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Dameius posted:There is a whole subset of techbros, more Xers and older but some younger ones too, who have strong opinions on the age of consent and other libertarian ideas. Just look at the forums pre Obama. When you grew up as a younger Gen X/older Millennial "Smart kid" the easiest way to politically awaken was as the smart guy in the room who sees that both sides are basically the same, equally far from the truth, or both.Whether that manifests as libertarian, authoritarian fanboy (left- or right- veneer), or South Park centrist depends on your social group, personal goals, favorite writers/media sources, and who you want to piss off. Since any of those starts building a lot of inner contradictions over time the ones that don't fall totally into insular holes tend to age out of it. If they have compassion under it all, generally to the left whether more liberal or leftist. Otherwise, into a paleoconservative, whether full on culture war or "doesn't like to talk about politics."
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Killer robot posted:When you grew up as a younger Gen X/older Millennial "Smart kid" the easiest way to politically awaken was as the smart guy in the room who sees that both sides are basically the same, equally far from the truth, or both.Whether that manifests as libertarian, authoritarian fanboy (left- or right- veneer), or South Park centrist depends on your social group, personal goals, favorite writers/media sources, and who you want to piss off. Just look at the forums post Obama.
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Guavanaut posted:Extremely specific liberties strike again. Nonono, you don't get it, true liberty is the ability to follow the laws of Leviticus down to the letter (except the ones we don't like of course) and get punished with fines or death if you don't! It's okay, though, you need a really deep level of theological knowledge to understand this, it's unsurprising you don't, now get in the back of the sheriff's car so the local magistrate can mete the proper sentence for gender rebellion.
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There was a truck on my street the other day with a "gently caress you feelings" decal that had me thinking about it for too long. What are we saying here, exactly? Isn't is just basically "I'm a rude rear end in a top hat all the time?"
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BiggerBoat posted:There was a truck on my street the other day with a "gently caress you feelings" decal that had me thinking about it for too long. In their minds it's "You libtards take offense to everything and I'm not going to change the way I live my life because it upsets you! Now, if you'll excuse me I have to rush home to get on Twitter to bitch about the local library having Drag Queen storytelling"
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BiggerBoat posted:There was a truck on my street the other day with a "gently caress you feelings" decal that had me thinking about it for too long. I know you're probably just missing an "r," but I've definitely had days that fit what you wrote. "gently caress you, feelings, I'm trying to get through my day here." 
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After The War posted:I know you're probably just missing an "r," but I've definitely had days that fit what you wrote. Ok, I have days like that myself but I still make an effort not to be rude or mean to people. With stickers like the one I mentioned, I think it's like "gently caress you if you get annoyed or offended at me being a huge rear end in a top hat" and, worse, probably going out of their way to be as offensive as possible since "triggering the libs" is a conservative pastime.
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"gently caress your feelings" is supposed to imply that feelings are weak and irrational and the insecure truck chud uses logic and reason to form opinions But that's a lie because they're willfully ignorant and of course everything they say is hypocritical so when they get triggered at the sight of a rainbow and get mad then their feelings are valid It's the same brain dead poo poo every time
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The two acceptable feelings are angry and horny.
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It's the same sort of logic as "Facts don't care about your feelings"; "I'm a being of pure logic and reason, therefore any conclusion I come to/anything I say that you're offended by is your weakness, not mine". It's the same kind of "I just tell harsh truths" bullshit.
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Elephant Ambush posted:"gently caress your feelings" is supposed to imply that feelings are weak and irrational and the insecure truck chud uses logic and reason to form opinions Exactly. These people are the most easily triggered folks I know Try taking the lord's name in vain, dropping an f-bomb in front of a lady, not standing for the national anthem, skipping grace before eating, not saying "Merry Christmas" loud or often enough in December, playing hip hop music too loud, showing gay people on TV or pop stars dancing and dressing suggestively. In which case, the individual becomes quite offended and requires you to care very deeply about their feelings. The list of poo poo that sets these tough guys off is endless.
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cat botherer posted:The two acceptable feelings are angry and horny. By this metric, my feelings are acceptable pretty much all the time.
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BiggerBoat posted:Exactly. These people are the most easily triggered folks I know This is mostly true but they absolutely don't say grace before dinner for the most part. It's all theatrics, respectful God fearing online but actually putting in the effort? Nah Edit for context - my dad posts about Jesus a few times a week but hasn't been in a church in 30 years Medullah fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Mar 16, 2024 |
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DarkHorse posted:calm_hitler.jpg
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Elephant Ambush posted:"gently caress your feelings" is supposed to imply that feelings are weak and irrational and the insecure truck chud uses logic and reason to form opinions
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I'm pretty sure that viral video of those women crying and shouting in the street after Trump won in 2016 just permanently made a significant portion of the American population lovely, horrible people for the rest of their lives. They're always gonna be chasing that high now.
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Neito posted:Lmao. Found it. Anotheroneagain on HN posted:Anotheroneagain 3 hours ago [flagged] [dead] | parent | context | flag | vouch | favorite | on: The Dawn of Cultural Schizophrenia (2023) I have absolutely no loving idea what he's talking about with regard to the Sally-Ann test, which as far as I can tell is solely about whether someone has sufficient theory of mind to understand that people have other perspectives than their own. Neito fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Mar 16, 2024 |
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The human body uses all kinds of otherwise toxic elements in really tiny amounts, but lead is one that's literally unhealthy in any amount.
