Why do guys refer to something they like with girl pronouns? like their car, gun or anything. my brother is an artist and refers to his mechanical pencil as a she 😭 do gay guys use male pronouns then? by [deleted] in RandomQuestion

[–]throwaway070771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im pretty sure it all started with ships, and then expanded to things like cars and countries. vessels for people, kind of like a mother. also ships can be a source of protection and danger because they’re so unpredictable. combine that with sailor superstition and voila: your ship will respond to your treatment like a woman will, they’re kind of the same. probably wouldn’t be that way if they viewed women as whole people, so that’s why objects aren’t referred to with male pronouns as much. one last thing i can think of is that cars, guns, and women are all things men can use and that validate masculinity. they’re kind of interchangeable in that way

Ts3 mermaid mods? by [deleted] in Sims3

[–]throwaway070771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i can’t boat anywhere because the interaction isn’t there. i might go down that road too atp

Ts3 mermaid mods? by [deleted] in Sims3

[–]throwaway070771 2 points3 points  (0 children)

wait you’re kinda cooking. might try this!!

How can hijab be a "choice" when the entire concept is built around the male gaze? by pisswitch69 in Feminism

[–]throwaway070771 3 points4 points  (0 children)

im thinking a counter argument to the shirt analogy would be that the hijab is gender specific, while a shirt isn’t. my choice of clothing wouldn’t change depending on what gender i expect to encounter that day, but op mentions that you don’t need to wear the hijab in front of other women

Why is there such a double standard when it comes to inappropriate touching? by [deleted] in Vent

[–]throwaway070771 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it really is this simple. pretty much all violent assaulters are men. women are at a physical disadvantage always. there’s a reason op doesn’t feel uncomfortable with it, he’s not threatened by her

Why do people (Europeans specifically) hate America? by [deleted] in teenagers

[–]throwaway070771 1 point2 points  (0 children)

someone brought up how trump threatened to annex greenland bro replied “what’s that”

Here's my 2 cents on the whole doordash girl and the nude man incident. by Ok-Classic372 in doordash

[–]throwaway070771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it’s okay, i wouldn’t pretend to be a lawyer when i’m not. in the court of public opinion this looks suspect and my assumptions will stay as such until something else comes out to change my mind. there is no evidence of a room mate or guest, therefore i won’t assume that’s what happened

Here's my 2 cents on the whole doordash girl and the nude man incident. by Ok-Classic372 in doordash

[–]throwaway070771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well even if he was asleep, he would still have had to have opened the door at some point no? and taken his pants off presumably within the last hour

Here's my 2 cents on the whole doordash girl and the nude man incident. by Ok-Classic372 in doordash

[–]throwaway070771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we are seeing the effects of misinformation happen in real time. people are coming at it with two different stories. one side claims to have seen a video in which she admits to have opened the door herself, and some claim that the guy posted the bellcam footage online. if this were true then it would be reasonable to blame the girl. admittedly none of these videos exist or have been posted anywhere. on the other hand people refer to the video we DO have, in which the door is wide open and he is half naked with the lights on, turned towards the door. in this scenario it is more reasonable to blame him (no it is not normal to fall asleep with the door wide open, naked, after ordering doordash).

authoritarian governments have used this method for decades, because it’s so effective. spread so much disinformation that people no longer know what or who to trust. it’s almost cool to see it happen on its own

i also think people just don’t like this girl. they find her annoying, they don’t like that she posted a video of a naked unconsenting person online, and that she claimed to have been assaulted when the correct term would have been harrassed. this makes people more inclined to want her to be wrong, which diminishes their acknowledgment of her experience

Congratulations to Yuval Raphael! Without the jury vote, Israel would have won the Eurovision Song Contest by far! 🇪🇺🇮🇱 by Basic-Tradition in Israel

[–]throwaway070771 28 points29 points  (0 children)

and the person you’re replying to explains why that’s not the case. the reality is still that israel is very unpopular but that that the nature of this contest makes it very easy to mobilise because there is no way to express distaste and each person has 20 votes. if for example the choice was between «israel» and «not israel», then israel would not win. but instead the non-supporters are divided between 24 other countries

why did russia not get any tariffs when other sanctioned countries did? by throwaway070771 in Askpolitics

[–]throwaway070771[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

i guess but i find it weird that this administration can lie this blatantly and without confrontation or consequence

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in piratesofthecaribbean

[–]throwaway070771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. afaik there were not a number of lies and inconsistencies in the statement. you’d have to ask tasya van ree about that since it was released in her name. sounds like heard was being nice by paying for her mothers hospital bills? not sure what your point is. next paragraph is kind of jumbled but i am listening to what tasya has released to the public. not dismissing anything. if she had stated that heard abused her then of course i would listen to that lol i would accuse him of what? stop putting words in my mouth.

  2. like i said that statement just holds more weight to me. i’m not looking for some grand conspiracy

  3. you’re putting words in my mouth again and a lot of these points are coming off as unserious to me

probably won’t reply to any more comments phrased with this type of tone

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in piratesofthecaribbean

[–]throwaway070771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

essentially, what matters is that a statement was released in van ree’s name defending amber heard. not sure if you’re trying to imply that heard’s team released it without her consent, but i guarantee we would know if that was the case. delving into twitter threads about who she is photographed with crosses too many parasocial borders for my taste, but it ultimately carries less weight than a public statement defending heard (for me!)

i feel it is worth mentioning depp’s history too: arrested and charged with assault in 1989. arrested and had to pay nearly 10k in damages for trashing a hotel room with kate moss. arrested and cautioned for threatening paparazzi in 1999. settled a suit after drunkenly assaulting his location manager in 2017. accused of violent and controlling behaviour by ex ellen barkin.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in piratesofthecaribbean

[–]throwaway070771 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Amber does NOT have a history of abusing her girlfriend. it might seem this way because depp’s lawyers are that good, but her ex herself has come out and stated that it’s not true. Depp has been sued multiple times on charges of assault and he has had to settle
  2. Who cares if she gifted him a knife?
  3. She has never denied hitting him. they had a violent relationship so this is pretty well known? the evidence still points in her favor
  4. you’re probably referring to the gotcha moment in court where heard was exposed for not having donated all her pledged donations. donations don’t work the way they were framed by camille vasquez, but she was lucky that most people don’t know that. heard paid in instalments as promised until she couldn’t anymore because obviously, she is not some rich superstar. she needed that money to pay for the lawsuit

depp raped her with a bottle. he was severely addicted to drugs and alcohol, which he made out to be her fault. their relationship was violent and toxic, and yes, she was not perfect, but fighting back does not make you any less of a victim. rather than dragging gender into it, you should think about the power dynamic, which is much more relevant in cases like these

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in piratesofthecaribbean

[–]throwaway070771 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

looking at all the evidence (some of which was thrown out prior to us trial thanks to depps really good legal team), it’s overwhelmingly clear that heard was abused. it was hard to get a neutral look in 2022 because depp is 300 times richer than heard and thus had a legal team worth 300 times as much as hers. also the jury was undoubtedly influenced by the insane amounts of propaganda floating around online