financeira. No casamento, a separação deixa de ser apenas uma decisão sentimental e passa a envolver uma série de consequências práticas, financeiras e burocráticas. O que poderia ser um término se transforma em um processo muito mais complexo.

Outro ponto é a vida sexual. Em muitos relacionamentos heterossexuais, existe uma diferença de libido entre os parceiros, e é comum que homens relatem um desejo sexual mais frequente do que suas parceiras. Quando essa diferença já existe, a rotina, o estresse e o acúmulo de responsabilidades podem agravar o problema. Se a frequência sexual diminui e um dos parceiros continua desejando sexo com muito mais frequência do que o outro, a frustração pode crescer dos dois lados: um se sente rejeitado e insatisfeito, enquanto o outro pode se sentir pressionado e cobrado.

E tudo isso acontece enquanto as responsabilidades aumentam. Trabalho, contas, tarefas domésticas, problemas familiares, possíveis filhos e preocupações com o futuro. O relacionamento, que deveria ser uma fonte de satisfação, pode acabar se tornando mais uma obrigação em uma vida já repleta delas.

O que me incomoda na ideia tradicional de casamento é a suposição de que transformar um relacionamento em um compromisso jurídico e social mais rígido necessariamente representa uma evolução. Por que deveria ser assim? Por que duas pessoas que se amam precisam formalizar essa relação e vincular parte de suas vidas para provar a seriedade do que sentem?

Yesterday, I saw an overwhelming amount of bigotry in the comments of a post I participated in, and I want to take a moment to make my stance clear and show my support for those who were targeted.

AI artists, LGBTQ+ people, and trans people deserve respect, acceptance, and the freedom to express themselves without fear of harassment or discrimination.

Reddit’s core rules prohibit hateful conduct, including bigotry directed at LGBTQ+ and transgender individuals. Disagreement is never an excuse to dehumanize, harass, or target people for who they are.

AI artists, just like anyone else, deserve the freedom to express themselves, explore their creativity, and be open about who they are without being subjected to hate. The same goes for trans people and the entire LGBTQ+ community. Everyone deserves to feel safe, accepted, and respected for being themselves.

So to any bigots in this subreddit, you can either see your way out or say something stupid and get the banhammer.

And to all the AI artists, LGBTQ+ folks, furries, and trans people who have been made to feel unwelcome: you belong here, you deserve respect, and you have my support. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💜

I said what I said because, trust me, I don’t care at this point. The protests started because we women didn't feel safe in this city. Delhi dilwalo ki nahi Delhi Darindo ki hai yeh ab bas.

And FU to all the women especially because what the Fuck is “stop talking about women's protests because Vote chori or SIR scam is much bigger than it.”
Why every fucking time something else is much more important than almost 50% populations’ safety? What was the use of attending 7 protests when, in the end, our slogans became meme material and our protests were taken over by some other party’s propaganda?

Every fucking time something else is more important than women’s safety, be it a pollution protest, farmers' protest, Exam leak protest or protest against the Election Commission.

Where do we women stand in your list? And I have one better question where do we women as citizens stand in this country? Because I believe even dogs and cows have better rights and positions than we women in this Fucking country.

So FU everyone and F this country. Bhai pitto marro katto I don’t give a F now. I was never a BJP supporter but I don’t have any support for any political party now.

Even if in 2029 any other party comes into power, we women would still ne Graped, murdered, burned and harassed and trust me no one would give a F about us because it is and will always be so normal for this country.

And trust me, how we let these men take over our protests again; we totally deserve this treatment only.

