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The Madonna/whore complex only uses a specific religious figure (The Madonna as simultaneously a virgin and a mother) to demonstrate the inherent self-contradictory nature of a common social demand on women. Nothing requires one to actually be Christian or even be religious to hold these beliefs.
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Madonna/whore complex only uses a specific religious figure (The Madonna as simultaneously a virgin and a mother) to demonstrate the inherent self-contradictory nature of a common social demand on women. Nothing requires one to actually be Christian or even be religious to hold these beliefs.
Getting real Torment Nexus vibes, here... Or one of the darker Black Mirror episodes...
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Getting real Torment Nexus vibes, here... Or one of the darker Black Mirror episodes...
I have to imagine the curvature of the Earth would put an upper limit on how far apart the boards could be, before micrometer precision would no longer be possible, but I'm not actually sure how far (or near) you'd have to be before that would be a factor...
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I have to imagine the curvature of the Earth would put an upper limit on how far apart the boards could be, before micrometer precision would no longer be possible, but I'm not actually sure how far (or near) you'd have to be before that would be a factor...
Well.. that's disturbing. Honestly I'd be at least a wee bit worried for herself AND the friend... I'm no expert, but this seems like stalker-behavior? Especially since she treats him watching p0rn as something guys just do, rather than indicating that they've actually worked it out between them.
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Well.. that's disturbing. Honestly I'd be at least a wee bit worried for herself AND the friend... I'm no expert, but this seems like stalker-behavior? Especially since she treats him watching p0rn as something guys just do, rather than indicating that they've actually worked it out between them.
Very well put, thank you. One would think that the long history of arbitrary panics on everything from immigration and transgender issues to D&D and "the war on Christmas" would make people more skeptical of rightwing claims...
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Very well put, thank you. One would think that the long history of arbitrary panics on everything from immigration and transgender issues to D&D and "the war on Christmas" would make people more skeptical of rightwing claims...
Irredentism doesn't actually require rational facts? It simply requires someone to believe that their ancestors had some kind of claim to territory (which can be tenuous or even imaginary), and so it's rightfully theirs and that of their heirs, forever.
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Irredentism doesn't actually require rational facts? It simply requires someone to believe that their ancestors had some kind of claim to territory (which can be tenuous or even imaginary), and so it's rightfully theirs and that of their heirs, forever.
Nor, it must be clear, does this remotely justify Argentina's irredentism, it simply explains how Argentina's junta was able to get people to do the stupid war at all.
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Nor, it must be clear, does this remotely justify Argentina's irredentism, it simply explains how Argentina's junta was able to get people to do the stupid war at all.
Not sure what your point is here? One can be an oppressor and also be oppressed - neither one automatically disqualifies the other. Canadians are mostly British/French colonists who oppressed First Nations, after all - does that mean Canadians have no right to be angry if the US suggests annexation?
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Not sure what your point is here? One can be an oppressor and also be oppressed - neither one automatically disqualifies the other. Canadians are mostly British/French colonists who oppressed First Nations, after all - does that mean Canadians have no right to be angry if the US suggests annexation?
As a result, there's a lot of cultural antipathy towards the UK (and its various offshoots, especially the US with our own hegemonic imperialism) that the Argentine junta attempted to exploit in the case of the Falklands.
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
As a result, there's a lot of cultural antipathy towards the UK (and its various offshoots, especially the US with our own hegemonic imperialism) that the Argentine junta attempted to exploit in the case of the Falklands.
To an extent, a big part of it is that the British actually did engage in a lot of attempted (ultimately unsuccessful) hegemony/imperialism in Latin America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. See Yucatan and Guyana, as well as "business interests" in Argentina and Mexico.
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
To an extent, a big part of it is that the British actually did engage in a lot of attempted (ultimately unsuccessful) hegemony/imperialism in Latin America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. See Yucatan and Guyana, as well as "business interests" in Argentina and Mexico.
Because said countries have already had rights violated by the US (both these attacks and other previous incidents), and much of that was covered up by the US to protect its own reputation. Global recognition of actual accountability has to happen, and the Hague is our best shot for that happening.
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Because said countries have already had rights violated by the US (both these attacks and other previous incidents), and much of that was covered up by the US to protect its own reputation. Global recognition of actual accountability has to happen, and the Hague is our best shot for that happening.
Except this isn't the issue here. For the impacted countries to accept that justice will be done, it CANNOT be under US authority, otherwise there will ALWAYS be doubt that justice was done, regardless of outcome. The Hague is the best option to address those concerns, period.
