u/Hemenocent

True story: I ordered chicken vindaloo spicy. When I took that first bite, it was delicious. And then the combination of spices hit my senses. I was sweating from my eyeballs; not tears, but sweat. Now if anyone asks the question, "Are you sure?" I reconsider my options before making a final decision.

Seen on the side of a cable reel.

The second one to was obvious. How would you caption it. I've given you the canvas. Now make me a meme.

I marked it NSFW because the discussion has the potential to get ugly.

What are makers? These are the people who make, whither it be memes, questions, jokes, or observations. They are the posters, but not the only posters.

What are sharers? These are the people who share what they have seen. It could be what the makers made, or it could be from other sources. This is probably the bulk of posts, and the line blurs between these two groups.

What are lurkers? Lurkers are the majority of social media. Often, they feel uncomfortable sharing, or feel their contributions aren't funny enough, or cute enough, or thoughtful enough, so they lurk and watch. They are the untapped power of social media. With the click of an upvote when viewing a post encourages the makers and sharers to continue.

And now for the trolls. What makes someone so hateful that he or she feels compelled to attempt to destroy communities? I have no answer, but I believe it is a manner of power - more specifically a lack of it. Maybe they tried making or sharing, and were rejected. Maybe their existence IRL is miserable, and lashing out is their coping mechanism. I don't know.

What I do know is if you see a post or comment that is venomous, vile, or promoting violence, it may be troll-bait. If you see posts or comments attacking others directly or by name, it may be troll-bait. It will make you angry, but do not throw fuel into the flames. Just downvote it. And if it continues, contact moderators. It would be nice if they didn't exist, but that's not going to happen. Anyway, this is one old maker's opinion. Share your thoughts.

All the rape posts seem to be from the same person, and the account is only ten days old 😟.

I work in a manufacturing facility with a lot of moving machinery. One of the twenty somethings asked why I was so adamant about tucking my shirt in. I thought about it, and this is my answer. Seriously, why chance it?

This is from the 2014 animated movie Scooby Doo: Frankencreepy. Any other female characters with an extremely bad attitude which are portrayed in skin-tight clothing?

I'm doing a series of pictures with AI-free devices. These are the first three. It's to remind myself, and everyone else, what we had as opposed to what have now. Yes, they are sarcastic, but I made an effort to do so in a non-threatening manner. Okay, the Luddite comment might be a tad harsh. Anyway, I'm looking for suggestions for more additions. Some of the other areas I'm currently considering are:

1. AI-free search engine (library card catalog)

2. AI-free music (record or cassette player)

3. AI-free movies (film projector)

4. AI-free news service (newspaper)

Anyway, you get the picture, so give me some thoughts. And to paraphrase PBS, remember to show your support so thoughtful inquiries like this can continue 😏.

Both of the boys' names over time carried lewd meanings.

I need to read more on it, but as far as I know at present the states of Alaska, Missouri, and Ohio do not have major legislation on the books. Most of the laws are centered around sexual content - no big surprise there. However, there are also laws concerning political material before or during an election - which in the United States is always.

Now the fun part. I have read any to see if these are retroactive or not, but I'm planning on doing in the next day or so. Why? Some of us have been around a long time, so maybe when you were in college decades ago, you visited the Dark Web (Yes, it's real, but it had a different name then.), and you downloaded files on floppy disks or zip disks. You have no way to access then now, but there still in a shoe box in the back of the garage. Chances are if you think carefully, much of that material may be illegal by recent legislation. Do need to say more?

I'm not certain, but you might be okay if you are the person in your deepfakes. Thoughts?

And now I'm craving milk.

What? You don't have anything? Come on! Whip them out, and post them!

I captioned the picture a few years back, and realized I had made a grave error (I had referred to kudzu as a tree. It's a vine.) which I have corrected here.

Linguistically it makes sense.