|
Hieronymous Alloy posted:Yeah, I've been meaning to make that a book of the month in book barn for a while now. Thanks for the reminder. I recently stopped by the book barn to check out the history book thread and it was a real let down. Nobody talks to each other in there, not even in a super angry way like a lot of posters do here in DnD. Like it was just a bunch of people stopping in to ask for recommendations then never posting anything else and never getting a reply, or people saying they read a book without elaboration, or really lame gbs one liners directed into the ether. What’s the point of a thread about history books if no one actually wants to talk about history?
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:23
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 5, 2024 00:55 |
|
|
someone is actively telling you 'I'm going to do direct harm to your niece' and you're whinging about 'but what if they don't let us come to Christmas'
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:24
|
|
|
bloodysabbath posted:If that loses ally points or whatever then I guess I won’t have enough to trade for the bicycle at the prize counter pushing back against endemic bigotry embedded in society = a loving chuck-e-cheese game. quote:, but I’m fine with that. how loving magnanimous of you.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:24
|
|
|
Squalid posted:I recently stopped by the book barn to check out the history book thread and it was a real let down. Nobody talks to each other in there, not even in a super angry way like a lot of posters do here in DnD. Like it was just a bunch of people stopping in to ask for recommendations then never posting anything else and never getting a reply, or people saying they read a book without elaboration, or really lame gbs one liners directed into the ether. What’s the point of a thread about history books if no one actually wants to talk about history? The A/T ancient history thread is where people actually talk about history
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:25
|
|
|
OAquinas posted:Spoiler: it doesn't end well. Turns out Rosebud was a sled.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:25
|
|
|
it's not even NORMAL misogyny and poo poo. Even a large chunk of the 'my wife best not think she can get a job her place is at home' types look at purity balls and go 'haha what the gently caress man'
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:26
|
|
|
selec posted:Oh yeah, they definitely believe some anti-woman poo poo. Purity balls! But how do you convince them that's bad, when they did it, truly, because they were told and believed it was what was for the best for their daughters? You're not ever going to convince these people their worldview is wrong. Point, laugh, make sure any daughter you have understands that these people are pieces of poo poo and are out to do harm to her and others, like my daughter. Hate and contempt drive them, nothing else. There's nothing worth saving there.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:26
|
|
|
Squalid posted:I recently stopped by the book barn to check out the history book thread and it was a real let down. Nobody talks to each other in there, not even in a super angry way like a lot of posters do here in DnD. Like it was just a bunch of people stopping in to ask for recommendations then never posting anything else and never getting a reply, or people saying they read a book without elaboration, or really lame gbs one liners directed into the ether. What’s the point of a thread about history books if no one actually wants to talk about history? We're low traffic unfortunately. If you start convos people will participate but it'll take some patience.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:26
|
|
|
Lemming posted:Lmao that you think being against sexism is a fight "on their behalf" and not just the right thing to do. Like if you didn't have an SO it would be fine? To be fair, saying "imagine it's your sister or wife or daughter" can be useful, because humans do have circles of empathy, and family members tend to be in the closer circles. It helps to put a face on things. That said, yeah, sexism, racism, etc, are things we should be against in anybody, and we should find equally repellant under any circumstance. "Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere," as some cool dude said.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:26
|
|
|
Ignoring poo poo like purity balls so Christmas isn't awkward is kind of how you get Gilead
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:26
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1083473120625864704
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:27
|
|
|
What the hell is a "purity ball"?! I'm at work and I refuse to google this.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:27
|
|
|
Lumpy posted:Turns out Rosebud was a sled. Rosebud is a new strain of marijuana with a picture of Rue Maclanahan on the package
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:27
|
|
|
sexpig by night posted:it's not even NORMAL misogyny and poo poo. Even a large chunk of the 'my wife best not think she can get a job her place is at home' types look at purity balls and go 'haha what the gently caress man' You don't have to be Freud to spot an Electra Complex from a mile away.  Solaris 2.0 posted:What the hell is a "purity ball"?! I'm at work and I refuse to google this. Oh my God, we have such sights to show you. Father-daughter balls where they basically act like they're at a mass wedding reception and the dads give them "promise rings" and promise to protect their daughters' chastity until they get married.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:27
|
|
|
