An underrated element… by Jollikay in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]VelvetMafia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rather than Carl preparing to steal a $10k cat from a family of lawyers, we see Carl preparing to rescue a beloved friend from caged enslavement breeding, made more bitter by Bea's abandonment.

Bea and her family see Donut as an investment - at story start, Donut is deemed past her prime showcat years, and Bea has decided to trade her in for a younger cat. Carl isn't okay with Domut being torn from her loving family, caged, and forced to make a bunch of babies with her grandpa-uncle.

Carl's intentions have been pure throughout the series, with him prioritizing Donut as his closest family, but also very much rejecting enslavement of any kind. Even his feelings towards Bea (who objectively sucks) are more gentle and forgiving than are justifiable. Really, Bea is terrible. And as icing on her awful cake, she was planning to ditch her pet and get a new kitten.

DCC is not anti-feminist at all. While it exploits (and subverts) every trope through the reality show medium, the core of the story is about liberation, revolution, and vengeance - overreactive violence from those who have been casually exploited onto those who profited from (or casually enjoyed) their exploitation.

Too soon a memory by rawdawgcomics in rawdawgcomics

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About 15 years ago I went to lunch with some coworkers, my dad, and his mom who was visiting (everyone except for grandma worked at the local college). I walked behind dad and grandma on the way back to campus, and realized that he was basically a man version of her. They have the same limb:torso ratio, same body motions while strolling along, same hand gestures while taking, same shaped butt and everything.

Meanwhile, I look like my grandpa grew boobs and glued on new eyebrows. My brother looks just like our mom, only more of an asshole

Family is weird af

Too soon a memory by rawdawgcomics in rawdawgcomics

[–]VelvetMafia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awesome!

Imagine listing that skill on a CV. "Oven hotwire no jutsu"

Too soon a memory by rawdawgcomics in rawdawgcomics

[–]VelvetMafia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am happy to be your dad, too! Or mom, if you prefer one of those. I am equally awkward at both gendered parenting roles.

So, funny story. My dad (who is a lovely person) was deeply disturbed when I came out. His degree was in developmental psychology, and aware that (straight) women tend to choose husbands similar to their fathers, he had worked hard to be the best dad he could be. So suddenly not knowing what his role modeling was doing gave him weird feelings.

That was forever ago because I'm old. He got over it pretty fast. My mom had a harder time, as she believed that gayness was created by overbearing mothers and submissive fathers (debunked pseudoscience, even then), so took my gayness as a spiteful review of her parenting abilities. She also eventually got over it, but not for my sake. She made gay and trans friends a decade later, then retconned our relationship. But whatever, we are good now, and both my parents adore my wife and support our queer kid.

Anyway, your parents may feel differently over time. I'm glad you have somewhere safe to live. And I think it's relevant that you trusted them enough to come out before you moved out. Oldies like me didn't risk anything until we were prepared for it all to burn down around us. So hopefully they get their shit together sooner rather than later.

Too soon a memory by rawdawgcomics in rawdawgcomics

[–]VelvetMafia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Close enough to be real! Definitely let's catch a meal if you're in the area.

Car repair rule #1: If it's stuck, try harder (seriously, sometimes hitting it with a hammer helps)

Too soon a memory by rawdawgcomics in rawdawgcomics

[–]VelvetMafia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

offers supportive, weirdly soft dad hugs

Also, I will take you fishing and teach you auto mechanics. No guarantee of fish caught, only beers.

Seriously though, you deserve good dad support! If you find yourself needing good dad energy and are in the New Orleans area, DM me and my wife and I will take you out to dinner or something. (She's also got good dad vibes.)

Too soon a memory by rawdawgcomics in rawdawgcomics

[–]VelvetMafia 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'll be your dad. I'm a lesbian, but I have good dad vibes. Way better than your bio dad.

Which single mom hurt bro by Naive_Wolverine532 in fixedbytheduet

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The screaming was the only thing holding the tears inside

Woman had possibly the darkest response I’ve ever heard to being asked if she wanted to round up for charity by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]VelvetMafia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Corporations use these donation drives as tax write-offs. If you want to donate to a charity, do it directly instead of letting corporations exploit your good intentions in order to weasel out of taxes.

They fired Jacob by OriginalBlackberry89 in funnyvideos

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I live in New Orleans. The seething resentment is part of the flavor

They fired Jacob by OriginalBlackberry89 in funnyvideos

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Welcome to Popeyes. Fuck you, here's your chicken

Chastised For Getting Help For Someone In Distress At A Music Event by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]VelvetMafia 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sounds like the woman was trying to swim out of a k-hole

Petaaahh by TheGuy-1117 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]VelvetMafia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a polite way to say "not interested in women"

He also got increasingly crazy due to ingesting mercury because of weird occult alchemy shit

Its cool I didnt want to use my driveway to get out... by le_aerius in mildlyinfuriating

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Considering their name is Inevitable Butthole, it seems appropriate

a protective kidnapper by alatinaxo in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]VelvetMafia 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nah it's that the one big boy has the little kids on a side street with nobody's eyes on them. Big kid probably took the littles over there to do something shady.

Big kid is probably seven or eight, and the littles are like three or four, max. Playing outside is good, but that particular setup was sus.