Herb Warning

@eagleseyeinc You used AI to write this.

a friend of mine asked a woman out after talking with her for weeks. she smiled and said no, i’m not really interested like that, sorry. years ago, he might have tried again, maybe sent flowers, planned something thoughtful, put in extra effort. back then, that was seen as romance. this time, he just nodded and said no worries, then left it there. no second attempt and no pressure. months later she told a mutual friend she was surprised he didn’t try harder, but that’s the shift most people miss. a lot of men aren’t less interested, they’re just more careful now. they grew up hearing persistence was attractive, but today that same persistence can easily be read as pressure. so the rule changed quietly. ask once, respect the answer and move on not because the interest isn’t there, but because effort feels safer when it’s clearly returned.

@AsyncAndy @WIFBLUB @TheEcho13 Then you should blame yourself for following what was probably very general guidance for a whole star sign, instead of doing the astrological analysis yourself based your own unique birth chart. Or u could blame yrself for thinking too much about how 2 live instead of just living

My friend. You very literally just proved the point. If you aren’t able to have a conversation about something outside of your interests, and if you’re not willing to entertain her interests and opinions as talking points instead of debate topics, you’re a bad date. You’re telling her right out the gate that you’re no fun.

@WIFBLUB @TheEcho13 @AsyncAndy The suggested action is still a suggested action, whether you believe in what it's based on or not. But if you do believe in it, and you ignore the suggestion and then you get a bad outcome, you have only yourself to blame.

@herbwarning @TheEcho13 @AsyncAndy They absolutely don’t. They are not “likely”. The suggested actions are based in fiction. They allow the reader to blame stars and planets.

@WIFBLUB @TheEcho13 @AsyncAndy Horoscopes mention actions that will likely negatively impact your outcomes too, all the time. The fact that they list these actions and their likely outcomes encourages readers to take responsibility for their own outcomes through their actions.

@herbwarning @TheEcho13 @AsyncAndy No. No they don’t. They remove responsibility and cognitive thinking. Look at your own comment.You manipulated the language to only take responsibility for positive outcomes,not negative. That makes no sense.

@d4thHand That answer still implies you live in the house.

Had some guys walked up to me one time and asked, "Hey big man, they said you lived in that house?" Instinctively I would've gone, "yeah sure, why?" But instead I went, "who said?" - they couldn't answer, they laughed and walked away. Later I found out they were known thieves in the neighborhood trying to do recon for their next target.

@WIFBLUB @TheEcho13 @AsyncAndy Horoscopes encourage an "internal locus of control" mindset because they suggest actions you can take or avoid that are likely to positively impact your outcomes. Do you disagree?

@herbwarning @TheEcho13 @AsyncAndy Based on external planetary movements and positions . Silly person

@Helot_ @FyranEndersong @airkatakana Isn't calling them beneficial because they eat other bugs a judgment on those other bugs?

@FyranEndersong @airkatakana Exactly the point. Killing it would be based purely on looks. They are a beneficial insect that eats other bugs.

this guy is on my ceiling right now. gemini says this is a good thing and i should leave him right there

@MorahanJason @EveKeneinan Why are you replying with boilerplate blurbs about the topics mentioned in the OP?

@EveKeneinan Rape is an act of physical and psychological domination; it takes the victim's free will of sexual availability the same as stabbing them to take money. The motive, thoughts and feelings of the perp are irrelevant within jurisprudence. Like all violent crime it establishes power.

1. rape is an act of power, not sex (Feminist principle) 2. a Brown Muslim man has no power over a White Christian girl ("Black people can't be racist" principle) Therefore, 3. brown Muslim men cannot rape White Christian girls; it is as impossible for this to happen as it is for a Black person to be a racist against White people

@WIFBLUB @TheEcho13 @AsyncAndy Have you ever read a horoscope? They tell you actions you can take to shape your outcomes given the (planetary) external factors. Which locus of control is that?

