OT, I always forgot TO submit, altogether. I'll go looking for a comment I made and say "Wuuuuh, where'd it go?" then realize... "Aw dang, never ACTUALLY hit 'submit'..."
No, actually, I wouldn't. In my workplace, we all routinely sexually-harass each other. If I WAS the type of person you're talking about, my boss would be enjoying two hots and a cot for a long, long time by now. I can very easily distinguish relatively innocent humor from actual misogyny. You can't judge everything I do or interpret in life from a comment I made. You're taking an extreme and placing it on me, someone who's just tired of flippant sexism.
And as you say in your next comment, added to this, that's in your area. There was a case on Judge Judy years and years ago, involving a woman who tried getting out of a ticket; one of the factors she cited was that she'd seen him pull over "just women" and he was discriminating against her and women in general. As it turned out, they reviewed his pull-over record an found the opposite. Not by a wide margin, but it definitely made her look like an idiot. That applies to your argument; you see a woman on a phone make a driving-blunder, and another guy being responsible, and that means the stereotype is true? A tiny sample, not subject to test conditions is suddenly fact? I've seen the exact reverse--men plowing through a red, women being responsible. Many, many times. Each time I see this behavior, whether it's a man or woman, I say "idiot fuckin' drivers!" not "MEN!"
My problem is the proliferation of sexist commentary, everywhere you look. It's growing exponentially. To me, the flippant nature of it is almost more dangerous, as it simply becomes customary and acceptable. I've got a tough enough skin to roll my eyes in most cases and just let it go, especially on the internet, but it's still annoying. In the end, does it need to be said? Why is it "You're too sensitive, get off the internet!"/"Grow some balls!" instead of "Why do people have to act like douches and insult other people?" I hear this argument so many, TOO many times. I suppose it's more acceptable to be snide, snarky and generally mean than trying to be a good person, even if it means you're a little sensitive and taking things seriously sometimes.
When I see it everywhere, yes, I start to take it a bit seriously. And I'm actually a very goofy person in day-to-day life. We're talking either get odd looks or make people guffaw goofy. But when you've dealt with sexism, yourself being the target at times in your daily life, you don't really care if someone thinks you're humorless when you point it out.
I'd planned a long-winded reply to this, but screw it. I'm just going to say that if you came in and made an Asian joke, another group of people stereotyped as bad drivers, people would look down on you for it. If you ever uttered the n-word, people would look down on you for it. But men will always have the allowances, excuses and bullcrap reasons to make as many jokes bashing women as they want, and it will never change. They'll always laugh when faced with criticism, painting the woman calling them on it as a "humorless bitch" as if it doesn't hurt to see it happen in a forum I enjoy and want to feel a part of, but is always faced with the fact that she doesn't have a bulge between her legs.
And it does... hurt, meaning. Say you're joking if you want and that I'm just a humorless bitch. I'm just tired of hearing this asinine crap, and decided to say something about it. I almost didn't, because I know the reception this might get, but I don't really care.
It's odd how us cynical humans always conclude that life on other planets are smarter and better than we are. Who knows--maybe they're worse than us. Maybe we're way more advanced than them.
It's more about detecting existing signals, rather than waiting for a reply to ones we JUST sent out. I think they know what they're doing and don't need to drop by/. articles with our comments for confirmation of their methods
There's this documentary you should watch; I believe it was a National Geographic special, centered around humans and stress. At its center was a college professor's study on baboons, and how in their primitive world, their stress emulated ours.
The professor's study revealed a very interesting dynamic between the alpha-males of the tribe and the females, young and weaker males. The alpha males were grossly abusive to them all, batting the child-baboons like ping-pong balls, terrorizing the females through abuse and rape and beating on the 'beta' males. After years of doing this study, which included taking a few baboons in for stress-testing, they found that the tribe was at a ridiculously-stressed state 24-7. Their bodies were worn, torn and tense, brains malfunctioning, all because the "leaders" abused their self-appointed power.
