MirthfulAlembic

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on manbearpig · c/peoplemastodon · 3 pts · 252d

I really don't want to give a rhetoric lesson in a comment, but not everything people say is a 100% absolute that is about you specifically. It's a commentary on the fact that many women do not feel safe around a random man because of their lived experiences. If you don't understand why that is, you have the entire internet at your disposal.

on manbearpig · c/peoplemastodon · 25 pts · 253d

I don't understand why this triggers so many men. I think a lot of them just have absolutely no experience talking with women or reading about their interactions with men. Just a total lack of curiosity or interest in what life is like for women.

One minute they're saying women are too emotional, belong in the home, and one goes so far as to say they shouldn't be able to vote, the next they don't want Muslims in the country because they treat women as second class citizens.

It really smacks of people who have an end belief and later try to find a somewhat socially acceptable rationalization for it. Which is ironic with how much they praised conservative pundits who apparently do all the research or whatever.

Rosemary. She was JFK, RFK, and Ted's sister.

It was purportedly due to mental issues she had that may have been caused during birth because they had her mom keep her legs closed while she was in the birth canal for hours until a doctor got there. Whether she was truly challenged, depressed, or some combination we'll never know. But it's obvious the procedure was a disaster and rendered her barely functional for the rest of her life.

on Wish I was her · c/memes · 18 pts · 267d

There's a ton of situations where that's not realistic. If you travel a lot for your job, not doing work when you have downtime like a layover isn't feasible. Timezones are also a factor, and that may be the only time where all parties could be available. Or they just want to get the work done in the time before their flight so they don't have to when they get back.

This is a mistake that should surface and get corrected in high school or earlier if the education system is working properly. Around 14 I bombed a writing assignment because my response was all personal feelings rather than reasoning and evidence. My teacher told me he agreed with me personally, but I did not actually complete the assignment as asked. I never did that again. Though I am not entirely convinced this wasn't deliberate to create a culture war story.

I really agree that communication is where the American "left" is way behind. Both in terms of individual campaigns and as a whole.

The American "right" now has endless well-funded platforms to push messages and narratives. Podcasts, streamers, YouTube channels, news networks, social media accounts, etc. They also embrace AI to increase exponentially the amount of content they can shovel out. And they understand you need to use apolitical or quasi political interests as an entry point.

There are examples on the left of all of these, but not at the same scale and with the same financial backing.

on Made me smile · c/historymemes · 4 pts · 268d

There is a middle ground. Photographs of the objects themselves is almost always allowed. What is not great is trying to get a turn in a popular museum to view a particular piece, but you can't get a clear look because some people need to get a perfect pose for the gram. A lot of these museums in Greece that do this do not lack for visitors; it's often the opposite.

on Made me smile · c/historymemes · 5 pts · 269d

I saw that happen while in Greece also. I think part of it is trying to preserve the actual purpose of a museum rather than let it devolve into a building full of props for social media posts.

I don't think anybody really knows. My understanding is the problem is KSA reports unaudited reserve numbers, so you have to take them at their word. There's a lot of skepticism because they would report unchanged reserve numbers for years despite high exploitation. While they can certainly discover new reserves, it seems unlikely it would consistently be about equal to what they pumped out. I've read some analysts think they have less than half of what they report.

on aleph · c/historymemes · 3 pts · 286d

My guess would be it's easier to write quickly like that when you write left to right.