Just give me thirtyyearoldswhofeelweirdaboutgoingoutbecausetheyreoldnow.com please.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:28
|
|
|
Solaris 2.0 posted:What the hell is a "purity ball"?! I'm at work and I refuse to google this. it's where girls will stay pure because daddy is all they need
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:29
|
|
|
CubanMissile posted:Just give me thirtyyearoldswhofeelweirdaboutgoingoutbecausetheyreoldnow.com please. Ah, Plenty of Fish! Have fun with that one.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:29
|
|
|
Solaris 2.0 posted:What the hell is a "purity ball"?! I'm at work and I refuse to google this. it's the very normal thing when dads make their daughters pledge their 'virtue' (chastity) to them until an Acceptable Husband is found and until then the DAD will just take the role of boyfriend by taking them to balls and on dates and stuff, because he's the guardian of her virtue. normal poo poo, man, don't wanna make the high holidays awk by questioning it.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:29
|
|
|
Solaris 2.0 posted:What the hell is a "purity ball"?! I'm at work and I refuse to google this. White Christian dads dance with their undebauched teenage daughters and give them rings to signify that they will stay chaste until marriage Something like that its super hosed up and pseudo-incestuous. Tied to the idea that a father owns his daughter until he gives her away to her husband, who owns her after marriage.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:29
|
|
|
Herstory Begins Now posted:listen koala, my cherished memories of having to get blackout drunk over and over because my rear end in a top hat racist mother won't stop spouting off fox news talking points is just too important to me to confront I seriously can't even imagine Sometimes y'all make me feel like my spine is made out of vibranium and I have put up with a loooot of poo poo in the past I didn't realize I was "allowed' to say no to
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:29
|
|
|
Solaris 2.0 posted:What the hell is a "purity ball"?! I'm at work and I refuse to google this. it's like conservative christian prom, where fathers swear to be the custodians of their daughters virginity until it can be entrusted to a husband on behalf of jesus christ. it is twice as creepy as it sounds
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:29
|
|
|
Solaris 2.0 posted:What the hell is a "purity ball"?! I'm at work and I refuse to google this. Think of a prom where middle age fathers treat their pre pubescent daughters like property and dress them up in white gowns and dance with them and make them promise not to gently caress until they get married.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:30
|
|
|
sexpig by night posted:it's the very normal thing when dads make their daughters pledge their 'virtue' (chastity) to them until an Acceptable Husband is found and until then the DAD will just take the role of boyfriend by taking them to balls and on dates and stuff, because he's the guardian of her virtue. Also they get all dressed up and have a prom-like thing together. E: beaten. I think this picture sums it up: 
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:30
|
|
|
Solaris 2.0 posted:What the hell is a "purity ball"?! I'm at work and I refuse to google this. It's that totally normal thing where a dad takes their teenage daughter for the romantic night of dancing that she's always wanted.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:30
|
|
|
Critical posted:Think of a prom where middle age fathers treat their pre pubescent daughters like property and dress them up in white gowns and dance with them and make them promise not to gently caress until they get married. Isn't that a cotillion?
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:31
|
|
|
luxury handset posted:it's like conservative christian prom, where fathers swear to be the custodians of their daughters virginity until it can be entrusted to a husband on behalf of jesus christ. it is twice as creepy as it sounds Crow Jane posted:Also they get all dressed up and have a prom-like thing together. yea I really can't stress how creepily FORMAL this all is too. Like it's not just 'hey Ted at church has a father daughter group we go to to keep Becky's mind of The Sinful Penis' kinda weird stuff, it's like creepy Eyes Wide Shut poo poo. For dads, and their daughters.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:31
|
|
|
Xombie posted:You are using completely arbitrary and opposite standards for Germany, France, and Italy here. It ignores, among other things, the fact that France was just as antisemitic as Germany and that Italy was as Fascist as Germany. The rise of the NSDAP had nothing to with how "strict" or "orderly" you imagine Germans as. It's because of a wide variety of economic and political confluences that had literally nothing to do with German "culture" and more to do with, as most things in history, pure dumb luck. Everyone was antisemitic back then*. Russians gladly turned on their Jewish neighbors the moment the opportunity presented itself even as they themselves were being slaughtered by the Germans. And yes, the processes that led to all that are extraordinarily complex and possibly inevitable, but German culture was uniquely positioned to embrace what turned into the Holocaust in ways I don't believe other countries would have. To say what happened in Germany could happen anywhere I think is incorrect. Some cultures seem predisposed to authoritarian behavior. *as opposed to our enlightened present.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:31
|
|
|
Crow Jane posted:Also they get all dressed up and have a prom-like thing together. Cursed image.  CubanMissile posted:Isn't that a cotillion?
