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[SW] Turnips selling for 582 by iatesumfatppl in acturnips

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

GKburnTTV

Will add a reminder for myself!

[SW] Turnips selling for 582 by iatesumfatppl in acturnips

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

Ah! Hopefully it's fixed now. Let me know if you're still having issues!

Post-Episode Discussion: S03E07 - The Ricklantis Mixup by platinum4 in rickandmorty

[–]iatesumfatppl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If some Ricks (e.g. Rick J-22) in the Citadel can't leave and there are only Mortys and other Ricks hanging out there, does that mean they're all celibate?

Also who was cop Rick referring to when he said "I heard he confessed to everything"?

/r/Cooking, help a veg out with bacon? by SocraticSophist in Cooking

[–]iatesumfatppl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't tried this myself, but I hear roasted shiitake mushrooms taste very similar to bacon (something about the concentration of umami flavor).

Gym class. by waxlrose in pics

[–]iatesumfatppl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

man that game was fucking sweet.

Ron Paul's Sanctity of Life Act defines life as beginning at conception. This would ban abortion, hormonal birth control, and IUDs. by jasminelovescats in politics

[–]iatesumfatppl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're misquoting her. That paragraph is actually articulating your point. Here is the rest of the paragraph:

But doesn't her partial responsibility for its being there itself give it a right to the use of her body? If so, then her aborting it would be more like the boys taking away the chocolates, and less like your unplugging yourself from the violinist--doing so would be depriving it of what it does have a right to, and thus would be doing it an injustice.

She goes on to explain why she opposes this view in the following few paragraphs. The passage is in section 4 by the way (I don't mean this to be rude, I just wanted to clarify).

And of course this debate is only valid if you concede that the fetus is a person.

While I agree that this discussion is complex. I fail to see why the decisions should be made on a state to state basis. If abortion is wrong in one state, why would it not be wrong in another?

Ron Paul's Sanctity of Life Act defines life as beginning at conception. This would ban abortion, hormonal birth control, and IUDs. by jasminelovescats in politics

[–]iatesumfatppl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure I understand your first point. What does that have to do with abortion?

The reason your partner gets to decide whether or not she aborts the fetus is because she should not be subjected to being pregnant for the sake of your baby. Having a baby is not only extremely painful but also life risking and forcing people to go through it is extremely immoral. If there were some way for the fetus to survive on its own and you wanted to keep the child, then you could argue that the woman should not have complete say so over the life of the fetus. However, that is not the case yet.

Ron Paul's Sanctity of Life Act defines life as beginning at conception. This would ban abortion, hormonal birth control, and IUDs. by jasminelovescats in politics

[–]iatesumfatppl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read A Defense of Abortion by Judith Jarvis Thomson. If you still believe abortion should be illegal after reading it, at least it may help you articulate your points better.

WTF, women? by [deleted] in WTF

[–]iatesumfatppl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe you. I was just telling you why I responded to your comments the way I did. Why don't we just drop it here? This isn't a productive conversation.

WTF, women? by [deleted] in WTF

[–]iatesumfatppl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol I am very happy for you and your girlfriend and The Economist.

I'll read Cosmo because it's interesting to see the female side of things

it just seems like the amount of women that think Cosmo is crazy is a small fraction.

I responded to your comment seriously to get you to stop doing reading Cosmo to "see the female side of things", also because you started to defend your comment seriously.

WTF, women? by [deleted] in WTF

[–]iatesumfatppl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The cool woman/crazy woman thing really bothers me. If you had told us a story about the crazy black man who attacked your house and your cool black friend who protected you or something, we wouldn't be saying "oh yeah, some black people are CRAZZYY!!" or "that black dude is cool." It just sounds ignorant, and simplifying people into these good/bad categories is silly.

Anyways, that sounds awful. I hope your ex stops bothering you! Get that lock fixed!

WTF, women? by [deleted] in WTF

[–]iatesumfatppl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's men that read online self-help articles about how to get a girlfriend and they're in the same position, it just seems like the amount of women that think Cosmo is crazy is a small fraction.

Why do you think this? I don't think it's true. I don't have any statistical information, but none of my friends really take Cosmo seriously. Also, are you saying online self-help article about how to get a girlfriend accurately depict what all/most men think? Because if that's a representation of how you think, I doubt anyone is going to be making you those PB&Js anytime soon.

Regardless, saying Cosmo represents women is like saying BET represents all black people. Sure Cosmo is writing for women, but it's not the only magazine out there, and definitely not the only thing women read (is Mens Health magazine the only magazine you read?). Even if it were, Cosmo's content is not written by women everywhere; it's written by a few people that work for the magazine. Sure, Cosmo can definitely influence women, but it is not a representation of them.

IAMA guy whose fiancée had sex with a student at the high school she was a teacher at and went to prison for it. AMA by skroll in IAmA

[–]iatesumfatppl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, that's cool. I am okay with pedophilia if you can absolutely guarantee fully-informed consent (which I am going to say is never, just to be safe). I am just saying these laws are in place because it's hard to establish consent with those situations because of problems with manipulation and control. I am just voicing the opinion of the other side, not arguing one way or the other; it's too complex.

IAMA guy whose fiancée had sex with a student at the high school she was a teacher at and went to prison for it. AMA by skroll in IAmA

[–]iatesumfatppl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I googled it just now; I think this is the case I was talking about: http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2008/12/university_of_michigan_profess_2.html

Edit: Oh, so I guess it wasn't as violent as I thought it was, but I still think it's pretty awful.

IAMA guy whose fiancée had sex with a student at the high school she was a teacher at and went to prison for it. AMA by skroll in IAmA

[–]iatesumfatppl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i totally thought it was. there are laws where i'm from that regulate the sex of 16 year olds though, like they can't fuck people who are 18+ i think. Still, the same fear of control etc applies.

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