Rhynoplaz
@Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
- Comment on What are the key things people need to know about islam? 50 minutes ago:
I don’t think anybody NEEDS to know anything about Islam. Just as nobody NEEDS to know anything about Harry Potter.
We could cherry pick some good things, or some bad things, but none of that would be representative of the views of every individual.
We could do the same cherry picking with any religion and paint them in as positive or negative light as we choose. Again, the list would not represent the ideals of all practicing individuals.
If you want to learn more about any religion, there are resources available online. I would recommend reading as many as possible to get more perspectives, but other than wanting to learn more, I don’t see any reason why people would NEED to know anything at all.
- Comment on Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind? 7 hours ago:
Good news, Ferb! I know what we’re going to do this weekend! I don’t know much of anything about this one, which is usually best, but I’ve heard the name mentioned many times, and your “review” just convinced me to give it a shot.
I don’t get much time to play, but being able to try out gems I otherwise wouldn’t have spent money on really makes Gamepass worth while for me.
- Comment on [deleted] 21 hours ago:
$20 is $20.
- Comment on Oil company funds computer game that promotes fossil fuels to schoolchildren 1 day ago:
It’s appalling that software companies would blatantly push branded propaganda like this!
I miss when games weren’t tainted by corporate advertising. We had good wholesome games like Yo Noid, Cool Spot, and Chex Quest!
- Comment on Should I apologize to this person? 2 days ago:
They’ve already forgotten about it. Don’t remind them.
- Comment on Why are American cops allowed to be morbidly obese? 3 days ago:
Never met anyone who was too fat to shoot minorities. 🤷🏻♂️
- Comment on How do you keep track of what games you have played over the years? 3 days ago:
I find this post interesting. Are you asking because you’re curious about statistical information like “you played this game 28 hours more than that game” or just so you remember if you liked a game or not?
I understand the first one, but I can’t even comprehend the second. As soon as I see a screenshot from a game, my brain goes back to playing it and the general emotions it triggers. I might not remember the details about the game, but I’ll remember if it was fun, frustrating, boring etc. So I think it’s really strange that someone could completely forget playing a game.
I don’t mean any offense or anything. I know I’m some kind of neurodivergent, and I find the differences in how we each think very interesting.
- Comment on Why are you here and not on Reddit? 3 days ago:
It’s been almost two years now. Yeah, I’d say so. It’s cozier here.
- Comment on Why are you here and not on Reddit? 3 days ago:
I didn’t want to stop using my app of choice.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
The MAGA types I know would probably consider you a lesbian playing dress up.
- Comment on My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so? 1 week ago:
That’s pretty ironic considering she did what op’s dad did.
- Comment on My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so? 1 week ago:
Let me be perfectly clear.
THIS IS NOT THE KID’S PROBLEM.
Forcing them to take sides has ONLY NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE CHILD. (
I know you REALLY feel for Mom, and want justice for her, and I don’t disagree with that, and I’m not defending Dad’s actions, but you need to be saying these things to Mom, or her peers (siblings, friends, HER parents)
You are trying to convince OP to weaponize themselves against their parent in order to enforce justice on someone that you don’t like and have never met.
Please stop.
- Comment on My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so? 1 week ago:
Unless you are their mother and refuse to talk to them, that’s not up to you.
And if you are, or if she has the same plan, then OP would probably be better off without.
- Comment on My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so? 1 week ago:
I’m sure it is hard for Mom right now, but she’s not in the room, so, we’re focusing on OPs well being.
It is not the kid’s responsibility to be their parent’s support team.
It is not the kid’s responsibility to dispense justice for the other parent.
Just because OP is the only character in this story we can interact with, it doesn’t mean that they need to right every wrong in it.
- Comment on Am I allowed to make this post to update about a question I asked a few days ago? 1 week ago:
Good for you!
- Comment on How do you gently tell someone you only want to keep seeing them if it's on a dating level? 1 week ago:
So, if she won’t give herself to you, you can stop wasting your time on her and find someone else to hang around and obsess over?
I recognize this behavior, because I used to do it. Spoiler: it doesn’t work.
Go meet more people, stop treating women differently from men, and remember: getting laid won’t happen until you stop forcing it.
