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by aels
Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: UK's Going to have a snap election
Replies: 44
Views: 9748

Re: UK's Going to have a snap election

I am always ready for a chance to tell the Tories to fuck off. They never do fuck off but it is still satisfying.
by aels
Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: Feminism Test
Replies: 19
Views: 5760

Re: Feminism Test

CashRules wrote:
aels wrote:Traditionalism: 18%
Liberal feminism: 58%
Radical feminism: 76%
Marxist feminism: 78%
Cultural feminism: 76%
Ha! I'm more of a liberal feminist than you. Those other categories aren't real things.
oh no
by aels
Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:39 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feminism Test
Replies: 19
Views: 5760

Re: Feminism Test

Traditionalism: 18%
Liberal feminism: 58%
Radical feminism: 76%
Marxist feminism: 78%
Cultural feminism: 76%
by aels
Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:43 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: A Woman With Memory Problems Yells About Disney
Replies: 7
Views: 2830

Re: A Woman With Memory Problems Yells About Disney

I like Achilles' explanation that everyone knows full well that the Prince and his castle exists but they're not particularly inclined to care what happened to him because they're no longer being taxed by a shitty aristocrat.
by aels
Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:14 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: A Woman With Memory Problems Yells About Disney
Replies: 7
Views: 2830

A Woman With Memory Problems Yells About Disney

What up, franes, I just got back from seeing the live action Beuaty and the Beast, here are my poorly remembered thoughts about it, MIT SPOILERS. As foreground, the animated BatB is my favourite Disney film, the first film I ever saw in the cinema, and probably one of the formative works of fiction ...
by aels
Sun Apr 09, 2017 11:27 am
Forum: General
Topic: Pepsi
Replies: 22
Views: 7111

Re: Pepsi

I come from a broken home.
by aels
Sat Apr 08, 2017 4:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: Pepsi
Replies: 22
Views: 7111

Re: Pepsi

Derived Absurdity wrote:One of the big problems in this world is that there are people who actually like Pepsi.
meet me in the carpark after school, I'll fight u m8
by aels
Sat Apr 08, 2017 4:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: Pepsi
Replies: 22
Views: 7111

Re: Pepsi

CashRules wrote:Pepsi is a rage against adulthood.
Adulthood is just awful and I rage against it on principle.
by aels
Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: Pepsi
Replies: 22
Views: 7111

Re: Pepsi

Nobody agrees on Pepsi.

(Pepsi 4lyfe)
(fight me)
by aels
Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Pepsi
Replies: 22
Views: 7111

Re: Pepsi

I am drinking Pepsi right now. It takes like non-specific civil disobedience! #I'mWithAspartame
by aels
Mon Apr 03, 2017 5:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: Undocumented immigrants
Replies: 11
Views: 4555

Re: Undocumented immigrants

by aels
Mon Apr 03, 2017 5:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: Undocumented immigrants
Replies: 11
Views: 4555

Re: Undocumented immigrants

What DA said but also undocumented immigrants make up a big proportion of the workforce: http://uk.businessinsider.com/cost-deporting-undocumented-immigrants-study-2016-5?r=US&IR=T To my knowledge, they also pay a lot into society and don't take out: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/...
by aels
Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Happy birthday Boomer.
Replies: 9
Views: 3976

Re: Happy birthday Boomer.

Happy birthday!
by aels
Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TSA patdown
Replies: 3
Views: 1769

Re: TSA patdown

I hope it goes alright [love10]
by aels
Tue Mar 28, 2017 2:22 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Replies: 8
Views: 3267

Re: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

I have not played it, nor indeed any Resi game but it has really caught my interest and I've watched a few videos of it. I'm way behind on my gaming these days as a result of being a pauper but I like to keep my eye out for cool stuff, even if I never play it.
by aels
Sat Mar 25, 2017 5:10 am
Forum: General
Topic: Creepy shit from my state
Replies: 5
Views: 2662

Re: Creepy shit from my state

You warned me but I still read them [sigh]
by aels
Sat Mar 25, 2017 4:46 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Best Disney Princess
Replies: 13
Views: 4172

Re: Best Disney Princess

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by aels
Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:40 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Best Disney Princess
Replies: 13
Views: 4172

Re: Best Disney Princess

I'm too tired to rank them but Belle has always been my favourite princess. Moana is now very high up there and I have a lot of time for Jasmine and Mulan. I will not hear seditious anti-Jasmine sentiment and I certainly won't hear anything against Rajah.
by aels
Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: I ended up arguing with a white supremacist
Replies: 5
Views: 2466

