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docbeard posted:"Family" has enough emotional weight associated with it that there's a reason that people who have strained (or nonexistent) relationships with blood relatives tend to reserve that term for the people they're actually close to. My wife's dad's sister's male child calls me "dyadechka Edgar" or "ağa Edgar" all the time and I'm about to school him about how we aren't related, uncle and brother aren't even the same relationship, and he's using words wrong. I'm definitely not super happy and flattered he's that comfortable living with us to the point I get family words. Edgar Allen Ho has a new favorite as of 01:50 on Jul 11, 2022 |
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I have friends who grew up in a place where it was definitely not okay to be gay, and they used to use "family" to refer to other homosexuals as code.
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Jul 11, 2022 01:54
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is very cool and good to be prescriptivist most especially when it is telling people that their conception of their own family is officially wrong and incorrect lol
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Jul 11, 2022 02:14
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InediblePenguin posted:is very cool and good to be prescriptivist most especially when it is telling people that their conception of their own family is officially wrong and incorrect lol I'm getting annoyed about TV shows here, not controlling what words anyone uses in real life. I don't have that kind of influence.
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Jul 11, 2022 02:23
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Tiggum posted:I'm getting annoyed about TV shows here, not controlling what words anyone uses in real life. I don't have that kind of influence. Maybe TV shows normalizing the idea that the concept of "family" can be whatever you need it to be is actually cool and good and omg I'm arguing with tiggum
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Jul 11, 2022 03:26
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sephiRoth IRA posted:Maybe TV shows normalizing the idea that the concept of "family" can be whatever you need it to be is actually cool and good and omg I'm arguing with tiggum Do you know what a "pet peeve" is? Do you understand the thread you're posting in?
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Jul 11, 2022 03:36
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Tiggum posted:Do you know what a "pet peeve" is? Do you understand the thread you're posting in? Oh no, I completely understand, trust me on this
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Jul 11, 2022 03:44
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Maybe as a cis het guy I'm way off the mark, but I've noticed this trend on mainstream TV where basically there's loads of gay teenage girls, and no gay teenage boys. The girls can get it together, have a smooch and we can all feel warm and fuzzy at their star crossed love, and then that's it, we've covered the 'gay' angle. It feels really skeevy to me. At best, producers are saying 'no we can't have gay boys getting it on, audiences won't go for that', and at worst, 'hell yeah let's get some teenage girls makin' out, the guys will love it!'. It's probably a mixture of both.
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Jul 11, 2022 06:35
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The Perfect Element posted:Maybe as a cis het guy I'm way off the mark, but I've noticed this trend on mainstream TV where basically there's loads of gay teenage girls, and no gay teenage boys. The girls can get it together, have a smooch and we can all feel warm and fuzzy at their star crossed love, and then that's it, we've covered the 'gay' angle. Not just teenagers either. The token gay couple among a group of adults on TV is almost always women as well.
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Jul 11, 2022 06:39
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The Perfect Element posted:Maybe as a cis het guy I'm way off the mark, but I've noticed this trend on mainstream TV where basically there's loads of gay teenage girls, and no gay teenage boys. The girls can get it together, have a smooch and we can all feel warm and fuzzy at their star crossed love, and then that's it, we've covered the 'gay' angle. That's been a well-documented phenomenon for a long, long time; you're not off the mark. And you are right that it is mainly driven by homophobic men playing to homophobic audiences using the rationale "boys kissing is gross, girls kissing is hot." It was a huge thing in the 00s and early 10s, and definitely hasn't completely gone away yet.
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Jul 11, 2022 06:48
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The Perfect Element posted:Maybe as a cis het guy I'm way off the mark, but I've noticed this trend on mainstream TV where basically there's loads of gay teenage girls, and no gay teenage boys. The girls can get it together, have a smooch and we can all feel warm and fuzzy at their star crossed love, and then that's it, we've covered the 'gay' angle. You are correct but you should watch the chucky show. The main character Jake is gay teen and he and another boy fall in love. The show kicks a lot of rear end and not only does it continue the great franchise but it stands on its own as something special too.
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Jul 11, 2022 06:59
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When a movie or TV show transitions to a space scene and suddenly the lens is covered in dust to sell how real it is despite being 100% cgi. Can you imagine an interior scene with actors where the lens is that filthy? It takes me right out of it.
