In order of preference:

The ability to travel through time (and change things) as I wish, and to also have a basic understanding the way those changes will impact the (relative to the time I am currently in) future. None of that “Earth’s in the wrong place, you die in the vacuum of space” bullshit.

The ability to bring people back from the dead and have them be healthy and happy

Shape shifting

“Hey, Friend, do me a favor. Write a fictional story wherein all of my wildest dreams came true, and the world is perfect, and my mom is still alive, and also it’s a socialist utopia? Yeah. Literally just that. Like a paragraph long. Doesn’t need to be good. Yeah. Everyone I love is immortal. Got it? Perfect. Deuces”,

In the phrase “it’s the 90s” the connotation was optimistic, things are improving, et cetera. In “it’s the 21st century” or “it’s 202x” the idea is normally about how tech has or should have improved, in my experience. Like, the 90s phrase could be used for just about anything, “it’s the 90s, Jimmy, everyone’s cool with the gays!” Or whatever else. It was optimism and hope and a belief that things were improving. Now it’s just “it’s 2025, why the fuck doesn’t my debit card work?” Or “in the year of our Lord 2021, why does no one believe the scientists?”

Most people on Lemmy, maybe. The smart watches are popular as shit, as far as I’ve seen. I rarely see someone without one out in public

And on top of that, a device to track your steps that you wildly overpay for isn’t exactly comparable to a full “I can think and know all the info on Wikipedia” sci-fi future of computer-brain interfaces. I absolutely do see the brand-loyal fanatics signing up for Google Grey Matter or the apple iBrain

Honestly? Terrifying. Not to get all "mark of the beast"y or anything like that, but they’re not going to have to force us to get brain-computer interface chips, people are going to line up for them and pay for it willingly. And then after a while, actual thought crimes become a real thing. I don’t want to live in a world where I have to worry about the encryption level of my brain. I don’t want Dear Leader, whoever that may be at the time, knowing if I like them.

10 years ago, this would have exited the hell out of me. Now? All I can think about is how fucking terrifying it is.

I’ve seen this movie. Run, Tuvix! Run for your life!

Yeah, I went and checked to make sure they weren’t aggressive or hostile before posting my comment. I think they are genuine, and they’ve responded to people who told them basically “wrong community” and then posted in a different community. I think there might also be a language barrier at work here. The particular “denomination” (not really a fitting world, but “sect” is loaded and “path” sounds hippydippy to most people) is in hard to pin down, but it sounds like a guru-centric Vaishnavite group with a lot of Christian influence in their morals. Hinduism doesn’t really have a lot of the “no sex!” Rules until Christianity influenced it, which is why I’m guessing a specific guru lineage and not just a general Vaishnavite family tradition. But, not an expert. Either way, I think they’re at least attempting to act in good faith

Jai parabrahman! Hare Krishna! I checked out your profile. I’m an Advaitin, so I hope you don’t take this as hostility.

I see what you’re trying to do, and I respect it. You have a sincerely held belief, and you want to share that. But this really isn’t the place for it. Evangelizing Bhakti in communities that aren’t designed for the discussion of religion or philosophy is just going to end up with locked threads and eventually probably a ban. You need to read the community rules before posting, and seek out communities specifically for this kind of discussion. They do exist. There are Buddhist communities already, though I have not found a Hindu community yet. Consider creating one! While you and I do not agree on many things, I would join a Hindu community on Lemmy.

I know you think you’re helping, but in reality you will drive people further from your position by attempting to go around the rules and brute force your opinions. Sanatana Dharma is a big tent, with a lot of variation, and Bhakti has its place, but these sorts of posts are quite similar to some of the harmful things that people around here have experienced with other religions. Evangelism hurt a lot of people, in India and in the west, and Lemmy is primarily dominated by users who have rejected it or have negative associations with Christian evangelism, and will not react fondly to being preached at, especially when it so closely resembles what they’re actively attempting to move away from.

