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Oh, so now you're eating Jolly ranchers out of the carpet?

And with that memory freshly back in your mind, I'm out.

I get the impression there's more to unpack here. Why does your brother feel responsible for something your ex did and you never told anyone about? I don't think volunteering at a women's shelter will solve the problem, there seems to be something more deep seated than that. I think therapy would do much more. He can still support domestic violence victims if he finds this is something he legitimately wants to do (and there are many ways of doing that).

EDIT: you mentioned he had a couple of dwi's/dui's... That really sounds more like something where a therapist could help. Again, if there still is a legitimate wish to support domestic violence victims, then that can be looked into then.

Honestly, I want to like Kodi, but even this first screenshot looks much better than anything I've been able to muster together in Kodi.

Technically, VBA arrays start wherever you want them to and end wherever you want them to. Thing is, since VBA is usually interfacing with MS Office, you're heavily dependent on what the office APIs do. And unfortunately, they very often start counting with 1. So practically, you're generally starting your counting with 1.

This could get interesting, might want to bust out the popcorn at some point.

I mean, to be fair, at least they give you a warning. And honestly, I think it's pretty fair to not allow things that wear down the scooter quickly.

Unless you're programming in VBA. But at that point you're already fucked anyway.

I mean I know buying an expensive sports car isn't like buying buttplugs and nail polish but still you know.

I mean, honestly, butt plugs and nail polish are a lot cheaper than a sports car, and much better for the environment.

Jokes aside (although there's also quite a bit of truth to that), there are a number of things that are interesting to unpack. Starting with:

I haven't existed for a long time. I haven't acted on negative or positive signals from myself in a long time. I just soaked it all up.

I feel things I thought I would never feel again and others that are completely new to me.

That's an incredibly important realization. And be glad you've made it, it sure as hell wasn't easy, I'm assuming. And it won't be easy for a while yet. But you're working on a path where in the long term, things will be much better. You have a psychologist, which is great - and that will definitely help you down that path. And if you ever "fall back", don't be hard on yourself, it can happen. Get back up and do your best to get onto that path. (And personal note: I know people who are heading into that "not existing" state as you describe it and it's excruciating to watch, especially after having tried everything to help them. Stories like yours are always a glimmer of hope for me)

It takes a tremendous effort to maintain the faith that this is valid, that I'm valid. That I'm not being silly. That this isn't one of those mid-life crisis that men go through and that everybody laughs about.

I know men having mid-life crises are often joked about, but mid-life crises are serious and valid, as well. I understand you have that "silly" association with them, but they are everything other than that. Maybe you're going through a mid-life crisis. Maybe you're not. It honestly doesn't matter. It's valid, whatever it is.

What is also important is that you're honest with your daughter without taking anything out on her (side note: how old is she?). You're not going to be able to hide that you're not doing well from her. She won't believe you for a second that everything is fine. At the same time, this whole thing is incredibly tough for her as well. Being honest and straightforward with her can really help, because if you're open with people yourself, they'll often be much more open with you. And she probably desperately needs someone she can be open with. You're indirectly saying you need someone you can trust, someone who understands you. In all likelihood, she need the same. Do your best to be that person, and you can really help her. She's already out only to you, so the basis for trust is definitely there.

Hope things get better.

I just wish they had decompiled the original Full tilt version. It includes, most notably, Multiball, which the Windows version does not.

New meme in 3, 2, 1...

How about this: it's awful in both places. Just because another country started doing it as well doesn't excuse anything, it means they're now both doing something unacceptable.

Honestly, did you even read what I wrote? Yes, these topics need to be talked about much more. But in a way that actually addresses the core of the problem, which this oversimplified message simply does not.

Discourse implies actually listening, or in this case reading, as well.

It's a shitposting comm, but you asked a serious question which deserves an answer.

Trigger warning: it's about rape, and I mention some pretty specific examples coming from reality. Honestly, I hope this doesn't keep me up tonight.

To start, I think it's important to look at how and why rape happens. In most cases, rape is a matter of the perpetrator asserting dominance over the victim. There are many non-sexual as well as sexual ways of doing that. Rape is one of, if not the most intimate way. It's the reason why there are cases where heterosexual men rape other men, for instance. It's not about attraction. It's about asserting dominance, in one of the most disgusting ways imaginable.

Rape is rarely the "someone jumped out of the bush and raped me" story. In the vast majority of cases, it's someone they know. A friend. A significant other. A family member. And it's not necessarily the "I was forced into the bed" story, either. It's often a direct pressuring of the victim into doing something they really don't. "Why not, do you think I'm ugly?" "It's been so long, how are you so insensitive?" "You never want to! How is our relationship supposed to survive?" (By the way, these examples come from reality - not word by word, but the statements as wholes.) It's often part of a larger pattern of abuse - and I mean think about it, if you're doing something that heinous, it's probably not the only morally reprehensible thing you're doing.

So honestly, I'm going to go with a pretty clear "no". I mean, do we have signs telling people not to steal? Do we have signs to tell people not to kill? No. The closest thing we have to that is signs at stores that essentially say "you can't steal here without getting caught". It's never about "watch out, you might accidentally steal something, here's how not to do it". And think about it this way: these "don't rape" campaigns have been around for a while now. I have yet to see any evidence that they actually do any good.

