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People Share Signs Your Significant Other Doesn't Actually Love You
Nov 23, 2024
You may be on cloud nine with the person you're dating or have been in a relationship with you for a while.
But sometimes you may wonder if the feeling is mutual based on hints that the other person who is sharing your bed isn't exactly on the same page with you emotionally.
It's an awkward place to be in, and when it turns out your instincts were correct that something is off, it's a huge letdown.
Curious to hear examples of these, Redditor Christophe12591 asked:
"What are some signs your significant other DOES NOT love you?"
When it's all about them all of the time, it's time to reassess the relationship.
Second Best
"If they constantly prioritize everything else over you or never communicate their feelings, that's a major red flag!"
– McDonaldsCashierr
"Deprioritizing you was going to be my answer. If your partner cancels on you because something cooler came up, or you tell them you want something small and they never bother to do it for you, or they put their own job/feelings/whatever before yours at your expense, they’re not in it for you."
"Loving someone means supporting and sacrificing to make them happy. Some people can do that for big gestures, but on the micro level they aren’t willing to sacrifice anything."
"They’ll never sacrifice 10 minutes of playing video games to help you wash dishes when they know you’ve had a long way, or won’t be quiet at night even though they know their partner has an early day the next day."
"They’ll never volunteer to deal with the repair guy when they know you have a work presentation coming up and need to focus because that would make their own day harder."
"They’ll never pick the smaller, uglier piece of chicken when you cook dinner. They’ll never ask if you want the last Sprite. They’ll never do these things because their happiness is higher priority than yours, and there is no way to love someone that way."
Take A Bow
"They act like being with you is an obligation, not something they actually want."
– Mystic_Shines
"Takes two to tango, most of the time this happens for a reason, and the other party is already way over the relationship but doesn't have the guts to end it."
– karlmarkz321
You're The Supporting Character
"When you're physically in the same room, yet you feel as though they're far away - that your presence is 'incidental' because their thoughts and affections are elsewhere."
– NaughtyGirl66l
"Or when you're physically in the same room and you can feel their anger and irritation about your presence radiating from them."
– AriasK
Passive disinterest in you.
"They'll listen to your stories- if it interests them. They'll hang out with you- if you're their only option at the moment. They'll get you something- if you ask them to (despite expecting spontaneous gifts from you, and you asking them for spontaneity in return; this can range from coffee to something more extravagant)."
"They'll never meet you halfway on a compromise, and instead ask you to set aside your own needs, even if it's something major that you can't set aside. If you ever manage to set aside your needs, they complain about how you don't do it more often."
"If you want to show them music, they ask you to put headphones in if they're not enjoying it- but will blast their music, no headphones, and expect you to always enjoy it or put YOUR headphones in when you don't want to hear THEIR music (yes, this one is something I'm familiar with)."
"But when it comes to THEIR stories, and what THEY like to do, and what THEY want, they expect 100% of your attention and interest. Compromising is foreign to them."
"Word of advice to people, before they end up in a 7 1/2 years long one-sided relationship; if they won't, don't, or 'can't' show interest in what brings you joy, or expect you to make yourself uncomfortable and small for their sake? They don't love you, they love the convenience of love that you give to them."
"All the examples I used were things my now ex-fiancée did for that stretch of time, and she only confessed to me earlier this month that she only ever saw me as a friend."
– Vulpine-Poltergeist
When things get hostile, it might not be a good idea to stick around.
Ticking Time Bomb
"You feel you are walking on eggshells around them because they pop off at you constantly and use disgusting insults/curse words."
– tokoloshe_noms_toes
When Everything Bad Is All On You
"Contempt. Everything is your fault. YOU didn't do this. YOU didn't so that."
– thekilgore
"Yeah. Or blaming you for how they treat you."
"I only acted that way to you (disrespect, insults etc) because YOU did this thing I don't like."
"Basically, it's always your fault for them feeling poorly."
– Deadmodemanmode
Whiplash Effect
"They insult you, then love bomb you to keep you trapped."
