forum The Roodeness Shenanigans

Started May 27, 2020 by Deleted user

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PEOPLE KEEP TALKING BEHIND ME WHEN I'M TRYING TO LISTEN TO THE TEACHER IN FRONT OF ME THIS SEEMS GROUNDS ENOUGH FOR REVENGE INVOLVING SHAVING CREAM AND A COFFEEE MACHINE

okay this might be a hot take/controversial but I feel like naming your child "X AE A-12" should be considered abuse

Lowkey

okay this might be a hot take/controversial but I feel like naming your child "X AE A-12" should be considered abuse

Agreed. The kid will most likely be subjected to bullying because of this

hell, the thing that made me consider not going by ace anymore was the whole fetishizing virginity crap, like I don’t wanna be seen as more “pure” and “savable” for not liking women sexually, that’s gross 🤢

This is an interesting topic among the aces, especially those who are surrounded by anti lgbtq and gay-to-straight rhetoric. I don't even know how to begin to talk about it, but being queer and ace in a setting like this is just quite the ride. Like, my mom found out I'm demi. And she doesn't care because to her that means I'm ~saving myself~ for the right person and that I'm free from ~lustful temptations~
But that's just not what being demi is. It's like they want to take ace identities, and like you said, portray them as pure and salvageable. It's like this weird game of denial and uplifting. Of celebrating my chastity, but condemning my disinterest to conform to heterosexual life and culture.
To my church community, I'm chaste, or behind somehow in the game to have a biblical marriage. But to my friends I'm on the ace spectrum, I experience the whole sexual thing differently. I go by a whole different set of rules, one that the church doesn't recognize. Whack.

Yeah my mom thinks that my asexuality is due to a hormone imbalance and that I'll eventually grow out of it. Like my file at my doctor says "has informed her parents she is 'asexual'" and oh my God nothing fills me with more rage than thinking about that. And I just know that if I tried to go in-depth about my romantic orientation (something I've been questioning lately) I'd get met with a condescending "okay honey, sure" the second I said a 'weird' word like "biromantic" or "demiromantic".
It feels like I'm in this weird in-between of being out and being closeted because technically they know I'm ace, but they don't believe me. They gave a milquetoast "we'd accept you no matter what <3" but having heard the way they (namely my mom) talk about LGBTQ+ stuff, I wouldn't feel comfortable bringing home a partner who wasn't a cis man.

That's so stupid. I hope sexuality never comes up with my doctor because I don't want them to say I have imbalanced hormones or diagnose my aceness as something wrong. People just aren't hot it's not my hormones' fault lmao 🤷

And although I haven't come out as non-binary yet, I have a feeling the reaction will be full of "no you aren't, that's not even real." I'll still get the typical transphobic stuff, with a side of Bible bashing but if I were coming out as a binary trans person there'd be a lot less "that's not even a real thing," since people don't even take enbies seriously at all. At least not these people.

Now I have to go look up milquetoast

okay this might be a hot take/controversial but I feel like naming your child "X AE A-12" should be considered abuse

Lowkey

It's just so painfully tryhard. Like if you wanted to give your kid a unique name, there's plenty of names out there that won't make your kid sound like a robot

I like to think that the kid will be able to choose some cool nickname that he ends up going by

His dad is elon musk, I feel like he'll have bigger problems

elongated muskrat

My professor: Do not wait until the last week of class to write this paper!
Me, writing the entire paper on the last day of class:

I would call you a legend but I think we've all done that

elongated muskrat

Yes

my company: we don't have plastic because material is down. your orders will be filled when they can be. first come first serve

customers: okay but what if we order MORE plastic than usual and ask for exceptions? will that get it to us faster?

In order to not think about the good situation, I'm walking half an hour to get ice cream for dinner. Probably gonna get a burger too
Also I just realized I still have leftovers and now I feel dumb

Google maps needs a lot of work on their walking directions. It has not once told me when to turn and I've used it five times today

Why was I ever sad? I have a fucking cherry slushie and I've seen so many squirrels and blm and stop line 3 signs
And this is your irregularly scheduled reminder to visit stopline3.org/take-action and that we can't drink oil

its nice to know I'm not the only one quarantine binging tvd. im on S4 rn

dear Biden: fuck. you. we all want peace but not like this. you are leaving people to die at the hands of the taliban, after being told for months that this would happen and ignoring everyone who told you. fuck. you. people are dying and even more are going to, and you aren't doing enough. there is no working with the taliban. afghanistan has fallen. you did not plan for this, stop saying you did because it is bullshit. trump was awful, but he wouldn't have done this to friends and allies. fuck you. fuck politics. fuck the taliban. and fuck you again because you should have planned for this and you didn't. all further deaths are on your head for this

(not endorsing trump. just saying that he would have handled this situation a little bit better. trump is still a piece of shit)

Actually Trump did do this. They created an agreement that Biden followed.

