I had a German girlfriend for a couple of years and more than one person asked me if she liked being pissed on! Apparently it’s something that people associate with Germans, no idea why. But no, the topic never came up and I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t have been her thing. It’s not my thing either but I’d try it if I had a partner who was keen.

It might have been his proudest moment though!

IMO it can be great on the tail end of a trip, after the hectic bit is over, especially with someone I really know and care for.

Yeah, this is really important. It’s less of a consideration with a partner and you’re comfortable with each other, and your partner instigates things, but with someone you’ve just met you want to feel entirely sure they’re into it. I’ve never really been into casual sex so it’s not been a big issue for me. There have been a couple of occasions where I’ve had to say no because I’ve felt that the other person was too hammered to really consent, even though they were keen. Besides, who wants to get with someone who wouldn’t be into it if they weren’t drunk? Only a rapist.

It can be fun with a partner you’re close to. But as a bloke I’ve had a few times when I couldn’t get hard - there’s other stuff you can do to make it fun for your partner but it’s frustrating when you really want to fuck!

Sex on the tail end of an acid trip can be amazing. And sniffing amly nitrate together while in the act is incredible, especially with someone you love. Actually TBH whatever you’re doing it’s usually better with someone you love, at least IMO.

Yeah, I’ve made that mistake too. Thing is, if you really mean it then waiting until they say those words to you first kinda feels dishonest and manipulative. Like, if you’re feeling that crazy feeling it makes you want them to know exactly how you feel and be able to give informed consent to falling in love. You want them to know how you feel because you don’t want to be intense and creepy when they maybe think it’s just a fling. You want you words to maybe unlock part of them that feels the same way.

A good suggestion is to not say it during or right after sex in a new relationship.

So yeah, I’ve fucked up too by saying ‘i love you’. But I’ve also said it first and started a relationship that was maybe the best I’ve had.

I dunno, I guess I think that when you love someone honesty is the best policy. It won’t always work out and when it fucks up you’ll be hurting - but you’ll at least know you were being open, not hiding stuff.

I hope those words have worked out better for you since!

Has a modern military ever gone up against an enemy using lots of small cheap drones though? I’m sure they have plans in place, just can’t recall if they’ve ever really been tested, aside from Russia with the results we see.

Yeah even the SUV would be uncomfortably wide on some UK roads, end yet they’re getting really common. They’re almost all driven by people who don’t need a large vehicle.

Yeah, it did this to me a few months back. Got the files back local eventually but it was a big pain in my arse. If I had time to learn another os I’d already be gone. Seems like Microsoft is determined to asset-strip whatever good reputation their product had left.

I love RTS but I rarely play it these days because I don’t have a lot of screen time. When I have half an hour to pick up my device I’m probably going to play an FPS. I did start a play through of the original homeworld campaigns a while back but I’ve not had time to progress far.

Yeah competition won’t work in a market where some competitors have such massive amounts of wealth. This is a failure of unrestrained capitalism and it’s bad for consumers ultimately.

Isn’t this just voice recognition software?

For one glorious moment of misreading there I thought there was a humane pin strap on.

I had one, a proton Jumbuck, great little machine. I’m not sure they are still made but you see them second hand occasionally.

Shame you’re getting so downvoted. People are so determined to believe in good philanthropic billionaires that they forget the system that allows the accumulation of such ridiculous wealth doesn’t work for nice philanthropic people. It was like this with Elon musk, before he sacked his publicists (my guess) before the cave diver thing. People were saying he was going so save humanity or some shit. All he’s done is fuck up twitter. Same with this guy. I use steam and I think my steam deck is a cool little machine but that doesn’t inspire me to tongue the sweaty arsehole of an obscenely rich guy.

That looks great. I’ve been rediscovering tofu a bit recently, it’s so versatile.

The experience of a news consumer is going to be different from that of a professional journalist. Kinda like the experience of eating a burger is different from working in a kitchen. Yeah, they’re two different things, we were talking journalism. Twitter was never great for news as a consumer imo, but it was a very valuable resource for journalists. I’m not sure how good X is for either but I’m pretty sure nether experience will have improved.

Your experience as someone who tried it for a week probably doesn’t reflect that of people who used it professionally for many years. Part of what made it valuable to media people was the ubiquity of possible sources, but it takes some time and work to develop links to those sources and to the professional contacts who have their own connections to share.

That makes sense, but I guess the problem is that they take up a lot of space.

Yeah, it feels like a much improved version of an Eliza. Much improved, but still software. It doesn’t understand what it’s saying. TBF though I know a few humans like that.