Having worked in quite a few fields in the last 15 years or so, it's the same active shooter training they give everyone. Even in stores that sell guns.

I'll let the reader decide how fucked up it is that there's basically a countrywide accepted "standard response"

Luigi x Toad romcom fanfics are art thank you very much.

What you just experienced is cultural sexism. It’s extremely common in many cultures around the world.

Holy shit so much this. It's fucking bullshit and batshit insane in modern times.

My brother-in-law's mother is one of these kinds of people, and very much treats her two grandsons like they're divinity, and 6 granddaughters like they're his slaves.

My wife and I live next to them and since I don't like interacting with their family, it took me awhile to notice.

Oldest son gets preferential treatment on everything, gets expensive shit for every present giving holiday, and even the way she talks to him is like she's afraid she will upset him and is afraid he's not being treated the way she thinks he deserves.

Youngest son gets next preference, but is mentally around 2 or 3 so she doesn't do much besides treat him like a royal baby. Like 0-6month old baby.

All the daughters get cheap dolls or makeup for holidays. They are expected to be seen and not heard when she's there. Anything that needs done they are expected to do even if it's something the adult watching them should be handling.

A couple weeks ago I was talking to the oldest daughter about her art class when the oldest son started yelling about how he was thirsty.

Grandma comes over and starts interrupting the conversation asking why she's not going to get him some water.

I just interrupted her with a "we are in the middle of a conversation. Just be cause YOUR idea of respect is extremely warped doesn't mean the rest of us have to tolerate it. He's 12, he can get his own damn glass of water. If you don't like that, get it yourself, but you WILL NOT interrupt us again unless you want to find out just how disrespectful my wife and I can be."

I don't know what she said in response because I was making an effort to ignore her and say something about the art class.

I did end up sending a message to their parents about the encounter with an" if that's a problem for you guys then we can work out another deal for childcare." vague threat about us no longer providing childcare multiple times a week.

Am I disrespectful? Maybe. Probably. But I'll be dead and buried before I let someone tell a young girl she's supposed to drop everything because a MAN is there.

I'm also not welcome at my wife's grandparents house because when her grandfather straight up said "be quiet, the men are talking." when she said something during a holiday visit, I told him "what makes you think you can talk to my wife like that?" "well my religion says..." "FUCK your religion, you don't speak to anyone like that."

My wife says I shouldn't have said anything because now she feels like it's her fault her family doesn't like me. No amount of reassurance that it's their own fault helps. I stand by it.

Um... Sorry for rambling, this kind of thing makes me angry and I have to deal with it all the time, and I can't even imagine what it would feel like for all the women who have to deal with it.

My head voice went from "American Midwestern nonaccent" to "southern mayor in 1850" to "southern pastor giving a sermon in 1850"

Well done.

What do you fucking do about a community like that

I'm not allowed to tell you directly on .world, but turnabout is fair play.

You're not fooling anyone, Communist.

Congrats on winning the argument, anyone who gets told this. If their entire argument is "you're a commu-social-marxist" then they have no argument and they're delusionally living in the McCarthy age.

Who the fuck do you think you're talking to like this?

LMAO am I supposed to know who this guy is? Because this sounds like an "I'm so important you should have more respect and by respect I mean do what I say" but it could be a "you aren't fooling anyone" I suppose.

Banners of books

People who exist to ban books from being read

That or there's a giant banner stretched out and made entirely of books just to the left.

I've seen a lot of comments on various websites lately lamenting that there isn't a judge "or somebody" that's stepping in to say "no"

Like... We're it.

The people that could have done something say back and handed the reigns over, because anything else would be "improper" and not following the rules.

And the people in the most effective positions to "fight back" in any sort of legal manner have all been rolling over like a good dog waiting for a treat, or quitting "in protest" before anything happens which just opens up a spot for a loyal stooge.

So there's nobody coming to save you as you watch from the side. We are it.

Organize with people who share similar goals. But be smart about it so you don't get raided by the alphabet squad for being ~~too supportive of black people and trans people~~ a "terrorist organization"

Be the change you want to see in the world. Because republicunts and magats are trying to ruin it before you realize you can help change it.

And when your very existence becomes illegal, why bother with the social contract at all.

Assuming you spend $10 on avocado toast every day, as well as $75 on eating out for every meal, $20 for Starbucks, and ALSO assuming you have $150 worth of monthly subscriptions:

It will take you 25 years to save one million dollars. That's assuming you never get sick, never lose a job, never need to buy a car or have major repairs, or basically any kind of surprise expense or setback that could wipe out savings.

To be the richest person on earth, you would need to save that money every year for over 6 MILLION YEARS

"Stop saying you have it good. Hundreds of people all over the world go to sleep every night deciding which country they should exploit for billions next, they have it SO MUCH BETTER than you, and to say you're happy while others have THAT to deal with is just wrong."

Sounds kinds stupid when you flip it around. Wonder why...

Everett true began in the early 1900s as in 1900-1909.

Nobody had decided to co-opt it for their shitty ideals yet.

One of my wife's friends gets really upset when people call it Twitter for some reason. She doesn't even use it. Just gets irate and reminds everyone the name was changed so if you want people to know what you're talking about you should call it X.

Strange hill to choose...