ThisIsSin
Cainanites and Abelists
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ThisIsSin
Cainanites and Abelists
3mo ago
Blaming Biden for Ukraine being invaded is almost as bad as blaming Trump for COVID happening under his watch.
Funny, because I do blame both of them for those things.
For Biden: what the fuck else do you think Hunter was doing there? The Ds have been angling for that war for years and have been playing stupid games in Ukraine even back when he was VP.
For Trump: massive partisan riots broke out and weren't controlled. Law and order gave way to burn, loot, murder in literally every major city and he did what, hold a Bible upside down? And the money printing began under him- the Ds continued it, sure, but that was a bad move from the get-go.
ThisIsSin
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3mo ago
According to Trump (or Tony Schwartz) one of the key skills of a sucessful negotiator is the ability to remain focused on what is rather than what ought to be, or what people say.
Sure, but now we have what appears [to me] to be tactically-inconsistent backpedaling. Enhanced high-tech manufacturing capabilities were supposed to [by who?] be the goal but now only token tariffs remain in the most important areas- and yes, the US has weaknesses in this area that are so significant that major Chinese manufacturing firms being told to suspend shipments of that equipment to the US is probably a bigger deal than most give it credit for. The Americans might indeed not be in any position to unilaterally establish independent industry at this time.
And while people do indeed have incredibly short memories- people barely remember 2020-2022 these days and that economic cataclysm dwarfs any economic disturbance tariffs have caused (oh, market fell 10%? I don't hear reparations for the 30% inflation over the last 4 years in addition to all the authoritarian shit so I don't fucking care!)- my main problem is that the negotiations are highly public, but the timeframe is not.
Let's take the whole 51st State thing as an example. I feel that to start trying to accomplish that goal... well, the economic tactics are sound ones, but there's only a concept of a plan here, nothing more substantive [as perceived by the general public].
When working on any project, the answer to most questions [from a stability/investment mindset] cannot actually be the Underpants Gnomes strategy; we pour foundations so that we can accomplish the next step of the process, but to pour those foundations the finished product needs to be coherent. Is it self-sufficiency, like petroleum? Is it simply reduced dependence with an eye towards self-sufficiency? The last major economic reformer in US history, FDR, had the fireside chat specifically for this reason- massive and immediate reforms benefit from someone explaining why. That should be Vance, since he's capable of doing this whereas Trump is... very not, but I'm not hearing anything.
And doubly so if we're going to see dealmaking consistently in public- whereas right now, we just have the disruption. And yes, this sort of thing absolutely is bad for American provinces like Canada and the EU; to the point that I see the offer of statehood as an early buy-out package for performers capable of being disruptive to larger goals before the layoffs begin... which, you'll recall, was exactly what was occurring around that time.
I've been seeing comments here about how trump is "erratic", "stupid", "illiterate", and a "retard", about how he's going to tank the economy and usher in a new age of Democratic party rule, about how his supporters are all deep-throating cock-slobberes who deserve to lose everything.
The only real criticism is "erratic", the other ones are all just incoherent screaming (same with "corrupt"; I have yet to hear how substantiated/used outside of a thought-terminating argument).
ThisIsSin
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3mo ago
Trying to redefine "purpose" to be about outcomes instead of intent is a silly linguistic game that I have no patience for.
It's meaningful with the implication that you're saying this to hold those within those systems to account.
When those in charge of systems are hostile, or the system is set up to allow value drift (let's take BLM as a system- the official statement was black lives matter, where what it actually did was burn loot murder), those who created the system rightfully should be held to account for either allowing the goals of the system to be hijacked [mistake theory] or was intended that way from the start and the declared intentions were lies [conflict theory].
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3mo ago
Well, then their receiving countries can reorient themselves to take advantage of their returning human capital.
If they don’t, perhaps because those politics (that their researchers are more aligned with) inherently won’t let them, who am I to tell them that the perpetuation of those politics is a net-negative for humanity because it means objective progress is sacrificed? Clearly they believe those politics more important, and far be it from me to interrupt their mistakes, or even categorize them as such.
