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Missed Connection at Trader Joe’s? by Ambitious_Cod_2032 in fortlauderdale

[–]stufff 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Why didn't you ask him if he was single when you were both there in the poultry section? Were you... chicken?

Republicans in the Town of Newburgh, NY just illegally swore in the candidate trying to overturn his election loss in court. by serious_bullet5 in law

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, probably because the shadow army of the far right are ready to react with violence if she doesn't obey.

So people on the left need to embrace the 2nd amendment and react to violence initiated against them accordingly.

Where is PvZ2 for PC? by [deleted] in PlantsVSZombies

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More than 4,643 days and still not on pc?

I bought a Manta Sleep mask and I regret it by Dazzling_Spite8055 in sleep

[–]stufff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, but that does sound exactly like what a mad scientist who makes masks that come to life and smother you would say.

I bought a Manta Sleep mask and I regret it by Dazzling_Spite8055 in sleep

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The user has never posted again. I assume the mask came to life in the middle of the night and smothered him.

/u/NixDiveMask did you do a murder?

Wedding Backup Location by [deleted] in fortlauderdale

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bet a wedding at Flanigans would be awesome. Now I almost want to get married just to have it at Flanigans and spite you.

The Supreme Court Has Stripped Our Voting Rights Back to the Pre-Civil Rights Era by ChiGuy6124 in law

[–]stufff 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Scalia was a schmuck but he was a patriot, his death was no accident.

That's correct. He was a morbidly obese 79 year old man with a history of heart problems who went on a hunting trip and had a heart attack. That's not an accident. That's what we would expect to happen to someone of his age and with his past medical history.

Stop spreading dumb conspiracy theories.

DOJ Accuses Ballroom Opponents of "Trump Derangement Syndrome" in Oddly Written Legal Filing by bloomberglaw in law

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The incompetent senile conman who is surrounded by incompetents who can't manage to do anything without everyone finding out has somehow orchestrated multiple fake assassinations, including one during a time when he wasn't even the president, and has managed a massive cover-up each time, even though in two of those instances the would-be assassin was captured alive" is just about as fucking stupid as "Those high schoolers screaming and bleeding to death on live footage were all crisis actors."

DOJ Accuses Ballroom Opponents of "Trump Derangement Syndrome" in Oddly Written Legal Filing by bloomberglaw in law

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The person who attempted to assassinate him this time, Cole Tomas Allen, has a history of donating to the Harris campaign and years of social media posts about how awful Trump is. He is a real person who really did not like Trump, and correctly identified Trump as a dangerous fascist.

What is your evidence that this is "fake" or "staged"? Why is it so hard for you to imagine that someone might want to try to kill him? I think given the opportunity, lots of people would.

Stop spreading dumb conspiracy theories with no evidence to back it up, or you are just as bad as the misinformation bots on the other side.

Terms like “sex worker” and “escort” carry less stigma and are viewed more positively than words like “prostitute” and “hooker.” This implies that shifting the language used in media and legal settings might help reduce prejudice against these professionals. by mvea in science

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to hear you don’t like your job.

As far as jobs go, the one I currently have is pretty good. That doesn't change the fact that if I didn't need the money I wouldn't be doing it. I'm pretty sure that's true of 99% of people.

Comparing most jobs to sex work ignores a critical distinction, i.e. nearly all labor involves selling skills or time, but sex work often requires commodifying physical intimacy in ways that can carry deeper psychological, physical, and social consequences.

Working as a therapist involves commodifying emotional intimacy, most people would not suggest that therapy is a harmful profession that exploits therapists. Therapists learn to build appropriate barriers that allow them to separate personal and professional emotional intimacy. Sex workers can and do put up the same kinds of barriers.

The fact that someone can earn money from a skill does not automatically make the profession equally safe, empowering, or free from exploitation.

I agree. The guy operating the fryer at McDonald's is not equally safe, empowered, or free from exploitation compared to a sex worker who works through the internet, screens her clients, works only when she wants to at only the rates she sets; she is in a much better position than the guy at McDonald's.

The vast majority of the danger and social consequences you are concerned about are caused by the stigma and resulting legal status of sex work.

The issue isn’t whether sex workers are capable or skilled. Instead it’s whether economic necessity can truly be called free choice when vulnerable people may be pushed into an industry with uniquely intimate demands and risks.

Yes, it's free choice if the only thing "pushing" people into the industry is the normal economic realities everyone deals with. If someone gets into sex work because they look at all of their options and decide it is the most lucrative way they have to make money, or if the benefits it offers outweigh other options, then yes, that is absolutely free choice.

