Non-binary people are going to be a good time to get the latest return to the next few days ago and I will be in the office.

Minnesänger wrote:

Women are the most important people in the world and they are the most important thing in life and they are the most important things in life and they are the most important ones that you can do for you and your family and your family and your family are the most important and important things that you can do for yourself and your family and your friends and your family and your children and your family and your families and your family and your kids and your family and your whole family and your family and all that you have to do for you

Someone make that into a poster

hylian_elf wrote:

Same as ERE it seems

I’m wondering if autocomplete is picking up on the text on the thread as my man and woman ones were just identical to ones already posted.

https://podcastaddict.com/episode/163924113
Bit of light chat on queer conservatives and why, and how

Featuring Contra (no not that one) points

Unlikely you might say


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he never comes in here

It would be extremely funny if Natalie Wynn had once shitposted here as Contra Rose.

Now that would deserve a cancelling.

This has been like an AI misogyny chat on the last two pages.

Hopefully we can shift the man/bear discussion to this thread, where it belongs, and keep the mental health thread clear.

On the topic of the perceived threat of men, I don’t know if it’s my use of social media that has done this, or my job, or if I would have been like this anyway, but I find that, when I’m out in public, I’m acutely aware of the fact that I am a single male, and I am likely perceived by a lot of women as a threat or unknown risk. There’s not an awful lot I can do about their initial perception, but I do find myself trying to show that I’m not a risk, as daft as that sounds. As early as possible, I will move to the other side of the path / pavement or even road, ideally at a point where they will see my detour. If it’s appropriate, a friendly ‘morning’ or ‘hello’ from a safe distance, although obviously that can have the opposite effect if you’re not careful. I’ll give a huge wide berth if I’m passing them from behind (I walk faster than most people) and often with whistling along to my music so I don’t sneak up on anyone.

Yes, I’m fully aware that this is ridiculous.

Paul the sparky wrote:

Everyone does the speedy overtake to not seem like a creepy stalker type don't they? So much easier than dropping right back

Yep. And I guess that shows that we all know there’s a worry in the first place. Which has to be a good sign in the long run.

I guess the more pertinent question is what we can do about it. Or what we can do to mitigate it.

I mean, I can see how it came up in the mental health thread. It’s a headfuck knowing that you could be scaring the shit out of someone just be quietly being yourself walking along the street.

poprock wrote:

I guess the more pertinent question is what we can do about it. Or what we can do to mitigate it.

I mean, I can see how it came up in the mental health thread. It’s a headfuck knowing that you could be scaring the shit out of someone just be quietly being yourself walking along the street.

Women (and men, kids, animals, whatever the fuck) are right to be wary of men. Some men are bad news. There's no chance of ever getting rid of that.

Culturally things are constantly changing, things accepted in the past aren't today. The lads lads lads Zoo and Nuts days are well behind us thank fuck. But it'll never cease to exist, same as racism. Little pockets here and there

I think that talking about it more, in public, in private, whatever, is how we hopefully make sure less and less men are bad news with each generation. Same as racism really, yeah.

It’s the little misogynistic things that give the genuinely bad guys ‘permission’ to do the really big misogynistic things. All the research suggests that violent sexual offenders often don’t think they’re committing a crime because they see milder miso behaviours all around them and believe it’s just the same thing.

It’s a lot like racists in some ways. Laughing at some bloke’s joke about black people encourages him to think it’s okay to say something hateful to a black person the next day. Or worse.

The bear thing is stupid.

My wife made me realise I'll never really understand what it's like for women when she asked me if I was ever scared when coming home on my own after a night out.

I was occasionally when there was someone dodgy knocking about, but rarely.

She was every single time.

That's basically what I meant too FTR (though I now realise my quoting of Paul was after it had somehow morphed into a fight to the death)