“You like things that aren’t cars or sports? You must be autistic.”

So goddam stupid, and deadly.

Anywho, I like Zelda games. They inspired me to get into computer programming. I chose for my honors project in college to create the first dungeon in a Zelda-like game, complete with limited palette.

I made a video about it on my website, which I coded myself. https://snoopsqueak.com/videos/sonia-demo

I will not be buying the OoT remake. Partly because I love the original so much, partly because modern Nintendo is shamelessly evil.

“But it answers the questions correctly?”

“If the Reddit thread we scraped is accurate and the ‘AI’ doesn’t remix the results, yes.”

Imagine if we just stored the answers in a database instead of writing a program that makes shit up.

No, the point is that indigenous populations are not infesting their own natural habitats.

For example, “Native Americans” did not “infest” the United States. White people did.

Dog whistle? It’s a megaphone… “WE ARE NAZIS COME BE NAZIS WITH US”

“Ballroom and military base.”

Like… What the fuck.

Part of me genuinely thinks it’s some kind of phallic metaphor.

Maybe he didn’t affect you personally in a way that you noticed, but he absolutely is making things worse for Californians.

https://src.senate.ca.gov/governor-gavin-newsoms-top-15-worst-flip-flops-and-fails

https://californiaglobe.com/articles/top-50-disasters-gov-gavin-newsom-has-ushered-into-california-2025-edition/

https://www.newgeography.com/content/008659-gavin-newsom-trashed-california

Yeah. Money should be a tool to serve the people, not a weapon to be hoarded by a person.

You ignored the point.

Do you think she could have said no?

Do you understand the power dynamics?

It was rape.

Stop defending rape.

But that’s human bullshit.

We don’t know that everything needs a cause.

We don’t know that infinite regress is impossible.

And if everything needs a cause, so does god.

You said:

Everything that exists has a sufficient reason to exist

Therefore, if god exists, he must also have sufficient reason. I call it Jod.

But “sufficient reason” is human bullshit. We don’t know that it’s true.

Tell me your philosophical “proof” then, and I’ll tell you which fallacy it is.

God doesn’t exist at all, can you stop lying about shit?

Friggin’ spawn camper.

The pro-birth anti-life crowd claims another victim.

I’m 34. Most parents have children without recognizing that they are not equipped to raise them to be healthy and happy.

I DIDN’T ASK TO BE BORN!

True, and I sympathize deeply. It’s why I don’t have kids.

(it wasn’t me, who downvoted your comment, just in case)

I’ve been getting a lot of those on my comments here. As far as I can tell, it’s mostly entitled parents who can’t acknowledge how their selfish choices have created a living hell for their children.

Are those consequences from AI?

They were allegedly written by Joshua Wilkinson, who has a bio at the end of the article and in the “about” page of the website, but he did not cite his sources. I am unsure how to verify that he is real or that he didn’t use AI to write the article.

I tried to find a study specifically about long-term consequences of being forced to bathe as a child, but found none. Apparently forced bathing is a kink for some people, and “forest bathing” is also a thing, both of which might be polluting the results of my query. But maybe there is nothing to find, no study conducted on the topic yet.

The closest I could find is a study about forcing children to endure medical treatment:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0969733019833128#bibr3-0969733019833128/

But it’s a qualitative study that seems to focus more on the caregivers than the patients, and it is behind a paywall.

Personally, I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that forcing a child to do anything, even something good for them like getting vaccinated, can be stressful or even traumatic. In the case of bathing, it’s something that might happen repeatedly, even daily.

I did not enjoy baths as a kid. They took too much time. My mother chose to give me rag baths sometimes instead of a full bath, but sometimes she would scrub aggressively to vent her frustration. Looking back, maybe she was trying to get me to choose the full bath. It didn’t help that we had five people and one bathroom, so by the time I was done filling the tub and bathing there was almost certainly someone waiting at the door.

Obviously, that is anecdotal. But I believe forcing a child to bathe is harmful. My parents were southern baptists, authoritative and violent. I have many problems, but am feeling noticeably better since cutting contact with them. I have therapy next week.

You people, who obviously don’t have kids, are insufferable.

Not as insufferable as people who actively defend child abuse. There is a reason I chose not to have kids. There are too many victims already.

Not having your fucking phone is not distress.

You are such a selective reader, it comes across as dishonest. Look at the post:

Now she’s freaking out because she can’t find her phone…

She could have been having an important conversation. She could be afraid that she’s lost it completely and will be punished for that.

This is why nobody takes you people seriously.

Who is “you people” here? Abuse survivors? And you don’t take us seriously because you’re too self-centered to even acknowledge abuse, let alone oppose it?

I’m sorry you were mistreated. Break the cycle.

Thank you.

You should just have kids, never teach them anything and get irritated at them when they don’t figure out how to do things when you want.

That is exactly how I learned how to feel guilt and shame instead of how to cook and clean.

Yes. Using physical force to coerce or restrain a child who is not posing a threat to anybody is abuse.

https://fountainofyouthbath.com/can-a-person-be-forced-to-taie-a-shower/

“Potential Consequences of Forcing Hygiene”:

Increased anxiety or distress in the individual.

Potential for trauma, particularly if the person feels violated or disrespected.

Damaged relationships, as the individual may feel resentment towards those enforcing the action.

Community backlash if the enforcement is viewed as abusive or overly controlling.

Forcing someone into a shower may lead to slips and falls, especially in vulnerable populations.

Potential for the individual to develop aversions to hygiene practices due to negative associations.