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writing historical fiction is like: yes i can write a beautiful scene with longing glances but FIRST i must know how people brushed their teeth in 1814

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(Disclaimer: don't know the show.)

This may be a cultural thing, but can anyone explain to me why he wouldn't be peeling an orange like that? I typically slice the skin first but it's not actually all that different. (I also don't see any cutlery, but it might just be off frame.)

What's he supposed to be doing?

I even tried looking it up and his way was literally the first thing I found, i.e. Method 1 listed here:

https://www.wikihow.com/Peel-an-Orange

I do 2.4 if I have a knife. (The description tells you not to cut too deep, but the cuts in the video clearly are too deep.) I revert to 1 without tools.

Not once have I seen anyone use the other methods explained there.

Pope peeling an orange. that's it that's the post

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I hate to break it to you, but I'd rather not have to work to sustain myself. There are about a million things I'd rather be doing with my time. I'm being coerced to do so by the money I get for it. I'm not sure how this is supposed to be any different on a conceptual level to sex work. Sure, it is different to me, but that's not the point. I'm still selling my autonomy for that part of my life.

Now, you might say that it's different because I'm not selling "my body". But honestly? I work an office job and, for various reasons, it's not been great for my mental health. Is that really that different? Suppose I had a job that wasn't a good long term thing for my joints or whatever. Would I not be selling my body?

I get the points your making. I'm not a fan of the capitalistic system overall. But I'd rather let people make their own choices on what works best for them (or even just what the least bad solution is) instead of claiming that the answer is 1) going to be the same for everyone and 2) I'm qualified to make that call.

I think a lot of people have only a surface level understanding of bodily autonomy. I've talked to people who are pro surrogacy and pro sex industry because they think women should be able to do what they want with their bodies, including sell them. But under that model, you're selling away your own bodily autonomy. You cannot be fully in control of yourself while under financial coercion. You can't have the choice to end a surrogate pregnancy at any time when you rely on that money to get by, and the same for women in the sex industry. You cannot consent to sex when the alternative is not having enough money to pay rent. The buying and selling of bodily functions is a removal of autonomy, not an expression of it.

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all politics about ai aside if you use it to create fanwork you're just a fucking dweeb

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i just can't convey the frustration and sorrow that it's been to grow up at first without the internet and then watching it bloom into this useful, fun, connecting force you sometimes spent time on, only for it to degrade into this constant oppressive waste of time and energy where people are constantly pumping out algorithmically designed content for max algorithmic appeal and even the most simple search generates either no results or an infinite abyss of ai generated slop none of which is usable or correct. we briefly had a library of alexandria and then fed it into a paper shredder so advertisers could sell a random mash of pulp back to us at a premium.

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If the creator or something explicitly states they don’t want two characters shipped will you respect it?

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There's evil.

And there are people who change the flavor of your toothpaste.

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Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky

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[insp]

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hmmm

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This is a legitimate and damaging cultural shift for all involved parties and it needs to be addressed.

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That is not what i googled

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If you have a friend that wants to vent to you but doesn't want solutions but you are a solutions-oriented person, may I suggest Silly Solutions (TM)? For instance, whenever my friend complains about the people at her job being dumb, I remind her that if only one of us had studied engineering, we could create a giant hippo robot with laser eyes to destroy them. It fulfills my need to offer a solution, doesn't violate her boundary of not wanting to problem solve, AND it cheers us both up!

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They're right btw. I'm more of an occasional passersby than a regular and I'm still annoyed by how often it comes up.

The subreddit for Downton Abbey just got a rules update and this cracked me up:

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The subreddit for Downton Abbey just got a rules update and this cracked me up:

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I'm getting an ad for an item that's tailored to one(!) specific car model. Like, really? That seems like a bold marketing strategy to me. (No, it's not one I own, have ever owned, plan on owning or have ever been doing searches or anything on.)

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Help, my porn is turning into a character study. It's that Tumblr meme. It got me again.