I could never have the opposite politics of my spouse. Sure, we may disagree slightly on some matters an nuance, but a world view in direct conflict with mine would be irreconcilable.
My wife finally gave when the latest round of spying stuff happened. I've been trying to get around to building new ones for home assistant that all happen on prem, but there's a lot of knowledge gap there.
Fear of making near friends / difficulty making the new friends
Actual naivety of thinking the POS behaviour doesn't matter
Weirdly, peer pressure from other people? For instance you might want to distance yourself from one friend and you are then peer pressured to be in situations with them more often by the other friends, told to build your tolerance of them
... 1 + 2 also applies to romantic relationships!
Edit: just realised 'best friend AND roomate' is just a way of referring to a spouse. But there it is, there's the low-down in my opinion.
When politics felt like shades of policy disagreements I could see it. Now it is either you support democracy and human rights or you're supporting pedophiles and genocide. Not much common ground anymore.
Most people vote for the pedophiles, though. Either through the ballot or with their wallet. They're in politics on all sides. They're in business. They're on the computer they use every day. The car they drive.
And human rights. Goes out the window the moment somebody has a bad case of the sniffles. Or when brown people can be blamed for pretty much anything and everything.
It's almost as if, the main problem isn't the corrupt deranged elite, but the system and boot lickers that uphold them.
If we're talking about politics like loudness ordinances and funding for road projects and whether the fire department needs a millage we can share the same values or same values with different priority orders no problem on the different politics.
If we're talking about whether some people deserve rights or racism or if laws don't apply to some people then it's more than a politics difference, it's a values difference.
I'm so glad my parents and brother have (nearly) the same politics as me. Having to regularly deal with trumpers (without being able to laugh in their faces as with my co-workers) would be a perpetual torment. My brother did have an inexplicable phase of loving Putin, but that passed quickly.
For which party and why? I would contend many people enjoy sex most when their partner is someone they respect, provided they've developed to a certain level of maturity. Perhaps you have an alternate rationale.
Even within dom/sub and other BDSM variations I would hope both partners respect each other because without that you've entered a very toxic and destructive space.
A lot of religious folks "don't believe in divorce." So even if the relationship isn't abusive, they may be incompatible as a couple but just stick with it.
Yeah, I once talked with a woman who spent several decades being married to a guy who was physically and emotionally abusive to her, but made it clear that she would never leave him because she had promised to stay with him for live at her wedding, but it was okay because things would be better in heaven for her anyway, but not so good for him.
I think he means his sister reads salon and his husband is racist and also his husband and his sister are in a relationship too, it's a classic polycule isotope.
If we're going off election results it would be nearly two thirds of white men and more than half of white women so YMMV depending on which part of the country you're in.
I think the point is that she's just a normal women, sharing uncontroversial articles. And there is this other half of the couple you just wonder about how someone could possibly see something in let alone put up with him.
I'm personally reminded of the parents of a childhood acquaintance, with a nice mom and a father that couldn't even be asked to close the bathroom door when guest were there.
I read it more as that you can not talk to her about anything but beauty products, so she doesn't have the capacity to comprehend how much of an asshole her other half is
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baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 205 pts · 181d
I could never have the opposite politics of my spouse. Sure, we may disagree slightly on some matters an nuance, but a world view in direct conflict with mine would be irreconcilable.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 88 pts · 181d
My partner is just slightly less left than me and I struggle with it some days. I can't even imagine trying to date someone on the other side.
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 181d
Sometimes I think about dating again after so long, and I imagine my girlfriend wanting to wiretap our place with an Alexa in the kitchen.
rumba@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 180d
My wife finally gave when the latest round of spying stuff happened. I've been trying to get around to building new ones for home assistant that all happen on prem, but there's a lot of knowledge gap there.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu · 3 pts · 181d
Nobody can. Egomanic psycopathy isn't attractive to anyone but the most indoctrinated birds
Bristlecone@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 181d
Seriously I don't understand how some people can handle their best friend and roommate being a POS
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 181d
... 1 + 2 also applies to romantic relationships!
Edit: just realised 'best friend AND roomate' is just a way of referring to a spouse. But there it is, there's the low-down in my opinion.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 181d
You bond over other shared interests, like video games and drinking.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 181d
As silly as bonding over race, especially when we disagree on basic morality, but that's sadly what happens. 😔
laranis@lemmy.zip · 38 pts · 181d
When politics felt like shades of policy disagreements I could see it. Now it is either you support democracy and human rights or you're supporting pedophiles and genocide. Not much common ground anymore.
Leg@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 181d
The Overton window has been busy.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 181d
Is it a roadrunner? Is it a train? No it's the Overton window going 120 in the slow lane.
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 181d
A politically charged tv channel with specifically that goal running for three generations will do that.
bobbear@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 180d
Most people vote for the pedophiles, though. Either through the ballot or with their wallet. They're in politics on all sides. They're in business. They're on the computer they use every day. The car they drive.
And human rights. Goes out the window the moment somebody has a bad case of the sniffles. Or when brown people can be blamed for pretty much anything and everything.
It's almost as if, the main problem isn't the corrupt deranged elite, but the system and boot lickers that uphold them.
