Conservative or Otherwise Puritanical Hot Takes
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Conservative or Otherwise Puritanical Hot Takes
You ever get caught up on an idea that makes you loathe yourself a little because it sounds like something Ben Shapiro would endorse? Let's hear 'em!
After just watching three consecutive high school movies, it occurred to me that like 90% of every Hollywood production about high school goes out of their way to promote the idea that there's something wrong with you if you're a virgin in high school. This isn't just a now thing...I'm talking for my entire life. I don't know what high school was like for you guys, but literally not one person ever asked me or cared whether or not I'd done the sex. Just wasn't a thing.
Also, given that these are almost always adults producing these movies, pushing that narrative not only feels disingenuous, but fucking creepy. Like super-duper fucking creepy!
So there you go. Shalom or whatever.
After just watching three consecutive high school movies, it occurred to me that like 90% of every Hollywood production about high school goes out of their way to promote the idea that there's something wrong with you if you're a virgin in high school. This isn't just a now thing...I'm talking for my entire life. I don't know what high school was like for you guys, but literally not one person ever asked me or cared whether or not I'd done the sex. Just wasn't a thing.
Also, given that these are almost always adults producing these movies, pushing that narrative not only feels disingenuous, but fucking creepy. Like super-duper fucking creepy!
So there you go. Shalom or whatever.
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. - God
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That's a good one.
90% of graffiti art is vandalism.
In Toronto, there are a few areas where artists are encouraged to go crazy, and they are pretty cool. But as for the run of the mill street "tagging?" Go practice your signature elsewhere you hoodlum.
90% of graffiti art is vandalism.
In Toronto, there are a few areas where artists are encouraged to go crazy, and they are pretty cool. But as for the run of the mill street "tagging?" Go practice your signature elsewhere you hoodlum.
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I'll take the low-hanging fruit here (pun!) and take absurdly sagging pants off of the board
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I find talk about drug-aided experiences exceedingly boring, and I automatically assume people who do powder cocaine as people I never want to have in my life in any capacity.
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I'm as liberal as the next guy...and I have a lot of empathy for homeless people...but goddamn the piles of garbage and homeless encampments piss me off. Seattle used to be a clean city...but not no more. And its my city too! I shouldn't have to look at huge piles of debris everywhere.
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I truly don’t understand why people get tattoos on their face.
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What’s up with guys with form fitting pants? You look like you’re wearing spanx.
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Listen squeegee kid, I get it, you want to make a few bucks. And if I carried any cash, I’d have given you a few bucks NOT to wash my window at the stop light. I even told you “don’t do it, no thanks”. But you washed it and then slammed your hand on my hood when I told you I didn’t have any cash. I’m not saying it was right, but I understand why people get out of their cars and swing bats at you.
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Facial tattoos implicitly say “yes, Your Honor. I would like the maximum sentence, in solitary if possible.”
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Most people will privately confirm the sweet spot is like 2.1”-2.25” but then in public try to act like 2.75” is some magical threshold like LOL who are you kidding with that amiright???
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Probably belongs in the military thread, but yea. So dumb.
But that's what you have to do to soak to a generation that doesn't want to serve in the military.
(And beards still aren't legal, btw. Got everyone in a tizzy, especially after the comments from the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Joint Chiefs.)
But that's what you have to do to soak to a generation that doesn't want to serve in the military.
(And beards still aren't legal, btw. Got everyone in a tizzy, especially after the comments from the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Joint Chiefs.)
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This should go in the "Shit That Makes Me Seem Old" thread, but I don't understand toques indoors.
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I hate canadianess
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He had a bad time in California I’m guessing.
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It’s people who don’t have hair (not me) or people who have hair that’s fucked if you don’t shower or wore a hat previously that day (me).
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That makes sense. But for some it’s just a fashion choice.
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I'm probably never going to refer to myself as a cis male.
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It ain’t hard to be honest j lo.
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And I'll never refer to my wife (Borat voice) as "my partner."
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The term “Latinx” is dumb. Do Latinos even use it?
