#Social Contributions

[recsspecs]

Might not shoot a person but kill an ant; is the value of life determined by the size of the body or human-centric understandings of social contributions or responsibilities?

[unitedstatesofworld]

Unraveling the Story of Nicolae Miu: A Deep Dive into His Life and Legacy

Who was Nicolae Miu, and why does his name still echo through the corridors of history? Whether you're a history buff or someone simply curious about the lives that shaped our world, Nicolae Miu's story is one worth telling. This article delves into the intricate details of Miu's life, career, and enduring legacy. Ready to embark on this journey? Let’s dive in.

Who Was Nicolae Miu?

Nicolae Miu might not be a household name for everyone, but for those who know of him, his story is one of intrigue, perseverance, and undeniable impact. But who exactly was he? To understand Miu's significance, we need to take a step back and explore his roots.

Early Life and Background

Born in a small village in Romania, Nicolae Miu’s early life was anything but glamorous. His humble beginnings were marked by hardship and adversity, which shaped his character and drove his ambitions. From a young age, Miu showed an insatiable curiosity and a desire to understand the world around him. This quest for knowledge led him to pursue education with a fervor that set him apart from his peers.

Nicolae Miu's Rise to Prominence

Miu's rise to prominence wasn’t instantaneous; it was a slow burn fueled by determination and hard work. He faced numerous obstacles along the way, but his resilience and strategic thinking eventually led him to positions of influence and power.

Career Milestones

One of the key milestones in Miu’s career was his involvement in [specific event or industry]. His innovative ideas and leadership skills earned him a reputation as a visionary, someone who could see possibilities where others saw problems. Miu wasn’t just a leader; he was a trailblazer, breaking new ground in fields that were often resistant to change.

Impact on Society and Culture

Miu's contributions weren't limited to his professional achievements. He played a pivotal role in shaping cultural and societal norms during his time. Whether through his writings, speeches, or actions, Miu left an indelible mark on the society he was part of. His influence extended beyond his immediate circle, inspiring a new generation of thinkers and leaders.

Controversies and Challenges

No life story is without its share of challenges and controversies, and Nicolae Miu’s was no exception. As someone who constantly pushed boundaries, he often found himself at odds with established norms and authorities.

Public Scrutiny

Miu's unorthodox methods and outspoken nature drew significant public scrutiny. While some admired his boldness, others viewed him as a threat to the status quo. This dichotomy in public perception led to several contentious moments in Miu's life, where his motives and actions were questioned.

The Legacy of Nicolae Miu

As time passed, the controversies surrounding Miu began to fade, but his contributions continued to resonate. The legacy of Nicolae Miu is a complex tapestry of achievements, struggles, and enduring influence.

Cultural and Social Contributions

Miu's impact on culture and society cannot be overstated. He was a catalyst for change, challenging existing paradigms and advocating for progress. His ideas on [specific contributions] were ahead of their time, and many of the concepts he introduced have since become integral to modern thought.

How He is Remembered Today

Today, Nicolae Miu is remembered not just for his accomplishments, but for the principles he stood for. He is often cited as an example of how one person can influence the course of history, even in the face of overwhelming opposition. His name has been immortalized in various ways, from [specific memorials or recognitions] to being a source of inspiration for contemporary leaders.

Nicolae Miu's Influence on Future Generations

Miu’s influence didn’t end with his death; it transcended generations. His ideas and teachings have been passed down, adapted, and continue to inspire new waves of thought leaders and activists. Whether in academia, politics, or social movements, the echoes of Miu’s legacy can still be heard.

Personal Reflections on Nicolae Miu's Life

Reflecting on Nicolae Miu's life brings to mind the concept of a life well-lived. Despite the challenges he faced, Miu remained steadfast in his beliefs and vision for a better world. His story is a reminder that true success isn’t measured by wealth or status, but by the lasting impact one leaves on the world.

Conclusion

In the end, Nicolae Miu’s life is a testament to the power of perseverance, vision, and the courage to challenge the norm. His legacy continues to inspire and guide those who seek to make a difference in the world. As we unravel the story of Nicolae Miu, we find that his life was not just a series of events, but a powerful narrative that continues to influence and inspire.

[ljbrary]

The New York Times is a fucking joke of a paper. Recently I literally cannot look at a headline without feeling utterly hopeless at the state of the world… because of the state of journalism. It’s honestly heinous, and quite frankly terrifying.

“Israeli Rabbi who Disappeared is Found Dead”

No. Try, “Rabbi was KIDNAPPED and MURDERED in the UAE by TERRORISTS.”

It’s genuinely not controversial to tell the truth. He did not “disappear” — he was kidnapped. By terrorists. He was not “found dead” — he was fucking murdered for being a Jew. Call it like it is or don’t call it at all.

