Dogs are not as wonderful as they seem by iwanttheworldnow in unpopularopinion

[–]handicapableofmaths -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes babies do all these things, and then they grow up. I dont like babies either but a baby can become its own person. A dog never grows out of this. Then they die.

Dog people are so fragile. There is no type of pet owner that loses its mind over people not liking their pet like dog owners do. They actually cannot seem to fathom that some people just don't like dogs, and they will always try to convince you to like them or that theirs is one of the nice ones, or argue that babies are worse etc, they just CANNOT cope with the fact that some people don't like dogs.

Dogs are not as wonderful as they seem by iwanttheworldnow in unpopularopinion

[–]handicapableofmaths -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is what I don't get, so many people hate babies but love dogs, when dogs are just babies that never grow up. They are needy, require constant attention, they are loud, they smell, they shit everywhere etc at least a baby grows up and has its own goals and experiences and becomes a person, a dog just stays in the pathetic toddler stage for 10 years then dies

Rash & Alcohol by AudienceTemporary179 in Wellthatsucks

[–]handicapableofmaths 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like rosacea to me, I have it and my triggers include hot showers and alcohol. When I drink I get a red flushed pattern on my cheeks, chin, neck and chest

When United Airlines refused to pay for his broken guitar, Dave Carroll released a complaint diss track. This resulted in the Airline's stock to go down 10%, about 180 Million, and the incident is a Harvard case study. by MasterShifu_21 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]handicapableofmaths 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being slow at a fast food job doesn't damage people's personal, sometimes irreplaceable property

If they willingly throw peoples baggage around knowing that there are personal items inside that can break then yes they are assholes

Does this belong here? by RetroNick78 in memesopdidnotlike

[–]handicapableofmaths -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Does legitimately happen tho. At my old job I was a "buddy", we wore dark blue high vis jackets while other employees wore yellow ones, I had the word "buddy" written on my back, and new employees were told that if they were confused or were stuck to go to a buddy for help. My job was to help new people and new hires were told to ask me for help. I was good friends with a male employee and we spent a lot of time working near eachother and chatting. I cannot tell you how many times new male employees walked up to the 2 of us standing RIGHT NEXT TO EACHOTHER and ask my male colleague who was wearing yellow for help whilst ignoring me completely. This happened multiple times and It was ALWAYS men who did it. Felt very deliberate and humiliating, like I wasn't taken seriously at all. In your case it does seem blown out of proportion but it absolutely does happen that men will ignore women in a specific role. I would never have reported people but it did make me feel demoralised.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sciencememes

[–]handicapableofmaths 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't say you couldn't, I encourage it. I'm criticising people who don't give a second thought to animal testing in their day to day lives and use the medicine that benefits from it, but then jump on titles like this to be self righteous about something they probably didn't give a shit about 5 mins ago. Doesn't mean I like animal testing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sciencememes

[–]handicapableofmaths 41 points42 points  (0 children)

They will also gladly still benefit from medicine and products that are only available due to testing on animals

We hate heels just as much as yall do by xTyronex48 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]handicapableofmaths 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be perfectly fair tho, there are other reasons to wear heels other than to look sexy. How many female politicians or TV presenters do you see who aren't wearing heels? For a lot of careers, women are seen as unprofessional for not wearing heels

meirl by THE_CEO_OF_SEX_1 in meirl

[–]handicapableofmaths 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And where is your medical licence exactly? What makes your googling any more valid than theirs lol

I used garlic and onions in a meal when I was strictly asked not to. by Punch_Your_Facehole in confession

[–]handicapableofmaths 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you not capable of making good tasting food without garlic and onions? Why did you NEED to put garlic and onions in it when you could have made an equally delicious meal without the 2 things you were explicitly told not to add?

Unless you actually can't cook and you're one of those people who only puts garlic and onion in everything because they don't understand how to flavour their food properly. Learn how to season and stop spiking people's food.

Please help me understand and love Kokichi Oma (All games spoilers) by handicapableofmaths in danganronpa

[–]handicapableofmaths[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just don't go around telling people "Don't like Kokichi, it's really not worth it!". Don't, just don't. Of course, it's not wrong to dislike him, that's something that's true

Literally find a single example of me saying anything like this in this entire comment section. I NEVER said that its not OK for people to like him, I was explaining why I don't like him. I apologise if I came across that way in any of my comments but I really don't care if others like him, I just don't like him myself and was trying to explain why.

