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Cat discovers snow; David takes a few days off

So, there’s a whole bunch of MRA stuff I should be writing about now, and some Roosh drama, but, you know, my heart just isn’t in it at the moment. So I’m going to take a few more days off to clear my head. In the meantime, I would suggest keeping up with the latest MRA and PUA shenanigans by checking out the AgainstMensRights and TheBluePill subreddits, respectively.

Also, I thought you all might appreciate this video of a cat discovering snow for the first time.

And Happy New Year! Or did I already wish you guys that?

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dallasapple
dallasapple
10 years ago

Congratulations Pecunium !

Are y’all taking a honeymoon right away ?

dallasapple
dallasapple
10 years ago

…and by “understandable,” I mean it’s a pretty clear indication that the speaker would like the intended recipient of that to die.

Yeah in the same way you might mouth off to someone “go to hell.” ..?

Its ridiculous.

I don’t want anyone to die . and me saying “go straight up and take a u-turn “(which is go to hell) or “take a long walk off a short bridge” being taken that seriously ??

Since it “pretty clear ” to you based on those phrases I literally want anyone to die ? Then I wont quote you anymore either . I can not believe anyone would think saying that I meant anyone to kill themselves or die at all .

Incredible.

Fibinachi
Fibinachi
10 years ago

And, because I’ve not been around, this is the nearest thing to an Open Thread, and I thought I’d done it already (or as least said zie could; though perhaps this is sense of politesse, in that it’s my news to share):

We are doing the official thing and having a (complicated) wedding. I am the reason Argenti is worrying about what to wear (not that I think anyone can show me up, I intend to be the gaudiest thing at my wedding), and all like that.

So, come the middle of May, I expect to be standing in front of a lot of people, and doing something the MRM says is utter folly.
🙂

Woah! Congratulations, pecunium! That’s wonderful news, as in actually full of wonder, and I wish you all the best!

hellkell
hellkell
10 years ago

OK, promise?

Argenti Aertheri
Argenti Aertheri
10 years ago

“though perhaps this is sense of politesse, in that it’s my news to share” — yep. And now that that sense is broken…SQUEE PECUNIUM’S GETTING MARRIED!!

Back on topic, having read too much radfem “logic” I think she’s having a case of “I’m enlightened and you aren’t so I know what you want and you don’t”. In other words, yes she thinks women who enjoy PiV are brainwashed by the patriarchy into accepting rape. And the anti-PiV crowd seems to think the semen should be deposited on the vulva, it’s the only answer I’ve ever seen as to how one could make a baby without having PiV sex or IVF or such.

cloudiah
10 years ago

Hey congratulations, pecunium — that’s fantastic news!

Orion
10 years ago

I’m actually surprised that people interpret “long walk off short pier” as a death wish. I honestly always thought it implied that you wish the speaker would end feeling uncomfortable and looking foolish, like someone who fell in the water unexpectedly. Same as “go jump in a lake”?

Ally S
10 years ago

Wooo! Congrats, pecunium! :>

Bina
Bina
10 years ago
Bina
Bina
10 years ago

Sorry, Linky Monster ate my ass. And then it bounced me back to the previous page. I just love it when that happens…

hellkell
hellkell
10 years ago

Boo to winter gut bugs. Feel better soon, Bina.

kittehserf
10 years ago

I’m actually surprised that people interpret “long walk off short pier” as a death wish. I honestly always thought it implied that you wish the speaker would end feeling uncomfortable and looking foolish, like someone who fell in the water unexpectedly. Same as “go jump in a lake”?

That’s exactly how I read it. Long walk of a short pier means “fall in, get wet and look a complete idiot” to me, not “go drown”.

Pecunium, congrats! 🙂

Myoo
Myoo
10 years ago

Congratulations on the wedding, Pecunium.

Unimaginative
Unimaginative
10 years ago

Take a short walk off a long cliff.
Go to hell.
Fuck off.
Die in a fire.
Jump in a lake.
Burn in hell.
Eat shit and die.

All these things generally mean “You’re irritating, shut up and go away.” Some of them also indicate that the going away should be permanent and painful.

Many people in social justice circles, myself included, are starting to realize that it’s not okay to wish death on people who are just irritating.

