/b/ - Random

>>301364
I think /m/ is genuinely the only board worth it on there.
Users justify their vitriol by the fact the ib is ultimately a farm, not just a women’s imageboard. I could argue against it but they have a point - I wish we just had a regular, well-moderated ib, with a good culture that moderators will actually protect.

Man I'm so glad I found this thread. What in the flying fuck has happened to lolcow??? It's so much more spiteful, and full of Tiktokers who sling "literally" around like it's the only word they know.

>>301312
I'm American. And I very much agree with you. It's tiring when you have a grasp on reality and common sense and know that taxing rich people will only drive them out. But zoomers sure don't.

>>301364
>>301368
hey same thing happened to me too! I came on here to see if the same thing happened to anyone else, I sent them an email to appeal and I'm waiting for a response. how does that shit even happen?

>>301364
I also just got permabanned for no reason. Genuinely dumbfounded at what I did wrong. I’ve been mainly just trying to contribute to cow threads the last few days. Literally zero infights. This is so frustrating.

>>296327
Capitalism is the reason why.

It’s one of the most efficient ways of making electricity ever and completely safe but wrinkly old morons with childhood trauma about nukes hate it for no reason. Or maybe they hate it because they want to prop up the fossil fuel industry. Idk.

Coal and natural gas ought to be conserved as supplements or substitutes for petroleum in the production of synthetic fertilizers. We need to refactor all aspects of food production because the advancements of the Green Revolution rely on depleting resources, and we don't even know if it is really possible to find a substitute for our current synthetic fertilizers.

But there's a lot of disinfo around nuclear power.
Mining uranium does involve producing tail-end products which are worse than lead mining tail ends. Once it is in the plant it may be cleaner than coal electricity, but uranium extraction is not cleaner than other forms of heavy metals mining. Not that solar is entirely clean either–China has entire rivers rendered uninhabitable from cadmium tail ends.
The heavy water involved in plant processes IS required in a specific balance sustain life, and VERY small changes in deuterium concentration affect cell metabolism and apoptosis (you know, the process where a cell decides to kill itself rather than kill you via cancer):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9963022/
–so there IS an effect on the environment inherent in reducing freshwater heavy water balances. And nuclear reactors DO require freshwater since sodium activates.
"Plant safety" is not just about safety against accident or circumstance. The United States and Israel proved, with StuxNet, that deliberate attacks on nuclear processes can succeed and are highly nationally rewarding. StuxNet was designed specifically to not cause environmental catastrophe, but not every attack will be based on prudence. There are treaties against any attack on nuclear power plants which describe any attack including accidental artillery strike as "nuclear terrorism" to be subjected to immediate international military retaliation, but those treaties were shown for bluff and bluster when Russia (a primary signatory of such treaties) shelled Ukrainian plants.

>>296300
Not as bad as what people say

>>296327
The real reason is pretty boring. It's expensive. If reactors with cheaper fuels become available, it'll become way more common.

>>296961
kinda a derail but I was autistically interested in snakes since being a kid, I've thought it's so lame how humans have to carry a baby and breastfeed it I wish we could just lay an egg and be over with it except for keeping it warm lol

An artificial womb would be disastrous for every female on the planet. Andrea Dworkin herself said that it would lead to the end of femalekind. Think about it, right now we have a total monopoly on who reproduces. Regardless of any cons associated with that fact, it is a major reason why we haven't been killed off yet. Remember Pygmalion? Moids have been dreaming about getting rid of us for literally thousands of years. Combine this tech with those stupid sexbots and we could see a total femicide.

We must maintain our control of reproduction if we want to continue our harvesting of the moid labor.
>>297384
The purpose of males in the evolutionary scheme is to be either a stud or a draft horse. The fact of the matter is that its very easy to master the art of manipulating moids, to the point to where it is a perfectly viable strategy to live entirely off their labor as a glorified NEET as so many women have done before.

Moids are slaves, and you are absolutely retarded if you let yourself get mentally overpowered by one. Even the smartest ones are manipulatable to a ridiculous degree.
>>297249
>p-play with my dick pls
Covert moid post.