But a very interesting thing happened near the end: an abandoned warehouse full of food was discovered by the tribe. As the alpha males were already selfish and flexed their muscles for the slightest bit of food while everyone else starved, they beat everyone else away and gorged themselves on their bounty. Problem was, the food was contaminated and diseased, and within a day, all of the alpha males keeled over and died. At first, the professor and his fellows were upset, because they felt this destroyed their work. In the end, however, they came upon a remarkable conclusion: after the abusive, tough and selfish of the tribe died, the females, young and smaller males were suddenly extremely, noticeably content, peaceful and at ease. Instead of hiding and becoming malnourished and psychologically unstable, they started forming a better society for themselves, where they shared and shared alike, with food, tasks and general good behavior. They were happier and better-off without the horrid abuse, and their tribe flourished.
Then again, why do we have to study this? No stress/abuse = better quality of living. The supposed "weak mindedness" you're referring to is actually peace and reason, looking for solutions that don't include bringing others harm. If we didn't glorify the mean of the world, the frat-jocks who win their school's pride at a game then celebrates by raping three drug-doused girls at a party (which of course gets covered up, even when reported), and bully politicians, we'd be in a better place.
Everyone's going to interpret things in their own way. That's why this is both dangerous and enlightening, the latter weighing in most, I believe. Neo-Nazi types will celebrate and revel in its publication and read-away--perhaps some of them thinking, 'Okay, huh?' in getting the real-deal and the fucked-up psychosis that comes with it--and others simply interested in history (and not repeating it)... well, will get the real-deal and the fucked-up psychosis that comes with it. 'Guess we'll see.
I suggest grounding a kid for using their parents credit card without their authority, and I'm "condemning" them, all through "willful ignorance" coming out of a "proverbial mouth". That's a little strong, isn't it? Was that needed? I'm asking that honestly, because my comment doesn't call for the kid to receive jail time for this. THAT would be ignorant and ridiculous.
These kids aren't stupid. I would think that an app's extras that require purchases asks "this will be charged under your credit card: accept or deny". I know this because I've bought stuff online through my phone, to be billed to Sprint. There was no fine print. It said "BUY THIS WITH YOUR MONEY OR DON'T", basically. And really... you're going to support some class-action lawsuit wherein those participating are looking for up to $5m? Even if all each person filing got was $500, that's way over the line.
There are a lot of "maybe"s out there when it comes to these science theories and discoveries, but adding a "watch out" for planetary chaos at the end is so drama-llamas. I'm not going to worry, because even if it came about, wtf can I (or anyone) do about it? Gotta live out what we got in the here and now while doing our best to observe the future--rationally, not Mayan-Calendarly.
I think the biggest problem isn't the idea that apps created to get money through upgrades exist, but the fact that a nine-year old is given the powers of an expensive phone without the parents having a clue as to what she's doing on it is eyebrow-raising. Am I the only one bugged out when I see middle-schoolers having phones and other gadgets that are worth more than my car? Criminy, my mom wouldn't let me have a phone in my room on the main home line, never mind my OWN phone number.
And as if she didn't know she was doing wrong. Even if a child is immature in the areas of reasoning, I'm assuming any parent here would punish their kid if they found them digging into their wallet to steal cash. How is this any different? You put a LOCK on that shit, wherein any purchases made on your child's phone has to be approved by an adult first. I'm sure there's a method/service that does that. I almost never take the side of corporations like Apple, but in this case, I say the kid is grounded for six months, and double the chores in the house without an allowance. They had their fun, underhandedly. Time for parents to take responsibility for the stuff they buy their kids, especially if they don't intrinsically NEED it to begin with.
My ovaries created cysts that exploded in the middle of the night and sent me screaming in blistering pain to the ER. What was the immediate preventative care? Birth control.
So, what responsibility for my actions could've prevented the cysts from forming? Or is it--I dunno--that most women on birth control aren't taking it for all the DIRTY DISGUSTING SEX they want to have, but for major health issues that impede their lives?
