The difficulty is asking people to get started with this. People want to get to work/navigate as quickly as possible to where they need to be, they don’t want to be figuring it out. Social media can be janky and you’ll be patient, but if you’re late for something because you’re struggling to adjust to an app you’re more likely to go back to Google/Apple Maps
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Kanye still gets features and collaborators despite his Nazi turn. All the major rappers associated with him chose silence over condemnation. Biggie would most likely make the same choice with Diddy
moon@lemmy.mlto Privacy@lemmy.ml•UK News outlet asking for a subscription to reject cookies.5·10 months agoBut does that auto accept cookies like many of these other anti cookie banner extensions?
moon@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Sorry for the potentially controversial question: is it normal for less attractive people to settle down with partners they don't find physically attractive?1·10 months agoI don’t know you but my advice is that you talk to a therapist before you condemn yourself to a life of unhappiness. What you’re thinking about yourself is not always objective, even if you think it is. Being self-critical is not the same as being realistic
moon@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Sorry for the potentially controversial question: is it normal for less attractive people to settle down with partners they don't find physically attractive?2·10 months agoThing is, sex is not a privilege. If you - as someone in such a situation as OP - can’t accept that, you are in danger of growing… hateful views.
No one is entitled to sex, I agree. But in a relationship, you are allowed to make clear what your needs are and move on if those needs aren’t being met. It’s not entitlement to know what you want. Having a ‘dead bedroom’ is why a lot of relationships end.
I don’t want to become such a person, and it’s clear that it’s not their fault that they are not attracted to me. Realizing this helped me accept it.
If I may ask, was there any physical attraction between you two when you met?
moon@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Sorry for the potentially controversial question: is it normal for less attractive people to settle down with partners they don't find physically attractive?1·10 months agoI’m not denying that ace spectrum people have relationships and settle down as well. But OP is asking about the normative (read allosexual) experience and explicitly mentions physical attraction.
The vast majority of relationships will involve physical attraction and sex. It’s highly unusual for that to not be the case for allosexual people. That’s not a value judgement—if a minority of allo people find something else works for them, then that’s great. But if OP is asking if this is normal, then no it’s not. Even ‘less attractive’ people, as OP put it, find people they’re attracted to enough to enjoy a lifetime of intimacy and sex with.
Overcoming a lack of physical attraction is a pretty big barrier and I can’t see most people overcoming that barrier just to ‘settle down.’ Not being your physical ideal is one thing, most of us settle down with people who don’t look like models or actors, but finding someone physically unattractive is a tough sell in most cases.
moon@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Sorry for the potentially controversial question: is it normal for less attractive people to settle down with partners they don't find physically attractive?20·10 months agoIf you don’t find someone physically attractive, how do you settle down with them? Do you just accept getting into bed with someone you’re physically repulsed by every night?
The fresh prince is an ancient text now. It’s a few lines on the wikipedia page of the guy who slapped that other guy at the Oscars
moon@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Is there a website where I can upload stuff for free and the files stay there forever?3·11 months agoAmazing tagline. You should pitch this to their marketing team
moon@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What mundane things of our era could be seen as beautiful or admirable in the future?48·11 months agoThe relatively low level of plastic in our testicles
moon@lemmy.mlto Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk bets Tesla on Optimus, says over 1,000 robots working in factories next year64·11 months agoThey have 2 robots so far. I believe they can make it to 5 by next year and the other 995 will just be people in spandex suits like the first time he announced these things
Fun fact: for non-Americans, who are most of the world and the biggest contributors to box office take for MCU films, this character and premise is just goofy. The films are fun to watch in a campy sort of way, but I was surprised to hear Americans talk about them as a serious spy thriller series
Unfortunately the MCU model is that director vision is cast aside in favour of producer input. It’s why Eternals looks like an artistic Chloe Zhao film, but is a muddled mess of a story. We were deprived of an Edgar Wright Ant-Man film for the same reason
Eternals. Too many characters, not enough story. It’s also sinfully boring. Not to mention the random Harry Styles cameo that feels like an outtake
They wasted Christian Bale. What a compelling villain he could’ve been if they had actually written a good story
They actually know a lot of stuff is harmless but it’s Security Theatre that was meant to make people feel better about flying after 9/11
Ah the old Dan Aykroyd