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I just got killed by the helicopter for the first time. I thought I had read that you would be fine if you didn't have a weapon in hand; I had an axe (which is a tool!). It was pretty cool. I heard a gunshot in the distance and didn't see the folks I recognize active on Steam so I was trying to quickly build a fortification near the launch-site. I was actually looking for the house someone stole from Deadpan but couldn't find it. I did wake up safely in Cwester's attic though which I wasn't sure would happen after a day of being off. Man, I lived for a long time, 5 hours. This game is fun. I kinda hope more thumbs join. I'm enjoying the low-pop server with mostly friendly neighbors. Going back in. This game is fun.

I'm pretty sure that the server is public so anyone can wander in and exploit our neighborliness.

I had so much fun playing with Blueberry, Deadpan, and Cwester this morning. I hadn't had a chance to learn the systems and stuff and this server is not only peaceful, it is helpful. So many awesome neighbors! If you bought Rust a while back and tried it out but decided to wait longer ( *cough* @Dinosaursssssss ) I recommend checking this out. It's at least a few hours of surreality. If you find each other.

Did you rebuild your furnace or did it survive the apocalypse? I stole some meat out of it by the way, I was hungry.

This was a cool little performance that I watched on the Gear. Just what I wanted, stereoscopic 3d. Birds Happen https://samsungvr.com/view/Zd7QPxcRNA8 Finding this stuff is absurdly difficult. I don't even know if it is viewable on other headsets. I also think this may have been hand-stitched because like the Felix & Paul stuff, you can't find any information on what equipment was used. I wonder if this stuff will become easier to find once the Facebook cameras come out.

I'm looking for recorded live performances in VR. Has anyone found a trove of plays, operas, musicals, dances, concerts where you can watch a performance? Everything seems scattered. If nothing else, it would be helpful to have a list of performances and what platform and app they can be found within.

Yeah. I couldn't figure out what to do with landmines on a friendly server. I haven't been able to get in for a couple of days either. The server needs to get updated apparently.

Sorry to go back to this but I have an update for y'all. I was just talking to my wife about the way I differ in thinking about the concept of self-reliance from how y'all do and she pointed out that the only television shows I watch are Korean rom-coms. I think that might have a lot to do with why I have such a distinctly different association.

It's so interesting to see how pervasive this perception is among y'all. If you said you know someone who lives alone, my first image would be of a woman. I'm not trying to prove anything with this search result, but I thought it was interesting what the first google results on an image search for "diy" is. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1920&bih=971&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=diy&oq=diy&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l4.5507.5982.0.6080.3.3.0.0.0.0.154.154.0j1.1.0....0...1..64.psy-ab..2.1.154.ZQbRvWaaBS4

That clarifies a lot. I guess that I'm thinking of the perception now rather than the historical one.

I appreciate you clarifying your point. I strongly disagree but I don't have evidence or anything. I just have the impression from personal experience and perspectives of those around me that the mama-bear thing is very much part of femininity.

But that isn't at all what I'm diverging from. The word "self-reliance" is gendered male. The concept is not. The question I have is what the students had in mind when they said "self-reliance" is masculine besides a picture of a man.

On point 2 I agree, I'm saying that the only relevant aspect of those words is how they've been gendered though. I disagree with points 1 and 3 so strongly that I'm not sure we are talking about the same things. It might be helpful to narrow what we are talking down. I don't know how to explain my position on point 1 any more clearly than I already did so I guess we just disagree there. I mean think about how infamous mothers are in how they will defend their children. Is that not "protecting" them? And that's assumed in the generality that feminity nurtures. On point 3, are you talking about "self-reliance" like if you get stuck in the woods alone and have to hunt and make shelter men are more expected to be capable of surviving?

This sounds like a cultural non-description that circumvents any useful observations about the masculine/feminine spectrum. Self-reliance isn't associated more with masculinity than feminity; the word "self-reliance" itself might be, but not the actual concept. Same with "nurture". We might not use the word "nurture" when describing masculinity, but we say "teach", "provide for", "protect" which are all the same things. It's just that the words themselves have gender associations.

One question I ask myself while trying to figure out what masculinity is, is: "If an act or characteristic is done by a woman, does that disclude the act or characteristic from being a masculine act or characteristic?" I'd say no, so that kinda implies that masculinity is a context rather than an act or characteristic. Like "spooky" or "cute" maybe?

We like it, right?

I went to a local fair and talked to someone who was representing the local timebank. The concepts share a lot of commonalities but I don't get the impression that the timebank attracts the same level of feverish predatory speculation. Btw if crytocurrency interests y'all you should totally watch Justin Timberlake's movie In Time , not because it is masterfully executed (it is not).

All this stuff is so good for speculative fiction.

From what I gather it is untraceable transfers of currency guarenteed by a network that shares information that the exchange took place. There are a lot of details that follow the inherencies of that.

They have added a lot of stuff since I've played last. I had a few adventures last night. Coming across stuff I've never see before is exciting. I hope the game will let you remove items I put in your house Deadpan. I thought a lamp would be like a torch and once I placed it on the floor I couldn't figure out how to pick it back up.

Yeah the Justin Bieber part is essential. I don't know how it fits into the discussion on cultural appropriation, but it has a lot of the aspects that come up in that discussion: -Power dynamics between cultures. -Use of other cultures' symbols without having a full understanding of the cultural context. -Profits being made on distribution channels of much larger scales due to white-supremacy. It's an interesting anecdote to examine in terms of cultural appropriation. Here is an article that explores it: http://www.complex.com/music/2017/06/the-politics-of-despacito-and-justin-bieber I think this is also relevant: http://www.puertoricoreport.com/puerto-rico-moves-tennessee-plan/#.WYkfpOkpCUk

I continue to enjoy Competitive with voice-chat and text-chat off at SR1130. I'm starting to figure out when and where I can use Doomfist effectively.

I'm not sure how "Despacito" fits into the discussion on cultural appropriation, but I'm sure it does. http://variety.com/2017/music/news/despacito-youtube-most-watched-video-see-you-again-justin-bieber-1202516756/

You are fine, you don't sound snarky; it is an obvious question. Every time I look at where they are positioned on an issue such as Medicare for All, Feminism, Anti-racism, Palestine/Israel, Campaign-Finance reform, Wealth-Inequality, Mass-Incarceration... I'm already in agreement with them. So at some point I feel like it's absurd to apply a purity-test to myself just because I don't know what "Socialism" is; I figure joining might be a good way to find out. I'm also kinda frustrated by the limits of my efforts as an individual and this group seems to be consistently taking positions that I agree with so I feel more comfortable allowing myself to follow their lead more than I have ever been able to do with another organization. That dependency is already helping me deal with feelings of futility and frustration when approaching the many facets of injustice in the United States of America.

The softboy article reminds me of an NPR story I heard about "Lumbersexuals". I get nervous when some fashion trends or behaviors I ascribe to get lumped into a genre of person because I see myself in pretty much everything but then I'm like "Oh well, I'm typical in some ways." and then relax about shit and just make decisions to buy floral baseball caps from Target or hang my keys off my belt-loop from a carabiner that no climber would use (because it seems like a good idea). I actually get a little but of a rush from these moments of aspects of my styles being summarized and generalized. That Nick Robinson stuff sucks. Please continue to fight toxic masculinity and demonstrate a plurality of creative masculinities that fight for compassion and justice.