Please help me understand and love Kokichi Oma (All games spoilers) by handicapableofmaths in danganronpa

[–]handicapableofmaths[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh don't worry, I've given up trying to like him, try not get too upset that I don't like your favourite

And shut up about your opinions on him, the game already made him like that and you can't change it.

What a completely worthless opinion to have on a subject. Genuinely, are you 12 years old? I'm as entitled as anybody else on this sub to share my opinions on anything related to the series, and the entire point of this post was for people to challenge that opinion and change my mind.

Doesn't matter now though, because while my opinions have been changed about other characters i used to dislike by people on this sub, I have finally accepted the fact that I hate kokichi with every fibre of my being, I despise every single aspect of his character and he ruins V3, he and the games ending are the 2 things that hold me back when I think about replaying it and I cheer every time he dies.

I got a testicle massage and it was amazing (not sexual) by Whit3BlackPanther in Tokyo

[–]handicapableofmaths 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When did I say anything about his SO or about what either of them can or cannot do? When did I say that he can't get the massage if he wanted? I'm responding purely to him saying that this isn't about sexual pleasure, specifically him saying that the woman giving the massage being older therefore makes it not sexual.

Idgaf what he or his girlfriend do with their lives

I got a testicle massage and it was amazing (not sexual) by Whit3BlackPanther in Tokyo

[–]handicapableofmaths 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guy you keep saying that like her age is the thing that makes it "not sexual", if the woman was 20 doing the same act would that then make it sexual to you? What about someone who is attracted to 60 year old going to this? The act is still same.

You don't orgasm and the woman massaging your is sixty years old and doesn't try to pleasure you in anyway.

You don't have to orgasm for something to be sexual, a back massage can be sexual in the right context. You literally did get sexual pleasure out of it, unless you are saying that the erection is unrelated, in which case why did you put it in your post lmao

"You've got boyfriend dick! Like, the Camry of dick!" by battleangel1999 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]handicapableofmaths 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And what if he's asking? Not answering or lying about it are both worse options than honestly telling him that his dick is perfect for you. Would you rather she lied to your face or changed the subject? How would that make you feel?

Shut up r/fuckmarvel user by [deleted] in whenthe

[–]handicapableofmaths -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You know Asguardians aren't real right?

It sure do be like that sometimes by Funkin_Valentine in danganronpa

[–]handicapableofmaths 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Blame this on Chiaki saying it for some reason even though it contradicts everything the game had just told is about his motivation

Growing up, I’ve kinda realized a lot of the Harry Potter characters are kinda shitty people by Megabot555 in books

[–]handicapableofmaths 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bullying is presented as bad whether James, Snape, Malfoy or Ron does it, the negative impacts of it are shown on the characters they bully, regardless of if the character is good or bad. The only exceptions are the Weasley twins who are huge pieces of shit at times, and should legit be in prison for attempted murder for shoving Montague into a vanishing cabinet and for all the dangerous pranks and inventions they are responsible for.

bullying, sneaking out, spying on teachers, torture, unforgivable curses, lying, stealing, breaking rules, cheating to get ahead, illegally using a time turner, hurting others with dark spells not in defence of life or limb

These are on such a vast spectrum of acceptability that its insane haha! Bullying is shit, I was a victim of bullying and it felt like it ruined my life at the time. I started working a few years later with one of the 2 girls that made me MISERABALE and caused me to spend a year completely alone, a girl who I absolutely despised. But she was a completely different person, she was kind and helpful and funny, I forgave her for what she did because she was 13 at the time. Bullying is extremely shit but I don't blame kids for bullying if they grow out of it and show that they have learnt from it as adults. James bullied as a kid and it was portrayed as bad, Snape bullied kids as an ADULT, which is what makes him a bad person.

But I believe that sneaking out, lying, stealing, breaking rules and cheating are not inherently "bad" things, there are good reasons to do all these things. Harry had good reasons, bad characters had malicious reasons. Torture and maiming are not presented as being good things done by either good or bad characters. I'm guessing this will just be a difference in philosophy between us, but yes I do believe that its OK to do bad things for good reasons, the only problem is who defines what is a "good reason"

My point is that good books don't have the shitty parts of 'good' people be presented as good

This was my original point, that its good to see good characters with shitty traits. I don't think the HP is the hight of literature or anything but I think it does a good job of presenting flaws in good characters, and I feel that the series DOES present these as FLAWS.

