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[Yakamaru]

If you're a Brazilian and you're a bro, can you call yourself Brozilian?

 

[RamblingRenegade]

and it's 7:15 and I'm ready for bed.. gotta love having no life

 

[redhusky]

Major relief it sounds like. It is unfortunate that this stuff is so expensive. One of the most wear n' tear prone areas of the body and operations are like buying a used car, except the salesman kicks you in the jaw after you're done.

Indeed, but at least I got quality service. He is indeed a very good dentist!

 

[TidesofFate]

If you're a Brazilian and you're a bro, can you call yourself Brozilian?

はい。私はブロです。

Just kidding. I'm not even Brazilian. xD

 

[TrixieFox]

はい。私はブロです。

Just kidding. I'm not even Brazilian. xD

thats...th.... thats not even Brazilian

 

[Yakamaru]

はい。私はブロです。

Just kidding. I'm not even Brazilian. xD

Bruh. xD

 

[TidesofFate]

thats...th.... thats not even Brazilian

*Brazilian Portuguese

That's the joke.

 

[Fallowfox]

I spent some of today reading about transgender rights in the UK, and realised my own prejudices towards transgender people when I was younger existed in a milieu of increasing hostility towards them in the UK. In the last few years it has become much worse and public opinion towards transgender people has become increasingly negative, at the same time that the public is more open and liberal towards gay people.
Upcoming health recommendations look like they're set to begin quietly recommending that transgender identity is dismissed as a mental illness again, rather than just a part of human variety.
This comes after increasing prohibitions on transgender people's participation in sports, gender identity will not be covered by British laws to prevent religious therapies to 'fix' queer people, and repeated media portrayals of transgender women as threats to other women.

It's a reminder of how easy it is to slide back on the rights of people in the minority, and that the rest of LGBT people shouldn't ever take the rights we have secured for granted- because they could just as easily be eroded or lost if public sentiment were turned against us should politicians decide that daemonising us makes a convenient distraction. Indeed, Britain recently appointed a known homophobe as the minister for equalities.

I appreciate more deeply what is encapsulated by the statement 'trans rights are human rights'; if society wasn't picking on transgender people it would be some other minority. And to defend all people, we have to stand up for them.

 

[FitzOblong]

are there ranks on this forum? I just noticed that I upgraded from "New Member" to "Active Member"?

 

[what the what]

I spent some of today reading about transgender rights in the UK, and realised my own prejudices towards transgender people when I was younger existed in a milieu of increasing hostility towards them in the UK. In the last few years it has become much worse and public opinion towards transgender people has become increasingly negative, at the same time that the public is more open and liberal towards gay people.
Upcoming health recommendations look like they're set to begin quietly recommending that transgender identity is dismissed as a mental illness again, rather than just a part of human variety.
This comes after increasing prohibitions on transgender people's participation in sports, gender identity will not be covered by British laws to prevent religious therapies to 'fix' queer people, and repeated media portrayals of transgender women as threats to other women.

It's a reminder of how easy it is to slide back on the rights of people in the minority, and that the rest of LGBT people shouldn't ever take the rights we have secured for granted- because they could just as easily be eroded or lost if public sentiment were turned against us should politicians decide that daemonising us makes a convenient distraction. Indeed, Britain recently appointed a known homophobe as the minister for equalities.

I appreciate more deeply what is encapsulated by the statement 'trans rights are human rights'; if society wasn't picking on transgender people it would be some other minority. And to defend all people, we have to stand up for them.

It's true here too in the states. The Krimson Kult are everywhere. (Song plug: A Sound of Thunder-Rise of the Krimson Kult) I believe that all humans are humans, and all humans should be able to live their damn lives without worrying about bodily injury or hate speech so intense that those on the fringes decide to sudoku. I also believe that humans who don't believe that for all humans, even/especially the historically hated and marginalized ones, don't need to be protected under that belief, since they decide to attack and keep attacking they'll get through any barricade eventually. They know this. They will only be stopped if we force them to.

I'm always fighting myself too because I hate violence. I would rather solve conflicts any other way. But they refuse to allow innocent people to live, and that brings me to my protective side, who would totally throat-bite a (you know who) and go to prison, if it means someone else un-deserving of death stays alive. It's not a good solution though. We need a good solution.

 

[Deleted member 160111]

I spent some of today reading about transgender rights in the UK, and realised my own prejudices towards transgender people when I was younger existed in a milieu of increasing hostility towards them in the UK. In the last few years it has become much worse and public opinion towards transgender people has become increasingly negative, at the same time that the public is more open and liberal towards gay people.

I know exactly what you mean. It's completely inexplicable to me. But some people (in my country too) those who support gays, lesbians, and also almost universally call trans sick perverts. The hair on my head stands on end from such bullshit. Are you in normal at all?
Trans people need adequate legislation more than others. You have to go through mountains of shit, doctors and bureaucrats to change your life. It's horrible. And I understand that this happened (as in the case of radical feminists) because of jerks who publicly engage in incomprehensible nonsense, casting a shadow on the entire community.

 

[RamblingRenegade]

are there ranks on this forum? I just noticed that I upgraded from "New Member" to "Active Member"?

