I recently had use for a piece from my cable collection. ╰(*°▽°*)╯

The term you want is uncanny valley. AI generated images are just a little left of “realistic”, not clearly enough “not real” to be perceived as such on first glance but also just barely not “real” enough to pass. That’s a space that makes humans uncomfortable.

Ah. Yes, I am utterly unsurprised.

Countries cannot make citizens stateless

Certain (most?) countries do their best to avoid making people stateless but there’s nobody to tell them no other than their own laws.

Last time I checked you can’t voluntarily rid yourself of your US citizenship, even if you have another.

i love this so much im gonna cry

Analogies are never perfect.

Sure, and lungs are like handcuffs to air, they constantly remind you to breathe.

Confusing as fuck is what it would be. What if my mum and the friend I hung out with for four months on student exchange and my favourite primary school teacher all meet me at the same time? They don’t know of each other’s existence and they know wildly different me’s. Which me would I be? Do I notice myself oscillating between personalities and bodies?

What does “see” mean? What does that entail? Can I look at them in a zoo?

I have little of substance to offer. But specifically regarding the permanence of usernames I’d assume part of it is to prevent impersonation. “Hey guys, 'sup, it’s me, ya boi, I know I deleted but I’m back! Now, I have a big favour to ask my dear followers because, you see, my grandmother’s budgie has turbo cancer of the tailfeather [etc]…”

Isn’t “keeping it in the closet” an English language idiom that just means “to keep it secret”? I’d always figured “coming out of the closet” evolved from there.

Probably the one who’s more easily accessible.

Ea-Nasir The Archaeology of a Legend by solomonisms9000 (YT video) says it’s complicated.

That’s nice, dear. Can your very clever vagina teach you to relax some time too?

Yes but does it talk to you?

Admittedly I know too little about mechanical engines but I’m pretty sure they all need some kind of lubricant to work. /UmAckchually

Best kind of correct.

They even got Mr Beast, excellent point.

I’d rather live out in the woods on my own than be forced to work a job that actively harms my mental health.

And admittedly, I know too little about Marx but I’d be surprised to learn that he was in favour of mindless work for no purpose other than to tick that “has job” box.

So the goal is simply to tick everybody’s “has job” box, not such unnecessary things as “earns enough to afford food and shelter” or “is fulfilled by job” (edit:) or even “has useful job”.