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I call my GF my "partner" a lot...but we're 60-ish and have been together for over 10 years now, so "GirlFriend" doesn't seem right.
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I would like a ruling on this. Thanks in advance.
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J lo, your OP is a REALLY good point. I'm not saying it wasn't an issue or wasn't discussed, but at least with my high school friends, you kind of knew, but it was never something we shamed anyone about.
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No. Because people who speak Spanish know that the langauge is entirely based on masculine and feminine uses of words so they don’t see any reason for Latinx. Source: spoke to a Hispanic man and woman about this recently.
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I took a lot of Spanish in middle/high school. That line of thinking is why I never understood the Latinx thing.
Like, Costa Rico has to be Costx Ricx.
Like, Costa Rico has to be Costx Ricx.
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I'm amazed at how long this stupid trend has lasted. I guess when it's a few decades in, it's not really a trend anymore. I still don't get it though.
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I just don't understand it. It makes me physically uncomfortable to look at. But I'm a belt person. I hate the feeling of my pants being loose.
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I'm a relatively assless person so no belt means no pants.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sun Mar 12, 2023 1:18 pm I just don't understand it. It makes me physically uncomfortable to look at. But I'm a belt person. I hate the feeling of my pants being loose.
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I had to look it up and realize you guys meant a knit cap. The last few days I was thinking “Dudes are wearing chef’s hats?”
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You’re a musician, you get a pass on this one.MaxWebster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:19 am <um...guilty>
my family mocks me incessantly for this but fk guys, it's cold in the basement.
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The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:39 amYou’re an aging musician, you get a pass on this one.MaxWebster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:19 am <um...guilty>
my family mocks me incessantly for this but fk guys, it's cold in the basement.
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LOLLL
after seeing your first post i was almost going to write the same thing
after seeing your first post i was almost going to write the same thing
The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:39 amThe Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:39 amYou’re an aging musician, you get a pass on this one.MaxWebster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:19 am <um...guilty>
my family mocks me incessantly for this but fk guys, it's cold in the basement.
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I got a couple:
I simply couldn't care less about what Greta Thunberg has to say.
Her telling me about climate change holds the same level of merit as a twenty-something on Instagram/TikTok giving me or the person scrolling life advice about "getting after it" and "following your goals." And hey, maybe I'm not the demographic for her and that's fine, but the media love she receives is nauseating to the point where I roll my eyes.
Now take this from a dude who knew about divorce from a very young age and just finished watching Marriage Story, when, in general, women get so, so much from a divorce and win most of them, I don't feel so bad about a wage gap. This is a broad brush stroke comment, of course. I want women to be paid the same as men for the same job. I hope that there are women who want men to not be taken to the cleaners if a divorce happens.
I simply couldn't care less about what Greta Thunberg has to say.
Her telling me about climate change holds the same level of merit as a twenty-something on Instagram/TikTok giving me or the person scrolling life advice about "getting after it" and "following your goals." And hey, maybe I'm not the demographic for her and that's fine, but the media love she receives is nauseating to the point where I roll my eyes.
Now take this from a dude who knew about divorce from a very young age and just finished watching Marriage Story, when, in general, women get so, so much from a divorce and win most of them, I don't feel so bad about a wage gap. This is a broad brush stroke comment, of course. I want women to be paid the same as men for the same job. I hope that there are women who want men to not be taken to the cleaners if a divorce happens.
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not every woman gets divorced
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And if the woman makes more, the man gets the alimony. Its not gendered based.
(In fact its not based at all ha ha ha ha ha!!!)
(No, actually from what I know the system seems pretty fine as is.)
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I mean, the initial post said "like something Ben Shapiro would endorse."
Do I feel bad about having this opinion? For sure. And are the 2 topics even remotely related? Nope.
But in the offhand chance there's a person who both wants a fair wage AND a lot in the divorce, I don't feel bad for that person.
Do I feel bad about having this opinion? For sure. And are the 2 topics even remotely related? Nope.
But in the offhand chance there's a person who both wants a fair wage AND a lot in the divorce, I don't feel bad for that person.
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