@a1batross
What's with the sudden Coraline dad memes?
@matrix
This is how men will take back control of the sex work industry from the wamenz.
"Public figures often apologize after making controversial statements. There are reasons to believe, however, that apologizing makes public figures appear weak and risk averse, which may make them less likeable and lead members of the public to want to punish them. This paper presents the results of an experiment in which respondents were given two versions of two real-life controversies involving public figures. Approximately half of the participants read a story that made it appear as if the person had apologized, while the rest were led to believe that the individual had stood firm. In the first experiment, hearing that Rand Paul apologized for his comments on civil rights did not change whether respondents were less likely to vote for him. When presented with two versions of the controversy surrounding Larry Summers and his comments about women scientists and engineers, however, liberals and females were more likely to say that he should have faced negative consequences for his statement when presented with his apology. The effects on other groups were smaller or neutral. The evidence suggests that when a prominent figure apologizes for a controversial statement, individuals are either unaffected or become more likely to desire that the individual be punished."
@a1batross
OMG! This is triggering my paternal instincts! Stop it!
@theblessing
Are those cucumber plants? I haven't seen one in years, so I'm slightly uncertain. They look beautiful by the way.
@nosleep@neckbeard.xyz
If I wanted to be pedantic, I'd point out that in fact every time we access a memory, there's always a slight chance that you'll remember it imperfectly, and slightly alter how the memory is stored in your brain, because you're technically continuously overwriting it whenever you think about it. Over many years, memories can in fact change.
But I don't want to be pedantic, so yeah, what a silly song!
@Jack
TBH, I was expecting to get more shit for that post than I actually got.
I continue to be dumbfounded how popular my posts with the least thought put into them get.
@penny @SquirrelGirl@noagendasocial.com
Didn't pictures came out that the "noose" was there for a long while?
I need this in my life.
@benis
... I don't advocate for hanging drug dealers though.
@colonelj
If we're talking about the rest of the sex workers, I can accept that "manipulation" is too harsh a word, but for twitch e-thots, from what I've seen so far, it's too lenient of a word imo.
re: Unpopular opinion: sex work is highly manipulative, but not in the way you expected.
@MisterRogersSnapped
The e-thots thing is kinda new, so who knows how that will evolve. Something I keep remembering though, is how in porn men make practically nothing when doing straight porn, and the only time they actually make good money, is when they do gay porn, that is probably also consumed mostly by men (gay men).
The sex industry in general seems uniquely one-sided, and I just think it's interesting, and something work thinking about every once in a while.
I'm not calling for any kind of change or revolution, it's just a food for thought thing.
re: Unpopular opinion: sex work is highly manipulative, but not in the way you expected.
@MisterRogersSnapped
1) how many male prostitutes are there?
2) how expensive are they compared to female prostitutes?
Note, I'm talking about sex work in general, so including stuff like porn, cam girls etc. And in these cases at least, we already know that women are the ones that make the vast majority of money. I have no idea how male prostitutes fair, so it's hard to account how they would be included in this.
My intuition tells me they're probably making no where near the same kind of money as the female counterparts, but it's just an intuition.
re: Unpopular opinion: sex work is highly manipulative, but not in the way you expected.
@colonelj
You're still missing the point, but whatever.
Unpopular opinion: sex work is highly manipulative, but not in the way you expected.
@igel
Doubt Alex likes me too much after the vegan argument.
なんで君はこれを読んでいるかよ
Just another random person passing by.
Oh hi.
The Alyx Vance must go this way anyway.
Gordon Freeman dies in All Dogs Go To Heaven 2.
I wasn't designed to be carried.
En Taro Igel!
Lift me up, let me go...