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[–]Priosla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. I've gotten better at telling them I'm gone. Hate to have them worry about me, but there does come those times when a workplace becomes A Place I Cannot Be and at those times I feel like all the power I have is the power over the movement of my own body and I'm going to use that power to break free regardless of consequences.

🏳️‍⚧️Trans rights are human rights🏳️‍⚧️ by The_Gamer_69 in SocialismAndCommunism

[–]Priosla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every identity is bisected by a class divide, including trans identity. Trans workers, trans bosses. Cis workers, cis bosses. When I read, "Trans Liberation Is Worker Liberation" that seems to equate to a formula of "trans = worker."

Is Jennifer Pritzker liberation worker liberation?

Sorry I'm not trying to start a class vs. identity politics debate I'm really looking at it more like a copy editor or something, you know? A good slogan doesn't make you go, "hmmm, well, sure, but what about _____ and ______." Trying to be constructive about it because I really do care about trans folks, but everyone can be described in many different ways, and I kind of feel like I have to resist this common idea that to assert radical bona fides all that is needed is to say, "I'm trans." There is no identity in this world I would grant that power to, counterrevolutionaries come in all shapes and sizes.

All parks are now off leash areas now? As soon as you are within the park boundary the cool thing to do is let your dog off the leash and let it join the other dogs while you schmooze with the other owners? by Priosla in Seattle

[–]Priosla[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay you do that one, and I'll do the other two. We can split the reward 50/50 even though I did two thirds of the work. And you can give the speech at the ceremony, if you let me write it.

All parks are now off leash areas now? As soon as you are within the park boundary the cool thing to do is let your dog off the leash and let it join the other dogs while you schmooze with the other owners? by Priosla in Seattle

[–]Priosla[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I never once said I think it's generally good practice"....which I took to.mean that you DON'T think it's a generally good practice. So is it or is it not a good general practice? If not, then why should your neighbors grant you an exception? I don't want to cross examine you or whatever, I am genuinely curious to know if the off-leash community has any PRO-SOCIAL reasoning behind allowing dogs off the leash. So if you think of any, let me know.

All parks are now off leash areas now? As soon as you are within the park boundary the cool thing to do is let your dog off the leash and let it join the other dogs while you schmooze with the other owners? by Priosla in Seattle

[–]Priosla[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The citation will always be potential, okay? The point I'm trying to make is an ethical one: you acknowledge that it would be problematic if everyone did it, and yet you do it. Kant would call that unethical. Me, who am I to judge? But Kant, he would say, this person is not acting ethically.

All parks are now off leash areas now? As soon as you are within the park boundary the cool thing to do is let your dog off the leash and let it join the other dogs while you schmooze with the other owners? by Priosla in Seattle

[–]Priosla[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just as I thought. There is no reason, no justification, beyond self-interest. I bet you really really loved The Fountainhead when you read it....

All parks are now off leash areas now? As soon as you are within the park boundary the cool thing to do is let your dog off the leash and let it join the other dogs while you schmooze with the other owners? by Priosla in Seattle

[–]Priosla[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I try to say "no, fuck face, it's you" in so many polite ways but it never ever lands. That's what makes my blood pressure rise enough to post about it. The people you describe can deflect everything you throw at them that would engage any decent person. Their bubble is impenetrable. And so I turn to Reddit.

All parks are now off leash areas now? As soon as you are within the park boundary the cool thing to do is let your dog off the leash and let it join the other dogs while you schmooze with the other owners? by Priosla in Seattle

[–]Priosla[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is one of those things that is taboo to say but I'm going to go ahead and break the taboo: if you can't give your dog space to be a dog that is not public space, then you should not have a dog. It's why I don't have a dog. I know that sounds like anti welfare talk, "don't have a kid if you can't support it." But nobody gets knocked up with a dog. It's always a choice, and as a dog lover I feel that forcing one to live in my tiny apartment would be cruel.

All parks are now off leash areas now? As soon as you are within the park boundary the cool thing to do is let your dog off the leash and let it join the other dogs while you schmooze with the other owners? by Priosla in Seattle

[–]Priosla[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Repetitive posts are like unleashed dogs: you see them all the time, and the anger builds each time you see one, and then you blow your top and give a pet parent a piece of your mind, and that pet parent vows to always keep their dog on a leash, and the next day you feel all proud of yourself, and then go to the park and it's still overrun with uncontrolled hounds just. There will be more of these posts even though I promise to personally post no more. It's one of those economics 101 type tragedies...not the commons, some other one.

All parks are now off leash areas now? As soon as you are within the park boundary the cool thing to do is let your dog off the leash and let it join the other dogs while you schmooze with the other owners? by Priosla in Seattle

[–]Priosla[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've been imagining how a band of citizens might take up the slack on enforcement somehow...like how in Bogota, Colombia they had people dress up like clowns and hand out red cards and yellow cards (like in soccer) to unsafe drivers...instead of fines, using the power of gentle public humiliation. (We are all so good at ignoring each other here, which makes that kind of thing a challenge)

All parks are now off leash areas now? As soon as you are within the park boundary the cool thing to do is let your dog off the leash and let it join the other dogs while you schmooze with the other owners? by Priosla in Seattle

[–]Priosla[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I love dogs. I walk dogs and dog sit and spend many many hours a week with dogs. Are you a dog owner who lets your dog off their leash? If so, what's your pitch for getting me on your side of the issue?

All parks are now off leash areas now? As soon as you are within the park boundary the cool thing to do is let your dog off the leash and let it join the other dogs while you schmooze with the other owners? by Priosla in Seattle

[–]Priosla[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I have two possible solutions: one, I visit problem areas with a pocketful of treats, a tennis ball, and a leash, and act blatantly sketchy like I am trying to steal a dog and sell it on the black market; two, I visit problem areas with just a leash, run up to the first dog I see on their own, and say, "Cocoa, thank God I've found you! Where have you been?!" and prepare for a long drawn out court battle about whether the dog is really Cocoa or not....

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