Exactly why it’d be a curse

But hair is still made up of discrete quantity of “stuff”

Well, eventually you get to a point where hairs grow quickly enough that the haircuts effectively stop. I think the sum total of hair material you trend towards at the limit would be the sum of length of hair that grows during the time it takes to do a haircut. Whether it’s 1x or 2x of the hair growth amount depends on whether you measure at the start, or end, of the haircut

While I get this sentiment, to me it still feels pointless, because it all just seems… boring?

Because what’s the thrill? That you might win money? But then if you intentionally go in with your sentiment, there is no money to be won. The thrill is gone.

Why not just play a video game instead?

Which is why you gotta use a cold coal. Cold and calculated intent

not saying one should be ashamed of ones disabilities

But that’s the point though. In our (at least western because that’s the ones I’m familiar with) societies it is shameful to have disabilities. And pride is the opposite of shame. It’s resistance against the norm

I get what you’re saying, but the way I look at it is as a protest. A recognition that we’re here, despite society’s best efforts to sweep us under the rug

And it’s not just pets either, wildlife also gets affected by firework

You’re definitively forgetting about other important insects for agriculture such as worms

That’s the thing, it’s not an established console line

And also, half of Wii U sales is fucking massive. Yes the Wii U was considered a failure, but it was still well known

Frankly at this point self-diagnosis shouldn’t be as demonized as it is. Because getting a diagnosis is, 1. Expensive, 2. Involved as all hell sometimes, 3. Not all professionals being great, and 4. In certain countries cough the US cough, it gets you literally put on a list

I say this as someone who is diagnosed. Just preface any statements you make with you not being professionally diagnosed and that you think you might likely have it and such, and you should be fine. Ultimately the point of the diagnosis is to help you. If you feel like the autistic framework is useful to understanding yourself, use it.

Except it would still have severe consequences if it’s intelligence. Especially if it may label the person as a traitor

Where? In my country there isn’t less variety, no

I wouldn’t call bread or yoghurt prepared instead of processed personally though, they’ve been through multiple chemical and biological processes.

Ultra processes foods is something that tends to be more appropriate I think. That’s stuff like chips or fast food. Though even that I consider fine to eat in moderation, and I, personally, do. Though I agree it would be better if I completely cut those out. I just tend to eat a lot of pre-made foods due to disability reasons (frozen pizzas, pastas, and the like)

But yeah, I do know that the US has some very lax food laws unfortunately. So maybe that is a big part of the difference

I feel like this is you fighting phantoms. I highly doubt anyone would want to actively help someone die instead like, referring them to a psychologist or therapist or something

I guess it still leaves store-bought bread out I guess. Or yoghurt. Or milk

But nah, I really do think it’s extreme. Pre-made food isn’t bad for you

Either that or I’m just being European, idk

People didn’t use to call those AI images. They used to call them images with a filter

Sure, some form of machine learning was involved, but so was your Google search for the previous decade. Unless one specifies what one means by AI, I still stand by my statement

In addition, OP’s image was still real, even if it had a filter on. A lot of people’s images have such filters on, especially since often they’re applied automatically. That’s the whole difference and the point

So I see people arguing whether this is AI or not and I just wanna say that

What people should take away from all of this is that we’re rapidly approaching a point where we’re simply unable to accurately determine whether something is generated or not. And we, as individuals and as a society, are not ready for that. We’re heading into a different world, and we better prepare for it, as well as re-examine our relationship to art and images before we’re forced to do so by the circumstances

That’s a big assumption about who I am, what I do, and my abilities, isn’t it?

You don’t know everything, and your experiences aren’t universal, you know

There have definitively been multiple times windows systems bricked themselves on me without it being my fault

It’s mot rarer than Linux systems bricking in my experience. In addition, Linux systems tend to be a lot more fixable, but with windows being just a black box sometimes you’re just shit out of luck and have to reinstall

And nobody forces you to have kids, you know? If anything that’s just saying to make sure to make choices that you will be happy with in your life

As you grow you will keep appreciating the growing amounts of personal development

Eventually you think back to when you were worried about turning 25 and you’ll think “why would I ever wanna be 25 again? I had so much less knowledge and experience back then”