moakley

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I fully appreciate what you're saying, and I'm not even saying I disagree. But most people still won't support it.

There have been polls. He has a lot of support, but it's definitely not more than half.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I don't think Ayn Rand would have supported this bullshit. The talentless "businessmen" who wear the trappings of wealth but produce nothing were always the villains in her books. Plus she was vehemently anti-theocracy.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I think I just learned how to understand my wife a little better.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of an adult video I saw a while ago that completely changed how I view pornography.

It was a perfectly normal video of a perfectly normal woman doing a perfectly normal thing. The title of the video was descriptive of the action, and then in parentheses it said, "(NO FARTS)".

And I'm like... I wasn't even aware I had a preference either way, but now I definitely do.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Which four?

The Williams sisters are obvious.

Kournikova, Strug, Kerrigan, and Harding I know just from having grown up in America in the 90s. They were all very famous for very, very different reasons.

Clark is super famous right now, as is Biles. Biles is more famous by me because she's from my home city. Ledecky I know because my family follows Olympic swimming. Kwan's name just stuck in my brain for some reason.

If I had to think of an eleventh athlete, it'd take me a while. There's another gymnast I could come up with, I'm sure. That really old one.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (8 children)

If we count retired athletes and Olympic sports then I can just barely get there:

  • Venus Williams
  • Serena Williams
  • Anna Kournikova
  • Kerri Strug
  • Nancy Kerrigan
  • Tonya Harding
  • Michele Kwan
  • Simone Biles
  • Katie Ledecky
  • Caitlin Clark

So now I get to talk about trans women in sports!

Um... yeah. I don't know. Whatever the solution is, I think it should be handled with empathy and respect for trans rights.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

While we're at it, the abortion debate should be settled by people who can actually get abortions.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No good. They might think of Venus and Serena Williams.

10 is safer to make the point.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Trump is a textbook fascist.

  • Racist
  • Nationalist
  • Populist
  • Authoritarian

What more do you need?

 
 
 
 
 
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