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Keanu Reeves getting flowers from a fan 6 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
We don't deserve Keanu Reeves
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Gay 13 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
"Leftist"? Nowhere in the tweet was it specified that the guys or the user were left leaning. So you just admitted that in your eyes, being right wing equals being anti gay rights. By extension, anti human rights. Well isn't that telling, and you're one to talk about projection. Oh the irony.
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Retail can relate 5 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
My boyfriend works in retail and yeah, the stories he tells. Why is it _always_ old people pulling this kind of shit? Just yesterday his colleague was supposed to close at 8PM and he had an annoying couple of retirees ask him stupid questions up until 8:45!
They were also wearing socks with sandals though so maybe they were just a pair of psychopaths.
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They were also wearing socks with sandals though so maybe they were just a pair of psychopaths.
When you don't like dogs 13 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
Totally fine with the "two people's experiences aren't the same thing" but I have experienced serious double standards, people who were attacked by animals are usually permitted to be afraid whilst people who were attacked by people aren't, is all I'm saying.
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When you don't like dogs 13 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
I was raped when I was just seven year old. Do I just jump in fear and pull out a crucifix whenever I see a man? No.
Him judging all dogs by one bad experience is a problem indeed and a big personality flaw. But in my experience, people whose scars are visible are usually more coddled and therefore more likely to stay in this generalizing mindset than people whose scars are internal.
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Him judging all dogs by one bad experience is a problem indeed and a big personality flaw. But in my experience, people whose scars are visible are usually more coddled and therefore more likely to stay in this generalizing mindset than people whose scars are internal.
Best engagement photo 7 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
If you like change, then yeah, wigs are awesome, especially since you can wear different styles with different outfits which is cool. I'm kinda conservative (in other words, afraid that change is gonna fuck me up and I'm gonna look like a tool) about my hair so the only big change I ever did was cutting it from mid-back to shoulder lenght lol
Though I think that maybe it also has something to do with the fact that in the past, African American women have been shamed for their natural hair (there's a bunch of articles about girls being sent home to "fix their hair" because they had natural afro hair, in some cases this bias was even reflected in the schools' dress code, and some of those articles are even from 2017!) and some women tried to hide it with wigs or used straighteners which of course is not healthy for the hair. Hopefully, this terrible shaming is a thing of the past, people of any and all shapes, colors and backgrounds shouldn't be shamed for their natural look <3
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Though I think that maybe it also has something to do with the fact that in the past, African American women have been shamed for their natural hair (there's a bunch of articles about girls being sent home to "fix their hair" because they had natural afro hair, in some cases this bias was even reflected in the schools' dress code, and some of those articles are even from 2017!) and some women tried to hide it with wigs or used straighteners which of course is not healthy for the hair. Hopefully, this terrible shaming is a thing of the past, people of any and all shapes, colors and backgrounds shouldn't be shamed for their natural look <3
When you don't like dogs 13 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
If you don't like dogs, I don't like you.
You can prefer cats, sure, but just not liking dogs? What kind of monster are you?
You can prefer cats, sure, but just not liking dogs? What kind of monster are you?
Don't wish for Raspberry Crowns 11 comments
Best engagement photo 7 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
Oooh ok, I see. I suppose naturally curly hair is a little harder to work with, then a wig makes sense.
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Best engagement photo 7 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
I never understood this. In my personal experience, black women are more likely to wear wigs than white women, when their hair is totally healthy. I think your hair is beautiful, gurl! You don't have to hide it.
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Matthew charles 18 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
Hmm, no I think it is a relevant argument to compare them, because it helps people realize that the gap between our morals/common sense and the law may be a lot bigger than we imagine.
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Matthew charles 18 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
Yes there is. In the US, drug related crimes are so overly punished it's ridiculous. Selling a chemical substance can get you a lot more years in jail than actually violating a person's body without their consent, and I'm not talking only about the Turner case. It's fucked up in principle and it's well demonstrated by these two cases but they aren't the only representation of it.
"Prison sentences for rape are not uniform. A study made by the U.S. Department of Justice of prison releases in 1992, involving about 80 percent of the prison population, found that the average sentence for convicted rapists was 9.8 years, while the actual time served was 5.4 years."
ONLY 5 YEARS. That's ridiculous!
The guy in the post got the same punishment as a murderer could get. Don't tell me there isn't any point in pointing that out.
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"Prison sentences for rape are not uniform. A study made by the U.S. Department of Justice of prison releases in 1992, involving about 80 percent of the prison population, found that the average sentence for convicted rapists was 9.8 years, while the actual time served was 5.4 years."