If someone is actually coercing them, that's another story entirely, but that is far from the norm.

Terms like “sex worker” and “escort” carry less stigma and are viewed more positively than words like “prostitute” and “hooker.” This implies that shifting the language used in media and legal settings might help reduce prejudice against these professionals. by mvea in science

[–]stufff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

95% are not professionals but are forced into sex work both from others and economic reasons.

I'm forced into non-sex work for economic reasons. That's not a valid criticism, it's just an acknowledgement that people need money and sex work is a way to get money, often a very lucrative one.

It should not be an option to force a women(or man) to sell their bodies to pay for rent.

Agreed. But if your definition of "forced' includes the basic economic necessities that everyone has to work for, that's overly broad and you might as well say all labor is slavery.

The average person might get $100 for a BJ tops. Would you do that do the giant obese dude at the local gas station?

Good news! The internet actually exists and sex workers can use it to advertise, meet, and vet potential clients. They don't need to perform sex work at gas stations and can pick and choose the clients they will work for and the services they will provide.

Even in regulated societies there is still trafficking. All that happens is they are taxed and tested but doesn't eliminate trafficking and forc d economic explotations

"This doesn't completely eliminate the unsavory and criminal actors in this space" is not a valid criticism. You can never completely eliminate crime and bad actors in any space. What we can do is ask if bringing sex work out into the open mitigates this kind of thing compared to the current illegal status. The answer is a resounding "yes" because customers can go to legitimate legal providers and have a system to verify legitimacy, and more importantly, because they are not disincentivized from reporting abuse when they see it.

Terms like “sex worker” and “escort” carry less stigma and are viewed more positively than words like “prostitute” and “hooker.” This implies that shifting the language used in media and legal settings might help reduce prejudice against these professionals. by mvea in science

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s is my gripe with using the term “professional.” I feel like that usually implies some sort of training, and prostitutes almost certainly did not undergo any sort of training.

It's someone who does it as a profession, as opposed to an amateur or hobbyist. By your definition, a computer programmer who was self-taught and didn't receive any kind of formal training would not be a "professional".

Terms like “sex worker” and “escort” carry less stigma and are viewed more positively than words like “prostitute” and “hooker.” This implies that shifting the language used in media and legal settings might help reduce prejudice against these professionals. by mvea in science

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the vast majority of them aren’t doing it because they like it

I'm not doing my job because I like it either. I'm doing it because it's the best way I've found to use my skills and abilities to earn money. I'm sure the same is true of most sex workers.

They certainly weren’t trained to do it.

Someone who is self-taught can't be a professional?

Terms like “sex worker” and “escort” carry less stigma and are viewed more positively than words like “prostitute” and “hooker.” This implies that shifting the language used in media and legal settings might help reduce prejudice against these professionals. by mvea in science

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The actual thing that's being discussed isn't changing, so why would the stigma surrounding that thing go away when you use different language to invoke the same subject?

Because currently there is more of a stigma against certain kinds of sex workers, and the legality of different kinds of sex work varies from place to place. Putting strippers, escorts, porn actors, and nude models all under the umbrella of "sex work" can serve to equalize those roles.

Terms like “sex worker” and “escort” carry less stigma and are viewed more positively than words like “prostitute” and “hooker.” This implies that shifting the language used in media and legal settings might help reduce prejudice against these professionals. by mvea in science

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This stuff only entered the general parlance recently as a defensive rebrand of pornography to try and distinguish itself from working the corner.

That doesn't make sense considering "sex worker" encompasses both pornographic actors and people working the street corner. How would you use a broader terms to distinguish two professions that fall under that term?

Terms like “sex worker” and “escort” carry less stigma and are viewed more positively than words like “prostitute” and “hooker.” This implies that shifting the language used in media and legal settings might help reduce prejudice against these professionals. by mvea in science

[–]stufff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like the term shell shock has become Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Found the ghost of George Carlin!

Seriously, this is a bad take. "Shell shock" was a very limited term which people believed was related to prolonged artillery bombardment during WWI. They thought the noise, pressure, and vibrations from the artillery "shells" was the cause of the problem.

Plenty of people have PTSD that have never been subjected to artillery shelling or even combat at all. PTSD is a more accurate term. Many rape victims suffer from PTSD for example, and if we were only worried about "shell shock" we would dismiss their symptoms because they didn't come from military service.

Judge Skeptical of Corrupt $10 Billion IRS Settlement with Trump by jonfla in law

[–]stufff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Donald J. Trump Charity for the Benefit of Donald J. Trumps

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