I’m back on my bullshit.
All I can say is there’s typically an implicit negative connotation when using the form “those people” regardless of intent. Usually it’s used that way when stereotyping or otherwise making a blanket statement about a group, so even benign uses of the phrase tend to sound hostile.
ohhhHHHHHhhhhh! That’s what was happening. Me and my ghetto butt had picked that term up from childhood and never realized it was considered hostile. Thanks for letting me know.
What’s up with July 29, 2024?
Found it! It’s almost 3 hrs long, so you know what that means: a glass of wine, your favorite easy chair, and of course, this YouTube video streaming on your home system. So, go on, and indulge yourself. That’s right, kick off your shoes, put your feet up, lean back and just enjoy the rational documentary. After all, knowledge soothes even the savage lemming.
Remembering from my social psychology classes in undergrad, I believe number is 150. But yes, that’s a good point. It’s one of the reasons people in major urban areas like NYC are capable of moving on with their lives when terrible things happen to those around them. We biologically can’t care about people once we reach our 150 limit. Btw, I think the authors of that theory argued that that number is one of the major differences between us and other social species.
that’s fine because i don’t download copyrighted material. everything on furries.com is freely available.
I’m a straight guy. I don’t think I like boobs like most other straight guys.
Every single corporation is doing what they’re legally bound to do: increase profits for shareholders. Companies don’t and never have cared about the customer. They care about a customer as much as you care about an NPC. What’s with people thinking that they ever cared??
Of course MS is using that data. Why wouldn’t they?? Would they lose customers if people found out? Nope. If you were in charge of making that decision, you would use that data too. And if you’re too held to your privacy morals, you’ll never be in that position at MS because they only place people that will decide to maximize profits.
Here’s how you know a company is doing something: Would it make them more money? Then theyre doing it. That’s it.
Also, it’s MICROSOFT!! lol Not Mozilla, RedHat, Canonical, or the Linux Foundation. Remember when someone shoved a pie in Bill Gates face?
The federal government didn’t make prostitution illegal, so technically, a woman can be a prostitute in the US. Each state except for Nevada made it illegal, which is why anyone can’t legally be a prostitute outside of the very specific places where it’s allowed in Nevada.
Additionally, Roe v. Wade wasn’t about bodily control. It was about a woman’s right to privacy v. society’s duty to protect life. The right to privacy argument was that government could not shove themselves in the affairs between a woman and medical staff. The duty to protect life argument was that society was ethically obligated to protect the life of vulnerable people. They found that life was more important than privacy, so it became a matter of when life began. The thing is that the beginning of a life isn’t so clear.
According to science, life begins at conception. That’s when the new DNA mix is created and a new being is created. Yet, that zygote cannot live on its own and is 100% dependent on the mother to exist, so is it really alive? That was the debate. The Supreme Court divided pregnancy into trimesters representing the incremental development of an individual human life.
Since a fetus was viable starting in the 3rd trimester, states could pass laws banning abortions then. Since a fetus had a heartbeat but was iffy on being viable in the 2nd trimester, states could regulate but not ban abortions in then. States couldn’t do anything about abortion in the first trimester. That was what Roe v. Wade was about, and why many people were upset with the ruling. It never really addressed the fundamental issues of body autonomy from the government on one side. When it came to protecting life, it didn’t really decide to do that either since they established periods in the life of the fetus during which it was legal to allow it to die. No one was happy with the decision because it was a negotiation that was hypocritical on both ends, which I guess is how you know it was a proper negotiation 😄
My personal opinion was that the judges were buying time to allow the legislative process to address the matter in a more democratic manner rather than allowing the court to decide. However, the topic was so politically costly that no one did anything to definitely address it, making the country depend on the ruling of 9 unelected officials.
You’re welcome! I also experience that, so I noticed it intuitively. Lately, I’ve been trying to navigate it myself by realizing that sometimes I say lies just to prove it right. Like, I will confess to intentions I didn’t have or even behaviors I didn’t commit just so people can think that. Like, I might go somewhere with a friend and accidentally forget my wallet. When it comes time to pay for something sporadic, I admit that I left my wallet at home to not have to pay. Or, I might admit to stealing something I payed for. I don’t know why I do it, but I think it’s related to the belief that I’m a bad person and want others to think that because it would be validating. It also gives the impression that I’m sneaky, so it serves as a warning for people to not try shady crap with me. I know it’s not healthy and don’t like that I do that, so I’m trying to work on it. I think the root cause is the core belief that I’m bad and don’t deserve love. I’m freaking crazy lol…aww 🙁
This strikes me the same as saying, “No matter what I do or say to myself, I feel deeply in my soul that I am a bad/flawed person.”
https://www.liberationhealingseattle.com/blog-trauma-therapist/ptsd-core-beliefs-trauma-survivors
Okay, risky topic, but I’ll give it a shot. Disclaimer: I’m trying my best to be forthcoming and just with special effort to being socially sensitive. If I offend anyone, it’s purely unintentional and would love to hear about it so I can improve. We can’t get better as a mishmash of ethnicities without having these discussions openly and respectfully, so here it goes 😬
For stand up comedy, African Americans are the reigning monarchs by far. Their ability to assess and critique culture is unmatched and their position as an oppressed community gives them freedom to speak freely without worrying too much about backlash. A Black dude can go on stage and point out all sorts of ridiculous things other ethnicities do, and most people would not be too offended. If a White person did that, they’d likely run into justifiable problems because of the implications. Allow me to illustrate:
Black comedian: Aren’t White people so entitled? There’s a reason she’s called Karen and not Aisha!
