Michael

Very cool, I’m excited for the improvements Dan makes.

For me and my skin/hair/scalp, using no products when showering besides the occasional, situational use of a facial cleanser (always at the end) is best for me. I have very sensitive skin and I react poorly to most products.

After I stopped regularly using most products in the shower I stopped getting dandruff (my scalp is very healthy now), my short hair is always very soft (but never oily), my acne improved significantly, my skin isn’t dry or irritated anymore (nor is it very oily in certain areas), and I have almost zero body odor (I’m somebody who sweats very little and has low body odor regardless - but I’ve still noticed an improvement).

I shower daily and use a deliberate, thorough washing routine, starting at my face and scalp and working downward to redistribute natural oils across my skin. I sometimes use a clean washcloth for exfoliation. This approach has worked well for my skin’s sensitivity and oil balance. I still use soap when it is reasonable and necessary to do so.

Have I bought into Big Soap capitalist propaganda without even noticing??

The skin’s oil layer (sebum) and its flora (microbiota) are critical to skin health, but I don’t think most commercial products are designed to support them.

I feel like no matter how angry you are at the state of the world or at other people, how outraged you are at the injustice and self-destructive trajectory humanity is on, empathy is a solid foundation for radicalization.

https://www.newsweek.com/sam-altman-openai-sister-annie-sexual-abuse-allegation-lawsuit-missouri-federal-court-2011468

Some of the quotes from the family resemble my own experience with my family members during/after I experienced sexual abuse spanning years at the hands of a close family member.

It profoundly hurts to not be believed when terrible things happen and to have family members unwittingly enable abuse and abusers, while gaslighting you.

I hope the truth is revealed.

Did I advocate for the Salvation Army or churches that engage in that sort of behavior? No.

I’m saying there are allies present in Christianity. If you have a problem with that, so be it.

the VAST majority are not and do more than enough harm to cancel out any good being done.

The good ones do exist in the many millions - they don’t deserve hate and I believe they deserve recognition for their inclusivity and activism. That’s all I gotta say.

I also have experienced discrimination and bigotry from churches, but I know now there are plenty of inclusive big churches and I wanted people to understand that.

I went through 4 years of high school at a Born Again church because my parents forced me there and every day was hell. They suspected I was gay and being called the f-slur was the least of my issues.

Commenter:

The salvation army is a big church and big churches don’t like LGBT.

They said big churches don’t like LGBT. There are big churches that like LGBT, even if most big churches don’t. There is nuance here and I responded to that commenter’s specific words.

I only found out a few years ago how accepting some churches are, specifically meeting people who went to the Episcopal Church. I just felt it relevant to point that out.

It’s untrue as a generalization.

I’m a gay person who has been exposed first-hand to the ugly side of Christianity, so I am speaking from that knowing and experience. I am not a Christian.

The salvation army is a big church and big churches don’t like LGBT.

There are similarly big churches to the Salvation Army that are inclusive of LGBTQ+, please don’t spread misinformation.

Respectfully, saying, “what they were being told on social media was not just one-sided, it was pure propaganda.” is what makes this denial. It’s fine if you disagree.

Hillary is free to acknowledge what’s happened from a neutral perspective and prove me wrong. But thus far, has she?

I suggest you re-read the article/listen to her speak because she is clearly taking a side. What she’s speaking to is not limited to that day, to the best of my knowledge. If you disagree with the coverage or find it inaccurate, feel free to point out the inconsistencies or distortions.

I trust deaf users reporting that their needs are not being met, but I do not currently play and know the nuance myself. I’ll remove the claim if I’m wrong upon further research.

Edit: Upon further research, it seems like there is a lot of reliance on WeakAuras in the deaf community (visual cues for sound-only events that may relate specifically to combat, raid communication), and many rely on rotation helpers for understandable reasons (like neurological conditions or physical disabilities that require more focus to be put into movement). It seems like colorblind or visually-impaired users will also suffer due to the lack of ability to color-code or highlight specific buffs and debuffs.

Nameplates seem to be one of the areas where users can no longer modify with addons, I’m unsure if this also affects unit frames in some part.

It’s pretty clear that this is a denial, I suggest you listen to her speak.

From the article:

“It’s not just the usual suspects. It’s a lot of young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand,” she claimed, adding, “A lot of the challenge is with younger people. More than 50% of young people in America get their news from social media.”

Clinton complained that when she tried to talk to young people “to engage in some kind of reasonable discussion, it was very difficult because they did not know history, they had very little context, and what they were being told on social media was not just one-sided, it was pure propaganda.”

The former first lady concluded, “So just pause on that for a second. They are seeing short-form videos, some of them totally made up, some of them not at all representing what they claim to be showing, and that’s where they get their information.”

If that’s not a denial, what is? Even if there is some amount of propaganda, it’s undeniable the horrors that have occurred. It’s not pure propaganda and she failed to speak to what actually has occurred.

This is literally the same thing as holocaust denial. She’s claiming to be an authority of the history of the region, when in reality the history doesn’t invalidate or excuse what has occurred for over two years against an occupied people.

If somebody was denying the holocaust and making this point in the context of that denial, would you respond the same way and say it’s a totally fair point?

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/mmo/world-of-warcraft-lead-assures-worried-mmo-raiders-that-blizzard-removing-add-ons-is-to-set-ourselves-up-for-being-able-to-build-content-that-will-better-serve-all-of-our-players/

“We’re going to be guided by our community”

Bullshit. Hopefully they get a clue because I have trouble imagining 5 years of the game continuing in the state that it’s going to be in. Anybody with accessibility needs that aren’t met by Blizzard will be unable to properly play the upcoming expansion, for starters.

I am not doxxing myself because the paranoia will likely continue in such a scenario.

And what’s next? Suspecting US citizens of being foreign agents and then sicking the FBI on them?

Unlike you, I’m not going to be cheerleading the return of McCarthyism.

WTF?

Discrimination and all forms of bigotry (racism, transphobia, homphobia, etc.) likely invalidate this image/thread title in some part.

People aren’t always worrying about random strangers, but when it becomes a pattern in an individual person’s life that has very real consequences and effects, it’s very easy for them to feel like the spotlight is on them and it could very well be in certain instances. It’s gaslighting them to suggest otherwise as a blanket statement.

Thanks for your response and engagement. I appreciated hearing your perspective as a German/European in contrast to my perspective as an American.