UPDATE - I’m not asking anyone to change my viewpoint. I have been politically aware for more than 7 years now and it has given me nothing, I have seen terrible statements from party members of almost all the Big political parties and no one gives a F about women; all they have is GYAAN to give us women about protecting ourselves by changing our clothes or not going out late at night. So don’t give me more GYAAN that once the BJP is out, women will have better rights and safety because they won’t.
And if you think so then good for you and we all will be here after the BJP is out and we can talk when some new case like Nirbhaya or the RG Kar College Rape case will happen. PEACE OUT ✌️

Depuis que les modèles IA se sont énormément améliorés (les dernières sorties d’Anthropic notamment) on voit plein de gens sur Reddit proposer des applis diverses et variées ou des mods pour jeux vidéo codées par Claude.

A chaque fois, alors qu’ils proposent juste un truc gratos, ils se prennent une volée de haine comme quoi « on n’en veut pas de ton slop » comme si il y avait une certaine noblesse à utiliser du code écrit par un être humain. On parle quand même de gens qui ont eu une idée, qui ont payé les tokens pour, et se prennent un déferlement de haine parce qu’ils la partagent gratuitement.

Ça aurait été compréhensible si le code était merdique. Mais soyons honnête deux minutes, en octobre 2026, Opus 5.5 est de très loin bien, bien plus compétent pour coder que n’importe quel développeur humain. Quand on apprend à s’en servir correctement, c’est un outil extrêmement puissant.

Que ça plaise ou non, la boîte de Pandore a été ouverte, et s’acharner à la refermer n’a aucun sens parce que l’IA est là pour rester.
On est plus en 2024 où l’IA était une bête machine à plagier et à halluciner, les progrès en quelques mois à peine sont monstrueux, et ça laisse beaucoup de gens avec un petit budget donner vie à leurs idées alors qu’avant ça n’aurait tout simplement pas été possible.

Signed up my HCIM, A New GIM and my osrs account all to 1 year memberships, to offset some of the "naysayers", (I was never quitting) but I will play a few accounts at once for now, heres to an awesome 2027 ahead, roadmap bee looking fire, plugins on monday make me so excited for my new CGIM I just made (I was making it on plugin release anyhow, but I wasnt going to 12 month it.)

$557.64 AUD, Took it out of my ps5 saving fund, because honestly id rather play rs3 and support this game then play gta 6 at the moment.

Edit: Too those downvoting every comment I make and are upset by this, Its ok, I don't mind, I enjoy playing this game, I will continue to enjoy playing this game, I am sorry reignited didn't go ahead for you, but you're welcome to come play at any time, if you want someone to talk to, Dm me here, ill add you and we can talk, maybe even skill together! if not thats ok too. <3

Edit2: I misread the bank statement, it was $557.64 for 3 x 12 months oops.

Kendrick like 4 feet tall 😂😂😂

I'm a 5'7 guy and I hate hearing how in real life height for men doesn't matter when it actually does. It matters in all aspects of my life and I hate hearing that it doesn't. It matters in all aspects of life.

-I was bullied more for being short. "This report suggests that short children are more likely to be bullied than their taller peers. More short pupils also report a degree of social isolation—the result, or possibly even the cause, of their victimisation."

-Being short increases my risk of suicide.
"In fully adjusted models, a 5-cm increase in height was associated with a 9% decrease in suicide risk." . And this is from a large 1M+ study in a western nation (Sweden) with good social services.

-By being short I have to compensate with something to be seen as equally attractive as a taller guy. "Height/Income Trade-Offs ote: The table shows the additional annual income that a man or woman needs to be as successful as a5’ 11.5’’ tall man ora 5’ 5.5’’ tall woman (the median heights in our online dating population). The baseline incomes are $62,500 for men and $42,500 for women. For example, consider a man who is 5’ 2’’ tall. In order to be as desirable to a woman as a man who is 5’ 11.5’’ tall and who earns $62,500 per year, he needs to have an additional income of $269,000 (i.e., he needs to make $331,500 per year)." -And if the point above wasn't enough, I also make less for being a short guy. " Landmark research shows that every extra inch of height is worth roughly $789 to $1,000 more in annual income." So double the downside there.