I was a head baker of a popular country store in my area. Give me the right equipment and I can make four 8-inch and eight 4-inch pies in two hours or less. I will gladly show my support for this noble, righteous cause and offer my services.
Good Christ, if only the military had this problem... oh wait, they do, AFTER they send their beloved American soldiers home from wars that give them diseases, psychological issues and other stuff they ignore. This country is the greatest, as proven by this song.
I have a mug someone swiped from Elijah Wood's room service trays left outside his door, the morning after a con he did. My friend was getting rid of things she'd collected (it'd been someone else's before her--long story) and asked if I wanted it. Heck yes, I did, lol. Would I have DONE it, swiped it, meaning? I dunno... until I figure that enigma out, I'll be in my underground lab with cotton swabs and my cloning machine.
I love Harry Potter to a breaking point. The magic described, elaborate plots and characters make for a fantastic read (and movie-watching). If Hogsmeade was real, I'd be there everyday, sticking my head in a cotton candy machine at Honeyduke's, slurping butterbeer and buying magical-pranks from Zonko's.
But here's the kicker: it's NOT real. I'm not expecting a letter from Hogwarts, or magical candy. I'll never be able to clean my house with a mere wand-wave. And I won't have to deal with Voldemort, either. Kind of a fair trade.
I used to have unrealistic fears involving everything from bogeymen and supernatural beings. I'd have constant nightmares, ones that would ruin my entire day after waking up. That was when I was religious. When I began questioning religion, I started thinking logically instead of being irrationally afraid of nothing. One important realization/turning-point was when I sifted through too many pictures, vids and documents related to JFK's death, which included autopsy pics. Late in the night when my mind went into overdrive thinking of zombified former presidents, I stopped everything and thought, "It's more likely that Arnold Schwarzenegger will bust in and make a political speech in my bedroom than Kennedy's corpse wandering in."
So no, there's no magic in my life. Pretending, imagination? Always. Delusion? Nope, and I'm better for it.
Give me a break, guys. I just opened the main page. Before the page refreshes to show more stories on/., there were 14 stories, and 12 of them are entirely devoted to some form of nerdity. A couple sneak in, either political or a more "fun" angle, and everyone starts throwing toys of of their prams. I knew why this article had almost one hundred comments before stepping in, because everyone simply HAD to come in and get all Mr. and Mrs. McBabypants. I suppose I myself am catering to that mindset in complaining as well, but this happens in the science/astronomy/technology/etc. based stories all the time. "This isn't news", "Boring!", "Such-n-such is better than shitty-thingamabob,/. sucks!"... wtf do you want, people?
I expect to be modded down for this, but whatever.
When two black teens set a white kid on fire, a clear hate crime, it hardly gets a column in the local news.
The reasons for stories like Trayvon's getting out as they do is that there's not just political intervention, but an angry village behind the push. I'm kind of tired of the argument that this is "way overblown", and tit-for-tat crap. When I posted in facebook about how I was going to the nearby Trayvon march, someone asked "Why are they having one here?" I told him that it was a nationwide event in many cities, to which he said it was "overblown" and that "there are issues that no on is doing anything about in the meantime."
My response to him--and to you--is that if you feel passionately about a cause, then DO something about it. If you don't, you one of those nobodies who does nothing you're criticizing. So take your story there and start a petition, or organize a protest that gives the matter serious attention. Whether or not that works, you've done something about it, right?
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OT, I always forgot TO submit, altogether. I'll go looking for a comment I made and say "Wuuuuh, where'd it go?" then realize... "Aw dang, never ACTUALLY hit 'submit'..."
No, actually, I wouldn't. In my workplace, we all routinely sexually-harass each other. If I WAS the type of person you're talking about, my boss would be enjoying two hots and a cot for a long, long time by now. I can very easily distinguish relatively innocent humor from actual misogyny. You can't judge everything I do or interpret in life from a comment I made. You're taking an extreme and placing it on me, someone who's just tired of flippant sexism.
