In the same way I feel bad for all the women out that had to put up with conversations about crypto for the last decade, the astrology for dudes

I will choose to make fun of it at every chance. Fortunately my girlfriend doesn't mind, so I can also still get laid.

Crypto really is the astrology of white guys isn't it.

In a college classroom with only women, we did a student survey that asked how many believe in astrology. It was 50%.

I'm curious how that boils down in a coed institution, or a research 1 school or something.

Easy choice

presses "gay" button

Now I'm surrounded by superstitious lesbians

Of all the non-scientific things to believe in, astrology is one of the weirdest. Especially if you’re talking about ancient astrology, come on now… the sky has changed significantly in eg 2000 years, how could you make any conclusions based on that? Or the figures drawn from groups of stars, constellations, that are not even remotely close to each other if you look from another viewpoint?
But I guess it’s even worse… I guess most people talk about their magazine horoscopes, that aren’t even written by actual astrologers :(

Hmm this gives me an idea...

Ladies, who would like to invest in your sign? The of course you will have to compete for investments against the other birth signs I also represent...

As has been pointed out many times the configuration of the solar system today is completely different to the configuration of the solar system on this date precisely 365 days ago, because the orbit of the Earth has very little to do with all the other planets. So even if the locations of random astronomical objects, but not others because they don't count obviously, have an impact on my personality why are all libras the same, how does that work?

I'm a woman, I have no patience for pseudoscience.

This was foretold! “Today, you might run into a kind stranger asking you a question that you maybe answer with a touch of silliness.”

And I'm surrounded by Linux users.

Edit: sorry, but that's the gayest thing I could think of.

I remember when in my undergrad almost my entire class spent their entire second year learning about blockchain and attending events related to it, and I was proud of myself for playing videogames all day instead. Nobody even talks about blockchain anymore. It's a waste of compute, and most things built on top of it are a grift. There must be some useful cases, but none I can think of. Maybe someone with more experience in Industry can.

Or he could find a woman who's not superstitious, or go gay.

sneaks up
Oh hi there!

• a gay Linux user

I kinda find this post moderately offensive to women.

Actually it’s offensive to men too, isn’t it?

I guess I missed out on this one, they don't mind so much if you're actually funny.

Yeah, Blockchain is really the prime example of a solution looking for a problem. Everything you can do with Blockchain can be easier done using less ressources with other techniques. It sounds fine on paper, and as you said there might be some esoteric use for it someday in the future.

My first girlfriend was one of that kind. I wasn't really making fun of it, but was pretty steadfast in communicating why it is just mumbo-jumbo.

the gays seem even more into astrology…

I was going to say that astrology is actually cool, but then I realized what they meant by astrology.

While I can't call it scientific, there is a lot of interesting symbolism in traditional astrology, especially in its relations to real scientific discoveries. Western/modern astrology doesn't even include the 13th sign.

Sure, sweetie. Tell me more about it while we make our way to bed?

nah, not really. ive been there more times than i can count. it happens.

people believe in all kinds of crazy shit. its up to you if you can look past someones beliefs for a casual fling or something more serious.

i tend to not openly judge others for something that makes their life more bearable. life sucks, its confusing, and shitty, more often than it is rewarding or enjoyable. people never know what to expect, so they search for patterns to predict a better outcome for themselves, or at least a way to soften the blow of a potentially shitty outcome. some people like astrology, some people like drugs, god, the universal conciousness, whatever. pick your passion.

cant judge someone for being human, when you're a human yourself. we all believe in something absolutely insane, and we all want to fuck each other.

plus, it can be fun to imagine that the stars aligned just for us, on this night....isnt it? even if it isnt true. its a beautiful illusion, and it can be appreciated when you suspend your disbelief until the morning light washes away the night, and all its constellations. and replaces it with bad breath, bed head, and a hangover in a strangers apartment.

life is easier when you dont take it seriously.

A friend set me up on a date with a coworker of him. then she spent about 20 minutes drawing my astral chart. She had notes, books and even an iPad app.

Eventually she concluded we were not compatible, while I concluded the same thing about 20 seconds in.

