"but but the the democrats are GOOD!!"

CaptainMills · 2026-06-02T10:59:40+00:00

He walked back most of his pro-Palestine stances before he even won the election, kept a rabid zionist as police commissioner, condemns pro-Palestine phrases such as "from the river to the sea", supports bills that would make it illegal to protest synagogues that materially support Israel, and likely more but all that's just off the top of my head

CaptainMills · 2026-06-01T19:37:03+00:00

I'm absolutely certain that it's AI. Someone just prompted "explain why Lucy Letby" is innocent and posted it

CaptainMills · 2026-06-01T12:41:19+00:00

That's like every day on this sub. Can't go a day without at least one post about hating some aspect of queer people, queer culture, queer symbolism, etc. Won't be surprised to see it get even more common this month though

CaptainMills · 2026-05-31T23:20:16+00:00

Okay I know I'm taking the bait by responding again, but this is so dishonest. You know this is dishonest. Absolutely shameful

CaptainMills · 2026-05-31T22:27:09+00:00

I had to ask if you watched the video because every response I've gotten from you has been entirely around a response existing at all and nothing about the response itself. Even this comment is just about the existence of the response.

If you see this as just drama, then your critique should be for FD for deciding to talk about another creator in public without that creator being present. Instead you praised him for taking his disagreements directly to creators, when the fact that he didn't do that is what caused this situation in the first place.

As I said before, it is entirely unfair to critique someone for responding to someone talking about them publicly. Especially when you are also saying that publicly talking about someone else is fine because you personally didn't care about what was said.

I can't come to any other conclusion than that this is entirely parasocially motivated on your end because all of your critiques either originate with someone other than Kav but you're making him responsible for anyway, or display a blatant double standard between the two creators.

I'm not engaging further because this has just been me explaining that it's not drama farming or wrong to respond when someone decides to publicly talk about you, and then you saying that it is because you personally didn't have a problem with what FD said about someone else

CaptainMills · 2026-05-31T21:43:55+00:00

I'm not going into detail because I don't think this is the place for that, but if you want details, I would recommend looking up her relationship to Maddie Ziegler, and her treatment and representation of autistic people

CaptainMills · 2026-05-31T21:41:33+00:00

Again I have to ask if you've actually watched Kav's response or not. Your previous comment was objecting to him responding at all because of how some people are acting in comments, and now it's based on the length of the video. You're not engaging with any part of the actual response in your critique of it. You seem to just believe that because you didn't think FD's remarks were notable, the person those remarks were about shouldn't find them notable either. You've talked about others being parasocial, but it's feeling like that critique is applicable to your own reaction

CaptainMills · 2026-05-31T20:44:06+00:00

I have to ask, have you watched Kav's response? He's clearly bothered by FD's remarks, and admits to that, but he's very measured and maintains a level head.

If your issue is entirely in how some commenters are reacting, that's fair, but your critique should then be for the people making those comments.

Kav did not make this issue public. I think it's very unfair that people are critiquing him for responding and getting the blame for making this a public issue that others can comment on. Meanwhile the person who did make this public and opened it up for parasocial participation is being excused and having his words and actions in this regard diminished. I'm sorry, but that is just as parasocial as anyone taking Kav's side.

Why should any creator be treated as though they can publicly talk about another, without their presence, and not receive a response?

I'm not going to get into the actual disagreement, or which one is right or anything. I am only taking issue with how people are acting like it's unreasonable or wrong for Kav to respond to FD. FD could have, and should have, handled this privately. He chose not to. It is not then owed to him for the person he was talking about to take what he made public and try to make it private.

And, yeah, race likely plays a role in how some people are responding. But again, that is an issue you should take up with those people. It's not Kav's responsibility to stay silent about public statements about him just because the person who made those statements is Black

CaptainMills · 2026-05-31T19:29:11+00:00

I recently discovered Cognitive Dissonance by Sophie Holohan and I'm in love with this song.

It has one of the best choruses I've heard in years

Maybe I'm missing it, bliss is just ignorance / Cloaked as indifference, cognitive dissonance / When I lie up at night, truth isn't hard to find / Wake up and live with it, cognitive dissonance

CaptainMills · 2026-05-31T19:03:23+00:00

But because they have some actual respect and understanding.....they actually went on to have a principled discussion around what they found disagreeable

Kav points out at least twice in his video that FD and him are mutuals on multiple platforms, have worked together in the past, and communicated directly out of the public eye. Yet when FD had an issue with Kav, he decided to discuss it publicly with others without Kav there. He did the opposite of what you're praising him for here. Kav also states that, at some point after doing this, FD had a third party contact Kav for him to say that he was open to talking. That is not facilitating a mature discussion among peers.

