You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Richie Rich doesn't strike me as someone who has much character at all, but admittedly i only know him from comics people posted here and on tumblr
It's weird, because Richie Rich is ostensibly a power fantasy--I wanna be the richest kid in the world!!--but more often than not instead of actually talking about all the cool things you could do with money, it ends up in this weird mix of money puns and visual gags consisting of giant versions of money used as everyday objects.
Basically whenever I find myself thinking "I wonder how old X building is" or "I wonder when they built the expansion wing of Y building" I can just look there and find an answer, which is neat
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this is a cool thing and i wish my uni had something like that
(admittedly, it was a much smaller and less prestigious uni)
that bell hooks quote rubs me the wrong way but i am not feeling articulate so ima ramble
I mean, in the example she gives the brokenness of the current setup is evident, and I appreciate her observation of how when these doctrines/laws/rules get pushed too far society acts as though the resulting deaths are a necessary sacrifice.
but that seems to be more a problem that happens at that moment due to a systemic failure, not something built into how that individual component functions. this is shown by all of the cases where like a black dude or a black lady shoots a home intruder and then they get arrested, which clearly shows the way that the racial component is the primary mover in this whole thing
like, the problem is the racism and the sexism, which when leveraged into that creates bad results. but really, when racism and sexism are contributing factors in a situation the outcome is always going to be bad, regardless of the other pieces.
so like, addressing this one thing doesn't really address the problem, which is the thing sitting behind it.
that said, you still should not be able to kill someone who has broken into your home, but i think you should like definitely be able to incapacitate them and call the police free of consequence. but i dont know how you would make that a law "here, when someone breaks into your place you can stop them, but do your best not to kill them whilst doing so, kay?"
don't think you'd need any special alterations for that. incapacitating a burglar would probably be accepted as self defense with possible acceptable collateral damage by a jury, but killing them would be considered unnecessary in most circumstances
so basically, if society doesnt like you the laws are gonna bend against you regardless of which side of a thing you are on, which is more of a problem with society than with the laws sometimes, but not always
"but naney, doesnt society create the laws?"
yes small voice in my head but shut up im thinking
idk about different juridictions but i think the law often specifies 'reasonable force', doesn't it? in which case you shouldn't be charged with homicide if you defended yourself and accidentally killed a person, but you could be if you used excessive violence
so basically, if society doesnt like you the laws are gonna bend against you regardless of which side of a thing you are on, which is more of a problem with society than with the laws sometimes, but not always
"but naney, doesnt society create the laws?"
yes small voice in my head but shut up im thinking
People who enforce said laws are also a part of society, so even if there were laws out there to protect you, then it's very possible that people who are supposed to uphold the law will look the other way.
so basically, if society doesnt like you the laws are gonna bend against you regardless of which side of a thing you are on, which is more of a problem with society than with the laws sometimes, but not always
"but naney, doesnt society create the laws?"
yes small voice in my head but shut up im thinking
People who enforce said laws are also a part of society, so even if there were laws out there to protect you, then it's very possible that people who are supposed to uphold the law will look the other way.
There's a tendency to immediately paint anything about "masculine" values as something advocating toxic masculinity and that bugs me because positive masculinity is a subject worthy of exploration.
From what I've seen, it seems like one of the reasons why The Last of Us was so praised was because it explored masculinity without being toxic.
There's a tendency to immediately paint anything about "masculine" values as something advocating toxic masculinity and that bugs me because positive masculinity is a subject worthy of exploration.
From what I've seen, it seems like one of the reasons why The Last of Us was so praised was because it explored masculinity without being toxic.
just wanted to clarify, i don't think The Last of Us is necessarily toxic masculinity, only noting that it does cast the player as a protective father
that's literally all, do not read a value judgement into this please
There's a tendency to immediately paint anything about "masculine" values as something advocating toxic masculinity and that bugs me because positive masculinity is a subject worthy of exploration.
From what I've seen, it seems like one of the reasons why The Last of Us was so praised was because it explored masculinity without being toxic.
just wanted to clarify, i don't think The Last of Us is necessarily toxic masculinity, only noting that it does cast the player as a protective father
that's literally all, do not read a value judgement into this please
I didn't, I just saw someone mention it and remembered some criticisms of it by other people that didn't sit well with me.
Today I learned that Judaism and Islam forbade pork for sanitary reasons. Pork tended to develop diseases in desert environments without refrigeration, and these diseases tended to be deadly.
Today I learned that Judaism and Islam forbade pork for sanitary reasons. Pork tended to develop diseases in desert environments without refrigeration, and these diseases tended to be deadly.
A lot of the food restrictions have a health element to it.
Crab and lobster aren't exactly health food either
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this is a cool thing and i wish my uni had something like that
(admittedly, it was a much smaller and less prestigious uni)
i'm uncomfortable with the stuff i just said about The Castle Doctrine with that in mind
this is an issue i need to think about
I mean, in the example she gives the brokenness of the current setup is evident, and I appreciate her observation of how when these doctrines/laws/rules get pushed too far society acts as though the resulting deaths are a necessary sacrifice.
but that seems to be more a problem that happens at that moment due to a systemic failure, not something built into how that individual component functions. this is shown by all of the cases where like a black dude or a black lady shoots a home intruder and then they get arrested, which clearly shows the way that the racial component is the primary mover in this whole thing
like, the problem is the racism and the sexism, which when leveraged into that creates bad results. but really, when racism and sexism are contributing factors in a situation the outcome is always going to be bad, regardless of the other pieces.
so like, addressing this one thing doesn't really address the problem, which is the thing sitting behind it.
that said, you still should not be able to kill someone who has broken into your home, but i think you should like definitely be able to incapacitate them and call the police free of consequence. but i dont know how you would make that a law "here, when someone breaks into your place you can stop them, but do your best not to kill them whilst doing so, kay?"
see like that doesnt work
"but naney, doesnt society create the laws?"
yes small voice in my head but shut up im thinking
Mostly I just like picking up tin cans and duct tape while Big Iron plays on the radio.
From what I've seen, it seems like one of the reasons why The Last of Us was so praised was because it explored masculinity without being toxic.
I also don't really know how anyone could really have a problem with Passage.
times like this i wish i had nothingness
that's literally all, do not read a value judgement into this please
Sorry, i just didn't want an argument.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead