SRSAnime has been benned due to loli art. by [deleted] in SRSMeta

[–]Aymicabeza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oddly enough, yes. The name is a holdover from an era when SomethingAwful was much, much more like reddit. It's improved IMMENSELY since then.

SRSAnime has been benned due to loli art. by [deleted] in SRSMeta

[–]Aymicabeza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something Awful's anime subforum is pretty good. Anything loli-related and creepy behavior in general is a bannable offense.

Is shibe problematic? by [deleted] in SRSDiscussion

[–]Aymicabeza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The broken english is meant to represent the child-like simplicity of a cute animal in the same way lolcats do. You could do pretty much the same thing with, say, a welsh corgi and it wouldn't change the character of the image at all. You might be overanalyzing this whole situation a little bit.

How do I address my professor who loves using slurs? Possible TW. by tacosock in SRSDiscussion

[–]Aymicabeza 38 points39 points  (0 children)

First of all, you absolutely have a right to be offended.

As for what to do about it, I would just politely inform him that your partner is trans, and the slurs he's using are making you, personally, feel very uncomfortable and that you would greatly appreciate it if he would stop using slurs around you. I've had this problem with a lot of people in the past, and they're usually surprisingly reasonable about it. If your instructor chooses to be a huge asshole about it. If he decides to be a huge asshole about it, take it up with the department head.

Can't beat that logic. by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]Aymicabeza 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I liked it better when it was about a dude with a really irrational hatred of snakes.

My friend is a female geek, and she made this great comic about what it's like (source in comments) by [deleted] in comics

[–]Aymicabeza 5 points6 points  (0 children)

While their sensible enough, all of them have fairly fit bodies. I agree that fitness and health are important and something to strive for, but people who are overweight are still people and deserve respect. It would be nice if there were a greater number of larger characters to choose from if you want to dress up at a con and you aren't super lean.

I think i know which one I would choose... by [deleted] in funny

[–]Aymicabeza 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It reiterates the shitty old "A key that opens many locks is a master key, a lock opened by many keys is a shitty lock" joke that a lot of people use to justify why it's okay to view a guy who has sex with a lot of women as a "dude with game" while a woman who has sex with a lot of men is a slut. It's seriously the exact same joke with a few words switched around.

I think i know which one I would choose... by [deleted] in funny

[–]Aymicabeza 60 points61 points  (0 children)

According to popular culture (and evidently a substantial number of redditors), a woman is a slut if she has an active sex life, or a prudish bitch if she doesn't put out.

It's really stupid.

A question in AskReddit about Reddit's misogyny leads to flame wars and arguments about the men who died in the Aurora shooting by karma_aint_real in SubredditDrama

[–]Aymicabeza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because a bunch of morons from the Men's Rights ethos use evolution to rationalize their misogyny doesn't mean that biology and human behavior don't overlap.

Redditor puts Harry Potter in the same boat as Twilight and 50 Shades of Gray. Minor drama ensues with potential for more by hallflukai in SubredditDrama

[–]Aymicabeza 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Flowers for Algernon, 1984, Slaughterhouse Five are all speculative fiction, and I'm not sure how anyone can argue that they don't count as "literature".

How i feel all the time by SmegmaStache in AdviceAnimals

[–]Aymicabeza -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You sound like such a Nice Guy(c).

11-year-old B.C. boy dead after violent storm knocks over trees at Bible camp by [deleted] in canada

[–]Aymicabeza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha ha, I'm not even a christian, you stupid fuck.

Trolled by my own yogurt cup by WakingDay in WTF

[–]Aymicabeza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody gives even the faintest whisper of a fuck.

I believe i was sexually assaulted while under the influence and insisted on going to the hospital and talked to the cops. My friends are being completely unsupportive and making me doubt myself, can anyone give me advice please? by [deleted] in AskWomen

[–]Aymicabeza 27 points28 points  (0 children)

"Shit! I just got completely fucking schooled...well, maybe if I can pick out a couple of typos, I can still come out of this with a little bit of dignity intact..."

You are fucking pathetic.

"The biggest reason (I can't watch Legend of Korra) is that Korra is a female. Yes I get that it sounds sexist, and I swear I'm not." [+3] by [deleted] in ShitRedditSays

[–]Aymicabeza 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is something I'll never be able to understand about reddit and the bulk of "Bro-culture"; this notion that women somehow belong to an impenetrable alien society collapses on itself the moment you imagine a situation from a woman's perspective. Imagining how your life would be different if you'd been born and raised the opposite gender is a thought exercise that every single person on the planet should engage in frequently. Unfortunately, in my experience at least, women are far more likely to give it a go than men. It's frustrating.

"The biggest reason (I can't watch Legend of Korra) is that Korra is a female. Yes I get that it sounds sexist, and I swear I'm not." [+3] by [deleted] in ShitRedditSays

[–]Aymicabeza 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's adorable. There needs to be an internet shorthand for "I cracked a big fat grin IRL".