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  • The ACLU defends civil liberties for everyone and is an overall force for good. Nazis have the right to say nazi shit here. Them being morally repugnant wastes of space has little to do with their right to free speech. The government cannot limit protected speech and that's a good thing.

    Also the ACLU has nothing to do with corrupt cops being violent pigs. Actually, they fight to end qualified immunity for those very people:

    https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/ending-qualified-immunity-once-and-for-all-is-the-next-step-in-holding-police-accountable

  • That's how I react to those bubbles. It means any image I send is going to be compressed to shit and be utterly unrecognizable. Messages will sent out of order or not at all. Group chats are completely fucked.

    I'm sure Apple shares a lot of the blame, but holy shit how is this not solved in 2024. I shouldn't have to resort to spam filled shitware from Meta to get remotely modern messaging cross platform

    Hope rcs pans out and soon

  • I highly doubt you're the same person that you were at 21! Well, maybe you are, but I'm not sure that's universal.

    Even as someone approaching 30 I look back and nearly don't recognize the person I used to be. Sure I have the continuity and experience, but the way I act and think has changed dramatically, and for the better.

    Time brings wisdom and I'd guess you've got more wisdom than I

  • I think this is problematic because being deceptive is inherently wrong in most cases. But are these buyers getting what they paid for? Social interaction? If the model was doing the chatting, would that make it more moral? I think it's not so black and white

    I wouldn't generalize this behavior to all OF models or pornstars either, not that you are. I think people who do porn are tacitly entering into a kind of parasocial relationship with the audience, and it's a two way street.

  • Despicable? I'm curious about where this line is, can you elaborate?

    Also, what is your attitude on people who have sex with many partners (with informed consent etc). That could be polyamorous or simply dating & one night stands.

  • I am a man and I am affected 0% by this meme. This meme was a chance to display some empathy and understand why it might be that the bear analogy strikes a chord with many women.

    When I go to the grocery store, do I have to think about being snatched? My privilege affords me the convenience of not worrying about that. Do I need to worry about being sexually assaulted walking home? Statistically, probably not. There are a whole host of problems and horrific fates that befall women disproportionately, and very often at the hands of men.

    Why would a woman feel safer with a bear?

    The 750,000 black bears of North America kill less than one person per year on the average, while men ages 18-24 are 167 times more likely to kill someone than a black bear.

    Most attacks by black bears are defensive reactions to a person who is too close, which is an easy situation to avoid. Injuries from these defensive reactions are usually minor.

    https://bear.org/bear-facts/how-dangerous-are-black-bears

    Since 1784 there have been 82 fatal human/bear conflicts by wild brown bears in North America. Yellowstone National Park has seen a mere 8 since being established in 1872, which is only one more than the number of people who have died from a falling tree.

    https://bearvault.com/bear-attack-statistics/

    Seems to me that even I would be safer with a bear than a man. Makes you think, doesn't it?

  • I haven't said anything to you. I'm not telling anyone they're wrong. It seems to me the bear discussion revolves around the fact that many if not most women are distrustful of men because of violence, misogyny, etc. Your subjective experience doesn't change that, but neither is it invalid.

  • What are we comparing here? Cyberbullying to r*pe? Social exclusion to being thrown down the stairs? Not sure if you're attempting to draw equivalences or minimize physical harm but that is how I read this