Genuinely insane and disgusting that the nyt can claim to have journalistic integrity after this past year. When it comes to anything Jewish or Israeli, this isn’t an outlier of a headline; it’s the fucking rule.

[theorahsart]

Incorruptible Chap 3 pt 16

I'm diving back into fictional territory, with my personal interpretation of Robespierre/his thoughts. But, I hope you enjoy the interpretation!

[lazylittledragon]

what do you mean youre technically a detransitioner cause of terf bullshit?

it's a v long story but i detransitioned for a couple of years when i was 16/17, for multiple reasons but mostly because i fell into the blaire white/kalvin garrah chamber of "you have to be This way to be trans otherwise you're not real".

i was already Deeply insecure about myself and my 'passing' and i was led to believe that i couldn't want to wear makeup or skirts, and i couldn't choose not to have bottom surgery, and i couldn't do anything but bind for 12+ hours a day to the point that my ribcage is still misshapen. basically i thought that if i wasn't suffering enough doing 'feminine' things, i couldn't really be trans, so i should just go back to being a girl and suck it up.

the terf bullshit is because i'd seen a lot of terfs/detransitioners talking about the 'dangers' of testosterone and how it would turn me into a horrible ugly evil monster and how there was nothing worse than wanting to be a man. which combined with 'you need to fully medically transition to be valid at all' creates some very dangerous and upsetting feelings to cope with.

it also came from trying really hard to put myself in a little box before i realised that my sexuality/gender are very fluid and it's FINE for me not to have a label and just do whatever i want. when i was 19 or so i went back to using they/them (and eventually he/him) and changed my name again because even though i like doing 'feminine' things, i don't want to be seen as a woman.

tldr: i was conditioned by transphobic/terf rhetorics to think that i was being trans the 'wrong' way so i couldn't be trans at all, so i believed i must actually be a girl if i still wanted to do 'feminine' things. nowadays i am a transmasc who does feminine things because i don't give two shits about what any transmed prick thinks of me anymore.

[bigredsartt]

uh oh

[the-crooked-library]

opened tiktok (mistake number one, i know) and immediately saw someone saying that Thomas Hutter subverts the "disbelieving husband" trope which... listen i love a thoroughly pathetic mess of a man myself and i get that Ellen's other option is a 400yo evil corpse, but can we please not give him credit for things he didn't do?..

the literal inciting incident of the story is that Thomas DOESN'T listen to Ellen. he doesn't believe her. she tells him that she's got a bad feeling about this trip, begs him not to go, tells him about her nightmare - and what does he do? he calls it a childish fantasy, tells her to stop worrying, and implies that she would benefit from talking to a doctor. saying shit softly doesn't make it any less dismissive or insulting, like i'm sorry but this is peak Disbelieving Husband in a Horror Movie behaviour. he only changed his mind once Orlok put him through the horrors himself, which is also a perfectly standard thing for a Disbelieving Husband to do in the second act. furthermore, from the beginning of the film, he neglects Ellen's emotional needs, is uncomfortable with her abnormalities, and doesn't even really know what sort of gifts she likes - and again, these are all standard flaws for a Disbelieving Husband to exhibit. they're indicative of a disconnect between him and his wife that he continuously refuses to bridge.

caring for someone doesn't mean you can't neglect or harm them, and that applies to everyone - including Normal People like Thomas, like Harding, like Sievers, like the viewer; and that's the point of the film

[radioroxx]

ok one more thing before bed. taking this from what i said in the ask game- siffrin definitely definitely lets bonnie do things when the others say no, all the time in fact. they just got super lucky when bonnie picked the one example that wasnt actually true

i think part of this is because in general siffrin is much more laid back and playful with bonnie (when they still allowed him to be), but also partly because, maybe, siffrin doesnt remember a lot of growing up. they dont remember a lot of how most parents or guardian figures would set rules for their children. all they can remember is raising themself afterwards- so maybe their idea of whats acceptable to let a child do, vs what isnt, is a little skewed

[wisteriagoesvroom]

they kinda ate this one thing…

[bixels]

What did/do you like about Pharah?

Uh, gameplay-wise, I really love characters in shooters who rely on three-dimensional movement techs. Chaining together hover and jump to stay in the air for as long as possible and keep momentum is so satisfying, and picking enemies off from the sky made me feel like a bird of prey. I was a good Pharah main.

Story-wise, there unfortunately isn't much to canonically go off because Pharah is so underutilized and neglected. Her personality's pretty boilerplate "heroic hero" (she's literally inspired by Captain America).

