Yeah I stopped doing it in High School after realizing that it’s some North Korea level bullshit. Got a few other kids in my homeroom to stop too, which really angered our teacher. She was a military spouse and would actually yell at us for refusing to participate. In the end, we compromised by standing but not reciting it. Was the begining of my political and social awakening.
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This definitely applies to a good number of gay couples in Texas too. Hetero Women do have it worse in this regard though. Progressive Southern woman’s options are pretty much:
A) Be celibate
B) Move somewhere else
C) Settle for the Most Racist Man Alive
Single Hetero Progressive men are unicorns in the American South, and them being Progressive is no guarantee they will treat a woman any better. They often come with their own batch of issues and a lot of them are fuckboys.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Games@sh.itjust.works•Pokémon games have become consistently ugly, and it's alright to wish they weren'tEnglish71·3 months ago100%. The graphics may be dated but gen 2 is peak Pokemon aesthetic. Peak sprites and soundtrack.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto The Onion@midwest.social•Conservatism Saved As Muslim Sex Trafficker Brought Back To U.S.English26·3 months agoSo they’re all at least 5 months old? Must be bringing their girlfriends.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto The Onion@midwest.social•Conservatism Saved As Muslim Sex Trafficker Brought Back To U.S.English135·3 months agoMaybe Christianity wasn’t misogynistic enough?
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Greentext@sh.itjust.works•Anon investigates a random goth girlEnglish17·3 months agoHence all the ifs. But hey, the competition isn’t fierce! Put the slightest effort into being self-aware, respectful, and charming and you can easily get her attention.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Greentext@sh.itjust.works•Anon investigates a random goth girlEnglish665·3 months agoLil tiddy supermarket goth girl sounds cute tbh, or maybe I just have a type.
Anyway, girls like this can be a real gem to find if you’re a gooner. Their small fan base means if you’re not a creep there’s a chance of genuine interaction. She’ll probably take request and if she likes you might even send you free content.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Privacy@lemmy.ml•John Oliver launches "Make yourself less valuable to Meta" website, suggests Signal, Mastodon, Pixelfed, and BlueSky as Meta alternativesEnglish3·3 months agoSeems like a win tbh. Meta stops influencing people and collecting their data, while dumbass corps waste money on ads nobody will see.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Funny@sh.itjust.works•Getting in touch with your rootsEnglish103·3 months agoThere weren’t enough hand emojis 👋👌, mama Mia’s, or references to spaghetti. No wonder he didn’t fit in.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•"Arctic Climate Collapse! This time it's REALLY flipped!!" - Just have a ThinkEnglish8·3 months agoI don’t doubt this is whats behind at least a few ethno-state ideologues.
MMW over the next 10 years we’ll see a rise in eco-facism.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Restoring a Trashed Star Trek Control Panel (YouTube)English3·3 months agoMike using his YouTube money to buy and preserve old TV and Movie props is the best arc. Maybe in his retirement he can curate his collection
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•'These kids do not care about romance': Game devs want to know what today's teens want, and surveys say sex and romance isn't itEnglish9·3 months agoThe upside I guess is that a lot of cis straight men got to experience how uncomfortable unwanted advances are.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•'These kids do not care about romance': Game devs want to know what today's teens want, and surveys say sex and romance isn't itEnglish9·3 months agoYep. It did depend on the companion a bit, IIRC Shadowheart and Astarion’s romances wouldn’t be triggered unless the PC picked the flirty dialogue. But then there were some companions who would pursue the player. I hated how I couldn’t just be Gale’s Bro, and Halsin is just plain creepy.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Last month was the *warmest* January on record globallyEnglish48·3 months agoSo are we just going to keep posting this every month until society collapses and most of us die within 10-20 years?
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Ex-CDPR devs' new open-world vampire RPG [Blood of Dawnwalker] is aiming for "the quality level of The Witcher 3," but since it's a smaller studio, only about a 30-40 hour campaignEnglish3·3 months agoExactly this. I liked witcher 3 but I can never bring myself to replay it because of the time commitment. I replayed Witcher 2 a dozen times and its a tight 30 hours.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Star Trek TNG Theme but the theme is coming from the Enterprise-D 🤣English8·3 months agoPicard starts every day by broadcasting “Space… The final frontier” to the crew
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Global News@lemmy.zip•El Salvador's Bukele offers to jail American prisoners, says RubioEnglish2·3 months agoWell then.
When they come for you, remember to save a bullet for yourself.
1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteto Gaming@beehaw.org•The Gamergator rhetoric of historical accuracy has come back to bite Kingdom Come on the arseEnglish22·4 months agoI still enjoyed the first game but wasn’t one of the lead devs on KCD a capital G Gamer? I remember some… interesting tweets from him. Was he booted or did he change his ways?
Edit: Derp, should have just read the article before commenting. Fascism eats its own yet again.
A lot of people in this thread are talking about how much women suck because of X, Y, Z. But like… have you tried not dating shitty women? Or at least not getting so hung up on a woman who treats you poorly? Yeah, it sucks to be treated badly, but consider that you just dodged a bullet. You don’t need women like that in your life. Find a woman you actually connect with, someone you share interests with, not just someone you want to sleep with.
Two hard truths a lot of single men need to reckon with:
1: Most people are kind of shitty, and therefore, most women are kind of shitty. I could go on about how consumer culture and social media encourage toxic traits, but the fact of the matter is you should focus on not being a shitty person yourself, and you shouldn’t settle for shitty people either.
2: With number one in mind, you need to broaden your horizons regarding what kind of woman you’re attracted to. Porn and social media have rotted our brains when it comes to attraction. Maybe I’m just pervy, but honestly, I can find something attractive in just about everyone. 90% of people are at least a 7/10 if they put in some effort, and a 7/10 who you truly vibe with is better than a 10/10 who treats you like shit. And trust me, when you form a true romantic connection with someone, they become even more attractive in your eyes.
There are good, beautiful women out there, I know because I’m marrying one. We met online, and she’s one of the kindest and smartest people I’ve ever met, and I find her more beautiful than anyone else in the world. And I’m a fat, impoverished, autist. If I can do it, so can you.