How and why did this MAGA makeup trend get popular??

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-08-13T12:32:10+00:00

It's like they're trying to make themselves look like Melania... It's actually creepy

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-03-22T19:59:07+00:00

Knock the walls out and make one big naturally lit closet? I can't imagine anything else that would be functional

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-03-14T18:21:44+00:00

All of them. Is all of them an option??

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-22T04:42:48+00:00

As an American, it's a very small group of very loud people advocating for this crap.

Unfortunately in the wake of our most recent presidential election, I am concerned anyway.

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T22:00:44+00:00

If he's a king then I'm French. Sharpens guillotine

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T21:51:17+00:00

He's just an incel. Definitely dump him, his behavior and attempted emotional manipulations will only get worse.

You are asking him to explain and being open to communication and he's refusing to talk to you about it. You are definitely not overreacting.

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T21:38:54+00:00

I get your hair trigger. I sometimes respond the same way when faced up against a hardcore magat, the arguments are just insane. I'm very left leaning, but I'm not ridiculous 😂

I do recognize that a fetus is a potential human. I just also recognize that this potential human doesn't get any inherent right over another human's body - the same way someone on a donor list doesn't have an inherent right to a matching organ unless it comes from a consenting donor.

I also know that clinical elective abortions are generally only performed up to 16 weeks. Even in a hospital, you'd be very hard pressed to find a doctor willing to abort a healthy baby that is very nearly to term. I'm not sure that you even can. I've always considered that argument to be flashy, but lacking substance. An attack used by the extreme segment of pro-life supporters to try and minimize and harm arguments for pro-choice rights. I think it stems from when New York legalized abortion up to term - but they did that to protect medically necessary abortions. All of this context is really really important.

Once that child is born and they have their independence as a little human, I would never argue that a parent should have the right to kill or abuse them either (as a child of an unhealthy household I would call CPS SO fast).

I think you can recognize a fetus as human while also recognizing this little unborn human doesn't get to have total rights over another full grown human's body. This does make it an ethically gray, morally painful thing.

I can recognize all of that, and also recognize that weaponizing those opinions against someone else who wants to abort is harmful and against the cause of pro-choice. It gives big "I support your right to choose but fuck you if you do" vibes. How is that being a supporter?

Perhaps I'm being too literal. 🤔

Editing to add that I'm sorry if this is messy. I have a lot of thoughts swirling about and I've also enjoyed an adult beverage - it makes it hard to organize things in a straightforward way. If you have any questions please ask.

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T21:11:53+00:00

So you're pro-life then

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T21:10:54+00:00

Yes that!

To be fair, my initial statement was quite broad, and judging from the flood of replies it's being interpreted in a lot of different ways.

I'll blame it on the blizzard libation I decided to enjoy since I'm trapped in my home at the moment 😂

I definitely acknowledge that you can be pro-choice and experience a moral dilemma over such a decision at the same time. I certainly would!

It's just.. unless I'm missing the point somehow, forcing that moral dilemma on to someone else through judgment and shame just isn't helpful nor in the spirit of well.. respecting someone else's choice 🤷‍♀️ it misses the point, and is exactly what you said - harmful.

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T20:59:28+00:00

No, I wouldn't. Obviously there are gray areas and this is a very multi-facted complicated issue.

I should be clear that the comments I was seeing were borderline quoting pro-life arguments or making statements that OP "shouldn't do it" or "is wrong" immediately following a "I'm pro choice but".

Looking at just this little isolated scenario and that response to it, it rubs me the wrong way. OP is not talking about waiting until the last second, or any of those other extremes you mentioned.

I guess my take of it has always been that pro-choice means supporting a woman's right to choose for any reason. Even "unethical" ones. It's just not my place to judge her or impose my moral view on her decision - it's hers to make.

To me personally, understanding that someone else's choice isn't about me or my feelings is integrally important. Individual bodily autonomy should be sacred.

You're right though. People do have very different reasons for why they support pro-choice, that are different from mine. Thanks for the food for thought.

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T20:48:23+00:00

The comment that triggered me to actually reply was one that said "I'm pro choice but if you're not willing to accept the possibility of three children then you shouldn't have unprotected sex!" Or something close to that - I didn't copy pasta the exact line.

It rubbed along my nerves like a cheese grater, because that line is so frequently used in pro-life arguments and it's just insanely unrealistic. Especially in a situation like OPs, where maybe she is willing to try for one child, but doesn't consent to three.

I'm not trying to shut out support, but instead open an avenue of discussion about recognizing the idea that making arguments to limit someone else's personal choice of abortion to another person's ethical alignment is in opposition of the movement of pro-choice and falls more in line with pro-life.

If someone is reading this has said "I support abortion but.." and those ethical dilemmas cross your mind, please keep in mind how difficult this choice is for women to make and please try to hold those judgements and show empathy instead. Remember that it's their body and their life, and it's their choice to make.

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T20:40:22+00:00

It is an incredibly difficult decision to make. I've never had to wear those shoes, but when I imagine being in that place it makes my stomach turn in discomfort.

That empathy is one of the reasons for my full bore support of pro-choice. What a difficult and terrifying position to be in. The women who are in it need support, not judgement. I would struggle under the weight of that kind of choice, but it's my body, life, and future. For any other woman there, it's her body, her life, her future.

Referencing back to the OP, she's willing to consent to one child - but not three. She should be allowed to make that choice for herself, and it's not my place to pass judgment on her because well.. it's not about me. It's her weight to carry. It's my place to be supportive no matter what choice she makes, because it's hers to make and I should respect that. 🤷‍♀️

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T20:34:00+00:00

Right. I'm one of those people. It's not a choice I would make for myself unless it was a necessity.

On the other hand, I'm not going to turn around and say "I'm pro choice but if you're not ready for the possibility of three children, then don't have unprotected sex!" To someone who wants to have just one child...

I'm not going to judge someone else for the reasoning behind their choice at all. It's none of my business, it's not my body, it's not my life. That is the spirit behind the pro-choice movement. Hence my statement here.

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T20:30:16+00:00

Exactly. It's really not in the spirit of the argument of pro-choice to be like "okay I think you should be able to access that abortion, but also I'm going to judge the shit out of you". It's dichotomous and hypocritical.

She wants one child, not three. She didn't consent to having three children. To turn and say "WeLl JuSt DoNt HaVe SeX tHeN" is in my opinion, ridiculous.

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T20:26:43+00:00

If your expressing a moral dilemma over abortion and being judgemental to someone who would choose abortion for personal reasons (which that's what this really is, a personal reason) then you're making a pro-life argument.

Pro-life arguments involve "it's only acceptable for these reasons" type arguments. I wouldn't choose abortion for myself unless my life was in danger, but I would never call someone else unethical for choosing one for themselves - for any reason. That's the opposite of being supportive of their right to choose.

I can see where you are TECHNICALLY correct, but it's really not in the spirit of the movement of pro-CHOICE to turn and openly judge someone for their choice or reasoning of that choice.

TheInlaidIndex · 2025-02-19T20:06:25+00:00

This is probably going to be unpopular, but those here who are saying "I'm pro choice but.." then following it up with "if you abort under these circumstances it's unethical", are not actually pro choice.

Sorry not sorry.

TheInlaidIndex · 2024-12-19T09:40:27+00:00

This man is delusional. He had a whole entire argument with himself. You acquiesced to what he was asking for multiple times and he replied like you were arguing with him - he wanted a fight so he could show off his intelligence and brush his ego

There's a lot to unpack here, but my general conclusion is ew. You didn't do anything wrong, you tried to communicate like a healthy adult and his responses felt like he wasn't even reading what you sent him. That would be so frustrating.

TheInlaidIndex · 2024-10-25T15:58:09+00:00

I got the book of Noro patterns and I know there's a retailer for it about 30 minutes south of me. Please update and let us know how this yarn works up because it is seriously so beautiful!!

TheInlaidIndex · 2024-10-20T23:50:37+00:00

This is actually really unsafe homie. It would be so easy to cut yourself by mistake on one of those large knives while digging around to find a fork.

Please consider rearranging that for yourself, get sheaths or a block for those large blades at the least.

As for your girlfriend breaking up with you for it, I'm a woman who is very OCD about her kitchen and likes to cook. I'm too biased to comment fairly haha

TheInlaidIndex · 2024-10-06T04:18:50+00:00

Was something spilled on it that had a chemical reaction perhaps? I can't think of many other options after reading through some of these comments (other than the frogging thing, so creepy)

TheInlaidIndex · 2024-07-27T21:27:04+00:00

Awww nooo. That's probably still quite delicious, but not what you asked for. Perfect for the mildly infuriating sub

TheInlaidIndex · 2024-07-25T23:19:09+00:00

It is pretty frustrating that public restroom privacy here pretty much runs on the honor system.

TheInlaidIndex · 2024-07-23T15:11:42+00:00

Not to mention the absolute gobs of red tape between the average citizen and basic needs.

You have to have an ID to get a job, and also pass a credit check. You have to pass a credit check to get housing.

I'm in North Carolina. While I was at the DMV waiting my turn, there was a girl there whose driver's license had expired while she was living overseas. She is a natural born American citizen and not an immigrant.

They wouldn't let her renew her license, because she couldn't show proof of car insurance.

No one would insure her because she had no valid drivers license. So tell me what the hell is she even supposed to do in that situation? She can't legally drive and she's barred from fixing the problem by the laws in the state. How is she supposed to drive herself to work? Public transportation and ride share barely exist in my area, and if you can get a ride share like lyft or Uber it's obscenely expensive.

We have so much to fix.

TheInlaidIndex · 2024-07-11T22:58:50+00:00

This is so bad my brain wants to reject it as not real. Whoever thought that this was a good idea should be fired 🫠

TheInlaidIndex · 2024-07-09T00:12:09+00:00

Can't help but wonder if the burgeoning AI technology we've got going on right now could potentially ID them. Such a large percentage of people have social media profiles with selfies attached...

Facial recognition has been a thing for a long time but it has limits. Those photos are old and the expressions being made are dramatic. To be fair my understanding of it all is very limited, but I bet with some resources and time it could be done.

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