It has been pretty cold in the Baltics too. We also barely dodged a massive hurricane, it hit Poland and Belarus pretty hard.

Edit: And now it’s 32 degrees!

some buses

Trolleybus: when you need a cheap moustache ride.

That would be weird, because there’s definitely better people to fap to. I am just an obese, depressed 32 year old male.

All languages that are used are kinda broken, except the synthetic ones, like Esperanto.

The amount of exceptions and weird rules in non-English languages I speak (Lithuanian and Swedish) and kinda know (Russian) proves it.

[‘a’] + [‘b’] = ‘ab’

Gets me every time.

Same, but because I’ll make someone mad by posting.

BONK go to even hornier jail.

BONK go to horny jail

I don’t know. Getting old and conservative in my own way, I guess.

IMO there’s nothing wrong with that.

I agree. My original point was that it’s okay to have a relationship like that, but it’s not okay to sexualise it.

First of all, ai bots will probably steal all kinds of information from people. And the money that is spent on them could be useful for so many more useful things. I would suggest to seek genuine connections or even go to chatrooms over bots, ai or otherwise.

Not to mention how dealing with bots might warp your ability to socialise. A lot of things that are acceptable to bots are unacceptable to real people. Some people use them to play out fantasy scenarios of non-consent, abuse, etc.

Having said all that, if somebody wants to play around with that stuff, it’s fine as long as it’s not your only way to socialise or seek intimacy. I remember The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker and it talked about how video games are not inherently bad and don’t make us more violent, but they take time away from us that we can use to do social things instead.

Depending on how hard it is for a person to socialise, a group hobby or even group therapy sessions might be the solution.

I just think that such behaviour is unhealthy and we’ll see just how unhealthy it is in the coming years.

Point taken. But it might be a matter of degree of how strong a relationship is.

Despicable? I’m curious about where this line is, can you elaborate?

I don’t know specifically, but I think masturbating to a person you have formed a parasocial relationship with is close to that line.

Also, what is your attitude on people who have sex with many partners (with informed consent etc).

I do not condemn nor condone such behaviour, it might be against my personal moral compass, but as long as both sides know what they are doing it isn’t bad.

I wouldn’t mock a person for having parasocial relationships, but I would mock them for paying a lot of money to an OnlyFans model. I think that there is a spectrum of acceptable parasocial relationships and I am trying to draw a line where “ok” ends and “despicable” begins.

Yes, I agree that people you like online are not your friends and you should not defend them when they get called for their toxic behaviour.

Fallen rockets might still have propellants in them, such as hydrazine or nitric acid, so I’d say it’s a good call.

Fun fact: season 4 was filmed in Lithuania, some Lithuanian actors played minor roles.

Yeah, Tesla cars and most EVs don’t have a traditional transmission.

Loads of renovated parks and buildings, parts that used to be sketchy have mostly improved, the town center has become richer, while a lot of people who grew up here have moved to the suburbs.