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Cake day: June 5th, 2023

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  • I wonder what the full scope of privacy benefits might be here? Obviously, if you log into your account and interact with videos, YouTube will be able to see that–but are you protected from other forms of tracking? If you don’t opt to login, how private is it really? With NewPipe, I know it’s completely private, whereas with Vanced, there were some inevitable privacy holes. I’m really curious where this application falls in all of that. It’d be nice to see a breakdown of what this app does and does not do for one’s privacy.


  • I love most names. I know that sounds stupid, but I have a weird fascination with names. I love meeting people with names I haven’t heard before, it makes me really happy. I also love to introduce my friends to people with fake names, like I might introduce two people to each other as Telemachus Entwhistle and Victoria Saint Watercress, then walk away and let them figure out their real names. Sometimes I use people’s full names in fake anger, but make up a middle name, like Aloysius or Jezebel, or make up a name that their already full first name might be short for.

    One of my favorite jokes in all of TV is the running gag on Psych where the main character introduces his friend and partner, Gus, by a different name in every episode, like Lavender Gumes or Galileo Humpkins.I really don’t know why I find it so amusing, but I love it.

    I think some of my actual favorite names, like ones I might really name a kid, would be like Ruth, Miles, Olivia, Matthew, James, Joe, Sorrel, Elan, Evan, Lyric, Bear, Atticus, and Cynthia.


  • I know you didn’t mean it this way, but the implication that there are “breeds” of people can be very offensive, as it compares someone’s lineage to domesticated animals. Racists have long used the term “breed” to describe disenfranchised minority groups in an intentionally derogatory manner. Culture and heritage are baked onto our identities, and they are very dear to many people’s hearts and vital to our sense of self.

    It’s also not scientifically accurate, because breeds are bred. They are not naturally occurring variations in a species, they are bred for a purpose, by humans, through artificial selection. It’s why there are breeds of dogs, cats, and horses, but we don’t normally use that word for starfish or rhinos.

    Humans don’t have breeds because we are not bred. We are products of our environment, our culture, and our history. Race is a construct, and the closest thing we have are ethnicities, which are our geographical origins and ancestry.