ThisIsSin
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3mo ago
Losing these people would result in serious brain drain
Perhaps, but the Europeans have demonstrated a complete inability to make use of them either; it's a question of "they work in the US and the work gets done", or "they go home and receive half pay for doing nothing".
ThisIsSin
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3mo ago
Ok, so forced arbitration then military action.
I think the current English order is evil enough to order them shot as a motivator if no alternative can be found; whether the soldiers actually pull the triggers when so ordered is another matter.
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3mo ago
Does anyone have some color on why Japans population decline slowed and Koreas did not?
Japan is a larger nation, with more economic opportunity, and it industrialized at a time when industrialization wasn't quite so automated- the percentage of the population that process enriched was larger.
South Korea is small, has one major city, and it industrialized at a time when automation was already a relatively solved problem- the percentage of the population that process enriched was smaller.
Both nations, as well as all Western ones (importantly, the US is the least affected), are overpopulated to varying degrees relative to their level of economic opportunity- that's why TFR is below 2 there. It's not "the young aren't doing their duty", it's that the positions that the young would grow into no longer exist and their very existence has been, for a variety of reasons, simply priced out of the market (you can also see this effect in gender relations, where women instinctively expect men to make more than them- which means that the carrying capacity of society is not equal, and furthermore that men are in surplus).
When populations shrink, capital pays more for labor- that's why, historically, massive economic booms occur after significant die-offs. What you're seeing is a slower, gentler version of that process.
The North Koreans are not capable of winning a war on South Korea and still remaining North Korea through domestic production alone- if they had enough domestic production to sustain a war they would have industrialized to the point the socioeconomic forces that hold the country together would be destroyed- too many people getting rich for the Kim regime to be able to delete.
China could do it, of course- just dump more materiel onto the NK army than they're able to carry- but then, apart from no longer being a base from which the United States could attack the Chinese mainland, what grand benefit would they get from reducing the country to rubble? Certainly not a trading partner, that's for sure, since NK has no industry and their people are poorer than China's own in the first place. It's not like Ukraine where the Russians can somewhat credibly claim they're making the territory safe for ethnic Russians; Koreans aren't Han Chinese and the two hate each other on that basis alone.
ThisIsSin
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3mo ago
And modern polite white society doesn't seem to have any kind of defense against women's tears.
This refusal to work is that defense.
Weil's disease and hantavirus are suddenly major concerns. And, as the average daily temperature rises, the already-unspeakable miasma is getting worse.
Then the way I see it, the women have two choices- they can deal with it themselves (unlikely), or they can accept that their unwillingness to do certain types of labor makes that labor inherently more valuable.
I expect either forced arbitration or military action (financial or otherwise) will come next, perhaps both at the same time; this is a threat to the Two-Tier English order. (Ever wonder why China censors discussion of 'lying flat'? Now you know).
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3mo ago
Their perspective hasn't been represented anywhere that I've found.
Yes, that's called "trans erasure". These women are performing opposite-, or rather trans-, gender roles- therefore, opinion discarded for doing work incompatible with one's gender.
Doubly so because they're gender traitors- again, traditionalist and progressive thought both agree that men owe women just for existing, so what are these women doing working, and why are they co-operating with men?
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3mo ago
For example, if a country which does not have a domestic car industry puts a VAT specifically on cars, it is effectively a tariff.
Or to name another famous European case, if a union of countries that do not have a domestic tech industry demands data to be handled in specific ways or face an absurdly huge fine (or 5% of global revenue, whichever is higher).
The Europeans naturally claim it's about data privacy, but the fact of the matter is that unless you do business everywhere the European way, you face the massive tax. Naturally, European startup companies will have no problem doing things the European way, and as such the GDPR is effectively a tariff.
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3mo ago
Just stimulation of a different sort, I guess? I don't understand why rimming/being rimmed would be appealing at all outside of dom/sub dynamics but it also appears too often to just be coincidence.
