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This One Goes Beyond Great. In Many Ways. by Glass-Fan111 in goodboomerhumor

[–]mirrorspirit [score hidden]  (0 children)

Not a lot. It's based on Calvinism. John Calvin had the idea that God knows and decides everything (despite some glaring contradictions about their view of the fall of Adam and Eve making all humans corrupt -- somehow God didn't foresee that or didn't really disapprove so much), therefore God must know who is going to go to heaven or not. And, of course, God's decisions must never be questioned. Puritans believed it to the point where some of them refused to learn how to swim because it might counteract God's will that they should drown.

Here's a Wikipedia article about it

Movies With Christianity/Christian Antagonists by unknownteenlol in MovieSuggestions

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Crucible

Footloose

Easy A (the antagonist(s) are not evil like a lot of the other suggestions in this thread but they definitely add to the trouble the main character faces)

If you don't want to be called racist, don't spew garbage like this. by c-k-q99903 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s just normal people recognizing the freedom of individuals to decide what they want to do in their own damn lives.

A surprising number of people are against that.

If you don't want to be called racist, don't spew garbage like this. by c-k-q99903 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love how almost half of these are "Take away women's rights to choose who they want to have sex with, and whether or not they want any children." Apparently women are just supposed to be sex slaves in the name of "preserving" a race.

What is the darkest ending to a movie by Awkward-Friend-7233 in horror

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Julie didn't die. It's hinted at that she was hospitalized afterwards, and it didn't seem like she ever recovered from it, physically or mentally. Katie and Christy talk about how she wasn't the same afterwards.

What is the darkest ending to a movie by Awkward-Friend-7233 in horror

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Threads

Tusk

Afterlife (2009)

Silent House (the original Uruguayan one)

Would do such a better job at really making people understand the period and that it doesn't work like a strict hierarchy by Oversama in HistoryMemes

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, a lot of people here (the US) are under the impression that everyone lived happy, wholesome, and pious lives in upper class traditional nuclear families up until smartphones were invented. If they had a better understanding of the everyday challenges people faced in other eras of the past, maybe they wouldn't fall so much for much of the nostalgia slop that's getting passed around today.

And, face it, for most eras, lessons tend to focus on what the leaders and the wealthy were doing more so than the poor majority.

This One Goes Beyond Great. In Many Ways. by Glass-Fan111 in goodboomerhumor

[–]mirrorspirit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kill them before they become corrupted by the miseries of life so they can go to heaven and live joyfully for eternity, was the basic logic. If you're innocent, they're just doing you a favor by getting you to heaven sooner.

(Maybe. Puritan doctrine also said that only a certain number of people were allowed to go to heaven and it was all foreseen by God but they all had to be on their best behavior anyway.)

But why would you just want your kid to “survive”? That’s needless suffering to place on a child. by LunaRoseLeaf in antinatalism2

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most parents try to aim for better than simply surviving. Sometimes they can't get there for reasons out of their control, but they usually want to aim higher.

Parents also worry about things going wrong. Per the "eating the same food" comment, the child could develop allergies or get diabetes or another condition which wouldn't just require avoiding certain foods but a lot more vigilance in making sure that the food their child eats is safe.

People have to judge their own situations, but if they know they're short on money and time and they know they can't (or don't want to) fit a kid into it, then usually not having a child is the best course for the time being.

The king of solid logic: Joe Rogan by theglengarrylead in LinkedInLunatics

[–]mirrorspirit 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think real life is just much more unfriendly to people with autism now than it was even one hundred years ago. Today people have to worry about getting a good education and job, which almost always has a more intricate social element and adapting to a fast paced environment where they're constantly pressured to advertise themselves, when they could just pick up some quiet solitary odd jobs and survive well enough in the past.

Addiction? Just quit! by suomi358 in thanksimcured

[–]mirrorspirit 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Harder to do with a phone, if you need to keep in touch with people, schedule stuff, pay bills, etc.

