In my friend group at work, it’s a bit of absurdism because of the 5 of us, 3 of our mothers are literally dead and the other two are emotionally dead. The two emotionally dead ones - stopped talking to our coworkers when one came out as trans and the other was when he left the Mormon church.

We will substitute in the dead fathers as well, especially if it makes the joke funnier.

“Your momma’s so old when she tries to hawk tuah, my dick gets dusty.”

“Whatever, my mom is dust.”

“My mom probably thinks Hawk Tuah is a gay pop star.”

“Your dad wishes Hawk Tuah was a gay pop star.”

And so forth and so on.

Assembled a thousand years after the fact by a group with a vested interest in solidifying the narrative to fit their own.

Hell, the Tanakh didn’t really get put together until well after Christianity appeared and it was a reaction to Christians appropriating Jewish literary culture to establish their own.

It’d be similar to people a thousand years from believing that Christian Gray is literally descended from Edward and Bella.

Exactly. An example from outside the Bible might be Achilles. There was probably a great warrior with that name in the Mycenaean Greek world. Later storytellers probably just added more to make it sound better or the material was from other warriors who were like Achilles.

Some of Jesus’ teachings definitely come from the milieu of the Roman era in Judea and Palestina.

Personally my favorite head canon is that Jesus was, or his parents were, Egyptian born Jews or Coptic converts to Judaism. It’s a reverse Obamas birth certificate. There is so much time spent establishing the lineage and explaining the flight to Egypt.

There is no proof outside of the Bible and some other writings. Even those mentions seem to have occurred well after Jesus supposedly lived.

In terms of non-literary proof, there isn’t anything credible.

There’s more evidence that King David existed.

This needs to be on a T-shirt. I live in Utah and this would go perfectly with my Satanic Temple Pride T-shirt.

He’s white, it’s okay.

Why many word when few good?

Seriously though, “AI” itself is misleading but if they want to be ignorant and whiny about it, then they should be labeled just as they are.

What they really seem to want is an automatic metadata tag that is more along the lines of “a human took this picture and then used ‘AI’ tools to modify it.”

That may not work because by using Adobe products, the original metadata is being overwritten so Thotagram doesn’t know that a photographer took the original.

A photographer could actually just type a little explanation (“I took this picture and then used Gen Fill only”) in a plain text document, save it to their desktop, and copy & paste it in.

But then everyone would know that the image had been modified - which is what they’re trying to avoid. They want everyone to believe that the picture they’re posting is 100% their work.

There’s the issue - anyone with any sense or sensibility has left The Xitter. All that’s left are the bots, the unknowing, and the attention whores. Xitter is the new Facebook.

I try to refer to it as Xitter. Posts are xeets.

It’s cold up there. Of course it’s going to shrink. I’m sure it’s more than adequate.

Oh, kidney. Nvm.

whoosh

Thanks. I hadn’t thought of that.

I wash everything with the same detergent etc and I don’t have issues with other items.

Yes I am.

Yeah, essential oils are pretty potent. As are the delusions some folks have about them.

The leaves probably have the highest concentration but there’s oil throughout the whole tree.

In reading on how the Tencel is made, it doesn’t appear that they do anything special to remove oils, just making sure the fibers are flexible and “dry.”

I double-checked, it says “hypo” though it’s definitely “hyper” for me.

I ran them through the wash before using them and it was pretty much instantaneous.

Suffered through that night, in case it was something else. Next day, my allergies calmed down and when I laid down, it started again.

It’s upsetting bc they’re super squishy and comfortable.

I wonder if it has to do with the Tencel being made from the wood, not the leaves - that there’d be less oil in the wood versus the leaves?

I started watching SNW with having only finished S1 of Disco. After a couple of episodes, I decided I wanted to know the references.

I enjoyed S2 of Disco much more than S1 and that was 90+% because of the SNW cast being introduced.

Everything I didn’t like about Disconwas still there, but less of it.

In retrospect, I would have appreciated your advice. There were some good episodes but most of it was unnecessary.

I started watching SNW with having only finished S1 of Disco. After a couple of episodes, I decided I wanted to know the references.

I enjoyed S2 of Disco much more than S1 and that was 90+% because of the SNW cast being introduced.

Everything I didn’t like about Disconwas still there, but less of it.

In retrospect, I would have appreciated your advice. There were some good episodes but most of it was unnecessary.

It depends on which algo/service. Pandora and I have never meshed so I just avoid that one. YouTube occasionally tosses a good one in my feed. Spotify does well enough that I pay. SoundCloud is probably my favorite.

Aside from that, I’m subscribed to a few music communities here. That has widened my net. Same with imgur - 99% of the time I’m there for the memes but occasionally someone will post something that helps me find a new band.

I’ve gotten back into going to concerts. I go by myself and end up meeting bunches of new people and we all end up talking about music, sharing the names of our favorite tracks and bands.

You’re going to have to blaze your own trail. There’s so much new music being made every day that it’s very much a “needle in a haystack” thing.

Plus, don’t automatically rule out a band because they’re not new. That is, Alien Ant Farm was never on my radar until last year. Their cover of “Smooth Criminal” hit my SoundCloud recommendations. It’s from before MJ died…anyway, I’ve listened to some of their stuff and added some to my playlists.

Keep your ears and mind open.