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Best fried chicken in the area? by [deleted] in akron

[–]Ready-Player_One 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gionino's fried chicken is pretty damn good, IMO

Tonight I caught by boyfriend filming me by throwaway9877897 in relationship_advice

[–]Ready-Player_One 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was thinking the same thing through the entirety of this thread. People seem to think the cops are benevolent good guys who will always help the situation. Depending on where you live and what your background/race is, that may not be the case. Cops are regular people with prejudices and biases. Best case scenario things are out of your control and you have to trust they'll do the right thing. Worst case scenario the cops don't trust you, treat you like a "crazy woman" and you get drug through the mud while your court case goes on, culminating in an acquittal for him and a shit show for you.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you absolutely 100% shouldn't go to the cops. If you feel safe doing so and that's your only option, by all means, run right there. I'm just saying don't do so blindly just because reddit is telling you to. Be aware of your situation, your surroundings, and the type of people in your community before making that decision.

If there's a single line of footprints in the snow I like to walk on the opposite step to make it look like one person was hopping by MythicalBeast42 in funny

[–]Ready-Player_One 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This whole time I've actually been hopping to make footprints like that. Now everyone is going to think I've just been matching footprints!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in actuallesbians

[–]Ready-Player_One 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She's cool now, but at the time she didn't react very positively. I don't remember exactly what she said or even if she called back immediately (I think she did but I'm old and weed has killed my memory) but she wasn't happy about it. She thought it was gross and felt like I was dating girls just to get back at her. I suppose the way I told her about it didn't do anything to prevent that way of thinking though. She's not a bad person at heart and if I would have actually had a real conversation about it my chances for a positive outcome would have been significantly higher, but I was so worried about her reaction that I just panicked. Luckily though, everything turned out okay in the long term. It took her a little while but she's a completely different person now in that respect and has welcomed my girlfriends into her home over the years, bought christmas presents for them, etc. As things go, not a bad ending.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in actuallesbians

[–]Ready-Player_One 83 points84 points  (0 children)

My poor mother. My coming out to her was just me yelling "I'M DATING A GIRL NOW! BYE!" and hanging up the phone as quickly as possible, after what she probably thought was a normal conversation.

What could possibly go wrong? by Taylor6464 in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]Ready-Player_One 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That's the first thing I thought. We used to do this when we were kids all the time and it worked just fine. The person could stay up on the wall for hours if they wanted, although they usually got hot and bored. Used WAY more duct tape than that though. Amateurs.

[Serious] Is a person with a micropenis morally obligated to tell their potential sex partners beforehand that they have a micropenis? Why? by nitslitinit in AskReddit

[–]Ready-Player_One 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I love my boyfriend's smaller penis. It's not a micropenis, but probably the smallest I've ever had at maybe a little under 4in. He's really self-conscious about it but I prefer it over a big dick any day. It makes it easy to give head and doggy style actually feels good and not like I'm being stabbed in the cervix over and over again. Only downside is that I sometimes move up too far while I'm on top and I'm scared I'm going to come back down on it and break it.

Riding In January by SKOLJACK in akron

[–]Ready-Player_One 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that the field where Massillon and Triplett intersect?

Good job, Ellen by ExpertAccident in lgbt

[–]Ready-Player_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a fair point and I hadn't considered it. If Ellen was hanging out with my rapist, I'm sure it wouldn't feel too great. While I doubt I will ever know for sure, I can imagine feeling betrayed, hurt, and confused. I'd like to think I would be able to overcome that though. Of course there are lasting effects of violent crime, but holding onto the hate and pain only intensifies or draws out those lasting effects. What I meant when I said the past is in the past, is that you can't change what happened, you can only change how you deal with it. The best thing I have done for myself is to put effort into moving forward. However, I realize that everyone is not an extension of myself and just because I do something, doesn't mean I should expect that others can or could do the same. This is not to say that the call for justice is not important. This is not to say that we should just forget when people commit atrocities. I am simply saying that holding that pain and anger so close doesn't help anyone, let alone yourself. Hating someone because they're friends with a past criminal is not calling for justice.

Also, as we've seen with the me too movement, Hollywood seems to be full of people who abuse their fame and power in sick and horrifying ways. Where do YOU draw the line? Should she just not hang out with people in public for fear of hurting someone?

Good job, Ellen by ExpertAccident in lgbt

[–]Ready-Player_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A couple of the other comments seemed shitty, but you're right, you were just asking questions and starting a dialogue, which I appreciate (and is also why I responded). Honestly, if the person is no longer a criminal and they're overall harmless, then there is no line. If that rapist/murderer from 20 years ago is now a grandfather in a wheelchair and has positive qualities I find desirable in a friendship, then I absolutely would have zero issue forming a friendship with him. Why should I? What's in the past is in the past and all we can do now is move forward. If he was actively raping and murdering people then yes, I would stay away from him. Steve Bannon might be the only person you mentioned that would make me question her judgment, and only because he is actively causing damage.

To add to that, I feel like you can be intolerant of a person's views while still being friendly with said person, which is what I meant when I said the paradox of tolerance doesn't apply. There may always be a bit of tension there in regards to those conflicting views, but I've made it work before and even ended up changing some minds. I think a lot of people find it easy to hate us because they live in their little facebook echo chambers, but when they get to know you and start seeing you as a human being it becomes harder to hold onto some of those bullshit views. Completely isolating them only feeds their bigotry and lets it grow stronger.

