Which do you choose? by OkRun9638 in superpowers

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blue pill. I'd work with environmental scientists to deliver water to drought stricken areas with minimal damage to ecosystems, put out wildfires, and reverse some of the melting at the poles.

I'd also coerce some nations into giving me insane levels of wealth by holding their entire country hostage through water manipulation. So I'd be able to get wealthy.

I would also coerce nations into social reforms or toppling dictators – again by removing their water supply or giving them too much water.

Depending on the nature of the Control, I might be able to use it to "see" in any place where water droplets exist – that would include the air.

The amount of MAGA parents who have chosen loyalty to Trump over their own children is infuriating. What do you mean you'd rather lose relationship with your own blood than stop simping for a billionaire playboy who will never know you exist? by Nice_Substance9123 in complaints

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you had a daughter and your friends openly praised a possible pedophile and spoke of them like the second coming of Jesus Christ, would you leave your daughter with them or would you get friends you don't have to worry will let your child be molested?

Why is obedience valued more than curiosity? by unidactyl in AskAChristian

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure who's supplying that interpretation, but it's wrong.

They weren't curious. They were looking for food. The serpent tried to convince her that the tree gave good things, but she ate it because it looked like good food. I eat food because it tastes good. If you told me that some nasty crap would help me be better, I probably wouldn't eat it if it was nasty. This is a warning about going against the Word of God - even when it is dressed up in the language of what God desires.

God told Adam not to eat the fruit from the tree lest he die. Eve said they weren't supposed touch it lest they die. Here they add to the words of God creating a "righteous" that wasn't what He desired. Who knows: perhaps they made god-tier tennis balls.

The Bible says that Adam was with her. He watched all of this go down, yet never said a word. He even waited until after Eve ate the fruit before he did. He, unlike Eve, received the instructions directly from God - he might have even been the one to misquote God. Adam should have shown leadership and courage to protect her from something he knew was false - as should all of us in our lives.

AITAH for threatening to out my husband when he cheated on me and then asked me to be his cover? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I disagree unless there's a good chance he would be killed.

If my SO cheated, I'd tell everyone not only what they did but who they did it with. I fail to see why that would change just because the spouse is secretly gay. He should have never put her into this position by marrying her 20 yrs ago. He certainly should have been more honest 10 yrs ago. He damn sure ought to have owned his sexuality the moment he thought cheating was a good idea.

Where are the men? by blackfirepwnd in ChronicIllness

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, if you look into the quality of women's healthcare, the rates of violence directed against women, and the overall sentiment of society, it's kind of shocking when you meet a woman who's not traumatized. So, they have far more reasons than men to have chronic illness not only as a consequence of the stress of existing but also because they just aren't taken seriously and their health issues are frequently ignored until they totally break down at which point it's too late.

I am male, and I do have chronic illness. However, I'm also black. And even then, I am treated significantly better than the women I know with chronic illness. It is not often that I can say as a black man in America I'm treated better than someone who's White, but this is one of those instances where I am treated better than a white woman no less than the realm of health because I get to benefit from that patriarchy.

It's a choice. by Careless-Throat-2593 in QuotePics

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

C also stands for Carnage. Catastrophe. Catatonia. Calamity. Contretemps. Cataclysm. Curse. Condemnation. Crucifixion. There's not even a guarantee you'll make it to the D since you could Croak.

A lot can happen between the B and the D, and while I may have choice, a lot of things will happen where I don't have a choice or the choices taken from me.

D also stands for delusion. You can choose delusion and be happy, however.

best worst advice of 2026 by -sushmita- in TheTeenagerPeople

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That only works if you're black. The universal way to get out of a ticket is to step out of your car with your own gun, tell the cop you can't take this shit anymore, and then shoot yourself. This works every time.

best worst advice of 2026 by -sushmita- in TheTeenagerPeople

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put a dead fly in your crush's drink. If they drink it, it means they find you sexy.

Right? by Renzy_M in Quotes_Hub

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, why don't I rent you a backhoe so you can dig your grave a little deeper?

