The tokens as currency thing feels exactly like gaming microtransaction bullshit to me. Obscure the true cost of each purchase by selling in-game currency. Dark patterns lead to higher spending.

U/bus_factor means society’s stigma when they say “social stigma”. They are trying to communicate that society is grossed out by all relationships between family - whether they are blood related or not, whether they know each other as family members or not. Any whiff of relatedness is enough to condemn the relationship even if the reasons don’t really make sense. Society finds it gross.

You’re talking about specifically the “don’t fuck someone you grew up with even if they’re not your blood relative” rule, which is a stigma about our social relationships, a “social stigma”, but not what prev was meaning when they used that term.

But if butter can be produced in abundant habitat like the midwest prairie instead of threatened species-dense places like Borneo’s jungle, I’d prefer to go with the higher land use but ultimately less ecologically destructive option.

What it does: adhesive (sticks to the roof of your mouth)

Usually it’s considered pretty stupid to be proud of things you didn’t have a hand in. Why be proud of where you were born, when it was just random chance? I can see being happy or feeling privileged to be an American - that at least suggests what you’re appreciating is that it benefits you. Saying you’re proud implies that being from the USA is some sort of moral success and it’s just not.

Grabby hands are a red flag

I can’t blame Nietzsche for what the Nazis did with his philosophical writings any more than I can blame Dworkin for TERFs. All I can ask of a philosopher is solid reasoning about interesting concepts. I won’t concede that the Nazis had solid reasoning though, their ideology was all over the place, self-contradictory, and self-serving.

Dworkin took a set of observations to their natural reasonable conclusions. I think her biggest philosophical “crime” is not recognizing that her conclusions don’t feel true for most women. For example: Yes, the way women are raised in our society makes consent a complicated topic. Yes, generally, sex without consent is rape. But the conclusion that sex in our society is rape doesn’t feel true. For me, that indicates something is missing. She’s got a problem caused by the language and our definitions of consent or of rape (maybe baggage about rape having an intent, a perpetrator and victim). I don’t think that makes her a hater of men, a bad actor, a bad philosopher, or someone not worth reading. There is a kernel of truth there worth examining even if the language makes the discussion more difficult than it needs to be. Forcing people to engage with her ideas because the conclusions are so shocking is a strength in my opinion. Just like Nietzsche saying “god is dead” got everyone freaking out in the 1800s.

I can’t argue against your lived experience, but it doesn’t match mine at all. Maybe they’re all sick of dating irresponsible losers and this is some misguided screening technique? Good luck out there, it sounds like you’re having a difficult time finding someone you like!

Hmm have you actually read anything by her? Her conclusions are unpleasant but her reasoning is rock fucking solid. I highly recommend watching This clip of a panel interview she takes part in to get a sense of her argumentation style. She feels completely honest and to me she seems disturbed and upset by the trends she has seen. And you can watch another male writer mean mug her the entire time, it’s honestly kind of hilarious how visibly pissed off he is. If you watch the entire interview you get to hear their exchanges too, fun to watch if you’ve got some time to kill. I thought she came across very well in an extremely hostile room, even if I think she’s ultimately missing some human element in her analysis.

Anyway, not the example I was hoping for, I think she’s a popular punching bag that is actually far more nuanced and interesting than people give her credit for, often because they haven’t actually interacted with any of her work.

Could you specify one feminist text that you’d say is a good example of this hating on men and controlling women? This description doesn’t match what I’ve read but I’m interested to see if there’s a side of feminist thinking I’m not familiar with.

Are you dating women your own age? I’m a woman in my early 40s and have literally never met a woman my age who thought like this. If you’re dating women ten years younger than you you’ll be selecting for the type who likes to date older men - usually for exactly the reasons you complain about (they want someone to take care of them).

deleted by creator

So you want fat women to run around naked? They don’t deserve clothes?

Why would the campaign care about their threat to withhold their single useless vote?

Nope. They were talking about an individual vote, their own. Again, you’re changing the subject.

by voting Democrat, I am doing the most beneficial thing I can for Palestine

How does your point in any way refute that voting for Democrats is the most beneficial thing for Palestine? Unless you’re trying to say that by voting for a third party you actually helped Democrats win more than you would have by voting for them?? Your point was a non sequitur.

For guy’s guys, it’s not about uplifting each other it’s about tearing down women. It’s in the phrase “bros before hoes”… can’t even quip about supporting your bros without throwing in a slur against women. It’s why “mens rights activists” are so focused on women instead of the law. The misogyny is boiling right under the surface. The men who are actually interested in uplifting each other usually don’t get along with the guy’s guys because so many of them suck.

As an American, a bone would be lovely. One bone please, Mr President!

One doesn’t explain copypasta, one is merely a vessel through which the copypasta flows

Huh, this guy was my neighbor when I was a kid. I remember being really excited when we learned he was going to be on TV. Really sad to see where he’s ended up.