I got my full horoscope done in a lounge chair in a club. She brought tables and everything. But my god was she cute.

I chose making fun of astrology. Dodged a bullet there.

Lol no, I make fun of astrology with my girlfriend

So lads, I've been single for the last 6 years. Which Gunpla model shall I put together next?

Chicken and egg sitch going on here I feel.

How do you "go" gay?

Well yoooouu, don't get to keep your place mat from the Chinese restaurant then.

At least they don't get drunk & violent when their favourite planet is having a bad phase

I mean for me, I got tired of being in relationships. I was making a jokey joke out of it.

You just decide. Everybody knows it's a choice

If they are into getting nerdy with charts and tables, there might be a chance to hook them up with Dungeons and Dragons... 🤔

I'm an expert in this field. i went from atheist YouTube in 2008 to what the trillbillies call "spooky pussy" in 2009 and i have remained in the spooky pussy camp since then, I don't regret it.

well, i regret it a little

I like to think of astrology as a fine grained personality shorthand like Meyers Briggs.

the magical star-assigned fixed personality is dumb. what's useful is being able to tell Becky to stop being such a Capricorn and come out and party, even if she is a cancer or whatever. it's just a memey way to reference behavioral traits if your friend group already knows what they mean. i don't know how to explain this any better

Fake it 'til you make it ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

I like to think of personality tests like Meyers Briggs as pseudoscientific nonsense like astrology

It's clearly pseudoscientific nonsense. But it's easier to say "I'm a pisces" instead of "I'm feeling hesitant about the future of our relationship, Sarah" if she is into that. The value is in being able to reference loose personality archetypes without having to spend a paragraph describing someone.

I have no idea why you are bringing racism into this.

But being a Pisces doesn't mean anything, does it? It could both mean being someone who is afraid of risks and someone who is bold and takes chances.

How is it easier?

I upvoted, hoping you were sarcastic.

So what does any of this mean to those out of the loop?

what is a trillbilly and what is a spooky pussy?

It's all contextual, honestly, but here are my impressions of the uh, categories:

Pisces: wishy washy, both sides, indecisive, peacemaker, likes blue stuff

Capricorn: hustle culture, hates fun

Taurus: confident, aggressive, clumsy, bro-ish

I don't have any others on deck without looking them up lol

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oh my god you guys. the magical star-assigned fixed personality is dumb. what's useful is being able to tell Becky to stop being such a Capricorn and come out and party, even if she is a cancer or whatever. it's just a memey way to reference behavioral traits if your friend group already knows what they mean. i don't know how to explain this any better

Glad my partner isn't into it, but I am a decent enough actor to have gone along with it with past partners

If the blockchain already exists and used the resources yes it was horrible. But what really is the argument to say it's bad to use the one already generated. You don't have to use any more resources to make it. Essentially copy paste of a prime number that was already found right? Maybe I don't understand how they work well enough

Only if you believe it applies to all men and all women. Or maybe, just maybe, it might be a shitpost.

This might be controversial but hear me out:

The idea of an international independent currency that can be made use of anonymously and therefore not controlled by anyone is a great idea.

Most smaller coins are just scams, reimplementing the same protocols that earlier schemes did and eventually adopting a clear pump & dump characteristic.

However, I personally believe that bigger coins like etherium that don't fold as quickly and stick around are genuinely a good idea.

Moreover, there's use cases where transactions are tracked for different systems, for example tracking an interconnected energy grid and usage of households.

And then you also have to consider that block-chains themselves can just be used to keep a fulsome record of something, with the main goal of decentralizing control over that record. I'm sure there will be quite a few use cases for it that make more sense and it's quite a shame the stigma of crypto got attached to it.

If you wanna learn more about how block chains are actually researched, you have to dive into academic publications, but then you will find out scientists have a very different vision for this technology which is way more useful. And for the sake of actual science, I hope they don't get buried under the stigma of crypto, because oftentimes these are just very smart people with lots of passion for something that they genuinely see value in.

Gotcha, I was tagging along on top of your jokey joke.