I would expect this to be a preference somewhat affected by porn as well simply because the concept of anal is obvious to basically everyone, but normal enough in porn that it doesn't seem completely absurd. As far as practical matters go it's more difficult, and these things are a more limited version of that. Of course the usual suspects blow that out of proportion and complain that "girls are being asked for anal as soon as the third date", but the whores left the barn on that matter 60 years ago.
thus stimulation of the perineum can result in arousal
There's a reason prostate exams are a meme, and it's an orgasm modifier for when you get bored/want variety (intensity can come from novelty). I don't know what the equivalent is for women, if there is one, due to the inherent lack of that part, though there are probably a few things you could do in that case if you fill both holes (I don't believe reach-arounds are uniquely a male/male thing).
To say nothing of anal beads
Grip 'em and rip 'em, like you're pull-starting an old lawnmower; I'm told that really gets the motor running [SFW]. In all seriousness, the reason you'd use that is because pushing things in there is actually rather painful, so being able to break that up rather than continually insert an approximation of a cylinder is important mostly while going in. (There's only one Kirk Johnson, you know.) That's also why the plugs are shaped the way they are- it's generally uncomfortable to continually have that part stretched that far, which is why they taper off at the base then flare out again (so you can grab it for extraction).
As far as constantly talking about it... it's Reddit, what do you expect. It's not like 4chan where, while you could always do this, you'll also get 70 replies calling you and everyone else a fag for posting about it.
ThisIsSin
Cainanites and Abelists
3mo ago
I'm surprised it took you that long to watch it; I've started to forget how good it is.
Actually, I think it hits all the high points of sex and cultural norm violations, including but not limited to:
- States outright that some
racesspecies are different than others, and different people may or may not enjoy different aspects of that - Sex with women is Good, Actually/not being afraid of the natural consequences of the [offers resources vs. offers sex] condition that underpins human instinct
- Even the women do this from time to time too
- Gender-swapping/having both sets of equipment without going Full Trans(tm)
- Some of the main characters both look and act younger than 18 (standard fig leaf of Being Over 900 Years Old applies)
And perhaps most importantly, all of those things are portrayed in a natural way; it's clearly not done with the sole purpose of being edgy/iconoclastic.
ThisIsSin
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3mo ago
Trump's problem is that a big chunk of his passionate supporters are retirees with 401ks.
A 30% drop in a retiree's 401k is "it's going back to 2019 levels" due to the massive amount of inflation (also 30%) the previous government caused protecting this particular group at everyone else's expense.
And I think a lot of shy Tories Trump voters know that. And no, that doesn't make paying back taxes any less fun; I believe that Trump made it as fun as such a thing possibly could have been. But the missing money needs to come from somewhere, and if it doesn't come at the sole expense of the youth of the country for once that's the biggest step forwards for this country in almost 60 years- bonus points if they remember that.
ThisIsSin
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3mo ago
Shotacon's a porn genre; that's why he's called that in the show (the 'u' in his name is silent in both sub and dub). The author of this work has others that play this a bit straighter but it's worth noting the relationships his characters have are generally constructive, not destructive.
The interesting part of it is that the most difficult parts/negotiations of the typical male and female relationship dynamic are standing on their head or taken for granted. The thing about the casual awkward sex-type button-pushing is that normally the man is supposed to offer something to the woman and in return she'll show him her tits, but in this case, the man can't offer anything except best effort and the woman is trying to stuff her tits in his face before he's proven himself; the inverse of how a typical relationship is supposed to function.
The other thing about Shouta is that he's, well, innocent. He approaches [what is basically God] like a child would (Kobayashi does this too, but in a slightly different way)- hence the nervousness to accept the gifts offered him (and the apprehension about accepting them publicly; he does share a bed with her, after all, and they do have a kid in the spinoff), but it's worth noting he does accept them (considering that he does care for Lucoa and doesn't want her to go away, and is worried about doing that by accident).
