Pelicanen

To be fair, the vast majority of these are societal standards and not rights, they are still absolutely important and we need to do more for equality both for women and for men, but strictly speaking they are not by definition rights.

But I am in agreement with you that I think a lot of why the younger generation are being pulled in the wrong direction is because men, of which I am one, have not done enough to create an environment that addresses issues that primarily affects men in a way that is not based on misogyny.

Don't get me wrong, the alt-right have absolutely tried to exacerbate these issues (either knowingly or unknowingly) and use them for their own gains, but we as a society have also not prioritized emotionally healthy solutions and that has led us to where we are.

Out of curiosity (please feel free to disregard if the question is too personal), when you've partaken in kinky activities with other people, has it been sexual in nature or have they been other types of experiences?

I'm not very knowledgeable about that world but I've always sort of associated it with sexual gratification, I have heard fairly recently that a pretty large portion of people engage in it without involving sex and I'm just curious about what kind of enjoyment is involved in that case.

There isn't, she's grifting and trying to get pity for something that she has done and gladly would do again to other people. She's making sure to leave office right after she has become eligible for retirement benefits, it was never about something other than getting money and attention.

What is a hëlp and how do we cover it?

I don't get the take about "CaPitALism". If your employer did what you say then they did so in spite of the system of capitalism, not thanks to it. A good employer will set their sights long-term, aiming to keep their employees happy in order to build a stable future, but that's not what the system rewards, the system rewards short-term profits.

Also, the last story kind of reminds me of "pull yourself up by your bootstraps"-rhetoric (the term also drives me insane because it's literally against the laws of physics). Are there people who work hard, take steps to advance their careers and achieve success because of their efforts? Absolutely! Are there also other people who try just as hard and don't achieve the same successes, either due to other struggles or just due to random chance? Most definitely.

Be the change you want to see in the world. Beautiful.

It's an all-day activity, in my opinion it's much more pleasant than binging.

Tipsy all day > Shitfaced at night

I have never thought in terms of this before but now that you explain it, why wouldn't they do exactly that when no one was held accountable after the 2008 financial crash, the big firms that fucked the market got bailed out, and the ones who had enough money when the dust settled could buy everything for cheap and increase their ownership?

I didn't know that the Night Lords worked at Activision but whatever works, I suppose.

That's just ridiculous, they wouldn't price it the same.

They'd price it at 99% of the cost of a human's salary so that they can convince their customers that they're saving money by firing their workers, then pocket the difference!

I think one argument would be that if you use "only" beforehand then the next linguistic object must (or at least should) be descriptive, meaning that if you only say "guys" then you're kind of infusing meaning into it, which defaults back to how the word has been used historically. If someone said "I only date cool guys" then I think it's more ambiguous.

That being said, I also think there is still quite a strong gendered connotation to guy/dude and the gender-neutral definition is pretty modern. The good thing is that language is defined by its usage, so if we decide to use it as a gender-neutral term then eventually that is what it will become.

You're not missing out, in my opinion it was not a good movie in any sense.