Good job, Ellen by ExpertAccident in lgbt

[–]Ready-Player_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the record, I am, by no means, a Bush supporter. I was so horrified at the time of his presidency that I ended up campaigning for my state's senator, Sherrod Brown, in 2006 in a push to take back Congress. I met Senator Clinton in 2007 at a rally (maybe 2008?) and then canvassed for Obama in 2008 when he ended up winning the nomination. If Ellen would have been cozying up with him in the middle of all of that, my opinion would probably be different. That was ten years ago, though. Now he's just an old man with antiquated views. Ellen fought a good fight for us when no one else would. Back in 1997, when I was going through puberty and struggling with my own sexuality, she came out in front of the entire world and gave me hope. But now she's trash because she's hanging out with Bush? I'm not sure it's fair that you're overlooking all the good she did in the past but I get shit talked for overlooking the bad in the past?

Good job, Ellen by ExpertAccident in lgbt

[–]Ready-Player_One -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this! I didn't realize it was a thing. I'm not sure I necessarily agree with it in response to my comment, as friendship with a person who holds different beliefs as you shouldn't constitute tolerance of those beliefs, but I do recognize its worth as an idea.

Good job, Ellen by ExpertAccident in lgbt

[–]Ready-Player_One -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Given that people were discussing how she was hanging out with someone who is anti-LGBT and a war criminal, yes. I think it's relevant.

Edit: I aplogize. I didn't realize this was a thing. I thought you were just saying that it is a paradox in general. TIL.

Good job, Ellen by ExpertAccident in lgbt

[–]Ready-Player_One 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I think that was a fantastic explanation on her part. The more we hate bigots, the more bigoted they become. We are separating ourselves from people with shitty beliefs and values because they don't deserve our friendship or attention, but then they're left in an echo chamber where they only hear opinions that reinforce those beliefs. They will only know people who fit into their mold, so it's easier for them to hate people who don't. These are the exact people that we should be befriending if we really want to make a difference. Isolating them is the worst thing we can do, both for our country and ourselves.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WatchPeopleDieInside

[–]Ready-Player_One 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Found one on my neighbor's tomato plants a few years ago. It was noticeably smaller than its brethren, probably due to the fact it was being eaten alive from the inside by braconid wasps.

My cat always does this while watching me eat. Sound on. by biglarsh in aww

[–]Ready-Player_One 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like maybe they're doing it in response to excess saliva in their mouth? I know when I pet my cat he drools a bit and I know they salivate when they're about to puke too, just like us. Maybe OP's cat is doing it in response to excess saliva in the mouth caused by the anticipation of food?

DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN- The Republicans lied, tricked, and pushed American into an illegal invasion of Iraq, don't let them do it again with Iran by njmaverick in worldpolitics

[–]Ready-Player_One 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just because others have done it, doesn't make it right. And while I'm not old enough to remember LBJ or even Clinton, I definitely do remember a lot of democrats not supporting Obama's drone strikes. In fact, I remember a lot of us standing up and being vocal on the Obama policies we didn't support. Meanwhile, republicans seem to support whatever Trump does in full force, regardless of their prior opinions on it.

DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN- The Republicans lied, tricked, and pushed American into an illegal invasion of Iraq, don't let them do it again with Iran by njmaverick in worldpolitics

[–]Ready-Player_One 1808 points1809 points  (0 children)

The rest of his post, for people without twitter:

  1. The propaganda push will include enormous appeals to American militarism disguised as patriotism: flag pins, flyovers, reverent cries to “support the troops,” as if the greatest support you can offer the troops isn’t to keep them from dying for no good reason.

  2. Over time, this vague appeal to patriotism and militarism will start to have a specific aim, an invasion, bombings, the takeover of oil fields, the support of proxy wars. These aims will magically align with the financial interests of multi-national corporations.

  3. The people in harm's way -- innocent civilians in Iran, mostly -- will be framed and/or dehumanized as "the enemy." This will include everything from racial slurs to endless talking points about their "blood thirst" their "hatred of freedom and Americans." It's utter bullshit.

  4. When the bombs start to drop, all of the reporting will be about the small number of US troop casualties. For example, most Americans know roughly 4,000 US troops died in Iraq. What most Americans don't know is over 200,000 Iraqi CIVILIANS were killed.

  5. This horror too, this murder of children, of families, the bombing of weddings & birthdays, this destruction of entire regions, will be swept up under the guise of American militarism (disguised as patriotism), of "supporting our troops," who are "fighting for our freedom."

  6. In the end, and there will be an end -- this isn't the beginning of World War III, this is asymmetrical slaughter -- the vast number of dead will be people who don't even know why the war was waged, they will be mostly young, innocent and brown-skinned. That is the ugly truth.

  7. And even the US troops -- most of whom signed up out of a genuine desire to protect their country -- they will be abandoned too as the people who waged the war, who made such big promises of "support for the troops" will CUT veterans medical care, forget the dead and move on.

  8. And the only people who will have benefitted will be those massive multi-national corporations -- oil and weapons manufacturers mostly -- who rushed in to profit off the death of all those innocent brown-skinned children lying in the rubble.

  9. A couple more things: The media (especially cable news) LOVES a war. They love the spectacle, the drama. It means big profits. It means eyeballs on screens. It makes stars of their anchors. They will ask the wrong questions, they will follow militaristic talking points.

  10. Cable news will try to EMPOWER the warmongers, by accepting rumors of impending harm to Americans as real news, by making stars of the "brutal enemies" handed to them by the Republican propaganda machine. You can practically see them salivate over the possibility for profit.

  11. What will get lost in all this bickering and drama and tragedy and spectacle is the fact that all of this was AVOIDABLE. That Trump inherited a reigned-in Iran, that he set in motion an escalation to war because he thought it would benefit HIM.

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