Curiousfur

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[–] Curiousfur 7 points 14 hours ago

IIRC Pushback against "Unsafe at any speed" was the literal origin of the conservative think tank as a political movement. I think Behind the Bastards did an episode on it or maybe Stuff you missed in history class?

[–] Curiousfur 24 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Brother, you need help

[–] Curiousfur 71 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

My personal one

[–] Curiousfur 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Trying to protect neurodivergent people unfortunately shelters bad behavior as well as benign. Yes, the antisocial guy trying to start fights and hurt animals would've been driven out of society, but so would the harmless kid who needs things to be arranged by the last letter of its name or something. I've got some idiosyncrasies that make certain aspects of "fitting in" require more effort than most, and I definitely felt the difference in attitude towards how I struggled as I got older. Another hard to control factor is that malicious people can game those same attitudes that help people who simply can't understand why they are different.

[–] Curiousfur 12 points 3 days ago

The wookie knows he's bullshitting him, it's just funny as hell watching him make stupid noises and watch the rest of the party stare in awe.

[–] Curiousfur 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Straight passing queer guy here, personally advocating for the young women and trans women in my life to arm themselves and helping teach when I can. Rights shall not be infringed upon without great pain to those who try

[–] Curiousfur 48 points 1 week ago

It's because they're offering easy answers to complicated problems. No one wants to listen to me explain for 45 minutes why something is an issue that dates back three decades and will probably require three more decades of fixing, they just want to feel good now.

[–] Curiousfur 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's why I feel so conflicted. It's targeting those "the only moral abortion is mine" types in the only way they'll feel it. How wise do you get an old Conservative man to understand how important abortion is without someone "innocent" (assuming they weren't complicit) suffering from the consequences? I guess it's punishment in a more Biblical sense than moral consequence, but they need to feel the level of pain they inflicted on people and then be met with the same "God's plan" bullshit as they watch someone they care about suffer. I just don't think they'll ever understand otherwise

[–] Curiousfur 19 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

My biggest weakness and most toxic trait is wanting to see bad people face consequences. That person weaving through traffic at high speeds without a turn signal, with no concern for the safety of everybody else on the road? Please drive off the road, crash, do something that drives home how selfish you are acting, and I hope it's expensive.

Politician campaigning on hate and saying that religion punishes 'wicked' people? I hope a loved one suffers some horrible disease and dies in pain.

Vote for an anti-abortion law? Watch your wife or daughter die of something entirely preventable. Refuse to provide exceptions for rape? Do unto others and all that, you know?

Nazi/christofascist/white supremacist? Worm food. Slowly.

I fix things, that's my whole driving purpose in life, and basically the only thing I'm particularly good at. I have never been very creative, I suck at writing , I'm not a great artist or sculptor or musician. It causes me so much pain and frustration to not be able to fix something, and so much rage to see people deliberately breaking things, doubly so when they delight in the suffering it causes.

[–] Curiousfur 47 points 2 weeks ago (20 children)

I struggle to consider myself a pacifist as the paradox of tolerance is a difficult thing to have to come to terms with and I'm fundamentally a flawed human being, but I so fundamentally hate the presumed human cost of "just doing business". I am filled with a searing, incandescent rage at all times, fueled entirely by the hypocrisy of liberal ideology and the cruelty of conservatives. I'm burning up and trying to avoid melting down just getting through the day, surrounded by people who seemingly willingly refuse to understand nuance on hot issues or that complicated problems oftentimes require complicated solutions. I'm tired, boss.

[–] Curiousfur 13 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

This movie gave me nightmares for years...

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