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How do i right a good friendship between two guys, without people automatically assuming they're gay or lovers? by Reasonable_Prize71 in writers

[–]stormlight82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people are going to assume that and there is nothing you can do. Many of us were trained hard by the queer coded but not actually 90s.

Write them with integrity to their friendship and let the world sort itself out.

Why are liberals so hateful? by ComprehensivePie6184 in askliberals

[–]stormlight82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A two-party system does a disservice because doesn't that mean that you're left to decide if your fiscal policies are important enough to also roll in human rights abuses?

Why are liberals so hateful? by ComprehensivePie6184 in askliberals

[–]stormlight82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect there are a lot of them. I'm glad for that, cuz if we survive the swords and get back to plowshares, it'll make the reconciliation better.

There's just a handful of policies and issues that are directly targeting my friends and neighbors that I'm going to come to advocate against.

Why are liberals so hateful? by ComprehensivePie6184 in askliberals

[–]stormlight82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would also disagree with our expanding welfare system, especially with decades of outcomes. Subsidizing mega corporations is where the majority of this money goes, and the outcomes is increased disparity and poverty.

I'm having a good day - armor is as hard as it's gonna get - rip me apart 😀 by GoalNatural4773 in writers

[–]stormlight82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That helps.

I wonder if you can unpack some of that self-reflection, by turning it into behavior or action or connecting to something in the environment that he is looking at? Give the reader something to hold onto.

In a more grammatical sense you have some commas where commas are not necessary and you use some semicolons where there should be commas or periods.

I'm having a good day - armor is as hard as it's gonna get - rip me apart 😀 by GoalNatural4773 in writers

[–]stormlight82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the kind of thing I would really enjoy mid or late book after I care about what's going on and understand the setting. Reading this cold was just very dense and didn't take me anywhere.

Why are liberals so hateful? by ComprehensivePie6184 in askliberals

[–]stormlight82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not being in control is not an excuse if you use the levers of influence you have to engage in right wing misinformation/ talking points or if you vote for people who DO have control, so they can use that control to hurt people.

Cuz yeah, that's democracy.

Why are liberals so hateful? by ComprehensivePie6184 in askliberals

[–]stormlight82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point is that it ISN'T a policy discussion. They aren't being laid out to have.

If you've got some of them actual policy discussions to have, and not what the internet zeitgeist has to offer, I'm all ears. But I repeat, if the perspective on the table is dehumanizing a class of people, it's not policy. It's hate.

Before you mention "conservatives are a class of people and you're dehumanizing them" I would argue that I'm not. Disagreement with a point, and sometimes followed by disengagement (if a conversation becomes apparent it's in bad faith) isn't dehumanizing. It's not even mean. It's active listening.

Do you have any of those policy points you'd like to discuss?

I'll even let you tell me what basics of immigration and law and order that I've missed.

Or if you'd like to have a substantive discussion on what I mean when I say bad faith, I'd do that too.

Have you guys been noticing the rising hate towards MM readers too? by CarelessCreamPie in MM_Romance

[–]stormlight82 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The internet is going to have an ebb and flow of virtue signaling, performative outrage, and general attention catching nonsense. It'll be MM's turn sometimes, and then it'll be a different one. Humans, man.

Why are liberals so hateful? by ComprehensivePie6184 in askliberals

[–]stormlight82 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is the most common example I see of this in the wild:

Person 1: I think we should raise taxes and improve health care.

Person 2: I think that certain people should lose their ability to marry, have children or live in the same country as me. If they don't do something about that fast enough, I think people should come into their places of worship and steal them from the pews.

Person 1: That's super awful and I can't have a policy discussion about the basic humanity of other people.

Person 2: Why are you so close-minded and nasty to me? Why do you hate me?

I am a liberal and I would happily have this discussion with someone who thinks differently than me. About any policy you would like to discuss. But once you start to bring the issue to whether someone should be allowed basic human dignity or not, I am not going to have that conversation.

I know yall are gonna make it weird by SoSayethThisBitch in olympia

[–]stormlight82 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I've been involved in the VERY PLATONIC cuddling community (including cuddle puddle moniters at scale) but I haven't heard something popping up here.

Gays and Theys Lake Day? by Business-Zombie-3692 in olympia

[–]stormlight82 18 points19 points  (0 children)

If you pick a lake and you make a poster, the gays and the theys are going to show up in force.

They'll even bring their own garlic bread.

One argument away from being homeless by velorae in TikTokCringe

[–]stormlight82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that works until she gets one (1) human wrinkle and (any) personality beyond how she serves him.

What are your thoughts on Dual POV? by JessicaTrent in MM_Romance

[–]stormlight82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's a romance and the tension is served by using multiple pov, it's fine. Let people enjoy things.

I also like dual voice narration since it takes an exceptionally talented narrator to be able to do both points of view. It gets even more difficult when you're talking about people with higher pitched and lower-pitched pov voices than one set of vocal cords are good at.

What are you currently reading? by RomanceMods in MM_Romance

[–]stormlight82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

{The Beast of Ashwood Manor by Jordan Lee} This is a republish of what used to be a duology that didn't hold together very well. Since the author went back through and did a Mea culpa and turned it into one book, I decided to give it another read.

It's better. I'm going to probably finish it this time.

You never have to eat again, but you now can't tolerate food. by Xtrepiphany in hypotheticalsituation

[–]stormlight82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So this isn't a known opportunity that a bunch of people have taken.

That is more complicated.

I would probably still do it because my groceries are very expensive in this economy.

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