But lets not kid ourselves that kids weren’t cheating their way out of homework since the start of time 😄
I don’t mean to come off as too aggressive because I don’t think we’re really arguing with each other. But, I tend to see statements like this as a kind of handwaving apologia for something that, to be clear, real people are doing to us on purpose. The same way that people might lament the coming of a hurricane season; nothing really to be done about it.
it lies to you about what film they were in, and you believe it. Is your life any worse off for it?
I think a better question is: why, then, am I asking it questions?
If I had a friend I knew was a notorious liar, I would—big chess move—simply stop asking him who actors are. Unless it was really funny.
Everyone’s a god damn tool philosopher.
Personally, I’m fine with banning cigarettes regardless of how responsibly my dead grandpa may have used them.
Republicans.
There’s no division: I also think the USA is currently a threat to world peace.
Do you mean if the right did something?
I’m being completely serious: who the fuck cares about them?
Honestly, it does.
Oh, hold on, I am absolutely not against bullying these people mercilessly. I’m probably meaner to them than you are, if I were just guessing.
The thing that I don’t want people to do is treat a cultural critique as if it were a personal one. A lot of the pushback that you’ll see from the fragile male types is just manifested insecurity over the fact that they think they can’t go up and talk to a woman without her splashing her drink in their face. The critique is just describing the currents of the ocean, but they will treat it as if it were a personal attack because what you’re really arguing with is their hurt feelings.
If you’re black and presently in confederate country, maybe a little?
The sweeping conclusion, by the way, is “it seems risky,” and I know you know that it is.
Oh, race! I love race.
Do you think it would be wrong for a black person to be a little bit nervous about wandering through some small, predominantly white town in middle America? 'Cause I’m gonna be real, I think that’s probably a valid fear.
Okay, I feel like this needs to be addressed as well: this, like, public self-flagellation is not useful either. I have never once been ashamed of being a man.
The problem that men have here is cultural and systemic, it’s expressed with statistics and social norms—it really, really has nothing to do with you or me specifically.
If you’ve already done the work of recognizing that negging women is extremely rude, then you’ve already improved as a person. There’s no reason to be self-loathing about it.
I’m friends with several women: no it doesn’t, and no it doesn’t.
Having your shit together means your room doesn’t have a pile of garbage building on the floor. It means you’ve hung up 1 piece of art to make your white walls more interesting. It means your carpet was washed within the last 3 months.
What are you even upset about? Do you even know?
So, how does choosing a bear with a honeypot make men look bad?
meant to deliberately portray all men as dangerous
If this were true, wouldn’t it be dead simple for women to just pick the man? It’s interesting that a lot don’t, right?
Healthcare workers were prioritized for vaccination, locking them into the narrative early. Once you’ve taken the shot and pushed it on patients, your identity – professional judgment, ethics, self-image as a healer – hinges on its safety. The cost of admitting error becomes psychologically prohibitive.
What the fuck did you link.
[edit] So, if you follow links to Joshua Stylman’s substack, you can find this:
Maybe it’s my algorithm, but the content was flooded with an unusual amount of vitriol directed at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as HHS Secretary. […] talking heads across networks uniformly labeling him a “conspiracy theorist” and “danger to public health,” never once addressing his actual positions.
Honestly, I don’t even know why I’m wasting my time on this. It’s just funny, I guess.
Alternatively, you can make fun of those people for being stupid. And lying.
They know they’re lying, you know that right?
so that there can be no question when they are found guilty,
That’s right, guys, we just gotta wait 14 more months.
Yeah, fair enough.
The only time it’s happened to me is when gemini violates my eyes with its presence.