I'll be posting about this Triptych today. Creating it helped me process a lot of my emotions about transition and gave me the courage come out to my friends. Everyone's journey and paradigm on their identity is unique but maybe mine is interesting to some
@chiweethedog I have nightmares about having my shitty private singing being posted for people to gawk. I also have nightmares of US operators storming in, killing me, taking my hard drive, and fighting over turning my death into a podcast career.
@Sturgeons_Law The West never gave anyone rights. Those are always fought for. The happenstance of why some rights exist in the west which may not exist otherwhere is a story about the power of groups over history, not a course of moral evolution.
@Sturgeons_Law Western capitalism produced women and Queer advancement because of the scope private power and ideological tools of the Enlightment. This is *how* it came to pass. It wasn't that the West just became more moral. Real political changes occurred because of material changes.
@lukeisamazing Pretty sure he was just lying about caring like he did about Medicaid cuts and everything else he promised to do or not to do for the past decade. He always got away with it
@DudeRandomNums @Srirachachau Youre not supposed to laugh at the homeless in Beau, the joke is *on Beau*
This is how Beau views the homeless, not what the homeless really are.
@matthewstoller What I think seems irrelevant to what the important Chinese decision makers think. You say they "Assume" things about the US that makes them economically confrontational. Is it folly to try to counter those assumptions in any way?
@matthewstoller You don't know what I assume. I'm asking you why Chinese strategists would just "Assume" those things.
If they are bad assumptions, then why do they make them and why can't they be despelled?
@matthewstoller Then, assuming your preferred economic policy wins out in the US (isn't that your goal?), what is the "risk" that Chinese strategists see in US industrial capacity?
i think my most misogynistic belief, and i apologize in advance, is that iโve noticed that, and again i am sorry to say this, sometimes women donโt finish their cans of sparkling water as frequently as men do.
@ettingermentum@ByYourLogic It doesn't help when a good chunk of your base believes (with subtle to overt encouragement) that shit sucks because your enemies are intentionally making everything bad for globohomo and that you'll stop them and just hit the cure cancer button.
Biden had a similar problem
@hchrismiller@sippingmalorts@Conley76@MikeIsaac Rather than continue wasting everyone's time here, how about we wrap this up and go help kids which I'm sure in good faith we both do.
I'm sure you've got some kids who need your help so I won't waste any more of your time. Thanks for your service dude! The kids appreciate you
@hchrismiller@sippingmalorts@Conley76@MikeIsaac If you actually helped kids you could say what you did without telling me details about your personal life, bud.
For example, outside of my job, I also volunteer at an org that provides community and events for lgbtq kids coming into their identity.
See? No personal details