Good catch, I could not predict it*. They are smarter than I am. I’m amazed it was in open waters. They might as well have sent a team to abduct her in her home.

Thunberg and crew are heroes in my eyes. No doubt a very extreme form of political protest, obviously they knew the outcome here. Even they couldn’t predict blatant piracy. Hope she is returned safely…

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Looks like ChatGPT will create more software jobs than it takes.

I feel validated.

You see that single upvote? That’s me. But only because of your brutal honesty.

I did not brush my teeth today. I threw batteries in the trash. I’m proud of you, man.

The hash:

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That’s a very negative and unproductive subreddit, one of the reasons I left Reddit. I also felt that way at one point.

Your statement is verifiably false. Women’s hormones shift during and after pregnancy, and reduction (or sometimes increase) in libido is natural. Breastfeeding is well known for reducing, it also acts like birth control. OTC Birth control also commonly reduces libido. Physically sex is difficult during pregnancy.

My pregnant wife and I have dealt with this by learning other ways to show affection, a lot of communication, and setting clear boundaries. It’s a challenge we were ready to tackle, so no regrets or incel/deadbedroom feelings here, just wholesome family love. But yes the shift is difficult at times. I had a very high libido before and it dropped off a cliff for the first time in my life. Actually it’s been a relief.

Sounds like a medical issue for her tbh. That sucks.

Glad you have found happiness too, Internet stranger!

Our kid is not quite here but the parenting has already begun. My wife’s sleep is very disrupted due to the incessant kicking, and in turn mine. Sex has been physically impossible for many months and her hormones make it mentally impossible. She’s too tired to do many chores so my load has doubled.

But we are happy, I’m crying tears of joy many times a day, never felt it before. If anything I feel more confident in our relationship, we find ways to be sweet to each other. This is what we wanted and no surprises here. We did the work, therapy, and talked about it and planned constantly.

We were once like that though, communication is a skill that we learned the hard way. If you’re feeling unsure, please don’t have children (yet!). The parenting preparation can take years, don’t rush it.

You won’t get a lot of people talking about their usage, lol. Are you in witness protection? I think witness protection is useless too, since I’ve never heard anyone even admit to being in the program. Do you watch porn? Porn is completely useless, no one has ever even admitted watching it to me, even after I badger them about their fetishes.

Monero is exactly what I think it is. Is its value inflated 100x by pump and dump investors? Sure. Is it useful to millions even without the investments? You bet.

“Again: How many of your last 100 purchases were made directly with monero? Just ballpark, I’m sure you have a sense.”. A reasonable interpretation of this is, “you don’t use it, so no one should”.

Apparently millions of people find it useful. If you don’t that’s totally ok.

I think this is simply a privacy education issue. Here’s how to anonymously buy a steam game, step by step:

1. On an insecure computer, buy Bitcoin or other with your credit card
2. Exchange Bitcoin for monero on an exchange website
3. Send Monero to your private wallet
4. Now on your very secure computer, create a Steam account using an anonymous email, all through VPN/Tor
5. Create a Bitcoin or other wallet
6. Access your monero on this computer and exchange it for Bitcoin or other, sent to your wallet
7. Use Bitcoin or other to exchange to Fiat, Bitrefill looks like an option
8. Purchase Steam game

If your secure computer is totally anonymous, so is your purchase.

Of my last 1 million purchases, exactly zero were done this way. The currency is not worth zero so obviously it’s useful to some. “I don’t personally use it” is an unconvincing argument, you simply don’t care about private purchases which is totally ok.

If you were a progressive reporter in Saudi Arabia buying a web subscription to New York Times you would probably keep a balance of monero around, so these steps would take no time at all.

For the rest of us with nothing to hide, some of us use Monero like this simply to protect those who do need privacy. The more who use it, the better anonymity it provides.

You can exchange it to another accepted crypto, or convert to fiat depending on what you’re trying to do. If you differ the exact amounts you buy and use, and delay the timing of your monero purchase and final purchase, it gives you anonimity. Or more like plausible deniability. Nobody said anonymity was convenient. You also don’t need every purchase to be anonymous for it to be useful.

When you do most of those purchases you’re not anonymous to begin. But if you want to buy an embarrassing pornographic game on Steam and don’t want your payment provider to have “FURRYDICKS STUDIO” in your name, you sure can use Monero.

That’s how amnesiac it is.

Monero doesn’t need to be mainstream, it’s immediately useful for privacy. Its price could dump 99% and it would be equally useful. You buy some, make your transaction, enjoy your anonymity and then forget about it. It’s a tool, not an investment.