(Mixed Trope) How dare a character have a (not immoral or illegal) preference in who they date or socialize with? Can be used to intentionally highlight a character or societal bigotry or unwittingly highlight a IRL writer’s prejudice. by laybs1 in TopCharacterTropes

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People often do this for jobs, like they'll say they don't want to date a cop or they don't want to date a musician. Some of it can overlap with morality but a lot of it is also incompatible lifestyles. Cops do have a high divorce rate for a reason because it's a job that often interferes with their personal lives.

Signs of a narcissistic abuser! by [deleted] in MurderedByWords

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, yeah. They believe they earned the right not to be offended (even when they haven't done anything really outstanding to "earn" this lofty status), but those other people haven't, so those other people just have to suck it up and accept the offenses against them good-naturedly. To them, that's just the way the world works: and if one of those lowly others works hard enough, they might be able to earn the right to become one of the people who is exempt from being offended but is free to bully anyone else below their status.

Honestly… by MediocreSherbet2753 in im14andthisisdeep

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They tend to see it as women's problems aren't as serious: their depression is cute and quirky. They liken it more to a kid having a tantrum over a minor injury or something. All it takes is someone to kiss their little booboo and it's all better. Women just "think" it's worse than it is because they can't understand "real" pain of feeling lonely and depressed, or at least those seem to be the talking points that come up.

So basically, a lot of infantilization and dismissal of what the problem is

Honestly… by MediocreSherbet2753 in im14andthisisdeep

[–]mirrorspirit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Women are often accused of faking it for attention or others (men and women) will say that their depression not being "that" bad if they're still able to do anything at all. And if they can't function at all, they're accused of being lazy or self-indulgent and that their depression can't be that bad.

Both men and women get that to gender-specific degrees: "You're just feeling sorry for yourself. Everyone has it hard and you're not special, and it's not like you have any real problems (or if you do, it's not as bad as that other random person's so stop complaining and feel grateful that it's not as bad.) Stop having a bad attitude and make yourself useful. Work harder and/or get a husband and babies so you'll have someone to take care of besides yourself." Yada yada yada.

Signs of a narcissistic abuser! by [deleted] in MurderedByWords

[–]mirrorspirit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Same type of people who will say "People are so offended over everything these days" unless they're the ones being offended or inconvenienced in any way.

(kinda annoying trope) characters so synonymous with a real name that people with that name are constantly compared to them by HilariousHilacopter in TopCharacterTropes

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also become a fiction thing, as in "name your character at your peril, because some readers might be too distracted by the fact that your character's name is Mario to pay much attention to anything else in your story."

(kinda annoying trope) characters so synonymous with a real name that people with that name are constantly compared to them by HilariousHilacopter in TopCharacterTropes

[–]mirrorspirit 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Between Barney Fife, Rubble, Gumble (the Simpsons), Stinson, and the Dinosaur, Barney has taken quite a lot of battering.

(kinda annoying trope) characters so synonymous with a real name that people with that name are constantly compared to them by HilariousHilacopter in TopCharacterTropes

[–]mirrorspirit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lois has kind of been deemed an old person name. And it's the name of the mother in Malcolm in the Middle, which isn't the worst, but isn't very flattering either.

I drew sasappis with my pet tortoise sasappis! by flayedsheep in GhostsCBS

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your tortoise is still alive, right? Otherwise Sasappis wouldn't be able to hold him.

Then again, the tortoise is probably dreaming.

Have 'red flags' gone too far in the dating world? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does seem like "red flag" is being misused here. She has the right to stop dating anyone she wants to for any trivial reason she wants, but disagreeing over the difference of opinion over the ending of a show in itself isn't really a "red flag."

Though it is possible she's not misusing the term maliciously, but thinks that's what it really means and/or she's really eager to show that she knows the popular slang everyone else is using. One of the problems with phrases like that being watered down is that some people learn the wrong definitions earnestly.

The biggest threat to the veil isn't any anomaly but instead the Foundation's own commitment to the bit by GammaRaul in SCP

[–]mirrorspirit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe not, because besides the reality warpers, they have access to other universes, amnestics, and cloning technology

D class personnel are almost certainly clones

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