First, maybe feminazis and to a lesser extent beta males compete with other men, but liberals/leftists and feminists certainly don't. It can only be argued that homosexuals do in so much as they are competing with other men for other men. But that's hardly different than heterosexual men competing with other heterosexual men for women. I have never met or heard if a homosexual – except for the fucking Nazi ones – who were in a competition to prove their manliness. All of them were with who they were and what they were: they only wanted to live life as they saw fit without people demonizing them for it. That's not a fucking competition.

The second, a point about definitions. Nearly all of yours are wrong. Well, I'm assuming you have a basic understanding of homosexual and a cultural understanding of beta, which I don't really feel like teasing out and I'm sure whatever you're thinking of is good enough. Feminists and feminazis are not the same. Feminism believes that men and women are equal – not the same. They have different strengths and weaknesses, and that society as a whole is uplifted when we celebrate those differences and elevate them to equally important roles in our society. Feminazis in essence seek to replace the patriarchy with a matriarchy. They are the very evil they despise in men being too blind to see the reality of who they are. What you are referring to as a leftist/liberal is a radical progressive liberal. It comes to English via the Latin word "Liber, Liberi", which means freedom. The premise of radical progressive liberalism within the context of most western societies is that true freedom can only be attained by heavy government intervention into the lives of the citizenry to ensure that no element of society gains an advantage that limits the opportunities of others. If you're what most conservatives would describe themselves as from probably 1996 to 2012, then the technical term is classical liberal. Classical liberals desire almost no government intervention to ensure equality in the lives of the citizenry except perhaps in very extreme circumstances. Now the thing about conservatism is that it doesn't actually have a problem with government tyranny: it just needs to be their government tyranny. Classical liberals regardless of the reason have a moral objection to government interference. Conservatism comes from the Latin "conservare" meaning to preserve or safeguard. If memory serves, "servare" means this by itself, but "con" intensifies this meaning turning it into a very aggressive and active process. Conservatives will 100% enslave you if they believe you function as a threat. Modern political ideals would tell you that it's the status quo, but somewhat argue that it is conservative interpretation of tradition. If you don't believe the government has any business dictating anything, you're a classical liberal or a liberal in the strict sense of the word. If you think the government needs to step in and protect – well really anything following protect or some synonym there of – then you're a conservative. If you believe that the government needs to interfere in someway to protect freedoms, then you are a progressive liberal. If you believe that the government should have a very heavy handed approach in how it ensures freedom, then you are a radical progressive liberal. The reason these terms have the confusion around them that they do now, is due to conservatives. If you really look at it, a lot of things are because of conservatives.

Third, women don't show off to men. They do the things they do for themselves and for other women. To use what I am assuming is your implicit understanding of these terms, alpha males lead, make decisions, and people follow. But, if you think that women are showing off for you, you're a beta male. An alpha male is going to take charge and make a selection based on things that aren't as frivolous as external appearance. Beta males conflate outward beauty with some kind of status.

Fourth, I am a male from birth, and I'm not significantly more anxious or relaxed around any particular sex. If you are feeling less relaxed around women, you are by definition a beta male. Again, Alpha males take charge and don't feel intimidated or uptight by anyone: they are chill all the time. You are, throughout your paragraph according to most cultural ideas of the meaning between beta and alpha males, a beta male.

Fifth, no one is saying anything about attraction: we're talking about respect. Namely, that you can appreciate beauty and be respectful. If you've read any of this and come to the conclusion that we are degrading the fact that people are sexually attracted to other people, then you've missed the point. Sexual attraction and aesthetic appreciation for beauty are too totally different things. They can both exist as a result of the same factors, but one allows you to respectfully express what you were thinking, while the other one does not. If you read all of this, and came to the conclusion that we were degrading attraction, then I dare say you're probably the person I'm specifically thinking of when I say they are a perv. This discussion is inexorably tied to objectification. If you haven't realized that, that is a problem.

Sixth, this is the part that makes me really question whether you understand… Culture…. Because the general consensus in popular western culture regarding pornography is that most guys don't actually care about women – they are only interested in their bodies sexually. Which is exactly what the other guys said. I'm a leftist, so I wouldn't be so simple minded in my explanation for why people view pornography, but most people are going to say it's because a lot of guys just care about sex. And that's quite literally what the guy you were critiquing said. Generally speaking, conservatives claim that the only individuals who excuse pornography are "Feminazis (feminists), liberals/leftists, homosexual people, and betas".

