shuzuko

I think you’re misunderstanding me. I’m talking about the change in the regulating body now allowing the teams, or at least the countries sponsoring them, to make their own choices. It used to be that the regulating body enforced skimpy bikinis, and now they don’t. That’s progress. Individual teams using that choice to be shitty in no way undermines that progress. Less people being forced to do or wear things against their will, better judgement, or desire is always better, even if there’s still progress to be made.

And this is tangential and I don’t really wish to get into an argument over it, but I have to point out that the logic of “well they knew what they were getting into so they by default consented to it” is really fucking terrible logic. Here, make the choice between being objectified so you can continue competing, or give up your dreams to maintain your dignity! What the fuck kind of choice is that? That’s coercion hiding behind choice. That’s one step below “have sex with me or you’re fired”. Fuck that noise.

The commenter I replied to said, “when there isn’t a choice, it’s repression”. This goes the other way, too. When the volleyball teams didn’t have the choice to cover up because the regulating body enforced “less than 10cm coverage” - which is a fact, this is a thing they did until recently - it’s just as bad. No woman should be forced to wear more or less clothing than they want. My comment was specifically in reference to the change in rules by the governing body allowing teams to come to their own decisions regarding appropriate uniform. Will some teams enforce regulations that are also bad? Yes, but progress is progress. A smaller group of people being forced to follow shitty regulations is always better than a huge group of people being forced to follow shitty regulations. That individual teams do not allow choice in no way undermines the progress of the regulating body.

Ok but like, how is it any better to force them to wear skimpy bikinis they don’t want to wear? Is it not better for the regulating body to offer choice to everyone, rather than enforcing coverage or non-coverage that will inevitably upset someone?

Because I can’t get my husband to take his shoes off right when he comes inside after 13 years together, so I’ve given up and just started wearing shoes inside myself 🤷🏻‍♀️

Who’s the artist? This has excellent composition and I’d like to see their other works.

You know, as jaded as I am, it still saddens me to see gen z being just as jaded. I’m going to try a different tack, though I probably won’t change your mind.

Biden is a dusty old milquetoast imperialist fucktwat. No arguments on that front. However, due to the way our electoral system works, 3rd parties cannot currently be viable at a national level because you and I will never, ever be able to convince 50%+ of the population to vote outside the D/R binary. It is an unfortunate reality that every vote not explicitly for Biden is a vote that will help Trump in the end.

What needs to happen, realistically, is that we defeat Trump, buy ourselves 4 more years of slow decline rather than complete collapse, and work at a local level to grow support for some form of ranked voting before 2028. Now, granted, that’s been the goal of most pacifist leftists for years now and it hasn’t happened. However, keep in mind that even if Trump is voted in and we see a fascist collapse, revolution probably just… won’t happen. Not in America. Not in our lifetimes. Not in enough force to change anything. And if revolution doesn’t happen and you’re now living in a full-on fascist hellscape, how will you get out? Do you have a plan? Is it feasible? Even if it’s feasible now, will it remain so in two years?

I dunno. I have very little hope at this point, and maybe the “burn it down” zoomers are right. Maybe you all and gen alpha have enough energy to overcome the lethargic despair and bitterness that has suffused us older folks. All I know is that I’m too fucking tired to revolt after the train crash, so I’ll try my best to stop the train instead and work to build new tracks going the other direction. It’d be nice to have a little help but… Honestly I don’t blame you if you just want to see it crash at this point.

Wow, writing that all out just made me even more depressed 🥲

CVS participates in the govt program that gives the covid shots for free. I was between insurances when my husband left his corporate job and I’m immunocompromised, so I looked into it and while there’s a few schools and medical centers participating too, CVS is pretty much everywhere and it was absolutely zero cost to me.

I wonder if it’s counting the people who have $0 payments as having “paid”, though, which could be driving up the percentage. Because I definitely haven’t given them shit, but I’m considered “current” cause I somehow have $0 payments right now. Not sure why but I ain’t fuckin arguing.

Most people cannot see their primary care physician just by driving up and being like, hey, I need to be seen for x issue. You pretty much have to make an appointment unless you go to a minute clinic or something. And that’s with insurance. Your experience is very much an outlier.

I get a good chuckle out of this every time I see it mentioned.

The problem I see is not that Islamophobes are against the religion of Islam. They’re mostly just against brown people and use “Islam is a religion of hate” as an excuse to justify their racism. Furthermore, most Islamophobes “hate” Islam for the same reasons the love Christianity, they just don’t like that brown people have been able to do what they haven’t - suppress an entire population through the use of their religion, subjugating and oppressing women, LGBTQ+, other races, and non-believers. It’s not that most of them have any actual problems with what hard-right Islam does, they just don’t like that those brown (enter slur of choice)s are the ones doing it instead of them.

I like the idea of the yellow and white stripes representing the tribes and counties on the origami flowers one, and could easily see that being combined with the snowflake/star. But the main design is iffy, I agree.

Oh, I see the problem. You’ve written black and brown people.

You should know by now that they don’t count as people unless they go through a very rigorous “personhood” check, with markers such as “will they stay quiet about racism,” “will they strive to emulate rich white people in dress, speech and manner, to the detriment of their own culture,” “will they lead fully sanitized lives as wage slaves without complaint and never dabble in white collar or petty crimes that would be ignored if their skin was lighter,” and “will they silently and happily vote for rich white capitalists in politics, against their best interest”. Because clearly if they can’t follow these very generous and simple guidelines, they don’t want to be considered people, duh.

Fuck I feel dirty having typed that out.

The fact that I have no idea what her name is but still know exactly who you’re talking about when you say Lettuce Head is endlessly amusing to me.

She obviously is. She’s said so dozens of times! And really, who would just go on the internet and lie like that? ;)

This is the most painful “you had me in the first half” I’ve seen in a while.

On that’s easy, it’s because he’s still on Putin’s good side.

As to why no one has… encouraged him into any other “mysterious accident”, though, your guess is as good as mine.

Yep. I’m on immunosuppressive medication so gimme gimme - I’ve managed to only get one very mild case of covid so far and even that was fucking miserable. Do not want, please give more vaccine.

It depends on how you manage it. We had a system where parents could pay up front for your lunches, and students using that system got their lunches the same way the needs-based students did - the lunch lady just checked their name off the list for the day. You could guess at who had which, probably, but there was no way to confirm it.

That being said, you’re right about the bureaucracy and I’m all in favor of free lunches for all students regardless of their parents’ income.

Yeah if I’m gonna get digital-carded to play a video game like I get regular-carded for booze at 34, I will absolutely just start pirating everything.