It’s not just fundies who are homeschooling. A very well-loved (and very liberal) family friend of mine started a home-school co-op for her kids and their neighbors because they were seriously unimpressed with the district test scores in science and social studies. Her kids are intelligent, independent, well-adjusted, and well-read.
She did it because she lived in a red-state and wanted a modern, coherent, first-class education for her kids instead of theocratic indoctrination.
I’m sorry, serious or kidding, I can’t get behind this. If and when they’re conscious enough to understand hatred and cruelty, they’ll realize they’ve been oppressed and exploited too. Is this how we’re teaching a nascent sapiency how to be human? If it is, we suck at it.
Fair point.
I was vegan as a health necessity for a few years. I still prefer eating veggies wherever possible, but when I’m living in someone else’s home and have to adhere to someone else’s diet, it’s not always possible.
Unfortunately, you hit the nail on the head there. When you’re so used to having someone tell you what to do, for every little action from how to dress to how to speak, you become dependent on it for everything.
Source: Left a cult. Had to relearn ‘good’ and ‘bad’ in therapy.
Hi. I was born in Utah.
The statistics presented here likely primarily include Mormons. Mormons, granted, tend to experience higher rates of senses of well-being due to thorough, lifelong conditioning into a religion that (to put it very very lightly) trains and encourages wishful thinking and group conformity to levels that would make a tankie blush.
Those who leave this religion (cult that has the all-time gold medal championship title in doublethink and mental gymnastics in archeology) tend to experience significantly higher rates of suicide, mortality, and depression. The youth suicide rate alone shot up 192% from 2009 to 2014. https://www.rationalfaiths.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/LGBTQStats-2.pdf
Speaking from personal experience, Utah is a theocracy, straight up. The church controls everything from the state congress to the real estate. They have loopholes in the department of education that allow ecclesiastical education at public schools. I’d know, I graduated from one.
Fuck Utah.
Instructions unclear, dyslexia made me blow the job interviewer.
I think the stigma around virility and fertility is where the shame comes from. Monkey brains, after all. Wish we’d just evolve a tiiiiiny bit. Sex isn’t everything. Hell, I think the statistic is that we spend less than 1% of our lives total doing the sideways conga.
I mean, I have a severe mental disorder. But I try extremely hard to not let it turn me into a jerk.
Oh, yeah, reusable is a lifesaver when you’re in a pinch. Going traditional-style is always an option, our great-grandmas did it for years. Saved my ass when I was extremely broke.
Diva Cups are nice too, especially since they’re basically reusable, very sanitary tampons. Problem is, well, sanitizing between uses. Follow the manufacturer directions, and you’ll be fine.
Cotton, for starters. Good sturdy cotton briefs. Nylon, silk, and Lycra don’t have enough “stick potential”. Boxers and boyshorts are too long to fold the wings underneath, so usually I have a designated Sacrificial Set for the Week of Blood. If you have thick thighs or are very active, your pads are just gonna bunch up. Such is the way of things. But wings and cotton briefs do a lot of good.
As far as disposable period panties go? I’m just gonna say it. They’re just adult Depends sold in single packs. I have a spare set in my backpack in case I need a Very Disposable Sacrificial Set for when the Week of Blood catches me by surprise. (got a fun, random cycle. wheeeee) If you genuinely like period panties that much, save yourself the grief and get adult diapers. Zero shame. They work great in a pinch, they’re just not environmentally friendly, or cost-effective. I have one as a Break Glass In Case Of Emergency.
For the most part, I only use pads at night, or for the last three or four days. First two days, it’s tampons. It’s just cheaper and cleaner that way.
10 years old. When I saw The Rocketeer, when Jenny found Neville Sinclair’s secret radio room to talk to his Nazi handlers.
Double lung transplants? Before 45? In this country? In one of the most impoverished parts of the country?
I can name maybe 5 people who deserve that. The average idiot who believed a psychopathic liar doesn’t deserve that.
Narcissists, Machiavellians, and megalomaniacs will always be what they are. But people who’ve been brainwashed literally don’t know any better. I wish I could say it more kindly, but having been on the receiving end of a lifetime of indoctrination into something obviously stupid, I have some sympathy for the people who believed a liar.
I loved it when my dad held my hand.
I’m nearly 30 now, and our political and religious views are (as an understatement) wildly different in most respects. But I still love my dad, and I would do damn near anything for him. Because he did damn near anything for me.
Sent this to a friend. Xe laughed and said, “If they have an issue with it, they can come find me and tell me. Good luck, BTW, we make up less than 1% of the population. If people that rare are pissing you off, find a fucking hobby.”
Things I’ve wondered about for years, but was afraid to ask. Thank you, random stranger. May your anonymity continue to enlighten others.
Trying to get PulseAudio to behave, and trying to figure out how to roll back Bluez and Blueman.
Speaking as a yank, here? Fight it like your lives fucking depend on it, because it does. DO NOT LET THEM.