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Jul 11, 2022 07:25
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The pettiest of peeves: When the blanket cover separates from the blanket and it's all just an annoying, tangly mess. When you walk outside and can feel that ah, yes, you walked through 1-2 threads of a spiderweb. (Spiders loving love spiderwebbing up my exterior entry hallway, and across the walkway between some bushes and the garage.) Also I have to do some expensive dental poo poo because back when I was 18-20 the dentists just went 'naaah just wait and see', so instead of getting wisdom teeth removed and some teeth fixed for free/cheap, I'll have to pay out of pocket now. God, why the gently caress is dental care not health care? (  )
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Jul 11, 2022 11:43
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SubNat posted:God, why the gently caress is dental care not health care? (
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It's a two for one. It addresses the dumb family or not family discussion and my peeve for people using only part of a phrase to meet their own need. "Blood is thicker than water" people believe that it means that family relationships are the most important. The actual phrase means the opposite "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb". The relationships that we forge in life are more important than those that we happen to be born into.
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Jul 11, 2022 12:39
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That's made up btw - "Blood is thicker than water" is centuries older than any evidence of the "real, original" phrase
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Jul 11, 2022 13:59
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SubNat posted:
I always wondered if spiders just had someplace to get to in the morning and those lines were just like express transport? They don't seem to be part of an actual web so they're clearly temporary and they don't give a poo poo about them, the spiders are off somewhere else rolling bugs up in rear end silk and don't have time to cry over the two suspension lines you just got a little bit of in your mouth. If it were important, they'd probably learn not to build anything there, so clearly they give no shits.
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Jul 11, 2022 14:06
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Brawnfire posted:I always wondered if spiders just had someplace to get to in the morning and those lines were just like express transport? They don't seem to be part of an actual web so they're clearly temporary and they don't give a poo poo about them, the spiders are off somewhere else rolling bugs up in rear end silk and don't have time to cry over the two suspension lines you just got a little bit of in your mouth. If it were important, they'd probably learn not to build anything there, so clearly they give no shits. Lots of species do use the single-threads as draglines. They toss it into the breeze and let the wind stick the other end onto something, then use it as a little fireman's pole for travel. It's not a part of a proper web.
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Jul 11, 2022 14:33
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ookiimarukochan posted:That's made up btw - "Blood is thicker than water" is centuries older than any evidence of the "real, original" phrase OK, I see there is some debate about it. I will accept that and retract my peeve.
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Jul 11, 2022 14:43
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sephiRoth IRA posted:Maybe TV shows normalizing the idea that the concept of "family" can be whatever you need it to be is actually cool and good and omg I'm arguing with tiggum Family is only used in that context because the idea of close real-life friendship/community is alien to modern audiences hth
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It's really sad that you think TV invented referring to close non-blood as family, Manager, but lmao gently caress off.
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Jul 11, 2022 16:50
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:It's really sad that you think TV invented referring to close non-blood as family, Manager, but lmao gently caress off. I mean I'm right of course but I'm happy you could refrain from posting about your Russian wife long enough to say something about an unrelated subject Well somewhat unrelated I guess
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Jul 11, 2022 16:55
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It was actually invented by the Fast and the Furious franchise.
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Jul 11, 2022 16:59
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lmao fight fight fight
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Henchman of Santa posted:It was actually invented by the Fast and the Furious franchise. Much like the blood is thicker than water thing, the Juggalos actually got there first 
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The Perfect Element posted:
Modern Family, a show which prominently featured a gay, married, male couple with an adopted daughter, to boot, didn't have the aforementioned gay couple kiss on-screen, on the lips, until, like, it's fifth season or something absurd.* *Fake edit: Ok, not that far, but looked it up and it was like the last episode of the second season. And back in 1999 Mission Hill featured Gus and Wally kissing, and...uhh...then some: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy9BC2IEQ1w
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Jul 11, 2022 19:16
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Indolent Bastard posted:It's a two for one. It addresses the dumb family or not family discussion and my peeve for people using only part of a phrase to meet their own need. That 'actual phrase' was not the original, but a tumblr invention
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Jul 11, 2022 19:24
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"What is Google Drive?" *900 links about what Google Drive might ostensibly be* you fucker all i want to do is remove the photo of the inside of my pocket, even if i was a pocket enthusiast i could move that to c: on my own
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Jul 11, 2022 19:32
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Tunicate posted:That 'actual phrase' was not the original, but a tumblr invention Too late. I already repented. My pet peeve. People. All of them, everywhere.
