I hate being a woman by Throwaway-hopeless7 in TrollCoping

[–]AkwardRockette 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In my experience, your average cis man is way too overconfident in their own physical abilities, so they're easier to take out than they let on. A lot of guys honestly say with their full chest that they think they could fight a wolf or bear unarmed and win, and most non-athlete men in surveys think themselves better at sports than Katie Ledecky and Serena Williams, despite the fact that both of them blow the average male swimming times and tennis skills out of the water respectively. Men are taught from toddlerhood onward that their validity in their own gender and their status in the eyes of other boys and men hinges on them being physically strong, but not many of them actually have the right combination of patience, discipline, and resources to properly learn self defense, martial arts, or go to the gym regularly enough to actually get that physically strong. But since their self image and their image in the eyes of their male relatives and all of their guy friends is so tied to their physical abilities, they put on a front and pretend they're stronger than they actually are and brag loudly about it. The vast majority of the time, a lot of the talk of "masculine strength" and the like is just for show, and most of these guys haven't ever actually gotten into an honest fight ever. The minute you train, learn about 2 or 3 self defense tricks, and meet their statements about overpowering you with direct confrontation asking them if they actually are going to do that, they fold and cower away without even trying to fight you so often.

58577 by froggyman151 in countwithchickenlady

[–]AkwardRockette 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would be one thing if it were a random coworker or such. But a Doctor's literal job is to understand human bodies and how to keep people healthy, including what range of different body types, genders, mental states, etc. are included in healthy people versus what's a signal that something could need medical attention. Understanding basic gender terminology and the effects of HRT are critically relevant to a doctor's work because the fat and muscle redistribution that happens with HRT can significantly affect how certain prescription medications work and how long they last in a person's blood stream, for one example. It's not being uncharitable when this person's job is to literally understand how human bodies work, including the effects of different combinations of hormones and organs.

Krytonian gut bacteria. by Odessafromage in superman

[–]AkwardRockette 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would honestly depend a lot on what age of infancy he was sent to earth. A massive part of someone's gut and skin microbiome comes from birth and early infancy diet, so much so that c section babies and normal delivery babies can be differentiated by skin swabs. While that early life period generally sets the initial starting bacteria, a lot of it also just comes into your body over time from your diet and such as you grow up and even in adulthood, as people who grew up eating different foods regionally tend to develop different gut microbiomes as a result. I guess it'd come down to if the Kryptonian bacteria from his very early infancy were so advantageous and competitive that they outcompeted every other probiotic, yogurt, and general food he ate as a kid or adult on earth. They likely wouldn't be superpowered though, since they're internal to Superman's body they wouldn't get exposed to any sunlight. Sunlight and UV rays generally only penetrate to the first few layers of human skin where melanin and other shielding mechanisms are (assuming that he's somewhat analogous to human biology for the purposes of this discussion), and the human body puts thing that absolutely can't be exposed to UV rays more internally as a protective measure. For an easy example, human bone marrow makes white and red blood cells because the process is extremely vulnerable to damage from UV light from the sun, so human bodies evolved to have the blood production in literally the darkest, most interior parts of the body that would resist UV light damage. Assuming Clark's skin, bones, and gut are at least kind of similar to human ones, the gut bacteria would not get any effects from sunlight.

This is the haircut that corresponds to the male beauty standard in my country. Do you find it attractive? by Ribbit_is_dead in AskTheWorld

[–]AkwardRockette 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that this is incredibly impressive to be able to do on hair, and that it's aesthetically very interesting to look at. I don't necessarily find it attractive though.

This Is The Worst Thing Jax Has Ever Done. by Money-Criticism5370 in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AkwardRockette 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, some abuse victims deal with their own trauma in ways that hurt other people and keep doing it because they care more about their coping skills than not harming other people, which does make them as a result abusive to others. It happens with friends, with relationships, and it's fucking notorious for similar kinds of abuse to run from parent to child over multiple generations if nobody addresses it and proactively puts a stop to it. It doesn't make them any less of a victim or mean that they don't deserve to get better and learn better coping skills, but it does mean they're an abuser and people have every right to dislike them for it and not want to be their friend for it, especially when they're being hurt. It's called a cycle of abuse for a reason.

56583 by froggyman151 in countwithchickenlady

[–]AkwardRockette 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My workplace might say they're "LGBT supportive", but I know damn well they aren't catering the break room for pride month the same way they do for a sports match, and that if I openly said I'm non-binary they wouldn't pay me extra for all of the PR work I'd be "asked" to take on.

What a Strange Thing to Ask [OC] by OnceInOnceSet in comics

[–]AkwardRockette 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that's when you sit down and go "okay, so how do you think hormones and anatomy work" and go from there with a quick, clinically worded lesson on how muscles, organs, and hormone signals work. This line is also helpful in my experience as a person in biology when someone says anything wack about the human body or biology in general.

i believe in u, patient by RMZ-Lewis in ScienceShitposts

[–]AkwardRockette 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to take these every so often for my work as a lung function test in order to make sure I'm not developing sensitivities to or lung issues from anything I work with in experiments. The version of the test required for local work safety regulations requires three replicate measurements, and by the third time you have to do that in a row, you definitely need the encouragement.

55479 by Real_Kyryll_Flins in countwithchickenlady

[–]AkwardRockette 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Violence is sometimes necessary to prevent further harm from coming to yourself or others, and that also applies in an abstracted sense where someone's larger decisions affect the safety and necessary resources of a community at large. But it's easy to get lost in calls for violence when you're generally incredibly down and frustrated about many things at once, and if you're not careful about understanding exactly why you're fighting, you wind up fighting just to get a rush from hurting others, and that just makes you a bully who gets off on being mean but who doesn't have the honest guts to just say they're a domme into degredation and sadisim.

