tgabben.me
đ¨đŚ Newfoundland expat living in Halifax, NS. Devoted partner & pet parent.
Autistic | Secular humanist | Teetotaller | Cookery nerd | Knits, apparently?
He/him | Progressive liberal | Anti-fascist | Make Nazis Afraid Again
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Fuck sakes, man - "she's allowed her opinion" - her 'opinion' is that a group of people should be ground into submission and out of existence. That's been openly stated, that's an end she's putting considerable financial resources into achieving.
Gosh, so many opinions, people are full of 'em.
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No one's holding your family hostage, Nick, and you're not bravely designing a fatal flaw into the Death Star with the hopes of bringing the whole works down.
You want to play dress-up and cash a cheque without consequence, so you meekly mumble some #notallwizards nonsense that accomplishes nothing.
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I am also not going to be satisfied with the fantasy that actors will further her IP, contribute to the her hateful campaigns, but perhaps donate a pittance to 'counter' her efforts to erase trans people from existence as though that squares it - and everything's good now!
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This is an absolutely pathetic story - I am not going to have sympathy for Nick Frost because he 'needs this gig'. That's not how the common person's relationship with the entertainment industry works.
It's not brave or helpful to point at the thing you're doing and go 'yeah, gang, it's bad.'
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If you are yourself a left-leaning activist, please think about your knee jerk desire to cannibalize imperfect activists.
The purity politics on the left is another big reason why we're not organizing effectively to the degree that we could be.
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I live in district 14, and I've e-mailed John - he hasn't replied to my correspondence in the past, but who knows. Worth a shot.
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you don't understand, they put the autism in a GIRL
...can you imagine if there were others?
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ah, the famously leftish, woke LAPD.
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oh, shit he's taking about HER psychic powers.
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I'm gonna need you to be VERY specific about the ways in which you imagine a 22 year old in a sailboat could 'harm Israel'.
...and then we can talk about your 'psychic powers', you absolute bellend.
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The hooves are no good for zip, zap, zip, either. Real let-down.
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It took a few years, but Bam Bam Barger is becoming the player I'd hoped that he would, and my gal, you love to see it.
Also, yes, it's nice not to pucker so hard I give myself a wedgie when the bullpen's tapped.
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oh, I've danced with that little number before. she's feisty.
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De rien - bon appĂŠtit!
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Sympathetic heart - I do not endorse the loss of your day gig.
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Billy Joel rules in effect - if this is your first ball game, CONGRATULATIONS you're seat-filling behind the plate, kiddo.
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it wasn't enough for them to clap for his propaganda on LinkedIn?
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good thoughts, good vibes, nothin' but love your way, babe.
we'll hold down the fort. â¤ď¸
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"i tripped"
"they got a head start"
"my shoes weren't on right"
"this equipment is faulty"
"i wasn't ready"
"actually that's a boy"
"the sun got in my eye"
some type of folk gonna find something to complain about no matter what.
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no ma'am.
folks get themselves into trouble when they start thinkin' they've made it to where they are on their virtues alone.
Lots of other folks are just as talented and capable as you are, they just haven't had your luck/connections.
If you've done all right, you pay that shit forward.
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I don't fault anybody for fortune if it keeps them solvent.
The trick is to be honest about it, I think - sure, I'm capable and hardworking, but that's absolutely not the whole story.
I've had support, I've been in the right place, and I've had a few very well-timed lucky breaks.
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You got er - you can measure just about anything, but what metrics do you want to track, and which ones are you going to emphasize?
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Exactly - a reactionary incident response/'justice' system is highly visible, and, to many, therefore material and effective - but it necessarily requires Bad Things to respond to, to show that it's 'working'.
We hold on to the systems that actually promote suffering because they're more measurable.
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The three words that will unfailingly cause an involuntary groan and eyeroll in me are âI asked ChatGPTâŚâ
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âWhy the fuck are you losers talking about buying umbrellas? Itâs fucking sunny out.
Dorks.â
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Oh thatâll put gravel in your shoe, for sure. đĄ
Iâm rather of the opinion that somebody who decides that theyâre inherently righteous and that that overrides and justifies whatever depraved means they see fit to employ is bad fucking news.
What you /do/ is who you are, not how you sell yourself.
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If ever you needed proof that you donât get morality or even basic human decency by default with a membership in the imaginary friends club, boy howdy, Republicans be tripping over themselves to make it abundantly clear that theyâll smile while they cut your throat and wish you a blessed day.
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donât make me bring up the tooth fairy
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thank you for your attention to this matter.
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"Adult children seem increasingly likely to publicly, even righteously, cut off contact with a parent" is trying so hard to be inflammatory, but it's fucking ludicrous.
It's giving "Don't embarrass me in front of my friends - you'd better shut the fuck up about my bad behaviour."
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how badly do you, as someone in your thirties, need to be in therapy, if you are arguing that itâs altogether too much to expect parents to raise their children with love and support, and not subject them to âemotional, physical or sexual abuseâ.
girl, blink twice if you need help!
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oh, no, this author was born in the 90âs - this strawman is coming from inside the house!
imagine writing â[parents must even] hold themselves accountable for our mental health and happiness well into our adult yearsâ and thinking itâs a banger.
childhood trauma - famously NEVER comes back around.