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  • fkn@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlWhat a classic song though
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    8 months ago

    Them: “How do I get to your place in my career?”

    Me: “What do you mean?”

    Them: “You… Have the position I want eventually. What did you do?”

    Me: “Well. 20… No that cant be right… I mean… Yeah… 20 years ago… I graduated college… Then uhh. I’m… Uh…”

    At this point either you make up some bullshit or you say it’s just experience. Then you realize what a midlife crisis is and wonder if you are having one which like like 20% of the definition of a midlife crisis.


  • fkn@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlWarm Water Port Envy
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    8 months ago

    Most Americans on the west coast call any place a shipping container can unload or an aircraft carrier to dock a port.

    A grand total of zero Americans would ever think to disambiguate a warm water port or not. Especially from Texas. That’s the weird part. Not the word port itself.

    Harbor is usually reserved for non-commercial or fishing use only.







  • fkn@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldAge range
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    9 months ago

    It’s interesting, I agree with what you say here and this is what I thought you were saying… But when I read it the first time without additional context it kind of sounded like the argument was that we are infantilizing the older individuals. It appeared that the argument could have been: we make the “rules” and apply them to the older half because they are the ones who are incapable of dealing with their emotions, needs and desires.

    You are right that it is in the subtext. This is the same poor argument that men are unable to control their desires if a woman wears revealing clothing… Just restructured around women being “taken advantage of” by a “smarter more mature male”.

    It might also have been why the other commenter thought you were defending the conservative position. There are two steps here that you made when the intermediate step could also apply and would be an honestly revolting position to defend. I couldn’t quite figure out if it was a reasonable position or a very well hidden dog whistle.







    1. it’s a form of victim blaming. Example:

    “I went to India and I was sexually assaulted on a bus.” “THATS YOUR FAULT FOR NOT GOING TO THE ‘GOOD’ PARTS.”

    No. Fuck you. India has a rampant sexual assault problem.

    Lemmy has rampant problems. To ignore them and say it’s the visitors fault is such a fucking asshole position to take. If the first time you came to lemmy was when csam was being spammed and you were subjected to it… it 100% isn’t your fault. If you make a comment on something that interests you from All and you don’t see which community it is in and you get spammed with slurs and attacks for having a different opinion… it’s not your fault.

    1. it’s toxic as fuck and super passive aggressive.

    “You don’t know how to curate your experience. You aren’t very good at it. You must have issues.”

    That’s what people are saying. They hide behind the bullshit example you gave “what’s wrong with selecting your interests.” No. Fuck you.