ONLY 5 YEARS. That's ridiculous!
The guy in the post got the same punishment as a murderer could get. Don't tell me there isn't any point in pointing that out.
Freedom of speech 22 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
Literally nobody said they're more enlightened. It seems like your whole part in this thread is you feeling attacked by a strawman you made up.
Freedom of speech 22 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
Yes. I just don't get why you're so offended by all this. Nobody's attacking you, or the country. They're saying "hey here's a problem, let's fix it" and even if you disagree with that and think they're just pretentious, I don't get why you're so touchy about it.
Freedom of speech 22 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
Insulting people you disagree with will surely make me think that you're a reasonable, totally not overly nationalistic person. Yeah.
Even if they're not right, why should they be stopped from expressing their opinion? Isn't freedom of speech one of the core values y'all are supposed to fight for?
Even if they're not right, why should they be stopped from expressing their opinion? Isn't freedom of speech one of the core values y'all are supposed to fight for?
Uhh, yeah! 16 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
Sooo what exactly was supposed to annoy men about this? The fact that they didn't eat salad to stay thin? Or the "immodest" clothing? Or just hanging out with other women instead of taking care of a m̶a̶n̶b̶a̶b̶y̶ husband?
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Matthew charles 18 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
35 years for a non violent drug crime, meanwhile Brock Turner the rapist got like, what, two months? That is majorly fucked up.
I heard the judge on the Turner case got fired though so... it's something.
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I heard the judge on the Turner case got fired though so... it's something.
Freedom of speech 22 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
You got offended because someone disrespected a funky coloured piece of cloth. How that's not over the top is beyond me.
Not to mention, people protest because they want to make the country better. They don't disrespect the country by any means, they just want certain aspects of it to improve, and they're expressing their opinion as peacefully and calmly as is humanly possible. You feel personally attacked by people who are trying to make the country a better place for everyone, really?
Not to mention, people protest because they want to make the country better. They don't disrespect the country by any means, they just want certain aspects of it to improve, and they're expressing their opinion as peacefully and calmly as is humanly possible. You feel personally attacked by people who are trying to make the country a better place for everyone, really?
Just believe people 13 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
Have you ever seen any of her shows or read her tweets?
Even the tweet in the post up here shows it.
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Even the tweet in the post up here shows it.
Freedom of speech 22 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
Good point, @guest. Especially since the protest was/is about police brutality, not about the troops. I really don't see how soldiers would get offended when someone protests to point out problems within the police force, those are two separate areas.
@famousone The thing is, it's divisive because people like you said it's divisive. I'm pretty sure most people agree with limiting police brutality, no matter their political leaning. But some people, as I mentioned before, got offended seemingly for no reason and called it disrespectful. Why? It's the mildest form of protest AND it's likely most people in the audience already agree with you! It seems to me like they value a symbol over all the lost lives (both in war and to trigger happy cops), and to me that's just majorly fucked up. But I'm not American and we don't really do this over the top patriotism thing here so maybe it's just me.
@famousone The thing is, it's divisive because people like you said it's divisive. I'm pretty sure most people agree with limiting police brutality, no matter their political leaning. But some people, as I mentioned before, got offended seemingly for no reason and called it disrespectful. Why? It's the mildest form of protest AND it's likely most people in the audience already agree with you! It seems to me like they value a symbol over all the lost lives (both in war and to trigger happy cops), and to me that's just majorly fucked up. But I'm not American and we don't really do this over the top patriotism thing here so maybe it's just me.
Freedom of speech 22 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
I've seen a bit of news about it and the way it looks to me right now, is that the bosses didn't have an explicit problem with that. After all, it's probably the mildest form of protest ever. But out of curiosity I watched a bunch of conservative outlets talk about it and they mostly mentioned the "yer disrespecting our flag, country, troops blah blah blah"
Just believe people 13 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
LOL Tomi Lahren is such a joke. I don't understand how anyone could ever listen to her.
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Freedom of speech 22 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
@guest No, freedom of speech means you can insult people, but they can absolutely insult you back. This is what so many people don't get, especially Fox News pundits and self-proclaimed "free speech warriors" (many of which are also self-proclaimed "anti-SJWs") like Tomi Lahren and her ilk who defend people like Richard Spencer but then say kneeling when the national anthem plays is literally treason because "hurr durr you're disrespecting the flag".
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How did I not notice this! 2 comments
ewqua
· 6 years ago
I JUST saw Deadpool 2 a few hours ago. It's awesome, go watch it. That's all I can say. I won't get into conversations with people about it here because that would mean spoilers, but just... go watch it.
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