ShareMySims

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[–] ShareMySims 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It had to be Edinburgh, that place has the most fascinating architecture..

[–] ShareMySims 2 points 2 days ago

they’re now entitled to a contract that guarantees adherence to labour laws.

Sounds like they're "entitled" to have to find a boss to work for in order to benefit from this law, unless the government provides maternity pay for freelancers?

[–] ShareMySims 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't get me wrong, giving money directly to those who need it most is a good start, but in isolation it will not go far to resolve the issue - people need housing, a support network, empathetic and accessible healthcare, some fucking stability and security.

Also - knowing how bad, by design, our benefits and homelessness "support" systems are, how neoliberal our government is, and how much worse they're already aiming to make them, I am extremely sceptical of this being applied without those it's supposed to help having to jump through a million impossible hoops, and somehow, some rich person ending up with a multi million pound contract for something or other.

Here's hoping it provides at least some real relief to a few people while it lasts, but yeah, I'm not pinning much long term hope on this.

[–] ShareMySims 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Wow, I was not expecting this tone policing bullshit from you.

But no - what is abrasive is saying "humanity sucks" in the face of marginalised people, who have no hand in our oppression, pointing out that oppression. Not calling out someone doing this.

The patriarchy sucks. Misogyny sucks. Capitalism sucks. Humanity, which includes all of the people oppressed by those and other structures created by and for the benefit of a tiny minority of people, who band together and fight for each other and our rights and survival, shouldn't be thrown under the bus because someone doesn't want to, for whatever reason, diferenciate humanity and social constructs imposed on it for profit and control.

Fuck this noise, it's like blaming climate change on "humanity" which puts billionaires who create as much CO2 in 90 minutes as the rest of us do in a lifetime, and, for example, Indigenous people who were genocided and their sustainable ways almost destroyed and continuously overlooked, on the same level of responsability.

All this is is the same old bullshit of blame shifting done by the privileged to deflect it from themselves.

What is abrasive is "all lives matter"-ing marginalised people.

[–] ShareMySims 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yesterday I managed to do some candle running despite the bug and with much frustration, only to completely blank today and automatically click to forge the candles I got, which didn't register and are probably now lost. 😭😭😭😭

Also since the visual part of the bug stops when you run down your chevrons, I've started the day on grey candle, so there really isn't much point running around because it's going to take forever to get a single candle.

Knowing TGC I won't hold my breath, but damn, by the time they fix this they're going to owe us a lot of compensation.

[–] ShareMySims -3 points 2 days ago (6 children)

In other words you see oppression, and the people fighting back against their oppression as equally shit.

Classy.

[–] ShareMySims 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, because "all lives matter"-ing worked so well the first time around.. 🙄

[–] ShareMySims 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I agree, but wouldn't hold my breath lol

Though I don't doubt at least a couple have already commented elsewhere on this thread, and are trying to hide their anti-feminism (aka misogyny) behind the thin veil of pretending it excludes them, and that we must refocus thousands of years of feminist struggle on to them and call it "egalitarianism" otherwise they have no reason to join our fight for equality (which they conveniently ignore means equality for everyone, which is why they need to make up excuses to reject it, because, going back to the meme I posted and why they downvote it - they don't want equality, they want to hold on to superiority at all costs, and their fragile egos don't like having that mirror held up to them).

(edit to add: and even if we give in and centre them and do call it egalitarianism, they won't actually want to fight with us to bring down the patriarchy, they'll just keep shifting the goalposts to make it more and more about freeing their poor souls from the imaginary oppression of feminism) .

[–] ShareMySims 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, it was the least potato version I could find lol definitely well loved..

[–] ShareMySims 92 points 3 days ago (7 children)
[–] ShareMySims 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Is it really?

I'll say it again:

Maybe try listening to the people it actually impacts?

One of them is right here telling you you're wrong, and I've provided more than enough information for you to start understanding why. All you're doing by refusing to listen, is reinforcing my point - you're less concerned with how this will impact the living, existing, very real and already hugely marginalised and abused people it is aimed to "help", and instead are only concerned with what is convenient for you to see within your own limited understanding of the legislation, the hostile environment in which it is being enacted, as well as your situation now, and hypothetically in the future.

So for a third and final time:

Maybe try listening to the people it actually impacts?

