But they invent and believe the most ridiculous things to try and reaffirm this ridiculous notion.
Some of my favorites are:
Dude everyone knows that living in france is like living in hell and no one likes it there because it’s full of fags and ugly women who don’t shave their armpits.
or
In countries with socialized healthcare the government will literally tell you that you’re going to die if they don’t like you
or my personal favorite
In other countries they tax the wealthy to help the economy. Holy fuck that’s fucking retarded everyone knows you can only save the economy by cutting the taxes of the wealthy. Shit someone make me king of europe I’d say their fucking commie ass faggot union.
LOL meanwhile in Europe, everyone is amused at the US’s refusal to provide universal healthcare which works marvelously over here and saves countless lives.
“Land Of The Free” my ass
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Deal with it.jpg!
hey.
hey.
just because you invented it don’t mean you get to call the shots bro.
who the fuck abbreviates ‘graphical’ to sound like a j? no asshole I’m listening to, that’s who.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who pronounces it with a hard g.
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“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” — Stephen R. Covey (via martinroell)
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“I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.” — Eugene Debs (via lucifelle)
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No means no, even when they're toddlers. -
A few people have alerted me to this video of toddlers and you can watch as a little boy hugs a little girl multiple times and each time he does, she pushes him away. A few of the times, he seems to be prompted to continue by the person with the camera. It’s a full two minutes and nothing changes – he hugs her, she pushes him away, he gets up and hugs her again and she pushes him away again.
Clearly this isn’t street harassment because they know each other and it isn’t sexual harassment because they’re toddlers and don’t have an understanding of all that, but it is a problematic situation in which adults are standing by and letting (encouraging?) this little boy to do something the girl doesn’t want him to do and then instead of helping her use her words to tell him to stop, they’re letting her push him down over and over.
The Good Men Project linked to the video via the How to Be a Dad’s site, where the author labels the post “My Life with Women” and writes, “This one symbolizes every attempt I’ve ever made at relationships with the fairer sex… …. …. until my wife.”
The he writes, “I could be the misogynist here and make some comments about just how badly the lady little treats this fine, young man, but women are pretty great. Maybe this kid needs to get a job, buy a sweet ride (Power Wheels, perhaps?) and learn some Karate, proving himself a worthy love interest?”
And I find that very problematic. Implying that this little toddler and all women who reject men are stuck-up, bitchy, and only after good-looking or rich men is harmful. Instead of looking at the actions and saying, this girl doesn’t want to be hugged, they are focusing on the poor boy and how mean she is. She may have 10 reasons or only 1 for why she doesn’t want to be hugged by him and all of them are valid and should be respected.
No means no, even when you’re a toddler. Especially when you’re a toddler. Fifteen percent of sexual assault and abuse victims are under age 12. Teaching kids how to protect themselves at a very young age is crucial to helping them know how to prevent or get help if they are victimized and can teach them skills they can use all of their life.
This attitude that women owe men attention no matter what contributes to how, when some men are ignored or rejected by the women they harass on the street, they call them a bitch, a ho, throw trash at them, chase them, or tell them they were ugly anyway. Instead of thinking logically about all the reasons why a woman may not respond positively to a man who hollers at her on the street, men feel it is an affront on their masculinity and lash out.
Another problematic aspect of the video is the number of people who applauded how persistent the kid is. Some people in the comments of posts talked about being disappointed he never got her in the end. Guess what, you don’t always “get the girl” in the end. No means no! 1,006,970 women and 370,990 men are stalked annually in the U.S. We need to teach kids, especially boys because they are the bulk of the stalkers, not to follow or keep hugging etc women and girls who clearly don’t want that attention.
THIS
YES
Had to resort to running to my partner’s bed, waking him up in a state of complete panic, just about managed to get my laptop + food remains + whiskey out of my bedroom and take out my contacts to crawl into his bed. Thankfully he managed to calm me down (with some help from the whiskey), so I think I’ll be ok to fall asleep.
I would say that the rest of the day after I wake up better be amazing to wake up for it, but since I’m working another night shift I sort of doubt it can be that great. However, instead I get a whole Sunday spent with my mum and brother, who are coming tomorrow night for a few days, so that should make up for all of this. :)
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“Capitalism doesn’t inspire creativity, it stifles it. There are millions of geniuses that might be doing something brilliant, but instead are putting stickers on packets of biscuits they can barely afford for 12 hours a day so some lazy prick can play golf every Sunday with all the other impotent do nothing pricks.” — Ourben: (via theorthodoxheretic)
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