What the fuck is wrong with Reddit these days? Today, the denizens of AskReddit are debating the topic: Is it wrong to hit a woman? You can probably figure out what the consensus is. (Hint: Two letter word, starts with N.) What’s especially striking is how, well, gleeful the discussion is. Redditor after Redditor weighs in with the exact same opinion on the subject; others reply with jokey assent; everybody gets upvotes, sometimes hundreds of them. This exchange captures some of the flavor of the, er, “discussion” there:
These aren’t people arguing dispassionately that in the interest of equality we should treat hitting women the same as hitting men, and that ideally no one should be hitting anyone at all. These are guys (mostly) using the topic as an excuse to complain about “bitches” and their rights.
Others, meanwhile, decided to use the topic as masturbation fantasy fodder, suggesting that the original poster had missed his chance for some hot sex with the woman he slapped. As toothsayer put it:
The single slap is disrespectful, shows that you are pissy bitch, and will not get you laid. However, catching up to her as she is walking away, scooping her up, bending her over the knee and repeatedly spanking that ass would have led to some seriously hard core sex.
47 upvotes for that hilarious suggestion.
Perhaps all of the commenters should simply up and move to Topeka, Kansas, where the city council is considering decriminalizing domestic violence in order to save a few bucks. Seriously.
Note: Once again, I have the fine folks (no sarcasm here; they actually are fine) at ShitRedditSays for pointing this discussion out to me. Here’s the SRS discussion of the whole stinky mess.
I pledge: my next post will have nothing to do with Reddit.
“I don’t want anyone to think we’re robosexuals. So if anyone asks, you’re my be-bugger, okay?”
Bender Bending Rodriguez.
[de-bugger]
And, just so he doesn’t feel left out, Stranger, curled up half on the desk while I read manboobz (how meta!):
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hKfvurcy42u6XGCCoXYKnA?feat=directlink
And him sitting in front of our stained glass window:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kz_IY37Wy0-qsDeB3eu07w?feat=directlink
Magpie: That’s odd, I’m using the links Picasa gave me.
My last cat was rather bitey until he got sick, but the current one is the sweetest thing ever EXCEPT for her tendency to creep up on me. She loves to do it while I’m asleep, so I wake up to her sitting about 3 inches from my face staring at me. She likes sneaking up in general actually – my friend wanted to call her Ninja, but for a mostly black cat that’s just way too cliched, so instead she became Spooky. This confuses the vet, since she looks like this.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41888774@N08/6126346440/
Terrifying, no?
Crap, now I’m completely distracted by naval battles in the 1580’s
CassandraSays: Augh, so cute! Our oldest (and sadly passed) Mika would climb up on us and lick our faces while we were sleeping – her first owner was an early riser and she thought she needed to be fed at 5AM.
Spooky likes to nose-kiss me, and insists on doing it first thing in the morning, which can be…damp. My dearly departed kitty, otoh, used to climb up on the bedside table and punch us in the face when he wanted us to get up and feed him.
CassandraSays: Aww, the little white gloves!
KathleenB: I got ‘sorry page not found’ for the last two links. I’m sure the problem is at my end, somehow.
Worst wake-up-and-feed-me tactic: a whisker up the nose.
Magpie, I get the same thing.
Magpie, I get the same issue too. It’s very odd. If you reload, the picture shows up again for a second & then is gone again. They look like cute kitties, though.
Magpie, I used to live with a cat who would BITE my nose to wake me up. Hard, too. He’d get his tooth right in the nostril where it’s tender and CHOMP.
Fucking cat.
Bite in the nostril? Owwwww!
…and wanting a porcupine.
I’m in the process of getting a flickr stream together. Assuming I can stave off the Benadryl long enough… Damned pecan chicken – why the hell can’t my family ever remember that I’m allergic to tree nuts?
Success! http://www.flickr.com/photos/68431029@N06/
What time do your kitty alarm clocks go off? Ours is set for 7:00. We don’t appreciate it on weekends.
She also has a snooze. She’ll come mew at you, then if you don’t get up she’ll come back and mew at you again in 15 minutes.
cynickal: Hedgehogs are cuter and less prone to injure you. And they swim!
Katz: Ours have figured out that waking us up only makes us grouchy. They wait (mostly) patiently until we drag our carcasses out of bed.
KathleenB: Yay! I can haz pretteh kittehs! What are claw sheaths?
Daw, she looks like a kitty version of my old family dog. My dog was similarly fluffy and had just the same kind of coloring/pattern (she was a Border Collie mutt.)
Also they can never be buggered! I’ve heard.
Magpie: They’re little silicone (?) things you glue to their claws to stop them scratching things. They just pissed her off. (those are my gaming buddies in the pic, not me or MrB – she’s too scary to try that ourselves!)
My former kitty alarm once decided to wake my ex up at 5 am on a Sunday. Most of the time he actually seemed to understand the concept of weekends, but that one time it was like this.
5AM – MEW!
5: 10 – scratching noises
5:11 – (me) what the hell is he doing
5:12 – (boy) ewrpojewotewopg[pdfg
5:15 – (boy) OW!
I continue trying to sleep, smug in the knowledge that kitty has decided it’s not my turn to open the food
5:20 – Goddammit! (boy)
At which point I look over and see the cat poking the ex in the face over and over again with the most intent look on his face.
But hey, apparently it wasn’t my turn to feed him, so I went back to sleep.
KathleenB: they sound like a good idea in theory. I guess they would be only suitable for inside cats? My puss keeps catching his claws in the carpet and hurting himself, but I’m a bit reluctant to try clipping his claws in case I hurt him.