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#1133695
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Handman said:

I don’t get where the inequality is, and find it frankly perverted we have a bunch of men here telling women to go topless. This argument is dumb. That’s the last I’ll have of it.

Haha okay. I never even considered it an issue until I became aware of the “free the nipple” movement that was lead by women, fucking obviously. I’m sorry you can’t put yourself in their shoes and you’re too prude to give them that freedom.

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#1133538
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Not in my usage it doesn’t.

How do you use it then?

I guess that’s kind of a bad example on my part because it’s a rare word for me to use. I don’t really like the sound of it. On rare occasions, I use it to describe obnoxious people that can’t help but vocalize how gutless they are.

But don’t you see how “gutless” feeds into that stereotype?

Kind of, but I don’t think it matters because the words are separated from the genders in my mind. To quote a brilliant man, “Calling someone a pussy isn’t the same as saying ‘Don’t be such a woman.’ Calling somebody a dick isn’t the same as saying ‘Don’t be such a man.’” No one in this day and age with a shred of decency or intelligence believes that women are inherently gutless. I actually just realized why I hate all this language policing. It’s basically because we, and by we I mean people that aren’t complete morons and aren’t complete and total piles of shit, have to watch what we say because stupid people believe stereotypes. I hate stupid people more than anything on earth, and to me, judging people based on their color or gender is essentially the stupidest, most ignorant thing that a person can do. I don’t do that because I’m not stupid enough to believe there’s merit to racism or sexism, so why should I change up my arbitrarily-deemed-offensive insults because other people are stupid enough to believe a stereotype that I myself don’t believe and everyone that knows me knows I don’t believe?

Jeebus said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I guess my hangup is that there is one specific gendered insult that is supposed to be far, far worse than any other, even other female-gendered insults, and is unacceptable in any context for very vague reasons of nondescript power dynamics and vague references to “history”. I know about the historical oppression of women, but why this word rather than any other?

I’m pretty sure it’s the same reason that “fuck” is a lot worse than “shit”.

Perhaps to a soccer mom it is, but like yhwx said, they’re kind of on par with each other. I’d say those two are considered worse because of what they literally mean, but then that brings up the hypocrisy of people considering “crap” worse than “shit” so, like I said, the only consistent way to handle this stuff is to either say they’re all okay, or they all aren’t. OR even better, you take it on a case by case basis. Did the person saying it use it in a way that made him asshole? If no, then move on. If yes, then, well, move on but remember that that guy is an asshole.

You’re looking at it as if it’s cut and dry. Gendered insults like pussy might seem like they’re harmless ultimately harmless, like you don’t really mean it in that way and that should be obvious. But the truth is that when a culture has an insult that’s irrevocably to a stereotype, whether you believe that stereotype or not, using the insult promotes it. It’s not like if you hear the word pussy enough you will suddenly come to the conclusion that women are gutless. It’s more subversive than that. It’s the kind of thing that feeds unconscious biases. Same thing with the other f-word and etc.

I guess I just don’t assign as much importance to individual words as you, or larger society for that matter. Interestingly enough, I actually gave y’all my thoughts on the so-called other f-word earlier, and no one cared! Why’s that?

I must have missed that.

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#1133492
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Not in my usage it doesn’t.

How do you use it then?

I guess that’s kind of a bad example on my part because it’s a rare word for me to use. I don’t really like the sound of it. On rare occasions, I use it to describe obnoxious people that can’t help but vocalize how gutless they are.

But don’t you see how “gutless” feeds into that stereotype?

Kind of, but I don’t think it matters because the words are separated from the genders in my mind. To quote a brilliant man, “Calling someone a pussy isn’t the same as saying ‘Don’t be such a woman.’ Calling somebody a dick isn’t the same as saying ‘Don’t be such a man.’” No one in this day and age with a shred of decency or intelligence believes that women are inherently gutless. I actually just realized why I hate all this language policing. It’s basically because we, and by we I mean people that aren’t complete morons and aren’t complete and total piles of shit, have to watch what we say because stupid people believe stereotypes. I hate stupid people more than anything on earth, and to me, judging people based on their color or gender is essentially the stupidest, most ignorant thing that a person can do. I don’t do that because I’m not stupid enough to believe there’s merit to racism or sexism, so why should I change up my arbitrarily-deemed-offensive insults because other people are stupid enough to believe a stereotype that I myself don’t believe and everyone that knows me knows I don’t believe?

