I'm very happy and grateful... but...

Core (not + or higher) barely changes anything at all, you can just change your nickname if you want and see less ads, right? I tried to boost one of my arts and couldn't.

Still, I'm very thankful because a very nice member gave me a lot of likes and a Diamond badge. No one ever gave me one before! I'm supporting back!

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u/duchesskitten6 — 17 hours ago

Você teria medo de gastar dinheiro mesmo se fosse milionário ou isso é coisa de pobre?

Às vezes as loterias brasileiras têm prêmios de 100-300 milhões, uma recente de fim de ano teve 500. Estrangeiras bem mais.

Imagina que sonho. Mas tem o tal do imposto de renda, não sei direito como funciona mas parece que quanto mais rico você é, mais você paga. Nem recomendo jogar em loteria dos EUA porque além de ser mais cara você não vai ganhar tudo que eles oferecem de prêmio e vai ter que pagar imposto pra lá e pro Brasil (renda estrangeira). Jogando no Reino Unido você só paga pro Brasil mesmo.

Falo "coisa de pobre" mas muita gente milionária fica pobre por revelar que é milionária e gastar muito. Acho que teria medo até de comprar uma casa por essa coisa de imposto de renda/IPTU.

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u/duchesskitten6 — 22 hours ago

Does anyone here ship Wonder Woman with SuperMan?

Just asking because as a kid people would tell me that she was his girlfriend or they were love interests, but later everyone told me she liked Batman (and in some adaptations they were together). I wonder what are people's tastes and maybe some comics I don't know about.

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u/duchesskitten6 — 3 days ago

Considering her past romances, are you happy or sad that Sara got with Ava?

(I wish I could use more than one flair, she was in Arrow too)

I ask because Sara had many past romances, one of the most remarkable was Nyssa, and I saw a post talking about wasted potentials and this made me think.

At first Sara and Ava couldn't stand each other, and when their relationship started to improve a little bit the chemistry already started. They stayed together until the end (with a little breakup). Are you a shipper of an older pairing, or think she is better with Ava and the past can stay in the past?

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u/duchesskitten6 — 3 days ago
▲ 10 r/Sense8

It always rubbed me in the wrong way that Riley did not give a cent to the beggar.

She had a lot of money, and gave everything to the musician. I get it, she was scared, opening the bag in the street might feel clumsy, the song was emotional and gave her memories, but bro that man was in need.

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u/duchesskitten6 — 7 days ago

I saw someone who criticized religion and identified as radical feminist. I was going to ask why she thinks **radical** feminism is the best form of feminism, but found this.

(Not sure which flair to pick, I came to this general discussion sub because I didn't find a gender-related or radfem discussion subreddit that would be particularly fitting).

From what I've read, radical feminism is the belief that only women should be in positions of power. I find that flawed because it acts like women are inherently good and men are inherently bad.

The very beginning of this post makes it clear that she embraces the very concepts I am opposing. Like a man is an oppressor simply for being a man.

And what she is proposing even sounds forced, as if feelings were a button. She got feelings for a man, but should look for a woman. Or fake connection that doesn't exist with a woman, which would be bad for both.

It's incredible how limited the worldview of a radical feminist can be.

u/duchesskitten6 — 9 days ago

Vi essa discussão riquíssima anos atrás, me perguntei se ela tava tendo alucinações.

Ri demais e to rindo até hoje.

Bônus: "Desculpa por ser um homem fino". - Aline Sanchez

u/duchesskitten6 — 12 days ago
▲ 1 r/sexask

Do you like receiving anal sex?

Years ago, I got myself a vibrator/dildo that was too big, lube too, I did not vibrate it (batteries were needed, I didn't have them). I got condoms too just to avoid certain things, but washing all the time is a mess.

Sometimes it would feel good, but not really sexual.

Many say that at least for women pleasure is only achieved if there is clitoral stimulation, or maybe indirect contact via the wall.