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Every day I am harassed by psychopathic thallium avoiders.
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Blarghalt posted:The human body uses all kinds of otherwise toxic elements in really tiny amounts, but lead is one that's literally unhealthy in any amount. It's actually weird because lead is really common and incredibly useful, you'd expect evolutionarily it would be tolerated
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BiggerBoat posted:Exactly. These people are the most easily triggered folks I know My mother came to visit a few years back, before COVID, and my son who was maybe 12-13 at the time said "God drat" about something and she loving flipped. Started throwing a tantrum and wanted to go home (about 2,000 miles and another week before her flight was scheduled), and has been rude as poo poo to him ever since. Could she have simply asked him not to do that? Not without being a massive oval office about it, I guess. She absolutely gripes about all of those other things, too. Once she jumped on the Trump bandwagon I severed completely and it's been the best move for my (and my family's) mental health. What really burns me up about it is that Trump looks and acts just loving like the rear end in a top hat she married and inflicted on our lives for 25 years, the same rear end in a top hat we had to force out of our home at gunpoint, the same rear end in a top hat she claims sexually abused her and was extremely verbally, emotionally and physically abusive to us both. And when I pointed this out she was like "Yeah, well...." and claimed that her staying with him was my fault because I didn't want to move away from my friends and everything I owned. When I was 8. I'm 46 now, and she's carrying a grudge against my 8 year old self still. Ultimately, I think these people just like being abused.
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Blarghalt posted:The human body uses all kinds of otherwise toxic elements in really tiny amounts, but lead is one that's literally unhealthy in any amount. Then why is it, every time I eat a heaping spoonful of uranium, my body turns it into lead?
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Crunch Buttsteak posted:I'm pretty sure that viral video of those women crying and shouting in the street after Trump won in 2016 just permanently made a significant portion of the American population lovely, horrible people for the rest of their lives. They're always gonna be chasing that high now. They may only have to wait 6 months
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Safety Dance posted:Then why is it, every time I eat a heaping spoonful of uranium, my body turns it into lead? That's because otherwise you'd have eaten enough calories to make the giant pilsbury doughboy from ghostbusters look small in comparison.
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Not sure why, but this conversation reminded me of something else related to how these people don't know what the gently caress they're ever talking about and how much they misunderstand. Song lyrics. So many of the tracks they worship, cheer spontaneously for and play on the 4th of July or at political rallies don't mean what they think they do. They just hear a single line or the chorus. Songs like "Born in the USA", "Fortunate Son", "Pink Houses" and "Killing in the Name" come to mind.
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Dirk the Average posted:That's because otherwise you'd have eaten enough calories to make the giant pilsbury doughboy from ghostbusters look small in comparison. THE gently caress???
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InsertPotPun posted:the gently caress? My bad, I forgot it was actually that Michigan Tire mascot.
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Dirk the Average posted:My bad, I forgot it was actually that Michigan Tire mascot.
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TremorX posted:My mother came to visit a few years back, before COVID, and my son who was maybe 12-13 at the time said "God drat" about something and she loving flipped. Started throwing a tantrum and wanted to go home (about 2,000 miles and another week before her flight was scheduled), and has been rude as poo poo to him ever since. Could she have simply asked him not to do that? Not without being a massive oval office about it, I guess. That’s just the type of people they are. I’m the same age as you, and the parallels are painful. My mother stopped interacting with our then 2-year old daughter because she (our daughter) downright didn’t like her, and the way my mother imposed her ideas of how she should behave. Sulked for a week in the basement granny flat, out of 2.5 weeks that she came over to CO from Europe. Apparently, it’s also my fault that she and my dad only got divorced after 40 years, despite my moving literal countries about the halfway mark there, and breaking off all contact for a few years. Ofc, she’s voting for the anti-immigrant and anti-women nazi party in Germany these days, despite being an immigrant herself. Will cut off her literal nose just to spite brown people. Wonderful person.
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BiggerBoat posted:Not sure why, but this conversation reminded me of something else related to how these people don't know what the gently caress they're ever talking about and how much they misunderstand. Modern conservatism relies on everybody involved having essentially 0 media literacy in any capacity whether it is kayfabe for the individual person or not. And for most of them, it isn't an act.
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Guavanaut posted:Every day I am harassed by psychopathic thallium avoiders. I loved their early 2000s CD.
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Dameius posted:Modern conservatism relies on everybody involved having essentially 0 media literacy in any capacity whether it is kayfabe for the individual person or not. And for most of them, it isn't an act. True. And what I meant was that all they hear in the songs I listed, in order, are: "born in the USA" "ooooo, that red white and blue" "aint that america" and, of course, "gently caress you, I won't do what you tell me" Completely missing the artist's point on all these tracks.
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BiggerBoat posted:True. Yeah, I was expanding not disagreeing. It'd be impressively hilarious at how bad they get if not for all the consequences.
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A cousin, who was born in late 1993:quote:Not Arguing With Nobody Born AFTER 1996. Y’all can’t even write in cursive 🥴 Boomer really is a state of mind.
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:A cousin, who was born in late 1993: My 2nd grader learned cursive at school.
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Cursive is useful for one's own notes, and rapidly becomes more impenetrable to other people than any cipher. Otherwise it could die entirely and I'd be happy.
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