just to help normalize your kink, variations on it have been covered in mainstream press before. like there are people who provide affection proffessionally, for instance

That’s always been my barrier of entry

Have sympathy for the individual who lost his life, by most accounts in an act of charity, not for the society

I certainly speak about this. But, yeah, haven’t gauged when to expose them to graphic depictions, yet.

I benefited from watching that type of content. Not just with guns, but physical violence in general. What was that subreddit that eventually got banned? watchpeopledie? Obviously that was much more out there than just gun safety content, but stuff like that. Helpful as it might have been, it has probably warped my sense of what’s standardly age appropriate, though, so I err on the side of caution with that

I think this is a wonderful suggestion and actually has a good chance to align with their interest. I’ll make a point to watch a few with them

Appreciate this post. I’d welcome any suggestion to help deglorify guns to a kid, too

Mr Hands as entered the chat

I was thinking how there’s healthy and then unhealthy escapism. A break versus avoidance.

That aside, in support of you, I can’t see how building with Legos for part of the evening is any ‘worse’ - less mature, sophisticated, or what have you - than watching some sitcom or YouTube slop. Certainly not sad in either sense of the word. You are actively feeding your creativity and maybe processing out life stuff (play therapy is a thing, even for adults). How cool is that?

No argument that the drive is amplified. And, sex is amplified at the expense of intimacy, including nonsexual intimacy

Pretty much my thought.

Consumerism is, therefore content churning is.

Some other intersecting ingredients might be human sexual drive, wiring for novelty, legacy of puritanical mores,

Dang

When my brain has a song on repeat, I eventually realize that it’s related to something going on in my life. It’s uncanny to have one part of the brain talking to another like that

Glad to hear others still make mixes (I still call them mixtapes, because otherwise I feel like I’m claiming to be doing something fancier than I am). My last project was a story told in 16 mixtapes. So definitely someone who picks a theme when I make them

Bandcamp links: this is the way

in a similar vein, look up shrubs

tru dat

Ween - Chocolate and Cheese

Also Nightmares on Wax - Smoker’s Delight, for absolutely capturing a certain mood

I’m github illiterate. What is it?

Thanks! My barrier to using crypto has been this first purchase element. Because afaik crypto is not inherently pvt and anon?

Do you then need to buy the crypto anonymously? I’m always confused about that point