-Oh just find someone shorter. "The study examined heterosexual partner height preferences and found that women report peak satisfaction when their male partner is 21 centimeters (which equals 8.26 inches) taller than them" so thats already harder. So even if she is close to my height, studies show she wants someone taller.

-But you will be happier in a relationship when its not based on height. Incorrect. Taller men have a higher rate of happiness in relationships than shorter men. , AND they will be more likely to have kids.

So yes it does matter. Stop trying to tell me it doesn't. Studies have proven it (can't add links due to rules) but I get tired of hearing it constantly. I just hate how I have to work 4-5x as hard as someone who is taller for the same results, mainly in finding a relationship. It does matter. I've been rejected for my height. I've been told by MULTIPLE women that I have expressed interest in that I'd be perfect if I was taller. WHY DO I HAVE TO COMPENSATE DUE TO SOMETHING I CANNOT CHANGE!

Words can't even describe how proud I am of Elon and the teams at SpaceX and Tesla. 😭

edit: my last bit of cringe I made sure to generate this with ai (ChatGBT) or SI should I call it😉 for extra cringeyness. “history will remember those who pushed humanity forward, not those who stood on the sidelines mocking their ambition.”
Goodnight, everyone. It was nice interacting with you all. ❤️” pls be nice to each other in the comments thanks bye.

As you know, we have new mods. However, anti-natalist content is still in the majority and getting upvoted more than natalist content. They are also cherry-picking 1 or 2 misogynists who comment in certain discussions and lying that the misogynists are the majority of the sub.

Can the mods starting banning the anti-natalist childfree regulars?

I have 250 hours in this game. I love it, i think its absolutely incredible and im fully behind the dev team, early access aspect of things and testing it but my god. I dont even want to play the thing right now.

Ive played countless wipes in tarkov and always love early wipe, so i couldnt wait for it in this game but that early wipe feeling lasted 1 game yesterday afternoon before getting fully smashed every game after by mini gun heli's and tanks. What in the actual fuck has happened here. the progression is way too fast, the unlocks are way too soon. It's not just vehicles, people with T2/T3 armour already and juiced guns fucking you over.

I have played this game literally every day since it was released as well as 2 betas but right now im tempted to uninstall and wait for the next wipe when things will hopefully be in a better state.

I never post on reddit, especially a ranty one but hoping some devs will see this as they say they do and reverse this shit fully.

Aucun respect pour les familles des poubelles

Oh loulou, la vue de petites poubelles en feu et des dégradations te sont insupportables ? :(

Ouin ouin, tu pleurs devant des poubelles mais tu t'en fou des lycéens

Ce genre d'affirmation, vue sur Reddit, qui ont plein d'upvote.
Premièrement, ces personnes sont méprisantes, et méritent donc tout autant de mépris en retour.

Deuxièmement, aveuglées par leur mépris ils en oublient une chose essentielle: la symbolique au delà du matériel.

Je vais vous faire une analogie pour que vous compreniez.

Imaginez qu'en pleine rue, je brûle un drapeau LGBT.

Vous êtes consternés ? Oui mais pourquoi ?
Parce que vous faites parti de la famille du drapeau synthétique provenant de Chine ?
Parce que bouh-ouh vous avez peur du feu ?
Parce que ouin-ouin, un si joli drapeau c'est vraiment pô juste ?

Non, vous êtes consterné par la symbolique. Brûler un drapeau LGBT, on ne le fait pas nonchalamment pour allumer un barbecue. Quand on le fait, c'est qu'on a globalement envie d'envoyer un message homophobe, un message de haine.
C'est la symbolique qui vous consterne. Le drapeau en tant que tel, vous vous en foutez royalement.

La, ça câble ?

Ben les poubelles c'est pareil.
Les gens qui sont consternés par ça, s'en foutent de la poubelle en tant que telle. Ils peuvent tout autant soutenir les lycéens tout en déplorant le matériel publique qui brûle.

