toxic use of ‘impactful’
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 March 2018 18:12 (six years ago) link
this is interesting -- the "toxic" adjective is in a sense corrective: if women are going to take the same tack and be labeled "hysterical" (or some equivalent), it's only fair (it follows) that men should be policed similarly
hmmm idk, that's a trap that a lot of leftists/progressives/whatevers fall into i think, following privilege rhetoric to the conclusion that everyone's lives should be shittier instead of raised up to the same standard of how we currently treat straight white males.
― oiocha, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link
also "let's call them all terrorists" instead of "maybe they all need mental health help"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
this stuff is always on my mind but i can't say i have anything constructive to add about it any more (i used to think so). i kind of let my feelings guide my actions and try not to get too involved in making pronouncements on myself or others. if someone is being pretty obviously misogynist, i try to 'close the tab' so to speak or remove myself from the situation because it just makes me angry. also if someone seems too invested in 'being masculine' (mentions it in their grindr bio for instance), that's a turn-off. caring enough about being in some kind of role to name it says you're too neurotic about it for me and not interested in real sun energy (exploring all the roles). i am kind of fascinated whenever i see people performing masculinity: how natural does it seem, where are the cracks, when does the tension of doing it erupt into a bit of self-consciousness and what do the escape valves look like (humor? humiliation?)
― map, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
lately i feel like an aspect of 'masculinity' people are needing / desiring is rootedness, which absolutely shouldn't be gendered and maybe that's part of the problem. like thinking about the texas bomber, how derelict does your soil have to be in order to do something like that.
― map, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 18:09 (six years ago) link
I won't defend Samantha Bee for her comment, knowing the WHAT ABOUT debate it would inevitably have kicked off.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 June 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
^^^
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 June 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
shudder to think what the world would be like without samantha bee's important voice
― k3vin k., Friday, 1 June 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
ok bad post, I'm sure people like her
― k3vin k., Friday, 1 June 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
I don't really care what she called Ivanka but she and Oliver strike me as standard bearers of tepid liberal "resistance." And Oliver looks radical next to her.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 1 June 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
yeah i bet she hasn't even broken any bank windows
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Saturday, 2 June 2018 00:34 (five years ago) link
Iirc she mocked people who go to protests for “not voting” and her evidence of this was low turnout in an effectively uncontested Los Angeles mayoral race. Even the women’s march was too radical for her.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Saturday, 2 June 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
are you being full of shit on purpose
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 2 June 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
or is your "iirc" just malfunctioning
her beliefs don't align 100% with mine (she has had trouble letting go of the hillary clinton train or admitting that her candidate/campaign has severe flaws) but in general she highlights really important issues and is funny and gives a voice to people who normally don't get to address millions of people on tv. so i'm willing to forgive her for not being perfect
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Saturday, 2 June 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
xposts
shes funny
END OF M8
― laurel or hardyhearin (darraghmac), Saturday, 2 June 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
lip and cheek piercings are unpleasant to look at and make me worry about people who have them
― devops mom (silby), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 00:50 (five years ago) link
agree
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 16:34 (five years ago) link
What are you worried about?
― womp womp that sucker (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
You shouldn't have to serve anyone at a restaurant that you don't want to.
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
hmm
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
maybe if you could serve them in another room or something
― under a mand'rin tsar (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
a distinct but altogether equivalent room, for the people you might not otherwise want to serve
― devops mom (silby), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
other than the person being rejected being too inebriated/naked the only stories I've ever heard of refusing to serve someone at a restaurant have been white people refusing service to people of colour in rural areas
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
how naked is "too naked"
― devops mom (silby), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
"no shirt/no shoes = no service" seems pretty common
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
sorry m8 youve taken off more garments thans good for you m8
― under a mand'rin tsar (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
has sir maybe been stripping elsewhere tonight before sir arrived here hmmm?
― under a mand'rin tsar (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
lmao
― devops mom (silby), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
i refused to serve somebody the other day because he's the guy who invariably leaves a huge dump in the toilet and then hangs around outside keeping an eye on the bathroom door waiting for reactions. cut him a fuckofalot more slack than i woulda cut sarah huckabee sanders i assure you.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
lol
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
What about a labret?
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/SardonicRadiantKusimanse-max-1mb.gif
― how's life, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
Least worrisome of this category but still a little worrisome.
― devops mom (silby), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 1:18 PM (fifty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
My uncool conservative belief is that this person should be caged like an ape.
― A Frankenstein + A Dracula + A Mummy That's Been Werewolfed (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
Actually, that's unfair. I don't believe apes should be caged. Just that guy.
This isn't really a "belief" so much as an unresolved question or doubt, but I'm not sure whether the left has a coherent take on immigration. I don't really think open borders are feasible (I guess that part is a belief), and short of that I don't understand what the left "ask" or goal is on immigration beyond just opposing abhorrent policies like family separation.
Also, I find arguments like "no one is illegal on stolen land" to be evasive and disingenuous. That argument only has weight in the abstract. In reality no one seems to be interested in reintegrating california and texas into mexico or in ceding the United States to native american tribes to what does that actually mean?
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
I'm not sure whether anyone has a coherent take on immigration
― ogmor, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
I get what you're saying, man alive.
Of course you will find open borders enthusiasts here (and elsewhere on the left). But it's not like the only rhetorical spaces are "turmpian evil" and "open borders":
- expanded legal immigration- more permissive asylum policy- more temporary worker programs- in the meantime, no detention of asylum seekers- for fuck's sake, reunite the people separated so far
― this ukulele annoys fascists (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
We also need a sane way to deal with the millions of people who are already living and working here, keeping our economy afloat with their underpaid labor.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
oh yeah and
- speedier resolution of asylum claims- expedited processes for families traveling together- support, not demonization, of unaccompanied minors- speedy path to citizenship for undocumented persons without criminal records
That's a bunch of things that aren't open borders or even -gasp- amnesty.
xp also Moodles otm
― this ukulele annoys fascists (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
those all sound good
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
we should also do amnesty tho
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
Also by “open borders” most non-anarchists like myself probably mean something like “legal permanent residence on arrival for anyone who asks who isn’t a violent criminal, also amnesty”
― devops mom (silby), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
Not like landfall citizenship.
― devops mom (silby), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 17:15 (five years ago) link
what if that means 100 million new arrivals?
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
ppl say they want speedier resolution of asylum claims ime they say they want speedy approval of asylum claims
s'like death penalty appeals so tis
― the last famous poster you were surprised to discover was actually (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
ime what they want is, obv
― the last famous poster you were surprised to discover was actually (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
100 million more ppl sounds fine, who cares, we have lots of cities that need upzoning
― devops mom (silby), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
oh im ok with it personally but just saying
― the last famous poster you were surprised to discover was actually (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link