– bourkiii-beans
"Yep been there done that, took me way too long to leave. Never looked back and been single ever since. Totally happy about that. Also took me forever to heal after all the tear downs, I still struggle at times. It’s amazing what one person can do to another."
– IntoStarDust
People have started feeling like their SO was slowly drifting away, indicating a unilateral decision was made to move on.
Slow Realization
"You can kinda just feel the drop off in interest. You may not notice it as much while it’s happening due to denial or something, but looking back later on it becomes pretty obvious."
– FriendlyxxLady
"My ex did this to me, but I put it down to all sorts of different things before realising he just didn’t want to be with me anymore. Was probably about 6 months of being hardly spoken to and dismissed constantly."
"In the end, I was just like 'Do you not want to be with me anymore?', and he like couldn’t speak, and shrugged. And that was it, a 7 year relationship over. I felt like I’d dumped myself!"
– mrspillins
"You stop being a priority. And that's not to say you always have to be the number one priority all the time, but it should be reasonable. If your SO keeps going out with friends instead of spending any time with you for weeks, then maybe you need to have a talk."
– NaughtyxxGirl7
No Time For You
"Lack of time for you is the biggest red flag, romantic or not, family or not, friend or not."
– Adorable-7Madam
"This is a big one, I let the guy I was talking to get away with too much but when he started neglecting me I knew I was done."
– EatPrayLoveLife
"I was in an abusive relationship but scared to leave, so I kept busy with other things and then they flipped it on me and said I was toxic because I didn’t want to spend time with them even thought it was their abuse that drove me away."
– can1g0somewh3r3
Your Concerns Don't Matter
"If you express an issue you have and they keep doing it regardless how much you tell them it bothers you."
– Several-Progress-991
"The bad version of that is if they keep telling you they’ll change, or refusing to address it, and just keep doing it anyway."
"There’s a different version of this where you have an issue with their partner, and they’re just honest that it’s not something they’re willing to change, but are willing to try and find other solutions if possible."
"That can still sometimes be the end of a relationship, but it’s an end where they communicated and realized you weren’t compatible, rather than made someone else’s life miserable until they realize it’s not working."
"The first one is a lack of love or respect or just someone too immature to be in a relationship at all. The second one sucks too but sometimes you’re just not right for each other and that’s ok."
– FlanSteakSasquatch
Being Unconcerned About You
"You tell them you're feeling down and lonely and they don't give a sh*t. Then wonder why their spouse suffers in silence..."
– notsurewhoiam89
"I hear you on that one. Nothing quite like a day pushing you right to the the edge of a metaphorical roof, thinking about that one last step, and they never look up from their phone, and have all of the conversational responses ('yeah? ouch. that sucks. uh huh') in the wrong places of the non-versation. And when you stop talking, that 5% attention is right back on the phone. "
– fleener_house
Lacking Confidence In You
"They act like you’re incapable of new or different things instead of encouraging you like 'you can do it.' Like if you try a new hobby or express a new interest, they’ll act like you probably can’t do it instead of cheering you on."
– Ok_Nothing_9733
These examples serve as a reminder not to discount your feelings and instincts that something is off in a relationship.
Rather than being in a perpetual state of denial that it's all in your head could come back and haunt you for deciding to stay in a fading relationship.
If your significant other is making you feel insignificant in their actions, be the bigger person and confront them about their cowardice of wanting to break up.
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Swiss Church Sparks Debate After Introducing Bizarre AI Jesus Hologram To Take Confessions
Nov 22, 2024
A church in Switzerland is stirring debate with its use of an AI-generated Jesus hologram for confessions. Dubbed Deus in Machina (“God in Machine”), the project is installed at St. Peter’s Chapel in Lucerne, the city’s oldest Catholic church.
The hologram, developed by experts from Lucerne University’s Immersive Realities Center and a parish theologian, greets users with, “Peace be with you, brother,” and invites them to share what’s troubling their hearts. It can respond in 100 languages, with answers based on sacred scripture and theological texts sourced from the internet.
Folks were pretty weirded out.
