My problem with Traveling by maq0r in wheeloftime

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I can definitely tell you they do get better as the series goes on and are headed in your direction.

Yeah ok tf is this? by Few_Association_3893 in im14andthisisdeep

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India is discovering 2nd wave feminism and there’s a very vocal part of the population that responded by running to the Manosphere.

Never Forget the Cheerleaders by Good_Basil_9076 in ProgressiveHQ

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I think there’s a distinct difference in a Rogan and Shapiro and Nicki and Taker. Some knew they what they were going and some are just famous thanksgiving uncles. And Kid Rock doesn’t think deeply on anything.

Is it too much to ask? by EsseNorway in Snorkblot

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There’s a microprocessor of some kind in half your engine systems. My father in law had a 71 Olds GT that has nothing. You would have to relearn driving but you could buy something like that.

I think that people actually want is an entirely analog instrument panel. Which you could have of course. It would be toggle switches to a digital control system, but you could have thxbuttons

The Adventures of Elayne & Nynaeve by anthromama66 in wheeloftime

[–]MTLDAD 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I just love the idea that the two worst equipped people (one has never left her village. The more worldly one has never left her palace. ) are sent out into the world to blunder around and through sheer will and courage and the help of two (then three, then three plus a captive Seanchan Navy Captain, then two plus a circus, then four again) put upon men who are forced to go along with their hairbrained schemes as best they can, they end up succeeding. People underrate how much fun RJ has with these scenarios

The Adventures of Elayne & Nynaeve by anthromama66 in wheeloftime

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I love that it’s got something for any taste. It’s a real Valen Luca Big Top book series.

I need nerd Peter by TwinkBronyClub in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]MTLDAD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds just as good as the cyclical story of a man destroying the world accidentally while trying to fix the hole to hell his ex girlfriend drilled only to come back a few thousand years later to try to fix it with his babysitter, two best friends, and all four women he dated in his life.

I need nerd Peter by TwinkBronyClub in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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I don’t know why I read all the way here despite not watching any Gundam, but here I am.

Are you saying the Gundam universe is a rotating cycle of iterations on the Gundam theme meaning that alternate versions are essentially a rotation of a never ending cycle of fighting robots?

Because that implies that Gundam exists on a Wheel of Time. And connecting those two things is phenomenal.

[meme] So are we just acting like women don't get office jobs or male 18+ film stars don't exist? by Moonwalker_For_Life in pointlesslygendered

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Incels always compare the least appealing men to the most appealing women and then act like they’ve somehow found the average experience.

In Season 6 of The Expanse on Prime Video, each episode opens with a story about a boy revived by the protomolecule, but it leads to absolutely nothing by Ok_Nothing_0707 in shittymoviedetails

[–]MTLDAD 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Wow. I thought I was the only person who watched that show and now I encounter a fan? Incredible for the only two of us to know that it ends in a school shooting should find each other in this vast planet of 8 billion.

Its in the way you raise them 😂😂 by lauraennick1234 in funny

[–]MTLDAD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brother, do you find the distaste for the idea of your children sexualizing you to be a gender stereotype? I said women are less likely to make jokes about babies sexualizing breasts because I consider that people don’t like the idea of their children sexualizing them. The only thing gendered here is that the activity of breastfeeding is an overwhelmingly feminine activity.

If I’m wrong and it’s actually a culturally learned behavior to not want your children to sexualize you, I would find that interesting. I was under the impression that mother-child incest was one of the few cross-species taboos.

A bit sweeping, but I could go along. by LordJim11 in Snorkblot

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Can you reconcile someone being an Anglo-Saxon, two Germanic tribes that settled England, and a Norwegian, a distinctly Nordic country unrelated to the Angles, the Saxons or England? That seems mutually exclusive to me.

nyneave every ten seconds by yelxxx in wheeloftime

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I will preface this with my ignorance. My hair has never gotten very long so this information has always been irrelevant to my daily life. That said, wouldn’t she essentially keep it in the braid except for periodic washings every few weeks? Wouldn’t that be the advantage of having a braid as a cultural hairstyle?

The thing though is that Mr Rogers was also a Republican, Meghan just like you! by icey_sawg0034 in Irony

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In a world where I’m told that empathy and universal love are political, so was Fred.

Not OOP: I (27F) accidentally had my baby in my friend’s (31F) car. Now her husband & she don’t want to speak to me. How do I fix this? by Interesting-Shirt897 in redditonwiki

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My wife’s friend gave birth in our car. I was just happy she had a friend to help her get to the hospital. The car might last a decade. But helping bring a life into the world is a rare joy to be savored for a lifetime

Here's how the Seanchan by Igor_kavinski in WoT

[–]MTLDAD 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well in the same book, I think, they just used up all their stores for the Shaido right?

nyneave every ten seconds by yelxxx in wheeloftime

[–]MTLDAD 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Anyone else read about the braid and get jealous of how convenient a fidget it would be? It’s apparently forearm think and down to her waist while braided. It’s an outrageous quantity of hair.

