This right here. I’m from Louisville and UPS is, for many people, their BEST OPTION for a stable life with a chance of (little to quite substantial) economic mobility. If you’re there long enough, you’ll get access to fairly decent benefits and their various education programs can help people afford college, learn a…

Ok, sure but let’s not pretend like these ventures are similar. Yes, a ton of tremendous good has come from the research and development of technologies for space travel. But, these developments were the result of efforts from Government funded, collaborative projects that were goal-oriented not profit-motivated.

You do realize that Killmonger overthrew an isolationist hereditary monarchy in order to become the dictator of an expansionist hereditary empire. It’s hard to argue his government was/would have been much of an improvement. At best, he would have achieved total global unrest by instigating WW3 just in time for Thanos…

Well at least you proved that you are in fact an “old” ‘cause the “These guys are straight??” jokes as applied to the Try Guys have been dead for the last 5 years.

I’m not sure if you’re definition of inceldom is correct, this sounds more like a generalized definition of most manosphere reactionaries. I’m pretty sure incels specifically are people who believe they’re incapable of getting laid in society (this realization coming from taking the ‘black pill’).

I’d be more inclined to believe you if I thought this same type of punishment would’ve been dished out if it wasn’t the Black Head coach but some old white VP of Marketing being accused of having a “consensual” (as now we’re getting some more details that might lead to some evidence of coercion) relationship with a…

I don’t think having the policy is controversial. To me, it’s the punishment which is a bit questionable. Granted, this might be the anti-carceral side of my brain extrapolating but it’s hard for me to see how you can suspend someone for a year (which is unprecedented for a NBA head coach) for a “crime” of having an…

Two things:

I really don’t want this to be interpreted as a “defense” of incels but I’m not sure if it’s fair to act like they’re unique in their desire to get in a relationship to be “laid on demand”. Similar to the point of the article, I think the societal pressure for men to view themselves as “hunters” for sex is fairly…

They’re still children though; they’re still non-adults. They’re still the responsibilities of their parents, their teachers/school administrators, and honestly, all of us adults who are in community with them. If we’re seeing children fall through the cracks into a pit of anger and resentment (which will only lead to…

Friendly reminder that most of these dances didn't originate on Tik Tok.

Scarier than their parents getting the news from Fox News?

In fairness, the difference between unpartnered men and unpartnered women is about 3% so... not really a vast difference.

I think that’s the issue though. I think your perspective is relying on a fairly flawed “zero-sum” rationality that either underrates or dismisses what seems to me to be the reasonable conclusion which can be surmised in two truths. 1) McCurdy is exceptionally wealthy relative to the average American and she is lucky…

It’s usually around a 50-50 split. Gen 1 is legitimately 50-50 with gym leaders over/under 18, Gens 2-4 lean older, gen 5 is 50-50 (but changes in the sequel to leaning younger), Gen 6 mostly younger, Gen 7 has trial captains and kahunas that I love but are too numerous for me to do the legwork to list all of them and…

To be fair, I only responded because you made the case that US critics don’t apply that lens to media based in the US which is just untrue.

I’ll try to clarify. Similar to the ways in which the author took pause in the use of the Walled City and rice Paddy hats to evoke an ambiguously Asian (considering the rampant use of Japanese in a locale that is clearly influenced by a historical Chinese province) aesthetic w/o any people of Asian descent, decisions…

I would counter with the fact that since at least San Andreas, there has been plenty of criticism towards the Grand Theft Auto series and the way they’ve fetishized gang culture to an absurdly unrealistic degree as well as specifically inner city black hip hop culture. Granted, there are also plenty of defense for GTA…

Your 2nd paragraph seems a bit ridiculous. Have you talked to an American progressive, recently? If you’ve been to any remotely left-leaning grassroots organizing meeting one of the first things you’ll recognize are the efforts made by someone to acknowledge the indigenous peoples of the land where the meeting is…

While sleeping seems innocuous ( potentially even a benefit) it too reflects the exploitative nature of modern Japanese work culture because the whole point of being “allowed” to sleep at work is supposed to reinforce the idea that the workers of a company should center their lives around their job even during their…