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Erika

The tragedy of the commons is a pernicious myth.

The demise of the commons of Britain and Europe wasn't the result of misuse by commoners, but enclosing by the landowners. The original hypothetical was made up for storytelling purposes, and the term was popularized by an ecologist with anti-immigrant and racist views.

Here is my recommended reading for heading into 2023:

aeon.co/essays/the-tragedy-of-

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@rooster Interesting. When I first started HRT my interest in playing video games went out like a light, and still hasn’t returned.

I did some digging at the time, to see if anyone else reported anything similar, but came up entirely empty handed.

I’ve considered the hypothesis of needing games less as escapism, and, while I can’t disprove it, I’m not confident it explains everything.

I’ve wondered if the reduction in testosterone might also play a role insomuch as it affects “visual stimulation,” and I’ve noticed that video game graphics are far less mesmerizing to me than they were previously.

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jessica by the bay

I like to frame the first four years of HRT for me like high school. Whenever I feel impatient, dissatisfied, or like I have stuff figured out, I think about what I’d tell a kid halfway through their sophomore year who expressed the same.

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@rooster Also, I suppose it’s worth mentioning that while video games lost all of their appeal, I suddenly found myself _experiencing_ music in a way that I never had before.

Everyone’s chemistry is different; we’re all weird; it’s kind of wonderful.

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@rooster I really do “miss” enjoying the Soulsborne games as much as I did. 🥲 I didn’t even make it an hour before walking away.

I did play The Quarry all the way through, which is very much story-driven. And I still fancy the idea of sitting down with some interactive fiction or a visual novel, so there’s some wood for the story-driven-still-appeals fires.

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@rooster Interesting. When I first started HRT my interest in playing video games went out like a light, and still hasn’t returned.

I did some digging at the time, to see if anyone else reported anything similar, but came up entirely empty handed.

I’ve considered the hypothesis of needing games less as escapism, and, while I can’t disprove it, I’m not confident it explains everything.

I’ve wondered if the reduction in testosterone might also play a role insomuch as it affects “visual stimulation,” and I’ve noticed that video game graphics are far less mesmerizing to me than they were previously.

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@PanicButton @Bwheatnyc But would you really trust any evidence submitted by 2023? 😋

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@darkcorners3 Kuroneko is fantastic.

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Dug the cards out of storage. Immediately felt urge to produce a phyletic seriation of playing card faces. Reminded self that’s not the point (but what if it were!?).

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@PanicButton @Bwheatnyc Less than a week into 2023 and we’re already dropping Delta Green references. Auspicious 🙃

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@jenf I’d almost forgotten about that!; such a terrible thing!

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Erin Reed

Zooey Zephyr is now the first trans woman in the history of Montana elected as a legislator.

Her presence will secure representation for trans people in the place where laws are made in one of the states where the battle for rights and dignity will be hardest.

And to me personally, as the woman who gets to love her, I cannot be prouder and happier.

#lgbt #lgbtq #trans #transrights #transgender

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@jenf I revisit Farscape on occasion, and totally agree. Thank goodness for Muppets.

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An uniformed opinion is just a guess.

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@StephenC 😍

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@tillybridges I would like some more juice, please. 🙌

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Jocelynephiliac :reclaimer:

BOOSTS REQUESTED. I need folks who can help maintain the Gender Dysphoria Bible.

There are a number of maintenance tasks that are long over due, including integrating the spanish translation and upgrading the site builder to run in Node 16/18.

Month after month I cannot find the executive function to tackle them, and I feel like I’m letting down my Patreon supporters.

If there’s anyone with the needed nodejs experience who can help, I’ll pay you out of my funding. #transgender #trans #gdb

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I’m not sure why I thought the right way to kick off 2023 was by rescreening Ugetsu (1953); I have no one to blame but myself. 🙄

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@em_7dice speaking of! 💀🍷

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@em_7dice i was in los angeles a couple of weekends ago at a gallery showing for original art inspired by the last unicorn. Cat had presentation.

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