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Always (sh.itjust.works)
 

ID: a simple flowchart titled "Should I Punch This Nazi?". At the top is the question "Is the Nazi within punching distance?" two arrows lead to "Yes" and "No". "Yes" has an arrow leading to "Punch the Nazi". "No" has an arrow to "Move closer" and from that back up to "Is the Nazi within punching distance?"

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Hop in rule (sh.itjust.works)
 

ID: colourful bubble text: "hop in we're going to protect trans kids!". Between the words are Richard Scarry characters driving and riding in their individual vehicles: a worm in an apple car, a pig in a corn car with a non-binary flag waving at the back, a mouse in a rainbow coloured pencil car, a pig in a hotdog car, a mouse in a pickled cucumber car with a trans flag waving at the back, a cat on a bicycle with a progress flag waving at the back, and finally a small animal I can't identify, maybe a gecko or cricket in a crayon car.

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Rule (sh.itjust.works)
 

ID: photo of two friends looking at a phone together, laughing, above is text: "Hitting "delete" after reading the first sentence of an entire essay that some bigoted potato took the time to write in my comments."

 

Came across this site while looking for the manual for the robot dogs now patrolling trump's place, looks like a great source of helpful info.

 

Image ID

ID: A poster in 3 segments, 2 at the top and one bellow:

  1. The text "if we wait for the government it will be too late" above a drawing of 4 people meeting in an airconditioned building. One is Grey and is smiling and showing love to the others, saying "I love you guys!". The 3 others are red, who is smoking a cigar, green holding a bag of cash, and yellow wearing a top hat represent gas oil and coal respectively.

  2. The text "if we act as individuals it will be too little" above a drawing of a person in a small but flourishing garden, they are holding up an apple they got from one of their trees, saying " Such... beauty!" with sparkly eyes. Beyond their fence to the left is an incoming tsunami, to the right are a field and trees on fire with bellowing smoke.

  3. The text "if we act as communities it might just be enough" above a drawing of several groups of people outside. From left to right, there are 3 people standing around a produce table that has a sign above it saying "crop swap on today!", next to it is a small cabinet marked "seed library". On the ground in the centre foreground are an adult and 3 children sitting around a campfire, the kids listening intently, the adult has the Australian Aboriginal flag on their shirt. Behind them are an adult and child getting a pizza out of an outdoor oven. To the right is a stall with a sign above it saying "refugees welcome", in front of it are two adults, one is wearing a head scarf and is holding a baby. In front of the stall are 4 rows of crops growing from the ground.

Quote by Rob Hopkins in "From what is to what if"

Credit: @brenna-quinlan


 

ID: photo of a yellow woodchipper with text: "Technology has advanced a long way since the French revolution"

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by ShareMySims to c/[email protected]
 

ID: close up photo of a hand trying to put a square peg, representing ethics, in to a round hole, representing capitalism

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I want rule (sh.itjust.works)
 

ID: Text on a trans flag themed background:

I want to see trans people get old and go grey.

I want to see trans people retire.

I want to see T4T couples celebrating 50 years together.

I want to see trans grandparents and great grandparents.

I want to see trans people live long, happy lives.

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Rule (sh.itjust.works)
 

ID: Photo of a brick that has had the trans flag drawn on to it, text around it says "embrace tradition"

 

ID: 4 panels:

  1. A self righteous person holds their hand up and says "Violence is never the solution."

  2. Stephie replies with a smile "Oh! So you agree that we shouldn't give weapons to the police?"

  3. She adds "And that we should dismantle the army?"

  4. Stephie is now right up behind the other person, looking angry, saying "Or did you mean that violence is only a solution when it helps maintain the status quo?". The other person looks deeply uncomfortable.

Credit: Sophie Labelle

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Space rule (sh.itjust.works)
 

ID: An outline of a fat person with long flowing wild hair, they're in a graceful pose that looks like they might be dancing, with their arms spread out and one leg in front of the other. The outline is filled with a starry galaxy like pattern, made to look like it's glowing on the blue-purple background. On the torso are the words "take up space"

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by ShareMySims to c/[email protected]
 

ID: A poster titled "How to turn you landlord into a tent in 4 easy steps" with 4 simple line graphics illustrating the steps:

  1. A man in a suit with his hand out asking for money

  2. The head of the man alongside two large bones, a spinal column, and a smaller bone

  3. The large bones and spinal column form the base of an A-frame tent

  4. A patchwork of the landlord's skin makes up the tarp draped over the frame, and the small bones are used as pegs to hold the whole thing down

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