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Nah, you made this hard for us. Every vote for that man made it harder for all of us. I am baffled how many people thought they would be part of the "in group."

I like the idea of a cat owner laying in bed, wide awake, trying to figure out how to cover their cats butthole.

~~It tickles me how much more cordial this thread is compared to the one about violence at night. No essays about how it isn't true, or how women are presented "worse." Just empathy and good discussion, and some jokes here and there.~~

Not flippant at all. I'm in therapy now actually. 🤗

I don't have pictures of myself. I look at myself in every stage with disgust, from infancy to now. I know my mother has some, but she knows go keep them away from me as I will destroy them. I don't want to see myself if I don't have to, and I don't have to. I look similar enough to my childhood self that I don't want to see her either.

I know this is lazy of me, but no. I was going to, downloaded tuta and everything, but I just switched this year and finally have it where I want it. I have my stuff forwarded from my old emails, and most of my important stuff has the email. I also failed to vary my programs, so it's also my VPN and password manager. Even just getting starting with the email was giving me a headache.

And, honestly, the vpn is better than mullvad (to me). When I was attempting to switch, I started with mullvad, but it was so much slower. And I had issues on sites I normally had no issues with. I'll keep the resources and maybe start transferring little by little as time goes on.

I am judged for the way I look. I am very large and masculine, as well as black. I am more likely to be confused as the danger than be in danger. I have had women cross the street to avoid me. So, as a person who has experienced this more than being seen as a woman, I still wouldn't be upset. I don't get mad or offended when a woman avoids me because she doesn't know me. I'm a stranger, and she doesn't owe me her bravery or even her kindness. Yeah, she doesn't know me, yeah, I'm not a threat, but I don't know that woman and it's not for me to police.

And you know what I mean by the last part. I am very, very well aware that emotional abuse is extremely damaging. Any kind of abuse is. What I meant was that if you have the choice of murder or emotional abuse, I would pick emotional abuse simply on the ground that I'm not dying, not because I think it's "easy." I thought it was belittling the danger that some people face as not a fear for their lives. That's why I compared it to male DV because I believe that to be on a similar level, not that emotional abuse just doesn't exist. I was hoping that seeing it from another perspective, one that is usually ignored and belittled when men go through it, would allow for some understanding as to how it's hurtful to belittle some women's concerns walking at night.

Like, this is so fucking ridiculous (not you, this thread). All the post said was "too bad men murder" and we have people twisted up because it wasn't , "too bad there's the potential for man to murder another man at night." i don't see this hoopla on posts when men say they can't cry, or that, for an example, they don't get complimented enough. I don't women coming in because they're like, "I actually do compliment men. Do you know how it feels to be assumed to not give compliments with such a statement?" No, I am not saying compliments are on the same level or social stigma, but everyone seems to understand hyperbole in those situations.

I wouldn't defend it because I wouldn't even think it was talking about me in the first place. Some women are emotionally abusive, but I wouldn't assume they literally meant every single woman on earth is an asshole and feel the urge to swoop in with, "Hey, not all women. Some of us are nice! Here, look at these studies that show that women are more likely to be in the other end of the abuse!"

Honestly, I'm more concerned if you think the threat of murder at night is a comparable threat to emotional abuse from any gender.

Random woman: I like late night walks, but I'm scared for my safety.

This thread for some reason: YOU DON'T THINK MEN GET SCARED? MURDERED!?

Like, chill. Yes, men can absolutely be murdered/hurt walking alone. But are we really going to sit here and act like women are making up their concerns/grievances out of spite? For some reason, if anyone mentions a general concern/issue related to women's experiences with men, some people trip over themselves to say how it's actually not an issue and how it's actually so much worse for men. If I'm listening to a male DV victim and I go, "well, actually, women are more likely to be victims of DV. You know, it's actually not even an issue for you. Here, look at these numbers that prove that women are the victims. Do you not mention it because you hate women? Why are you trying to ruin our spotless reputation as delicate flowers that can do no wrong with your lies", you would think I was nuts, and for good reason.

“And by the way, Bernie, the problem of corruption is not just in the federal agencies. It’s in Congress too,” Kennedy said. “Almost all the members of this panel, including yourself, are accepting millions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry and protecting their interests.”

“Oh, no, no, no, no,” Sanders said, raising his hand to quiet the applause that erupted from the gallery. “I ran for president like you. I got millions and millions of contributions. They did not come from the executives; not one nickel of PAC money from the pharmaceutical industry. They came from the workers.”

RFK just kept saying it over and over again like Sanders didn't address it. 1.5 million of the 200 million raised for his presidential campaign came from health care workers. And he still didn't answer the question, only for Sanders to be told he's battering the witness.

Fucking hate this time line.

The only good thing out of this is that I truly believe anyone can get into government.

Low key tempted to see if I can pull a Candence and be their niggress of the month so I can start leaking shit. If blowjob-bobert can get in there, why can't I?