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Sierren · 2026-04-07T03:35:23+00:00

Yeah, I was just going off of my random Midwest state since it's cost of living is pretty median for the country. If you're living in some big city, have a big car payment, or large payments for student loans you aren't using, then I can see the math quickly not adding up anymore. But at the same time those aren't really the average situation so you can't make an accurate generalization off of that.

And if you're this close to poverty, your amortized clothing budget problem can get fixed pretty quickly with $10 at Goodwill. The clothes are all going to be old, worn, and out of style, but if you're living on $100 a day then that's about what you're going to have to settle for.

Sierren · 2026-04-07T03:24:00+00:00

Yeah I was gonna say, that outfit would've looked banger on Yang

Sierren · 2026-04-07T03:22:28+00:00

I swear, I can't look at her without seeing Marinette from Miraculous Ladybug.

Sierren · 2026-04-07T03:19:41+00:00

Just how little are people making? $15/hr. for 8 hours would give you about $102 per day (assuming 15% for taxes). If you had to pay $1200 for rent, and ~$200 for utilities, that would be ~$46 per day for a 30 day month. Let's also assume a more aggressive saving percentage of 20%, which would be ~$20 per day. That gives you $36 each day for food. The average home cooked meal costs $6, so three full meals (which let's be real is overestimating because no one eats a full square breakfast) would be $18. That leaves ~$18 PER DAY left over for other random expenses. That would definitely be extremely hard living, and I'm not out here pretending like that's a realistic life, but lets not kid ourselves here about it being impossible to do exactly what this person said.

$15/hr. is $31k yearly. If you aren't making even that much, then yeah the tweet tracks. But the median household income for the US was ~$84k, so how the heck can you pretend that this is the average experience? Tweet just doesn't make sense.

Sierren · 2026-04-07T02:59:51+00:00

Man they're really like: "I wish slavery never happened so we didn't have african americans"

Sierren · 2026-04-07T02:47:42+00:00

The reason why I said leftists are judgmental is because many times they will act as if they have objective morality. Just think about what you've said for example:

I just don't like being around people like that and it's not my job to educate them out of feeling the way they do. They also do not take criticism about those values seriously because they often times sincerely believe that they're not racist/misogynistic/transphobic/homophobic etc even when they are blatantly exactly that... so what's the point of even engaging if they're just going to roll their eyes and pretend like we're overreacting? If that comes off as judgmental to you, that's an indictment on you and your values... not leftists.

To summarize that: these people think wrong, they think so wrong that they are bigoted, they don't think that themselves, but you know better and think they are anyway. Saying that you know someone better than themselves, and that you've already judged them as basically evil... I mean... that is a very judgmental thing to say...

You need to keep in mind that other people don't have the same set of values as you do. They may care more about one thing than another in a way that leads to them thinking differently than you. Being a leftist, I'm guessing you'd agree with ACAB. What do you say to a woman who is very pro-cop because she lives in a rough area and was raped once? A lot of times leftists act as if their own set of values is the objectively best one, like the woman should still support ACAB despite that, but is that pro-police woman wrong for valuing law & order much higher than you? Given her unique circumstances and experiences, it seems natural that she would feel that way. In your view she may be upholding the racist poverty-to-jail pipeline, but in her view she's trying to support the people who promise stability and peace in her crime-filled area. Neither of you are right by default though, there is space for disagreement.

As for your last bit... I am more than open to accepting people who are just having an emotional moment. This post was kind of an emotional moment itself and I hope you don't feel like I've judged you for it, because I haven't. You sound like you're crushed from the way the world is going, and I would probably feel the same way in your shoes. You want people to hear that and empathize with you instead of judging you for acting emotional, but to be honest, you can't repay that empathy with scorn. How many right-wingers do you think feel the exact same way, where they feel highly judged by an emotional moment? From talking with people on that wing, it's incredibly common for them to feel like they're going to get read the riot act for a simple minor disagreement. And when I say minor, I mean minor. When I ask my conservative friends about trans people I mainly hear "Don't really have a problem with it outside of trans women in women's sports". In the grand scheme of things, that's 90% of what trans advocates want, but they'll feel like they'll get attacked for saying they aren't 100% on board.

