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The worst pickup line I've ever gotten (lemmy.zip)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Gotta say, it got a response and got you thinking about them which is a ton more than I regularly got when I was on the apps

[–] morphballganon 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's possible to despise JK for her transphobia while still enjoying stories about magic

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I do enjoy stories about magic. The problem is that Harry Potter is so tightly wound into her own politics as a story that you can't separate the two. To add to that, buying Harry Potter related stuff directly funds anti-trans organization and she's gone on record stating that.

[–] Ptsf 2 points 1 month ago

I do wish she'd get off the batshit crazy hate bus. She's just plain wrong, and I can agree to not supporting that, but having grown up with Harry Potter books being one of my favorite fictional escapes it hurts losing that piece of nostalgic delight that I used as an escape from an abusive childhood to a hate mongering transphobe.

[+] morphballganon -29 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Ok, you are making it abundantly clear that you are ok with JK dictating your purchasing permissions. Maybe that works for you, but I'd never give a jerk that kind of power over me.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My purchasing decision is to boycott anything that funds people who want to kill me and I'm perfectly okay with adding more people to the list.

[+] morphballganon -24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

people who want to kill me

I didn't realize JK has talked about killing people. Can you point me to your source for that?

How does a pick-up line on a dating app give money to an organization?

We've got 10 downvotes and no replies. That's called cowardice and hypocrisy. Don't blame me for your feelings of inadequacy in regard to boycotts. Stand up for your decision or don't shame others for being different.

[–] FooBarrington 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't realize JK has talked about killing people. Can you point me to your source for that?

What's your point? Driving people into suicide by denying them medical interventions proven to lower the dramatically high suicide rates isn't technically killing?

[–] morphballganon -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, you don't have a source, is that correct?

[–] FooBarrington 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's your point? Driving people into suicide by denying them medical interventions proven to lower the dramatically high suicide rates isn't technically killing?

[–] morphballganon -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've asked for a source and no one is able to provide one. Where is JK denying people medical interventions?

[–] FooBarrington 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Are you seriously trying to claim that she isn't working on making these medical interventions less accessible? How can you claim that after so many years of her activism, especially in the context of changes in law that did make these medical interventions less accessible?

And don't act like you've really asked for a source. You've been arguing in bad faith by JAQing off and taking people literally when you perfectly understood what they meant, which is why I won't engage in serious discussion with you. You are a troll - if you wanted a serious interaction, you should have started by acting seriously yourself.

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

or don't shame others for being different.

Lmfao, if you feel ashamed of your actions, that's not our problem.

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[–] morphballganon -2 points 1 month ago

"No u" lol ok

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan 9 points 1 month ago

Us: *doesn't give money to people that fund lobbyists who'd rather me die*

You: "yOurE LeTtiNg THeM cONtRoL YoUuU"

[–] Zorque 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You know, I had a solid thirty seconds where I was trying to make an allusion to nazis and giving them power when you invade Germany to stop them... but your whole train of logic is just so far off the rails that I can't logically make it work. Like... do you guys have focus groups on this shit to come up with the most outlandish takes possible?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

This is where one takes sail to the seven seas...