~Where the Strange Ones Play~

Part of socializing and having friends is being a good listener even when you don't actually give a shit about the subject.

Your are hurting other people's feelings when you bluntly respond with "Anyway..." and then change the topic.

It can not always be about your preferred topic.

This also bleeds into the way he views consent with others. He finds it anxiety-inducing to be turned down for sex (it's part of his job, so if he gets turned down, he must not be performing well enough), so he can get a little pushy with it. The fact that he also can't refuse sex and there's very little overt consent in the society means it's easy to misread sexual cues. Initiating and refusing sex are often not explicit, which means that it's easy to misread things if not everyone is on the same page.

Conversations with the dragon

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The easiest way to get rid of the majority of the bullshit that Windows is forcing on us, as of October 2025, is this one-stop-one-click debloat solution from a modern day hero:

It's very easy, even if you're not tech savvy or get scared of pop up windows saying "ARE YOU SURE?" Yes, you are sure, I promise. This program takes maybe two minutes and will save you SO MUCH pain, time, and money (and exploitation).

Now that you've done that, here's the cleanup, to catch the little shit that the debloat might have missed (most of this will already be done by debloat, but hey, it's good to double check).

Even just reading about some of these features makes me angry. Fucking Copilot and "Discover" AI scrapers are in Notepad. NOTEPAD. And then there's this uncanny valley garbage:

No uncanny valley video calls for me, thanks! (Also, what else is it doing while it scans your face and listens to your calls? What else, microsoft? Because there was a lot of memory being assigned to this program for a simple "smooths your skin" add on).

The truly insane number of places they have stuck ads on your own home computer is sickening. Become Unmarketable.

Bonus:

Some background programs you probably don't need that are taking up space and how to remove them (Microsoft forums, 2024)

Your Samsung Galaxy Phone comes with 22 apps you don't need (Android Police, 2025)

Just a couple of simple pieces that I made for fun

The blue-eared pheasant became the inspiration for the lambeosaurus skin:

And the California condor became the inspiration for the albertosaurus skin