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 180d
If we're talking about politics like loudness ordinances and funding for road projects and whether the fire department needs a millage we can share the same values or same values with different priority orders no problem on the different politics.
If we're talking about whether some people deserve rights or racism or if laws don't apply to some people then it's more than a politics difference, it's a values difference.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 181d
I'm so glad my parents and brother have (nearly) the same politics as me. Having to regularly deal with trumpers (without being able to laugh in their faces as with my co-workers) would be a perpetual torment. My brother did have an inexplicable phase of loving Putin, but that passed quickly.
Mrkawfee@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 181d
Same. I couldn't respect someone with hardened, opposite politics to me. Sex would be satisfying though.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 181d
....would it??
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 181d
You never had a good hate-fuck?
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 181d
It doesn't seem appealing tbh
rumba@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 180d
All fun and games until you end up pregnant.
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 180d
Very little chance of that 😂🏳️⚧️
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 180d
For which party and why? I would contend many people enjoy sex most when their partner is someone they respect, provided they've developed to a certain level of maturity. Perhaps you have an alternate rationale.
Even within dom/sub and other BDSM variations I would hope both partners respect each other because without that you've entered a very toxic and destructive space.
BeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 101 pts · 181d
It's almost always that the girl is also a POS but knows she wouldn't have friends if she lived her truth.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 181d
Almost, but sometimes also they are just in an abusive relationship and haven't figured it out yet.
GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone · 43 pts · 181d
A lot of religious folks "don't believe in divorce." So even if the relationship isn't abusive, they may be incompatible as a couple but just stick with it.
totally_human_emdash_user@piefed.blahaj.zone · 30 pts · 181d
Yeah, I once talked with a woman who spent several decades being married to a guy who was physically and emotionally abusive to her, but made it clear that she would never leave him because she had promised to stay with him for live at her wedding, but it was okay because things would be better in heaven for her anyway, but not so good for him.
It made me really sad...
BeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 180d
That is literally heartbreaking and a prime example of why religion causes far more harm than good.
BeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 180d
It's hard for me to imagine someone being that clueless but I am surprised every single day.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 58 pts · 181d
That's my sister and husband.
frankenswine@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 181d
your sister is your husband?
bearboiblake@pawb.social · 15 pts · 181d
I think he means his sister reads salon and his husband is racist and also his husband and his sister are in a relationship too, it's a classic polycule isotope.
hexabs@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 180d
He was poking fun at the framing. It should have been "my sister and her husband"
"My sister and husband" has the same grammatical framing as "my friend and classmate". It denotes the same person.
bearboiblake@pawb.social · 7 pts · 180d
Yes, I understood the joke, my comment was also a joke that it could be interpreted as "my sister and my husband"
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 180d
But did you know he's meant his sister's husband tho¿/S
halfeatenpotato@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 181d
they're very close
rbos@lemmy.ca · 34 pts · 181d
Saaaame. Dude would 100% support loading me into a train to the camps in the right circumstances.
Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc · 40 pts · 181d
Bro is fighting daily to contain the slurs.
Kacarott@aussie.zone · 20 pts · 181d
Must be containing them in his neck cus damn
humanamerican@lemmy.zip · 39 pts · 181d
"He makes me feel safe"
Phunter@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 181d
"By making others feel unsafe"
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 181d
The lady probably feels the same way, she just knows better than to be honest about it because she's better socialised.
frankenswine@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 181d
a third of hetero males in hetero relationships are the most racist man alive?
ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world · 27 pts · 181d
All those men also look exactly like that
bearboiblake@pawb.social · 13 pts · 181d
They made a lot of those T-Shirts, they were on sale at Walmart, 14 for $0.88
darklamer@feddit.org · 3 pts · 180d
I see what you did there!
creature@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 181d
hyperbole
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 180d
Recent US election results don't contradict the assertion.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 180d
If we're going off election results it would be nearly two thirds of white men and more than half of white women so YMMV depending on which part of the country you're in.
jeffep@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 181d
That's a band name
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 181d
theres a band named "a third of hetero males in hetero relationships are the most racist man alive?"?
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 181d
"But I never heard him say racist things to me and my family"
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 181d
But it feels true
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 180d
Artist: Raven Lyn Clemens
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 180d
Is salon conservative? Liberal? Something else? Im not really getting the joke here.
Tudsamfa@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 180d
I think the point is that she's just a normal women, sharing uncontroversial articles. And there is this other half of the couple you just wonder about how someone could possibly see something in let alone put up with him.
I'm personally reminded of the parents of a childhood acquaintance, with a nice mom and a father that couldn't even be asked to close the bathroom door when guest were there.
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 180d
I read it more as that you can not talk to her about anything but beauty products, so she doesn't have the capacity to comprehend how much of an asshole her other half is
TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 180d
I need that shirt.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · -19 pts · 180d
Is that AI slop? One of the ugliest comics I've seen. A true "shit post".
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 180d
It's not AI slop. The artist's work and style is well-established.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · -16 pts · 180d
Ugly ass crap.
retreaux@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 180d
Please do show us your comic strip work so that we might compare and contrast your styles?
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 180d
No. I'm entitled to an opinion whether or not less cultured swine like it or not.