Not sure how I feel about this new technology, uneasy?
I think this technology will be beneficial to a minority but harmful to the majority, this technology won't be available to the masses which is good and bad, soon we'll see gene edited children from high society freed from genetic burdens and this could lead to a whole new caste system.
This technology will lead us to the whole overall story of that movie/book, GATTACA.
This is a technology that should be slowly limited, like AI, or else we could be looking at the beginning of the end of standard births, this will come at the entire cost of our agency, should womankind really give up such natural power in the name of equality?

this should be outlawed just for how itll enable pedophile incubation farms and advanced human trafficking trades

Moved to >>>/hb/21078.

>>301007
It's in the mundane shit thread

>>300993
>Seeing anons saying they want the ban back over some other anon saying she ate soap was bizarre to witness. Whether or not it was a joke or serious, regardless if it seemed unfunny or cringe it's such a strange reason.
Witnessing this infight unfold almost gave me brain cancer. Anons are so sensitive they had a full blown meltdown over fucking eating soap. No one was even saying it was funny, but they kept sperging out. It was so cringey.

>>301015
That person sounded so bitter and unhappy in general. I really don't understand what's so wrong about having silly little posts, it's the same thing with dumbass shit. I hide or ignore threads I don't like and I ignore posts that don't jive with me. It's easy, fun, and it's free! So nice! I really don't understand the objection to other people having fun even if it's not your cup of tea. Isn't it way easier just to ignore it? Have we lost so much discomfort tolerance that we can't even stand other people goofing off on a non serious Anonymous image board? Is it really that important? I just had something I posted– just to be a little silly and hyperbolic as a treat for a joke– on the lolcows own caps thread calling it an unhinged rant. Is it really so unusual for people to just have fun and goof off? We really have to be so doom and gloom all the time? Doesn't it get tiresome? Lighten the fuck up.

>>300903
My local IP is banned and I don't get redirected to the mirror site instead when I try to post I get redirected to the post that got me banned with no ban explanation since the mods ban based on a combination of herd rule of other anons, or just your views vs their personal bias. The VPN bans purpose is to curate a echo chamber of the same yes men with no naysayers. The excuse that they need to stamp tradthots is obviously bullshit, most of the sites userbase are some variety of tradthots and sexpos libfems constantly at arms over dick. The crux of many threads is discussing men, dating men, fucking men, fictional men or even here not talking about men like the floor is hot lava proving your male obsession. It's pathetic and sad.

Everytime something controversial is discussed it's moved to 2x where it immediately dies. Even on this site in trying to discuss lc the mods here locked the previous thread for "being off topic" or some arbritrary shit when this may be the last weeks of the site without the ban, like this anon says, there won't be much voices here as they've silenced basically every dissenter >>300860 if anyone cares about the site even to a miniscule degree we need to discuss this now. I do like the honest discussions on lc of media, the art thread, and criticism of retarded women and male violence but The last straw was being temporarily banned for criticising posters posting about their dick sucking. It sucks because there's some really great women on lc but I've had to come to terms with the fact that the site is primarily just autistic sexpos libfem ewhores and tradthots who's only agreements are tranny bad, repeated ad infinitum. The remainder of the site is the catty userbase shitting on other ewhores, other tradthots and mostly female celebrities. Rip the art thread, the media discussion threads, and any minor critique of dick sucking.

The very same Americans who scream that they hate the police state then turn around and support the police.

WTF?

>I think I have it
See a professional about it if you can. If you don't get a proper diagnosis you can't really start to find ways to treat it

>>297999
I will make an appointment. I strongly suspected it, but I was terrified of the medication (and still am) and another feature to take care of. Im trying to get a new job asap, but clearly not with this mess as a vehicle. Why even be surprised, this bs gets annoying and exhausting. Fml fr

I was diagnosed with it very early and shipped off to a padded room rape dungeon from 7 - 12 years old. Addressing the trauma from being mouthfucked by nightschool RNs and drugged to nearly death, and using mushrooms sparingly to commit to goals that require me to be less chaotic helped. I really would not recommend medication. Not a single thing in my life went well at all until I stopped taking psych pills. Sincerely, maybe bipolar, 15 years and three continents away from that experience, doing an elite job.