- Comment on How do you gently tell someone you only want to keep seeing them if it's on a dating level? 1 week ago:
Your feelings for what?
- Comment on How do you gently tell someone you only want to keep seeing them if it's on a dating level? 1 week ago:
If she’s not a good enough friend that you’re willing to just walk away from her, then dating is probably a bad idea.
- Comment on 5-minute oil change place 1 week ago:
I mean, they pull oil from the ground, only makes sense to put it back from where it came. 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
- Comment on 5-minute oil change place 1 week ago:
Yup, I used to hit up those places because quick and cheap are my favorites!
But, sure enough, one of them screwed everything up so bad, the next place refused to even attempt it.
The dealership where I bought my last car offers free inspections each year, so I just have them do the oil during that.
- Comment on Google just had to put AI in the app store, and it apparently endorses scummy scam sites 1 week ago:
“But Google said this was safe!”
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Yeah, I didn’t feel it necessary to point it out. I knew what they meant.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
If he wants a raw manly scent, why is he using soap at all?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Oh good! I’m not the only one who says this all the time. 😂
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Fair enough, but was one of you 30 years older than the other? I’m not saying there aren’t healthy relationships with circumstances that might otherwise be a red flag.
Hell, when I first hooked up with my current wife, I was her direct supervisor at work. Big red flag there! We ended up breaking it off for the obvious complications, but ran into each other ten years later, tried again under new conditions, and are now happily married with quite the extended family.
But the combination of a teenager/early 20s and a middle aged person in a situation like those, is more than likely to be a dysfunctional unbalanced relationship.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
When a repeat victim of domestic violence refuses to press charges against their partner, and continues to take them back, as is commonly seen in this scenario, do YOU personally think that is their “choice” (as in: they truly desire to remain in this situation forever) or that they would choose otherwise, but due to emotional trauma and manipulation, they are psychologically unable to get away?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
They’re all a bunch of cocks as far as I’m concerned!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
That’s why I have the pass on a one night stand, but if you think a healthy 7 year relationship can develop from sex alone, you’ve got a lot to learn about relationships.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Again, as a wild no strings attached night of debauchery, sure, it could happen and no harm done. But, let’s be honest, if this is something they are doing often, that’s not really normal behavior, and is often a symptom of an underlying issue.
I find it much more likely in your scenario, that the older person is manipulating the other person’s depression or emotional trauma and that their relationship is dysfunctional.
I have a feeling that you were a very horny teenager.
Sorry, I’ll explain. If someone spent their teenage years obsessed with sex, and thinking about how they’d bang anything that would let them, they’d probably be more understanding of a teenager sleeping with a 50 year old. “I wish I even had that chance” they think so many years later.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
So, first off your example takes advantage of a common yet sexist belief, that men constantly want sex. Some definitely do, but that generalization has led to a general assumption that men cannot be raped or taken advantage of.
Society has a very different reaction when a female teacher has sex with a male student than when it’s a male teacher and a female student. Even though it’s the same manipulation occurring, we see people congratulating the boy on getting laid, but the poor girl was victimized.
Now, I’ll admit that your example MAY be totally fine if it is exactly as it plays out in your description: Young guy goes out, and really wants to bring a girl home. So he takes his chances with an older woman, has a one night stand, and everything is consensual. I can see that playing out and both of them being happy with how the night played out.
If they continue to have a relationship after that, it starts to get creepy. My kids are around the 18-21 range, and I have a few coworkers in that range as well. I get along with them all just fine, but we have so little in common, that I can’t even imagine being in a relationship with somebody at that age.
I’ve heard people argue “But younger women are objectively more beautiful than older women so why would anyone not want the youngest, prettiest woman they can get?” And to me that’s a clear sign of being a total piece of shit. Anyone who says that is looking for eye candy to look at and show off. This is not someone who cares about a woman’s thoughts and opinions. This is not someone who is looking for a partner. This is someone who sees a woman as an accessory to his lifestyle, and he wants to have the shiniest one in his neighborhood.
Any middle aged person in a relationship with someone in their teens or twenties is either actively manipulating the younger person, or at best, completely objectifying them.