It's terrifying to witness active dehumanization in a nation that supposedly wants you to live your best life. They'll try to convince the whole nation that trans folk aren't people, aren't human, we can't let them. Once they're not human, they can get away with anything they do to them. If you see these efforts to dehumanize any group, no matter where you are, try to be brave because you never know when you're next.
So they say the meat is 99% chicken cell, does anyone know what the 1% is? I'd just feel better knowing.
Stay strong girl! You have every right to exist in your most comfortable form, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Identity is an innate human right, you deserve the freedom of expressing that identity like everyone else!
Hello! You have fallen into the tolerance paradox; how can you be tolerant when you're intolerant to intolerance? Easy I'm tolerant because I don't tolerate intolerance. Beliefs aren't equal, anyone who believes in inferiority or inequal treatment for reasons outside ones control should be called out. It is not a live and let live mindset, it's a "live the way I tell you to or you're a bigot" doesn't sound very liberty loving to me. You can dislike it, you can rant, but once you limit peoples access to equal rights and treatment you're infringing on their rights. Any freedom loving American can respect that.
I'll admit I've used it for similar reasons. What I really should be saying is "I'm sorry, but I don't want to talk about this right now." Maybe I'll even be brave and say "I don't want to talk about this with you." but it's rare for me to find a person I don't want to hear at all from. That usually comes up because they've already made their arguments, and I've already accepted or rebuttal the points to my own satisfaction. At that point they'll talk themselves into circles looking for justification for parts of their stance, but unable to articulate it themselves. I'll listen to anyone's views at least once, given I'm in the right mindset, but I still wouldn't date someone I don't morally agree with. Life partners should have higher standards than conversation partners, and aligning values is a bare minimum for relationships.
Definitely terrifying and can be surprising, but I think it's easier to demonize unfamiliar groups than to demonize a well-known one. I think demonizing and dehumanizing relies on some degree of the unknown to make all the hysteria and fear plausible. If the group is well known by the general public, it's easier to say "now wait a minute, I happen to know many trans people and they're very kind." It creates a strong base of informed allies to speak up on the group's behalf. It's not impossible to demonize a well-known group, I just believe it's easier when your target has no personal interactions to check against the fear mongering.
I'll never forget this poem, it really shaped my perspective on speaking up sooner rather than later. There was another poem that echoed similar sentiments, but I can only remember the line "I will not be an agent of death."
I just wanted to bring up something I hated about reddit that no one mentioned, just to get it out of my system; ask a reasonable question? Prepare to be mass downvoted. Like why? Who is downvoting this? How did that offend you? I'd understand if they were framed weirdly or completely unrelated to the issue, but a reasonable on topic question shouldn't get that treatment.
I got a really simple one, but it's been incredibly helpful. Get the biggest damn bowl you can find, like unreasonably large, that is your new mixing bowl. I always find myself half way through a recipe with no bowl space left, therefore more dishes. My bowl looks like it could be an outside dogs water bowl it's so big. Now with big bowl, I grab it every time and never have to switch, the only downside is finding somewhere to hide it.
Yes, other space debris.
You described my college experience to a T, it was hard going home and realizing my family, not just my community, is plagued by hatred of people they never met.
That's actually what my needy Kentucky bluegrass lawn looks like right now lol, most prairie grass lawns in my area are more drought resistant than the "virgin lawns."
just adding to this cause I found a good picture, really want to get a fine fescue & pollinator mix alone the fine fescue is nice, but the bee pack has super cute flowers
I'mma do it, I'mma be the one to bring up Undertale this time (estimated 2 hours, worth a few replays), there's also little nightmares (2-4 hours depending on platforming skills) which is a spooky little game, but not too spooky if you ever play in front of the kids.
Technically written (or at least influenced) by a women Liberty by John Stuart Mill talks about the importance of freedom, individuality, and a willingness to confront new and old ideas, especially if they challenge your mindset. While it's attributed to John Stuart Mill, John himself is adamant that none of these ideas would've come to fruition without his wife's involvement. He dedicated Liberty to his wife, who passed shortly before it was completed.
