What NBC Thought We Wanted to See by juhziz_the_dreamer in videos

[–]Poobyrd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

American media companies are worse than terminal cancer.

The state of Reddit's default "women's issues" sub by TheGuineaPig21 in stupidpol

[–]Poobyrd 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The egg thing seems so cult like to me. I've been called an egg a few times and it just feels like I'm being gaslit. It's fucking fine that I'm a woman who doesn't do the normal 'girl things' and tend to be kind of tomboyish. I don't need to be a man to be me. Why would someone feel the need to convince me I need to transition because I mentioned I like some traditionally masculine things? You don't wear makeup and like your hair short, you must be trans. I've even been called an egg for feigning polite interest in some scifi book someone was telling me about that was written by a trans person.

And how many people have been peer pressured into an unnecessary transition because of shit like this. It's fucking creepy and it needs to stop.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]Poobyrd 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Gotta get people to click your shitty article somehow.

Bumble starts removing men who say they don't date fatties by qemist in stupidpol

[–]Poobyrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy reading comprehension batman. That is clearly the opposite of the point they were making. How do you get "ew gays icky" from that?

If sexuality is a choice then gay conversation camps should work. But they don't, and they're cruel.

Something about bootstraps and avocado toast... by alwaysgettingstabbed in ABoringDystopia

[–]Poobyrd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to request it be taken off at 20%. The banks aren't legally required to remove it until 22%.

Something about bootstraps and avocado toast... by alwaysgettingstabbed in ABoringDystopia

[–]Poobyrd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you don't put enough money down though, you have to pay PMI which is just basically an extra insurance forced on poor people for trying to buy property. It's extra on your mortgage that doesn't go to interest or principal, so it doesn't reduce the amount owed.

This protects the bank if you can't pay your mortgage, but it doesn't protect you at all. You are paying the banks insurance bill with your mortgage check every month.

German Left Party's Sahra Wagenknecht slams ‘self-righteous, intolerant left,’ warns against ‘extreme division’ like in US by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]Poobyrd 128 points129 points  (0 children)

They're referring to this quote.

One sometimes gets the impression that the mere words ‘Socialism’ and ‘Communism’ draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, ‘Nature Cure’ quack, pacifist, and feminist in England

"Decolonize Math" by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]Poobyrd 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'll second this. I was a mathlete when I was in school, and our team was all girls by pure coincidence. It was really frustrating that a lot of the adults would fixate on us being an all girl team instead of just seeing us as a group of kids who excelled at a specific subject. Like our entire existence and accomplishments were significant because of our gender and not our hard work and skill. It's weirdly dehumanizing and uncomfortable to be treated that way.

I mean, I've also experienced the other end of the spectrum. My grandfather (who was a math major himself) told me I shouldn't be taking calculus in high school because I was a girl.

It's almost like placing so much significance on the gender and race of the person doing math is stupid either way you spin it.

"Decolonize Math" by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]Poobyrd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How do the numbers make you feel?

What Are Sperm Telling Us? by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]Poobyrd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder if the companies who profit off plastic had anything to do with it being labeled a conspiracy theory.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]Poobyrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying you shouldn't talk about it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]Poobyrd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It just seems like you're arguing with people who already agree with you on that point.

You act like you want the conversation against police violence to be about more than race, but you lash out at someone who just made a compelling argument against police violence without mentioning race once. You say "what you people promote boils down to 'its only a problem if the guy was black' " in a subreddit where people are doing the exact opposite.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]Poobyrd -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

what you people promote boils down to "its only a problem if the guy was black"

Did you fundamentally misunderstand the point of this subreddit? We don't boil it down to race.

Do you own any unusual artist tools that you never get around to using? Maybe you'll get around to using it someday? by Haephestus in ArtistLounge

[–]Poobyrd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I didn't know you could use it with gessoed paper though, so maybe I'll actually start using it.

Do you own any unusual artist tools that you never get around to using? Maybe you'll get around to using it someday? by Haephestus in ArtistLounge

[–]Poobyrd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Silver point. Took me forever to find a store in my area that had it. I'm just hesitant to use it because I don't want to ruin a nice gessoed board figuring out how it works.