ace_of_based @ ace_of_based @sh.itjust.works

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I'm trying to tell you that privilege affects us all. im saying that words like 'i don't see it here' are a form of dismissal you need to be wary of using. Im not "trampling on STEM", im explaining that preconceived notions of fairness you have can color your perspective, because you have not been forced to see otherwise. when i said "be careful not to dismiss", i meant that your words were toeing the line towards dismissal. i can see upon reread that it could be taken worse than i intended, so i'll be even clearer in saying "you must be careful not to", not "you're being dismissive right now".

my whole point is: privilege is a double-edged sword and despite trying, your position in society means you cannot see these things as well as those who are forced to see.

Do you fundamentally disagree with this concept? Do you believe that what I'm saying is possible? I'm not coming at you from a high horse, im saying these things as someone who has reevaluated their own perspective with privilege in mind and wants to share what they've learned.

If someone claims that women are held to a higher standard, I think asking “how is it possible that on average, at all levels, they get higher grades and they are the majority of students?” is a fair question.

No, it completely misunderstands ops point, and i am flabbergasted that you should double-down like this. Can you provide for me other meanings for ops point? what "held to a higher standard" might actually mean? Until you can tell me how "but girls grades were higher ipso facto they were not held to higher standards" does *not or might not be relevant, your refutation spurious and your refutation dismissed.

I have no interest to debate or invalidate one’s experience, maybe this cannot be generalized if there are quite glaring issues with statistical data.

i don't believe you, because that's exactly what you are doing. if you're not interested, stop doing it?

im sorry, i want to answer you but you need to rewrite that whole mess, it's intolerably difficult to read (unless you're really just tellin a woman "this unrelated data doesn't match your life experience").

that would be comically stupid and sexist, and proving OP right!

I must be missing something. Maybe you're doing a bit of satire? Embracing the stereotype of "italians=super-sexist"?

naw. I gotta be reading it wrong.

please rewrite this in italian so i can see the nuance lost in the translation

Granted, i'm a man

you haven't noticed racism and sexism because you are a male who's the "proper color" for the region in which you reside.

male privilege and white privilege are often misunderstood to mean like "special privileges" and poopoo'd because plenty of white men struggle to get by in this world, but that's not what it means.

it means the privilege of 'being taken seriously', the privilege of 'benefit is the doubt', privilege of 'basic respect and decency'.

it also has the benefit/drawback of 'privilege to be blind of misogyny/racism'. I believe you wholeheartedly when you say you've never seen it, but that's the "privilege".

The responsibility you hold in return for this "privilege" is you must believe the words of peeps who don't share this "privilege" when they tell you their experiences. after all, why would you see these things? How else would you experience them when you aren't directly a part of them?

'course you wouldn't! That's fine! Normal! why would you see them? those things aren't directed at you. that's really all the "privilege" is!

back to responsibility, be careful not to dismiss the words of people who have direct experiences of racism and sexism just because they don't match your own. remember, these things aren't directed at you!

have a good one

Ahh. i hope you gave a long memory and the capacity to learn shame, cuz this is a bad look that a future-you should remember and cringe at.

save these, ok?

Even Elon pays better than this

Lol so even if they were $1 bills that wouldn't be an accurate pic hahaha

Because you didn't offer any. You didn't offer any cuz you don't.

Now sit down, this isn't debate class

You don't have any experience youngin, so don't offer your opinion. It's useless at best, and arrogant at worst.

Naw it's valid anger in response to "surface civility" i see "pretend intellectuals" use when they speak.

Just... repeating what talking heads say, just deadass parroting some pundit on tv like it's gospel? Quite rage inducing.

Combined with lil comments assuming superiority? Haha of course OP got pissed. Arrogant + ignorant is a powerful combination

Enough about that.

Let's talk about you.

You need to tend your own garden. Fascism is on the rise worldwide, including wherever you are from. Stop wagging your finger and pick up a hoe.

If you're getting your perspective from billionaire-owned news, (which no fault to you, is most major news-sources) it's no wonder that you'd think that. By the way, that's the exact same narrative the "billionaire-bullypulpit" push here in the States, even though it isn't so.

These politicians and the media have the same lock step lie. They say they're moving to the right "because their voters are", but they're just gaslighting folks as cover for what they were doing anyway; whatever their rich donors tell them.

Made me think of this scene from Office Space

By the by, pristine is commonly used to mean "perfect spotless/like new/cherry" but actually means more like untouched/never cleaned/left alone/original state.

This fact brought to you by my ADHD! Byeeeeeeee!

I like my women loud n strong and giving no fucks how i like my women

It’s about time.

To find the One Piece

Sounds like avocado toast-ian blame-shifting to me. Just like the rest of these pieces, they ignore the obvious, horrible conditions of life, and choose to tut-tut at the abused for 'improperly' using their free time.

just like the avocado toast shit, the translation of these pieces is broadly:

Look away, reader, from the terrible low wages, high cost of living, and soul-crushing work hours japanese people are forced to endure. Focus your attention on these 19% of young people, who don't know any better, who you are better than. Laugh at these losers who admit that one time they almost couldn't cover their expenses!!

Let's look at the article.

Interestingly enough, while these results indicate that the popularity of in-game transactions may be increasing, the average amount of money spent on them is actually decreasing.

Hmm, could it be the actual problem is the immense increases to CoL young (and all) people have been under? I wonder why the article doesn't even bring it up? So curious 🤔

Oh well. So like, how much money are we talking about on gacha? How much are these 19% of young folks spending? Must be a ton eh?

Article doesn't say, but we do get these numbers

In 2024, young people spent an average of around 5,138 yen ($35.85 USD) on microtransactions per month while this year’s survey results state that the average amount of money spent on microtransactions is 4,247 yen ($29.63 USD) per month.

So it's not a lot, not really. I say again, this article is slop created to take your eyes away from the real problems of the world and victim blame the ones suffering under them.

I guess your name means nothing. Having concepts explained shouldn't make you this hostile hahaha! What a fuggen debatelord omg 😂

I think it was a typo in the article, which made me think of this

The whole idea behind "Supply and demand" require that "demand" can fluctuate as readily as "supply".

Shelter does not fit the narrow confines of the econ101 S&D concept; as shelter from the elements is a necessity, and so demand does not fluctuate.

But you are correct about S&D existing in the market as it currently stands. Problem is, "the housing market" has moved fully away from a "market of shelter". It is driven by speculators who hold vast swaths of property and treat these items as a commodity, not shelter. "Shelter seekers" compete with each other and with speculators in this "commodities market" but "Shelter Seekers" are not the driving force of demand, their demand is static.

So you're right in the sense that supply and demand exists for the current "housing market", but the S&D are held and driven by and for speculators, it is not a shelter seekers market.