sorry but can we please accept that human beings are not particularly sexually dimorphic or do i have to live in the culture war until i fucking die
notable examples of sexual dimorphism among animals include: different skin/fur/feather colors and patterns, different body shapes and sizes, and body functions being so drastically different that for hundreds of years scientists had the impression they were different species.
Meanwhile in humans, neither skin nor hair color is different among sexes, body size difference has a relatively huge overlap making the averages barely distinguishable and body functions practically only differ in relation to child bearing and care. Any differences outside of that is either negligable or more influenced by local culture than people think.
so, yeah, let’s get rid of gender essentialism based on outdated conceptualizations of sexual dimorphic species, please.
also worth noting that every time scientists think they’ve found a gendered difference in brain function in humans, studies with larger sample populations find that it was actually just a fluke and the ‘difference’ is just statistical noise.
Another day, another language learning guru lying about how long it takes to become “fluent” whatever that means
Benny Lewis and his idiotic fluent in 3 months book and his damn blog have done irreparable damage to our society
If somebody tells you that they learned fluent French in one week you have my permission to throw an egg at them. Not only did they decide to learn French which is bad enough but they’re lying to you about how long it takes. They’re lying to you through their teeth. And they’re also saying a bunch of memorized tourist level phrases through their teeth. It takes months to years to get good enough to have a proper easy conversation and anybody who tells you otherwise cannot be trusted. Should not be trusted. Will not be trusted.
The main thing that always has me calling bullshit on these is that they say you can learn “any language” in a few months. And languages aren’t all the same difficulty! If you speak English you’ll have an easier time learning German or French, than for example Hindi or Mandarin. Because those languages have similarities.
My language, Finnish, has consistently been rated one of the hardest languages in the world to learn, cause the rules are nonsense.
And you can not convince me that a random normal English speaking person can learn Japanese in a few months, learn an entirely new alphabet, language rules, and then vocabulary too?
Another day, another language learning guru lying about how long it takes to become “fluent” whatever that means
Benny Lewis and his idiotic fluent in 3 months book and his damn blog have done irreparable damage to our society
If somebody tells you that they learned fluent French in one week you have my permission to throw an egg at them. Not only did they decide to learn French which is bad enough but they’re lying to you about how long it takes. They’re lying to you through their teeth. And they’re also saying a bunch of memorized tourist level phrases through their teeth. It takes months to years to get good enough to have a proper easy conversation and anybody who tells you otherwise cannot be trusted. Should not be trusted. Will not be trusted.
The main thing that always has me calling bullshit on these is that they say you can learn “any language” in a few months. And languages aren’t all the same difficulty! If you speak English you’ll have an easier time learning German or French, than for example Hindi or Mandarin. Because those languages have similarities.
My language, Finnish, has consistently been rated one of the hardest languages in the world to learn, cause the rules are nonsense.
And you can not convince me that a random normal English speaking person can learn Japanese in a few months, learn an entirely new alphabet, language rules, and then vocabulary too?
(For example, option one might have the plain arc flash, biohazard, and radiation as the jack, queen, and king specifically, while option two would have a designated jack of biohazards, queen of biohazards, and king of biohazards, each with unique designs)
rough concept for the queen of biohazards. my treat
I am once again reminding people that it wasn’t unusual to have this sort of politics on the radio in the 2010s. It’s not ahead of its time, your culture just got fascist since then.
The Offspring had a song called Kill The President. It was played on public radio with no problems. Modern music is the outlier here.
[Image IDs: Image #1 Lisa Simpson presenting meme reading: Angsty 2000s rock bands like Linkin Park, Evanescence, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, etc. are legitimately really fucking good and consist of talented people who write genuinely smart and meaningful lyrics and who aren’t ashamed to be open and honest about the very real problems that they’ve gone through and there’s a good reason as to why they’re still going strong to this day. You guys are just cowards.
Image #2: Lisa Simpson presenting meme reading: Guys this post isn’t that fucking deep if u disagree then just don’t say shit. We live in a world where Ed Sheeran is a cultural phenomenon for singing about how much he loves women’s bodies I shouldn’t have to justify liking Linkin Park
Image #3-4: Tweets from Joanna (@/ trashCanWitch) on 16 out 19 reading: me @/ 13: I love linkin park!
me @/ 17: linkin park is so whiny lmao cringe
me @/ 24: early LP was teenage angst w/o the usual nu metal misogyny, and later albums were shockingly ahead of the curse on the anxiety of political turmoil, climate change, and imminent societal collapse
like I know I’m biased bc I stan since elementary school, but seriously I can’t believe that “god bless us every one / we’re a broken people living under loaded gun” is a line from something they put out in 2010 and not, like, last year
youtu.be/51iquRYKPbs
mainstream bands in 2019: no, don’t talk about politics lets just have a good time ahaha (sparkles emoji, peace sign emoij)
linkin park in 2010: *opens a song with a mario savio speech*
I vote we stop calling it inflation at all. Seize the language. It’s price gouging, not inflation. Inflation is a nebulous concept that invokes feeling of being too complex for the layman, a struggle as old as economy itself against a beast no one has ever truly slain.
Price gouging is the truth of it. And it makes it very clear who is to blame, and what must be done to end it.
Can confirm this works wonders. Australia is in a cost of living crisis rn and the two major supermarkets are a big part of it, as they pretty much have a duopoly on not just the grocery shopping market, but a bunch of others considered to be essential (things like fuel). They are trying to blame their price rises on inflation, but the media recently started reporting it as price gouging (which it is), and it got the average person pretty worked up, better than blaming inflation did.
I vote we stop calling it inflation at all. Seize the language. It’s price gouging, not inflation. Inflation is a nebulous concept that invokes feeling of being too complex for the layman, a struggle as old as economy itself against a beast no one has ever truly slain.
Price gouging is the truth of it. And it makes it very clear who is to blame, and what must be done to end it.
Can confirm this works wonders. Australia is in a cost of living crisis rn and the two major supermarkets are a big part of it, as they pretty much have a duopoly on not just the grocery shopping market, but a bunch of others considered to be essential (things like fuel). They are trying to blame their price rises on inflation, but the media recently started reporting it as price gouging (which it is), and it got the average person pretty worked up, better than blaming inflation did.
Just something I really want to share on here because it’s important.
this is really important to remember, even if you said something stupid and don’t feel like repeating it- it can still feel isolating to folks with hearing and auditory processing problems!
I never want to burden others with my problems, but it makes it hard to feel engaged in time together.
i believe i saw, in reference to this video, that moo deng is still too young to eat solid foods, so what we’re seeing isn’t her actually chewing on anything but just imitating how her mother eats
i believe i saw, in reference to this video, that moo deng is still too young to eat solid foods, so what we’re seeing isn’t her actually chewing on anything but just imitating how her mother eats
55 years for a unsuccessful burglary, theft, and the murder of a friend that was killed by police, when his only crime was breaking and entering when he was 15 years old.
As of March 2023, his sentence was reduced to 30 years. I know there’s a lot going on in the world, but if you can even just spread his story, please do! It makes a difference.
his petition is still sitting at 911,000 out of a needed 1 million signatures. maybe if we start spreading the word again we could get some justice for Lakeith
55 years for a unsuccessful burglary, theft, and the murder of a friend that was killed by police, when his only crime was breaking and entering when he was 15 years old.
As of March 2023, his sentence was reduced to 30 years. I know there’s a lot going on in the world, but if you can even just spread his story, please do! It makes a difference.
his petition is still sitting at 911,000 out of a needed 1 million signatures. maybe if we start spreading the word again we could get some justice for Lakeith
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