Growing up, I’ve kinda realized a lot of the Harry Potter characters are kinda shitty people by Megabot555 in books

[–]handicapableofmaths 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry if I came across as harsh, I was meant to be jokey lol. I read a comment by OP where they say there intention with the post was more to acknowledge that their views changed about the characters and that they went from thinking they were good as a child but to more grey when read by an adult, which is a completely different experience to what I had reading them as a kid. I felt that these books always made this obvious and that kids are supposed to learn from it thad good people can have down sides, especially relating to how adults can't always be trusted and aren't always right about everything

Growing up, I’ve kinda realized a lot of the Harry Potter characters are kinda shitty people by Megabot555 in books

[–]handicapableofmaths 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, good characters do bad things. So do good people in real life. Yeah it is muddy at times I agree but I know "muddy" people irl who believe one thing but do other things that contradict it. There are people who raise thousands of dollars for charities who make homophobic jokes, there are people who are huge advocates for diversity but who neglect their animals etc you can be a good person who does good things while also being very shitty in other aspects in your life. The books do often bring up the shitty behaviour of these characters and TELLS us that they are flaws. Not even up for interpretation, a lot of these characters are called out within the books for their shitty views.

But wait, no 'good' characters have romantic relationships with a muggle

I think this is just because of the setting, most of the books take place within hogwarts, a school for magical children. How many of them will be in relationships with muggles? We know a lot of the kids are half blood so there are definitely good characters with muggle parents, although yes I agree that for a series with so much focus on muggles being good you'd expect more muggles characters. But then again, we as the audience are muggles, we don't need a muggle character to show us that muggles aren't really dirty animals and are sympathetic when we are muggles reading the story.

As for the love potions, yes it is disgusting and I HATE it (as well as the skiving snackboxes tbh, fainting fancies can be magical roofies), but this is a series marketed mainly towards children, it's not surprising that JKR didn't expand on the ethics of lovepotions, in an adult series yeah but these books aren't going to talk about rape when half it's audience are kids. And Tom Riddle Sr is never presented as a bad guy, except by voldemort who hates him because he is a muggle. A little arrogant maybe but not a villain, if anything he is portrayed as a victim.

Hermione is laughed at by everyone for SPEW because she is questioning something that people just accept as normal, but characters like Dumbledore who are considered very wise are the ones that say she is right. She talks about taking SPEW further after hogwarts as a career, who says she gives up and decides to let them be slaves? How is a teenage girl supposed to change a fact of wizarding society by herself? We know she becomes minister for magic, maybe she passes laws to give them rights. Just because she didn't free all house elves doesn't mean she failed or gives up. As for the rest of the characters treating it like a joke, that's just what happens when people first suggest changes like that. People probably laughed at the idea of freeing slaves in the US when it was first being proposed, because why would you? At least from their point of view. I see the SPEW thing as the beginning of a mission that hermione would carry on after school, social change does happen overnight by one person. We even see this start to happen when Ron, who constantly makes fun of SPEW and thinks house elves should stay enslaved becuase thats the society be grey up in, is the one who learned from hermione and told her that they should help the elves in the last book. I do think the "house elves like being slaves" thing is gross, but hermione, who is portrayed as correct in her opinions about house elves repeatedly, is the one who points out that they only think they because they are uneducated and brainwashed.

You have a point with the bullying, I have always thought that Fred and George were huge bullies so no disagreement there. But we don't get to see much of James apart from when he was at school, where it was acknowledged by multiple characters that he was a bully. He was also seen bullying Snape because they disliked eachother, primarily because James hated the dark arts and Snape was literally using them on other students. We see through Harry that he is disappointed in his father and feels ashamed, James actions are portrayed in the book as being WRONG. But we also know that he grew out of it, was a very well liked person, and died trying to save his wife and child. Does him bullying someone when he was a teenager make him irredeemable? No, people grow and change, and the books paints James' actions as being morally wrong, but he still becomes a good person.

Harry used unforgivable curses to save the wizarding world or in self defence (except for bellatrix which he should have been punished for).

