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SwingingTheLamp

@ SwingingTheLamp @midwest.social

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  • Uncircumcised penis owners, did you ever wish you were circumcised?

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  • It's not controversial to say that women differ sexually, right? For example, some women can orgasm from penetration alone, and others need more-direct clitoral stimulation. Everybody knows this, or should know this.

    Would it be controversial to claim that, hey, perhaps men differ, too? What if we're not exaggerating how much of a difference it makes? There are intact men right here in this discussion who say that most of their sensation comes from their foreskin, and they don't feel much from their glans. It would destroy their enjoyment of sex to cut it off, even while many men wouldn't notice much change, because most of their sensation comes from the glans.

  • Uncircumcised penis owners, did you ever wish you were circumcised?

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  • id rather bust fast than not be sensitive down there

    For what it's worth, my friend tells me that in his experience, intact men have better awareness and control of their level of stimulation, and therefore last longer.

  • More for folks from walkable environments, my question is: would you walk an hour and 15 minutes to go to say, the library?

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  • Hmm, yes, I guess I forgot about anthropology's Out of Africa (In a Minivan) hypothesis on the origin of the human species.

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    Why don't protestors who oppose Trump/ICE open carry their guns to prevent what's currently occuring in the US ie kidnapping, assaults etc?

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  • How do you organize an armed group that's big enough to be effective without the fascists hearing about it in advance?

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    Why don't protestors who oppose Trump/ICE open carry their guns to prevent what's currently occuring in the US ie kidnapping, assaults etc?

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  • don’t face them alone

    pervasive surveillance state has entered the chat

  • More for folks from walkable environments, my question is: would you walk an hour and 15 minutes to go to say, the library?

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  • Simple: Kids can walk, too.

  • More for folks from walkable environments, my question is: would you walk an hour and 15 minutes to go to say, the library?

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  • No, we don't forget that! What, you think we're idiots? In fact, we are able to distinguish the difference between logistics vehicles and people moving about in individual vehicles. Those are two very different things. A dozen or so semis to the grocery store every day is a far sight different than thousands of cars.

    Walkable cities around the world still have stores. And vehicles. It's not that hard.

  • Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

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  • So, essentially the same as a company spokesperson!

  • Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

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  • Forget the spokesperson, just ask Google AI directly:

    AI on Google Search, including the AI Overviews in search, does not provide summaries on topics involving Donald Trump and dementia. This is due to risk aversion, sensitivity to political topics, and recent legal challenges. Instead, these searches return a list of traditional web links.

    Reasons for the lack of response

    • Risk of misinformation: AI-generated conclusions about a public figure's health could spread misinformation. The mental acuity of Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, the oldest presidents in U.S. history, is a topic of public discussion.
    • Avoiding political sensitivity: AI models often have restrictions on sensitive or controversial topics to avoid biased responses. Google and other tech companies are cautious about how their AI products respond to election-related or partisan queries.
    • Legal history with Trump: Google's handling of Trump-related content may be influenced by recent legal and political issues. In 2025, Google paid a $24.5 million settlement in a lawsuit related to the suspension of Trump's YouTube account.
    • Inconsistent application of AI summaries: Some users report that searches about other politicians, like Barack Obama or Joe Biden, may return an AI-generated response, though this varies. This inconsistency has led to criticism that the AI applies selective censorship.

    Google's statement A Google spokesperson stated that AI Overview and AI Mode do not always show answers to all queries, especially sensitive or complex ones. The company suggests that users rely on traditional search results in such cases.

  • What is your internet White-Whale?

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  • That was Herbert Kornfeld, in Accounts Reeceevable at Midstate Office Supply, a regular columnist for The Onion in the early years.

    ETA: The Autobiography of Herbert K

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    If this passes, how would you spend this day?

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  • Remember who? I don't know who Farley Burke is or was.

    e: Oh, Charly. I misheard. I will gladly honor the sacrifice of Ensign Charly Burke.

  • 'Not medically well': Trump's health questioned after his face seen drooping at 9/11 event

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  • Back then, it was questions about early indicators of dementia. Wow, how wrong we were! /s

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    President Barack Obama condemns 'despicable violence' in the shooting of Charlie Kirk

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  • I seem to recall a President who decided that the only way to deal with an inconvenient, political loudmouth was to kill him with a drone. And then kill the guy's teenage son with another drone.

  • Trump's sinking of Venezuelan boat sparks fight between VP Vance, Sen. Rand Paul

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  • I have to point out here that the Obama administration laid down the legal reasoning and set a precedent for killing accused civilians without trial.

  • [META] Could people here just FOLLOW THE RULES?

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  • Yeah, so what? This is the natural evolution of online communities. It's a good thing. When the user base is small, we should have a few, non-specific channels/forums/communities/whatevers so that everybody is in the same place to talk to each other. Metaphorically, it's like sustaining a nuclear reaction: The fissile material has to be in close enough proximity so that the radiation (posts and comments) can strike more fissile material (other users) to keep the chain reaction going. In the past, I've criticized the urge to immediately atomize Lemmy into thousands of highly-specific communities, and indeed, most of them have withered away.

    Once a particular topic starts to dominate a community, once it's reached critical mass, then it's time to fork it off into its own community. I don't think that's happened to !asklemmy@lemmy.world yet.

  • Tucker Carlson says Pete Buttigieg is 'fake gay,' should answer questions about gay sex

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  • Oh, certainly not! True, all of the men I know now who wear bow ties regularly are gay, but not the guy I knew back when I was a high school senior. Y'know, good, solid, conservative Limbaugh listener. Had a girlfriend even—back home, while he was at college—you wouldn't know her. Real friendly, he'd invite me over to his apartment to talk computers, share his university Internet login password with me, that kind of thing. Yup yup. Totally. 110% straight.

  • They're literally conspiring against you

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  • Same. The more-standardized sizes in men's clothing means I just have to resign myself to the fact that I need to buy size M, size L, or size XL depending on the brand, and that it still will never fit right. This is why the majority of my shirts are short-sleeved, even in winter.

    I've recently met several men who got into sewing as a result.

  • They're literally conspiring against you

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  • Random memory unlocked: Back in high school, I had to borrow my girlfriend's jeans for some reason I don't remember. (We happened to wear the same size.) I do remember having SO MUCH room in the pockets, because I had narrower hips.

  • They're literally conspiring against you

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  • Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that this is one instance that validates the textbook approach. In addition to the comment here, I had read several on the red site several years ago, one I remember from a buyer for a chain of outdoor gear stores, and another from the owner of a boutique clothing store. Both said that they tried to get women's clothing with real pockets, but eventually gave up because it just doesn't sell.

    This topic came up in a group of my sailor friends on a boat last week, and ironically, all of the women's garments had good pockets, so they couldn't provide an example. But then, they were all wearing utilitarian clothing, rather than stylish. One friend had just bought new pants from REI; I've noticed for decades that if you want real pockets, shop at REI.

    For what it's worth, stylish, form-fitting men's clothing also has tiny, or no pockets.