In fact, I worry that they actually may do more harm than good. And I'm not even talking about people who would never rape someone who are even more scared to approach and make legitimate advances on people due to things like this. It's oversimplifying the complex patterns present in abuse down to something that can be itself abused. Think about the statements I mentioned above and the fries poster. The last four points listed can be easily achieved by modifying those manipulative phrases. "You always make me feel like I'm forcing you, you know I always stop if you want me to" (for us looking in from the outside, that second statement is obviously a lie). Add a little Gaslighting and the victim will believe they're freely consenting. So now the victim sees this poster, and goes, "well, I guess it was consensual?" The fuck it was not. And that's often one of the main difficulties with recovering from rape in the first place: coming to terms with it. Rape is by nature incredibly traumatic, and in traumatic situations (especially ones like that) people often reason that the traumatic situation never happened, because dealing with it is too taxing. Meanwhile the person is developing psychological symptoms left, right and center, which the victim will often, then, in turn, also try to cover up.

So, what should we do to combat rape? Well, we have to take a more holistic approach. Consent is very important in sex, but it doesn't only apply to sex. We need to teach people how to recognize abusive behavior - and teach kids in school (obviously, at an age appropriate level) about abusive patterns. How to recognize it happening to them, and how to recognize it happening to others. We need to teach people how to deal with abusive situations. We need to reach people how to help others in abusive situations. At the moment, this is knowledge that mostly only specialists in that topic and people who are or were personally affected and did a lot of reading know. When these things become common knowledge, then we have a chance at turning the tide. We also need to vastly improve the way we deal with mental health. Essentially, we need much more readily and easily accessible psychological care. Treating trauma is one of the best ways to avoid victims becoming revictimized, since predators tend to feed on those who are already down, and can also avoid extreme cases where victims become perpetrators. Now, you may be thinking, "isn't that victim blaming?" We're not blaming the victim. The victim is not at fault for being a victim. The fault lies clearly at the perpetrator's feet for being such an abhorrent piece of shit. And while realizing that as a victim is incredibly important on the road to recovery, it doesn't change anything about what will help. Unfortunately, a perpetrator who keeps getting away with what they're doing will very, very rarely (really) change what they're doing. So, we can only try to help victims and avoid creating further victims.

Don't put your dick in that.

I don't know the story about the Italian newspaper and the IDF soldier, so I can't judge that.

But I do have to be fair and say the nose is one of the many features they exaggerate (and the nose is very often a feature exaggerated in editorial cartoons, whether the person is Jewish or not). They also exaggerate the ears, his smile, and the gap in his teeth.

Honestly, I'm failing to see the antisemitism. They're exaggerating his facial features, which is standard practice in editorial cartoons. Unless I'm missing something?

Take anything the lead dev of GrapheneOS says with a grain of salt. He's a little... Um, special.

Honestly, this reeks of spam. Let's just look at the first paragraph:

Our isolated systems

Isolated from what?

has [sic] received multiple unsolicited incoming connections from an IP address under your control (abuse-mailbox as per RIR database).

If this is really coming from your ISP, then they don't have to look up anything in the RIR database since they already (should) know which IP address(es) is/are assigned to you.

All unsolicited connections reported below have completed three-way handshake procedure [sic] defined per Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) [sic]. This ensures that our evidence was not tampered upon [sic] any external party posessing [sic] a source IP address spoofing capability, because three-way handshake procedure requires both receiving (device within our network) and sending (device within your network) parties to receive reply of another party to complete handshake [sic].

I'm not an expert in TCP, but AFAIK, the fact that a TCP three-way handshake occured does not prove anything.

All in all, it sounds like they're throwing around a bunch of technical terms in hopes of sounding legitimate. If you're still worried, contact your ISP directly (not using any links or similar from this email, but through your normal channels, e.g. by phone), and if there really is a problem, they'll tell you then and there.

EDIT: the more I read just that first paragraph, the more I realize how broken the English is. I started inserting "[sic]" where there are mistakes, but I stopped because it would make the text that much harder to read.

I dunno, a quick Google search for "BBC Israel" reveals plenty...

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My typical response is just "good"

My brother wants to for Father's Day is volunteer at the local women's shelter. Not really a father but has two dogs. But is afraid to even ask because he is male. How does he go about this?

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Please the overlords

Making a difference, one date at a time.

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Newly appointed Hungary government official starts dancing

Remember when they were calling for regime change in China because of mass surveillance? This is the USA today

Posters at the city college with helpful information on how to stop raping prople

Posters at the city college with helpful information on how to stop raping prople

I'm now doing sculptures all based on beer cans. This was my first effort

British newspapers antisemitic cartoons of Zack Polanski

British newspapers antisemitic cartoons of Zack Polanski

We should push other phone OEM's such as Fairphone and Samsung to work with PostmarketOS, GrapheneOS, and Ubuntu Touch

ISP in Germany emailed me about possible malware on my network. What do I do?

Dressed for succession: What Kim Ju Ae's outfits tell us about North Korea