Jeebus said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I guess my hangup is that there is one specific gendered insult that is supposed to be far, far worse than any other, even other female-gendered insults, and is unacceptable in any context for very vague reasons of nondescript power dynamics and vague references to “history”. I know about the historical oppression of women, but why this word rather than any other?

I’m pretty sure it’s the same reason that “fuck” is a lot worse than “shit”.

Perhaps to a soccer mom it is, but like yhwx said, they’re kind of on par with each other. I’d say those two are considered worse because of what they literally mean, but then that brings up the hypocrisy of people considering “crap” worse than “shit” so, like I said, the only consistent way to handle this stuff is to either say they’re all okay, or they all aren’t. OR even better, you take it on a case by case basis. Did the person saying it use it in a way that made him asshole? If no, then move on. If yes, then, well, move on but remember that that guy is an asshole.

You’re looking at it as if it’s cut and dry. Gendered insults like pussy might seem like they’re harmless ultimately harmless, like you don’t really mean it in that way and that should be obvious. But the truth is that when a culture has an insult that’s irrevocably to a stereotype, whether you believe that stereotype or not, using the insult promotes it. It’s not like if you hear the word pussy enough you will suddenly come to the conclusion that women are gutless. It’s more subversive than that. It’s the kind of thing that feeds unconscious biases. Same thing with the other f-word and etc.

Fuck is definitely worse than shit. Which gets you an R-rating?

The rating system is awful and arbitrary, who cares what words they don’t like? Actually, the rating system legitimately is sexist. Exposed breasts of a woman will get you an R these days while the exposed chest of a man wouldn’t even push it to PG.

Won’t find me disagreeing with any of this.

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#1133459
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Not in my usage it doesn’t.

How do you use it then?

I guess that’s kind of a bad example on my part because it’s a rare word for me to use. I don’t really like the sound of it. On rare occasions, I use it to describe obnoxious people that can’t help but vocalize how gutless they are.

But don’t you see how “gutless” feeds into that stereotype?

Jeebus said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I guess my hangup is that there is one specific gendered insult that is supposed to be far, far worse than any other, even other female-gendered insults, and is unacceptable in any context for very vague reasons of nondescript power dynamics and vague references to “history”. I know about the historical oppression of women, but why this word rather than any other?

I’m pretty sure it’s the same reason that “fuck” is a lot worse than “shit”.

Perhaps to a soccer mom it is, but like yhwx said, they’re kind of on par with each other. I’d say those two are considered worse because of what they literally mean, but then that brings up the hypocrisy of people considering “crap” worse than “shit” so, like I said, the only consistent way to handle this stuff is to either say they’re all okay, or they all aren’t. OR even better, you take it on a case by case basis. Did the person saying it use it in a way that made him asshole? If no, then move on. If yes, then, well, move on but remember that that guy is an asshole.

Fuck is definitely worse than shit. Which gets you an R-rating?

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#1133415
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

moviefreakedmind said:

I guess my hangup is that there is one specific gendered insult that is supposed to be far, far worse than any other, even other female-gendered insults, and is unacceptable in any context for very vague reasons of nondescript power dynamics and vague references to “history”. I know about the historical oppression of women, but why this word rather than any other? I don’t get it, I probably never will, I don’t particularly care to, I just find it a little interesting. Also, what about context? You’ve brought it up before. If I live in the UK is it suddenly acceptable? If a UK person moves here are they suddenly “problematic?” Which culture should submit to the other? The UK has a pretty similar history of sexism as the United States does so why is it okay there? I don’t like language policing.

I don’t know why it’s that way either but the fact is it’s not up to us. And I don’t think it’s too hard to adapt to other cultural sensitivities when necessary.

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#1133379
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

moviefreakedmind said:

DominicCobb said:

yhwx said:

Is ‘dick’ as bad an insult?

To even imply that it might be would be to be completely ignorant of our culture’s history of misogyny.

Either all gendered insults are okay or they’re all unacceptable. I say they’re all okay. That same standard should be applied to all categories by the way.

DominicCobb said:

yhwx said:

Is ‘dick’ as bad an insult?

To even imply that it might be would be to be completely ignorant of our culture’s history of misogyny.

