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  • I'm not quite that bad but I definitely prefer green or amber on black terminals. That's how a command line is 'supposed' to look because that's what I learned on.

  • Wasn't it something like Linus really likes penguins?

  • Death by turtle stampede would be a unique way to die.

  • You have some strange buddies.

  • AP telling the same story. Looked like Reuters was, as well, at a quick glance. So I guess this is confirmed.

    What a terrible thing.

  • I started laughing my ass off at this and then my wife wanted to see what was so funny and now I'm not allowed to do this.

    Makes me sad.

  • The most recent research I heard was that human transmission was highly unlikely. It was kind of a big deal and happy news. The experiment involved high prion concentrations and human cells with a long exposure.

    A few years ago, there was successful primate transfer, IIRC.

    This is something I watch pretty closely.

    Best controls are natural predators or heavy hunting to reduce population density.

  • What denomination, primarily, were you? Did you manage to get anyone out with you? (I was unable.)

  • Oh, hey. That whole mind expanding thing really isn't a joke. I look back, sometimes, on who I used to be.

  • How would you compare it to venison?

  • Neat. I think it goes back at least to the '90s. It's a great descriptive word. I really hope it doesn't get picked up by the wrong sorts. They already stole my yellow snake flag.

  • As the other commenter noted, heebie jeebies. In the US South it has been rounded off to "the heebs." No racial connotation. Similar to being spooked or apprehensive without a known danger. Slang term. Never thought about it being mistaken.

    Another slang term I use that is similar and is easily mistaken is, "bad juju." It means bad magic, bad luck, or a curse. One day, when I build my dream car, I want it on a vanity plate.

  • I call it getting the heebs. Seeing a weird turn of phrase will set it off for me. This is my first time experiencing it from a leftist slant.

    Used to watch the Russians clock in and go to work on TheDonald back in the day. They were really obvious.

    The AstroTurf here is pretty nice, smells so much like grass you about can't smell the bullshit. Better than Reddit, or Digg, or Slashdot, for now.

    Maybe it's time to take a trip down the Mother Road and try Usenet for actual discussion.

  • Sounds like she can go teach in Europe now pretty easily. She's got a great story. Fucking slick, if deliberate.

  • No fucking shit. As a redneck that hunts and goes fishing, it's miserable being around pretty much any other dude that is a hunter and finds out that I hunt. No hunting buddies or anything for me. I've seen a prayer circle at the gun range before.

    Good thing I like solitude, I guess.

  • Oh, that whole otherkin thing is absolutely a symptom of mental illness or maladjusment. I'm being blunt, and I expect you will find this insulting. I have no intent to insult or demean.

    If you're being genuine, you should seek help. I've seen it a fair amount, the same with DID self diagnosis. If you think those things are real, you are likely experiencing a personality disorder or struggling with some other mental illness.

    While there are plenty of voices online that will tell you that you are this way and it's okay, it isn't. It can be socially isolating and impact your life in negative ways. Not trying to be disrespectful. Gender dysphoria and transgenderism/non-binary have scientific backing. Otherkin and DID seem to be an outgrowth of the kink and autistic communities, seems to be a very infectious thing. The otherkin thing came to my attention about 15 years ago and DID popped up maybe 6-7 years ago.

    Seems to be a metastasis of otherness into a maladaptive identity pathology. Personally, I don't think I've ever seen it in anyone who isn't on the spectrum.

    I generally excuse myself from an in-person conversation when someone mentions they are kin or DID. It seems to be a treatment resistant pathology and latches on similar to bad religion. It is self reinforcing and isolating.

    Again, I'm saying this with respect and care as an active participant of the kink/queer/leather community. I'm all about some pups, D/s relationship dynamics, but I also try and stick to science. Labels serve us, we are not our labels. Please seek counseling if you haven't already.