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Jul 11, 2022 20:14
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Manager Hoyden posted:I mean I'm right of course but I'm happy you could refrain from posting about your Russian wife long enough to say something about an unrelated subject I meant "gently caress off" as a playful thing because we're both weirdos complaining on a message board in 2022, not an insult. But if I left enough of an impression you can recall my wife- first I'm sorry, I don't dislike you or remember you at all really, second of all, gently caress off as an insult for using her instead of just calling me an rear end in a top hat. I'm a terrible person for talking about my life while considering my life partner an important part of it yeah, ok.
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Jul 11, 2022 20:57
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Tunicate posted:That 'actual phrase' was not the original, but a tumblr invention "The blood of the covenant" is extremely tumblr sounding. Like a fandom person trying to write in an old-timey way.
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Jul 12, 2022 08:23
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Family, goddamn They never actually come visit or even barely talk to me. I go down to see them every event, birthdays and so on, but they've only visited me for my birthday like, twice over 9 years. I got a girlfriend last year and we've moved in together, my mum or dad haven't met her and constantly complain about it whenever they can. There's only so many times I can explain 'just come and visit me and you can see her'. I don't want to take her to the town I grew up in because it sucks except for a quite nice morissons they just opened. We're going to have to see them for my Nephews Birthday and if they make any oh it's so nice to finally meet you jokes I'm going to scream
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Jul 12, 2022 10:14
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Wi-Fi is great because it enables you to use me, a device, anywhere, even while--did you just go upstairs? You idiot, where's the Wi-Fi? Same place as ever, I realize, but you're walking around like a crazy person I can't keep track! Restart the networks detector, please. No I don't know why that helps me, it just loving does okay! Alright, now what's that speaker you were trying to wirelessly cast to? No, never heard of that one. Here's an unprotected one from the neighbors? No? I have never heard of this speaker dude how can I have played through it "just fine before"? gently caress you man
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Virgin media are causing absolute chaos putting in cables no one will use because of this absolute chaos. It’s obnoxious, they are shutting down half the road, putting in traffic lights and ripping up our freshly tarmaced pavement while not providing an alternative pathway and all so they themselves have massive amounts of space.
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Jul 12, 2022 16:39
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It seems like every fifth tweet I stumble across and want to share is deleted in the 5 second duration it takes for me to copy the link and paste it into discord. It pops up on my feed perfectly fine, but doesn't embed on discord, so I'm stuck wondering if discord is having problems with embedding tweets again, only to try clicking through and finding out the tweet is gone. It's always completely innocuous poo poo, too!
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learnincurve posted:Virgin media are causing absolute chaos putting in cables no one will use because of this absolute chaos. It’s obnoxious, they are shutting down half the road, putting in traffic lights and ripping up our freshly tarmaced pavement while not providing an alternative pathway and all so they themselves have massive amounts of space. Underground fiber was put down all over the place here three years ago and fuckall uses it. All for the sake of parading around the amount we have. Fiber within 10 meters of my house but I can't get more than 12 mbps DSL.
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Dip Viscous posted:Underground fiber was put down all over the place here three years ago and fuckall uses it. All for the sake of parading around the amount we have. Fiber within 10 meters of my house but I can't get more than 12 mbps DSL. Or you can, but only if you pony up like $35,000 for the telco to put in that last stretch of fiber. Eat my rear end you fuckers.
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Manager Hoyden posted:I mean I'm right of course but I'm happy you could refrain from posting about your Russian wife long enough to say something about an unrelated subject Haha. Did I mention I have a Russian Wife? She's a flight attendant. I'm gonna work that in to about 70% of my posts! I put that dude on ignore some time ago.
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I have read one post where that guy was talking about his Russian wife who is a flight attendant but I don't see it happening so much that it warrants ignoring him. If I ignored people on this forum just because they repeat the same tired loving things over and over and over again in multiple threads in multiple forums, it'd be pretty lonely here.
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Sometimes that's all it takes. Goons are plentiful and cheap.
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