Rape is horrific—so is everything in the Gaza Strip (people also like died). Amnesty international has an entire page dedicated to the Gaza Strip.

Nobody wants to see anybody die. All life is precious, all life is mournable. But like, c’mon the Gaza Strip doesn’t have any moral high ground. I’m with you this is horrific. But the situation is an absolute cluster fuck of human rights violations. The only way to speak on the situation with any accuracy is to write a tiny dissertation of qualifiers first. Like any hot take on the Gaza Strip should be 200 words minimum.

Unfortunately there’s no way to codify what’s offensive. Demonizing women does seem de rigueur for schools though. Probably just have to know that going in. Probably just wipe yourself off the internet as a protective manner.

I mean you can zoom-in on any event and make a moral judgement. Like people say Hiroshima was objectively wrong…but also like ww2 wasn’t ending, future casualties, etc, etc. Every event has a broader context. (I get it might not play as well on social media where little nuggets of altruism get the most traction). It’s not an excuse, people do need to zoom in on one event sometimes. But like the Gaza Strip is definitely not an easy moral slam dunk.

I think looking at the broader picture of Israel’s apartheid policies is necessary.

This happens because it’s subsidized and they’re required to. They do this with sugar and strawberries too (they keep the sugar for as long as possible).

This also happens with magazines and high-end fashion (mostly accessories, which they damage before disposing).

Wow the downvotes are really telling. You’re totally right — I’ve gravitated to supporting the girls directly with OF, I know that’s not perfect but it’s hopefully a safer direction.

You don’t. The people down voting you can’t make the distinction between pseudo non-con (which is actual consensual) and illegal actual rape porn.

I get that Some people don’t get depressed lounging around in Cheeto sweatpants all day; but a lot of people take care in their appearance for self esteem.

What the actual fuck Pornhub. That’s like watching an action movie and finding out later that they really murdered the actors. Never go long on that site again.

I think people are more upset that game reviewers lauded a meh product — checks and balances sort of thing. Like we’re at the point that Skillup claims his hour long review of Cyberpunk was actually really nuanced because he mentioned some caveats. I mean Paul Tassi said Starfield was his 2023 game of the year, lol. I honestly believe they can’t even see the bias of how going all in on a big AAA release is good for them.

Yeah it’s weird. Mostly because it’s not like a great thing. Everyone assumes they’d be riding high. But you don’t want to cheat code your sim—fucks up the game loop. Just ask all the lottery winners who off’d themselves. I remember one winner saying it was the worst thing to ever happen to them.

Uh yeah, I do suddenly care. I’m allowed to do that. I don’t have to keep tabs on all the world’s atrocities to give a shit. It’s called news.

There’s something very human about being under the immense shadow of asteroid while bitching about metrics.

I’m happy to see so many Redditors have migrated to lemm.ee judging by these comments. Idk why—you could have just stayed on Reddit, but okay.

So that makes zero sense. If a man is a women it’s a women—not a man. The literal definition of a women is being a women.

Idk if you know what you’re rallying against. People aren’t saying companies should just blindly hire someone. People are saying it’s worrying that the most profitable and culturally relevant industry isn’t attracting a diverse crowd. That could mean there’s rampant gatekeeping, nepotism, sexism, abuse, etc. it’s like when men complain of the ratio of men to women on dating apps—they’re not saying to pretend there’s more women (like scamming numbers or somehow tricking women to joining), they’re alerting people that the app doesn’t provide ideal conditions to attract more women (or I guess less men). Like a skewed dating app (except much much worse) having less diversity on tech hurts everyone.

Who knew it’s wrong to scream at kids.

Had a old girlfriend that work for Kaiser. I used to joke they were the Umbrella Corporation. We had great health insurance (yay for not having to be married in California)–but the doctors were really hit and miss. Idk if they loved working for a “non profit” (yeah right) hospital.

Right…because a person isn’t a “sex.” That’s like saying people can’t be a tooth or strand of hair. Gender is something people do. Genitals aren’t sentient. I feel like this isn’t that hard to understand.