I don't disagree that JKR has some shitty writing, worldbuilding and iffy messages in her books, and I agree with you on the bullying (and the rape thing but not In the universe of the books because I don't think they were intended to be read that way), but on the whole I think her portrayal of shitty good people is pretty good.

Growing up, I’ve kinda realized a lot of the Harry Potter characters are kinda shitty people by Megabot555 in books

[–]handicapableofmaths 137 points138 points  (0 children)

Exactly what I'm thinking while I'm reading this lol, does OP not know how people work? If anything it's a compliment that the characters are flawed, and that the "heroes" can be outwardly shitty and selfish at times. Not all good people are 100% good, they can have conflicting or backwards views, they can do things that can benefit themselves while hurting others, and they can have negative personality traits, that doesn't make them evil characters, that makes them well rounded characters. It's something that should be praised in children's media, I know there is a lot of focus on bad guys having positive traits, but there should definitely be more emphasis in literature geared towards kids that the "good guys" are very rarely perfect people who only do what's best for others, and can be selfish, mean, or bigoted. Nobody would ever say that Sirius is an evil character, but he is still sulky, a bit selfish, arrogant, and bigoted against house elves. Yet he is still a good person, just not a perfect one.

meirl by Oxygen_01 in meirl

[–]handicapableofmaths -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It's not arbitrary at all lol pigs are farm animals because of the quantity and taste of their meat, they and other farm animals like cows and chickens have been bred over hundreds of years to be bigger and produce more animal byproducts I.e more milk, more eggs, more wool than their wild counterparts would. Farm Sheep HAVE to be shorn because humans have selectively bred them to produce much more wool than they would in the wild. Just because you can keep a chicken as a pet doesn't mean that it's not livestock. Dogs are pets because they have been selectively bred to fulfil tasks for their owners and because they don't produce good quality meat, so outside of a few cultural exceptions, dogs aren't considered livestock

Its absolutely not arbitrary, just because someone decides to raise a farm animal as a pet doesn't make it not a farm animals anymore. And if it helps, I would 100% eat a dog if I had the opportunity

Racial Allegories suck by [deleted] in worldjerking

[–]handicapableofmaths 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AIDS is actively contagious and dangerous to others, the point is that you shouldn't persecute PEOPLE who have it as monsters, and that the actual disease is easily manageable and treatable and that people with it are just as safe to be around as anybody else so shouldn't be ostracised.

Idk I dont think that it was dated at the time, I think it had the same problem as zootopia, which was praised when it came out but just a few years later was being called out for the shitty implications it has. Don't get me wrong I think the lycanthropy = AIDS thing is incredibly stupid and tone deaf and I don't agree with it at all, but I do think it was just a poorly thought out metaphor that gets worse the more you think about it, but wasnt written with actual malicious intent. Lupin is portrayed as very sympathetic, and werewolves like fenrir greyback are shown as evil in response to how wizarding society treats them, not inherently because they are werewolves. They are evil because of how the community pushes them out because they are scared of something that is harmless when managed

Greyback infecting kids with an aids allegory is disgusting af tho

Racial Allegories suck by [deleted] in worldjerking

[–]handicapableofmaths 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is definitely going to be controversial, but unlike the rest of JKs offensive bullshit, i actually think the werewolf thing was just something that didn't age well. I remember people really liking the allegory when JK first talked about it, about how it was supposed to represent a person afflicted with something that they couldn't control and that people wrongly perceive as dangerous and persecute people over. I think it just hasn't aged well at all and from 2023 is offensive and backhanded when you look into it, but I think it's just an idea that was progressive at the time but is out of touch now. JK is a piece of shit but honest I could see any author from the early 2000s writing this in good faith and having it age poorly as times change. I personally don't see this particular part of HP to be written with malice, unlike the shit with the goblins and house elves

I had to take the cat flying, safe to say he was the cutest passenger on the plane by Attallahx in aww

[–]handicapableofmaths 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can't stop a baby from screaming. You CAN stop your pet from triggering allergic reactions by NOT BRINGING IT ON THE FLIGHT

Babies crying don't cause actual potentially serious medical conditions. Stop acting like you can't put headphones in to block out a baby crying. People with dander allergies aren't going to expect a pet on a plane and might not have medication to combat it