Accents were also used well in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, in a similar way to the way that it was done in Chernobyl. Their accents being attached to a stereotype and/or social standing. They also had some characters be an exception to the rule.

Death of Stalin did a similar thing, where no one was doing a Russian accent, but some actors were using their own English accent, and others were adopting different English accents. It was all done in a very intentional way to clue an English-speaking audience into some of the background history, hierarchies, and…

I’m torn on this. On the one hand, it’s a thing of beauty to watch a well-prepared actor execute a fully realized accent. On the other hand, inconsistent accents are one of the surest ways to take the audience out of the viewing experience. Basically, the accents (or lack thereof) have to be consistent and make sense…

Furthermore, the term seems to be exclusively used by anti-vaxxers (here in the US, at least. Allegedly, use of “the jab” is far more common in British English-speaking countries & doesn’t carry the some connotation as it does here)

I don’t understand the hesitancy from pregnant people. The doctor that’s been guiding through your pregnancy is recommending you to get the vaccine. You trust him with your pregnancy but not with that? What the fuck?

We are not talking about you. We’re talking about the men we encounter on dating sites, who are generally not in long-term, stable relationships with a life partner. Who, you’ve made abundantly clear is not you, so yay, you get a star for being a decent human.

Way to make it about you, “Joel.” There’s always an exception. I recommend talking to your local friendly therapist about how much this hurt you, since it was not directed at you.

I used to be a ghostwriter for dating site profiles (yes, that is an actual thing). I’m not going to say that every man over 45 was looking for a woman under 28... but it sure seemed like it.

My understanding of the theory is not that cave people were actively engaging in some kind of multi-factor analysis intended to find a mate; rather, I think the idea is that the socially constructed standard of attractiveness in those societies derived from an individual member’s capacity to perform the tasks valued…

To be fair to Lizzie Bennet, she lived in a totally different time where women’s literal survival depended on attracting and locking down the wealthiest mate possible. She did not have the option of earning her own living, or, regardless of money, living an independent life without marriage. Under those circumstances,…

I have always contended that evo psych was invented by middle-aged college professors to justify being predatory towards barely legal coeds.

I’m not changing for anyone. The end. There’s a reputable study out there somewhere that says men’s quality of life and life expectancy go up when they are married while women’s go down.

Sounds like one of those things that started out as parody/satirization of something shitty (“red pill” culture and it’s absurd misogyny), that started attracting people who bought into it unironically, and then eventually turned into the very thing it was mocking in the first place.

This honestly sounds like the fever dream of the MRA world, and I’d be curious to know what percentage of the activity actually IS those guys LARP-ing as the kind of evil shrew bitch they imagine they’re “up against”.

ohhh finally you don’t like her, what took you so long?

What took them so long? This woman has been awful forever and this website gleefully takes down other women for far less offensive things than they gave Nicki a pass for. 

Give me a break.  Prior to one week ago, had this website ever censured Nicki Minaj? Even the announcement of her marriage to a known pedophile rapist was covered with “You know Nicki!, I guess she does what she likes!” insouciance.

Yeah, white women aren’t blameless and deserve criticism for voting against their interests as women in order to preserve their privilege as white people, perpetuating racism, etc. And I’ll admit a big chunk of my brain still reacts to legitimate criticism of white women with “well *I* don’t do that!”, which isn’t…

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask that we restrict the shitting on things white women do to the things that actually hurt people. Karen-ing to get the grocery store clerk fired because they looked at her the wrong way or made her wear a mask? Shit on! Karen-ing to get the cops to come out and murder some black…