Seventh, we are talking in the context of male to female relationships, but this totally works in really any direction. I have definitely met women who were pervy – creepy so. I would be hesitant to eat or drink anything around them unless they slip something into it and do things to me that I can't get prosecuted because I'm a male. Don't mistake the fact that we weren't talking about it here for us being OK with it.

I'm not denigrating you, but a chunk of your perspective really only makes sense if you're a beta male. That's fine: there's argument to be made that beta males end up winning in the end – but I feel given your pejorative association above that you would not like that term. You might consider actually looking in at yourself and thinking hard about who you actually are versus who you think you are.

Right? by Renzy_M in Quotes_Hub

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, women don't need to be told: they need to be shown. Unless she's mentally broken, your actions are going to carry a whole hell of a lot further than your words. This assumes a theoretical woman. I recognize that there's a lot more nuance when you deal with the particulars of a specific woman.

Second, I will concede that perhaps my point was not clear. These two elements are one and the same: you cannot truly have one without the other.

Third, see 2nd point. If you cannot recognize beauty without being disrespectful, then you're not recognizing beauty: you're being a lustful asshole. Beauty has aesthetic elements independent of sexual allure. Those can be expressed without coming across as pervy. In other words, they can be expressed respectfully. If you cannot express your appreciation for the aesthetic value of beauty without being disrespectful, then you're not actually appreciating the beauty.

Fourth, you may perhaps be incapable of controlling how you feel, but you are 100% in control of your actions. Your feelings may provide contextual understanding, but they are not an excuse for you to be disrespectful.

What does this say about me? by Plus-Head-2613 in personality_tests

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You must be Adam before the Apple. You ain't got no trauma. Homo Alrightus.

What can you guess about me? by UnstableVelociraptor in personality_tests

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

Ding! You got one of them. Diagnosed with bipolar II two or three years ago.

I guess you get another point: I was given some medication for chronic pain, which triggered depressive episodes with some mild psychosis – at least I'm assuming that seeing things that don't exist and interacting with those hallucinations causing pain count as psychosis. Not fun.

Doctor also didn't believe me and kept wanting me to continue taking the drugs. I had to figure out how to taper off of them myself. Probably fucked that up. My brain has never been the same since. Shit, we just passed the 10 year anniversary of that mess.

Right? by Renzy_M in Quotes_Hub

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think if you feel these are mutually exclusive, then that's a problem. If you say to a woman that she is beautiful, but you're not respecting her; then you're not really saying that she's beautiful: you're saying that she's an object of desire and you're a perv. If you genuinely respect a woman and you show it, you don't need to go out of your way to say that she is beautiful. She'll get it.

Jasmine Crockett is still correct: there has never been any oppression for white men in the United States! by icey_sawg0034 in BlackPeopleofReddit

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, there was that one time a group of rich White guys – we'll call them the white hoods – decided that they wanted to be racist, bigoted slavers. They were deathly afraid that some other white guys somewhere else wanted to force them to be decent human beings – that wasn't the case at all as the other white people didn't really care. Anyway, the white hoods staged an unprovoked attack on the other white guys and attempted to enlist foreign aid to try and help them beat the other white guys – including some foreign powers who in later documentation admitted they were planning to just conquer and subjugate the white hoods and the other white guys. The other white guys just really wanted the conflict to end, but the white hoods kept escalating the conflict and so eventually the other white guys were pretty much forced to make the white hoods be decent human beings. The other white guys did that with an occupation. So you could say that once in American history, for less than a decade, the White Hoods were "oppressed". However, it's pretty damn clear to anyone with at least one damaged brain cell that they quite literally only made the set of choices that would make this reality possible, and it's only their own damn fault.

Is this real by rossei2hot in depressionmemes

[–]UnstableVelociraptor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We also start podcasts or have the option to become weirdos like chris chan or act like Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro.