NewSocialWhoDis

@NewSocialWhoDis@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Add it to the pile of reasons to hate 'em⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is ‘z’ even in the British alphabet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Add it to the pile of reasons to hate 'em⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  39 yo American. This is the first time I have ever seen or heard of the word normality… And I read a decent amount of British regency literature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm gonna mute this one⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Attacking the commenter personally is not helpful. Obviously the whole destruction-of-American-Democracy thing is very different. But let’s look at some salient issues.

  As far as the war in Gaza, Biden/ establishment Democrats still stood behind Netanyahu in the wake of Oct 7th. There was only slight functional differences in Biden’s America’s stance on Israel in Gaza and Trump’s.

  Less salient, adding a cap on mortgage interest deductions on taxes. Republicans under Trump I did it to punish wealthy coastal (high home value) residents who rented to vote blue. Democrats left it in place because they approved of people who have more home value paying more taxes.

  It goes on. Both Democrats and Republicans failed to close Guantanamo, advance voting reform, advance marijuana legalization, end the war in Afghanistan, or take ANY action about climate change for decades, etc.

  It’s not every issue mind you, but Democrats are frustratingly adherent to the status quo while the United States has needed meaningful reform for decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peak masculinity⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My husband blows on his soup to cool it so it doesn’t burn his mouth … Intelligence is also attractive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peak masculinity⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a heterosexual cis woman, soccer players always have the sexiest physique. One of the only sports I look up for, just to check out the players, not because I ever care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give us your craziest ocean facts. 🦑⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does “bugs” have a scientific meaning? I was assuming it was a layman’s term that I could abuse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give us your craziest ocean facts. 🦑⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure what your definition of people is, but Mexicans, Ugandan, and Koreans all eat grasshoppers (and probably others). I know crickets are eaten in Southeast Asia.

  Ants seem too tiny to try to eat, but a Google search reveals they are eaten in South America and Southeast Asia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give us your craziest ocean facts. 🦑⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shrimp, lobsters, and crabs are kinds of bugs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is worried about men⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t really tell what your argument is here. Are you arguing that people substitute social media interactions for real life connection? And that they get enough from social media to not think vulnerability is worth it?

  I guess I can agree to that in some general way for novices to social media (people like me in 2007 or young kids now), but in my generation I’ve observed people valuing it less as we age. Once you mature, if you mature, you can judge your own lack of fulfillment from hours spent on social media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is worried about men⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To quote (emphasis mine):

  “I discovered that no one is looking for a meaningful connection or a serious conversation. Everyone wants to catered and be heard, no one wants to listen for just a second.”

  In no way does the first part of the post make it sound like the commenter is qualifying the statement to only the subset of people they have dated.

  I’m happily married, and I know people I would enjoy spending time with if I wasn’t. The world doesn’t seem bereft of thoughtful, intelligent, generous people to me. To me, it sounds like it’s a problem with the commenter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is worried about men⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m expecting downvotes for this.

  While I agree with you that social media is very harmful to everyone but especially young people, I think we’ve also socialized an entire generation to pathologize mental distress instead of teaching them resiliency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is worried about men⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think they need to be shown any particular courtesy since they closed by bashing ‘many many many girls’ as superficial.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is worried about men⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea, honestly, as a feminist, I think this is reasonable and healthy. How many long term relationships really result from drunken hookups? It’s just an exercise in risky behavior with a complete stranger when you’re judgement is impaired.