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Diva, we disagree on a lot of things, and we agree on others, which makes you (genuinely) so much fun for me to see in a thread.
I just told people on another thread that (because of my trauma background) I don't feel anger very often, which means I appreciate folks like you (and conversely, maybe, Rusty here) because I see you leap straight to it with abandon.
I guess what I'm saying is, it takes all kinds to make a world, and I'm glad you're in it.
cm002, I have no dog in this fight, and lemme say, I love having no dog in this fight.
But if someone tells you that you have too much evidence and they aren't going to engage with it, and then instead pivots to trying to force you to engage with their points, and devolves to "please state whether you believe the comics are antisemitic..." This is just a suspicion, and I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure they're not engaging you in good faith.
Those three links were posts of screenshots of mod actions? If I was doing a big, hyperfocus-style, documenting-things kind of thing, I wouldn't link directly to the modlog for a lot of reasons. I'd link to a screenshot of the modlog. That way, people can see the thing I want to point out, and then if they want, go verify that it's in the modlog.
Normally I wouldn't wade into this obvious shitshow, but I have a massive pet peeve of a person dismissing another person's argument with, "There's too much evidence." I get not wanting to comment individually on each and every thing they posted, who has the time, but for "I don't want to engage with all this content," there's the option of not commenting at all. Telling someone that their point is invalid because they have too much content is really really really frustrating for me. That might be my neurodivergence but...
But, "your point is wrong because there's too much evidence and I don't wanna read it" isn't a counterargument to the original point being made. And making a counterpoint of, "but here's MY argument and MY evidence and I want you to engage with THAT" is... not what good faith debate should look like. If you can't be bothered to engage with the original point being made, using it to pivot a discussion to your own point is... rude.
So I'm 100% on board with most of what you said but... What on earth does 'bitch-made' mean? It's setting off my women-hating red flags.
I googled it and scrolled down and got some garbage about a man raised by women, so I have concerns.
So your reply to... 20 links, is to complain that someone is documenting well ("obsessed") and then make one claim against the entire instance with one supporting link?
I have a massive problem with .world. There's a reason I'm not on it. But the .world liberal problem doesn't undo the .ml tankie problem. Two things can be true.
toxic positivity
Oof, you're not joking. There was a community somewhere else on the internet who was 100% about that bullshit. Some days, you just want to be able to do the fucking laundry. Or in my case, make the marinara sauce. I took meds today and I'm all focused but I'll be damned if I can start cooking. Executive dysfunction can really fuck right off forever.
why I’m not interested
There's that depression-like emptiness where once a whole-life obsession was! I'm really grateful that I've gotten to a point in my life where I recognize that feeling for what it is, because that helps me a lot in coping with it. "Why am I not having fun anymore?" It can be such a bleak thing, but I'm lucky enough (I recognize not everyone is!) to be able to objectively realize that's what's wrong with me, and now that it's been identified, to set aside that feeling and wait for the next hyperfocus.
You're for sure right. There'd be less struggle. There'd be less strife. And I wish you could give it up, and be those things, and not have to kill yourself to do basic, normal things every day. But I think I'd keep it.
Hey, thanks for the conversation. If you ever need an accountability person, my DMs are open!
Oh, thanks very much for the link! Always looking for cool new places on the fediverse!
Also, nice to finally meet you, Odo. You were an excellent part of my favorite Star Trek.
Okay! I'll maintain the unflappable facade until you become... less flapped.
That sentence really got away from me. The point is I mean well and I get at least some of what you're talking about. And! I can ask you to come be angry for me when I'm unable to flap! A perfect system!
I found mansplain on Merriam Webster, and also on Wikipedia. The Merriam Webster article says "of a man," and the wikipedia article says "for a man" at the start.
Usually for these things I'd be all for abolishing the gendered nature of the word, but I feel like it would dilute the original meaning. So if anything, instead of gender-normalizing 'mansplain,' I think we need to add 'womansplain,' which is something I'm very guilty of doing to my partner whenever he's cooking because I keep forgetting that it's something he does very well.
But also, my reply still has merit here, because that individual was obviously weaponizing 'mansplain' to try and gender me, a woman, when what they likely wanted to convey was that they found me condescending. They shouldn't be appropriating a gendered word to say something else they mean, so... uh. Sorry for all the extra words. I took my ADHD medication today and language discussion fascinates me.
I also have that aura, and I am here to lend credence to being able to see it in others, and them seeing it in me.
I have this cute phrase for when it's not just that aura but also the obvious background of trauma, "We have so much in common! I'm so sorry."
Mine is a super power in a crisis. The rest of the time it is a massive hindrance. But! I also think it's why I'm so unique and why I developed so many other skills, so I wouldn't trade it so much as living in a world that can't accommodate me.
This might be one of those things we haven't discovered yet, like the soap/cilantro thing.
Cucumber has a very strong flavor to me.
I can't get angry without a lot of reason, and even if I get angry, I can't stay angry, but that's on my specific presentation of C-PTSD.
Let's be unflappable twins!
Same here! Why isn't this a weird Olypmic?
...Why don't we have weird Olympics?
'Mansplaining' requires the explaining person to be a man.
You're entitled to having an opinion. You're allowed to share that opinion. You aren't entitled to people stopping to tell you why they think you're wrong. Nobody owes you the time to stop and explain things to you.
And receiving downvotes doesn't necessarily mean someone thinks you're wrong. It could just be that you're being needlessly antagonistic. An example of this, is how I'm removing my sympathy upvotes to your previous comments. You obviously didn't need my sympathy.
Does the fediverse have a place for watch parties? Because a bunch of us are for sure watching Galaxy Quest today.
I bet the weird censorship cut would've been a huge smash hit with the fans. (I'm one of them!)
::: I spoiler tagged this long ass post in order to hide it from folks who don't care.
I'm not that person but I had the exact same thing happen to me! And let me tell you, when I was first watching it as a middle schooler, I knew they were in love! I didn't know that women-who-like-women had a word (lesbian), so I thought, "Well, if you're in love with someone, they're probably your friend. Probably your best friend, so that makes sense. But you can't just call them your girlfriend, because-"
I grew up in rural Oklahoma (and now live in Tennessee). A woman, who has a friend, and that friend is a woman, makes her a girlfriend. I still call women who are my friends, 'girlfriends,' even though it obviously could mean something romantic. So Uranus and Neptune probably couldn't just say 'girlfriend,' because all the girls who were their friends were their girlfriends, so 'best' friend is probably a friend who is such a good friend, that you're also in love with them. (This was the logic of a sixth grader.)
It's one of the reasons that Sailor Moon fans have always been so inclusive, have always stood up for other presentations or orientations. Why on earth would we support people trying to hide this stuff from children, when a not-so-small number of us knew what we were looking at when we were children?
To add to that, I might have had a very unique interpretation of the situation, because I would later learn that I was a demi bisexual (we didn't even have the word 'demisexual' when I was a girl) and what that means is... For me, I usually only want a relationship with the person who is such my best friend, that I also am in love with them!
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Every time some liberal recommends peaceful protest, I yell that MLK Jr. couldn't have got where he got without Malcolm X, that Stonewall was a riot, and if someone takes away my right to vote, I'm going to behave in the way that got my foremothers the right to vote!