Spyke

Replies

Comment on

Desires

Reply in thread

How can class consciousness develop at all without collective beliefs being forged and tested dialectically within the material world? workers organize around demands like freedom, democracy, and labor unions using them as stepping stones to human emancipation.

Comment on

Electricity explained

This is good, but it would have been nice if the symbols were more consistent. Like Volt gets a lightning bolt on her thigh... Cool. Ohm, while the sexiest in my opinion, gets an Ω on her shirt. So the under boob is great, but it's really that smile. Finally, Amp. What going on here? Those ruddy cheeks are awesome. The rope is pretty cool too even if it's not my thing. But where's her symbol? I don't particularly want to imagine a scarlet letter A.

Honestly, the inconsistency was a bit turn off.

Well... If you made it this far and think I'm missing the point, I hope you now realize I'm just taking the piss.

adhd

Comment on

Perhaps you could shut the fuck up

I love lists.

I also love forgetting about my list. And being judged by my list. And getting annoyed by the asshole who made this list and why didnt hey write enough information for to know what "Tess email today" is suppose to mean and fuck it, Tess is getting a goddamn email whether she wanted one or not!

Comment on

Until it affects me

I'm not surprised by the comments who reject the idea in total. But the I am surprised by the comments that try and fail to think charitably about this. They end up both sides-ing it.

Edit: I figure I ought to do a little better job of explaining what I mean to the curious and good faith commentator.

  1. Women often mask or change the demeanor when men are present. This will restrict what they share and how they share it.
  2. Men often dominate the discourse both in time and style. This is related to number one.
  3. Women who have been traumatized by men will be on guard with men present. They will never be able to tell if you are safe or not in a public discourse situation.
  4. Men and women in the modern American context have different ways of relating to each other. When these conferences happen they sometimes are investigating new theories and new tactics. Male input can undermine free sharing.

Comment on

Japanese Precision & Accuracy

Mordecai. Human. Level 50.
Manager of Princess Donut.
This is a non-combatant NPC.
This is a human. This one is something called a Canadian. Part French. Part maple syrup. He’s weirdly obsessed with ice hockey and snowmobiles and semi-erotic lumberjack fan fiction. Has a well-worn Tim Hortons loyalty card in his Velcro wallet. He says “aboot” instead of “about” and gets really, really upset when you point it out, claiming you’re hearing things and that it’s a harmful stereotype. It’s not a stereotype, and that’s exactly how it sounds. He has a relative who was trampled to death by a moose. You get the idea.

memes

Comment on

AI advice

Reply in thread

I'll also accept sarcasm.

"Unless you've successfully trained your car to follow you like a loyal golden retriever, you're probably going to have to drive."

Comment on

BBC leaves out a small detail

Reply in thread

  1. A perpetrator targets a victim based on perceived religious markers, erroneously believing the victim belongs to a specific group (in this case, Muslim).
  2. The attack is fueled by specific anti-Muslim rhetoric and slurs, even though the victim is actually Sikh.
  3. Media coverage highlights the victim’s true identity (Sikh) but omits the perpetrator's specific intent (Islamophobia).
  4. By focusing only on the victim's identity, the report frames the event as an attack on a Sikh person rather than an act of Islamophobic violence.
  5. Omitting the perpetrator's actual intent protects the specific hateful narrative from being challenged or held accountable in the public square.
  6. This obscures the reality that anyone perceived as "other" can become a target of the same specific anti-Muslim prejudice.
  7. The specific ideology motivating the crime is left out of the public record, preventing society from recognizing and addressing the root cause of the violence.
  8. By failing to link the violence to the rhetoric that inspired it, news outlets maintain a "plausible deniability" that allows them to continue using inflammatory language which may predictably, yet indirectly, trigger future attacks.
  9. Labeling the attack as generic "racism" rather than specific Islamophobia allows the public to dismiss the event as the isolated outburst of a "madman" instead of recognizing it as a logical, extreme extension of a widespread social phenomenon.

Comment on

Breaking the illusion of 2 party system

But remember, it's important to vote her when the time comes. You can talk about this moment in the primaries. But also, not too loudly or polarizing because we don't want the Republicans to use the same points in the general election. And honestly, we should do it mostly in private and talk about how it was a tough decision where she had no real choices. And that it was good for Michigan because we need the jobs. So remember, this is a great move. She knows way better than the people what is good for them. Vote blue. No matter who.