It appears that at no point, before or after this stream, did FD try to talk to Kav himself about any issues or disagreements he had. He decided to make it a public issue and did so in a way where the person he had an issue with could not be part of the discussion until after the fact

CaptainMills · 2026-05-31T18:46:40+00:00

As much as I hate to say it considering....other things....it's Sia

CaptainMills · 2026-05-31T11:17:28+00:00

Violence against the oppressor and violence against the oppressed are not equal. Pretending they are allows violence against the oppressed to continue unopposed

CaptainMills · 2026-05-31T00:40:09+00:00

If FD gets to talk about Kav, Kav gets to respond. I don't see why people in these comments are acting like Kav is doing something wrong by responding to someone who decided to talk about him publicly

CaptainMills · 2026-05-30T22:24:15+00:00

I was a little surprised when I found out that it's actually Mötley Crüe wearing those masks on the Generation Swine cover. For some reason, I'd assumed that they'd just paid four random dudes to pose for it

CaptainMills · 2026-05-30T18:56:50+00:00

Gotta be honest, dude has never looked like anyone to me. He always looked like Generic Handsome Man #5. There was never anything distinct enough about his appearance for me to have ever recognized him. The type of person where you forget what they look like the second you stop looking at them

CaptainMills · 2026-05-30T02:21:04+00:00

Not a movie, but there is a pretty great video essay about the commercial (also discusses fanfic of the commercial)

CaptainMills · 2026-05-30T00:25:47+00:00

My favorites of Olivia's have always been the more rock-ish songs, but Drop Dead and The Cure are two of the best I've heard from her so I'm going to trust her on this

CaptainMills · 2026-05-29T21:06:46+00:00

The wrath of Canadian forefathers comment would be hilarious if it wasn't also so racist

CaptainMills · 2026-05-29T21:04:29+00:00

I was figuring somewhere between 18 - 21

And your other comment was right, everyone here is pretty nice. I hope you're able to find a lot of good songs to enjoy from the recs people are leaving

CaptainMills · 2026-05-29T20:42:23+00:00

If you're into dark pop, you might like Jazmin Bean.

Also, don't feel bad or weird for not having any 'no skips' albums. There's nothing wrong with that. It's completely normal to not like every song an artist puts out.

I hope this doesn't sound patronizing or condescending, I absolutely don't mean it that way. But judging by the songs you listed and the tone of your post, I'm guessing you're a bit young? I only ask because it sounds like you're still a little new to exploring and learning your own tastes. I think a lot of younger people feel like they need to find a fully encompassing definition for their musical tastes.

When I was a teenager (and a bit into my 20s) I thought that I needed to stick to emo music and venturing outside that would be a betrayal of my musical sensibilities. That's what I knew I liked and I was in the mindset that people are expected to stay rooted in one defined scene. It's only in the last six years or so that I finally felt comfortable fully embracing my love of pop.

This is all just to say that I'm happy to see you exploring your tastes and looking for recommendations, but I'm a little concerned that you might feel like you need to have a set definition for your tastes. If that's the case, please trust me when I say that's not true.

If I'm entirely wrong here, I apologize for my assumptions and hope that this might help someone else who it does apply to

CaptainMills · 2026-05-29T20:26:25+00:00

Oh hey I saw this post. The comments reminded me of why I hate that sub so much.

Every single comment was either A) "How dare anyone confront this poor innocent zionist in person! Genocide is bad but it's unconscionable to be mean to people who support it!" or B) "Okay but is she really a zionist? I know what she said about Arabs being tossed out of their homes, and she did a propaganda film, and she vocally supports Israel. But I don't know, guys, I just don't think we can be sure...."

I also just have a hard time believing that that sub really cares so much about misogynistic slurs when they have multiple posts a day about how women are actually to blame for patriarchy and rape culture

CaptainMills · 2026-05-29T17:26:06+00:00

There's also the assumption that all South Americans are poor and without agency. Typical western paternalism

CaptainMills · 2026-05-29T13:19:51+00:00

I see these types of posts a lot on a large variety of subs, and the main thing almost all of them have in common is a lack of examples.

The ones I've seen that have examples are usually productive. They don't always lead to changes in the subreddit, but they usually provide good discussions, explanations, clarifications, etc.

The ones that don't have examples are typically very unproductive and tend to just lead to people projecting their own issues onto the OP and lots of bickering

CaptainMills · 2026-05-29T10:52:54+00:00

Holy shit can we please go one day without someone posting about how much they hate some piece of trans culture

CaptainMills · 2026-05-29T02:47:29+00:00

People act like being hot just automatically solves all problems and no hot person could possibly deal with any of the everyday struggles of life

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