bees-in-the-machine

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martial arts expert with suspiciously soft skin: by drawing on the natural flow of ki around you, this cultivation technique will make you feel like a whole new person.

student: incredible. and the blue pill we have to take before cultivating, is that some sort of elixir?

clocky martial arts expert: yeah :)

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we live in hell. what do you mean elon musk is going to lead a new department of our government called "doge"

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i don't care if monday's bleak

tuesday matches wednesday's freak

thursday mispronouncing steak

it's friday, i'm in love

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lookup mammalfriend on spotify and bandcamp goodnight everyone

happy 1111

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many great homophones out there. none better than wanton/wonton

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*seductively* would you.. be interested in doing a unfunny bit with me sometime.. just the two of us..

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martial arts expert with suspiciously soft skin: by drawing on the natural flow of ki around you, this cultivation technique will make you feel like a whole new person.

student: incredible. and the blue pill we have to take before cultivating, is that some sort of elixir?

clocky martial arts expert: yeah :)

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men b like wow I’ve never met a girl who liked music before..

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rule 1 of playing a ttrpg is have fun and be someone else <3

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pro-abortion. pro-divorce. i believe we have the god-given right to give up

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Okay but can anyone articulate the mindset that leads older people to feel like they NEED to know people's gender identity all the time? Like what's going on there

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Given Trump's promise of mass deportations, do you think we can expect America's undocumented immigrants to try and seek asylum in Canada?

Maybe, but unfortunately Trudeau has been giving concessions to the far right and decreasing immigration.

If we want Canada to help Americans, we need to elect the NDP. The Liberals and Conservatives are 2 sides of the same coin.

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I honestly feel like the proliferation of LED headlights was the canary in the coalmine for the general attitude we see in the political climate these days and i'm not even remotely kidding

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guess who just got ✨dommed by the narrative✨✨✨

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god bless our troops [the ppl at ublock origin who keep updating the filters to keep working on youtube]

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Bad Content #31

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I met a girl when I was fresh out of high school in undergrad who frankly, annoyed me quite a bit, but I also had an inkling to continue to be compassionate to her given a few things about her life/background/family

I ran into her two years ago. Last week, her daughter turned 1. This girl, let’s called her “P”, is a really good example of why I never feel comfortable mocking trad wives

Her perfect trad husband, who was a shining young figure in the local religious community, volunteered in all sorts of groups, well loved in his workplace and everything else, beat her up at 1 month post-partum. I reached out to her after seeing her desperately asking for a stroller on a page, confused and slightly concerned knowing both of them came from wealthy backgrounds.

The reality for lots of tradwives living “perfect lives” is this: P was immediately ostracised. All the wealth of her husband and her family meant absolutely nothing if she wasn’t in favour and doing what she was told. Her child and her well-being didn’t matter. P, at 25 years old, was basically deemed an oopsie, and left on her own to figure out how to pay for herself, a baby, find housing, and every other task you can think of.

Having known many of these women (and supported many of these women), another factor most people don’t consider is this: they are intentionally raised to be helpless. When I immediately offered my support to P, she really needed it. This young woman needed to be guided through how to apply for government assistance, how to weigh up rentals and apply for them, how to apply for jobs, how to sign up for childcare. How to sign up for your own power and internet, and how to connect them.

It wasn’t that she was “stupid”, or incapable, or spoiled. While it looks like they’re being sheltered, in reality, these women are practically being held hostage. Sure, they might be allowed to learn things that are expected of them (see: basic cooking, baking, cleaning, child rearing, women’s bible studies, hosting, and so forth) but they are heavily controlled from family life into marriage life, and they are never given the opportunity or the reality of what many of us would consider basic adult tasks.

She’s doing okay now. Her daughter turned 1, is happy and healthy. They live frugally, but they have a roof over their heads and the essentials. I often babysit for her so she can attend counselling, or go to a woman’s support group. She is painfully aware that she has so much to learn about how to live as an adult.

I don’t envy tradwives, but I don’t find any joy in mocking them either. Even when they live the most picturesque lives, they’re also practically living a real life Jenga game. If (and often, when) it comes tumbling down, they’re screwed too, and they often have 0 skills to help themselves or find community (that again, isn’t carefully curated).