That's creepy
— Rhiannon Raincrow🇬🇧🇮🇪☦️🔵 (@rhiannonraincrow.bsky.social) November 21, 2024 at 2:01 PM
What can he do better than the original? Revived after two days?
— Dieter Mueller (Klarname) — 6*💉 (@bitpaul53.bsky.social) November 21, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Speech synthesis (another application of machine learning) is also often used by automated phone bots. They have gotten VERY convincing if you're not educated about their existence.
— John (@macronid.com) November 20, 2024 at 10:54 PM
AI Jesus: and the Lord sayeth, is yon image a traffic light??
— Tobias Wilson-Bates (@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social) November 22, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Some people thought of the ways you could mess with an AI Jesus.
Were I a Swiss teen I would spend all my time trying to get AI Jesus to swear www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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— Prof Dynarski (@dynarski.bsky.social) November 22, 2024 at 2:13 AM
New heist film drops: a gang of international hackers chase a war criminal to his Swiss chalet and now they must break into the AI Jesus confessional booth in order to record his confession and discover where he his millions in looted cash.
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— Movies Silently (@moviessilently.bsky.social) November 22, 2024 at 8:12 AM
This is right out of THX 1138!
— Producing The Beatles (@ptbeatles.bsky.social) November 22, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Folks felt a little haunted by the news.
Is your feed entirely AI Jesus or is that just me and my religious trauma?
— Sofia Prado Huggins (@sofiawithaphd.bsky.social) November 22, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Rollin’ down the strip in my ‘64 Got AI Jesus on the dashboard He don’t slip and he don’t slide Cuz AI Jesus is magnetized
— Scott Beckett (@scottbeckett.bsky.social) November 22, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Finally, a necessary reminder.
This should go without saying but please do not confess your sins to AI Jesus.
— See Emily Play (but she’s sharp) (@rebelmusicteach.bsky.social) November 21, 2024 at 7:12 AM
A.I.men to that 🕍
— Dee (@reallyoldlight.bsky.social) November 21, 2024 at 1:20 PM
For those wishing to visit, St. Peter's Church is in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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AOC Calls Out Exactly What Nancy Mace's 'Gross' Anti-Trans Bathroom Crusade Is Actually About
Nov 22, 2024
Speaking to reporters, New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out South Carolina Republican Representative Nancy Mace, for proposing a bill that would prohibit transgender women from using women's bathroom facilities at the U.S. Capitol.
Mace introduced the resolution shortly after Delaware elected Democrat Sarah McBride as the first openly transgender member of Congress.
The bill would bar members of Congress, as well as congressional officers and employees, from using single-sex facilities that do not align with their biological sex. The proposal appears to target McBride, who secured Delaware's lone seat in the House.
When asked about the proposal by reporters on Monday, Mace stated she wasn’t concerned about how her future colleague might feel about the measure. She said "Sarah McBride doesn’t get a say in this" because "If you’re a biological man, you shouldn’t be in women’s restrooms.”
On Wednesday, Speaker Mike Johnson announced that he would impose the policy on the Capitol and House office buildings.
“All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” Johnson said. “It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol.”
But Ocasio-Cortez pointed out that the policy—despite what Mace or her GOP backers might say—is not about protecting people:
"What Nancy Mace and Speaker [Mike] Johnson are doing is endangering all women and girls because if you ask them, 'What is your plan to enforce this?' they won't come up with an answer. What it inevitably results in is that women and girls who are primed for assault [are going to have people checking] their private parts in suspecting who is trans and who is cis and who's doing what."
"The idea that Nancy Mace wants girls and women to drop trou in front of an investigator? Who would that be because she wants to suspect and point fingers at who she thinks is trans is disgusting. It's disgusting. Frankly, what it does is allow all these Republicans to go around and bully anyone who's not wearing a skirt because they think she might not look 'woman' enough."
"People have a right to express themselves, to dress how they want, and to be who they are, and if a woman doesn't look 'woman' enough to Republicans, they want to inspect her genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting and everybody, no matter how you may feel about this issue, should reject it completely."