And as you say in your next comment, added to this, that's in your area. There was a case on Judge Judy years and years ago, involving a woman who tried getting out of a ticket; one of the factors she cited was that she'd seen him pull over "just women" and he was discriminating against her and women in general. As it turned out, they reviewed his pull-over record an found the opposite. Not by a wide margin, but it definitely made her look like an idiot. That applies to your argument; you see a woman on a phone make a driving-blunder, and another guy being responsible, and that means the stereotype is true? A tiny sample, not subject to test conditions is suddenly fact? I've seen the exact reverse--men plowing through a red, women being responsible. Many, many times. Each time I see this behavior, whether it's a man or woman, I say "idiot fuckin' drivers!" not "MEN!"
My problem is the proliferation of sexist commentary, everywhere you look. It's growing exponentially. To me, the flippant nature of it is almost more dangerous, as it simply becomes customary and acceptable. I've got a tough enough skin to roll my eyes in most cases and just let it go, especially on the internet, but it's still annoying. In the end, does it need to be said? Why is it "You're too sensitive, get off the internet!"/"Grow some balls!" instead of "Why do people have to act like douches and insult other people?" I hear this argument so many, TOO many times. I suppose it's more acceptable to be snide, snarky and generally mean than trying to be a good person, even if it means you're a little sensitive and taking things seriously sometimes.
When I see it everywhere, yes, I start to take it a bit seriously. And I'm actually a very goofy person in day-to-day life. We're talking either get odd looks or make people guffaw goofy. But when you've dealt with sexism, yourself being the target at times in your daily life, you don't really care if someone thinks you're humorless when you point it out.
I'd planned a long-winded reply to this, but screw it. I'm just going to say that if you came in and made an Asian joke, another group of people stereotyped as bad drivers, people would look down on you for it. If you ever uttered the n-word, people would look down on you for it. But men will always have the allowances, excuses and bullcrap reasons to make as many jokes bashing women as they want, and it will never change. They'll always laugh when faced with criticism, painting the woman calling them on it as a "humorless bitch" as if it doesn't hurt to see it happen in a forum I enjoy and want to feel a part of, but is always faced with the fact that she doesn't have a bulge between her legs.
And it does... hurt, meaning. Say you're joking if you want and that I'm just a humorless bitch. I'm just tired of hearing this asinine crap, and decided to say something about it. I almost didn't, because I know the reception this might get, but I don't really care.
It's odd how us cynical humans always conclude that life on other planets are smarter and better than we are. Who knows--maybe they're worse than us. Maybe we're way more advanced than them.
It's more about detecting existing signals, rather than waiting for a reply to ones we JUST sent out. I think they know what they're doing and don't need to drop by /. articles with our comments for confirmation of their methods
Coming in a little late, but...
There's this documentary you should watch; I believe it was a National Geographic special, centered around humans and stress. At its center was a college professor's study on baboons, and how in their primitive world, their stress emulated ours.
The professor's study revealed a very interesting dynamic between the alpha-males of the tribe and the females, young and weaker males. The alpha males were grossly abusive to them all, batting the child-baboons like ping-pong balls, terrorizing the females through abuse and rape and beating on the 'beta' males. After years of doing this study, which included taking a few baboons in for stress-testing, they found that the tribe was at a ridiculously-stressed state 24-7. Their bodies were worn, torn and tense, brains malfunctioning, all because the "leaders" abused their self-appointed power.
But a very interesting thing happened near the end: an abandoned warehouse full of food was discovered by the tribe. As the alpha males were already selfish and flexed their muscles for the slightest bit of food while everyone else starved, they beat everyone else away and gorged themselves on their bounty. Problem was, the food was contaminated and diseased, and within a day, all of the alpha males keeled over and died. At first, the professor and his fellows were upset, because they felt this destroyed their work. In the end, however, they came upon a remarkable conclusion: after the abusive, tough and selfish of the tribe died, the females, young and smaller males were suddenly extremely, noticeably content, peaceful and at ease. Instead of hiding and becoming malnourished and psychologically unstable, they started forming a better society for themselves, where they shared and shared alike, with food, tasks and general good behavior. They were happier and better-off without the horrid abuse, and their tribe flourished.
