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[LordSlowpoke]

no each and every one of them is one whole proletariat

[wierd]

They could read, but language was strictly controlled. That's why newspeak exists. It removes words from circulation so that even if seditious material is found, it cannot be understood.

Newspeak served 2 funtions. One utilitarian, one totalitarian.

The vast majority of bluefeed was through radio broadcasts created using automated generation techniques. Formulaic, and based on fixed patterns.

Julia worked previously in producing such content.

[Helgoland]

AFAIK it was meant to make even unorthodox thinking impossible. Does it count as body horror if only your mind is affected?

[Descan]

IIRC the word "proletariat" was shortened to "prole" as a part of newspeak.

Or was it just slang?

[Dutchling]

Another pantless weekend, it seems

* Cmega3 cheers

FYFY?

[Helgoland]

Are you old enough to go out drinking? I hear that's a good way of meeting people.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Shit, my whole week would be pantsless if they didn't make me go to work. Pants are for chumps.

[scriver]

My wife has horrible luck with assholes on the internet. Like, ridiculously so.


When I first moved in I wondered why she was so extremely distrusting of people, especially online. She explained that it was because most people she'd interacted with online (with a few exceptions, like like the small group of friends both she and I are in) treated her like garbage. I was skeptical at first, until she pointed it out to me every time someone was unreasonably hurtful toward her. She got harassment almost weekly while playing some of her favorite games, even when trying to be as invisible as possible. This isn't just "lol u suk" type jerkass behavior either, but "I'll send you hateful messages over and over again despite your attempts to mute me." People going out of their way to spew shit.

I'm not always playing together with her so I can't always be there to white knight her (and ignoring people is often the best response anyway; no need to sink down to other people's level, as it'd just encourage them). Instead I end up holding her in my arms for a half hour or so and yet again reassuring her she's not worthless or dumb, despite what assholes might say.

The most recent example was particularly bad. She asserted to someone that she and women like her should be treated the same as anyone else, and got hit with someone comparing her to the people who abused Alan Turing. She was called a bigot for calling out other people's needless hate. A particularly twisted "you should tolerate intolerance" thing.

I don't know if some people out there are just hate filled sacks of shit, or if they're just naive and don't understand the power of words. I'm optimistic and guessing the latter. "Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me" is an old lie a lot of people believe, and it's sad.

Thankfully the number of incidents seems to have been going down over time. At least from my perspective... she might be getting more resilient to them and just not telling me when they happen

I'll be her friend! Unfortunaty I rarely play multiplayer games.

[misko27]

AFAIK it was meant to make even unorthodox thinking impossible. Does it count as body horror if only your mind is affected?

I don't think so, although that fails to diminish the horror though.

My wife has horrible luck with assholes on the internet. Like, ridiculously so.


When I first moved in I wondered why she was so extremely distrusting of people, especially online. She explained that it was because most people she'd interacted with online (with a few exceptions, like like the small group of friends both she and I are in) treated her like garbage. I was skeptical at first, until she pointed it out to me every time someone was unreasonably hurtful toward her. She got harassment almost weekly while playing some of her favorite games, even when trying to be as invisible as possible. This isn't just "lol u suk" type jerkass behavior either, but "I'll send you hateful messages over and over again despite your attempts to mute me." People going out of their way to spew shit.

I'm not always playing together with her so I can't always be there to white knight her (and ignoring people is often the best response anyway; no need to sink down to other people's level, as it'd just encourage them). Instead I end up holding her in my arms for a half hour or so and yet again reassuring her she's not worthless or dumb, despite what assholes might say.

The most recent example was particularly bad. She asserted to someone that she and women like her should be treated the same as anyone else, and got hit with someone comparing her to the people who abused Alan Turing. She was called a bigot for calling out other people's needless hate. A particularly twisted "you should tolerate intolerance" thing.

I don't know if some people out there are just hate filled sacks of shit, or if they're just naive and don't understand the power of words. I'm optimistic and guessing the latter. "Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me" is an old lie a lot of people believe, and it's sad.

Thankfully the number of incidents seems to have been going down over time. At least from my perspective... she might be getting more resilient to them and just not telling me when they happen

Always assume both. They might have a little moment of "ha fucker got we she had coming to her" though. Maybe that rush from taunting or torturing a small creature, or one generally incapable of fighting back.

Are you old enough to go out drinking? I hear that's a good way of meeting people.

Yeah... I'm 13.

Well then son, it's time to go on an adventure.

[Helgoland]

Are you old enough to go out drinking? I hear that's a good way of meeting people.

Yeah... I'm 13.

Well then son, it's time to go on an adventure.
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"The liver is a muscle, it needs to be trained."
But I'm not going to lead a thirteen-year-old down the road to alcoholism yet; that stuff's reserved for my own kids.
Any other social stuff you could do?

My sad: I just realized that my ideas of spending time with friends revolve mostly around drinking copious quantities of overly expensive beer and cider. Well, at least I don't dring liquor~

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Price of beer getting to what it is, you're better off just pickin' up some liquor from Costco to get your drunk on.

[Helgoland]

Well yeah, but it's a social thing after all - you basically pay for the privilege of sitting around. Not that I don't like it, but it's kind of absurd...

[MaximumZero]

Sad: I'm having a "Flowers For Algernon" moment. Ugh.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

I'm talkin' about the price of a six-pack from the store. My state has very high liquor taxes, and a pack of Corona cost like $16 last I checked. I may be misremembering.

[Dutchling]

o.o

Might as well drink molten gold.