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How is "the lady who made an extremely racist post online might be racist" a random accusation, exactly?

I popped into conservative spaces during the debate and there were a surprising number of people claiming the opposite.

I don't understand how we got here

I adore S&M and I don't know how I didn't realize that was S&M until now! I missed out on so many jokes!

What I don't understand is why so many people are pretending the breeding fetish dude is joking.

Why are you a frog?

This flurry of posts strikes me as a hyperfocus fixation and that only makes it funnier.

These are hitting me just right.

I would like to add to this conversation, "I've talked it over with myself and I've decided I'm going on strike," is an extremely powerful thing to say.

...I didn't promise my addition would be valuable.

We're certainly allowed to see this in our own ways. Anyone who says blanket statements about how we perceive an unborn child is making a statement about what we believe.

In my opinion, that kind of assertion crosses the line between someone championing the opinion of another and becomes championing their own opinion.

Neither.

I'm talking about this:

The reason why it’s worse if she’s pregnant is because you took away her choice and opportunity to have that baby

To each their own I guess. I personally would feel horrible about killing a child not just removing a temporary opportunity or something. I'm not saying it's the same as an abortion, just that we on a fundamental level do understand that the fetus isn't just a clump of cells.

Go and find the context, see that they used lots of "I'm pro choice" language, but then went on to argue that an embryo is a child. This is someone using lots of careful language, but is making a specific argument.

I read "EverQuest" and my brain commented, "You mean EverCrack," immediately.

My cousin was horrifically addicted. Luckily for me, my opinion on subscribing to a game was, "no matter how good a game is, I'm not paying for it over and over, " even in middle school, so he couldn't convince me to try it.

They go on to argue that abortion is murder in a different comment. They're using careful language but it's obvious this isn't a person who is simply "arguing the other side," this is a conversation done in bad faith.

Yes. Yes he did.

That is absolutely a kiwi bird.

That's the beauty of the internet. There's always a competitor. I don't have to use someone who had a bad reputation at one point but is fine now. I can just use someone else.

Seriously. This happens all the time. You can take your ball and go a new place to play. The power is with content creators, not the people who own the space you're in.

Glóinsson!

I forgot that was the actor's name and for a second thought he'd gotten married.

My cat is a fetch cat. He loves to fetch.

Every time he does a pounce on one of his toys and rabbit kicks it, or stalks it across the living room, I praise him for all his murder skills. I also will tell him that's why he's not allowed outside, he's simply too fierce and terrifying and all the animals would die.

He seems to enjoy the praise because if I don't say anything he'll keep playing, but when I praise him he runs back to me with his toy and a jaunty little prance for scratches.

I've been open on the fediverse about my background.

The problem with being a major depressive for the first 36 years of your life is, you meet a lot of friends in treatment, and statistically, many of them don't make it.

I recently surprised myself by telling the boyfriend two stories back-to-back and hearing myself say, "they died in (x) year." Some of us outlive others. Some of us outlive a lot of others. That just makes those of is who make it all the more precious, and makes the example we lead that much more critical.

(Yes. 36 years of depression. And yes. It was actually worth it to live through it and get to the other side.)