Men have prostates but one said it felt the same for him. Yet gay men seem to have anal sex all the time.

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u/duchesskitten6 — 14 days ago

How do you deal with having a dead fandom/people not liking your things?

Up to 2024 I would write for a fandom that was pretty dead (it seems to have gotten more alive after I left 💀 and still almost no one cares about my fics 💀). I would write fanfic passionately, the best I could, I made even fanart (collages mostly, it was a real-person filmed series and I would not draw back then), posted on DeviantArt and later on Tumblr, some people liked the arts but they wouldn't go read, let alone interact with the fics. (By the way, I kudosed almost every fic of that fandom, sometimes commented too, but no guarantee of reciprocity unfortunately).

Now my newer fandom is popular, but I have a rare pair, it's hard to find people who like it. I make fanart now but I'm a rookie drawer who commits mistakes now and then, few people like, sometimes there are even negative interactions. Bad luck I guess?

I don't produce things just for interaction, the passion is real, but it sucks to scream into a void. I even write a huge fic since the start of the last year and it's unpublished, because I plan to write until the end and not be demotivated by lack of interaction.

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u/duchesskitten6 — 14 days ago

What would be a good educational system for children?

At least initially, I have a good opinion on homeschooling, since many children hate going to school, there they are not even allowed to go to the bathroom or eat in class, and might suffer bullying.

At the same time, I know child abuse at home happens and is not uncommon, so I think that diminishing contacts outside home decreases potential protections - not that it helps, many people in school are enablers. That was my case.

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u/duchesskitten6 — 17 days ago

This part of "Victim".

"So don't need your salvation,

And promises unkind.

And all those speculations,

Save them for another time."

The song seems to be about a person who was killed and is being missed "I'm missing you", however this part seems to be talking to them. A little confusing.

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u/duchesskitten6 — 21 days ago
▲ 0 r/Norway

Has anyone here been in a Norwegian prison?

I heard that it's a hotel and you get luxury for free, nobody gets out, I'm interested in what former prisoners (and even maybe still prisoners) have to say.

Some people don't seem to change, Varg didn't and even mocked the system for how luxurious it was.

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u/duchesskitten6 — 21 days ago

日本の伝承にクリスタルの力に関する話ってあるかな?

数ヶ月前に「Re:ゼロ」っていうアニメを見てたんだけど、喋れる巨大な猫みたいな精霊がいて、夕暮れになるとクリスタルの球体に戻るんだよね。

それで、あれってどういう仕組みなんだろうって気になっちゃって。西洋の神秘思想だと、ルビーは心臓や血を強める、翡翠は成長や癒やしに関係する、みたいにクリスタルに力が宿ってるっていう考えがあるじゃん(中には理由がよくわかんないのもあるけど、個人の経験によるものかもね)。魔女が水晶玉で未来を見る、みたいなのもあるしね。

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u/duchesskitten6 — 23 days ago

Is fascism basically just authoritarianism? Is there a clear line?

Informally, people use the term fascism broadly when they are opposing multiple kinds of rules, and the more authoritarian a country or ideology is, the more likely it is to be called fascist.

Wikipedia defines it as "characterized by support for a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy."

Let's take Saudi Arabia as an example:

  1. Dictatorial leader... centralized autocracy... basically any monarchy that's a functional monarchy is like that. Especially a religious one.

  2. Forcible suppression of opposition - criticizing the king can lead to imprisonment or worse.

  3. Belief in a natural social hierarchy - let's say, Muslims, with a preference for Sunnis. Non-Muslims cannot live there unless temporarily and for work. They also can never enter Mecca and Medina.

  4. Subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race - again, religion is a strong factor. You cannot drink alcohol for example. Apostasy from Islam gets someone killed. Even transporting food in large quantities is prosecuted. I could go on...

  5. Strong regimentation of society and the economy - covered before.

Is there any reason not to say KSA is fascist?

