“Cognitive Behavioral Approaches are the most effective means of recognizing negative patterns in real world scenarios and correcting those behaviors is a matter of will and repetition”

And, she was right, as far as I was concerned. I’m not ‘fixed’, but I can tell when my own patterns have kicked in and I’m in a spiraling loop, and the tools/knowledge of kicking that loop with new actions in an attempt to break the pattern has been really helpful.

The most important thing I learned were strategies to handle the panic attacks. The knowledge of flooding the brain with physiological responses through focus on sensations and objects within my immediate vicinity has been instrumental in grounding me to the present. The panic attack still comes, but it’s not as long and I’m not left exhausted, sweaty, and emotionally dead as often as I was.

The mumbo jumbo softer side (I went to school for psych, my BA says I get to say this) of Psych is really good for a lot of things. The practical side of Psychology is really good for most if not all people.

Can’t watch Seinfeld because Jerry is a vocal zionist. BUT, I can watch Curb Your Enthusiasm and just skip and Seinfeld feature, so far

“Like a leaf caught aflame, it’s matter converted to heat and the bonds broken down to ash. It’s not gone, it’s structure has changed to the point of no longer being ‘a leaf’, and what we see before us when looking at someone/something who has passed on is the same as ashes in the fire. Changed, but jot truly gone”

There’s a fee for that, not joking

Which is exactly what I was talking about. Uhura and Kirk kissing was appalling because it was two people being forced to engage physically against their will. The appalling part wasn’t that there was an interracial kiss, pushing the idea that, in the future there is no problem with interracial relationships or interactions.

It is a story about consent that also cements that racism isn’t an ideal upheld by the ‘good and socially advanced’ people of the federation.

I believe I misread, then. As I thought your commentary was on the idea that we SHOULD make their homosexuality and the feelings/beliefs of his people a plot point to be investigated and played out instead of seen as “in Star Trek, we’ve moved on from simple bigotry, we now do space bigotry” like I’d expect.

I, admittedly, haven’t seen the show (fuck Paramount, and my piracy days are on hold) and only based that on the initial comment which I thought to be in support of making the character’s sexuality their plot point instead of their journey/ambitions as a character driving their change and story.

Oftentimes I find that I prefer semi-episodic Trek, but having plots stay relevant isn’t so bad when it’s actually addressed. I hope they handle those this time around and that the series is on firm legs by the time I go to watch it.

Thank you for giving me more info on it

Moreso, in the same way Uehara kissing Kirk was a problem at the time, it’s not shown as a problem in the show, reinforcing that normal, sensible people already believe it’s fine. So in that same vein, make homosexuality and transexuality normal in Star Trek, and investigate bigotry through another allegory. As they often do

I think we’ve seen too much of Klingons being reasonable enough people when it comes to social issues that I don’t think that’s a path we should explore if only because there are other means of doing it.

Orville does it a lot like older Trek, which is to say, beats you over the head with a concept you may be experiencing in day to day life and shows the real world consequences of opinions around it. They have a storyline about a Klingon-like race that is strictly male (they sex change the babies if they’re not male), the ‘right’ opinion is very clear by how the main protagonists react, but they can’t just overrule another culture or people

In this way, they assert that the learned/educated belief is to let people be who they are, and restricting that only causes pain and trauma and the rift it tears in families can be massive. They flipped the issue on it’s head. “Forced sex changes” is the big fear Republicans in the US have been touting this last few decades, so now the uber-masculine species is forced to be all male and any disagreement is systematically squashed and discouraged. But it’s so painfully clear the Moclans are in wrong, and the tension of the show comes down to how systems oppress others and the limited options for outside entities to intervene.

Essentially my point is that people WANT a utopian show where the good guys are really doing good things and the universe is mostly on it’s way away from the troubles we experience in society today. Orville and Old Trek both asserted that some things have already been handled in Earth’s history, like capitalism and gender/sex discrimination, and that people who disagree are anachronistic and often farther behind in other technologies. Call the dumb people dumb on my fantasy show, and do it in a way that let’s the audience experience the issue without making it an opinion that holds ANY mainstream appeal outside of clearly-wrong fringe groups.

If it’s not a problem for Kirk to kiss Uhura then why should homosexuality be an actual contention point in Star Trek in 2026? Just give us another allegory for it and we’ll pick it up and move on

Playing WoW

See message from QT3.14 Dranei boy

Press numlock, type out ‘sup bb LFR BT?’

Left and right mouse click to halt and continue killing. The good old days

I’m not going to shit on someone using their platform here to share how shitty the US government is

But writing off drugging people and stealing from them is so weird. If drugging people and stealing from them is a ‘rolling eyes’ emoji action, I think you need to re-evaluate your morals.

I think this is a picture from their Halftime celebration during the super bowl. They do a musical performance on the field and then it gets cleaned up quickly for the game to resume after

Thanks for the archive link. Viewing on mobile and I guess CNN has joined the "no reject option’ crowd. Ass website

Exactly why this law needs made clear:

No one is entitled to sex

‘Withholding sex’ isn’t a mark against someone in a divorce and in no way should it be a factor in whether someone is entitled to their fair share of the fruits of a shared life should it come to an end.

If sex is housework, sleeping with that person is a chore, and god if that’s not the world we live in anymore.

I agree, 99.9% of the way. My brother makes a smurf now and again to play competitive marvel rivals with those of us that don’t play but would still like to have a 2-set match instead of a single side push.

Noncompetitive is locked to single push and so you don’t have a chance to play as both attacker and defender, so it doesn’t really feel like a full match.

I don’t really care much, some in the group do. He’s not ridiculously good, just a few ticks higher than people who don’t play competitive unless the whole group is in

Played rocket league to de-stress from Dota. Now, none of that. My brain and heart and sanity just can’t take it. Mostly a solo game kind of person these days or co-op.

I don’t know. My assumption is that they’re easier to put together than well thought out titles and clear discussion lines, and there’s a certain level of inherent ‘safety’ in posting a picture/meme that does a lot of the heavy lifting for you for a joke. Not that I don’t like them, just that that’s my read of why they choose them over discussion

You ask ‘wouldn’t it be better’ if there were less memes

The community, through it’s posting, voting, and reposting, has chosen Memes regardless of whether it’d be better.

A lot of answers in here say “that’s how the fediverse works, people post what they want and engage with what they want, what they don’t want they can unsubscribe or block to curate their own feed, to avoid seeing parts of what the collective is sharing/talking about when using memes”.

What you’re describing requires unilateral control over what content various communities will engage in. It doesn’t matter if that’s what people like, so much as it’s what people continue to choose. If they like it, great. If they don’t, they’ll either curat their feed and not have a clue what you’re talking about regarding memes on the Frontpage, or they aren’t bothered or even like the memes on the Frontpage and aren’t looking to seek out more nuanced discussions and serious threads.

I don’t think he’s taking a shitty stance in stating that your job is relatively safe. Just that there are tons of safety regulations and protections that keep your profession off of a list like this

https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/civilian-occupations-with-high-fatal-work-injury-rates.htm