@avidseries He's balding with male pattern baldness. How could you not be grossed out?
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I'm almost certainly in a minority on this, but, for me at least, the thing about these people that's the biggest problem is that they're physically repellant. I find it difficult to even look at them. It's almost spiritually annihilating to do so.
It's a reflexive physical disgust I've had since I first saw a photo of a transexual as a child. I can't bring myself to pretend to feel otherwise. It would be inauthentic and fatiguing for me to try to "cure" myself of this disgust. At any rate, I doubt any therapetic mechanism would work.
I'm of course not advocating that anyone cultivate a physical disgust based upon a pre-existing ideological or moral position, and I'm not arguing that policies or laws should be crafted based on this disgust. In fact, I feel strongly that they shouldn't, at all.
I'm just saying that my brain immediately identifies these people as being in violation of something fundamental and what I then instantly feel is an aversion to even looking at them.
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A 43 ans... comme quoi hein rien ne presse. On nous fout tellement la pression avec l'horloge biologique sérieux...
2000s@PopCulture2000s
ANNE HATHAWAY IS PREGNANT !!!!!
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@glennbeck She thinks she sacrificed a fabulous law career, didn't seem to enjoy motherhood, certainly had no fun living in the White House with servants!
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I can't imagine saying about my wife what Michelle Obama just said. Barack wants the next chapter of his life to be "fun." Michelle wants it to be all about "me," as if the past few decades have been a bitter sacrifice rather than a team effort. What a sad relationship.
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@sarvielle This isn't that big of deal. The girl I babysat her mom was 44 when she had her (last of 5 kids) . That "baby" is 36.
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omg at 43 years old we are really entering a new era of womanhood
Pop Crave@PopCrave
Anne Hathaway reveals she is pregnant in new Instagram video.
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@CollinRugg I went today and saw piles of them. I'm in CT. No one was buying them. What am I missing?
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Massive lines spotted outside of Trader Joe's across the country after the grocery store released a new $2.99 tote bag.
According to the Wall Street Journal, similar Trader Joe's bags have been listed online for $50,000 overseas in cities like London and Tokyo.
One East Coast mother and daughter say they purchased 24 totes that will be shipped as gifts to their family in South Korea.
In a recent statement, Trader Joe's announced it was filing a lawsuit to protect customers from knock-off totes.
"We are aware that some knockoff totes are being sold online and have recently filed a lawsuit to protect our customers from being misled," Trader Joe’s said in a statement.
Insane.
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@hasanthehun They've been endlessly attacked since day one. What support?
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israel is the most entitled nazi goverment i have ever seen, 80+ yrs of unquestioned loyalty by the west and now when they're asked to stop murdering lebanese children, they treat it like its another holocaust! they literally believe its illegal for others to defend themselves
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Sad thing is that most of these people are 20–27yo Gen Z trying to impress their friends by “travelling the world” and cosplaying a rich lifestyle, while not saving or building anything substantial for their life.
They’ll proudly say they’ve been to 50+ countries, when in reality they spent 7 days in each and just executed the TikTok itinerary they saved before coming.
The algorithm chooses the place, the pose, the restaurant and the caption. They just show up and perform it.
Mambo Italiano@mamboitaliano__
Social media trends have turned the world’s most beautiful places into endless bathroom lines at a concert, where everyone waits for hours just to take the same photo to show to people who couldn’t care less 🌎📸 Nothing captures the shallow decay of our time better than this
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@motivatedjoy2 The identity of the kids is male and therefore he doesn't belong in female sports divisions. What he thinks he is or how he wants to be perceived is irrelevant.
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I find this right-wing cruelty to be so viscerally upsetting.
The spectacle of adults publicly dissecting the identity of a 14 year old child is just so depraved. It must be psychologically punishing to be trans right now and to see, everywhere, people arguing over whether you are allowed to simply exist honestly in the world.
No one deserves this. Nobody!
Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
Lina Haaga, a male HS athlete pretending to be a girl, just wrote an article for The Guardian where he claims his transition wasn't meant to help him "gain an advantage or take something from someone else." Here's a picture of him after taking 1st place at a girls' 400m race, where he even beat out his older sister. He literally stole medals from not just other girls, but his own sister.
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There's only one country and one issue they care about and it's not the United States:
Matthew Feinberg@thewebbie
Fuck Vance
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@RichardHanania Yes except crime is up in the subway and has been for years.
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Being in NYC, it's amazing how different the city is from the Fox News stereotype. People are extremely well behaved, there's no hint of violence, police are everywhere, the subway doesn't feel dangerous any time day or night. It smells in some places, but that's it.
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@HannahDCox And yes the hybrid mode is probably best, at least for people with family members that need help, kids or older parents. For young people staying home in your apt. all day does not sound super healthy to me. JMO.
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That's always been why so many were anti-remote work though.