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:32
|
|
|
haveblue posted:sharecroppersonly.com? Don't do this.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:32
|
|
|
Solaris 2.0 posted:What the hell is a "purity ball"?! I'm at work and I refuse to google this. it's a thing in the south where daughters pledge their purity to their watcher (god/dad) first it's super loving creepy and i'm so glad my dad laughed in our neighbors face about it
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:32
|
|
|
selec posted:"Well, I'm not racist? I mean, my sister-in-law is Thai? And I have nieces and nephews from nearly every race you can imagine?" selec posted:But as I said, it's hard to detect the racism we're all sure is in my in-laws hearts, because they recoil at expressions of it, are deeply comfortable around people of color like their family members, and in the end, just prioritize pro-life politics over everything.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:32
|
|
|
Majorian posted:
Well that's goddamn creepy. And why does this sound like something Mike Pence would be proud of?
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:34
|
|
|
I honestly don't even want to post this picture but here is a totally normal not gross af thing
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:34
|
|
|
sexpig by night posted:yea I really can't stress how creepily FORMAL this all is too. I don't see how you could call THIS creepy:  Solaris 2.0 posted:
The biggest political surprise of my life would be to learn that he hasn't been to one personally. I'm fairly certain he has though.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:34
|
|
|
CubanMissile posted:Isn't that a cotillion? I think a cotillion is where the father presents the daughter so a gentleman can call dibs on her. A purity ball is where the father calls dibs himself.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:35
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/scottwongDC/status/1083466653944422401
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:35
|
|
|
Ok I was wrong Sometimes, kinkshaming is good
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:35
|
|
|
Koalas March posted:gently caress no Actually the pattern that I've observed with Selec and the rest of the Dems are bad  socialism now or nothing, no war but class war brigade is that they view it as the job of someone else to fix the problems of the world. They are mad at the elected Democrats because they don't do what they believe they should be doing, they'll whine about how horrible the system is but won't actually even bother articulating what they are doing to fix the problems. It's never a matter of figuring out what they personally can do. Notice that the vast majority of posts from these folks are negative regarding what they see as bad/ineffective/weak strategies or actions on the part of others but very seldom positive hopeful or encouraging. It's not even that they are wrong about a lot of specific complains like Dems being bad, a lot of Dems are objectively bad and a lot are ineffective, weak and compromised but at a bear minimum despite all of that they had the gumption to get up off their rear end and try to do something even if it isn't the perfect fix all of the problems with the world tomorrow or die Hail Mary's. They get all indignant when it's pointed out that the reason we have poo poo representatives is because the public have poo poo ideas and beliefs and rather than do what they actually can do to fix that real problem by helping those people to learn better less poo poo ideas and beliefs they view that as the job of the politicians which is a pretty loving strange take for someone who claims to be a "leftist". The whole point of being a leftist isn't about being a communist it's about believing that power should flow from the bottom up. That you build your movement by educating those closest to you and encourage them to do the same, that you don't want for the powerful to decide to do something good, that you don't want for a savior to tell you the way forward then any time someone does step forward they'll tear them down mercilessly if they fail to check whatever purity boxes are on their personal list but are perfectly willing to over look far worse failings if it will make their personal lives more comfortable or less stressful. Skex fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Jan 10, 2019 |
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:36
|
|
|
CubanMissile posted:Isn't that a cotillion? cotillions are more about signalling sexual availability to a certain social class and permitting courtship in a structured environment, not declaring holy guardianship over your daughter's nethers in a deeply oppressive way the point of a cotillion is to get your kid out of the house, not lock them away in it Critical posted:I think a cotillion is where the father presents the daughter so a gentleman can call dibs on her. A purity ball is where the father calls dibs himself. yeah
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:36
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 5, 2024 00:55 |
|
|
Hieronymous Alloy posted:We're low traffic unfortunately. If you start convos people will participate but it'll take some patience. Well I tried to post about imagined communities and was controversial enough to generate replies but they were all some variation of ‘lol if you. . .’ And semi-sarcastic one liners written to play to the crowd rather than start a meaningful back and forth. The literary book thread was good though, I guess it probably gets more traffic.
|
|
#
?
Jan 10, 2019 22:37
|
|