"What are they doing? They''re doing this so Nancy Mace can make a buck and send a text and fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangerijng women, they're endangering girls of all kinds and everybody should reject it. It's gross."
You can hear what she said in the video below.
Many concurred.
McBride issued a statement shortly afterward saying she would comply with the rules:
“I’m not here to fight about bathrooms, I’m here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families. Like all members, I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson, even if I disagree with them. This effort to distract from the real issues facing this country hasn’t distracted me over the last several days.”
“Serving in the 119th Congress will be the honor of a lifetime, and I continue to look forward to getting to know my future colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Each of us were sent here because voters saw in us something that they value."
"I have loved seeing those qualities in the future colleagues that I’ve met and I look forward to seeing those qualities in every member come January. I hope all of my colleagues will seek to do the same with me.”
Wisconsin Democratic Representative Mark Pocan pushed back, however, saying Johnson's "holier-than-thou decree to ban transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their identity is a cruel and unnecessary rule that puts countless staff, interns, and visitors to the United States Capitol at risk."
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Leo DiCaprio And Kate Winslet Share Tender Kiss During Surprise Reunion To Delight Of Fans
Nov 22, 2024
Hollywood A-listers Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, famous for their star-crossed lover roles in the global box office phenomenon Titanic 27 years ago, gave fans all the feels when they recently reunited on stage for a screening of Winslet's latest film.
DiCaprio introduced Winslet on stage at a screening of her new "passion project" film, Lee, based on the life and work of WWII journalist Lee Miller, played by Winslet.
Before bringing her out, DiCaprio told the audience gathered at the Harmony Gold Theater in Los Angeles:
“Kate, my dear friend, your work in this film has been nothing short of transformative."
“I continue to be awestruck, I continue to admire your strength, your integrity, your talent, and your passion to every single project.”
The 50-year-old Killers of the Flower Moon actor choked up as he mentioned Winslet's name to explain her dedication to Lee, which was over nine years in the making to honor Lee's legacy of documenting the atrocities Europe endured during the Second World War.
He then introduced his longtime friend and colleague as "one of the great talents of my generation."
Winslet, moved by her bestie's eloquent introduction, joined him on stage where they adoringly embraced and kissed each other on the lips.
"I can't even look at Leo now because I'm going to cry," said the 49-year-old Mare of Easttown actor as DiCaprio gave her the stage.
You can see the sweet moment here.
- YouTubeyoutu.be
Here's a juxtaposed video featuring each actor's speech and the sweet kiss from farther away.
Fans loved seeing them together again.
DiCaprio and Winslet famously portrayed doomed lovers Jack and Rose in James Cameron's 1997 epic romance Titanic. She had turned 21 during production at the time, and DiCaprio was 22.
The two have remained close ever since and reunited for the 2008 drama Revolutionary Road.
In stark contrast to their Titanic roles, DiCaprio and Winslet played Frank and April Wheeler, a couple that gradually experience the painful dissolution of their marriage in suburban Connecticut.
Whenever the two happen to get together, it's always a sentimental moment.
Winslet told the Guardian in a 2021 interview that she "couldn't stop crying" after seeing DiCaprio for the first time in three years.
"I've known him for half my life!" she said, adding:
"It's not as if I've found myself in New York or he's been in London and there's been a chance to have dinner or grab a coffee and a catchup."
"We haven't been able to leave our countries. Like so many friendships globally, we've missed each other because of COVID."
"He's my friend, my really close friend. We’re bonded for life."
Now, that's a friendship that gleams brighter than the "Heart of the Ocean."
Lee had its world premiere in September 2023 at the Toronto International Film Festival, after which Sky Cinema gave the film its theatrical release in the UK and Ireland in September 2024.
The film was released domestically in September after Roadside Attractions and Vertical acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film in February 2024.
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Dem Rep. Expertly Pinpoints Why Republicans Are Dismantling DEI Programs In Mic Drop Rant
Nov 22, 2024
Speaking during a House Oversight Committee hearing, Pennsylvania Democratic Representative Summer Lee expertly pinpointed why diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs are being targeted by Republicans nationwide, noting that "remedying past discrimination is not, in turn, a discrimination."
