Not_Alec_Baldwin @ Not_Alec_Baldwin @lemmy.world

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I couldn't agree more. New car buyers want status, flash, specs, etc.

Anyone practical will just buy something 3-5 years old with a solid maintenance history and no MIL on.

Eh, I hate the phrase toxic masculinity.

Some people are assholes. Men are assholes, and women are assholes. Don't blame it on their gender.

Obviously, in any discussion about groups as diverse as men/women, it's important to recognize that these are sweeping generalizations and that individuals can vary wildly.

It's not being "sensitive" or "emotional" that most dudes have trouble with.

Most women probably don't consider it a sign of strength, either. Not the sensitivity or emotionality.

In my experience, most men are focused on something that is happening. A sport or activity, a task, whatever. Your sharing is most likely out of rapport and just isn't how they want to interact.

I have close male friendships that are very emotionally open, and others where it just doesn't feel right.

In my experience, women are different. Male/female relationships are already complicated and getting into preferences and other dynamics is pointless. It could be anything.

Assuming you're attractive/confident/wealthy/etc, there would be many women who would comfort you just to keep you in their orbit.

Assuming you aren't, there are many women who would comfort you out of a sense of maternal care and empathy.

Assuming you're usually friendly, funny, safe, etc, women broadly seem to be kinder and more interested in interacting in that emotional space.

Does any of it matter? Probably not. Before insulting all men you know, it might be better to consider that you might just not like to have typical male friends. Just because people don't like doing what you do, it doesn't make them dumb.

Yep, that's my attitude too. Apparently it's unpopular.

I don't disagree with you at all.

I was responding to someone claiming they were deleting a relevant gay person from history - I was challenging the "relevant" part, that's all.

I personally couldn't care less what this guy put in his presentation.

Well it was a good joke.

And that sucks. Fuck AIDS.

100% stolen from Nanette, a great comedy special/activisty rant by Hannah Gadsby.

Worth a watch even if she's not your cup of tea.

I identify as tired.

Holy crap I've never been so amazed. Yup, 100% relevant.

We get the dregs anyway.

He's working in advertising in Hollywood... My guess is that he's making bank.

Wait, was it a relevant person?

It's the son of the artist, right? Did the son have anything to do with Batman? Did the son's sexual orientation have anything to do with Batman?

What else is relevant about the son? Was he an artist? A writer? What did he do for a living? Did he have any relevant health disorders? Food preferences? Did he have any children?

BROADLY SPEAKING, your sexual preferences are the least interesting or relevant things in any conversation, unless we're considering dating each other.

I don't know the history of Batman so maybe it's actually relevant, but my gut says it's just not.

There's no way the pay would be based on real world commute. But reasonable calculated commute based on region and distance.

It'll never happen anyway, so the really isn't much point worrying about it I guess.

Thank you.

The problem is wealth concentrating in too few hands. And those hands are greedily reaching for more and more wealth.

We simply need systems to redirect the wealth from the 0.1%.

It's gotta be some kind of brigade. The responses have all these assumptions that I'm attacking gender affirming care like some kind of conservative talking head, which isn't remotely what I'm talking about.

They have nothing to do with it, that's the point.

My only issue with non-reversible interventions is consent and mental capacity. I've met kids that are brilliant and are almost certainly able to make their own decisions rationally. I've also met teens that certainly can't.

I have minimal first hand experience with trans people, but from the conversations and podcasts I've listened to the people who transitioned early had significantly improved outcomes.

I'd agree that earlier is better, but I'm still hesitant about the capacity to consent at that age. Obviously the purpose of medical oversight is to make up for that, so as long as the system is working it should be fine.

Because what you're saying is basically "when did you decide to be gay?" My kids aren't like that.

No, I didn't say anything like that. Why are you fabricating bullshit?

You're clearly looking for a fight but there isn't one here. I'm a progressive and I support bodily autonomy and medical interventions that improve people's lives. Duh.

I wouldn't be okay with putting a 5 year old on hormones, which is what the meme says you ninny. Stop assuming that that makes me some kind of bigot.

My first thought was that it was way too high. I haven't had cable in... 10 years?

Edit: no, it was more like 15. Holy shit I'm old.

I don't know if you're a parent or not, but children have no fucking concept of gender unless you ram it down their throats. Let them be children.

My son likes hairbands and tea parties. He wanted his hair long and now he wants it short. He wants to be like Mommy and he wants to be like Daddy. It's all just play. He can play however he wants.

But there's a line between actions with no repercussions and actions with permanent or unknown repercussions. The former shouldn't matter to anybody but them. The latter are important and require that the person have sufficient cognitive ability to agree to the consequences.

Re: marriage it's in the fucking OP, it's the gotcha the Twitterer used to try to own Hercules.