“Or it’s a space full of people who feel like they need to ride to the rescue of millionaire entertainers when someone makes the least criticism of them.”

I had never heard of Critical Role before this story. I’ve watched one episode of Vox Machina. I could scarcely care less about these people, their game, fame, or…

I love how everyone conflates requests for more inclusiveness with “replacement.”

I’d argue that the author goes farther than this, explicitly.

My favorite is when people look at you like you are crazy when you decline to be treated under such conditions. 

“Yes, vasectomies can technically be reversed, but it’s not a sure thing and it’s expensive, so no one should get snipped thinking they’ll just “undo” it later if they change their mind.”

Thank you for this. I see far too much garbage from people who think vasectomies are easily / trivially reversed and that getting…

“I don’t see the abuse of the bots as validating abuse to sentient lifeforms, but more as exposition that they would.”

“Do you really believe, especially how a lot of men actually view women and are perceived to view women, that a lot of these men would stop with just “abusing” these bots?”

I don’t know. I hate chat bots. I find them obtuse and difficult to deal with. I allow myself to sound irritated and annoyed on the phone because…

Because they refused to consider EVs unless an EV could handle every single route. Instead of planning to deploy EVs everywhere they could be deployed, the USPS said “If we can’t use them for everything we don’t want to use them much at all.” 

That’s no accident. It’s almost certainly deliberate. 

“Show me the semi-active boy who isn’t going to break literally ANY bike.”

Never broke mine. 

Not paying your loans will destroy your credit score and ruin your finances. Student loans cannot be discharged in bankruptcy in most cases. They do not “go away.” 

I don’t support student loan debt cancellation without comprehensive reform of the student loan system. Cancelling debt for borrowers today while doing nothing for borrowers tomorrow risks that colleges will raise rates faster. After all, now they know the federal government will just write off the debt.

I always thought they were supposed to be dwarves, as-in, the fictional race of miners who work and sometimes live underground, have a masterful understanding of stone and precious gems, and are known for being industrious.

Brown might hold up, but according to reports, we have a school system just as segregated as the one in 1968.

“Do voters not get credit for having put a Democrat in office in 1992, and in 2008, and in 2020?”

“I’ll never understand the logic behind blaming voters here rather than the party which, even when it’s had overwhelming legislative power, has steadfastly refused to enshrine reproductive rights in law”

“I am saying there may be a systemic problem that prevents every generation from voting when they are 18-29, and maybe fix that instead of constantly complaining.”

“They used scare tactics to persuade others to vote against their interest, using another 4 years of Trump to scare minority voters into electing Biden as a candidate.”

“I expected him not to throw progressives under the bus while doing fuck all but bend over backwards for the likes of Senators Karen and Coal Mine.”

Then I realized exactly what it was I was getting excited about: a one-time order of four free tests per household, no matter how many people live in that household, two years into a pandemic that has killed more than 850,000 Americans.