DEI programs are organizational strategies aimed at ensuring fair treatment and full participation for everyone, with a special focus on historically marginalized or discriminated groups. These frameworks strive to create an environment where all individuals, regardless of their identity or abilities, are valued and included.
Critics argue that DEI programs are discriminatory and try to address racial discrimination by disadvantaging other groups, particularly White Americans. However, supporters and industry experts maintain that DEI practices, which have been in place for decades, have been politicized and are often misunderstood.
Lee spoke as Republicans voiced their support for the “Dismantle DEI Act,” which would “abolish” all federal DEI offices and eliminate funding for federal DEI programs, saying that "Americans who have not enjoyed centuries of unfair advantages" would suffer if the bill passes.
You can hear what she said in the video below, which she shared to her followers on X, formerly Twitter.
She said:
"We know who those Americans are: Americans who have not enjoyed centuries of unfair advantages by keeping each other enslaved or segregated or disenfranchised or incarcerated or redlined or gerrymandered or excluded by law. Americans who have disabilities or have had their relationships criminalized or their gender expression demonized."
"If we're being honest here, this bill, which would wipe out every diversity, equity, and inclusion program in our federal agencies wants those who contract with us, plus those who receive grant money, plus our schools is nothing new. This is just the final piece of a decades-long obsession with targeting or dismantling anything that might give marginalized people a fair shot, including DEI programs which started the second the Civil Rights Act passed."
"Policies like affirmative action and diversity, equity, and inclusion are the closest thing we have to the mythical bootstraps that some of my colleagues insist historically harmed communities need to pick themselves up by after centuries of efforts to keep us out of schools and jobs and universities and elected offices, Republicans attacking these policies is no accident."
"Why do predominantly conservative white men believe that the success of a Black person or the opportunity or access of a Black person is an existential threat to them? DEI is not giving them any unfair advantage that society itself does not already confer on certain Americans. It merely exists to ensure that all other people, women, minoritized folks, queer folks, disabled folks have the same opportunities to thrive in our workforce, in our schools as people who have not had those opportunities."
Lee noted that "contrary to Republican conjecture, remedying past discrimination is not, in turn, a discrimination," adding that "we're not going to sit here and pretend racism is over just because one Black person on the Supreme Court agreed that it should be." She added that DEI programs do not give "some kind of pass" to better jobs or opportunities, stressing that the definition of "equity" is to "treat people fairly and impartially."
She went further, stressing that "Republicans are trying to bastardize the term to be a slur" by referring to Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Vice President Kamala Harris as "DEI hires."
And referring to Pete Hegseth and Linda McMahon, President-elect Donald Trump's respective nominees for Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Education, she said:
“They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but a Fox personality is qualified to run the Department of Defense and a WWE executive is qualified to run the Department of Education."
She added:
“Let’s be real. There is an attempt to create a direct correlation between our race, being a Black person and our qualifications. So much as to say there is no way to be a Black woman, there is no résumé a Black person could have that would qualify them unless that Black person is a Republican and there is a quota there.”
"While all of this is happening at the top level of our government, I can promise you these same things are happening at every level of government and the private sector, but those people do not have a national platform to speak out against discriminatory treatment."
"Where is a federal worker supposed to turn when a colleague makes a racist comment in the break room? Where is the same-sex couple, because of their relationship, supposed to turn? Where is a pregnant woman who was fired for being pregnant supposed to go? Often the only place they have to give them any recourse are the diversity, equity, and inclusion programs."
"These folks just want to do their jobs serving the American people in an environment that makes them feel safe and supports them. Making work a better and safe environment for some does not mean it's automatically worse for others and those complaining about DEI training are probably the ones who need it the most."
She concluded:
"My Republican colleagues have got to stop punching down on already marginalized communities and face their own fears of a level playing field privately. It’s shameful."
Many applauded her remarks.
Your move, Republicans.
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