being tiny and visibly transgender in a red state has made me consider it, ngl. but pepper spray serves you better in most situations and is less likely to cause your death if it leaves your hands

you would hope that it refers to people who treat real people like porn objects (popular online man pastime) but it almost never does. it almost always gets trotted out to mean "person who likes porn" or "person whose id i think is sexual" or a polite way to say degen

may have something to do with the sort of people who get to become engineers

it's basically cis white american right wingers (around 15%?) of the population vs everyone else right now. not remotely sustainable even if they were competent

i love how the left column is a list of people known for oppressing others through violence and then the right column is just two types of randoms and then moral people

it's less that artists have unique insight and more that the ones who do tend to make really poignant, quality art. when that art gets famous people tend to assume that every comics mcgee will be similarly imbued with political understanding because Artists Are Cool

society if the jedi had been remotely competent

relating to the unicorn being miserable and about being forced to be a woman and losing her sense of self+thinking schmendrick is awesome planted the seed

as a dilbert reading and npr listening 10 year old i think I was just trying to morph into a middle aged urban liberal 30 years in advance. the trappings of adult life and politics were oddly compelling back then. still are, in a way. i'd bail on my job for a cubicle one instantly

Broadly speaking, you cannot motivate a nation of disaffected, depressed, isolated hedonists with the notion of grim duty. You want people to go out and vote? It has to feel good. It has to feel meaningful. It has to feel like you're winning something more than another four years of dam repair.

Well, no. People feel that way because progressives are unrepresented in federal politics. Turnout is low because voters aren't motivated by aisle reachers. We need Mamdanis and Omars, but we get Buttigieg. The fash get what they want and we never do. I vote anyways, but I'm never happy to do it.

You know there are more than two options, right? They're pretty clearly referring to the development of a political system less prone to being exploited by rich fascists. You're reading people's words very uncharitably.

Pointing out that every single US president is complicit in state violence against minorities/foreigners isn't exactly tricky trolling. Trump is just louder, dumber, and more domestically dangerous than the preceding ones. We can keep nuance in the conversation.

exactlyyyyy. i'm just as much of a starry-eyed Cool Old Weapons and Armor fan as anyone else, but even simple questions about why those were designed the way they were and who used them involve a bunch of other interesting subjects. there's a lot more fun than can fit in a paradox game

Students love my new pedagogical strategy: Being A Huge Vain Asshole

It hasn't forced me into it yet :D. faster and more pleasant to use, too