Did not expect a question that starts out 'Do you think before you speak?' to go so well. A+ question from Charlotte Harpur A++ response from Eileen Gu.
Tonight at Walmart, I watched a 5 year old boy ask a little girl if he could hug her because he liked her sweater.
She said, "No."
He smiled, "Okay! I like your sweater. Bye!" and ran back to his dad.
To his dad, he proudly said:
"I didn't hug her because she said no... but I told her I liked her sweater!"
His dad replied, "Cool, buddy!" ...and they went on shopping.
If a 5-year-old boy can understand consent and respect a "No," then so can every adult.
My girl best friend told her boyfriend something that lowkey changed how I see relationships.
She said, “I don’t want obedience. I want consideration. I shouldn’t have to beg you to think about how your actions affect me.”
She told him, “You’re allowed to have friends. You’re allowed to go out. You’re allowed to live your life. But if you constantly put yourself in situations that you know would hurt me, that’s not freedom. That’s you choosing yourself over us.”
Then she said something that hit:
“If I have to keep explaining why something disrespects me, it’s not confusion. It’s comfort. You’re comfortable knowing I’ll stay.”
And whew.
She wasn’t yelling. She wasn’t threatening to leave. She was calm. Grounded. Clear.
She told him, “I won’t control you. But I will control what I tolerate. And if I start feeling small in a relationship that’s supposed to feel safe, I’ll remove myself. Not to punish you. To protect me.”
That’s what emotional maturity sounds like.
Not “do what I say.”
But “I see the red flag. I told you it’s red. If you keep walking past it, I’m not dragging you back.”
Out of ten men, one makes a sexual joke at a woman, two laugh, three fake a chuckle to fit in, and four stay silent. None of them speak up. Later, nine of them still believe they're the "good guys." But from the woman's perspective, the laughter, the silence, the looking away, it all creates the same environment. So when women say"most men are the same," this is what they mean: not that every man harasses women, but that most men help protect the system that does.
Betul, pasangan tidak perlu punya hobi yang sama. Yang penting saat istri curhat tentang rekan kerjanya di kantor, respon kita sebagai suami adalah: "wah emang gak bener tu orang...". Dijamin langgeng puluhan tahun.
A Gen Z was negotiating salary.
During the discussion, HR said,
“Work from home has many advantages.”
Gen Z listened.
HR continued,
“You save on transport.
Lunch.
Traffic.
Fuel.
Work clothes.
You get more time with family.”
Gen Z nodded.
Then asked,
“And what does the company save?”
The room went quiet.
- No argument.
- No pushback.
- Just a question.
HR hesitated.
Gen Z continued,
“Wi-Fi.
Electricity.
Office rent.
Water.
Cleaning.
Security.”
- More silence.
- No arrogance.
- No entitlement.
Just math.
That’s when HR realized something.
Gen Z doesn’t see WFH as a benefit.
They see it as shared cost reduction.
Older generations were told to be grateful.
Gen Z reads the balance sheet.
- They value flexibility.
- They value fairness.
- They value transparency.
They’re not asking for favors.
They’re asking for alignment.
It’s not audacity.
It’s awareness.
And honestly, can you blame them?
@Jateng_Twit kelakuan laki model gini tu sampe pernah disindir ama komedian: “the advantage of being a man is you can treat fatherhood like a hobby. if you’re bored, you can just stop and find another amusing thing as your new hobby”
im today years old learn kalau suara gamelan di video ini bukan insertan random musik aja (as i thought before) maknanya pengiring tamu kerajaan, so the demonstran are welcome as tamu kerajaan.. im not saying this to glorify but wow... the culture we have is... profound
Stephanie Poetri and her husband have decided to remain childfree, according to her mother, Titi DJ:
“Alasannya sudah banyak manusia di bumi ini katanya. Jadi iya, nggak mau punya anak.”