I do hope you can find or create a community here on Lemmy to discuss your beliefs! If you’d ever like to have a discussion about Advaita, vishtiadvaita, Shaivism, or nondualism I would love that. I’d even be very interested to talk about Bhakti some time! My personal path is attempting to find and understand Nirguna Brahman, but I would love to discuss your Saguna and learn more about that path. I’m assuming you’re a Vaishnavite, and I have always been interested in learning more about that tradition.

Om Shanti. Om tat sat.

Haha. It’s so fucking awful, ain’t it? Lol

That’s really interesting! Thanks for explaining. How often do you play music for your patients? I’ve never had a doctor do this, but I haven’t had a lot of procedures

Like, you joke, but straight up, I despise getting pubes in my mouth. Fucking things are worse than popcorn kernal shells.

That’s one of the nicest compliments I’ve ever gotten. Thank you!

Dude was very appreciative, he was panicked because he had pictures and sentimental things in it. Did not offer a reward and we didn’t ask… I did hope. But I didn’t ask. Lol

I dream of finding the wallet stuffed with enough cash to dig me out of this mess, but in reality, if there’s any way at all to get it back to who dropped it, I will. Found a wallet a few months ago on a day trip, laying in the road. Ending up using the names on the credit cards to Facebook stalk a dude, found his company website, called him, and met him a half hour later to return it. Had like 800 dollars in cash it. I just… Can’t be an asshole, even when it would benefit me

No community in jokes, but mine used to be “MailOrderWifi” and I had a neighbor who’s wifi name was “OnlyGaysStealWifi” with no password

Two things, quick one first: how do you play music on your phone if you’re scrubbed in? Like, can you touch your phone?

More important one:

That’s so fucking awesome. Medical professionals like you really help the freaked-out among us.

Not the same level of thing, obviously, but I have a bad phobia around blood draws. I don’t like shots, but I can deal pretty well. But blood draws just fully freak me out and I don’t know why. Same reaction I’d have if you tried to have me a black widow spider. The worst part of it, for some reason, is the location. It hurts less in the crook of the elbow, but psychologically, that’s the worst spot for me.

Had to get blood drawn today, and my PCP and all her nurses know how I am with this. I take it like a big boy, but I’m fully seething on the inside. I don’t freak out or panic, but I sit there and just have to close my eyes and make myself breathe, because I will legit forget to breathe.

Today, two nurses came in, and one kept me talking the whole time. Random shit. Talked about tattoos and car trouble and bills. Complete distraction technique, and it helped so much. The pain isn’t the issue, and other places have offered numbing spray. I mean, sure, that’s nice. But that isn’t the problem. The problem is that my fight or flight is kicking in. This doctor and the nurses get that, and they went the extra mile. It was amazing.

Sadly, I’m going to have to change doctors soon. I’ll really miss them.

That’s a fair point. Lol. I do prefer shaved, or at least trimmed, but in porn I don’t mind hairy so much. I don’t care for it in real life when it’s in my mouth, though. Hairy balls are unpleasant in the mouth

Spitting. It grosses me out so bad when people spit in each other’s faces or mouths. Ugh.

Professional porn is also unappealing. Anything that feels fake.

When guys refer to their body parts by female terms (like a guy saying “fuck my pussy,” “make me pregnant” et cetera).

When they are clearly on meth

See, I watch gay porn, so that under view with balls is actually super hot. Lol. And I quite like the pile driving/jackhammer fucking in real life, so that doesn’t bother me, either. But I don’t like professional porn, I like amateur stuff. And the fake moaning suuuuucks

Without having read it myself, perhaps they mean 5% of total usage. So the gas generation is built to be able to handle 2/3rds of the power demand, in case of outage as a backup, but in normal operation will only contribute 5% of the energy demand. That way, in the event of a failure of the renewable energy source for whatever reason, or a failure in the batteries, the gas can kick in and keep the servers online while cutting disposal operations that represent 1/3 of the total.