Re: I ended up arguing with a white supremacist

They make white people look bad. [none] You never meet attractive, charming, funny, smart white supremacists. IDK, maybe they're out there, but the kind of person who is super proud of being white is generally so because they have nothing else going on for them. Facts are a liberal conspiracy. And ...
by aels
Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: that time when Satanists have the moral high ground
Replies: 7
Views: 3128

Re: that time when Satanists have the moral high ground

I don't know much about Satanists, but I heard that they don't actually worship Satan, they just... say they do. Idk. They seem pretty cool from what I've heard. I don't think actual Satanists exist. https://media.giphy.com/media/srGmzTVZ9Coxy/giphy.gif Sorry, I had to. There are/have been theistic...
by aels
Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: that time when Satanists have the moral high ground
Replies: 7
Views: 3128

Re: that time when Satanists have the moral high ground

The Satanic Temple are good peeps, they do a lot to oppose fundamentalist religious fuckwittery and they're big on personal freedoms. They generally pop up a lot around LGBT rights, access to abortion, and the separation of church and state.
by aels
Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: This is becoming more and more true for me
Replies: 14
Views: 4954

Re: This is becoming more and more true for me

Sometimes I just never reply to messages and it's not so much that I don't care as that I just have zero energy, like what is WITH people and their incessant need for two-way communication. Treat me as a tenebrous void into which you shout your secrets. Do not expect a response. And I would rather n...
by aels
Wed Mar 15, 2017 3:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Privilege
Replies: 32
Views: 8467

Re: Privilege

I don't even have a blue badge! I am terrible at being a leech on society!
by aels
Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Question for those who post on the IMDB2 board.
Replies: 49
Views: 11754

Re: Question for those who post on the IMDB2 board.

Oh Ada. Never change. I mean, you can't but also don't.
by aels
Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Privilege
Replies: 32
Views: 8467

Re: Privilege

79. Bow to your social better, Azaezel. Some of those questions are silly anyway.... to I buy new clothes at least once a month? Um, no. I could certainly afford to if I really wanted, but why would I waste my money like that? That's got nothing to do with privilege. Why didn't it say "could y...
by aels
Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Privilege
Replies: 32
Views: 8467

Re: Privilege

79. Bow to your social better, Azaezel. Some of those questions are silly anyway.... to I buy new clothes at least once a month? Um, no. I could certainly afford to if I really wanted, but why would I waste my money like that? That's got nothing to do with privilege. Why didn't it say "could y...
by aels
Mon Mar 13, 2017 11:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Privilege
Replies: 32
Views: 8467

Re: Privilege

I got 55 and cannot believe that having both my parents alive counts as a privilege. Buzzfeed, have you met my mother tho.
by aels
Mon Mar 13, 2017 11:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Privilege
Replies: 32
Views: 8467

Re: Privilege

Here are some journal articles I remember reading on IATs: http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/01/psychologys-racism-measuring-tool-isnt-up-to-the-job.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (very long and kind of bad) htt...
by aels
Mon Mar 13, 2017 11:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Working While Female
Replies: 2
Views: 1535

Re: Working While Female

The thing I hate about this shit (apart from the obvious) is that it can be really hard to tell if you're dealing with microaggressive sexism or if you're jumping to conclusions. I have a couple of spheres in my life where old guys like to constantly nitpick what I'm doing and I have no idea if this...
by aels
Mon Mar 13, 2017 11:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Privilege
Replies: 32
Views: 8467

Re: Privilege

Derived Absurdity wrote:IATs are worthless. They're a bit more scientific than Buzzfeed polls, but not much. I think we may have discussed them here before, but I don't remember.
Go on? I've seen criticisms of the validity of IATs but nothing quite so definitive.
by aels
Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bill Maher
Replies: 14
Views: 4811

Re: Bill Maher

'Is aels going to turn up and spraff on again about the double-edged sword of patriarchy like a wind-up SJW doll?' I hear you cry. ....no. I am not going to do that. I think the main reason that Maher wasn't vilified for his comments is because social norms are eternally in flux and JUST KIDDING IT'...
by aels
Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:45 am
Forum: General
Topic: Internet gender disparity
Replies: 8
Views: 3271

Re: Internet gender disparity

[love10] I love u guiz. I have dealt with so many shitty dudes today that coming to a place like this where no one is an asshole (except Az, obviously) is just deeply cathartic. See, it really is Not All Men! (I will have to ban you all though or they will take away the feminazi badge I got for pers...
by aels
Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: Internet gender disparity
Replies: 8
Views: 3271

Re: Internet gender disparity

I saw a thoughtful and sensible comment and then I realised it was yours [love4] Anyway, my point is, ban men.
by aels
Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:53 am
Forum: General
Topic: Internet gender disparity
Replies: 8
Views: 3271

Re: Internet gender disparity

I am reading them now because I don't love myself. One comment refers to 'females' so you know you have some solid Discourse on your hands before you even get to 'But women already have so much power, this isn't about equality anymore — it's an agenda geared towards tearing men down and forcing ...
by aels
Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:32 pm
Forum: Food
Topic: To our British members: Are bangers supposed to be dry as fuck?
Replies: 4
Views: 2869

Re: To our British members: Are bangers supposed to be dry as fuck?