Yeah, it’s just a thing people say. Everybody knows you shouldn’t take it seriously.

The thing is, when everybody’s saying it, and nobody’s taking it seriously, then nobody notices when it *should* be taken seriously.

An old man in my community used to threaten to burn down the place if a business he was in was displeasing him. Nobody took him seriously, because everybody makes empty threats. Except, in his case, he was serious, and he did try to burn down a couple of places.

It’s not exactly a “Boy Cries Wolf” kind of thing, but letting violent utterances slide because you don’t really mean it gives cover to people who do really mean it.

I look at it the same was as not laughing at rape jokes. I try not to make empty threats. YMMV.

hellkell
hellkell
10 years ago

I reeeeeeeealy don’t like “die in a fire.” I wouldn’t wish that kind of painful death on anyone.

katz
10 years ago

Pecunium: Hooray! I am sure you will be the most dapper guy there.

pecunium
10 years ago

I hate, with the fire of a thousand incandescent suns, the phrase, “die in a fire”.

I won’t go into details, but I have some visceral associations with that phrase.

Take a long walk off a short pier is, IMO, a “fuck off”.

I was confused by the, “go straight up and make a U-turn”. I side-eyed it, and withheld comment. I don’t think it’s a stretch to see how it could be taken as moderately serious.

grumpycatisagirl
grumpycatisagirl
10 years ago

The first time I encountered that radfem witchwind blog it almost made me cry. They really are straw feminists, except they’re real. And that upset me.

Now I just can’t read it. It’s too boring.

serrana
serrana
10 years ago

Congratulations, Pecunium!

CassandraSays
10 years ago

Seconding Unimaginative. Obviously neither zie nor I can stop other people from using those expressions, but we should be able to disassociate ourselves from their use without a wah-you’re-so-mean response being seen as reasonable.

(People are of course also free to have the wah-you’re-so-mean response, and I am free to point out how silly it is, especially if it’s not the first time.)

pecunium
10 years ago

Re wedding: Yeah, It’s gonna be hard for people to top Kilt with Mess Dress and Medals.

Thankfully neither my beloved, nor her/our other partner care that I am a peacock. Their ceremony will be a bit less ornate to look at, if a bit more formally structured.

Though she will have two dresses to wear.

Bina
Bina
10 years ago

Those extreme radfems give radical feminism a bad name. Transphobia; ugh. Talk about clueless. And PIV is all rape? WTF is this shit??? My first time wasn’t exactly ideal, but it did stop pinching when I bent my knees and adjusted my pelvis. Wow! Suddenly all the parts aligned, and it was easy! And no bleeding, either! What magick is this? Oh, just a little thing called catching on…

And speaking of catching on: Someone please explain to this person that there is such a thing as foreplay too, and it’s actually quite helpful in making sex hurt less, or not at all.

Also, doctors. Has she seen one about that tearing thing? Because that’s not normal.

dallasapple
dallasapple
10 years ago

I’m actually surprised that people interpret “long walk off short pier” as a death wish. I honestly always thought it implied that you wish the speaker would end feeling uncomfortable and looking foolish, like someone who fell in the water unexpectedly. Same as “go jump in a lake”?

THANK you Orion ! And Kitteh!

Really ? Like I meant go kill your self or die ?

Its scary . I never meant such a thing . Eggshells . Walking on .

dallasapple
dallasapple
10 years ago

econding Unimaginative. Obviously neither zie nor I can stop other people from using those expressions, but we should be able to disassociate ourselves from their use without a wah-you’re-so-mean response being seen as reasonable.

Just dissociate your self from “people” like me period. I don’t think you’re “mean ” I just think you have no right to try and censor me . If you do I will say something . Actually you are the one going WAHHH you’re mean to me .

I will say take a long walk off a short bridge ,or go straight up and make a U-turn all I want .You can say its “mean ” Its a damn saying like fuck you or go to hell..Who are you to word censor me ? I didn’t say anything that requires this kind of zoning in on and ridicule.

Its ridiculous.

dallasapple
dallasapple
10 years ago

By the way I’m not talking about it any more . Word police carry on . Final word ? My words NEVER meant for anyone to commit suicide .(don’t know how that even came into play) or to die .Anymore than fuck you or go to hell. I guess that’s a death wish too.

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