Une poubelle qui brûle, c'est le symbole d'une violence dans le message.
Alors que vous soyez d'accord avec ça en mode "ouiiiii, mais l'état n'écoute rien on doit être violent", c'est votre opinion. Mais comprenez que d'autres ne sont pas de cet avis.

Quand on se lève tous les matins pour bosser, qu'on on empêche d'y aller c'est déjà chiant. Mais voir partir en fumée du matériel public, c'est à dire voir partir en fumée tout l'argent qu'on donne à l'état chaque mois, ben ça fait carrément chier.
Parce qu'elle est la, la symbolique: Tous les dégâts qui sont fait, qui va les payer ? Qui va rembourser ? Macron ? Lol !

Non, ceux qui vont rembourser, ce sont toujours les mêmes, ce sont les travailleurs.
Donc vous pouvez avoir l'avis que vous voulez sur ce que veulent les lycéens c'est pas la question.
Quand vous méprisez ceux qui en ont marre de voir les biens publics se faire démolir, ceux qui en ont marre car c'est eux qui vont devoir rembourser, et que vous les comparez à des pleurnichards qui font parti de la famille d'une poubelle, vous faites juste honteusement du mépris de classe. Et vous êtes donc, méprisables.

Any posts criticizing men is quickly removed. Meanwhile there’s at least 5 women hating vent posts on the front page. They allow politics when it’s shitting on women.

Major political changes in the United States leads to the passage of extraordinary legislation targeting the concentration of private wealth. The American government successfully seizes the entirety of Elon Musk's personal fortune, including his shares in major companies, investments, and other assets. Rather than distributing the money domestically, the government reaches an international settlement that transfers the net proceeds of the confiscation to South Africa, Musk's country of birth.

The sudden influx of capital presents South Africa with an extraordinary opportunity. The country could use the money to modernize its electricity grid, expand railways and ports, improve water infrastructure, build housing, strengthen public education, and invest in domestic manufacturing.

Obviously I understand why people are waiting, but feels like the next generation is going to be full of 30/40 year old adults that will be forced to take care of their elderly parents and deal with parental mortality anxiety at the very time they should have the opportunity to build a family of their own. I guess not a huge deal if you’re a rich celebrity like Hillary swank but I’m a bit sick of acting like having babies at 40, 45, 50 is chic and should be the new norm. This is applies equally, if not more, to men too, sick of them acting they have eternity to shoot out some kids

Edit 2: I want to clarify that I am not sharing this to seek financial compensation. I simply wanted to create a memorial for Sunny and remind people living near major festivals to take extra care of their pets, especially those who are easily frightened or sensitive to noise.
If possible, I also hope people can prepare some basic emergency supplies and know what to do in an emergency, whether for their pets or themselves.
The reason I filed complaints was that I wanted to understand what exactly happened and receive a reasonable explanation. I also hope there can be better preventive measures in the future, such as sending advance notices to nearby residents about potential noise, vibrations, and traffic disruptions, so that people can better prepare and protect their families and pets.
I am not trying to blame anyone or ask for money. I just want Sunny to be remembered, and I hope that sharing his story might help prevent something similar from happening to another family.
I may be a little emotional at times because I’m still undergoing psychological therapy.

Today Is the Seventh Day Since I Lost My Baby Sunny — How the ACL Music Festival Took Away My Family, Health, and Academic Life

Today Is the Seventh Day Since I Lost My Baby Sunny — How the ACL Music Festival Took Away My Family, Health, and Academic Life

Today marks the seventh day since the passing of my family member, my child, Sunny.

In Chinese tradition, on the seventh day after a family member passes away, their soul returns home from the afterlife to visit their loved ones. I lit two candles to guide Sunny on his way home, and three sticks of incense, hoping that he would be filled with peace and happiness. I also prepared his favorite canned food, treats, and toys, hoping that he could eat his favorite food and play with his favorite toys one last time.