No, I don't think so. I mean, I've never tried American sausages (STOP IT, CASH) but the only times I've had very dry British ones, it's been because they weren't real meat (like Quorn ones).
by aels
Tue Mar 07, 2017 1:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: Question for those who post on the IMDB2 board.
Replies: 49
Views: 11754

Re: Question for those who post on the IMDB2 board.

I talk about all of you behind your back. Often to each other.
by aels
Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: So apparently the new Beauty and the Beast is just gay propaganda
Replies: 34
Views: 7806

Re: So apparently the new Beauty and the Beast is just gay propaganda

In Beauty and the Beast, the animated Disney version at least, humanity is defined in terms of love and empathy toward others. Beast was at his most monsterish when he was a pale skinned white dude being shitty to poor people. Similarly, Gaston is also an asshole despite being presented as handsome...
by aels
Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:59 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: I'm a Dungeon Master Again!
Replies: 7
Views: 2943

Re: I'm a Dungeon Master Again!

That's great! I'd love to play but I don't know what the tabletop gaming scene is like in my area. My sister is part of her local roleplaying and wargaming society and they go to national championships and stuff, I'm so jealous.
by aels
Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: So apparently the new Beauty and the Beast is just gay propaganda
Replies: 34
Views: 7806

Re: So apparently the new Beauty and the Beast is just gay propaganda

Ah, I thought it might be a Kingdom Hearts game - I've only played KH1 & 2 because I don't have a PSP/DS/GBA/scientific calculator so everything outside of the main storyline is a closed book to me.
by aels
Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: So apparently the new Beauty and the Beast is just gay propaganda
Replies: 34
Views: 7806

Re: So apparently the new Beauty and the Beast is just gay propaganda

There is a Disney video game featuring a character who falls in love with a literal genderswapped clone of themselves. This game ends with them murdering the clone. They're also both members of a cult. I don't think Disney should have an issue with homosexuality when they already have their labels ...
by aels
Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: So apparently the new Beauty and the Beast is just gay propaganda
Replies: 34
Views: 7806

Re: So apparently the new Beauty and the Beast is just gay propaganda

In Beauty and the Beast, the animated Disney version at least, humanity is defined in terms of love and empathy toward others. Beast was at his most monsterish when he was a pale skinned white dude being shitty to poor people. Similarly, Gaston is also an asshole despite being presented as handsome...
by aels
Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:50 am
Forum: General
Topic: WTF is wrong with this world?
Replies: 6
Views: 2876

Re: WTF is wrong with this world?

I just read about this. Jesus Christ, it is so upsetting.
by aels
Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:02 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Gendo made me do it
Replies: 11
Views: 4435

Re: Gendo made me do it

Hi Andrew! I feel like I maybe played Dominion once but was terrible at it? Anyway, hi.
by aels
Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: So apparently the new Beauty and the Beast is just gay propaganda
Replies: 34
Views: 7806

Re: So apparently the new Beauty and the Beast is just gay propaganda

It's not really a dramatic interpretation of the animation anyway - LeFou has an entire song about how Gaston is handsome and manly.
by aels
Wed Mar 01, 2017 5:57 pm
Forum: General
Topic: death penalty
Replies: 23
Views: 5901

Re: death penalty

My little baby all grown up and dismantling the patriarchy

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by aels
Wed Mar 01, 2017 5:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: death penalty
Replies: 23
Views: 5901

Re: death penalty

And when the rules were inevitably broken, we'd be in the position of having to legally punish people for having children and presumably remove those children to be raised by the state. And I know kids *do* get taken away by the state but it's generally because of concrete threats to their wellbeing...
by aels
Wed Mar 01, 2017 5:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: death penalty
Replies: 23
Views: 5901

Re: death penalty

I suspect it's because it's one of those things that you know would be applied disproportionately severely towards people who are poor or POC or disabled. It's an idea which could be incredibly meritocratic in principle but borderline eugenicist in practice.
by aels
Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: death penalty
Replies: 23
Views: 5901

Re: death penalty

Jesus Christ, that poor baby.