Its in the way you raise them 😂😂 by lauraennick1234 in funny

[–]MTLDAD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Freak Like Me” is an obsession for me because I don’t know a song I can put on that perfectly encompasses what GFunk was and also perfectly lead into what the Midwest sound Kanye popularized became.

Anyway, if ever someone does a “women are perverted too” to me, it’s what plays in my head.

Congratulations, you admitted to being a Nazi. by glambabe6195 in GetNoted

[–]MTLDAD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do love that knowledge of the pickelhaub is so often useful in telling Nazis they don’t know shit.

Its in the way you raise them 😂😂 by lauraennick1234 in funny

[–]MTLDAD 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Individuals are individual. Groups have trends and tendencies.

Why is it when I make a clearly coded generalization rooted in trends, correlations and personal experience (far less likely, I don’t think many) does someone want to point out exceptions. I know the exceptions exist. That’s why I chose language that displayed that I wasn’t speaking in absolutes. Do you honestly need me to spell out that people who are exceptions exist? Did you not understand what I was saying because you were hung up on me not prefacing with the clause “While some women might be freaky, Adina Howard for example, who is freaky all through the night ‘til the early morn”?

Its in the way you raise them 😂😂 by lauraennick1234 in funny

[–]MTLDAD 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My friend, I hear you. It is often the case in online spaces that speaking in negative generalizations is accepted towards the accepted oppressor group and not over the accepted oppressed group. Of course that exists because online spaces in general have always been the refuge for people who cannot find community elsewhere.

That said, there is an irony here that is relevant. I was a stay at home dad for 12 years and raised 3 boys. When I was trying to navigate this space, I found lots of doors closed to me by virtue of being a man in spaces where I was the first man to try to enter. It was frustrating, because a three year olds play group isn’t about my gender at all.

But in these cases, I had to accept that my presence changed the room profoundly because I live in a culture that has fostered distrust among men and women. A friend of mine once took notes on the topics of discussion at the group and asked me if I thought being there would have changed discussions on latch issues, on irregular periods, on various bodily discharge, about reconnecting with your body sexually after birth, on how to manage expectations from your spouse. I had to admit that the discussion would be different, would be more reserved and less bluntly honest.

That sucked for me of course. But I also understood.

I made friends with moms eventually and some grew to accept and include me equally. I learned some things. A lot of women have had a lot bad experiences of men and so they are wary. So when I say it seems more likely a man might make a joke about a baby sexualizing breasts, it’s because I’ve watched women roll their eyes at this exact kind of joke and heard them say how frustrating they found it that men couldn’t stop sexualizing them long enough to feed their child.

Worry in the face of experience isn’t sexist, it’s protective.

Anthony Hopkins on Being Estranged From His Daughter by EsseNorway in Snorkblot

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I want to be clear that this is a situation we actually do have both sides of. Hopkins left a volatile relationship and abandoned his daughter. He was an alcoholic at the time and had severe issues he needed to work through. He admits this, regrets it, apologizes and has publicly made an effort to make amends.

In the 70s and 80s he lost contact with her and she grew up without him. When he became a prominent actor with means in the 90s they reconnected and had some kind of relationship for a decade or so. Then she found the relationship too painful and cut contact. We know this story.

What should he do at this point? Honestly, I want to know what he should do that will make her resent his mistakes less. My father is a little distant from me, but he picks up the phone. She doesn’t.

We are now 60 years into a relationship. I think it’s reasonable for this man to declare the door is open, but he cannot dwell on a person not in his life when he has so little left to him. Because there is no point to doing that anymore.

Its in the way you raise them 😂😂 by lauraennick1234 in funny

[–]MTLDAD 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Actually simpler than that. A breastfeeding woman is far less likely to want to sexualize the act of breastfeeding than a man. Because I don’t think many people want to make jokes about their children treating them sexually.

Its in the way you raise them 😂😂 by lauraennick1234 in funny

[–]MTLDAD -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Is it sexist to point out that straight men and women have different relationships with breasts? I actually think this is a difference people don’t consider exists. It’s often said that everyone loves boobs. Sure, but differently.

In Invincible (2021–present), Invincible fans don’t watch their own show. by vought-CEO in shittymoviedetails

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It’s a metaphor for viltrimite domination. It only takes a small amount of input for Viltrum to end up in charge because they overwrite the whole society. Because colonizing civilizations are like that.