araneae

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[–] araneae@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

It's hard right? All the ones we were raised with like mrn and even the more enjoyable corruption/portmanteaus like fuck-t*** just punch down. Any slur or bad word has its nuances and pros/cons (almost exclusively cons with words originating as slurs) but the ones to do with intellectual disability are particularly hard because they were EVERYWHERE. And the reason for that is that the intellectually disabled can't as easily advocate for themselves as for example the Roma, or the gay/mlm community. I tend to think contrived insults that imply your subject of derision is responsible for their own undoing work best. Like asshat, or fuckstick, ignorant motherfucker, sour cunt, livid piece of shit, etc etc. Either these are conditions of personability that a person could change about themselves (if we want to go that far "sour cunt" is sexed and possibly implies a hygeine problem) or they invoke a situation that took some doing to get into, like making a hat out of some ass and wearing that.

Thanks for hearing me out.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

People aren’t fundamentally racist, stuck up or bigoted.

Yes, at least some of them are. Don't be this naive. You could make the argument even that most of MAGA are EcOnOmiCalLy AnXIoUs but (trigger warning: Godwin's Law) so were most nazis. SOME people really are like that.

There was once a time, very brief, when Elon Musk wasn’t a complete jackass. A brief time when people were watching rocket starts with awe that instilled hope in them.

That was called marketing and it sold a lot of Teslas. No one who will do a nazi salute is capable of delivering the utopia future you describe. Anyone who would do a nazi salute is definitively always a jackass.

Otherwise I agree and really do appreciate this kind of hopefulness. I really think what you're saying is correct and important. It's just, well, those two SLIGHT bits of contention... Sorry.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hey how are ya. I'm in full agreement with your thrust of sentiment. Please don't use the r slur.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 1 points 5 days ago

"Abigail Thorne - A nerd actress" damn girl really graduated the Youtube ghetto huh? That's kind of funny/cool. She still does PhilosophyTube as well.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 10 points 6 days ago

Whatever gets them a State of Emergency the fastest.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The entire trans and queer community (which by your word choice elsewhere in the thread you are ostensibly a part of)? The ENTIRETY of it? I say this with respect and with your best interests at heart: get a grip. Take a breather. Scream into a pillow. But don't be like that.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It seems more to me like the TQ wants to rid themselves of the LGB with their pronoun tirades and temper tantrums.

Oh... Wow. With all due politeness I request that you please cool it with this rhetoric. It is dangerous. The community needs to band together right now. I'm sympathetic for you but this makes you seem hostile and jaded.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

Sorry friend, I can't. What I can tell you is reality is a shared hallucination and I personally believe things can get better, not necessarily that they will, and not necessarily in our lifetimes. The future isn't written.

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