@Macha said in The Crafting Thread:
You guys never saw my early attempts at my stepmother teaching me such 'appropriate' pursuits.
I am not so good with the threaded kind of needles.
Depending on how long ago it was or how she tried to teach you, it could be different! But I understand the hesitation.
Me and sewing machines don't get along. I swear it's a curse. 
New music out this week by Echosmith, Eminem, and Halsey.
I've made my first pass on the Echosmith album and it's good.
Working through Eminem's this evening.
Halsey will be tomorrow.
Anyone else listened to them yet? Thoughts?
Have any of us mentioned Last Week Tonight? I forgot about it since it's been in hiatus.
@Macha said in The Crafting Thread:
@Auspice If I could cross-stitch or wtfever that is, I would so be in. Love me some firefly
I saw Serenity twice before it fully hit theaters. That advance sneak preview and then AGAIN for the official sneak preview. >.>
@Kestrel said in Separating Art From Artist:
So in the US, you can say whatever you want around your colleagues, behave unprofessionally, prove yourself unsuitable for the job you were hired for and not get fired?
This is sort of a benefit to at-will employment. Because in an at-will state, an employer could absolutely fire you for -phobic rants.
People often worry about 'but what if I get fired for being LGBT and my boss is religious' and at-will does not apply where it'd be illegal (you can't be fired for your religion, sexuality, race, etc.). I mean, the argument can (and has) been made that a person could be fired for that reason but the on-paper is something else ('did not meet expectations'), but that happens in non-at-will states, too. And usually the business/person ends up in a lot of trouble for it.
But in an at-will state, if you are being disruptive (which saying shitty things to people is), you can be let go. I had a coworker at a job fired for constantly ranting about political (I use political loosely... he was kind of a fringe nutjob who would go into conspiracy theory 'the government is out to get us' stuff) shit and disrupting the work environment.
I'm a bad gamer.
The last Final Fantasy that I played (not counting FFXIV) was FFX.
And I've only PLAYED (more than just a brief scratching of the surface) FF7, FFX, and FF Tactics (the GBA one).
jrpgs just, by and far, are not my jam. There's been a couple I really liked (Shadow Hearts for example), but by and far it's a style I just am not into.
@Ganymede said in Separating Art From Artist:
@Auspice said in Separating Art From Artist:
I know Mark Hamill tweeted something in support of Forester also before he got more details and apologized for his actions.
I can understand that because Hamill is an American actor, rather than a British author. But, also, Hamill is human, but a capable one because he can apologize and lampoon Trump as no other can.
My point, partly, is that many people do not understand freedom of speech and how it works. It's also that celebrities rarely actually do research on things they post/talk about. Neither do us plebes always do so, but though we would hope a celebrity might due to their reach: they don't.
He apologized and explained he didn't know the full background. It's why I've partly given Rowling the benefit of the doubt on this front. Like you, Gany, that tweet is the only TERF-type talk I've seen out of her. There might be more! But I haven't run into it.
(I also think Rowling is kind of an idiot and a lot of her post-publication 'edits' to appease the public have been terribly and awkwardly misguided. But I don't think this is a McCaffrey-level 'no I absolutely believe this -phobic thing and I will tell you, at length, why.')
@Ganymede said in Separating Art From Artist:
@Rinel said in Separating Art From Artist:
Here's the thing, though: it has none. Firstly, freedom of speech in the UK is already a flimsy construct. Secondly, employment tribunals have no precedential authority. Thirdly, the case was exquisitely narrow in scope--whether a person's "gender critical" views constituted a protected category of belief such that it would be unlawful to deny renewal of a contract with her based upon actions she had taken pursuant to this belief (e.g. misgendering coworkers).
I am not saying that the case actually had large consequences other than those involved. Plus, Forstater is a fucking moron that deserved to be sacked, as they say over there. But I do not want to presume that J.K. Rowling knows, or should know, this the same way we legal practitioners do (or would). Freedom of speech is a strong concern for writers, and I appreciate that.
I hasten again to say that I do not believe that Rowling isn't a TERF and that the case against her goes beyond that one tweet, but I simply want to point out that the power of internet hatred, which is often fueled by ignorance, can cause an indiscriminate, uncaring shit-fire.
I want to add that Rowling has a very poor understanding of freedom of speech (or the lack thereof) in the UK. She made a tweet a year or so ago about how blessed she is to be able to say what she wants because of freedom of speech. Now, she got largely panned for it by people who know better (mocked may be a better word), but we don't know if she reads Twitter replies very often. Or if she took it to heart.
If she still believes that the UK has the same freedom of speech the US does, she could very well have believed the Forester case fell into that category.
I know Mark Hamill tweeted something in support of Forester also before he got more details and apologized for his actions.
Fuck asymptomatic migraines. Well. Just migraines in general.
But the ones where you don't have pain so much a pressure, as intense vertigo, as sight and sound sensitivities...
Needless to say, won't be going to work because haha not safe to drive.
@Ominous said in General Video Game Thread:
Sorry. It wasn't meant as a slam against people with ADD and ADHD. It was more meant as a slam against developers who think that all players can't pay attention for more than five minutes with explosions or boobs in their face.
I understand. It just...felt a bit like one in the rant. But thank you for clarifying.
@Ominous said in General Video Game Thread:
so the ADD-afflicted players
i mean i appreciate when i don't miss out on a good game cuz adhd
@insomniac7809 said in Separating Art From Artist:
But when the sweaty Charlottesville guy complains that his professional life took a hit when his screaming face was over the world in all its tiki-torch-and-polo glory, I find myself profoundly lacking in sympathy.
And, IMO, that isn't doxxing. He was in news articles about the event. Even if people hadn't dredged up his info, it would have been just as easy for an employer to pay witness.
But the topic was about doxxing. About people (or people they recruit/hire) digging up details on someone who isn't so blatantly 'out there.'
Unfortunately, those that dox rarely keep their actions to the offending individual.
They threaten their spouses.
Their children.
Their parents.
Their friends.
How far does it go?
If you do something that offends, does that mean the lives of everyone you know are forfeit?
@Kanye-Qwest said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):
@Auspice i have a box full of notebooks. i have 3 spiral notebooks on/in my work desk RIGHT NOW
I have one shelf of my bookshelves at home of just notebooks, but there's more on the built-in shelving behind my desk. My backpack and purse both have a notebook (.... I think the backpack has 3 tbh) in them.
My work desk has..... 2 notebooks and 2 legal pads. >.>
I tried bullet journaling and it just turned into lists. IT DOESN'T END BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T HELP.
@Kanye-Qwest said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):
HAVE YOU TRIED MAKING LISTS?
yes i have made so many lists
so many lists that i instantly lost or forgot, they are scattered around the four corners of the earth like a paper trail that leads only to my USELESSNESS and FRUSTRATION
do you also have notebooks just for lists
I do
so many
@Wretched said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):
I have routines.
I survive on routines.
Except the instant one little thing breaks the routine, it throws off that day... at bare minimum.
I've been fucked up all week because I couldn't do my laundry on Sunday because the card readers on the machines were offline.
When a brainstorming convo turns into an @action that amuses the shit out of me.