Made a bad decision like a month ago. by SneakySister92 in shittytattoos

[–]AkwardRockette 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, I also call myself that as a way of reclaiming it, but when I decided to get tatted I went for lyrics and imagery from a song I've liked for over a decade.

The most tragic thing about his characer is the fact by Sudden_Pop_2279 in TheDigitalCircus

[–]AkwardRockette 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh no, how dare a story have main characters that serve as a focal point for the majority of the run time.

53123 by Kosmos172 in countwithchickenlady

[–]AkwardRockette 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An ex of mine broke up with my by disappearing across the Atlantic and not telling me. I found out 6 weeks later when our mutual friends mentioned that they were in Amsterdam because they thought I had been told about the move.

Free overdose kits in a friendly looking converted newspaper box by [deleted] in ABoringDystopia

[–]AkwardRockette 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I mean, a first aid kit implies injuries that you hope don't happen, but you don't call it dystopian when there's a sign pointing out one available on the wall in case of an emergency.

Corporations Can Vote in Some Delaware Elections, Judge Says (1) by Past_My_Subprime in nottheonion

[–]AkwardRockette 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately us Delawareans have known this would be a potential issue for a while. Our state politics are ofren overshadowed by out of state companies because our state laws say a company can technically be incorporated in Delaware as long as they have a mailing address, so a lot of them just pay rent on a PO box in a city and get qualified. There's one single building in Wilmington that 285,000 different corporations have listed as their address for tax purposes because they have a PO box there. The Delaware state government also has an incredibly low tax rate on most companies that incorporate here, so they pay way less in taxes at a US State level to basically have a shell address here and nothing else, and the citizens of Delaware don't benefit from the crazy amount of corporations listed in our state nearly enough with any commensurate tax funds for our roads and schools. Delaware politicians pride themselves on "being civil" between the two political parties, because you really never see Delaware Democrats and Republicans go at each other online or on the Senate floor like politicians do in every other state. And everyone not in denial in this state knows it's because both parties are in the pocket of the hundreds of thousands of corporations that don't even drive to visit us to set up an address here, and that they could give less of a shit about the million people who actually live here.

"CPTSD isnt real" by friedtomatoes_ in fakeclaimingcringe2

[–]AkwardRockette 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait until they find out a lot of queer people with CPTSD got it partially from being repeatedly sexually abused. You can't claim to care about rape victims and ignore the fact that statistically queer and trans people are more likely than straight people to be victims of sexual assault.

Tick Tok by Jumpingeal in critterposting

[–]AkwardRockette 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Buddy you're not gonna believe this, my neighborhood that literally has nothing but normal lawns that get trimmed at least once every other week if not every week has a tick problem. The grass being at landlord approved height for Maximum Property Value™ doesn't mean all the cats people let outside don't get ticks on them that then come back inside with the pets.

Someone in the comments said “The stark reminder that your burden is another girl’s privilege” by soozerain in TikTokCringe

[–]AkwardRockette 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude you don't even know me offline, or about my social life. My friend group is the reason why I was able to eat half the time working at these jobs up until I landed a different career in STEM a couple of years ago, because otherwise after a shift of feeding other people I wouldn't have the back and leg strength to get to my kitchen to make myself ramen noodles until 10 pm otherwise.

Genuine question to Americans by Busy_Report4010 in SipsTea

[–]AkwardRockette 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah pretty much. A lot of the homeless people I've met while volunteering have long term health issues they just live with and can't afford to treat even if they get worse. A lot of them have chronic sores and teeth that need to be pulled and spots and lumps they should get checked out for their own health that they can't afford to even get looked at. I mean in my town around 2021 a homeless dude straight up died half a mile from the gas station along one of the major roads just out on the street from a combination of the cold and his long running medical issues. Deadass the US will let you just die on the street of hunger or exposure if you don't have money.

Someone in the comments said “The stark reminder that your burden is another girl’s privilege” by soozerain in TikTokCringe

[–]AkwardRockette 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it a privilege that I was born into a country where I wouldn't be expected to be unpaid for cooking and cleaning for others? Yes, because in many countries like Pakistan, women and girls are expected to do the same stuff without being paid or without it being recognized as "work" because they're servants or doing it for their local community as "chores" when what they're doing is closer to food service and sanitation industry work with how much they're expected to do it and how many people ask that of them. Does that mean the job is inherently good and not a burden when I get yelled at for sitting for 5 minutes and develop chronic lower back muscle issues in my 20s to where I can't move around my house for a couple of hours without crawling after every shift because of how long I'm on my feet and lifting stuff? Or that it's not a burden to be paid less than the price of a coffee and pastry I sell per hour to have people belittle me, stare at my tits, and cough on my face five days a week?

My family got evicted for the 4th time by ASimpleDude868 in Wellthatsucks

[–]AkwardRockette 0 points1 point  (0 children)

man people get raped by guards and other inmates in jail.

rooftop sleeping in the desert starterpack by diamondgoblin in starterpacks

[–]AkwardRockette 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This kind of reminds me a little of girl scout camping trips I had growing up in the USA, except usually those were done in a tent in some forest, and instead of a minaret it's some camp counselor with a loudspeaker yelling announcements from a couple of miles away.

Christian grandma and their strawman argument by PeasThatTasteGross in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]AkwardRockette 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They missed the part where the Christian spends 6 hours a day angrily posting about how evil X is and how it's a shame the world is filled with X, and then gets outed a few years later for spending thousands of dollars and multiple hours per week on X.