It’s not like I hate other operating systems, I just really like the idea of FOSS and try to use it whenever possible.

https://youtu.be/nqE5Nz5unco?si=33Dd9jmwQSGKEJ2N

Only one hour, but I found it interesting.

I think most humans have a certain desire to gossip, probably a side effect of us being social animals. I can imagine that gossiping can be somewhat beneficial if you live in a tribe or small town.

With our way of life shifting to large cities in which you hardly know your neighbour, and digitalization making sure we regularly see these celebrities, I can see how that might trick our brains into caring about their everyday lives.

Nope, not outdated. And I do believe that US statistics are somewhat representative for North America and Europe, which is where most of Lemmy’s traffic comes from. But please, give me the statistics for your country, I’d be interested in seeing how they differ.

Edit: Have a look at this “Global Gamer Study”, the results don’t look all that different: https://newzoo.com/resources/blog/spotlighting-women-gamers-and-how-they-play-and-spend-on-video-games#:~:text=Out of the total cohort,people call them a gamer.

Nah, women do play videogames: https://www.statista.com/statistics/232383/gender-split-of-us-computer-and-video-gamers/

Idk, I just like her and enjoy spending time with her 🤷

It does now, since 2022.

I know that Alice Weidel, co-chairwoman of the german right-wing extremist party AfD is openly gay and in a relationship with a woman from Sri Lanka. Fun fact: while she actively tries to abolish same-sex marriage in Germany, her partner advocated for the introduction of same-sex marriage in switzerland.

Tankies when American presidential elections: “Fuck that, I’m not voting for a lesser evil.”

Also tankies: “Yeah, Putin is reactionary, but he opposes US imperialism so we should support him.” Or, when they see a centrist: “Pick a side, coward!”

I know that the industry commonly uses malt extract, sugar beet syrup, caramel syrup, or roasted malt

Well, a long time relationship serves to satisfy one’s need for companionship, a hook up satisfies one’s need for sex. Both are mutually beneficial agreements between consenting parties (which btw do nothing for society as a whole, so I don’t see why relationships would be any less individualistic than hookups).

Recognizing other people can satisfy our needs is not “objectifying” them, as long as we consider their needs as well. “Objectifying” others would be to disregard their needs and to view them only as means to your own needs.

I think your view of hookups is weird. Why would a hookup mean that I regard my partner as any less of a human than if we were to go into a relationship? You are trying to make a connection when hooking up. Its just that this connection is a mostly physical one, rather than emotional.

And honestly I don’t understand what you mean with “trying to make a community”. When I go into a relationship I’m not trying to do that either, and I don’t see why monogamous relationships would be required for communities. Bonobos, some of the most social animals with extremely strong communities have no concept of monogamy, they have sex with different partners all the time. Why would hookups not allow for strong communities?

I don’t see how hooking up with other people would mean that one doesn’t consider other people’s feelings. If two people wanna hook up, what’s the harm? And why would that mean that they “objectify” each other?

And what does individualism have to do with “objectifying” other people anyway?

That’s an advantage, not a privilege. Being good at something isn’t the same as having special rights. For any given skill there will always be people who are good at it and others who aren’t.

There are also fields where people with an ASD seem to have an advantage over neurotypicals. For example, the STEM major rate for young adults with an ASD is significantly higher than that of the general population, as this paper found: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-012-1700-z

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Its basically telling women that are emotionally struggling with a miscarriage that their feelings are invalid. I’d be willing to bet that person is not a woman. During pregnancy you start feeling attached to your child, even if its not born yet. So a miscarriage can be downright traumatizing and cause major depressions.