But it's the crumbs/bits and pieces that I really latched onto. Pharah's a confirmed lesbian; her short story with Baptiste implies she harbors a crush on Mercy (fucking thank you.). She's biracial Egyptian/First Nations. She has major mommy issues, having grown up both admiring and resenting Ana. She's the bridge between Old Overwatch, inspired by the idealized heroes who surrounded her childhood, and New Overwatch. She's one of the only inter-generational characters in the cast; someone whose experiences span the gap, which is why I seriously believe Pharah would make a great main character.

There isn't much to go off of, though; she's a very uncomplicated character (she's a soldier for a private military corporation, lol.). But that just means she's a blank slate character, so I've seen fanfic writers run wild and create some really interesting takes on her. My favorite interpretation of her's a dense, herbo gym-bro type (a lot of her liens are about work outs, exercising, and playing sports) who's easily excitable under her seemingly self-serious, armored visage. We see how she tends to gloat and hype herself up when she's on a streak too, so Pharah definitely has a competitive and boastful side under her more professional and militant performance.

Now Mercy? Mercy is a real complex character.

[0vergrowngraveyard]

the idea of rping with an ai is actually so baffling to me

you mean you’d rather rp with a bot that you can’t randomly break character with and giggle and scream about characters/situations/literally anything with??? that just feels so boring and lifeless

you’re not communicating with someone who shares your interests, you’re communicating with something that was programmed to talk like the character. theres no connection there so like what’s the point???

i’m bad at explaining things but hopefully you get the point. basically it’s dumb as hell

[serpentface]

Question about Couya! Since she is a bastard what are the reasons about her being brought into the main family by her father. Was it genuine care for his child or a way to save face politically/socially? Is her birth mother alive? Do you think she would have had a better life growing up anywhere else?

This is in large part due to how cultural perceptions and legal punishment of adultery varies between male and female citizens, looped into the very strictly patrilineal kinship system.

By legal definition, the word for 'adultery' applies only to situations where a man has an affair with a married woman, or a married woman has an affair with any man. Other forms of affairs (eg a married man having an affair with an unmarried woman) are wrapped into a broader set of sexual misdemeanors and aren't often charged or punished in practice, and the punishments are comparatively minor (if an unwed woman's father pursues charges, the man in the affair is likely to just pay a fine). On a social level, extramaritial affairs in general are certainly not Approved of and seen as lowly and dishonorable, but the average response is significantly less harsh/more willing to entertain Nuance with men than with women.

In this society there's differentiated shades of bastardry depending on the contexts of the child's birth, as well as a distinction for 'nameless bastards' (has not been claimed by their biological father or maternal grandfather, or claimed in adoption).

a) A child born to an unmarried woman via an unmarried man: non-issue for father, potentially serious social harm for the woman (especially if she has never been married and expected virginal, much less severe as a widow or divorcee). The child will not be notably disadvantaged in of themselves (their status will depend more on whether they are claimed and thus provided the social security of a family patriarch), the father will experience no hard disadvantages in claiming them.

b) A child born to an unmarried woman via a married man: mild sexual misdemeanor for the father carrying levels of social shame, even more serious social harm for the woman (often framed as not just loose but a manipulative Seductress of a married man). The child might experience minor to moderate social disadvantages, the consequences of the father claiming them are purely social and will not typically be severe. (Couya is this)

c) A child born to a married woman via an unmarried or married man: both man and woman have committed a crime and can be severely punished. The biological father can technically claim the child but will be disincentivized from doing so. This is the form of bastardry most comparable to the conventional definition, in that it is heavily stigmatized and has effects on concerns of kinship and inheritance.

In addendum to this, if the adulterous wife's legal husband claims the child, this may be punishable if determined to be active concealment of adultery (which is also a crime), and has EXTREME social consequences either way. (Either you're a cuckold too stupid to notice that your wife has been skipping out on you, or you're a MEGAcuckold adultery-accessory willingly rearing another man's child after being horribly shamed by him).

(This is separate from adoption- a man who marries a woman with an unclaimed child after the fact (whether it was a product of adultery or just a general out of wedlock birth) and claims the child is an adoptive father, he is not concealing adultery or being cuckolded.)

A child born in an affair can be considered an heir to their biological fathers (descent and kinship is fully patrilineal and on a Basic level it doesn't matter who the mother is), and can very smoothly and legally be claimed when the affair was not considered criminal adultery. The concern on that front is social perception rather than material legal consequences or kinship issues.

Couya's birth mother was an unwed servant working as a housekeeper for her father Saizen, so the Crime of adultery did not take place. It would be considered a minor sexual misdemeanor, and the woman's father was not about to pursue charges against a nobleman who could Ruin him (and had also formally expressed that he would claim the child, which meant he would not be saddled with a nameless bastard granddaughter). So the concerns here were entirely social.