John says "Like all that I have written for many years, it belongs as much to her as to me; but the work as it stands has had, in a very insufficient degree, the inestimable advantage of her revision; some of the most important portions having been reserved for a more careful re-examination, which they are now never destined to receive. Were I but capable of interpreting to the world one-half the great thoughts and noble feelings which are buried in her grave, I should be the medium of a greater benefit to it than is ever likely to arise from anything that I can write, unprompted and unassisted by her all but unrivalled wisdom." Historians have tried to downplay his wife's involvement, writing up John's descriptions as biased and blinded by love. But I believe his admiration for her wit was the reason for that love based on how he talks about her. This book was also published in 1859, a period where women were not well represented in literature, a published women was almost unheard of.
There's another book he published later in life that was co written by his daughter called the "The Subjection of Women." I haven't read it myself, but it's a foundational text for feminist ideology. This one was published in 1869 and historians are more willing to contribute some of the work to his daughter. Hope you like them!
Thank you, your explanation made some sense of this metaphor. I'm not familiar with this period of British history, so this metaphor shot right over me. Either way, I'm interested to see how the voting goes.
You beat me to the punch regarding the US life expectancy rate lol, but I kinda agree with both of you right now. Life expectancy can imply quality of certain aspects of life; like medical care and availability, but it isn't the end all be all to a quality life. To me it's just a factor, not a determining factor.
Being neither a climber nor park ranger, it's really interesting to learn about these internal conflicts. I agree with the park rangers, these site ought to be protected, especially when the foot traffic is considered. But has the climbing community tried to develop other "trad climbing" like techniques that could be both easier and temporary? The conflict for the climbers seems to revolve around trad climbing vs fixed anchors, but I'm curious if those really are the only options. Again not a climber, but if anyone else is please speak up lol
I'm full of rage, the law means nothing we have no rights, fuck the courts, any petty revenge I can pull to get some type of catharsis I will until the loans are paid off; so for the rest of my life. If anyone has any play to be of mild annoyance, let me know I have one purpose and it's to fuck shit up.
Enter the Gungeon, fun times and great replay potential.
Yes, there was an odd vibe here I couldn't pin down, I think you found it.
THANK YOU! It's hard not to be discouraged in the current climate.
Thank you for the shreddit lead, I got some data to burn.
You know, I never tried Diablo 1 even though I grew up religiously playing Diablo 2. Also love the original fallout games, I definitely need to make time for this.
unfortunately; yes.
Why are you all the way down here by yourself, we gotta move this comment up, and thank you!
See, you get my worry. The tension's not bad, just a lot for the kids.
I KNOW LIKE A SEA OF GRASS
You know, I think that's a good thing, I don't think I'd be excited for an enormous asteroid headed towards Earth.
Oh shit thank you for reminding me. This idea that it's our individual responsibility to prevent climate change rather than our largest producers/manufactures was a goddamn marketing ploy in the 1920s. It was spear headed by disposable companies like Dixie as people were getting more upset about littering, the public thought companies making one use items was incredibly wasteful and the reason for an abundance of litter in city areas. With the companies PR efforts, they were able to convince the general public that it's not the producers of the litter that cause the problem, but the people who use it. We had a chance to kill the disposable industry and we missed it, I hope it comes back around some day.
Man, your comment almost made me cry at work. Thank you for sharing, I never realized the connection between toxic communities and verbal abuse. You've made me realize I've been letting my own bad history influence my perspective. I've been hard on myself for having the same feelings as Bermuda towards reddit. I couldn't tell if the community really is as bitter and short fused as it felt, or if I was being too sensitive. I thought feeling bad about what strangers said on the internet was weak of me. I realize now I'm probably just being hard on myself. People can be major assholes, and it doesn't make you weak to notice their bad behavior.
Thank you! It helps to know how communities are created on Beehaw.