@TheEcho13 @AsyncAndy Errrr. No. Flat earth, anti vax, conspiracies of any description are red flags. Astrology falls into that category. It’s an external locus of control which isn’t a good thing. It shows lack of accountability

@EU_Commission A nice general sentiment. But isn't it just code for "don't ban abortion or transgender surgery"?

Healthcare is a basic right. Not a privilege. Not a luxury. This World Health Day, we stand for access, protection, and care for all.

@FRED_FUCKSTONE @edelnougat @34Nil35 Which statement is more correct? 1. If you fail to care for your child, that is wrong because you neglected to care for someone who it's your responsibility to care for. 2. If you fail to care for your child, that is wrong because you violated the child's right to be cared for.

@edelnougat @34Nil35 care for your child is state mandated

And finally, legendary pool hustler Minnesota Fats passed away Wednesday. You know, now he's probably up in Heaven, racking them up for a game with Saint Peter. Or maybe he's in Hell, where demons gnaw at his flesh, and the agonies of the damned never cease. Either way, he'll be missed!

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@jtalexander The divide is *intentionally* manufactured to distract us from a more real/worthy enemy. Yes, manufactured things can be real, and just them being manufactured is not what determines their reality, but you can also manufacture things *in order to* distract ppl from some reality.

Midwits often have this strange notion that if something is "manufactured" or a "social construct" that it becomes less real. Its like a form of gnosticism, where the holder of esoteric knowledge believes this epiphany frees them from The Matrix. Civilization is a social construct. Politics is manufactured. Every social arrangement is a manufactured social construct.

@BrittanyXVenti Maybe search on youtube: missing 411 the hunted strange sounds

The way Bigfoot has a chokehold on boomers is insane read: brittanyventi.substack.com/p/big-foot-isn…

@MadelaineLucyH You're thinking too hard. The explanation is in the picture. It says "those who marry will have trouble in this life, and I want you to be free from trouble"

Very early Christians believed that the end of the world was imminent and would happen at any moment. They were effectively an end-of-days cult back then. They really thought Jesus would come back at various intervals (30 years, 100 etc). So they weren't big on 'living in the moment'.

@eelheir @whoisjessicawu @GoGoGuillotines @martyrdison You listed those reasons in a response to the question "why would you NEED to know where i am at all times", so if you NEED location sharing in order to do those things, then that implies you CAN'T do those things without it. So don't say "no one said you couldn't," you said that

@whoisjessicawu @GoGoGuillotines @martyrdison no one said you couldn’t. but if u trust someone then it’s way more convenient. b/c ppl forget, or their phones die, or someone’s driving, or u have to coordinate in real time

i once dated someone and we got into a playful argument about why they wouldn’t share location “i’m a very private person, this feels like it’s moving too fast, that’s a big step” months later, after it didn’t work out, we were friends and i said “ok i need your location for logistics” he admitted the real reason he wouldn’t share it was because he never left the house and didn’t want anyone to see

@Pilgile @politicalmath Ebert was born in 1942, making him part of the silent generation, not the boomers.

@politicalmath Boomer critics really did just hate movies. You can read a lot of Ebert or whoever and seemingly at random they'll criticize a movie for "has special effects in it" or "has a genre." No consistency to it at all.

My teens wanted to watch a horror movie so we watched The Shining, which sent me down a rabbit trail Critics *hated* The Shining when it was released. Siskel gave it 2 stars. Variety said Kubrick "destroyed all that was so terrifying about the King novel". One critic called it "Shallow, self-conscious, and dull. Read the book". Kubrick was nominated for "Worst Director" at the first Razzie awards I find all of this insane. In imdb, The Shining is rated as one of the top 100 movies of all time. It is seared into our collective memory with "all work and no play" and "Here's Johnny" and "red rum". Somehow Kubrick made a horror movie that every "smart" person hated when it came out and yet endured as one of the great movies of all time. How do you do that?

@LeesiBB If she's a consenting adult, then both parties must be equally at fault. In other words, if he is a loser because she could be his daughter, then she must be just as much of a loser because he could be her father.

can i just say a hot take? i’m sorry but men like this are such losers. his daughter is 19 lol