southsamurai

Well, I can’t say I’ve ever thought about it before. Which is kinda weird considering how huge the movies were when I was a kid and how much I loved them. I always kinda thought of them as a set; I wouldn’t have thought about picking one, it’s the synergy that made it work.

I guess I gotta go with either Obi Wan or Han though, with Leia being a close third.

Obi Wan because he was the introduction to what Jedi are supposed to be, and anyone else that came after in the movies had to live up to that because Alec Guinness’ performance was so tight. He’s still what I think of when the word Jedi pops up. “These are not the droids you’re looking for”, with a bare minimum of movement and the confidence.

Han shot first. And that’s why he’s a candidate for favorite. He’s a guy that can read what’s going on and not hesitate to trust himself. He doesn’t pretend to be perfect, but he’s got swagger and style. Then he lives up to his own hype.

Leia is not because of the picks obvious reason young men loved seeing her on a leash. Ngl, that scene was… formative. But the reason the scene happened in the first place, story wise, that’s why she’s awesome. She chain chokes a giant alien at least three times her mass while barely clothed, and she got there on purpose. She’s no delicate flower of a princess, she’s a warrior princess, a She-ra or Xena.

Look, all I know is that if it has an ussy, I’m going to stick my dick in it

Ngl, earl grey scented soap seems awesome

It’s actually been a good one overall.

Got new glasses, so I can see again. Had some lovely time with my wife. Had some yummy food. My birds (chickens) have all been highly entertaining. Had a great ttrpg session (though it isn’t actually tt, it’s online).

No drama, no unusual levels of pain. Anxiety has been under control. No PTSD bullshit popping up.

It’s just been a really good week overall.

That’s definitely true, but we’re on an electric vehicles community, so I was only thinking along the lines of electric powered options.

Maritime. You’ve got open seawater, no way to recharge that you don’t carry with you, and a lot of balancing issues that can’t be messed with.

Mind you, navies have done some of the work to get it there. Just not sure what aspects would be available for commercial/civilian use.

Aviation is difficult because of weight and balance constraints, but I think you’d still have less trouble on average.

But, this is way outside my wheelhouse, so I’m playing guesswork here.

Man, I tell you, there is something nice about being a regular and engaging like that.

You do have to make sure the staff are cool with it, but being able to roll in for your transaction and be happy to see the staff, and have them happy to see you because you’re happy to see them and everyone is nice to each other, it fucking rocks.

My corner store of choice, I used to go there for cigarettes almost daily in part because it was such a good time. I could have gone less often and bought more, but it was cool as fuck.

They knew me by name, would ask my dad or wife how I was doing if they went, and they’d send messages back to me.

There were times when things were really busy, and regulars would start bullshitting with staff and each other, and the less familiar customers would be smiling and laughing too because happy is contagious.

How fucking rad is that?

I stopped smoking, but I still find reasons to stop in here and there, and it’s still that same friendly, relaxed vibe. It feels like a community in there. That’s mostly because the staff are all people that make that vibe possible by being willing to do that social dance. Yeah, the people in the area have to play their part too, but you gotta respect and admire the folks putting themselves out there like that.

Back during COVID, the crew at our stop n rob managed to maintain that community feeling, even behind masks and the plastic shields, while wearing gloves. That’s fucking beast mode right there.

You find a store like that, where people can be people instead of machines exchanging goods for cash, that’s the place to be.

Was it monkey fighting? I thought it was monkey loving

Yeah, I’m just not sure if the any would be understood by itself, and I hadn’t even thought about adding pronouns to it, which makes me disappointed in myself lol.

I’m always torn over that for my various accounts.

On one hand, I genuinely don’t object to any pronouns being used for me, even in person. At most, if someone is being a jerk, I’d object to their motivations.

On the other hand, there are communities and instances (as well as other forums away from the fediverse) where having something there is a sign of support for those that do have pronoun preferences in a world that’s really shitty towards such.

From my end of things, the act of leaving them off and accepting any that come is a statement that I don’t see any gender applied to me as a negative thing. It isn’t a bad thing if people think I’m a woman, a man, non binary, cis or trans.

So I end up in decision paralysis and just don’t put anything there at all.

Yeah, that’s always bugged me in the whole “but they don’t reproduce” idea. I’ve known too many gay men and lesbians with bio kids, going back to the eighties. It makes the concept anywhere from dubious to outright silly.

I’m not saying that there can’t be or aren’t species wide benefits to any form of sexuality or gender, just that trying to frame it from a flawed hypothesis at the root is just bad science.

Dem beans need to fare well indeed if they want to hang around my frank

Hi there. While the other user responded to your comment here, I’d appreciate it if you’d let it go as well. Seems like you’ve given the best answer you could to the question, which is awesome. Sometimes things go wonky despite that. Don’t know if you even intended to respond further, just trying to settle things out in case it might turn into a long kerfluffle.

This part is just because lemmy doesn’t have the richest tools yet, but I’m asking as a mod, not as a random user.

Hey, let’s keep things friendly here. There’s no indication they were doing anything other than responding in good faith.

I’m going to ask them to end the exchange here as well. Near as I can tell from a mod standpoint, you’ve both said all that’s useful to say.

As a fellow chocosexual, I invite you to my monthly chocolate love fest

Fair warning, this involves stripping down, leaping into a vat of chocolate, eating our way to the other side, then repeating the other direction.

I mean, in fairness, you don’t have to strip down, but it’s cheaper than a wetsuit, and you can absorb some of the chocolate by osmosis, while reveling in all that cocoa goodness all over your body.

However, this is a fully BYOM event (bring your own milk).

And yes, I am high on chocolate as I write this.

sad trombone noises

I’ve tried something like that.

But I’m unfortunately prone to leaving my phone in my bedroom, so it never works out

When I’m trying to habituate to something by myself, I usually do okay by setting up barriers. Can’t do X because Y is in the way, so I handle Y, and eventually I’ll usually just start doing Y as part of doing X, where X is something I want to do.

It takes a few weeks but it usually does work.

The problem is that it takes someone else to remind you to do the thing often enough and with enough impetus to make it a habit

Which will only last until the first time you’re sick and can’t, and then that habit is gone

Please, no.

He is such a douche bag, and a lot of his fan base is too.

I mean, it’s pretty obvious that the one on the left is.