villasv

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[–] villasv@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

Good book. Surprisingly sympathetic to men, which makes the whole thing a lot more palatable to the target audience.

Great recommendation.

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The “another” law in question

Graduated driving licences could see a minimum supervised learning period, curfews and a limit to the number of passengers new drivers can carry.

Of course reckless drivers who were going to drive drunk won’t respect these either, but also these are laws that can dissuade parents from giving/lending their cars. Surprisingly a bunch of parents are oblivious to their kids drinking and driving patterns, but a blanket ruling like this might help.

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

Never have I ever seen so many pickup trucks and SUV ads as I’m seeing today. Ford, built tough or something. Big truck is adventurous. Big truck is barbecue with a big block of meat. Ugh, disgusting.

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

To this day I’d still say muscle building is the bulk of my subconscious motivation to hit the gym. My Physio appreciates the commitment because I need to take care of my knees, but it hits home that I’ve been worried about being lean and muscular since a pre teen.

I vividly remember one judo class when I was sparring with one of the few girls in class, and while we were the same size, she was more experienced (two belts up). Mid spar, she commented how strong my grip and distance control was, proceeded to flap open my kimono, the commented “you still do need to turn it up in the gym though”. ding ding ding new core memory just formed lmao

I think that was the first time my body was so openly judged to my face, and it was pretty much about the looks since we just stablished that the strength was there

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago

Pretty alright, but struggling with ennui a little bit. I don't know how to live without short-term challenges, and for now I have none.

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What would I even be writing about without publicly exposing my personal life intimate details (don't want to) or that hasn't been said ad nauseam by better and more known writers at this point? What's a sensible sex and dating column that doesn't simply reduce into the usual "be empathetic, respect other's space and boundaries, open dialog, know yourself, seek therapy, etc"?

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Boomer humor at its finest…

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 8 points 10 months ago

It has been great! First holiday season away from my family as a newly minted expat, but I’m lucky to have four/five other couples from my home country going through pretty much the same thing, so we’ve been each others support . Me and my partner are positively surprised at how well things have been working (mostly)!

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

New Kurtzgesagt video, a new opportunity to improve my filter bubble by blocking anyone who starts parroting factoids about their ties with the Gates Foundation 🤭 great day

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

Morning Show seasons 2 and 3 condensed in a single week

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

Mine has been working fine, but the instance did lose all my "Mark as watched" videos, and for some reason one specific channel never makes into the Subscriptions panel, but I just have it as a favourite and it ends up almost the same. The instance I was using for Piped is now borked, so I'm hanging onto Invidious for now.

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

BookWyrm on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookwyrm

Glad someone is finally taking on a fediverse alternative to GoodReads

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