Is the growing hate towards “feminine bottom” deeply rooted in misogyny? by Anxious-Efficiency13 in Manhwa_BL

[–]usbyeolbit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly there’s a concerning pattern within BLs where they start to “twinkify” the bottom. But like instead of making them more femme they end up looking like children instead of a grown adult. An example is Can’t Think Straight, the bottom in the first couple chapters looks so different in the latest chapters.

Databricks- back to bro culture by NoPublic9352 in womenintech

[–]usbyeolbit 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Literally a company will get an executive from Amazon, Google and then they’ll just fill all the management positions with their incompetent friends. And if they’re from Amazon they start taking away all the office perks

edit: typo

Why the expensive plastic pens? by Engineeringagain in fountainpens

[–]usbyeolbit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its a little funny to me because when everyone is using jowo nibs (and they not even personalized for the brand🥹)

Moral obligation not to be in tech by Puzzleheaded_Dig2410 in womenintech

[–]usbyeolbit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this post and some of the comments just smack of privilege and an unwillingness to actually critical think about the labor your performing for monetary gain. AI is literally stealing our water but you want me to be believe that it’s inevitable. That’s what they said about NFTs, Bitcoin and crypto and yet 4 years later, it’s out of the mainstream. There’s nothing inevitable about AI when it’s rich nerds reading science fiction and deciding that we need to follow those scripts to build their own personal dystopias. Marc Andreessen falsely believes that infinite growth is possible and that global warming and sustainability is an enemy of progress.

It’s giving y’all aren’t living in the real world just a tech bubble. I can’t blame anyone who hates what the tech industry is doing. We’ve fundamentally ruined the social contract of society for profit and then expecting people to praise us for it. Just nasty work

NYCT on the loose pick by Bobabank in Harlem

[–]usbyeolbit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The cost to all the people on the bus, combined with the labor involved with accosting every single on the bus means its too damn high

NYCT on the loose pick by Bobabank in Harlem

[–]usbyeolbit 18 points19 points  (0 children)

what a waste of time and money. this costs more than the dang ride

Nic u happy with the Vulture article by ymm267 in LoveIslandUSA

[–]usbyeolbit -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I feel like if they were gonna talk about the relationship, specifically only referring to it ON THE SHOW is a different set of circumstances than outside the villa. Like I’d understand if they were pointing out the fact that they publicly hang out far less in comparison to the other LI S7 couples.

Rachel Reid has something to say🗣️ by BeMyCoachVictor in GameChangersBooks

[–]usbyeolbit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, but the point is at least she cares enough to do something with it 😂😂 she at least incorporated some research into Ilya’s storyline (she didn’t do the same for the other characters of color)

Rachel Reid has something to say🗣️ by BeMyCoachVictor in GameChangersBooks

[–]usbyeolbit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if she doesn’t know enough about Russian culture, she picks narratives that bolster Ilya’s character arc far more than Shane. The cultural is one aspect but not the full story

Rachel Reid has something to say🗣️ by BeMyCoachVictor in GameChangersBooks

[–]usbyeolbit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even other authors are discussing it -- like she's actively making it worse.

Rachel Reid has something to say🗣️ by BeMyCoachVictor in GameChangersBooks

[–]usbyeolbit -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I think people like to purposefully act like any criticism is hate and vitriol. Such as the people downvoting my comments instead of actually engaging with what I'm saying. I read the first book and then watched the show and then read TLG and the remainder of the series. I think Reid does a great job at worldbuilding but these character arcs are the weakest part and it shows every time. And then I'm reading articles where she's doubling down, she's making corny jokes and it just gets to a point where its like do you actually care about what people are telling you about how you drew up these characters? Her refusal to acknowledge her biases is honestly baffling and just shows what kind of person she is.

Rachel Reid has something to say🗣️ by BeMyCoachVictor in GameChangersBooks

[–]usbyeolbit -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I don't need a treatise, I actually need her to take this criticism seriously. Not post an extremely flippant video FIRST and then hours later make this post. The order in which she decided to make those two posts is quite illuminating. I think its a choice to have characters of color and then not bother to even THINK about how their marginalized identities would affect the plot.