1. A lot more people than you think are dependent on work for socialization - very Michael Scott like.
2. A lot of others dislike their spouses and kids and want an excuse to leave every day.
3. Another group are micromanagers/people with poor management skills, and/or people whose jobs really don't need to exist if people prove able to work independently and they know it.
4. A small group loses money on commercial real estate if remote work is successful.
And those groups of people are trying to hold everyone else hostage in offices.
rohit@krishnanrohit
The more I read arguments against remote work the less I find them credible. This starts with "remote work hurts mental health" then goes to say it's about those without friends/family with whom they interact. Work isn't meant to be adult daycare, just let people choose.
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@HannahDCox My friend a cancer survivor has a charity that packs bags to give to people starting chemo. Occasionally offices will help pack the bags for team building, I went to one with her this week. This was the office I remember, camaraderie amongst coworkers. There is something to it.
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@NoFilterSkin 2nd kid didn't sleep well in hotels. Several years we didn't travel because he'd be up all night. Generalities make no sense with children - there are patterns but they aren't all the same.
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I’m so tired of hearing “you won’t be able to do that anymore when you have a baby”
I can just take him with me??
Going to the beach? He’s coming.
Going out to dinner? He’s coming.
Going on vacation? He’s coming.
Fly to a different country? He’s coming!!
Bro kids are portable
Ima pack his lil bag and go.
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@conor64 There are cheap hotels and hostels on Santorini. And everyone goes to that spot in the video to see the sun go down and we're doing that 30 years ago. You don't have to stay in some fancy hotel or be rich, I went a couple years after I graduated from college and was making 25k
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What this take gets wrong is that you can in fact easily escape the crowds in the Greek islands while spending less than if you go to Santorini because that island is relatively expensive. Middle class travelers can easily find a beach all to themselves if they want to
spor@sporadica
Everyone's consistently getting mad that this is happening, but it's only because the world has gotten immensely richer. And too many of these travel-obsessed types are middle-class ppl cosplaying as wealthy bc they can "travel the world" now. You are just not rich enough to /actually/ escape the crowds anymore - that's why you're upset. You've been clocked as middle class, you are getting a middle class experience, and surprise, you don't like it.
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@702ValetParker She's just talking about periods. She didn't say any of all that you are saying.
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I regret to inform you that reproductive biology is slightly more complicated than the Fisher Price version of science you seem to be operating with.
Women can be born without uteruses. Women can lose uteruses to cancer. Women can have hysterectomies. Women can stop menstruating decades before death.
A uterus is an organ, not a philosophical litmus test for womanhood. Plenty of women do not menstruate. Plenty never could.
Who knew biological science was being rewritten by people whose understanding peaked in middle school health class.
Riley Gaines@Riley_Gaines_
If you don’t have a uterus, you cannot have a period. The fact this even has to be seriously said is a condemnation of humanity.
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@canarymission So they used 10/7 attack for fundraisers and to get Islamists elected. This interview should be blasted everywhere.
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Who is bankrolling DSA and other fringe candidates across America? Linda Sarsour shares how "max donations" from Muslim and Arab-American donors whose main agenda is Palestine are behind campaigns in NYC and Texas.
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@feelsdesperate Great speech today but she is usually says just the opposite about Barack, that he was too busy and she was a single mom for the most part, that she gave up her career. Also being in the WH sucked, that she was criticized endlessly. She doesn't make parenthood seem fun either.
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Michelle Obama is an interesting character because until the past couple years she had very high favorability and polled very well.
She can deliver a speech excellently and she absolutely would have had a path to the presidency if she was a happy warrior who didn’t come off as bitter and aggrieved.
For whatever reason she couldn’t manage the baseline requisite of keeping her grievances and anger private. Very odd set of ‘choices’ and it’s unclear what any of it has gotten her. She’s a very puzzling figure.
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@owenjonesjourno They were purposely picked over probably endless hetero couples.
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The abuse and murder of Preston Davey is nauseating.
Those responsible are vile beyond words.
This horror must not be weaponised against gay parents: the vast majority are loving and caring.
The issue is how middle-class ‘respectability’ can shield abusers from scrutiny.
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@MurrayHillGuy1 What apology tour? She never apologized. And Zohran said "she's a private person". The media didn't report on her liking posts of bulldozers knocking down a fence so they could murder kibbutz residents.
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> Be Rama Duwaji
> Grow up Houston/Dubai
> Move to NYC (Brooklyn) to become an "artist"
> Build entire personality around activism-core illustrations
> Match with Zohran on Hinge
> Marry into Gracie Mansion
> Become NYC First Lady
> Old internet history gets found
> Anti-Israel posts, Oct. 7th likes, slurs
> Apology tour starts immediately
> Still gets rebranded as a "cool girl artist"
> Wear a Knicks Etsy hostage dress
> Media calls it fashion
> NYC is unserious
> Get celebrated by every blue-haired Bushwick activist with 14 followers and a land acknowledgment in their bio
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