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[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 13 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

RE: the original comic

I think the attitude of "oh, if you're a maladjusted man, you need to go get a girlfriend" is a toxic social expectation and one of the major causes of the male loneliness epidemic.

There are a lot of sad men in the world who have very solvable emotional problems. But instead of working on self improvement (exercise, mindfulness, therapy, getting friends, starting a hobby), they go looking for a girlfriend to fix them. The girls say "this isn't the 1950s, buckaroo, I don't have to be your mummy anymore", and reject the men. Then the men become incels and go online looking for male validation. They find the manosphere, and people like Tate say "exercise, eat good, practice grindfulness, and hate women". And since some of that advice is good, the men feel better and follow the bad parts too, like hating women. Which just makes them more bitter and lonelier people.

So, uhhhh, cultist who wants a demon to kill your rival. You should go for a walk, have a nutritious meal, do something that makes you happy, think about your place in the universe, and make a new friend. You don't need a girlfriend to practice healthy living, and you certainly don't need to hate women to practice healthy living.

[–] asqapro@reddthat.com 4 points 37 minutes ago

I had that mentality of "I just need girlfriend to fix me" for a long time. I was lucky that enough people like you made posts and comments like these and the message eventually got through to me. Therapy has been great for helping me understand how to fix and improve my life without relying on someone else, and that's motivated me to exercise more, eat better, and improve my mental health through journaling and other activities.

I know it can sometimes feel like you're shouting into the void with comments like this, where a few people upvote and you get some silly responses, but you never know if your comment may be the one that finally gets through to someone. I appreciate comments like this and I hope people never stop repeating it.

Sir, this is a Wendy's

[–] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 hours ago

That doesn't look like Pantalaimon?

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 39 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I remember thinking it was cool when Doom loaded with R_Init: Init DOOM refresh daemon

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

That message has been forever seared into my brain and comes up when seeing the word "daemon".

[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 9 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

What about the Daniel Suarez Daemon, a decision tree designed to take over the world?

[–] NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago

I'm so ready for that thing to be real and just take over this shit.

I'm an idealist lol.

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 hours ago

Loved them all. What's next?

[–] Kabutor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You mean in all caps? Isn’t that a bit much?

[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 8 points 10 hours ago

Not enough. Needs some \u001b[1m

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 13 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

crontab is actually neutral evil

the artist, i think, is owen cyclops

https://owencyclops.com/comics/

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Cron is absolutely lawful, not neutral. If there's any deamon that defines lawfulness it's sendmail, but after it, it's cron.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 3 points 9 hours ago

Cunningham's Law ftw

[–] Pyro@programming.dev 14 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

I've never heard of daemons outside a programming context

[–] vanillama@programming.dev 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They were divine beings above humans and below gods, they're probably the main inspiration for both angels and demons in Christianity

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 9 hours ago

They were demons but with a funny æ

[–] Klear@quokk.au 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 14 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 hours ago

Stop poking meeeeee!

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago

Cool. Looks fun. Thanks.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 3 points 9 hours ago
[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 4 points 9 hours ago

They appear in Warhammer a fair bit.

[–] xSikes@feddit.online 2 points 7 hours ago

Daemon = day man with some twang

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago
[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

So why are they called daemons and not demons?

[–] zarlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Many people equate the word "daemon" with the word "demon", implying some kind of satanic connection between UNIX and the underworld. This is an egregious misunderstanding. "Daemon" is actually a much older form of "demon"; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a "personal daemon" was similar to the modern concept of a "guardian angel"—eudaemonia is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(computing)

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 points 4 hours ago

Ah, the joke's part of a quote - my first thought was you highlighting it might cause a po-faced editor to remove it.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

They're equated because Christians label all heathenry as demonic.

Tl;Dr It's the same word but with an æ

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

Alt spelling.