Oh I'm so glad with same page. There's definitely a lot to learn with life expectation, especially when seeing a supposedly developed nation dip, that's unprecedented. But don't worry, this is the kind of stuff one never stops learning. I have a degree in political science, I still feel like I have no idea what I'm talking about, but we can try right
I think Linguistic Anthropologist would agree. One of the first things I learned in the field was the relationship between language, culture, and thought; how all three influence each other and create our individual perspectives of reality. Even a dying language can affect the culture and thoughts of their speakers. Truly fascinating stuff, i love it
OH I see, I shouldn't have underestimated the skill involved in safe placement. I'm sure good gear isn't much help if you don't know what to do with it lol, but this adds great context the climbers side of the issue thank you.
I especially like the idea of a dove as well being a symbol of peace and all.
you lied to me
You know what, yes. I think I will do that, idc if I'm complaining to a void anymore, its unhealthy to keep all the rage inside. Better to plan civil disobedience than get swept up into a riot from it. At least all of these comments make my rage feel valid.
Fallout: New Vegas. Wait now, don't laugh at me. I'm painfully aware it was built on an engine that just does not cooperate and crashes regularly. BUT, the gameplay itself, the roleplaying, the fights (yes I do like VATS), and the choices by god the choices. So many choices with so many consequences, telltale wishes they were this cool. The only thing for me that's holding this game back is 1) the rickety engine it's attempting to balance on, and 2) unfinished quest lines. The devs for this game had so many brilliant ideas that never made it on screen, I don't know if they shot themselves in the foot, or if the deadlines were unrealistic. Even though some of the main quests between the warring factions feel lopsided, and some interesting things seem to go to a dead-end, the game never felt unfinished to me. There was so much to do and try, I never felt cheated by the game in narrative. Instead, I just want more because it was awesome how interactive the world was. It responded to my decisions and made a unique playthrough because of my decisions, I don't believe the predecessors even come close to this. Sure 3 and 4 kept similar mechanics, but the game didn't react to your choices. If I had one wish it would be to see Fallout New Vegas as the devs intended, with every plot line completed and polished, I'd even continue to play it on its rickety system. Though this would need to be a magical wish because there's no way that engine could handle the work needed, and converting this content to a new engine would be very expensive (so I'm told). I know she's not perfect, but goddamn she has the potential to be.
This is my stance on it too. People like to treat today's political environment as two sides of a coin diametrically opposed, but that's not how political ideology works, it's more nuance than that, like a sphere. I get why American's do it with a two-party system, but that doesn't mean you're all in on one or another, people are more nuance than that too. People who run with this mentality that there are only two sides to politics often fall into the mistake of equating to two as equal sides as you said. It makes it hard to acknowledge the difference of the extremes and their intentions.
Though I think the biggest reason people are less tolerant the alt right is because there are more reasons outside of politics to be against the alt right. Outside of politics, alt lefties usually get into arguments with economist and capitalist because extreme leftist have intensions to change the economic landscape. Whether for better or worse is precisely what they're arguing about. There's also the more fringe alt left (tankies I believe) who will get in a tussle with historians and survivors alike, but their conversations chill out once they realize no one's condoning anything (usually, idk all you tankies).
Meanwhile the alt right targets specific freedoms enshrined by the US constitution and the Human Bill of Rights. The alt right wants a say in who you marry, whether or not you should adopt, religious rule you should abide by, who should/shouldn't get to vote, whether the vote should be decided by the people or legislator (you now Democracy and all), your identity, your medical decisions, your family planning, your education, and the very books you read. There's a desire to snub out individuality if it doesn't abide by the alt rights idea of "normal." All of these stances directly invade individual rights of many people and their ability to pursue their respective happiness. While there's political reasons to speak out against these stances, there's also moral obligation and the simple instinct of survival pushing back on these perspectives. This creates a large group of people who not only disagree, but whose existence is literally threaten, there's no room for tolerance when lives and freedom are on the line. The reason alt right has a tough time is because most Americans still hold age-old American values of liberty, life, and the pursuit of happiness.
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"Huffman said in an interview that he plans to institute rules changes that would allow Reddit users to vote out moderators who have overseen the protest, comparing them to a “landed gentry.”"
I had to google Landed Gentry, it still don't make sense; "The landed gentry, or the gentry, is a largely historical British social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate." That's a weird way to describe an unpaid moderator. Either way, there's no reddit to return to if they're going scorched earth on the moderators anyways. This is home now.