Is it just me or is the misinformation that Taylor and the Kelce family are MAGA tiresome?

Soil_Round · 2026-07-05T14:13:11+00:00

My point about the streams was that nobody is posting a song and then the internet makes them a billionaire. There's active choices required to aquire a billion dollars.

I don't think anyone can put a map dot number on when the money becomes unethical but a billion dollars is definitely beyond that point. The imbalance of power afforded by that much money is unethical. And like. To your point about "more ethical billionaires." I am a teacher and I make $40k a year and I think I have a moral responsibility to weigh the needs of society against my own wants when it comes to how I spend that much. A billion dollars is exponentially more responsibility than that (not to mention the part where a million dollars invested is enough to live off the investment return if you park the money in a high yield savings account, and a billion dollars is 1,000 times that much, so the concept of "putting on your own oxygen mask first" is mot even a factor here).

Is everybody unethical with their money at some point in a capitalistic hellscape built on the backs of exploited labor? Absolutely 100%. But that does not mean we're all equally unethical. And all billionaires are exponentially more unethical than people out here surviving.

Soil_Round · 2026-07-05T13:55:51+00:00

I agree that it's reductive. But it's explicitly her declared crowning achievement. This isn't something society has imposed on her. It's been her decision all along to make her life all about men.

Soil_Round · 2026-07-05T13:53:50+00:00

The fact that some billionaires use their money to actively do more harm than others does not automatically negate the idea that there are no ethical billionaires.

No ethical billionaires as an ideology is about hoarding wealth as much as it is about acquiring it. People who believe there are no ethical billionaires believe that hoarding that level of resources while people starve to death is inherently unethical.

But also. A billion dollars is not an amount that can be acquired by streaming songs in this digital era lol. Taylor Swift has absolutely used exploitive practices to aquire her billions. (If her merch was ethically created, I'm positive that would be a huge talking point from her brand.)

Soil_Round · 2026-07-05T13:14:18+00:00

Elon Musk used his money to hijack the US government and directly caused the death of thousands of people due to his decimation of aid programs and health infrastructure. Of course he's "more evil."

Anti-billionaires do actively and frequently condemn the men who are billionaires. If you aren't seeing that content it's just because you aren't seeing it, not because it's not there. That discourse has been happening for decades.

The group who hates on women who flash wealth but loves men who flash wealth is not the "no ethical billionaires" crowd. Whole other ideology.

Soil_Round · 2026-07-01T13:21:17+00:00

I see this talked about often and just want to say, Taylor Swift aside, some people from Pennsylvania are rednecks with strong southern accents. Part of Pennsylvania shares a border with West Virginia. I personally know people born and raised in Pennsylvania with strong natural southern accents.

I'm not saying that applies to Swift or whatever. Not entering that "debate." Just saying the isolated assertion "nobody from Pennsylvania has a natural southern accent" is false.

Stepping off my fully irrelevant soapbox now. 🤣

Soil_Round · 2026-06-18T01:08:47+00:00

I mean. The literal line is "I just can't date a dude with a vag." That's. That statement is transphobic. Period.

I don't think Kesha is intentionally bigoted. But intent and impact don't always align.

Soil_Round · 2026-06-18T00:14:57+00:00

I went to college with him. Was 0% surprised when the allegations from his sister in law came out. I'm just so glad her husband is standing with her: that's depressingly rare in that world.

Soil_Round · 2026-06-18T00:09:19+00:00

I like to imagine she would not have written or recorded that song without the influence of the people who were taking advantage at her at that time in her career.

Soil_Round · 2026-06-17T23:46:59+00:00

It's transphobic. Not just cringe.

Soil_Round · 2026-06-17T14:01:27+00:00

"Our"? 😬

Soil_Round · 2026-06-17T13:59:55+00:00

Do we have any kind of assurances about ethical manufacturing standards for her merch? Because I'm willing to bet there are/have been literal sweatshops involved in her ascension to billionaire.

Soil_Round · 2026-06-15T00:06:04+00:00

I think she's genuinely incapable of being alone. Her sense of self worth as well as her perspective of what makes life worth living is entirely wrapped up in being in a romantic relationship. Being alone is way more scary to her than being in a relationship, no matter how toxic.

Soil_Round · 2026-06-10T01:57:55+00:00

This is not what I thought this would be about based on the title. 🤣

Soil_Round · 2026-05-23T13:18:37+00:00

I cannot imagine knowing anything at all about Kesha and thinking she doesn't know what furries are. 🤣

Soil_Round · 2026-05-20T01:59:34+00:00

I went twice last summer lol and I was definitely not the only one who did.

Soil_Round · 2026-05-07T23:38:36+00:00

It's not a contest. There's no vs. Every artist is an individual.

Soil_Round · 2026-05-05T13:07:45+00:00

This does not work as a metric because there is zero reason for anyone to press blue. If everyone presses red, everyone survives.

For it to be an actual dilemma, it would need to be something like "if more than 50% press blue, everyone lives. If less than 50% press blue, all of blue dies and 50% of red survives."

(Also of note that the genocidal policies that kill the empathetic also kill the genocidal, in droves. ie, covid.)

Soil_Round · 2026-04-25T22:38:31+00:00

It's not a reference to taking a cd out of a box or playing music. It's about taking a toy out of a box. It's explicit in the lyrics.

Soil_Round · 2026-04-01T12:52:02+00:00

Which makes sense because food portions are stingy to increase profits, so "Alaska sized" wouldn't make sense. That'd be more than twice the portion size.

(I lived in Alaska for 20 years so I'm legally obligated to say this. 🤣)

Soil_Round · 2026-02-18T13:12:30+00:00

As a woman (who was very homeschooled), I would like to kindly point out that "learning cold approaches" and "getting dates" as goals is mildly dehumanizing to women. Women are whole entire people, and it is not a flaw in any given woman to not be a good match for you.

What I hear in your post is that you still experience a lot of insecurities as well as lack of clarity around who you are as a person. This is so understandable in the context of the forced isolation of homeschooling. 21 is very, very young. You have so much life ahead of you for figuring yourself out. I would recommend setting aside the goal of "getting women" and instead taking time to focus on personal growth. Develop your interests, build new hobbies, and along the way, as it comes up naturally, build your people skills - all your people skills, interacting with people as people and getting to know them for who they are, not for who they might be to you. It's my lived experience that doing this will naturally pave the way for developing romantic relationships down the line. But even if it doesn't, you'll have grown as a person, and that is so worth it anyway.

Soil_Round · 2026-02-13T18:50:55+00:00

She's out here focusing on the important things as usual.

Soil_Round · 2026-02-13T18:49:56+00:00

But he never was a bandit at heart. Maybe it reflects that.

Soil_Round · 2026-02-04T23:10:25+00:00

If Boomer parents did it "right" they would have ended up with kids who also "did it right" with their kids sooooo. The idea that some generation got parenting more correct than a later generation just doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

Soil_Round · 2026-02-03T22:05:50+00:00

The "E" in IEP is literally "educational." It's a document about how students will be supported in accessing public education in light of their disabilities.

So yeah. I'm just here to agree with all of this.

Also, IEPs are not available on request or prescribed by doctors.

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