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612 years in the past
In Brazil. So almost a century before the first europeans landed here. I’m assuming I just plop exactly in my relative earth-location, but in the distant past. (… It would be really funny if this was overly literal, because I’m currently in the 12th floor, so I’d thanos snap into the past and immediately fall to my death)

Well

As a person from modern times – From AFTER the Americas came into contact with Europe, if I went near a person here in the Land of Palms (that’s what the natives called Brazil!) from those times we’d both get horribly infected and die a lot due to how antibodies work. Viruses did a lot of the legwork in genociding the natives. Euros would deliberately do things to infect natives so they’d die of illness.

The place I currently live in is slowly turning into a desert, but was a deep jungle back then (… It was still a deep jungle in the 1910s tbqh).

… I think I’d just die? Become food for a jaguar or eat a poisonous fungus or sth.

Would love to indulge in the fantasy of giving the Guarani people guns and a warning to shoot white people on sight just to see how history would change, but that ain’t happening.

You’re a funny lil’ person regardless of how you write and I like seeing your posts. And with that I return to my lurking.

If you’re looking for a rational argument for the big party or the religious ceremony or anything like that – You won’t find it. These things are meant to play to the emotional, and this isn’t a flaw, it’s the whole point. People really need to embrace that we are, in fact, very emotional creatures, and that this is not a bad thing, and that yes, a lot of the things we do are done just for the emotional satisfaction of it. Because it’s fun, because it will make you or someone you care about happy.

If neither you nor your partner give two shits about big parties or ceremonies, then neither of you needs to bother. If said partner does want this and you don’t, then y’know, maybe have a good chat about that and find a compromise. That’s how partnerships work. (Me personally I’d love to organise my own wedding and go all quirky with it, but I can live without it)

Being legally married is a separate thing, and is inexpensive in most countries (just a small fee so the bureaucrats can process the bureaucracy), and at least in my country is often done weeks if not months in advance of the big party and/or religious ceremony, with the couple already being legally married while they organise their wedding stuff. To be legally married is to have you and your partner recognised by The State ™ as being a family unit. This has uses for a few situations in life.

And since I am a guy

Just using your post as a springboard to get all 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

but I wonder how much of the idea of “women’s friendships decay, men’s friendships can pick up exactly where they left off” is based on reality… And how much of it is just a stereotype based on social norms that are no longer true. Y’know, like the idea that “women have naturally better emotional intelligence” (the reality is that most young boys were and on some level still are discouraged from engaging with emotions in general, and it’s hard to get good at something with no practice)

I can’t even cite personal anecdotal experience as an argument for or against because my friendship group is mostly queer dudes with the occasional transgender chick or enby person.

The first step to lasting friendships is not being a lil’ bitch.

Funny that

I wouldn’t have made it to adulthood without my friend circle. I’d have ragequit life long ago.

The little groupchat of funny internet nerds I built up over these past 15 years is my entire backbone.

I do hope GPT and DeepSeek don’t mind all the stupid roleplays I had them do with me when I was bored and my RP friends weren’t available.

Assuming you’re not lying – That just makes you the artist equivalent of a scab.

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Because Gerontocracy is the true law of the land, and is older than both capitalism and feudalism.

… It might have been kickboxing. I was half remembering him being some kind of sport-fighter.

Yeah before he was a Youth Pastor for the Church Of Misogyny (where jesus is replaced with EVEN MORE MISOGYNY) – He made his name as a competitive MMA fighter.

Yeah there is plenty to hate about Catholics too (hey, pedophilia) –

– But when it comes to like. Accepting reality and modernity? They are head, shoulders, and pectorals above the average Evangelical Church.

Instead they give you 9 AI Generated Images that kinda sorta look like the thing you’re supposed to click on.

Ok AIbro.

Here’s the thing.

I really liked the ending of the original series.

And I am very wary of series continuing after a satisfying ending has already been provided. Which is something I think every nerd can relate to in some way or another.

So can you guarantee I won’t be burned?

I just want to point out that the insane “several steel foundries” worth of energy waste are used in training the bots, and individual requests are, by comparison, much cheaper.

Mind you AI “art” is bullshit and AI “artists” are proof that more people need to be shoved into lockers, but we don’t need misinformation to hate AI and AI bros. It’s plenty hatable with just the truth.

My most iconic character (in the shared imaginations of my friends) is my sorceress pirate gal from a Final-Fantasy style campaign.

Our party included:

• A tragic Samurai looking to avenge his father who got war-crimed.
• A rogue who had their name stolen and is basically a blob of pure self-hatred.
• A warrior monk looking to develop her strengths so she can protect the weak
• A former slave who spent hundreds of years in slavery and wants to punish the slavers.
• A knight who lost all his memories except the traumatic memory that resulted in all the other lost memories.

… And then there was my gal. A magic college professor who decided “**** it, I’m tired of being boring. I’m gonna go and be a sky pirate, and I want to die an epic death”. She is the team mom.