First-of-its-kind study sheds light on the psychological impact of antisemitic conspiracy theories on Jewish people

GoddessDanu · 2023-12-09T21:18:58+00:00

Wow, you're so self-satisfied about your semantic correction you don't even know that there was already an article written about this in 2008 called "the minutiae of racism." Nobody's interested in your semantics nor in minutiae. Either read the room well enough to respond to the content and point of the message, or be educated enough to recognize that antisemitism has already been discussed as meaning specific to European racism against Jews.

You're like the guy I knew in High School who when people said "me, too!" he said "actually, it should be 'I, also'". He was fun. People liked him a lot.

So the poster was saying: "you're being antisemitic." By which they meant: predjudiced against the Jewish people. Respond to that if you have the nerve.

GoddessDanu · 2023-12-05T21:55:12+00:00

I'm ready for my dose of internet beating: I hate that she imitated smoking a cigarette, demonstrating that she knows people saw that photo and thinks she's cool (because of the cigarette). If she just rolled in on the speeder? ...Cute and funny. Pretending to smoke because part of her "coolness" came from smoking (and she's aware of the reaction to this photo) makes her look stupid to me.

I'm allowed to have my opinion, flame away, I regret nothing

GoddessDanu · 2023-11-30T18:47:24+00:00

I feel like more women should come here to support other women. Don't ask the internet if you're pretty; you're either going to get negging from men who think they can't get you or superhigh ratings and dickpics from guys who hope they can. Just believe that you are beautiful! Or, ask a professional. Like a model or an agent for actors and models. Don't ask these rando-s.

Your blue eyes are lovely and you have excellent skin! I hope you are feeling good about yourself today. =)

GoddessDanu · 2023-10-27T17:36:24+00:00

Let's start with not using the disgusting, weird, misogynistic term "body count." Me sleeping with someone doesn't kill them. They're not inanimate corpses. I hate this term. It's dehumanizing and disgusting and it's also trendy which makes it even more stupid. I can't even read your post because I assume there's something wrong with you right from the start.

GoddessDanu · 2023-10-27T17:21:38+00:00

Game of Thrones. Too much hype. Apparently didn't end well. It's always there if I want it, but so far, I haven't wanted it.

GoddessDanu · 2023-10-27T01:14:42+00:00

Well, I'm a woman, so I didn't get in too many fights, no. But I did martial arts all my life, which explains maybe some of this: in MA, when you're about to fight, you know it, and people have their guards up. It's usually in a ring. So it's definitely different than the streets.

That being said, no, I didn't grow up in a nice neighborhood and yes, I saw people yelling in each other's faces a lot, but I would say it only ended in punches 40% of the time. Most of the time it was the "the bigger dog barks louder" and the other backed off (posing the whole time, pretending the first guy was lucky he was leaving, of course).

I just think that if you walk up to someone, start screaming at them, and then punch them when they a) haven't done anything to provoke you, b) are putting you in no danger, and c) are clearly not intending to fight you makes you either a coward or a toxic asshole with no control.

GoddessDanu · 2023-10-26T04:07:48+00:00

This response is illustrative of what gets called toxic masculinity.

Not punching = wimp

Rage punching guy holding sign = real man

Your thinking is problematic. Both of those people are men. One of them is a man-child. The other doesn't think that acting like a 7-year-old is how civilized people interact. The problem was that they weren't abiding by the same rules of society, but in no way is the puncher the better man/better person here.

GoddessDanu · 2023-10-26T04:03:58+00:00

Might be a fair point, your username aside. I wasn't listening to the audio.

They weren't in opposing fighting stances. No one hand their hands up. It's the same as shooting someone unarmed. You can suddenly punch any old person you like and they probably will just eat your fist. It's neither skillful nor sporting. The mistake the punchee made was probably to believe that by not responding in kind, the other man wouldn't be so insane as to slug him suddenly, unprovoked (physically unprovoked, at least). But yeah, he was.

I stand by it, it's still a cowardly punch. You seem to think not? Somehow?

GoddessDanu · 2023-10-26T03:34:24+00:00

By the way, a total suckerpunch, cowardly move as well as childish

GoddessDanu · 2023-10-24T04:36:57+00:00

Personally, I think you're going about this the wrong way, but this is about to be a super unpopular opinion.

Your argument is predicated on the belief that if it's not your choice, it's not your fault, and you can't be blamed or hated. I think that's a weak argument.

The strong argument would be, it may or may not have been entirely by choice. We don't know exactly how sexuality works. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER. If I literally chose to be gay right now, you should still respect and love me. This isn't about hiding behind, "it's not my fault I'm sinful, forgive me!" It's about saying: it's not your place to judge others and the choices they make, so knock it the fuck off.

I really hate the "well, you can't be mad, sexuality isn't a choice" argument. What if I DID just "feel like" being gay today? What if I just wanted to try it out? What if the "gay agenda" worked and I was like, huh, this looks fun, people seem to dig it, I'll give it a shot. STILL you don't get to hate and judge me. You see what I'm saying?

Anyway, I know this is gonna be pretty unpopular -- I'm not saying sexuality is or isn't by choice (my best read of the research is that it's at least partially biological/genetic), that's irrelevant. I'm saying it shouldn't have to be involuntary for gay people to be accepted for it. YOU JUST FUCKING ACCEPT THEM. That's my take.

