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data goblin and artist, Massachusetts, they/them
Saying "you should be more grateful" is one of the most direct ways that people who hold power can claim they were victimized by people who have less power. It's pretty classic reversal of victims and offenders, so it follows that our abusers-in-chief are deploying this rhetoric.
August 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Saying "you should be more grateful" is one of the most direct ways that people who hold power can claim they were victimized by people who have less power. It's pretty classic reversal of victims and offenders, so it follows that our abusers-in-chief are deploying this rhetoric.
I think that's a reasonable concern.
April 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I think that's a reasonable concern.
I think being the last cohort to take broad advantage of parts of the state that Reagan's Republicans and Clinton's Democrats ruined probably has sonething to do with it, too.
As does the casual racism encouraged by the war on drugs and military adventurism, which really ramped up in the 80s.
As does the casual racism encouraged by the war on drugs and military adventurism, which really ramped up in the 80s.
April 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I think being the last cohort to take broad advantage of parts of the state that Reagan's Republicans and Clinton's Democrats ruined probably has sonething to do with it, too.
As does the casual racism encouraged by the war on drugs and military adventurism, which really ramped up in the 80s.
As does the casual racism encouraged by the war on drugs and military adventurism, which really ramped up in the 80s.
Accordingly, "screw you I've got mine" energy is relatively common among people that age (though far from universal).
April 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Accordingly, "screw you I've got mine" energy is relatively common among people that age (though far from universal).
No simple answer. Some guesses:
Many who are 45-64 built some wealth in ways that are now less possible for young people. Yet they're too young for proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare to sting.
The media environment in the 80s often treated the idea of government services as a punchline.
Many who are 45-64 built some wealth in ways that are now less possible for young people. Yet they're too young for proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare to sting.
The media environment in the 80s often treated the idea of government services as a punchline.
April 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
No simple answer. Some guesses:
Many who are 45-64 built some wealth in ways that are now less possible for young people. Yet they're too young for proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare to sting.
The media environment in the 80s often treated the idea of government services as a punchline.
Many who are 45-64 built some wealth in ways that are now less possible for young people. Yet they're too young for proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare to sting.
The media environment in the 80s often treated the idea of government services as a punchline.
Yes, optics matter.
People who aren't listening closely/critically will trust someone who sounds highly certain more than they'll trust someone who is self-effacingly trying not to overstate claims.
Many people are driven more by style than substance, and communicators should take note.
People who aren't listening closely/critically will trust someone who sounds highly certain more than they'll trust someone who is self-effacingly trying not to overstate claims.
Many people are driven more by style than substance, and communicators should take note.
April 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Yes, optics matter.
People who aren't listening closely/critically will trust someone who sounds highly certain more than they'll trust someone who is self-effacingly trying not to overstate claims.
Many people are driven more by style than substance, and communicators should take note.
People who aren't listening closely/critically will trust someone who sounds highly certain more than they'll trust someone who is self-effacingly trying not to overstate claims.
Many people are driven more by style than substance, and communicators should take note.
You're going to have to fight the far right head-on on this issue (and immigration, and all their other cruel attempts to use human beings as a political wedge). They will take every single inch you give them.
April 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
You're going to have to fight the far right head-on on this issue (and immigration, and all their other cruel attempts to use human beings as a political wedge). They will take every single inch you give them.
I think you're mistaken. The optics are terrible - if you need people to understand legislative inside baseball to understand that you killed the amendment, you didn't really kill it in a way that matters. Vote or no, they were aiming for a Boston Globe headline like that, and they got it.
April 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think you're mistaken. The optics are terrible - if you need people to understand legislative inside baseball to understand that you killed the amendment, you didn't really kill it in a way that matters. Vote or no, they were aiming for a Boston Globe headline like that, and they got it.
Imperfect metaphor, but let's say you needed to repair a school bus, and let's say you only had a manual for repairing a boat engine. Some bits would help, some bits wouldn't, and you'd be missing some important fundamentals.
April 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Imperfect metaphor, but let's say you needed to repair a school bus, and let's say you only had a manual for repairing a boat engine. Some bits would help, some bits wouldn't, and you'd be missing some important fundamentals.