Maybe in the future if men and women swap power dynamics then “dick” will be unacceptable. Ideally, we’d live in a truly equal world, but even then we’d have to be generations removed to get away from the history of the words. But yes, in this ideal future, gendered insults would all be okay. But that’s not the world we live in now.

Do you think “pussy” is an acceptable insult?

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#1133246
Topic
Ranking the Star Wars films
Time

Rey’s marksmanship is a perfect example of the sexist bullshit that is the Mary Sue argument. Think how common it is in movies (not just Star Wars) that a guy picks up a gun for the first time and his aim and ability is never questioned. Yet they go out of their way to show that Rey isn’t perfect with a blaster but people call it out anyway.

The Luke comparisons are legitimate. Not because he’s a Gary Stu (although seriously guys, if anyone’s a heroic author avatar, maybe it’s the character that shares George’s name?), but because the truth is no one watches Star Wars and questions Luke’s ability with a blaster, like the thought never even occurs. The fact that Rey is held to a higher level of scrutiny is just proof of the sexist skepticism of the capabilities of female characters and women in general.

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#1133146
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

It’s the way it’s often used, typically to disrespect strong women for behaviors that would earn their male counterparts praise. You’re not an “asshole,” which of course is a general and non-gendered insult, you’re a “cunt,” which implies there’s something specifically negative about being a woman exhibiting that behavior. When a man is called a cunt, it’s using it in a slightly different way, implying that they’re so bad they’re qualifying for female insults, which opens up a whole other box of connoting women and negativity. Basically it’s the same issue with every gendered insult, just the c-word is the worst of them, for whatever reason it came to be that way. Anyway, that’s how I see it, I’ve never really read any actually informed opinions on it, I’d probably seek those out and listen to them over my random ramblings.

Of course the truth is that the c-word doesn’t hold the same weight in other parts of the world. With the internet the way it is, and with it being so easy to hear people from these other parts saying the word without issue, it can be easy to forget that the word isn’t acceptable everywhere. I honestly don’t see why everyone felt the need to hop on Tyr’s case for one slip up (especially when we have people who throw around the r-word without anyone saying anything).

To be clear, I don’t mean don’t hop on Tyr’s case in general, obviously there are plenty of reasons to do that.

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#1133007
Topic
Are The Prequels That Bad?
Time

chyron8472 said:

Wazzles said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

Possessed said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

Slavicuss said:

SilverWook said:

Jake had done some conventions before his current mental health problems caught up with him.


They wear thongs out in the desert? All that Tatooine sand trapped between the toes and under the nails…

Thongs with jeans look so bad.

Are thongs and sandals the same thing? I’m totally lost here.

Oh right, in America you call those skimpy underwear bottoms thongs. Weirdos. I think that what we normal people call thongs you call “flip-flops.”

Probably because the underwear looks like sandals for your butt.

I always thought it was the opposite; that thong footwear was so named because the strap went up between your toe crack.

Probably. I believe thong was termed originally for the underwear, then Aussies decided for whatever reason to use the term for sandals. Weird.

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#1132696
Topic
Episode III: Revenge of the Ridiculousness
Time

TV’s Frink said:

Made a few changes to the senate birthday party based on suggestions from Ric2 and Dom.

Background context:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNOAQTkRJig

Original edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36jonQY7EVo

New edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRkeb-sB9wM

Improved?

Yes, maybe just show the trooper one more time during the “thank you” part to really sell it.

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#1131581
Topic
Why I love(d?) originaltrilogy.com
Time

darth_ender said:

Hello,

I come to this place to talk about what I love with like-minded people. I also come to this place to talk with people who have vastly different opinions. Sometimes, I fight with people, even people I like. Sometimes it lasts for days. My mom has never told me that I need to shape up and play nice. I have always been able to work it out on my own. Very rarely has there been a situation where I wish I had someone to correct it for me.

*Sweeping generalization to those who probably already know I’m talking about them…*

I am irritated with some of you. I’m sure some of you are irritated with me. Guess what? We’ll all get over it. I’ll get along well with most, if not all of you again. We’ll work it out on our own. I may get angry from time to time, but it actually makes me happy that there’s a place on the Internet where I can fight and be rude and make stupid statements I later regret and interact with Internet friends in much the same manner as I interact with real life people. Yes, I may be angry for a day, but I’m happier here than I’d be anywhere else. This is the website I frequent most in the whole Interwebs. I hope that fact never changes.

you ok my friend?