Before the Trump administration, there were a little over 15,000 troops in Afghanistan. Biden just removed around 3,000 under an agreement from the Trump administration to finish that. In fact, Biden actually promised to bring his troops home in his political promises, and he's acted upon it.

Personally, I think this was the right move. As Biden said in his speech, which in no offense Ice, I don't think you watched, he stated that American troops need to be home. We've given the most support we can give Afghanistan to be a stable country, and why we were there in the first place has been done. We funneled over a trillion dollars into that country and in its support in order to properly prepare it to be a fully functioning country of democracy after the terrorist attacks of 2001. Right now we need to focus inwards on our own infrastructure, and we can't do that while supporting a satellite country. If you want to be pissed off at someone, it should be the UN or other allies. America has done the best it can, and there was never a good time we could have pulled out. When Afghanistan leaders ran and their soldiers laid their arms down, that was the sign that Biden had to leave. This Taliban takeover is not his fault. It's the country's fault for not wanting to defend itself despite having the resources to do so. About twenty one years worth of resources.

I don't like misinformation being spread. This is a very controversial topic, but this isn't the business of the American people anymore. This is the Middle Eastern issue of Civil rights.

I completely agree. As much as I dislike Biden, I can only support “Sending our boys home” bc why should American soldiers die over stuff that isn’t our business. America is rooted in this belief that we’re the saviors of the universe when we’re really not? In fact it would be so much better for Americans and probably other countries if we minded our own business instead of trying to run other countries.

people always want to help, but there's a reason the rules on a plane are "put your own mask on first."

the US isn't exactly a shining beacon of prosperity at the moment

I'm wearing one white and one black doc marten and I'm ready to fight god

Bruh my back is in so much pain and my mother finally scheduled a doctors appointment to get my back checked out after TWO YEARS OF COMPLAINING

I know we want our boys out, and that's not what I'm upset about. What I'm upset about is that we're leaving behind thousands of allies to die, when the administration has been told for months that this is what would happen. Last night I was just mad and speaking in that anger, so I didn't word things very well and I apologize for it. Yes, what happens in Afghanistan isn't up to us. But if we can prevent thousands of deaths that will happen because of our involvement, we should. And the fact that we aren't is what's driving me to tears. Because these people are going to due because they helped us, and we are doing nothing to get them out. We are taking 2,000 out of, if I remember correctly and I will check my numbers later if I remember, like 40,000. Yes, get our boys out, get them home. But Britain and France are doing the same thing and you know what? They're getting their allies out. So why aren't we? That's what pisses me off

It is frustrating, but it’s all to do with how much money and resources the country has to spend on an operation like that. It’s just incredibly unfortunate that the Afghan army did nothing to even fight back

We got thousands of people out when we pulled out of Vietnam. We pushed planes and helicopters off of carriers in order to make room for people. Why aren't we making the same kind of effort now? If we could do it in the seventies, we could do it now

We are helping get Afghans out. They're moving them into the country for a brief solace.

Again, watch Biden's speech on it. He addresses that.

I'm at work and can't watch the speech right now, but I'll try to when I get home. I would, however, like y'all to watch this video too, please

Alright so I watched the speech. He does make some excellent points, and overall I do agree. I do still stick to what I said, that we aren't moving fast enough to get out our allies, and that the future deaths of those who worked with us, that weren't able to get out, is the government's fault for not getting them out sooner. We're the United States, we could have gotten them out earlier if we really tried

Additionally, he seems to believe that somehow we'll be able to negotiate with the Taliban about human rights in the future? Uhhhhhh. No. The Taliban only negotiate if it's in their best interests. They will run Afghanistan as they see fit, and People (mostly women and children) will suffer for it, and none of the other nations will be able to stop it unless you go in with guns. The Taliban is not an organization that will ever lead to good government. No, nation building is not our job, and I agree with that. But it is willful ignorance to believe or at least pretend to believe that the Taliban can be negotiated with in terms of human rights

I'm glad you watched it. I do agree with you now that you've made your argument much less radicalized. We do need to move them out much faster and get women and children to safety to where they can keep living their lives comfortably.
And just your whole second para is perfect, I 100% agree.