@kotep would that that were the case
I'd love to see them trying to make that fit on the top of a wedding cake
Pol but good news
Further updates on alt-right folks trying to speak in NZ - they just got thrown out of their last venue option, and they're officially cancelling their talks in the country. Fuck yeah:
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/08/lauren-southern-and-stefan-molyneux-s-secret-speaking-location-revealed-as-the-powerstation.html
Link to article discussing adult topics
A really good essay about sex positivity, and how that's more than just selling sex toys: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/fancyfeast/sex-toys-education-consent-positivity-gender?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeedlgbt&ref=bffbbuzzfeedlgbt
I think I just had my first sustained conversation with a stranger on the London tube in like... 4.5 years of living here?
It was prompted by me noticing his big "TV 3 New Zealand" sticker on his camera, and then we both mostly talked about home vs here. The typical immigrant experience, I guess, as all the locals tried to look like they weren't listening in.
pol
Here's a link to the story: https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/105744525/rightwing-canadian-speakers-visit-canned-legal-action-on-back-burner
@angrboda I extremely feel you
pol
@fineursine it's a weird-ass thing with non-Americans, people who will excoriate the US president specifically, and then espouse the exact same shit that got him in.
I don't know if that's better or worse than having family who vote for him. I guess it's just different. Certainly tiring, if nothing else.
Anyway, sorry. Thanks for the commiserations, I appreciate it.
Accidental pol
@fineursine eh, you can definitely relate. Sorry for your recent family stuff too, my dude
Accidental pol
And here I was thinking the most awkward parts of the day were going to be when she gushed about the Queen, or commented that she hated to see beggars with dogs because "that must be a really bad life - for the dog".
Honestly, this reminds me of the time I found out a girl I dated for a week was shockingly racist. The signs were there the whole time, I just kept giving her the benefit of the doubt until I reached a point where that was no longer possible
Accidental pol
Spent the day hanging out with my aunt, who was just finishing up a big European trip. It was a pretty good day!
Right up until, in the intermission of the play we were seeing, she started talking about how much she loves Jordan Peterson, listens to all his podcasts, and I should too.
Damn. It's always so easy to think that the poison isn't in *your* backyard, y'know? But it is. Fuckin old white people just love to hear how Free Speech is the most important thing, and PC = bad
Video games hot take, politics-adjacent
I realised just now why days like today give me an urge to start playing a Fallout game again. It's because of a desire to be in a world where the mentality of "let's all act like it's the 1950's for ever" is taken to its natural conclusion, and everyone gets to see exactly how badly that turns out
@angrboda listen
they're just very good boys
Moved to https://transfur.social/@abe_e_seedy