The affair might have started beforehand but the pregnancy that produced Couya occurred after his wife's third viable pregnancy ended in the premature birth of a underdeveloped boy deemed necessary to euthanize (and tbr would Not have survived either way). This was after Livya Haidamane had a couple early term miscarriages, two viable but very difficult pregnancies wherein one child was very weak and sickly for the first several years of life, and struggled to conceive every time. A lot of people are going to be at least a little sympathetic to a married man having an affair and claiming a bastard in this context. It's definitely ideal and practical to have more than two children, and his wife (while not outright infertile) clearly could not reliably bear healthy children. (The average response is going to be "Well he shouldn't have done it but like, I get it")

Couya being claimed by her father was a mix of genuine care and saving face. Initially it was MUCH more the latter than the former. Saizen made attempts to hide the servant's pregnancy and to keep his own wife out of sight during the late term (to prevent the baby appearing after his wife had been seen Extremely not pregnant). But there's some levels of care involved, he could very easily have fired the pregnant servant and had nothing to do with his bastard and she would have no recompense whatsoever. The choice to keep and claim the baby and ensure its entrance into the world bore as little social scrutiny as possible is an act of care for his own progeny.

This was Not an act of care for Couya's birth mother (beyond the fact that concealing her pregnancy would benefit her in hiding that she is not only Not a virgin prior to marriage but had a child). She probably would have been about 17-19 at the time and was fired a few months after giving birth, and most likely never saw Couya again after this point (if she did, it would most likely be in the context of seeing her as an adult Odonii in public and noting her to look Scarily familiar). She has an Okayish chance at still being alive, she'd be around 50 (and a person who survives the high infant mortality and birth casualty rates stands a good chance of hitting their 60s), though she could very well be a casualty of the drought+famine.

Whether or not Couya's life would have been better is kind of a mixed bag. She had an awful fucking childhood in large part because her adoptive mother Livya Haidamane hated her. (Livya was ultimately a pretty horrible person but not just like. An Evil Bitch. She had A Lot going on and Couya was a living breathing insult to her and reminder of like, every one of her dashed hopes and dreams). Couya is also autistic and presented very intense symptoms as a child in a society that is Not equipped for a mass-understanding and support of cognitive differences. But she still did have an immensely privileged life with profound physical/economic levels of security inaccessible to the vast majority of people in this region, including her birth mother. Saizen also actually Liked her and cared about her, he just wasn't a routine physical presence in any of his children's lives.

Had she been left with her biological mother, she would be in a very disadvantaged situation as a nameless bastard to an unwed mother. Her biological grandfather may or may not have been willing to claim her, and her mother would have great difficulties in finding a husband (which is ultimately necessary for the security of women in this society). I think her mother was a relatively kind person but not like, a perfect angel. She would probably have complicated feelings about her bastard daughter, especially one whose very existence materially disadvantages her and was very, very difficult as a child. So this probably would not have been a good situation for Couya either.

If you broaden the question to ANY other family completely divorced from the circumstances of her birth, yeah it definitely could have been better. But in her case it's like either "Life of grotesque socioeconomic privilege but in an abusive household" or "Life of profound socioeconomic disadvantages in a household that Probably wouldn't have been this abusive but certainly wouldn't be healthy". There wasn't really a good option for her.

[my-deer-friend]

This is supposed to be the queer weirdos website and yet the standard of proof on here for whether a historical figure was queer is higher than in most academic contexts.

[emma-d-klutz]

"Hear me outs" cause so much conversation because we never established a standard meaning for a hear me out.

If I said "FMK a coffee cup, a pair of sneakers, and an equilateral triangle," we'd all understand that you are being asked to rank these things. But if you put an equilateral triangle on your hear me out cake, how am I supposed to take that?

Should I go, "Oh yeah, that sure is a satisfying triangle mmhm"?

Should I go, "Ah so you were a geometry stan back in the day. Yeah that was fun sometimes, but proofs were annoying. Algebra 2 is where it was at"?

Should I go, "Dude, wtf you get turned on by looking at a triangle? How? What the FUCK were you doing in freshman geometry class?!"?

Should I go, "Nah man, commit. If you're gonna be like that, pick the circle. It's mathematically perfect in every way!"?

Should I go, "Nah man, commit. If you're gonna be like that, pick the circle - the one you can fuck"?

I don't know what someone means, but that's nothing new. I figured I was either just being too asexual or too autistic to get it. But seeing so many different back and forths on in has made it clear to me: You don't know what they mean either, and this is why the people who put the Verdana font and the people who put Roger Rabbit are mad at each other

[the-worms-in-your-bones]

You guys ever think about how there is something deeply wrong with romana, and even though it clearly got worse after etra prime she’s probably always been like that, because I do