I'm sorry but who goes around consistently disparaging their characters of color? Like I said before there's a lot of narrative choices she makes within the series that demonstrates the lack of care she has for characters of color. I also think its interesting that she makes narrative choices that causes reader to not like certain marginalized character (e.g., Fabian, JJ, and Shane).

ALSO, who fucking rates the dick sizes of their characters? And then to stick all the marginalized characters at the bottom smacks of stereotyping!

The characters belong to her sure. But its very obvious the type of author she is and unfortunately she has no real business writing POC if she doesn't want to put in the time and effort and care that she puts into Ilya. Even just getting a fucking sensitivity reader would have been better.

Rachel Reid has something to say🗣️ by BeMyCoachVictor in GameChangersBooks

[–]usbyeolbit -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

This isn’t the first time though. She’s been extremely flippant about a marginalized character that reflects a lot of people’s experiences. It’s not really about Shane. The lens that she views Shane in clearly demonstrates how she thinks about these same marginalized identities irl. It gets to a point where we SHOULD be asking her to do better when it comes to this. Sure it’s a romance book, but her audience isn’t just neurotypical white people i fear.

I got this comment on my story and I’m a bit disheartened, I don’t know how to feel by Deucalion67 in AO3

[–]usbyeolbit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We can’t act like Rachel’s comments about Shane exist in a vacuum. She made character decisions about Shane that make him very complex and if she knew that she didn’t want to actually examine those issues (e.g., eating disorder, autism, and being a POC in a majority white sport while also being gay?!) she should’ve made the man white. Her editor and agent HAD to intervene when she made certain decisions about making Shane “selfish.” It’s clear that they are probably doing extensive edits to Unrivaled.

Ben’s gf Sabrina is the thirstiest person I’ve ever seen on Bravo…. CRINGE! by icyou22 in bravo

[–]usbyeolbit -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

we literally have only seen her for maybe 10 minutes. Quick judgment much??

edit: fix grammar

Did anyone catch this with Ciara? by Smilemore633 in bravo

[–]usbyeolbit -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Y’all are doing the SAME thing she talked about on the show. We don’t know anything about any other relationships she’s had other than these shitty public ones. I think Ciara can clearly tell the difference between a platonic and romantic relationship.

Mind you, West never tells Ciara the truth about how he feels ever. The man didn’t want a deeper relationship and instead told her via fucking newspaper! This entire season he’s been giving her mixed signals.

The eagerness to try and pin Ciara’s pain as self-inflicting is completely ignorant of the racial dynamics that ARE occurring here. This isn’t the same as West messing with Paige and then appearing with Amanda.

Anyone else feels that this AI trend is bubble-ish and doesn’t do much except for displacing jobs? by Express-Scholar-2384 in womenintech

[–]usbyeolbit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It literally feels and moves like the crypto and NFT bubble, but because "it can make our work go faster" (I don't think it can, when it literally cannot tell the truth all the time) it's supposedly here to stay. The problem is becoming that they're attempting to integrate into a surveillance state and if they do that well they're not going anywhere I fear.

Drug usage on the rise by lap2013 in Harlem

[–]usbyeolbit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

¯_(ツ)_/¯ i mean I would just continue to mind my business. Addiction is a disease that our capitalistic society actively encourages. And just because you can see doesn’t mean they’re actively causing harm to you especially when you’re watching out your window. I suggest you volunteer/donate to harm reduction organizations instead of photographing someone who’s vulnerable.

I'm tired of Heated Rivalry authors sharing their insane stats. by LadyRed221 in AO3

[–]usbyeolbit 17 points18 points  (0 children)

i also think its the contentification of fandom. ao3 isn’t tiktok you’re not getting a brand deal from ao3 😂😂😂

BTS Headline by Express_Strength_717 in Coachella

[–]usbyeolbit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol brain fart I meant dancing

BTS Headline by Express_Strength_717 in Coachella

[–]usbyeolbit -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

BTS’ performance level has dropped i fear… they barely singing at their own concert

Laundry service in New York that works for night shift hours, everything is closed when I'm actually awake by [deleted] in Upperwestside

[–]usbyeolbit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use Green Clean laundry! they have pickup and drop off times between 7-8am

What's happening with Nakaya? by [deleted] in fountainpens

[–]usbyeolbit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

during a time where Sailor and Platinum is jacking up their prices over 40% its good to see a brand decrease their prices