GONADS125

Man.. I'm having deja vu...

I'm pasting part of a comment I made a few days ago on a different post:

This is called implicit racism, and it permeates our society to a systemic level. Healthcare can be a good example, and the U.S. criminal justice system is the best example imo.

One thing that really drives home the systemic implicit racism in this country are studies that have people rate black and white men on how strong/large/muscular and threatening they perceive them to be. The black men were perceived to be more threatening and that use of force was more likely to be viewed as justified. Black and white Americans both perceived the black men to be stronger, taller, and more muscular than their equal-sized white counterparts. Source

Another study found that people view black boys as older than they are, and that they are more responsible for their actions than white boys, whose actions were more likely to be excused by the belief of childhood innocence. So our society essentially strips black boys of their perceived childhood innocence. Same Source

Also should definitely be pointed out that Black Americans are incarcerated at a nearly 5 times greater rate than are White Americans. Source

What are you even talking about? Making what up?

Are you confused by my analogy I put in quotes?

Yes, I can count...

Someone voiced struggling with addiction and your overly simplistic response could easily be interpreted negatively in a demeaning way.

Person 1: "I'm having so much trouble with my obesity..."

Person 2: "People can lose weight."

Can you see how that is not very helpful and potentially demeaning? How someone can feel that trivializes their struggle?

If you had stated something like "Addiction is so difficult, but it can be broken. Don't give up hope." That is totally different.

Perfect! I was too lazy to attempt this on my phone..

Nicely done! That's how vapes should be used; as a means of harm reduction/tapering off, not as a 'healthy' replacement as some people view them to be.

When I would take clients to a smoking cessation therapist, one fact that she would cite was the fact that quitting cigarettes is more difficult than quitting heroin.

I would also be told anecdotally by many of my clients that it was harder to quit than other hard drugs like meth and one person even said crack.

It can certainly be broken, but addiction is a disease and your comment could come off as condescendingly minimizing an incredibly difficult task.

*and cancerous (like the comments)

I have only had 2 vehicles so far in my life, but my Audi Q5 definitely takes the cake.

I never would've been able to afford one normally, but I was smart and took advantage of the covid lock down. Car dealers were considered essential businesses, and I decided it was the right time when I learned car sales were down over 40% across the US.

I was right, and they were desperate. If I had waited a few months, that car would have been completely unaffordable to me with how insane car prices got/still are.

That 1st pic was really missing something...

Yeah I gotcha. I was just trying to clarify that I was talking about the genre then and wasn't saying that the Alien franchise was unoriginal.

Love the first few. Definitely agree with you on the anesthetic. Was just saying District 9 is a bit more original than most movies in the alien genre (not the Alien franchise).

Man I feel like I'm just making things less clear! Haha

It's a little odd but I really liked it. Way more original than most alien films (the genre, not "Alien").