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.
The “spanking leads to hot sex” comment struck more as bullshit posturing than anything else.
magpie: Her nickname is Kami. And that’s an excellent point… She got her first name when we found her: She was just this teeny little kitten, barely six weeks old, but she’d climb up onto our shoulders when we held her and try to divebomb the older cats. The other names are kinda self-explanatory, I think.
I have a theory, and this is my theory, and my theory is this: comments like “spanking leads to hot sex” come from boys who spend more time watching pron than speaking to women. And that is my theory, and it is mine.
Okay, I am crazy then. But they are so darn cute.
Dawww
So. Fucking. Cute.
KathleenB, dive bombing the cats, that is so cute! It’s scary the height an itty bitty kitty can jump from, and the distance they can cover in flight.
Magpie: Are you unanimous in this?
Moewicus: They are cute. I’ve seen one in the wild, and OMG, Teh CUTE!
But the gloves and the boots, and the jacket and the jeans, even when handling one who is, “gentled” are needful.
@ Dracula – But would he even notice the psychotic bit as long as she was making the meowing noises? But yeah, Bagelsan, you’re not missing much unless it’s your life’s dream to watch psychotic killers beg for pets.
It just occurred to me that there already exists a version of the robogirl fantasy that David et al are so fond of…but it’s for straight women, and the robot is a dude
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDxQy3fFNMc).
And because it’s not intended for MRAs there’s less “do my bidding, slave” and more “do I love him or do I prefer pretty boy coworker with the cool hair who bakes cakes?”. I think we should get the trolls to watch it. I’d be curious to see if trying to figure out which dude is the “alpha” made their heads explode. On the one hand – robot boyfriend is very tall and very strong. On the other hand, he’s a robot, and he keeps telling the girl how much he loves her, which clearly makes him a mangina. (Robogina?)
Passes the baby name test, though: President Kamikaze Crazypants Hellbeast? Supreme Court Justice Kamikaze Crazypants Hellbeast? Prof. Emeritus Kamikaze Crazypants Hellbeast? Hell ya. 😀
Curse you, Moewicus, for making me want a porcupine.
Not only unanimous, but I peer reviewed the theory myself 😉
Good gods, Bagelsan, that almost make me want to have kids.
It’ll be on where to find more ammo in Bioshock? I finally got past the most recent Big Daddy. It took all my Electro-Gel, shock shells, heat seekers and frag grenades.(I must be doing something wrong)
WIN!
I’ve seen enough anime to know where this is going….
Bondage Fairies?
Monsignor Kamikaze Crazypants Hellbeast.
Porcupine seems to enjoy the patting. Is this a secret yearning amongst porcupines? Do they all long to be patted, but never get the opportunity?
Also, porcupine looks like a long-haired, prickly wombat.
@ Dracula – But would he even notice the psychotic bit as long as she was making the meowing noises?
I suppose if she only murdered those he deemed undesirable he might not care.
(Robogina?)
Androigina?
Primary aggressor=arrest the man
My life will not be complete until I have a pet Porcupine named Kamikaze Crazypants Hellbeast. I will call it Fluffers in public.
Instead of metrosexual, maybe robosexual? But no, I suppose that would be more applicable to the dudes who want to bang robogirls.
This is Kami at about five or six months:
This is more recent (and a typical pose for her – on my desk, annoying the sit out of me):
Metropolisexual? You must admit, it’s fitting.
wtf? Image fail? First image: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BpWyZ6TaZPj9j5aJGyzs2g?feat=directlink
Second:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pPOoatmJKMaUH4xKomFc-Q?feat=directlink
Mate of mine had a goldfish called Fluffy. True story.
Please tell me the root alphabet for Cyrillic. Use your wiki-smarts. Just copy and paste it.
Ancient Greek.
Pretty Kitty!
Techno gurus, when I go to KathleenB’s photo links, I see kitty for half a second, then a blank space. What am I doing wrong?