DessertStorms @ DessertStorms @kbin.social

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Jfc, they're still going... 🤯🤦‍♀️

As this post surpasses 1000 replies (the most I've ever seen on any post on the fedi), I think it's worth mentioning Lewis's law which is being proven here over and over and over and over and over again:
The comments on any article about feminism justify the existence of feminism

They just can't fucking help themselves...

There’s a lot of men telling on themselves in this thread. And everywhere else too.

Yup. These litmus tests are really useful for bringing out true colours and red flags, but it's also depressing to rediscover each time just how many of them there are..

A friend has been sharing so many in the group chat, I'm loving it.. I'd post them to /196, but honestly I just can't be arsed with all the whiny men it'd bring my way.. 😂🤦‍♀️

Actually, hang on, in case anyone more patient than me wants to share:

https://files.catbox.moe/n4cmwd.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/eyscjx.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/r5asyu.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/672y0s.jpg (what, like it's hard?)
https://files.catbox.moe/akumw8.jpg

And a couple less meme-y ones that make excellent points:
https://files.catbox.moe/fv5ydy.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/5wosy4.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/loqiav.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/vhge48.jpg (and to go with it: https://files.catbox.moe/2uhvis.jpg)

(also, lmmfao at the one guy downvoting every supportive comment almost immediately as it's made - get a life, loser 😂 E: there he goes! 🤣🤣🤡)

Lmfao, I love that I already blocked most of the people proving your point, as well as the silent cowards upvoting them..

They just keep proving our choices right.. ¯(ツ)/¯

Also: I call this one: "He's still crying cause his girl chose me"

I also understand why men are insulted.

It is literally the rage they express when rejected that is WHY we would be more scared to run in to one in the woods than we would a bear.

The fact that they're getting "insulted" at all, derailing the entire conversation and making it about them and how they are really the victims, is more proof that they don't give a shit about the actual experiences of violence and abuse that we are subjected to by them, only about their own egos.

Literally all they have to do is fucking listen, they are not the ones being harmed in any way shape or form (the reputation of men is already in the shit and it won't improve unless they work to improve it amongst themselves, but if anything, their reactions are only making it worse), and them being able to frame and prioritise themselves as the ones being being harmed (by ignoring or minimising the legitimate fears and traumatic experiences of millions of women) is just another of many demonstrations of just how privileged they are.

You're wrong.

Or, you know, just listen to women.. Revolutionary, I know, and seemingly impossible to some, but that's literally all you need to do to not be "trapped" (magically managing to claim victimhood where there is none, as per usual), instead of outing yourself, just like OP suggests.. ¯(ツ)/¯

Just to add, give Approved Food a look, they sell food that is past it's best by date, but still good to eat, at much lower prices.

There are also places, I can't think of what they're called right now, but it's basically a communal grocery shop where you take what you need, and pay what you can. Maybe ask your local foodbank if they know of anything like that?

Lastly, when I was looking for an example of that last one, I found this page that might be helpful:
https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/food-no-money-food-banks/

Some good tips here already (look for another food bank/pantry/church in your area that could help, follow dumpster diving youtube channels for advice), you could also try some of these, or look for similar sites (I've only skimmed these, not vouching for the content):

https://www.thebrokebackpacker.com/dumster-diving-for-dummies

https://wheeliebinsolutions.co.uk/blogs/advice/a-guide-to-bin-diving

https://www.woodfordrecycling.co.uk/news/skip-diving-junk-hunting-and-freeganism-the-need-to-know/

But more importantly, please have a look at/chat to turn2us, you are almost certainly entitled to some benefits, they will help you figure out which you are entitled to, and there are then benefits advisers in almost every town who can help you through the process if you find it too daunting and/or difficult.

Solidarity.

You can go and ask Hexbear users themselves about it

Lol, yeah, that'll go well, because they're so welcoming to outsiders or even the slightest critique.. 😂

We’re leftists and our site culture is pretty aggressive

I know that would make you feel better, but no, there are plenty of aggressive leftists on this site, and we don't get singled out, that's because people don't hate hexbear because you're aggressive leftists, but because you're toxic pro authoritarian tankies (not that there's any other kind), so not actually leftist at all (hint: if your "communism" has, and you worship and admire a dictator, it's not communism, same goes for if it has billionaires and prison camps, like your favourite flavoured boot China, or even N. Korea)..

And some just see those who militantly focus on attacking fellow individuals instead of the systems that are actually to blame (but which they otherwise support and/or benefit from, like capitalism, racism, and ableism) counterproductive, annoying, and hypocritical.

The militant vegans I have come across, and being vegan myself, it's a lot, far too many (E: to the point I actively avoid vegan spaces), are almost exclusively drowning in so much privilege, they can't see how ridiculous they're being in their bizarre militancy of policing other people's plates instead of the actual industries abusing animals (and humans, who these vegans rarely to never pay any thought to, not out loud or in their actions, anyway).

(before I even hit send: if you feel personally attacked by my comment - that's a sign for you to think about it with yourself and ideally do something about it, not try and prove me wrong, inevitably proving me 100% right)

Some that others have already said (hard work = success, trust cops), and off the top of my head:

• That my ultimate goal in life is to find a husband, and carry and then raise children (people don't stop saying it once you grow up, you just hopefully learn that they're full of shit)
• That "blood is thicker than water" and that your family will always be there for you/want what's best for you

Relevant quote:

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire

George Monbiot

While I'm autistic and have my own issues with food, we're all different and have our own lists of "safe" and "unsafe" foods, so I don't have any specific advice other than please, please don't listen to the people who want you to abuse your child by either forcing, or withholding food.

Post this in an autistic group if you want to hear how well that actually works (that's actually the best advice I can give in general - follow autistic people and spaces, listen to autistic adults who have been there and know what your child is going through, and, often with the opposite intent, the damage their parent or guardian or doctor or "therapist" did to their mental and general health and wellbeing because they were treated as "poorly behaved" neurotypicals, instead of the neurodiverse individuals that they (we) are).

E: even if it turns out they aren't autistic, forcing and/or withholding food is still just as shitty a thing to do.

So, abuse the autistic child...

That's not how autistic disordered eating works.

He’ll eat when he gets hungry enough

Says every person who has no experience with or knowledge of autistic people yet thinks they know better...

Rocks are for throwing. Even if it is perfect, it’s temporary.

A bunch of geologists, and many others who just like to collect (and otherwise use, like in art) pretty and/or interesting rocks and shells would like a word lol

The ‘victim card’ is the conservative ‘race card’.

Except only one of those is real, while the other is made up by those trying to use the first..

Death To America, and butter sauce