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▲ 118 r/TwoXChromosomes

I said no to nudes and still feel like I messed up

I'm 25F. I matched with this 28M on an app 13 days ago. I know because my roommate, Lena, teased me for grinning at my phone.

We had not met yet. No coffee, no walk, nothing. Just texts, voice notes, and one 40 minute call where he sounded nice enough that I started getting attached, which is embarrassing. He remembered my dog's name and asked about my late shift. He sent burnt tacos at 1:07 a.m. and called it "chef behavior." Stupid, but I liked it.

Friday night Lena and I were going out, and I sent him two mirror pictures before we left. Black dress, regular pictures. I wasn't trying to start anything. I just felt pretty.

When I got home around midnight I was in our bathroom with one heel still on, mascara under one eye, trying to get an earring unstuck. He texted, "send one more but less clothes lol."

I said I don't send nudes to men I haven't met. He wrote, "fair."

Then maybe ten minutes later, while I was sitting there on the closed toilet because I was too tired to stand, he asked again. I said no again. He replied, "You're so uptight. Other girls don't make it this much work."

I hate that my first reaction wasn't anger. I just felt hot and stupid, like I had ruined the fun by being boring. Which I know is backwards. I know.

Yesterday I told Maya at brunch. She's been my friend since college and is usually the one who says "ew" before I even finish, so I expected that. Instead she shrugged and said, "If you like him, crop your face out. It's not that deep." I laughed because the waitress was pouring coffee and I didn't want to cry over eggs.

He hasn't texted since. I deleted the chat, restored it, muted him, unmuted him, then typed "sorry if I was weird" and deleted that too.

I don't want to send anything. I don't want him, I think. I just hate that I'm sitting here wondering if a normal boundary made me difficult.

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u/Mental-Telephone3496 — 3 days ago
▲ 5 r/meshyai

Horror game assets are Meshy's secret strength and nobody talks about it

Working on a horror game prototype and AI generation is perfect for this genre. Here's why.

Horror thrives on "almost right but something is wrong" which is exactly what AI models do naturally. A slightly deformed face, a chair with weird proportions, a door that's not quite rectangular. In any other genre these are flaws. In horror they're features.

Generated a bunch of assets for a haunted house scene in Meshy. Broken furniture, cracked mirrors, melted candles, old books, dusty bottles, a grandfather clock. The "imperfect" quality of AI generation gives everything this unsettling vibe without me trying.

The best one was a rocking chair. "old wooden rocking chair, cracked paint, one armrest broken, dusty, horror atmosphere, realistic". It came out slightly asymmetrical with the broken armrest looking genuinely damaged. Perfect.

Creatures are where it really shines for horror. "pale humanoid creature, elongated limbs, no eyes, crouching pose, horror, realistic" gave me something that made me uncomfortable to look at. Exactly what I wanted.

Textures I keep dark and desaturated. Adding "dusty, aged, decayed, dim lighting" to every prompt keeps the horror mood consistent across all assets.

If you're making anything horror related, lean into the AI weirdness instead of fighting it.

u/Mental-Telephone3496 — 7 days ago
▲ 23 r/DIYHeatPumps

Been running this Costway mini split for a couple weeks now so figured i'd share some quick impressions.Installed it for a room that used to overheat every afternoon, especially when i'm working from home.Biggest difference is how steady the temperature is now. Before it would slowly creep up, now it just stays where i set it.Cooling speed is solid for a small space, not instant but consistent.Also noticeably quieter than the portable unit i had before. Once it's running i don’'t really think about it.Install was pretty straightforward for a basic setup, nothing too complicated.Overall feels like a simple, reliable option for a single room.

u/Mental-Telephone3496 — 15 days ago
▲ 5 r/DJIAvata

Avata 360 dropped a little while back and from what I saw online it sold out quick cuz too many people were trying to grab one. This is literally the look I've been trying to get with my camera but could never quite nail from the ground.

The light is super flat which is the worst case scenario for most sensors. But the ocean color going from that teal green up close to deep blue further out looks smooth and natural. And the palm trees on the right side kinda blew my mind. Even after cropping in pretty hard from the 360 footage it still looks sharp which is a big deal for me cuz I always end up changing my framing in post anyway. I never thought id use 360 drone stuff in an actual edit but this one fr made me reconsider...

I know overcast lighting isnt the most extreme scenario but it handles both the bright sky and the dark rocks without losing detail. The little ripples on the water and peoples clothes on the beach all look clean too no smearing no visible noise with f1.9 in dim conditions so the light intake is there. I tend to go pretty heavy on my color grades and I like to push the shadows a lot so im really curious to see how far I can take it

u/Mental-Telephone3496 — 20 days ago