Then again, why do we have to study this? No stress/abuse = better quality of living. The supposed "weak mindedness" you're referring to is actually peace and reason, looking for solutions that don't include bringing others harm. If we didn't glorify the mean of the world, the frat-jocks who win their school's pride at a game then celebrates by raping three drug-doused girls at a party (which of course gets covered up, even when reported), and bully politicians, we'd be in a better place.
Why can't they do this on youtube? And can they include demerits for bad spelling/grammar? Might not be the worst idea.
Kidding.
Everyone's going to interpret things in their own way. That's why this is both dangerous and enlightening, the latter weighing in most, I believe. Neo-Nazi types will celebrate and revel in its publication and read-away--perhaps some of them thinking, 'Okay, huh?' in getting the real-deal and the fucked-up psychosis that comes with it--and others simply interested in history (and not repeating it)... well, will get the real-deal and the fucked-up psychosis that comes with it. 'Guess we'll see.
I suggest grounding a kid for using their parents credit card without their authority, and I'm "condemning" them, all through "willful ignorance" coming out of a "proverbial mouth". That's a little strong, isn't it? Was that needed? I'm asking that honestly, because my comment doesn't call for the kid to receive jail time for this. THAT would be ignorant and ridiculous.
These kids aren't stupid. I would think that an app's extras that require purchases asks "this will be charged under your credit card: accept or deny". I know this because I've bought stuff online through my phone, to be billed to Sprint. There was no fine print. It said "BUY THIS WITH YOUR MONEY OR DON'T", basically. And really... you're going to support some class-action lawsuit wherein those participating are looking for up to $5m? Even if all each person filing got was $500, that's way over the line.
There are a lot of "maybe"s out there when it comes to these science theories and discoveries, but adding a "watch out" for planetary chaos at the end is so drama-llamas. I'm not going to worry, because even if it came about, wtf can I (or anyone) do about it? Gotta live out what we got in the here and now while doing our best to observe the future--rationally, not Mayan-Calendarly.
I think the biggest problem isn't the idea that apps created to get money through upgrades exist, but the fact that a nine-year old is given the powers of an expensive phone without the parents having a clue as to what she's doing on it is eyebrow-raising. Am I the only one bugged out when I see middle-schoolers having phones and other gadgets that are worth more than my car? Criminy, my mom wouldn't let me have a phone in my room on the main home line, never mind my OWN phone number.
And as if she didn't know she was doing wrong. Even if a child is immature in the areas of reasoning, I'm assuming any parent here would punish their kid if they found them digging into their wallet to steal cash. How is this any different? You put a LOCK on that shit, wherein any purchases made on your child's phone has to be approved by an adult first. I'm sure there's a method/service that does that. I almost never take the side of corporations like Apple, but in this case, I say the kid is grounded for six months, and double the chores in the house without an allowance. They had their fun, underhandedly. Time for parents to take responsibility for the stuff they buy their kids, especially if they don't intrinsically NEED it to begin with.
Icons of this. It shall be done.
Gorgeous, gorgeous.
Looks more like the DS' graphics of Yavin and its moon with the R-R-Rebel base.
My ovaries created cysts that exploded in the middle of the night and sent me screaming in blistering pain to the ER. What was the immediate preventative care? Birth control.
So, what responsibility for my actions could've prevented the cysts from forming? Or is it--I dunno--that most women on birth control aren't taking it for all the DIRTY DISGUSTING SEX they want to have, but for major health issues that impede their lives?
I was a head baker of a popular country store in my area. Give me the right equipment and I can make four 8-inch and eight 4-inch pies in two hours or less. I will gladly show my support for this noble, righteous cause and offer my services.
Good Christ, if only the military had this problem... oh wait, they do, AFTER they send their beloved American soldiers home from wars that give them diseases, psychological issues and other stuff they ignore. This country is the greatest, as proven by this song.
