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  • However by only contributing what you dislike as opposed to contributing what you do like, you’re coming across as entitled and disrespectful to the spirit of the community.

    This is an odd perspective. They're literally contributing by fixing what they dislike and preventing others from having to waste time. They don't come across as entitled. They come across as helpful and respecting the time and attention spans of the community.

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    Am I being stalked
  • There's not enough information that I'd be comfortable drawing conclusions about this. One person's past flame can be another person's one who got away. It's entirely possible she's keeping tabs on you online in a method you're not aware of, but if you don't know that she's intentionally moved to be close to you and she hasn't done anything concerning like made threats or faked a pregnancy or created circumstances that compel you to interact with her against your normal inclinations, I wouldn't guess stalking. Some people do coincidentally reconnect.

    That said, the important question is whether you want to engage with her or not going forward. If you don't, I wouldn't lead her on by giving her any more attention. Make a clean break and just tell her you're not interested. If she reacts with melodrama or stalking behavior, then you'll definitely know you made the right decision.

    If you are interested in possibly pursuing something with her or at least giving her a chance, be honest that you're a little freaked out about how she's previously behaved. You shouldn't proceed with her thinking that the behavior was not concerning. She should respect your comfort levels if she wants a relationship. If she's dismissive of your concerns and comfort, it's a big red flag that you shouldn't engage further.

  • Jesus vs. Logic
  • Original sin was a setup. When a child burns their hand on the stove you told them not to touch, you don't condemn them to hell for it. Also, why did you leave the stove on and leave the kid unattended? Also, why would you punish their descendants for the sins of their parents? Also, why did you invent hell, the stove, and the temptation? "Free will" is a bullshit answer for an omniscient being who knows what's going to happen.

  • When you're writing a song, how do you know it isn't just a song you've heard before but don't recognise?
  • It might be similar to a song you've heard but you're misremembering the notes of the existing song.

    Maybe try playing it for an app that recognizes the song that's playing and then listen to any songs it guesses might be the song.

  • McConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a record run in the job
  • He also stacked the SCOTUS by contradictory practices, denying Obama a pick in the last year of his presidency but giving one to Trump. That has had grave consequences for recent rulings since Trump only nominated extreme conservatives.

  • When a human says Whoops | HFY | A short Sci-Fi Story
  • This is a decent one, but a ton of the HFY stories are just so problematic. Many just feel like they're congratulating humanity on being vicious and creatively violent, like they think the Terran Empire in the Star Trek Mirror Universe were good guys.

    Otherwise, a bunch just feel lazily formulaic and repetitive with others. Take a random human trait or convention from a human culture like say...fried foods. Use an alien narrator to describe how weird they think it is to fry foods. Find an angle to portray humans as plucky and great for their fierce devotion to frying foods and involve it in a narrative about humanity winning against greater odds. "And the human just dumped the entire chargizoid corpse into a vat of boiling oil! And then he took it out with something called tongs and ate it, skin and all! And that's when I knew I needed humans on my side in the coming galactic war..."

    I guess I feel like the subgenre plays on the optimism of Star Trek utopianism, but ditches any real criticism of humanity's past (or our present). I think the message from Orville's Season 3 Episode 10 about what made humanity better in their past is a better heir to Star Trek utopianism than most of the HFY stories I've read.

  • If the Internet where to be redesigned, what would you change to improve security?
  • Top down design of protocols by a security- and privacy-conscious organization rather than leaving security to corporations as a side item or PR campaign topic when their primary focuses are marketing, advertising, data collection, and intellectual property.

  • Moderate in the US means moderately authoritarian.
  • This isn't Reddit, in case you hadn't noticed.

    Do you read fortunes? There isn't enough context in our brief exchange for you to know anything meaningful about me. You really like the shadowbox with straw men.

    I'm so mad! This is just awful. Some Dunning-Kruger University graduate is schooling me in how awesome his life is! Make your money writing whatever bullshit you want. Even trolls have to eat, especially when they're bad at bridge guarding. Tell Chat GPT I said hi next time you "write" an article.

  • Moderate in the US means moderately authoritarian.
  • Is sealioning mentioned in the rules? I hadn't checked.

    I think this is hilarious. I'm talking to someone who acts like a kid who thinks they just invented being obnoxious on the internet.

    If you don't want respect then you're terrible at acting like it. People who don't care what others think don't brag anonymously and call randos jealous when they don't know anything concrete about you to be jealous of other than your weak trolling.

    I'm guessing if you have an ex-wife, she probably complains about you. This is literally the first time I've commented in this community but you think I'm a regular. You're great at reading people. Keep it up! You'll get there someday...maybe...

  • Moderate in the US means moderately authoritarian.
  • I didn't say anything about forum rules. Upvotes are irrelevant. And yes, I'm wasting your time, apparently quite successfully, and with your apparent eagerness too. Keep wasting your time. Keep writing like a middle school kid bragging about how his dad can beat up someone else's dad. I'm sure you'll get that jealousy and respect you think you deserve. I'll just be here dying every second.

  • Moderate in the US means moderately authoritarian.
  • You're really killing it here. Put me in my place. I'm jealous of a rando on the Internet who thinks his life is so good that he has to tell other people that they're jealous.

    I'm just here wasting the time of a troll and letting him spin out in rants and non sequiturs. Keep going. I'm sure you'll convince us you don't care with more effort.

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