Audience: lol that’s so true 😂😆😅🤣🙂
White comedian: Aren’t Black people so <omitted>. There’s a reason…and it’s because of 400+ years of brutal oppression!
Audience: Wtf 🤨😠😧😳😬
I find women stand-up comedians validating and informative. Because I have difficulty with gender norms, hearing a woman talk about matters that most men wouldn’t is validating to me. Like when they talk about men being bros, I love that! Or how they discuss matters that imply perceptive and emotional sensitivity, which most men stay clear of. They’re also informative because I get to hear about their experiences and adaptations to being female, something that I would otherwise not have any idea about. It’s almost like hearing the perspective of another reality because their experiences are quite different from my cis-gendered male experiences.
As Latino myself, I like Latino stand-up too because they express things that I agree with, but generally aren’t discussed in public forums. So when someone says it in a show, it feels like I exist and am not crazy or alone in those matters. Like when they discuss how much more enmeshed Latino families are compared to others. Or like when G-Lo (George Lopez) said that as Latinos, we don’t care what the price of gas is, we’re still only gonna put $10. Omg, I laughed sooooo hard at that! However, they’re not as funny to me as African Americans because I mostly already think like them. It’s not new. Also, since Latino is actually a pan-ethnicity of many other distinct ethnicities, there’s a lot of variation.
With Asian-American stand-up, I value their perspectives on matters. I find their discussion on family topics interesting and informative since I have no experience with them. I guess it helps me empathize. I also like their perspectives on other ethnicities because it’s fun to hear how they perceive social matters, then compare them to how they are navigated in Asian-American communities.
White comedians are funny too, especially when they focus on matters that have to do with accountability or contradictions. I find that hearing them helps me understand how to navigate daily life since they are the dominant culture, so it’s not only funny, but informative.
In my daily life, I love autistic people because they’re so unique in their style of thinking…almost as if they were a different species in the same body. Just as a matter of survival, they have to assess social matters logically, which grants them an opportunity to point out things that no one else would even think about. They also have a strong tendency to consider justice, which makes them extra sensitive to social bullshit. I must be forthcoming that I am autistic myself, so I have a bias here, and find their perspectives quite validating as well.
Again, I’m solely sharing my preferences and opinions rather than claiming to describe universal reality. I hope I didn’t offend anyone! If anything, we could at least use this exercise to improve our ability to have these risky discussions.
That’s one of the few scenes from a book that I regularly think about, and I read that soooo long ago
Next time you do it, remember what you did in your previous only attempts. It’ll help make the only shot you have be successful for once, since once is all you get. If you keep at it, you’ll get better with practice, and maybe eventually, you’ll be able to make it happen for the first time.
Yes, and I appreciate your greater conscience. However, just knowing you functioning with that in mind, I believe you will not be a problem. You will generally behave in a manner that is helpful to humanity. You might make mistakes, but definitely learn from them too.
Also, in my opinion, Lemmy tends to have a rigid all-or-none take on certain matters, such as landlords all being bad. I think that in reality, some people don’t want to own homes. They want to rent. So landlords are not only inevitable, but necessary. The relationship becomes exploitative when the situation starts favoring the landlord too much to the point that the tenant is exploited, such as landlords own wayyy too many properties or properties on sale in the market are too expensive forcing people to rent.
However, if you were a landlord in an equitable housing market and I needed a residence to rent for a while, I’m guessing it would he a mutually beneficial relationship.
You’re taking some considerable risk with that because sometimes the illness is not caused by colonization of bacteria in the body, but by consuming substances that the bacteria leave behind as part of their metabolism. These toxins can be resistant to the temperatures we achieve when cooking meat, especially since boiling isn’t going to go beyond 100°C. If anything, you might be diluting the toxins a little, but they’re still in the soup. Here’s a thorough article on bacteria and their toxins in meat: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7152306/
I think it would be a good idea to postpone risky meat and preparation until you speak with a legit expert on the matter.
Unless you’re part of a greater organized movement that has the ability to make effective changes, not investing is just screwing yourself over so someone else can make the money. Invest. Buy a home. Save up for retirement. Have nice things. Go on vacations. It’s okay to not be the poorest person on Earth. You are not the problem.
Unplug it
Yeah, that’s what I’m realizing from the responses to this question. Thanks for pointing that out. Btw, it wasn’t my sister laughing. It was my supervisor at work that was laughing when I referred to my sister and her group as those people. Oopsies!