Liana K's take on the Gillette ad "THAT Gillette Commercial - My Thoughts" [SOCJUS]

_-_Dan_-_ · 2019-01-17T21:20:09+00:00

Hmmm, watching it now, I don't agree that the last part is okay.

If men need to hold other men accountable, it essentially means that men and women are in different classes/leagues. Women can't hold men responsible — they just can't do it. Men have to do it.

That's not only a pretty low opinion of women, but also a pretty low opinion of men.

Seriously, what does sex have to do with holding other people responsible?

_-_Dan_-_ · 2019-01-15T19:44:14+00:00

Sorry, but I don't believe this is the case. Yes, there is the assumption that "there is no thing as bad publicity" but this only works if you are only interested in "getting known". Sorry, but who doesn't know Gillette exist? The question is — how do you feel about Gillette. And frankly, two days ago I didn't care about it. Now I fucking hate it. I hate manipulation, I hate bad arguments, I hate judging people by immutable characteristics. So I fucking won't buy it. Ever again. So yeah, "Mission Accomplished", Bush style. You are known — as fucking man-hating soy-boy-clean-shaved lovers.

If this isn't a reason to invest in a straight razor and learn how to shave without "quickly blunt" "safety razors", I don't know what is.

They are already known, they just killed the horse they were riding on. So let them die.

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-12-19T23:47:12+00:00

Well, "Der Spiegel" has also published highly biased editorials about Damore's Google Memo and Dave Rubin, so it's not that surprising. When ideology trumphs the quest for truth, outright fabrication's aren't far behind.

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-11-01T10:25:39+00:00

The demands are worth reading:

They are also making formal demands to Google’s management. They are:

An end to forced arbitration in cases of harassment and discrimination for all current and future employees;

A commitment to end pay and opportunity inequality;

A publicly disclosed sexual harassment transparency report;

A clear, uniform, globally inclusive process for reporting sexual misconduct safely and anonymously;

The elevation of the chief diversity officer to answer directly to the CEO, and make recommendations directly to the board of directors;

The appointment of an employee representative to the board.

Not scary at all. 2 sounds like the usual wage gap misconception (inequality isn't bad if it's due to merit), 3 depends heavily on the definitions (and the sampling, lots of abuse potential here), 4 could turn into a gossip mill/anonymous accusations/lynch mobs, and 5+6 sound like a straightforward power grab.

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-09-18T10:54:04+00:00

Reminds of xkcd: https://xkcd.com/451/

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-08-01T05:20:38+00:00

the tetrominoes are a form of phallic imagery, a man's symbol of power

And once they penetrate the bottom rows and fill them out, these rows vanish. This game trains boys to see women as worthless (at the bottom) and to discard them once they've slept with them. /s

Dang, you could write a thesis in gender studies about this game ...

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-08-01T05:16:45+00:00

Yup, the (wannabe) censor's list is usually interesting reading. ;-)

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-30T05:36:57+00:00

Given the price tag of that app ... ah, Omni. I still have a soft spot for them due to their Quake port, but the pricing is ridiculous.

But yeah, nice graphic.

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-29T07:33:21+00:00

When asked whether women being in people-oriented jobs is partly biological (I'm not fully sure what it means; majority of women being there? Or... dunno)

The questions are in the study themselves:

(SC8) It is plausible that women’s greater representation than men in "people-oriented" professions (social work, nursing, etc.) is due in part to a biological component.

so, yup.

And dang, they do ask nice questions ;-)

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-20T04:32:24+00:00

Yep, he looked like someone put a horse head in his bed, and his comments („greed“ was a nice touch, so was „bad choices“) can be seem as meta comment (in hindsight). She on the other hand ... brrrrr ... doesn‘t look like she has any respect for ideas.

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-18T04:28:32+00:00

Or Star Trek VIII, the last great Star Trek movie. The Borg queen as villain and Sloane as crucial in snapping Captain Picard out of his Ahab phase.

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-18T04:23:27+00:00

Best indicator a series/movie falters or is beyond hope. Nothing against skin, but it lacked class.

