Diva (she/her)

I’ve seen you post good takes

that actually made me blush, you’re too kind!

I am super good at missing out the context before I reply to things in my inbox, didn’t mean to be curt with you

until next time 🫡

I’m glad we agree

I’ll make sure to file this away the next time I feel like bringing up the US’s active participation in genocide any time the US is the subject of conversation.

isn’t this whataboutism

What’s this Bread Day about?

I had no idea either, its new after my time at least

The holiday was established in 2006 on the initiative of the International Union of Bakers and Pastry Chefs. And the choice of date is due to the fact that on October 16, 1945, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was created, which dealt with the problems of developing agriculture and its production. Incidentally, another holiday is also timed to coincide with this event - World Food Day.

This article is a little weirdly structured, like yeah the traditional values indoctrination is cringe, they say that they saw this in a bunch of schools October 14-21 and that it was mostly non-military stuff

However, most of the reports reviewed by 7x7 focused on topics unrelated to politics or the war. Lessons were also held in connection with Father’s Day and Bread Day, and several kindergartens discussed what it means to be an adult.

Part of the reason theyre having soldiers in and related activities around 10/22 is that its white crane day, which is a day when WW2 fallen get remembered, and part of the reason for the veteran reading poems is because the holiday itself is named after a poem.

they only mention in the article that it was a poem about the SMO, but on the linked VK post they say that it was poems that he had written about exploits of people in the great patriotic war, and the SMO. the actually noteworthy thing for Western readers I think is the way that they’re being tied together, for a lot of Russians the framing that one is a continuation of the other lands.

The point of what I was saying was that it’s not as explicitly gender-neutral as something like “person”. Thus the example of asking a cishet guy how that guy he married is doing, it just doesn’t scan. It’s not a huge distinction in most situations and is generally appropriate, but its also pretty clearly a passive aggressive dig when it’s used in situations where it’s the singular and the subject has made their gender clear.

You’re welcome to dispute that it’s not used as passive aggressive dig, but I’m just citing lived experience.

Me:

If someone asks a cishet guy how many guys they’ve been with

You:

If someone asks a cishet guy how many people they’ve been with

If you were calling me a person rather than a “guy” I would have no issue this whole time, notice how you just changed my wording to make your argument work?

I think I’ll refrain from taking English language advice, or life advice from you

Yes, shoot the guns

I mean I just said they have guns, they should use them

You seem to have lots of faith in them, I don’t particularly, though I haven’t worked with anyone who’s been getting paid to work with them either.

They tear gassed a bunch of protesters in Kosovo just last year

Here’s congo in 22

I stand corrected, their track record seems to be getting used to control unarmed crowds (throwing rocks 😱) with chemical weapons and sex trafficking in the places they’re deployed

Imagine if this went to their supreme Court and it was like “actually no vote wins”

Thats how things work in American elections at least

Don’t those UN guys have guns? Shoot them

What’s happening to our water is really concerning because so much ground water is getting depleted for intensive farming- that can take decades to centuries to refill.

The deforestation this requires actually really affects the whole water cycle and corresponding biodiversity which is a delicate balance most people don’t appreciate because it’s been in balance all our lives.

Some nice plots here: https://watercommission.org/

If someone asks a cishet guy how many guys they’ve been with do you think they’re going to say ‘oh I’m straight’ and possibly get offended, or just start listing all the girls they’ve dated?

Like I work 6 days a week, I’m outside plenty. I get misgendered enough to know what’s annoying to me.

brb going to ask my cishet male friend to tell me about that guy he just married

oh, my bad I’ve been on mobile all day (just worked a >9hour shift while being disregulated online) and kinda tunnel visioned. You’ve fine, though I stand by my statements about the fire department making traffic safety worse.

I’m happy to get banned for incivility, but pointing out that you’re fixing on minor details to take me into conversational cul de sacs isn’t an insult.

Calling someone what they don’t want to be called is insulting, I stand by my hotheaded comments considering how often I get he/himmed on here