Wondered that myself 1000+ posts and mine never changed

 

[TidesofFate]

Wondered that myself 1000+ posts and mine never changed

Been a while since I've used the site, but I don't recall there being any ranks.

 

[Deleted member 160111]

What happens if someone draws mechs in a Nazi uniform? I do not mean scenes of crimes or propaganda of Nazism. Just soldiers near the plane, for example. Is that so terrible for most?

 

[Frank Gulotta]

Restaurants everywhere is one thing I'll miss from my city, there's a local burger place that puts a free lollipop with every meal and today the lady from a Bobun place randomly complimented me on my hair

 

[Fallowfox]

What happens if someone draws mechs in a Nazi uniform? I do not mean scenes of crimes or propaganda of Nazism. Just soldiers near the plane, for example. Is that so terrible for most?

I would steer clear of drawing this kind of thing personally, just because of how it might make some viewers who are Jewish feel.

I feel there are two forms of portrayals of fascists in art that are 'good portrayals', which is
1) Portraying their evil, so that we can learn from their error.
2) Making fun of them.

 

[TrixieFox]

Hewo everyone

 

[Fallowfox]

It's true here too in the states. The Krimson Kult are everywhere. (Song plug: A Sound of Thunder-Rise of the Krimson Kult) I believe that all humans are humans, and all humans should be able to live their damn lives without worrying about bodily injury or hate speech so intense that those on the fringes decide to sudoku. I also believe that humans who don't believe that for all humans, even/especially the historically hated and marginalized ones, don't need to be protected under that belief, since they decide to attack and keep attacking they'll get through any barricade eventually. They know this. They will only be stopped if we force them to.

I'm always fighting myself too because I hate violence. I would rather solve conflicts any other way. But they refuse to allow innocent people to live, and that brings me to my protective side, who would totally throat-bite a (you know who) and go to prison, if it means someone else un-deserving of death stays alive. It's not a good solution though. We need a good solution.

I live in the states at the moment, and one of the things I've noticed is that businesses and churches have stickers on their door to say they're lgbt inclusive, just like they have stickers for say, accepting credit card.

I don't know how I feel about it. I guess what it says is that those businesses think that the role of the state enforcing anti-discrimination legislation is weak enough that they have to actively state they're doing it.

 

[Punji]

I live in the states at the moment, and one of the things I've noticed is that businesses and churches have stickers on their door to say they're lgbt inclusive, just like they have stickers for say, accepting credit card.

I don't know how I feel about it. I guess what it says is that those businesses think that the role of the state enforcing anti-discrimination legislation is weak enough that they have to actively state they're doing it.

It's just the typical petty and empty virtue signalling, mostly.

"We accept fag dollars too!"

 

[Yakamaru]

I live in the states at the moment, and one of the things I've noticed is that businesses and churches have stickers on their door to say they're lgbt inclusive, just like they have stickers for say, accepting credit card.

I don't know how I feel about it. I guess what it says is that those businesses think that the role of the state enforcing anti-discrimination legislation is weak enough that they have to actively state they're doing it.

"Ignorant foreigner goes to a different country: Part I."

 

[Fallowfox]

"Ignorant foreigner goes to a different country: Part I."

You have lived in the US before right? So I'd find any advice for the more important stuff I might not immediately expect useful.

The rules around tipping here are still mostly a mystery to me.

 

[Regret]

The rules around tipping here are still mostly a mystery to me.

Tip 10-20% of the total bill at restaurants and bars.

 

[Fallowfox]

Tip 10-20% of the total bill at restaurants and bars.

I have memorised that rule.
In this town I've been told it's a minimum of 20- but I was surprised that in Boston they were expecting 25% from customers- it was one of the automatic options for card payments.
I've also been told it's 20-30% for hairdressers, which is something that confuses me because...just charge more for a haircut and then you don't have to expect me to tip you? If I really hate the haircut I'll just not be a return customer.

I get that restaurant staff expect tips, because they're not paid properly, but barbershops are often owned and run by the barber themselves.

 

[RamblingRenegade]

I can't remember where I was but I went through the drive through and it asked me if I wanted to tip the staff.. i was like NO..lol

 

[Regret]

In this town I've been told it's a minimum of 20- but I was surprised that in Boston they were expecting 25% from customers- it was one of the automatic options for card payments.

That's some good east coast fleecing right there. Growing up and everywhere I have traveled in this country it has always been 15% and that is still what I normally tip no matter the location. Whoever it was in Boston can expect whatever they like but will be getting 15% regardless. Careful with the automatic card payment options because I've seen as high 50% sandwiched between two cheaper options in order to get a quick buck from the unsuspecting, again this only occurred on the east coast.

I've also been told it's 20-30% for hairdressers, which is something that confuses me because...just charge more for a haircut and then you don't have to expect me to tip you? If I really hate the haircut I'll just not be a return customer.

No idea regarding hairdressers because I have never gone and have always elected to cut my own hair since it's free and saves so much money over time. Sorry I can't help you there.

I get that restaurant staff expect tips, because they're not paid properly, but barbershops are often owned and run by the barber themselves.

Lol it's funny because everyone I know much prefer working for tips rather than hourly since they can make more and it won't be taxed.