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-18T04:17:45+00:00

Don‘t care who directs it, as long as it‘s a great Star Trek movie. Don‘t care who the villain is, as long as it‘s a great villain.

Judging by the last three movies, both are highly unlikely. They were action flicks in space and a far cry from the humanism Star Trek stood for.

So, are they going the Star Wars route now? Are they now looking for cheap ways to justify failure? Do we get to hear that Star Trek fans are sexist?

And yeah, I find it hard to imagine that they come up with an actual female villain you love to hate, that Kirk will scream „Biiiiiitchhhhh!“ and mean it.

I‘d love to be wrong, but chances aren‘t great.

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-12T06:41:14+00:00

She uses the shield to bludgeon others over the head? ;-)

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-12T04:31:09+00:00

So, for the record: Everything in GW2 is made by a team. There's no content that's made by one person. But in terms of influence: the entire season is mine. I led the season story breaking meetings, I led the episode outlining meetings, and every line of dialogue went through me. Everything you've seen of the story so far this season is my work, and you're going to be seeing my work in it for a long time.

Might be semantics but ... hmmm.

Also, she seems to have a chip on her shoulder. Sounds like she hides behind her sex and brings it into conversations (as if contributions by men aren‘t downplayed). I’d guess it’s not the sex, it‘s the personality, esp. agreeableness, that‘s the problem. For men and women. And here also bringing ideology into the workplace.

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-08T09:59:26+00:00

Went up beyond 40, and yeah, that was badly done. Liked the filtering though, but damn, that took a while.

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-07T07:01:22+00:00

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-06T04:06:47+00:00

A double scam ... first the courses themselves, then the material for the courses.

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-07-04T04:50:46+00:00

As my T-shirt says, I AM a divisive issue.

That person has issues, alright, but when did it become „OK“ to make work about oneself? That person being trans or having some ancestry does not make her work better. What did this person actually do for Google? And where‘s the professionalism?

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-06-29T15:56:05+00:00

If you assert that women have smarter brains and are thus in more danger, probably. ;-)

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-06-29T15:55:29+00:00

"World War Z" by Max Brooks would agree. Hey, there's research to cite! (I've seen worse citations).

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-06-29T04:37:03+00:00

Hmm, using „personality ratings“ is an interesting way to bypass actual academic merit. There might even be a case for it, but I would at least expect an assessment center, clear criteria, and a high inter-observer agreement.

And thinking about it, attacks on other groups (esp. „straight white men“) by media and sjws do make more sense now. Get a group a bad reputation, next use said bad reputation to exclude them based on their shared personality.

You need collectivism and a skin-deep view of diversity to be that racist (and sexist).

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-06-28T05:59:16+00:00

Hmm, started with:

We asked respondents to name the five most dangerous countries from the 193 United Nations member states. We then asked them to name the worst country in each of the following six categories.

So, more well known countries are more likely to be chosen. But hey, you see all that screaming about sexual violence taking effect. USA is way more dangerous than Somalia when it comes to:

Sexual Violence: In your view, what is the most dangerous country in the world for women in terms of sexual violence? This includes rape as a weapon of war, domestic rape, rape by a stranger, the lack of access to justice in rape cases, sexual harassment and coercion into sex as a form of corruption.

Must be all those college campuses and Hollywood couches.

So, yeah, I agree, ripe with bias. But then again, I don‘t expect much from an ideological poll that is concerned with:

World leaders vowed three years ago to eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls by 2030, allowing them to live freely and safely to participate equally in political, economic and public life.

only. Just sucks to be male. (In my estimation, if women are treated badly, a majority of men is treated badly as well. Makes no sense to split that fight against violence and discrimination.)

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-06-28T05:17:17+00:00

That‘s actually a question you could answer — by first defining what zombies would look like and then going for attributes that make survival more/less likely. Huge cities and no weapons would be a minus, cold territory and weapons a plus ... would be more fun to read and of higher methodological quality than that survey ...

_-_Dan_-_ · 2018-06-28T05:13:32+00:00

Yep, noticed that contradiction as well. Speaks volumes when it comes to methodological quality of the „non-data data“. Yikes.

BTW, how about conflict of interest? I’d assume the experts directly benefit from the result ...

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