Sibshops 142 points 2 years ago

Let's synergize and offer value-added guidence with some D&D.

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lime 43 points 2 years ago

it's called a wargaming teambuilding exercise

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heavydust 17 points 2 years ago

Let's share each other's emotions and experiences of the week while drinking beers.

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Lucky_777 7 points 2 years ago

What a novel idea, let's call it "Happy Hour"

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SaltSong 68 points 2 years ago

This sounds like the guy who suggested "virgin edibles" as an idea worth trying out.

Or, to rephrase it, "food."

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Agent641 21 points 2 years ago

Fuck, imagine if someone ONLY ate edibles for all their nutrition needs

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missingstring 56 points 2 years ago

I don’t know how you all feel about ChatGPT but I was curious if the robots would understand how silly this post was. It delivered.

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YoiksAndAway 56 points 2 years ago

When your post is so vapid that you get roasted by an LLM.

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dumbass 30 points 2 years ago

So there is a real world use case for chatgpt, roasting LinkedIn bros.

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dejected_warp_core 12 points 2 years ago

OpenAI fed this thing a steady diet of internet forums as training data. You'd better believe that it knows how to verbally destroy anything and everything, at every conceivable level of sass and/or vitriol.

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Chemo 17 points 2 years ago

This is really good. I'm impressed.

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Klear 2 points 2 years ago

I especially love the "cohort of 1 (yourself)" bit. Don't think I'd dare push the parody that far myself but it works.

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thisisnotgoingwell 15 points 2 years ago

The fourth point "okay, first meeting. Let's talk about death, aliens and your ex" actually sounds like riveting conversation

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dejected_warp_core 6 points 2 years ago

Hey, I'm game. Sounds fun.

Also: should there be a "AI writing prompts" community?

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kwedd 3 points 2 years ago

I think there should be. Gemini gave me a really good giggle when I asked it to write a short story about what would happen if cops and courts started interpreting the law the same way sovereign citizens do.

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Tum 3 points 2 years ago

I am unironically going to start using "fostering gratitude loops with dish-based reciprocity"

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RogueBanana 2 points 2 years ago

I would be down as well except maybe discussing personal relationship issues with random stranger I just met.

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CubitOom 44 points 2 years ago

I don't think this is bad advice. However I don't think that it should be limited to just men.

Also I think the group should align politically and be able to support each other in solidarity. They could also use meeting time to plan resistance to fascist regimes.

However there are quite a few people (I am mostly thinking of men I know) that tend to isolate themselves from friends when they need help the most or once they get into a romantic relationship. This is probably not just a men's issue however.

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cRazi_man 14 points 2 years ago

Cut it off after the first 2 points and it sounds ideal.

A bunch of 4-5 guy friends who are open to talk about anything with the motivation being to get a better understanding.......where do I sign up?

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Mac 4 points 2 years ago

Create the group chat and send an inv

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cRazi_man 3 points 2 years ago

Here's a telegram group I've just made:

https://t.me/+3a653HYGjSc5YWU8

Could go for Discord if there's more interest in that.

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Mac 1 point 2 years ago

I don't have Telegram and I'm in the process of abandoning Discord 🤪

Telegram requires a phone number...? Bah

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crimeschneck 11 points 2 years ago

Also I think the group should align politically

I think it's best if people get along well with each other despite possible conflicting political views.

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CubitOom 8 points 2 years ago

If I have to explain to anyone that genocide is wrong and that human rights are good. Or if I find someone votes to promote genocide or reduce human rights. Then they are not my friend.

I might try to talk in good faith to them, I might attempt to negotiate with them, i might even exchange pleasantries with them. But they will never have my full confidence.

I do not have to "get along" with a fascist.

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crimeschneck 9 points 2 years ago

"Conflicting political views" doesn't necessarily mean "fascist". I don't understand why this topic always causes such misunderstandings. This is something I also noticed when I made a thread on the Fediverse community asking about possible advantages or disadvantages about the mostly limited range of views on Lemmy. Some users replied in a similar fashion. Maybe it's just a deliberate exaggeration, i don't know.

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CubitOom 5 points 2 years ago

If you haven't noticed the USA is in the middle of a fascist auto-coup.

So it's not exaggeration. I've had to cut ties with members of my family. Because they believe some people are sub humans that don't deserve rights or that regions of the globe should be purged.

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GoodLuckToFriends 0 points 2 years ago

It's because that language is specifically what fascists are hiding behind, right this minute. It goes right along as the evolution of the 'you're being intolerant of my intolerance!'

