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bigpharmasutra [he/him]

@ bigpharmasutra @hexbear.net

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  • Proton's Suite of Products has become too big for my taste

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  • Mail and VPN are not only a good package, they're also a good financial deal if you get in during Black Friday. You can snag the whole suite of shit you aren't even going to use for the price of a Mullvad and Tuta subscription. THAT is really where Proton shines.

    "Authenticator -> Aegis or Ente Auth"

    Should be Bitwarden with the $10 yearly to be honest. Much better to streamline the whole operation.

    I have Proton Unlimited and I've never even heard of 'Meet'. Where the fuck did that even come from?

    I've been meaning to try Wallet as I need to get into crypto to buy chinese peptides and research chemicals. Why doesn't anyone talk about that around here?

  • Proton's Suite of Products has become too big for my taste

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  • Its too much of a pain in the ass to be honest.

  • Pluribus S01E08 - "Charm Offensive" + Show Discussion Thread

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  • Right, I obviously saw that part, but feeling the "sensation" from a massage is a LONG way off from an orgasm. The pain part is what I was trying to connect, but in the other direction obviously. Even if the whole world can't "feel" it, you'd think it would at least give everyone a smile, you know?

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  • The thing that unites agender people is the feeling that gender in some form or fashion is something they lack to some significant degree.

    See this makes perfect sense to me. Maybe it was just that site's definition including the concept of genderfluidity as also being a part of being agender that threw me off. Or it could just be my old dumb brain not really grasping the entirety of the concept.

    You know I never noticed the sidebar pic before. Are those lumpen prole great white sharks and polar bear lenin?

  • Pluribus S01E08 - "Charm Offensive" + Show Discussion Thread

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  • Am I the only one that was disappointed in the whole romantic/sex scene?

    Not being horny-brained, but I wanted to see how the collective reacted to pleasure/stimulation. Did everyone in the auditorium just start getting their freak on? Was there an accident when someone else got overwhelmed at the intense sensation? The whole thing just went by in a snap then it was over.

    Carol confirmed neurodivergent. The giant antenna is going to be a central plot point. What happened to the Las Vegas creep?

  • Pluribus S01E08 - "Charm Offensive" + Show Discussion Thread

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  • Sorry, I know its a typo, but White Caro is hilarious.

  • What is your favorite TV show of the year?

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  • I worked in restaurants for MANY years. I fucking hate that show. I also hate pretentious restaurants, so take this one with a few grains of salt.

  • What is your favorite TV show of the year?

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  • Silo? Really?

    Going to have to go with Andor season 2, then Severance season 2, then Pluribus, then The Pitt in that order.

    Least favorite - The Bear.

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  • Had a profound, and very depressing experience last night. I was cleaning out my Walgreens drug closet where I keep all my prescriptions and supplements, and happened to stumble on some old buprenorphine transdermal patches. I didn't even realize they were in there as I must have taken them out of the box they came in. The patches expired in 2024 (got them after one of my many surgeries long ago), so I was going to throw them out, but I figured fuck it, why not get some use out of them if I can. My arm is still in quite a bit of pain post surgery, and it was killing me, so it seemed like the opportune time. They are 10mg so I cut it in half and stuck it on my shoulder.

    Hour or two pass and I just get done watching the new Pluribus (very good and thought provoking) and then I start thinking of the stars. Carol and Zosia were at a telescope, looking at the stars, and it made me think of the time the love of my life and I went out to see them one night. Except, I can't actually "see" that memory because long covid broke my brain, so while I know I did that thing and I did it with her, I can't see her. I can't see her looking up at the stars. I can't see the stars, or the telescope, or the night sky. I can't see her smile. I can't hear her laugh. There's just nothing there but the event. Then I started to cry. Like cry cry. Ugly cry. For a good 5 minutes or so. Just feeling the absolute sadness of the fact that I may never be able to remember her, or frankly anyone or anything in my life, properly. It filled me with the most profound sadness. I never cry, not in a "I'm a macho man and crying is for pussies" kind of way, more that I'm just not really able to give into my emotions like that on a normal basis because I have to be the one holding it down all the time. Then, it was just over. Just like that. I wasn't really high, I didn't feel stoned or unable to control my emotions. In that moment it just hit me like an absolute ton of bricks.

    I really don't know what it ultimately means or how to process it, but since I don't have a therapist worth a damn at the moment, I wanted to at least engage with the experience a little.

  • Covid discussion spaces

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  • Update on this - found covidmeetups.com. Despite being one of the appallingly few hetersexual males that is covid conscious, there are exactly 8 people (hetero or otherwise) on the site that have been on within the last month in a 200 mile radius. In fact, I checked other states and there were fewer than 8 in those radius' as well. Not great folks!

    Never heard back from that Still coviding and beyond forum.

    Been referred to Facebook multiple times.

    No secret discords as of yet, but apparently that is very popular.

    Twitter is fun, and a horrendous time suck, but has been completely useless other than for shit posting.

  • Justified

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  • And the antagonist.

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  • Agender people do seem to me to be non-binary.

    Right, this is what I thought on first read. When it hit the section I highlighted saying they could also be genderfluid then my mind cracked.

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  • Well of course if I ever met anyone that used the pronoun I would obviously inquire. This is more me just getting confused by something new and slightly complicated. If I can ask, since I'm a little confused by your answer to be honest, how can one be both multi-gender and agender? Isn't that a fundamental contradiction?

  • So I was fucking around the whole day and missed the news, Trump lowered the schedule on weed?

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  • Class 3 is on par with Tylenol w/codeine. You still need a prescription for the drug, so the classification doesn't mean much in terms of our day-to-day.

    Key point that no one has mentioned:

    He added that the order "is not the legalization − does it legalize marijuana in any way, shape or form, and no way sanctions its use as a recreational drug."

    also @tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net hit the nail on the head - this means nothing when it comes to production, sales, or quality. This is going to lead to more dumb weed bullshit getting stuffed into drinks.

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  • Hi everyone, your local straight dumb ally here. I was hoping the collective could help me with a terminology issue because I got legit thrown by this. I was on a covid dating site and someone described themselves as 'agender'. This is legitimately the first time I've ever even seen this used before so I went hunting for a definition. This the first thing that came up:

    https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/Agender (very cute design btw)

    So I get (or at least think I get it for the most part) non-binary as a concept. Any of the 'A' designations, my brain kind of defaults to thinking of it as 'non', or being without. Asexual - without sex, Agender - without gender, etc.. This part is what threw me:

    "Those who are agender do not need to transition physically, legally, or socially to be agender.[1][4] Agender individuals can have any type of gender expression and use any set of pronouns (including no pronouns),[6] and the term is not specific to any assigned gender at birth.[7] Some agender people are genderfluid, meaning their gender identity is not static and changes from being agender some of the time to being another gender at other times.[1] The concept of a person who has no gender may challenge the notion of sexuality as a spectrum of "same" and "opposite" gender attraction.[1]"

    So they're not trans, but not non-binary, but they can be genderfluid? Is this like Schrodinger's gender? Am I just overthinking this?

  • Justified

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  • Now Raylan.....

    I can hear Walton Goggins' in my head

  • Is Bitwarden (or alternatives)

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  • Privacy is my hobby horse.

    Could not possibly recommend it more.

    1 password is an option if you need it to be slightly prettier and slightly better integrated in iOS.

  • Just watched the Left Reckonkng interview with Platner

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  • I don't know what you were expecting, but they were the b team for michael brooks, who was the one with the personality and conviction. They aren't even enjoyable to listen to.

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