"Two-hundred-thousand and four... two-hundred-thousand and five..."
"Okay, so that's a six-piece nugget for Dave, two large vanilla shakes for me 'n Joe... Tim? What did you want, makin' a lunch run."
"One... sec... two-hundred-thousand and si--"
"Mike, you're grabbing lunch? Cool, get me two apple pies."
"They have strawberry too, now."
"Ooh, then two of each--four total."
"Two-hundred-pies and four... oh god."
I have a mug someone swiped from Elijah Wood's room service trays left outside his door, the morning after a con he did. My friend was getting rid of things she'd collected (it'd been someone else's before her--long story) and asked if I wanted it. Heck yes, I did, lol. Would I have DONE it, swiped it, meaning? I dunno... until I figure that enigma out, I'll be in my underground lab with cotton swabs and my cloning machine.
I love Harry Potter to a breaking point. The magic described, elaborate plots and characters make for a fantastic read (and movie-watching). If Hogsmeade was real, I'd be there everyday, sticking my head in a cotton candy machine at Honeyduke's, slurping butterbeer and buying magical-pranks from Zonko's.
But here's the kicker: it's NOT real. I'm not expecting a letter from Hogwarts, or magical candy. I'll never be able to clean my house with a mere wand-wave. And I won't have to deal with Voldemort, either. Kind of a fair trade.
I used to have unrealistic fears involving everything from bogeymen and supernatural beings. I'd have constant nightmares, ones that would ruin my entire day after waking up. That was when I was religious. When I began questioning religion, I started thinking logically instead of being irrationally afraid of nothing. One important realization/turning-point was when I sifted through too many pictures, vids and documents related to JFK's death, which included autopsy pics. Late in the night when my mind went into overdrive thinking of zombified former presidents, I stopped everything and thought, "It's more likely that Arnold Schwarzenegger will bust in and make a political speech in my bedroom than Kennedy's corpse wandering in."
So no, there's no magic in my life. Pretending, imagination? Always. Delusion? Nope, and I'm better for it.
Have there been any mentions in the letters/emails as to why they're making the threats? Did someone fail an exam, want to get OUT of exams...?
If I got one of these, I'd just it in the driver's seat with the windows open, screeching "NYYYYYAAA! NE-YEEHHH! REEEEEEEEEEEE-OOOH! RRRRR! RRRR-CK!".
I love running around in there. It amazes me when people try to spam the place with vacation-package deals and wedding dresses.
Give me a break, guys. I just opened the main page. Before the page refreshes to show more stories on /., there were 14 stories, and 12 of them are entirely devoted to some form of nerdity. A couple sneak in, either political or a more "fun" angle, and everyone starts throwing toys of of their prams. I knew why this article had almost one hundred comments before stepping in, because everyone simply HAD to come in and get all Mr. and Mrs. McBabypants. I suppose I myself am catering to that mindset in complaining as well, but this happens in the science/astronomy/technology/etc. based stories all the time. "This isn't news", "Boring!", "Such-n-such is better than shitty-thingamabob, /. sucks!"... wtf do you want, people?
I expect to be modded down for this, but whatever.
OH. Trayvon Martin, got it!
When two black teens set a white kid on fire, a clear hate crime, it hardly gets a column in the local news.
The reasons for stories like Trayvon's getting out as they do is that there's not just political intervention, but an angry village behind the push. I'm kind of tired of the argument that this is "way overblown", and tit-for-tat crap. When I posted in facebook about how I was going to the nearby Trayvon march, someone asked "Why are they having one here?" I told him that it was a nationwide event in many cities, to which he said it was "overblown" and that "there are issues that no on is doing anything about in the meantime."
My response to him--and to you--is that if you feel passionately about a cause, then DO something about it. If you don't, you one of those nobodies who does nothing you're criticizing. So take your story there and start a petition, or organize a protest that gives the matter serious attention. Whether or not that works, you've done something about it, right?