I recommend looking into and considering DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) once you see a professional about it and have a proper diagnosis. I'm Bipolar I. I've tried all kinds of therapies.
Here's a brief on each!:

IPSRT (Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy): Focuses on helping people with bipolar disorder regulate their daily routines.
Targets: Eating patterns, sleep-wake cycles, social interactions, work, and hobbies.
(can be used alongside other therapies)
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FFT (Family Focused Therapy): Help improve understanding in relationships and improve relationships
Targets: Teach family to recognize signs of an episode, educate family on how to support you the best way, improve conflict management, improve communication, create a plan for preventing relapse.
(can be used alongside other therapies)
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CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy): [most common type of therapy for bipolar disorder] aims to help people recognize and change negative patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to their symptoms.
Targets: learning to identify triggers for mood episodes, developing coping strategies, and strengthening emotional regulation skills.
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DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy): aims to help individuals with bipolar disorder learn new skills for regulating emotions, improving relationships, and reducing impulsive behaviors.
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What's a good Linux distro for someone that's never used it before?
I'm moderately computer literate and mostly use my PC for web browsing, vidya, and occasionally programming

>>289448
I tried Ubuntu for a while a few years ago. I hope you can manage cuz mine couldn't play videos and the guides they write for Linux users assume you're a computer nerd when I despise computers.

Does anyone here likes birdwatching?

>>289448
OpenSUSE.
+ Well supported, well maintained, large corporate base - you don't want to start out on a distro that isn't used by professionals in the workplace, and SUSE is the oldest Linux corporation in the world.
+ YAST is the closest you're going to get to an equivalent to Mac OS Preferences or the Windows Control Center in a graphical Linux environment, and it runs and can be used to manage your software in text mode through a terminal/TTY login in the event that something goes catastrophically wrong with the graphics environment without requiring you to learn every name for every controls command or kernel module. So if you can only start in textonly safemode and need to connect to the internet you can just enter yast, follow a few simple menus to get to networking controls, and enable networking in order to download whatever is necessary to fix the system.
+ easy install
+ Lizard mascot
+ RPMs
+ huge library of games in repo - people use the suse build services even if they don't use sue itself.
+ an officially supported distro for NVIDIA and other large manufacturers who make Linux drivers.
+ an actually useful wiki that describes problems that real people have in real life with real examples and solutions.
+ officially supports an ARM/embedded variant, will not die if/when x86 desktop loses ground to newer or different technology.

Negatives:
- German. (This used to make the distro nearly unusable due to their Erlangen.DE repo servers lacking a North American mirror–they have mirrors now and had them for years but the reputation is still impacted).
- Poor audio support on ARM devices, if you're running a raspberry pi just use raspian.
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>>301194
cute hobby

>>296992
Do you know anything about the quality of life in the air force vs the army? The reason I'm considering the air force is because everyone has always told me it's for more reserved nerdy types. The type of women you mention generally eat me alive. I'm a passive little bitch but i'm used to being yelled at and stuff

>>297024
The air force is much slower tempo, more focused on academics and technical fields and generally requires higher IQs, lower physical scores. You'll still have to do some pretty gruelling tests, but most of it will be in considerably more luxury than the army. Rucks are shorter and lighter, courses have fewer obstacles and easier time requirements, even morning PT is lighter and a lot nicer. The kind of women who join the air force and navy will still include barracks bunnies, but they'll be a lot less intense. They might not be any nicer, but less aggressive and you'll find a lot more women like yourself or at least compassionate enough not to haze you for it.

>>296888
Based. Screw fighting for moids in moid-led wars caused by moidery. None of these judeoalliedreakmason conflicts benefit women.

I really want to tbh. Idk is it possible. And my mother wouldn't let me.

I have thought about it multiple times because the job search fucking sucks, but I have a college degree so they don't really want me to enlist (not that I ever really tried) and always encourage me to go the officer route instead. Like I said, I have considered it. Ultimately, the military seems like such a hierarchical and authoritarian hellacious nightmare with no escape. If you get a bad commanding officer or peers in your unit, there is nothing you can do about it. You're just stuck in whatever abusive environment the military assigned you to. Yeah, rape is also so common for women in the military that it's pretty much guaranteed to happen. Unless you're ugly, then everyone would just bully you instead. Plus, the officer process is so insanely competitive that I'm not sure it's worth even trying.

Neato.

Roll

>>301121
Cool, I guess

roll

>>301156
quilava is my literal favorite i'm so lucky