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captainlezbian 4 points 2 years ago

Full agreement but I will say as a syndicalist it's been good for me to be friends with progressive liberals and some more authoritarian and central planning communists. We all want the same thing: a better society that's less oppressive and fairer. We each can help each other see flaws in our ideas and figure out how to advance things.

Fascism should be always off the table. But single party approaches are extremely self destructive

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Mac 4 points 2 years ago

Do, uh... Do i know you?

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GoodLuckToFriends 2 points 2 years ago

No, he's isolated right now.

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rickyrigatoni 32 points 2 years ago

Hey if this gets more men to make actual meaningful friendships instead of succumbing to the roganverse I'm all for it.

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whoisearth -5 points 2 years ago

What if we just don't like any of you? Lol

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Mac 14 points 2 years ago

Define "we".

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dumbass 5 points 2 years ago

All of us.

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rickyrigatoni 12 points 2 years ago

Launched into the sun.

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dustyData 26 points 2 years ago

I remember before the plague it became fashionable to talk about "having your personal advisory board". It was just a friend group for socially stunted MBAs.

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dejected_warp_core 16 points 2 years ago

I see it as symptomatic of something worse: the tendency to monetize, advertise, and exploit everything that you are. For anyone willing to go hard enough on those ideals, it's (theoretically) possible to achieve more income. The thing that's keeping the rest of us from doing this are opposing ideals like privacy, quality of life, respecting boundaries, and healthy relationships.

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illegible 22 points 2 years ago

Diamond Dogs?

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Jackhammer_Joe 11 points 2 years ago

Diamond Dogs! 💎🐶🐶🐶

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nyctre 4 points 2 years ago

Woof!

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magnetosphere 20 points 2 years ago

Hey, if that’s what it takes for Nathanael to have some human interaction, I’m cool with it. I don’t necessarily want to be involved, but I’m not against it.

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Ilixtze 17 points 2 years ago

I propose adding "dressing up in leather" and "worshipping the devil" to this list; Just to make it spicy.

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alaphic 10 points 2 years ago

Smoke meth and hail Satan!

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dbtng 3 points 2 years ago

Finally. Somebody talking sense in this thread.

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x00z 16 points 2 years ago

They could make some shitty startup named BroBar that creates public places where the atmosphere is chill, beer is served, and where you could find people for your "core group". Maybe even play some pool.

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Jackhammer_Joe 8 points 2 years ago

But first of all, you have to think about the monitarization and scalability! Make it a subscription service! And you need an app to track your pay slaves customers! And you need merch! This "friendship"-business model must be profitable!

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Deathray5 5 points 2 years ago

I was so close to going on a rant

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Comment105 4 points 2 years ago

Would be a nice place for 30-50 hogs to hang out.

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Flamekebab 2 points 2 years ago

A very large urinal?

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Comment105 3 points 2 years ago

The sink you're allowed to piss in.

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Baguette 15 points 2 years ago

Ngl I read this as a positive thing at first

Like friendships should be about creating a safe space where people can talk about sensitive subjects without being judged. A lot of toxic masculinity influencers keep saying that men shouldn't have feelings, men should just bottle it up, etc. and that's just not a good and healthy mindset.

Then I realized this was on linkedin lol

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kitnaht 12 points 2 years ago

idk what kinds of 'friends' you have, but none of mine are like this.

This is more of ...what, a mini business incubator but for life goals?

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kautau 13 points 2 years ago

There are people who literally have like become capitalism. They don't see human interaction as a thing beyond some sort of gain. And this is basically someone realizing that maybe just having supportive friends is a good thing, but can't frame that outside of the realm of pure capitalism and how every interaction must be a transaction.

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kitnaht 10 points 2 years ago

Oh shit, that's right -- you just reminded me of a guy like this. Every "friendship" seemed to be transactional, and he didn't seem to understand friends who just wanted someone else to succeed with nothing in return.

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kautau 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah unfortunately it’s more and more common with people who only interact with social media and are force fed like “alpha male” or “hustle and grind” style bullshit by the algorithm and it’s the only thing they believe.

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match 11 points 2 years ago

Men need to start forming cute groups of 4-5 where

no clothing is off limits
the goal is to give headpats
each person is accountable to their goals (:3)
the group helps strategize a roadmap for the person to live into their fursona

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GoodLuckToFriends 2 points 2 years ago

Do people really do headpats? Those are just uncomfortable. Petting is much preferred. Group massages were the best part about running cross country in high school.

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msage 10 points 2 years ago

Is this for his AA meetings? Because it sounds kinda fire for that.

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RaptorBenn 8 points 2 years ago

Pretty sad really, just like in general.

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CalipherJones 7 points 2 years ago

If only everyone's friends were like this.