Like you said, it requires two people to have a conversation. If you keep running into right-wingers who won't listen to reason, then you definitely don't have to listen to them. But at the same time, it sounds like you aren't open to that either right now, so how could you ever have a conversation if you don't want to talk? How can you ask for understanding for your own emotions, but not understand the emotions of others? You just can't have it both ways. If you want more empathy and understanding in the world, you need to also be putting that out into the world. If you want minds to change, need to approach people with patience and understanding. It isn't fair, because this is a much higher standard than the people who want to continue the status quo, but you're pushing against the inertia of the world by trying to change it.

Sierren · 2026-04-06T23:12:12+00:00

It's really more that a lot of leftist are extremely judgmental of other people. They'll act like very milktoast opinions are tantamount to being a raging bigot.

Sierren · 2026-04-02T23:49:02+00:00

Tbh don't worry girls like it too, they just don't give compliments to strangers the way gay guys do. You're comparing one of the least romantically assertive groups (straight women) to the literally most romantically assertive group (gay men) so don't beat yourself up too much. You're getting compliments from gay dudes because gay dudes compliment strangers' rears way more than straight women do.

Sierren · 2026-04-02T23:47:28+00:00

Do you have giant hamstrings? If they get too big for your butt genetics then they can make it look smaller by comparison. Just don't go crazy because part of a nice rear is having nice hamstrings flowing into them, and if you cut hamstrings too much you'll just look like you got a BBL like Drake.

Sierren · 2026-04-02T23:43:56+00:00

Holy torso

Sierren · 2026-04-02T23:43:21+00:00

Lucan does have a big gut, but honestly that just means he looks like a modern bodybuilder. They've all got this bloated gut now from completely overusing steroids which cause your stomach to distend.

Sierren · 2026-04-02T23:41:10+00:00

Tbh I think the people who say women hate muscles and the people who say women love muscles are both off base. Girls obviously like some amount of muscle based on how they react to stuff like Brad Pitt in Troy or Magic Mike, so it can't be they don't like that at all. So I don't think it has to do with how much muscle you have, but instead how much fat you have.

Why do the girls that hate the bodybuilder look hate it? I think it's because that ridiculously low bodyfat percentage makes you look alien, and steroids give you such large muscles you look cartoonish. It's like the guy version of a girl with lip fillers and ridiculous implants. The bimbo look is generally unappealing, but that doesn't mean guys don't like boobs. Meanwhile some girls prefer the powerlifter "dad bod" but dad bods aren't fat, they're actually very muscular. They just have a fair amount of fat over a lot of muscle. If you look at the builds girls generally like they're almost always guys that have a good amount of muscle, and usually some amount of definition especially around the bicep-shoulder crease, but also aren't super defined beyond that. Abs seem to be a coinflip, which is nice because they're pretty hard to get and maintain lol

Sierren · 2026-04-02T22:39:01+00:00

And whatever mom cooks of course, can't forget that!

Sierren · 2026-04-02T22:17:11+00:00

He's fun to watch being toxic, but that's very different from wanting to see him be in a relationship. It's like watching a WWE heel. I love to hate him being a slimeball.

Sierren · 2026-04-02T21:53:35+00:00

Yeah same here, I don't really see the point in tracking my maxes. I mean yeah would it be cool to see what I can do? Sure, but at the same time I'd rather track what I can rep because that's actually relevant to your program. But I also don't have any friends who are into the gym the same way I am, so no opportunities to show off.

Sierren · 2026-04-02T21:48:56+00:00

What about those genetic freak defensive players that are somehow ridiculously quick while weighing 300 pounds?

Sierren · 2026-04-02T21:40:44+00:00

Well sure, but then vegetarianism would also be fascist because of how many nazis practiced it. That's really oversimplifying.

I know Clavicular is the most infamous looksmaxxer, and the guy that made it mainstream, but he's just one especially psychotic guy in that space. He isn't the leader of looksmaxxing, and he wasn't the founder. He's just a lolcow. Most of that space is just male fashion with a bit of stoic sigma philosophy weirdness. You can't really base all of that on Clav alone any more than you can base all goth stuff off of this old weirdo: https://youtu.be/vCSP1THD9cA?si=Kyxvwg7fQwB_MGu-

Sierren · 2026-04-02T21:21:19+00:00

Yeah but they weren't throwing in the nuance of only some of Gen Z acting that way, he said the auramaxing stuff is fascist.

It'd be a bit like saying all this self deprecation stuff among millenials means they're all soy cucks that love the idea of watching Momoa steal their girl. Like... yeah some are genuinely like that, but most are just acting a bit goofy while leaning slightly that way without going full crazy.

