You know "disc" is actually a weird word.

Like say it a few times out loud

D I S C

I was reading this like "this guy should be a furry, it's what fixed me"

And then you reveal that you're a furry. Bro, that's more than a saving grace, that's absolutely the solution.

Now in most contexts, just being a furry already makes you a subgroup, so you get so socialize off that alone; but when you're in a furry space, it can get awkward integrating into a new group because the commonality you have is not as relevant. In those contexts, it's easier to socialize in a sub-subgroup within furry. Like we have this group of 5-viewer streamers that all hang out with eachother on and offline. Being able to draw will make you popular just in general. And then there's the dancers, hackers, programmers, gamedevs, suiters, activists, kinda subgroups within furry that make it effortless to integrate socially.

The above is true online and off. As far as IRL things go, your local convention will be once a year and that's probably not enough, if you're in the US there should be a local scene that will make it a lot more regular. Online and offline feed into eachother.

That's all i can think of, if you're a furry you have a chance to not be lonely for long

Looks like they meant to make it a triptych, but

1. the middle panel has to be twice as big as the side panels or you can't close it properly

2. each panel is supposed to depict a different scene

3. a triptych kinda seems more like catholic stuff idk

If you think of it a certain way, £43.80 per month is a lot cheaper than people food.

Speaking of which, what about leftovers from butchers and fishmongers? You can get not just meat and bones but liver and other parts, it's processed to human standards of hygiene, and it's cheap.

The reason i'm an atheist is not because i have rational evidence that religions are false, it's because i believe that the underlying mindset is false: objectivity, authority, absolutism, the idea that humans are at the center of the universe, a clear distinction between good and evil, the concept of good and evil itself, etc - none of that is true to me in the sense that it doesn't match reality as i see it. I crave the simplicity and ease of such a mindset, but i can't think my way into it, and i think i'd be further from truth if i did.

Honestly, i may be the most hardcore atheist, but it would be sweet if there was a God. You could know good and evil for sure, everyone gets what they deserve even if it's only in the afterlife, everything has a purpose...

I think it is objectively true that nature is chaos, we emerge from nature, and everything we believe in (currency, nations, laws, good and evil) are just social convention; all of that is the truth, and adapting to the truth helps me live a better life and make better decisions. But it's hard. It takes mental effort to accept that you're not the center of the universe and it's a disappointing thing to learn. I'm tired and i want someone to hand me meaning and purpose on a silver platter.

Copy them

The more people hate blue cheese, the bluer it gets

The best explanation i've seen is this:

Places that put children under the authority of adults (schools, camps, etc) are appealing for child predators; but where most will kick them out when/if found, the Catholic Church makes it easier for them to stay in.

This is because of a religious belief that God judges men for their sins, eventually rehabilitates them, and the job of mere mortals is to forgive and forget.

I really like this explanation because it doesn't flatter my atheist sentiment and provides a very neat and rational cause-and-effect relation, it's a thing that's specific about the Church compared to other institutions.

Priests also take a vow of chastity, in people's minds they're supposed to be above sexual desire; and they have an extra aura of authority compared to the average teacher or summer camp instructor. Both of these things makes it harder for children and parents to question them.

And once they do question them, the Church gets a similar behavior to other institutions where they'll try to protect their reputation by burying the case. I'm not sure which positions are supposed to be held for life, i assume most of them, and so that makes firing someone (or whatever the right word is in this context) a bigger deal.

Thems my attempted explanations

I assume that most if not all of Lemmy mods are former/current Reddit mods, same as users. If it's largely the same people, then the improvement has to come from somewhere else.

Yeah, i was way late to this thread and yet i still got seen a bunch, and this has happened in a lot of threads.

Though i think that might be because comments are sorted by Hot by default, and i assume the "Hot" algorithm is designed in a way to surface new comments