A point could be that it's a monarchy and fascism is against monarchy, I could ask about North Korea, Belarus or any other authoritarian country. Applying these concepts makes me wonder... is it about literal identity politics - a country/politician is not fascist unless they call themselves so?

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u/duchesskitten6 — 1 month ago
▲ 1 r/ask

How to get more likes, engagement and followers on social media?

Paid suggestions accepted (for example, a business that charges a little to promote your content)

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u/duchesskitten6 — 1 month ago
▲ 3 r/Kleki

Is anyone else having trouble using Kleki?

Up to some 4 days ago, I had no issues, but now that I'm making one piece, Perspective, Bright/Contrast, Curves, Distort, Hue/Saturation, Invert, Tilt Shift, To Alpha, Triangle Blur, Unsharp Mask and Noise are all deactivated, with the site saying "Features Disabled Because WEBGL is failing", though I haven't touched it, and it says I still have it. Weird.

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u/duchesskitten6 — 1 month ago
▲ 1 r/sexask

Has anyone here ever done the bridge of Kama Sutra?

Doesn't look like a very comfortable position or particularly erotic, more like a challenge, but let me hear ya

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u/duchesskitten6 — 1 month ago

ワンがレイと準に甘いお茶を振る舞ってるけど、これから話すことは全然甘くないみたい。

https://preview.redd.it/t5peqzj85n3h1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=c4e25aab6be2b433b4e293dc194c859fa62fac47

「二人とも、来るべきじゃなかった。

この大会も、ザイバツも、ただ死と結びついておる。

それだけじゃない。君たちが来たことで、それぞれの運命までもが変わってしまった……

帰れと言いたいところだが、もう手遅れじゃ。

勝っても負けても、もはや同じこと。

君たち二人が、怒らせてしまった“何か”がおる。

そいつは君たちの力を好かん。一緒にいようが、離れていようがな。

だが特に好かんのは――二人が共におる時じゃ……」

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u/duchesskitten6 — 1 month ago

愛って客観的な感情なのかな?それとも、ただの“いい気持ち”の寄せ集めみたいなもの?

あたしにとっての愛のイメージは、まず 好き、愛着、一緒にいたい、共感、相手の幸せを願う気持ち。

愛着って、その人が必要だって感じることでもあるけど、利用したいわけじゃなくて、相手そのものに価値を感じるってこと。

でもそう考えると、やっぱり愛っていろんな要素が集まった大きな概念というか、パズルみたいな気もするんだよね。

だって、愛の要素ってどんな人間関係にもちょっとずつ存在するじゃん?

例えば…

知らない人の幸せを願う(共感・願う気持ち)

街で見かけた“感じのいい人”に、なぜか心が温かくなるような親しみを覚える(好意・瞬間的な愛着)

直接の知り合いじゃなくても、その人と話せると思うだけでワクワクする、応援している人がいる(好意+接触への喜び)

そういう気持ちって、一時的なこともあるんだよね。

だから愛って「これが愛!」ってひとつの塊(かたまり)じゃなくて、いくつかのピースが組み合わさってできてるパズルみたいなものなんじゃないかな、って思うんだ。

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u/duchesskitten6 — 1 month ago

(DOG APPRECIATION POST) Love all dogs! Reject the evil teachings about them!

https://preview.redd.it/kdose7sfmt2h1.jpg?width=882&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42ee15836022308251e0eb843918a2364441717f

Look at this amazing creature, so cute, full of love and offering unconditional friendship!

Islam can only be an evil religion for not seeing these angels as treasures. The shariah describes them as beings meant to be used, not loved. That you can only have a dog for hunting, farming or herding. Even that angels don't enter houses with dogs in them. Worse, ahadith said that Muhammad called black dogs devils and ordered their killings.

No one who hates dogs is a decent person. Dogs are much better than Islam. Love dogs ♥

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u/duchesskitten6 — 1 month ago