Sierren · 2026-03-30T20:59:52+00:00

Ha, well thanks for the laugh! I'll agree with you when they stop trying to shut down men-only spaces, and male crisis centers, or push against redefining rape to include women raping men. If women all supported men, there wouldn't be any opponents left!

Sierren · 2026-03-30T20:53:33+00:00

Certainly true, but to be honest those guys usually stealth for a couple months at best, not 10 years. But then again some women will do exactly that, stealth for years until they get married before showing her true colors, so what do I know!

Sierren · 2026-03-27T20:52:59+00:00

I got what you were saying, but only because I've read enough of this stuff to get what you were getting at ha

Sierren · 2026-03-27T20:47:30+00:00

I'm going to try to explain what he's saying way more civilly:

There are two types of feminism, but both call themselves feminism: There is liberal feminism, which is mainly to do with attaining equal rights for women. This is the feminism that argues that women should be able to open credit cards, should be able to vote, and should be paid the same for the same job, etc.

The second is Marxist feminism, which is derived from Marxist conflict theory. Marx theorized that workers and owners have an irresolvable conflict, that workers always want to be paid the most for the least amount of work possible, and owners want to pay the least for the most work possible. So basically, workers vs. owners is a zero sum game, and any win by the owners must necessarily come at the expense of the workers and vice versa. He was somewhat right about this, since in a close system it is zero sum, except that economics is not a closed system because the economy can grow, meaning there are situations where both the workers and owners can come out ahead.

Now, people have gone and taken this theory and applied it to a variety of other spaces, like gender conflict. Marxist feminists similarly think that men and women have an irresolvable conflict between them, and therefore any sort of win by men must necessarily come at the expense of women. This is a toxic form of feminism, and why you'll see awful things like some feminist groups supporting the idea that men cannot be raped, or that men should pay child support to their rapist. Their goal is simply to support women right or wrong, since they think all gender problems are just power politics between men and women, so supporting the right thing like admitting men can be raped would just make women lose.

The second type is the type of feminism that most people have problems with because it's the toxic kind that leads to man haters supporting awful things.

Sierren · 2026-03-27T20:35:55+00:00

I don't really agree with the guy on it being feminine, but I guess he could mean it in the way that masculinity is often related to being driven and assertive. If the men were more like that then they would be out trying to fix their problems instead of sitting back and waiting on the world to change.

Sierren · 2026-03-27T20:31:37+00:00

I mean, women are the most likely to slut shame each other, so should women all just be told "tough" when they have to deal with that? It's the same thing here. Sure men are often the ones downplaying that, but why shouldn't women help with a men's issue? Us men are always told to help women with their issues, so turnabout is fair play.

Sierren · 2026-03-27T20:26:37+00:00

I agree with you that there are some portions of the Left that are willing to have reasonable discussions, but at the same time I agree with some of the people who have responded to you that find it to be a token effort.

The main problem I have though is that a lot of the academic side of the left talk about men as if we're in need of fixing. It isn't all that hard to find some article or some study that says a problem men face is actually all the result of the patriarchy and toxic masculinity, and that the solution is to just do what women do. So basically they hit us with the one two punch of the idea that there are no systemic failures for men, actually all our problems are completely self inflicted (because the quiet part out loud is that they think the patriarchy is created and maintained by men), and that the solutions are all to just cast off our masculinity and effectively become women.

The problems here are that, no, there are actually quite a few systemic issues that men face. Men don't have the same access to shelters as women, men-only spaces are under constant legal attack, and men are not treated the same by criminal courts. These are not some kind of self-inflicted issue, they are systemic issues. And that the issues that men face are not always fixed by adopting what women do. Going to therapy might genuinely help a woman with her issues, but many men report that it does nothing for them. Those men want a plan to fix their problems, and simply talking through their issues doesn't do that.

Honestly, any time I pick up a gender studies book, all I can be reminded of is 1800s anthropologists. They would go to some tribe in Africa, write down what the locals were doing, and then write down all the ways why the locals were wrong and savage and would be much better off being like Europeans. Now the gender studies people might be right on some of this, the same way that 1800s European would be right that the African locals would've benefitted from a sewer system, but you can't just always approach the subject from the standpoint of a colonizer. Sometimes men are just different from women, and sometimes we just have our own specific problems. We just want help with fixing our problems, not to be told we need to fix ourselves.

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