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[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Yes. I would rather the animals' deaths be entirely pointless and bring zero revenue to the animal killers.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

People will see the high price, decide not to get a turkey, and make roast potatoes or something instead. Hopefully something vegan, like roast potatoes.

I like it better when the dead animal rots on the shelves. Because it means that the company that killed an animal made a financial loss, and next quarter they might decide to reduce their stock, since people aren't buying. If people buy the dead animal, then the animal killers make money and they keep killing animals. If it becomes more profitable to kill half the turkeys and sell at double the price, then I'm glad. That's half as many dead turkeys. That's a good thing. I hope the economy is going that way. And I hope people realise due to this economic trend that they don't actually need to eat meat every day.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

How is monke formed

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Once, if it's Ricky Gervais

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

It's glorious

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Oh, the reason I moved past that subject was because I assumed that when you stopped your aggressive behaviour, it was your way of apologising. A lot of people feel shame about the idea of saying sorry, so I thought you wanted to move past your mistakes and put them behind you. I was ready to forgive your behaviour. If you still want to talk about your aphobic actions, then I'll reiterate my earlier point that you're erasing queerness and that your entire argument serves to vilify a child for not having sex.

I will also remind you that you accused a fellow asexual of aphobia based on completely misunderstanding what I said, and you also tried to ignore that without apologising. I've been very forgiving of your mistakes. While I would sincerely like to receive an apology, I also understand if it's too difficult for you, and am happy to live and let live.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The myths say Narcissus rejected Eros and all lovers. Ancient Greeks didn't have the word "asexual". Expecting them to describe things in modern language is a failure of your ability to interpret things from their point of view and understand cultural differences. You're holding ancient peoples to an impossible standard. The work of a historian or archaeologist is to understand ancient cultures well enough to interpret their words, and not to take everything literally.

There is no evidence that Narcissus was allosexual. What you're doing is treating straight as the default, and demanding an unreasonable standard of proof to confirm that a character is queer. You've internalised queerphobia. And the reason I was aggressive with you, is because you began by attacking me and calling me queerphobic. You seem to have calmed down, so now let's talk facts. Narcissus displays zero evidence of any sexual or romantic desires in the text, except for when he's being cursed by a god who was told to make him love.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -4 points 9 months ago

Sure you do. 90% of religious violence is done by bottoms, arguing over which imaginary top everyone should bottom for. Tops only cause problems in places like ancient egypt, where the pharaohs are gods. But in most of the world, religion is pushed not by leaders but by followers. Look at Christianity, Jesus didn't tell anyone to worship him. In fact, if Jesus had been alive, he'd have said worshipping a physical manifestation of Elohim is idolatry. But Paul came along after Jesus died, telling everyone to worship Jesus, because Paul was the ultimate bottom. And it's because of Paul that we have the crusades, the conquistadores, the stolen generations, and a whole lot of other acts of religious genocide. All because you bottoms couldn't agree to disagree on which social construct to bottom for.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

Reality ain't what makes people realise Trump is bad. Reality is just another tool of the bourgeois. What makes people realise Trump is evil is it's the truth.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

Is a chicken egg defined as an egg that will grow into a chicken, or as an egg laid by a chicken?

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(Seizing the state and then slowly reforming it is still slowly reforming it)

 

Alright, just started watching Steven Universe. I'm 4 episodes in. That poor boy. All he wants is to be part of a family, and all three of the crystal gems are horrible mentors. Pearl likes to think of herself as responsible, but she cannot relate to Steven and is utterly failing to provide a system of structure that he can understand. Amethyst gets along with him, but she acts like she's the same age as him and can't provide him any of the guidance a kid needs. And Garnet is barely even trying. Greg is the best mentor figure Steven has in his life, and he's homeless with no future. At least he's actually taught Steven to have a positive outlook, but he's still not parent material.

That poor boy is getting wrapped up in big ideas of how he's going to save the day and have the perfect family, because the reality of his life is unbearable. I saw this show on the TV a few times when I was a kid and it bummed me out, but now that I'm a grownup I can see how traumatised that boy is and how badly he needs a responsible parental figure who can relate to him. All of the adults in his life suck! Watching this show is miserable, because I'm watching a kid who desperately needs a family be failed by the family he has.

I like traditionally grimdark settings like Warhammer 40k, but watching Steven Universe gives me the same feeling I imagine non-grimdark-fans must feel seeing a setting like 40k. Overbearing, unrelenting misery. It all sucks and it isn't getting better. On occasion 40k describes the life of civilians in that setting, how oppressed and abused they are by the fascist governments they live under. The fun of seeing evil soldiers who chose a life of violence killing each other fades away. Suddenly, we're seeing the perspective of the innocent. Their suffering. It's depressing and heartbreaking in the same way SU is.

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