Over the past week, I have tried to file complaints with the City of Austin about the noise and traffic problems caused by the ACL Music Festival. However, they told me that they were sorry for my loss, but everything was in compliance with the regulations. They did not provide me with many details and then closed my complaint.

I am in so much pain. I have lost almost everything because of the noise from this music festival.

My cat Sunny was a purebred Maine Coon. He was a gift from my family to accompany me on my Ph.D. journey, and he was also my emotional support animal. We spent $3,300 bringing him home from LMCooNCat. He had no HCM genetic mutations or heart problems.

Because he became sick from the noise, I spent more than $400 taking him to the vet for injections and medication, but I still could not save his life.

At approximately 9:40 p.m. on October 9, as the music grew louder and louder, he suddenly went into cardiac arrest right in front of me due to extreme stress.

I could not get an Uber at all. I do not have a car, and it was also around the time when people were leaving the music festival. I missed the last chance to save his life.

All I could do was perform CPR on him for an entire hour. But I am not a professional, and I did not have a defibrillator (AED).

Later that night, I spent another $500 or more taking him to a pet cremation service because I simply could not bear to face his body.

When I went to the pet cremation service to pick up my child, I experienced severe hyperventilation and anxiety and was taken to the emergency room by ambulance. This was another devastating blow to my health and financial situation.

Even now, I am still frequently receiving emergency psychological counseling and crisis intervention.

I am a Ph.D. student. I originally had a conference submission deadline on October 15. The reason I left home at 8 a.m. and returned at 8 p.m. every day was that I was working so hard to meet this deadline.

I worked so hard that I neglected the dangers of the noise. Many of my friends complained to me about the noise from the ACL Music Festival and the vibrations it caused in UT housing's building. But I ignored these concerns again and again, even when my cat had already become sick because of it.

However, because my physical and mental condition completely collapsed, I missed the conference submission deadline and had to take an entire week off.

Afterward, I am going to leave my current living environment because I feel anxious every time when I pass by living room when Sunny passed away, and also afraid of
future music festivals. That will also cost me even more time, energy, and money.

This music festival has destroyed everything in my life. It took away a member of my family. It took away my physical and mental health. It destroyed my academic work and completely drained my savings.

I’m so stupid. I don’t really use social media at all, and I don’t even know how to make a post. It took me three tries to finally post this successfully.

add ogres as a playable race right now today

I’m not trying to be negative or a hater at all and you can downvote me if you like but…

Bo is a backup NFL QB being carried by an elite defense.

Just calling a spade a spade.

It’s actually painful to watch him play and go through his progressions.

He’s got all the athleticism in the world, but has none of the intangibles to be a true winner in the league. Yes he can lead an offense with a top 5 defense and do enough to get some W’s.

Yes he can get a team with an elite defense to the playoffs. but anyone who’s been closely around the sport for more than 5 minutes would be able to tell you that Bo has been nothing short of awful. When you need Bo to put the team on his back, he is going to let you down everytime.

Prior to this year, I held out a lot of hope for him. I like Bo. I want him to succeed. Nothing would make me happier. Now I’ve seen enough. I’d be an \*\*absolute fool\*\* to deny the reality of the fact that he is a high end backup nfl quarterback. If Bo was on practically any other team in the league who didn’t have Denvers defense, he would have been benched weeks ago.

I’m sorry. But this is the truth

Então, sei que isso tem a ver com a imigração de vários povos europeus para o Brasil no século XIX e com a forma como essas comunidades influenciaram a cultura brasileira, tornando-se parte da identidade cultural de algumas regiões. Porém, acho perceptível que algumas pessoas dessas regiões se autodenominam alemãs ou europeias por causa da própria descendência, mesmo sem nunca terem visitado esses países ou falarem seus idiomas. Algumas chegam até a se sentir ofendidas por serem chamadas de brasileiras, demonstrando certo desprezo pela própria identidade nacional. Sinceramente, acho que existe algo mais profundo por trás disso do que apenas a imigração e a preservação cultural, e queria entender melhor essa questão.