It is noteworthy that in Christianity, this is repeatedly stated to be the way God works; so just extend that principle out to everything rather than just the sexual angle and... there you have it.
What may raise eyebrows are some of the additions.
Wait, the War Department Department of Defense isn't usually considered a national security department? If that isn't, one wonders what is.
This isn't raising eyebrows to me because a lot of this stuff seems trivially correct.
- Obviously, agencies with the power to ban all development of certain resources critical to national security qualify
- Obviously, agencies that are in charge of keeping the electricity and natural gas working qualify
- Obviously, agencies with the opportunity to destroy the economy over something stupid, like the uncommon cold, qualify
- Obviously, agencies with the authority to arbitrarily declare food-producing practices as unsafe qualify
Stuff that has more gradual bad outcomes, like the Department of Education (not listed in this order), would be more of a stretch simply because their negligence degrades the country over long periods of time, not potentially overnight.
But I think this does add another bit of evidence that Trump's chaos has some deliberate intent that often gets lost in the media chaos that follows him.
The ultimate problem with Trump II is that he's a reformer in a country that has hit the Snooze button on reform since late 2001 for some or other distraction- blowing up 10-dollar camels with 2 million dollar missiles, causing 30% inflation because some people couldn't be bothered to wear masks, whatever the fuck Trump I was, and Yes We Can discover that black Presidents are just as useless as white Presidents.
I have to admit that I'm a little jealous, since European countries are actively cracking down on reform parties and jailing their members for something everyone does (they're far more progressive-traditionalist than the liberal Americans), the UK public actively prefers Two-Tier state policy, and the Canadians are too busy bitching about checks notes being offered a vote on policies that affect them to bother with reform (which would make it more likely they survive as a whole country).
ThisIsSin
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3mo ago
hard to keep judging kids so hard for their Skibidi Toilets or whatever
I judge people for Skibidi Toilet not for the staying power of the meme itself, but simply because it's low effort compared to what came before it.
Actually, I don't know what's considered edgy any more. I remember the Newgrounds school shooting Pico games, which were... something else, certainly, but I don't think I ever saw anything quite as absurd after that.
ThisIsSin
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3mo ago
I really wish it was possible to search flash cartoons.
The Flashpoint Archive might have you covered.
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3mo ago
I will still prefer ME2 for leaning harder into the sci-fi angle with its characters; Legion, Mordin, and EDI (but mostly Legion, and the fact you don’t have him from the start of the game is unfortunate).
I think a lot of character writing in ME3 was actually wasted solely because, if you’re a standard RPG player and saved everyone in ME2, you miss a lot of additional writing.
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3mo ago
Like calling your daughter Dolores.
That only applies if your family name is 'Haze'; 'Lolita' actually used to be a common-ish name back in the 1930s, like 'Adolf' was.
were the pathetic last-ditch force
But the fact remains that they are still treated and used as a force, for the motherly "don't kill my babies" reflex obviously no longer applies to them, and pragmatically because their combat effectiveness isn't negative. (Again, this is the entire point I'm making.)
If they were still young enough for their mothers to discourage their children from fighting a war they've already lost, that would be one thing. But they're not.
Child soldiers are the disgusting last resort of a faction that has no meaningful right to use violence.
Factions, like those who form them, are allowed tantrums over stupid things that they don’t have any right to be upset about. In the cases I've named, throwing their children's lives away is that tantrum (as distinct from the Africans, where the context and circumstances for child soldiers are significantly different).
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3mo ago
It's interesting to note how since the dawn of settled civilisation, there has been a clear understanding of the reciprocal nature of rights and responsibilities
The industrial revolution destroyed the specific socioeconomic/sociobiological niche for men and offered no replacement.
It did not do the same for women.
The more automation replaces one gender more than the other, the worse it gets for that gender- if you want to see how that ends, look at how we treat teenaged men, who have been completely replaced in the workforce to the point society considers disenfranchisement a moral imperative.
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3mo ago
Ooh, looks like Netflix has released "Cuties: Boy Edition". I guess they understand their audience pretty well, and this time they even got free advertising from at least one world leader, so clearly they're doing something right.
