Lurker > Sandalorn

When people speak socially or politically of teenagers as children, they mean they're elementary school students who are a little taller. We need to protect their impressionable young minds from bad words and bad imagery

I guess part of the difference is I dont fight traffic. I really dont get upset if traffic is moving slow or I catch all the red lights. It is what it is and getting mad doesnt help anything.

I see other people swerving around and honking their horns like maniacs who look like their heads are about to explode. I dont understand this mindset either.

Fucking amazing city.

Greatest city in the world.

What would be the negative effects?

Literally, no one said this. At all.

This isnt a zero sum game. Hes not just rich and depressed. Hes rich and having problems with fame and privacy, likely leading to worse mental health.

yeah of course you think youd prefer it, but theres no way to know until thats your life

Money isnt happiness

When the fuck did I say that?

A lot of people on r/teachers complain that they're not allowed to discipline unruly students for some reason, so bullying and general disruption seems to be a problem across the country.

Despite never receiving the information I was seeking I'm no longer allowed to discuss this topic apparently. Not sure when it became against the TOS to ask users to provide clarification for claims they have made but apparently we have some extremely biased mods here.

That's a very easy response. If you disagree with me, I don't fault you for that. But let's not pretend that it's somehow lunacy to want people to fully understand the ramifications of owning firearms, (and that just owning them doesn't in and of itself somehow solve problems).

those who try to make that ridiculous assertion are clearly snowflakes grasping for anything because they are suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome and their entire existence will be crushed when President Trump returns to the White House.

The full (actual) quote from Trump spokes person. It's not a good quote, but there isn't any talk of extermination. Pretty shit "journalism".

In your attempt to be sarcastic, you made my point for me. Thank you.
People absolutely need to understand the ramifications of owning a gun for self defense, and many don't. They generalize the need for it, when they need to specifically personalize it, and internalize it.
It's easy to say something like "I'll get a gun because the GOP is on a mission to erase trans individuals". It's generalized, and owning a firearm won't stop the GOP from being the GOP. It's more specific and accurate to say, "As a trans individual, I feel so unsafe that I am going to carry a firearm, and am fully prepared to take a life if I'm forced to". That's how it needs to be viewed.
Same thing with people who say "I'll get a gun to feel safe". That's so generalized. It's harder to say, "I'm going to carry a firearm, and get the appropriate training/practice to make sure I can actually protect myself/others if the situation dictates. I'm fully prepared to take a life if I have no choice".
If someone said to me, "I'm going to purchase some firearms for the next election cycle, because I'm worried the clowns from last time around are acting squirrely again", I would wonder how much thought they had given to it beyond just in a more general sense. Would owning a firearm stop those people from doing something like that again in 2024? Or do you believe that you could actually find yourself in a specific situation where you will have to take lives to save lives?
Do you see the distinction? Generalizing the reasons to obtain firearms isn't a good idea. Internalization is important, it makes you really have to stop and think about what you truly are/are not prepared to do to be a safe, responsible, and effective firearm owner.

The disconnect is real. She is good but no one wants to admit it but muslim teen girl is a hard sell. I think she needs to continue but in lower budget stuff or appearances with guaranteed sellers

Did the Russians illegally change the vote count to show Trump as having more votes than he actually received? That would be the first I'm hearing of this.

Reminder that Israel counts every single Palestinian death as a "terrorist killed"

I dont need a 40-year-old white dude to tell me what didnt work about A Wrinkle in Time. It wasnt made for him! I want to know what that film meant to women of color, to biracial women, to teen women of color, to teens that are biracial.

And for the third time, I dont hate white dudes. These are just facts, these are not my feelings, she added. About a year ago, I started paying attention to what my press days looked like and the critics reviewing movies, and noticed it appeared to be overwhelmingly white male.

So, I spoke to Dr. Stacy Smith at the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, who put together a study to confirm that. Moving forward, I decided to make sure my press days were more inclusive

After speaking with you, the film critic Valerie Complex and a few other women of colour, it sounded like across the board they werent getting the same opportunities as others. When I talked to the facilities that werent providing it, they all had different excuses.

Up to you if it bothers you or not. But if she said "Black" instead of "White" I have a sneaking suspicion users in this topic would not be pretending it's not racist.

What movie were the whites having a wrong opinion about?

https://youtu.be/KBCcDrG2NjM?si=LFtNbxD4wdIoD5KH

Owen is starting to look older these days.

Told them no, they said they have an easement. I told them to get a court order.

I give this topic a 3/10

And in a way, I think right wing media was hoping to incite such a thing so they could prop it up as proof it's not just conservative whackos carrying out mass shootings.

Whoa...

The trans pro or anti debates that have been on news outlets for the past few years now ( everything from bathrooms to athletes) don't be obtuse...