I think it's a question of *which* theory is most relevant.
There is deep theory about how racism hurts the Americas. That perspective is essential for understanding modern-day slavery.
Marxist theory and European theory dissecting the causes of WWII remain applicable, but aren't the whole story.
There is deep theory about how racism hurts the Americas. That perspective is essential for understanding modern-day slavery.
Marxist theory and European theory dissecting the causes of WWII remain applicable, but aren't the whole story.
April 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I think it's a question of *which* theory is most relevant.
There is deep theory about how racism hurts the Americas. That perspective is essential for understanding modern-day slavery.
Marxist theory and European theory dissecting the causes of WWII remain applicable, but aren't the whole story.
There is deep theory about how racism hurts the Americas. That perspective is essential for understanding modern-day slavery.
Marxist theory and European theory dissecting the causes of WWII remain applicable, but aren't the whole story.
Hard agree.
Could also function when their friend at a dinner party or gala tells them something.
Or when someone putting on the affect of a "serious, rational thinker" speaks to their base prejudices in a way that makes them feel like accepting hateful narratives is both intelligent and savvy.
Could also function when their friend at a dinner party or gala tells them something.
Or when someone putting on the affect of a "serious, rational thinker" speaks to their base prejudices in a way that makes them feel like accepting hateful narratives is both intelligent and savvy.
March 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hard agree.
Could also function when their friend at a dinner party or gala tells them something.
Or when someone putting on the affect of a "serious, rational thinker" speaks to their base prejudices in a way that makes them feel like accepting hateful narratives is both intelligent and savvy.
Could also function when their friend at a dinner party or gala tells them something.
Or when someone putting on the affect of a "serious, rational thinker" speaks to their base prejudices in a way that makes them feel like accepting hateful narratives is both intelligent and savvy.
I think spoiler culture reduces the experience of hearing a story into a series of "reveals" to be experienced individually, before discarding the story and moving onto the next one.
It's reasonable to not want to know how a story ends beforehand, but I think it can go too far.
It's reasonable to not want to know how a story ends beforehand, but I think it can go too far.
March 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I think spoiler culture reduces the experience of hearing a story into a series of "reveals" to be experienced individually, before discarding the story and moving onto the next one.
It's reasonable to not want to know how a story ends beforehand, but I think it can go too far.
It's reasonable to not want to know how a story ends beforehand, but I think it can go too far.
I think they're play-fighting/play-hunting, and if they know it's their human pal's toes, they don't particularly care.
March 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I think they're play-fighting/play-hunting, and if they know it's their human pal's toes, they don't particularly care.
The alternative is admitting that she got duped into letting her child die a preventable death. It's a strong motivation for some mental gymnastics.
March 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The alternative is admitting that she got duped into letting her child die a preventable death. It's a strong motivation for some mental gymnastics.
This evidence took under a minute to find.
Register of Interests for Wes Streeting - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament
The Rt Hon Wes Streeting is the Labour MP for Ilford North, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.
He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
members.parliament.uk
March 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This evidence took under a minute to find.
Did you not see the Scissorverse prequel trilogy teasers? All three movies will be AI generated, based on just five minutes of Timothée Chalamet jumping around in front of a green screen.
March 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Did you not see the Scissorverse prequel trilogy teasers? All three movies will be AI generated, based on just five minutes of Timothée Chalamet jumping around in front of a green screen.
I think this is accurate - some Dems are trying/never stopped trying a Clinton-style pivot to the "center."
But I think this plan won't work today. A lot of disengaged non-voters see no material difference between the parties, and tacking rightward will keep them away from the polls.
But I think this plan won't work today. A lot of disengaged non-voters see no material difference between the parties, and tacking rightward will keep them away from the polls.
March 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I think this is accurate - some Dems are trying/never stopped trying a Clinton-style pivot to the "center."
But I think this plan won't work today. A lot of disengaged non-voters see no material difference between the parties, and tacking rightward will keep them away from the polls.
But I think this plan won't work today. A lot of disengaged non-voters see no material difference between the parties, and tacking rightward will keep them away from the polls.
AI pfp, probably the bot has never lived anywhere
March 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
AI pfp, probably the bot has never lived anywhere