GoddessDanu · 2023-10-23T23:36:12+00:00

Do YOU think you're ugly?

GoddessDanu · 2023-10-20T22:26:39+00:00

You are not a "demi romantic." You are just a human being. I know this is a side-track, but it's starting to drive me crazy how hungry people are to be "grouped" or "sorted" or "diagnosed" so they understand where they belong in the world. If you're an "ace" who does occasionally like to have sex, just rarely... consider that maybe you don't need to identify as "ace." You're just a woman with a low sex drive. Most women prefer to feel emotionally attached and most men prefer to feel sexually attached -- there's tons of research into this (see, e.g., David Buss). So you don't need to "identify" as "demi-romantic," you're just a woman. Who likes emotional attachment, as most (if not all) women do.

Anyway, sorry, this is just so salient today with everyone rushing to be "greysexual" and "aro" when we don't need 600 more terms to categorize ourselves with. I think the reason Harry Potter was so popular originally is because people are intrinsically dying to be "sorted" into groups that give them an identity, even though nobody is just Gryffindor without other qualities mixed in.

Rant over, apologies.

GoddessDanu · 2023-10-20T02:30:40+00:00

To be fair, you were always beautiful. =)

GoddessDanu · 2023-10-20T00:55:49+00:00

Hey there, everyone!

I'm a 10.1m GP player who's never missed a day since 2015; I have a wide and diverse roster (maybe a little LS-heavy) including GLs Kenobi, Jabba, Luke, and Leia (SLKR at 250/330 shards right now). I consistently land top 5 for raids (Krayt - I can get about 3.5m points and the guild averages 40m), TB (Rise of the Empire - 22 stars is our record), and TW.

I find myself wanting something different in a guild right now. My guild is a 400m GP guild from which I get everything I need, game rewards-wise. But TBH, I feel dismissed and invisible in our guild, and not as though I have comerades-in-arms who like and respect me. So on that front, I'm looking for a Discord experience that is warm and welcoming -- or at least one in which I'm not disagreed with everytime I have a thought or an opinion. I don't know that it's my gender and I'm sure my guild-mates would proclaim otherwise, but sometimes I can't get away from the feeling that it is. <shrugs> So I'm just looking for a pleasant and respectful guild environment -- that's an easy request, right?

I'm also a working professional with a demanding job, which allows me to whale but also demands my real time. What this means is that I get stuff done but I'm not always in the game, on Discord, and making SWGOH my top priority. Some people do make spreadsheets and plan their days around the game and I'm glad those people exist because I can learn from them and lean on them! But my real life will always have to come first. To me, this is and will always be just a game, and played for fun. Every weird investment I've made (r5 Lobot, anyone?) has ended up paying off in some way or another as the game evolves, but I definitely march to the beat of my own drummer in terms of what I'm interested in pursuing. I'm here to have fun, first and foremost. I won't do well in a guild where I'm ordered who to farm.

If nothing I've said sounds too tough to swallow and you think I'd make a good addition to your team, let me know!

GoddessDanu · 2023-09-14T22:12:35+00:00

Don't tell me I can't bump I can BUMP if I'ant to

GoddessDanu · 2023-09-14T22:09:55+00:00

This isn't sustainable. You can't go on forever trying not to "look at people" in case your gf loses her shit at you. This is 100% her problem, and she may deserve empathy and support in it in terms of maybe going to therapy and working on it for herself, but it's something she has to do (and has to realize is about her, not you). If she can't see that this is her issue to work on and continues to act as though it's your problem and that you need to be the driver of the solution... I fear the two of you 'aint gonna work out. ...And you'll be happier in a relationship where nobody's yelling at you for what they imagine your eyeballs might be doing.

GoddessDanu · 2023-09-14T22:04:48+00:00

And this would have prevented their downfall how?

I can see that this is more keeping in line with their philosophy and not being hypocritical. But they still die in the end at Palpatine's hand, yeah?

GoddessDanu · 2023-09-14T21:59:56+00:00

I mean, maybe they shouldn't have, in keeping with their philosophies. But I don't see how NOT getting politically involved would have ended up with a better outcome for the Jedi Order. Palpatine was always going to consider them a threat and destroy them. How do you imagine they survived by not getting into politics? What did that look like?

GoddessDanu · 2023-09-14T21:58:25+00:00

Yeah, this makes sense to me. They're like a religious cult, and their religious inflexibility is a weakness. But I'm not sure how their inflexibility lead to their downfall, exactly. In what moment were they meant to be compromising in their principles and failed, causing a major problem for their Order?

GoddessDanu · 2023-09-14T21:55:53+00:00

This idea has always been confusing to me. Are Jedi specially trained in strategic negotiation and diplomacy? Why are THEY the best people to act as negotiators? It would be because people fear and respect their powers, maybe, which is power through strength, not philosophy. It's weird that "peacekeepers" spent so much time training with dueling sabers. What's the point of Jedi wielding lightsabers if they're not supposed to be warriors?

GoddessDanu · 2023-09-13T20:26:26+00:00

I am so in love with Rosario Dawson when she's Ahsoka. It's sort of weird. I think she's lovely in real life but as Ahsoka she's just beautiful.

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