Reminder that there are people on this website who have been lauded for being "good allies" to POC.
Who then have turned and called any POC they weren't actively agreeing with fake POC and larping as POC.
And when called out for that, used their clout for siding with PV as proof that they couldn't be racist.
@FirstProgenitor i still like the idea of setting up a bot to post, once weekly, "your experiences are not universal, and other people having different experiences doesn't invalidate yours"
that covers at least half of the discourse that goes on here
@avi McAfee is one hell of a character.
i hope that all the #menandenbies are having a great holiday
An unexplored angle on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is that Willy Wonka is clearly a genius, the finest scientific mind of his generation, yet he focuses almost all of his efforts on manufacturing candy.
The temptation of big profits in the multimillion dollar candy-sector under the candy-capitalist system has drawn him away from more worthwhile pursuits and possibly corrupted him into the weird, weird dude that he is
Trans, guy of center, well over 18.
I'm in tech and it feels weird.