We mostly see our dashing police walking intensely towards things while talking about whatever. They don't talk about the plot because there is no plot; they're just cameramen so the audience can see the porn. In the most intense episode, their existence is only implied.
With that in mind, let's look critically at the antagonist. He's cute, but not cute enough that the audience would start feeling anything positive towards him or anything uncomfortable like that (contrast, say, Will in S1/S2 of Stranger Things, purpose-built to be that way). He's made up to look a bit younger in the third episode, though that can be excused by what happens to him in the first, and the audience needs to understand that he's barely legal/fair game. If he acted or looked any younger that would be a harder sell, though this does happen a bit later on.
So let's get into it. We start off pretty strong in the first episode- men with guns sexually humiliate him (or rather, he humiliates himself) in child-coded ways, first by pissing himself and then what happens at the station. Him being forced to strip naked in front of his father (y'know, in case he's hiding a bruise under his cock), and his reaction thereto, is pure fanservice, especially since it's revealed about 15 minutes later that his doing so is completely superfluous to the case; they cut to the video tape and treat it as an open and shut case, which it is.
The second episode is more of the plot happening before our brave cameramen- we see a Stunning and Brave Black Woman #Resisting (£Resisting?) the police [so your vanilla oppression scene], they talk about how the place smells like masturbation (guess they were out of teen spirit that day), and they track down the guy with the Unloicensed Knoife (apparently the antagonist had to borrow one, but I think that was mostly padding). Most of the plot-relevant details are not explained; we're just supposed to know who Andrew Tate is and what incels are. Also, haha, Boomer tech illiteracy- good thing our Ace Detective didn't send the horny heart to his wife, that sure would have been awkward.
The third episode is where the real action happens. The antagonist is made up to be a bit younger in this scene and acts significantly more childish, too (we were told he actually had half a brain, but I guess that was just to set him up as a credible threat; I would have expected a freakout over needles in the first episode far before any of what happens in that room). We see that, ultimately, all the woman has to do to take [sexual] advantage of him such that he commits to her is to bring him some candy sprinkles, wear a lower cut top, and park those tits nice and close (despite her likely being "too old", responds our antagonist to some blurry photos). Maybe he'll pick up a chair once or twice, but he will ultimately commit.
I spent the last 24 hours watching true crime documentaries on 2x before I watched this and couldn't help but notice that nobody in actual interrogations (even when they're interrogating particularly young criminals, and the young criminals themselves) does this. They don't tend to be that sexually charged either. This is 100% "womanly wiles" territory, and takes place in the guise of a therapy-but-not-really session.
At the end we find out that the killer gained a liking for his nemesis, in sort of a messed up Stockholm syndrome kind of way.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Actually, the same is true for said nemesis; my read is that she felt a little guilty about having enjoyed that exchange, which is (I believe) why she has to calm herself down at the end, but maybe I'm reading too hard into it.
The fourth episode is just "everything bad in this show happened because of Men and Their Tempers, daughters are better than sons, the computer makes them evil". Slow-pitch by comparison.
No climax (beyond "I'm changing my plea"), no point (beyond "incel bad"), and no meaning (the means, motive, and opportunity to the driving event are not dealt with in any detail and the victim is a Mary Sue); sounds like a pretty typical yaoi to me.
ThisIsSin
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3mo ago
The issue: it's entirely fictional and doesn't represent anything real.
As I will get around to expanding on in another comment, this show is purely pornographic.
I want to revisit my point 6. A boy is at least one order of magnitude more likely to be murdered by his mother than a girl by an incel (though both happen extraordinarily rarely). [Paraphrased] Should we treat women just as badly as we do men?
I get that this is rhetorical but the answer is "yes, obviously, their rules fairly".
The default position of humanity is sexist and racist (the only question is whose sexism is privileged, and to what degree).
We had a time when that was less true, back when we were rich and our philosopher-kings were half-decent people, but that's no longer true.
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