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Except this isn't the issue here. For the impacted countries to accept that justice will be done, it CANNOT be under US authority, otherwise there will ALWAYS be doubt that justice was done, regardless of outcome. The Hague is the best option to address those concerns, period.
Hmm...? Take my words at face value? You do realize there's more than one poster here, right? I'm not the same as the one listing the items.
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Hmm...? Take my words at face value? You do realize there's more than one poster here, right? I'm not the same as the one listing the items.
Consider in future the possibility that "defending" and "defunding" are literally just one letter different, and idiot autocorrect is a thing (it literally autocorrected me typing defunding above) before replying.
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Consider in future the possibility that "defending" and "defunding" are literally just one letter different, and idiot autocorrect is a thing (it literally autocorrected me typing defunding above) before replying.
So, the musical "An American in Paris," but through a cosmic horror lens? Actually sounds kind of nifty, to be honest.
October 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
So, the musical "An American in Paris," but through a cosmic horror lens? Actually sounds kind of nifty, to be honest.
Honestly wondering what the US would look like if indigenous Americans had been allowed to make states, as was proposed with Indian Territory. I doubt it would have been especially equitable, and probably de facto segregated (maybe even borderline Bantustans?). Some representation better than none?
October 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Honestly wondering what the US would look like if indigenous Americans had been allowed to make states, as was proposed with Indian Territory. I doubt it would have been especially equitable, and probably de facto segregated (maybe even borderline Bantustans?). Some representation better than none?
The dinosaur stuff was mostly fun pulp fiction stuff (somewhat mechanically interesting too). Unfortunately, the setting focused on the clash between noble homesteading Confederate environmentalists and evil imperialistic Union industrialists for control of the titular planet. So yeah...
October 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The dinosaur stuff was mostly fun pulp fiction stuff (somewhat mechanically interesting too). Unfortunately, the setting focused on the clash between noble homesteading Confederate environmentalists and evil imperialistic Union industrialists for control of the titular planet. So yeah...
Huh, there was a (kind of terrible) 2001(?) 3rd party d20 system setting with a similar pro-Confederacy/anti-Union theme, "Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex." Insert meme about "two nickels, weird it happened twice here." Wonder if the park "inspired" the setting?
October 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Huh, there was a (kind of terrible) 2001(?) 3rd party d20 system setting with a similar pro-Confederacy/anti-Union theme, "Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex." Insert meme about "two nickels, weird it happened twice here." Wonder if the park "inspired" the setting?
Sort of. If you look at the map up close, Spain survives on the Balearics and Canary Islands. What you see in Iberia appears to be an expansion of the UK's territorial claims in Gibraltar.
October 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Sort of. If you look at the map up close, Spain survives on the Balearics and Canary Islands. What you see in Iberia appears to be an expansion of the UK's territorial claims in Gibraltar.
Greenland is recognized only as a territory of Denmark, not as a country in its own right, while it is distressingly common for New Zealand to be omitted outright in online maps. So OP is noting that this seemingly terrible map has two reasons it is not terrible.
October 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Greenland is recognized only as a territory of Denmark, not as a country in its own right, while it is distressingly common for New Zealand to be omitted outright in online maps. So OP is noting that this seemingly terrible map has two reasons it is not terrible.
SimAnt, a 1991 educational simulation game on ant biology with what were effectively sandbox, skirmish, and campaign modes. Very much ahead of its time.
September 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
SimAnt, a 1991 educational simulation game on ant biology with what were effectively sandbox, skirmish, and campaign modes. Very much ahead of its time.
Which is arguably the best case scenario under the circumstances, and I know I was luckier than most.
September 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Which is arguably the best case scenario under the circumstances, and I know I was luckier than most.
I will contest this on the basis that if you don't mesh with the communal vibe, you aren't actually doing much socializing even if you attend regularly. Speaking as a queer person with a disability who legitimately tried to make the church thing work, people just ignore you if you don't fit in.
September 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I will contest this on the basis that if you don't mesh with the communal vibe, you aren't actually doing much socializing even if you attend regularly. Speaking as a queer person with a disability who legitimately tried to make the church thing work, people just ignore you if you don't fit in.
Am I going crazy, or is this "discourse" manifesting about once a month now? It's like dealing with very annoying werewolves.
September 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Am I going crazy, or is this "discourse" manifesting about once a month now? It's like dealing with very annoying werewolves.