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Book from 2220 titled "Kin drama in the discord - recreational escapism in the late american empire"

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trying to describe poirot to my friend at trivia night: "if youve seen a detective who looks like this, thats him"

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Haven't figured out a politic way to word this but before saying someone/thing "makes you uncomfortable" please ask yourself this important question: is it any of your fucking business

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love how we’ve all made our points so now it’s just like ‘as per my post 3 years ago…..’

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on every post about hysterectomy I keep seeing this kind of phrasing in the notes from crypto-TERF blogs

please don't let this goofy fearmongering get to you. I got a hysterectomy years ago and have had literally zero side effects.

you'll notice with this truism, people parroting it almost always phrase it exactly like this. they'll imply people who get hysterectomies must think that their bodies are only for "baby making" (rarely do they even say "pregnancy"--it's always "baby making") because they're trying to make people believe that it's only misogynist brainwashing that motivates anyone to get a hysterectomy.

you can also notice how phrasing ties it to fearmongering of other transition related care--"removing organs" (hmm wonder what this person believes about chest masculinizing mastectomy or orchiectomy or vaginoplasty...)--but without directly saying so, cause it gives the game away.

truly the first couple times I saw tags like this I thought it was coincidence, but I've seen almost identical phrasing enough times at this point (from blogs where you search "trans" and get only the most vague "support" for the abstract idea of trans people--specifically trans men-- and literally no interactions with any trans women ever) that now I'm just gonna come right out & say this pattern is established enough to be a dogwhistle.

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the magazine n+1 is doing a really awesome fundraiser where if you donate any amount to the magazine (even $1!) in the month of november you get a link to an elaborate 30-question quiz that matches you with 10 customised, generally less popular, book recommendations

i got some amazing recs including a postmodern novel written by one of the founders of the palestinian communist party, a horror-ish novel about teen occultism and the digital age in new hampshire, and a satire about a 15-year-old reading donna haraway at a prestigious australian private school. if you're looking to reinvigorate your reading and click some buttons i'd highly recommend doing the bookmatch quiz this november

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this is literally me on tumblr.com

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ICC has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. nothing will come of it I'm sure except maybe US troops marching into the Hague

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how do i describe someone as "coked out of their mind" in a star wars canon-honoring way

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i had to update the classic popular line

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The irrational, sinophobic fear the average American holds for the Chinese government potentially having access to their private information is hilarious. Buddy I do not think that Zhao Leji or Han Zheng or Xi Jinping over in China care about the intricacies of your most recent messy breakup or the brand of toilet paper you use

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devastating news for the discourse poster: “media literacy” in the modern age includes the ability to identify which posts are bait

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Things I have explained to my parents when they start getting mad over small things as customers.

- the cashier scanning your groceries is not being careless or bad at her job, this store times the cashiers so she is clearly trying to stay on time and not get in trouble. This blew their minds that someone would be timed at a "no skill" job (their words not mine)

- the drive thru employee is not trying to be rude or annoying by greeting you too soon: they are required to greet you within a few seconds of your car setting off the sensor.

- the employees at this retail store are not trying to be pushy: they are required to greet you within a few seconds of you entering the store

- the cashier is required to ask you every single question they ask. And they hate it more than you do.

- the cashier is not dumb or "doesn't know how to X" because they had to call a manager for it. Every place I've worked for the past 5 years has been rolling back what employees are authorized to do, and they HAVE to call a manager. They know exactly how to do the thing, they are not allowed to and the computer likely will require a managers code to unlock that function. This confused them.

- the cashier knows the line is long, you don't need to tell them that. If they could call up another cashier they would have already.

- and a more work/life balance related one: my dad scheduled a family thing and assumed i could get the time off. What shocked him was that 1. It wasn't paid time off, and 2. It was denied, so I couldn't come til after work and thus was late. He has worked a job with generous PTO and accrued vacation days that schedules 6 months ahead for the past nearly 30 years. He absolutely was horrified to find out that I have to ask permission for unpaid time off and still couldn't be approved.

- funny followup to my dad's shock: I had been at my most recent job nearly a year and he was asking why they haven't promoted me yet. I was thrown off because why would they. He apparently assumed that since i 1. Showed up on time/early to every shift. 2. Had received positive verbal feedback wrt my performance from managers. And 3. Hadn't quit. That they would automatically start to move me up the ladder. It hurt my heart to shatter his wholesome view of how workplaces work now.

I feel like much of this is common knowledge for all of us, and yet my parents and many customers who haven't worked in the service industry in the past 10-20 years have no idea how this stuff works now.

On the positive side, my parents have slowly been becoming more patient with service workers, and complain to managers or anecdotally much less often. Baby steps!

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"pasta only fills you up with empty calories" have you considered that it also fills me with love

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today you, tomorrow me.