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Either ya understand why most women pick the 🐻 or you are the 🐻.

The problem is that the argument isn't about the bear, it's about emotions.

The dudes trying to defend themselves feel personally attacked, because telling someone that the average woman thinks they're more dangerous than a bear feels both unfair and discriminatory.

The people on bear side, encounter enough shitty men that they feel like the average man is more likely to harm them compared to bear.

The scenario is so unlikely to occur that any factual arguments are impossible to prove either way. And the way the question is structured (either accidentally or otherwise) is inflammatory and divisive.

I'm sure everyone can agree that women have to deal with shitty predatory men way too often. And that's the thought that the question is meant to provoke.

People defending most men aren't automatically predators and stalkers, please have a little empathy for them, and hopefully they'll have a little empathy for you

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If you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off.

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The company should be able to determine that your productivity isn't good enough by the work you produce. Not micromanaging the keystrokes per minute.

If your work is really so unimportant that slacking off for 4+ hours a day isn't noticed, they should be making you redundant. Not forcing spyware on every innocent employee

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I'm getting old

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I feel like a lot of "woke" shows are not great, but they get a cult of defenders and haters boosting it's popularity because of some perceived culture war. When it's really just execs trying to make their milk toast milquetoast slop shamelessly appeal to a wider audience.

No one complains about Spiderverse (after it came out) because it was good

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Well then

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This meme is just perpetuating two harmful ideas:

  1. Reinforcing the expectation that black men have huge dongers

  2. That donger size matters and is a measure of self worth

You'll notice that whilst point 2 affects all men, point 1 is more harmful to black men, as they hold their body to a higher unrealistic standard. Plus it's part of the creepy fetishization of "exotic" people.

Tying people disliking these concepts to them being "pale" is just kinda weird, dismissive, and frankly plain racist.

I'm not personally offended by the post, and haven't downvoted it, I just hate seeing the closed minded and unempathetic mindset that your comment demonstrates

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Need advice on how to slap someone through the Internet

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Yeah, we once adopted an Australian Kelpie that was misidentified as a Doberman, and I was a dumb fuck and didn't know better.

Australian Kelpies are nutcases at the best of times, and are capable of jumping garden fences. Our rescue had some extra issues on top of that.

He really need a huge farm to run around on. He was a darling, but had too much energy for us to handle

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Top post in the conservative subreddit: Being unable to work at a "woke" company

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The original 20 minute video in the article makes it clear he's talking about job roles, and mentions writers a few times (admittedly not close enough to draw an 100% certain link). I don't think it's enough to discredit this just based on the assumption that he's talking about actors or that there isn't enough context. Obviously it's vague enough that we can't draw any solid conclusions, so I agree with you there.

The main reason I think this is bullshit is that the guy's testimony isn't credible for two main reasons:

  • The guy was recently passed up for promotion, and blames it on being white and male
  • The interviewer is posing as a romantically interested date and asking plenty of leading questions, the guy is at least partially telling her what she wants to hear

These two points, regardless of how true his story is, give him an ulterior motive for embellishing the story and exaggerating facts, which ultimately means we can't trust this.

I'd like to see a full investigation, as with any accusation of discrimination. But we all know that when nothing turns up, it wouldn't shut the right wingers up

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Malaria

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The above post seemed to be saying that:

  1. Bill Gates pays less taxes as he donates to a charity

  2. Bill Gates runs that charity

  3. Bill Gates then gets to decide how that charity spends his donated money

This then means that he can use what should have been tax to:

  1. Pay himself with the charities money, as he is an employee of the charity

  2. Lobby politicians using the charity's money

  3. Otherwise direct the charity to work in his best interests

Which part are you disagreeing with? I guess he doesn't "make money" in the strictest sense, but it sure seems like he's exploiting the system to keep more of it

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Son, we need to have a serious talk!

Imagine the stupid Pence Rule (never be alone with a woman who isn't your wife). And framing it as you'd rather be alone with a velociraptor than a strange woman because a velociraptor is less likely to falsely accuse you of something.

I get that the point of the joke is that women think men are dangerous, but any nuance or discussion is completely out the window due to how stupid and inflammatory the framing is

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Labour wins majority in UK General Elections as Tories lose two-thirds of seats

I get what a lot of you guys are saying about Starmer and the Labour government not being as left wing as Corbyn. I would also like someone who would use this majority to implement some really hardcore leftist policies.

But please can we just take a step back and look at what he wants to do:

  • Massive amounts of NHS funding

  • Nationalised green energy

  • Tax private schools

  • Allow regulators to hit company executives with criminal charges

  • Nationalise the railways

  • Increase the minimum wage to a living wage

  • Free school meals

I don't know about you, but that seems at the very least, left of center. Sure, he's not making drastic sweeping changes right off the bat. But this country needs an era of stability, whilst we make small but consistent steps in the right direction, and that's what Starmer will give us

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Eyewitnesses: Kremlin Troops Dug Into Chornobyl’s Irradiated Dirt, Cooked Food Over Radioactive Campfires, Thousands Exposed

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Ingestion and inhalation are waaaaay bigger killers compared to it just hitting your skin, digging a hole and lighting a fire is going to lead to both.

This is due to Alpha particles, which are highly energetic protons/hydrogen nuclei, which are emitted by radioactive material. Normally, these are the most harmless, as they're blocked by skin or clothing. But ingest these bastards and they're free to unleash havoc