r/FacePalm - Ruined Childhood 101 

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Honestly, if you start talking about enforcing homogenous societies that can quickly become hate speech. Context is everything. Sophisticated language is often used to cloak horrifying ideas.

Depends on the context. I know conservatives who use that word to try to cloak white supremacy.

​@@AIHumanEquality they like to talk about homogeneity when praising Sweden and Japan

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Say it louder for the people in the back

Equal rights, equal punishment.

And the men don't get enough time either... So it's just worse when young boys get assaulted. Life in prison. Assaulting minors is never ok

bUt MeN dOnT eXpErIeNcE tRaUmA!!!!!!

In addition, for men proven to have committed such acts, they're beaten near/to death. Whereas, women who've been proven to have done the same are given a slap on the wrist at worst with certain men claiming to wish they were SA'd by the woman. Drives me insane

Foul 💀

but only the boys. girls are pure until marriage. and also being gay is bad 🤔 the math is not mathing

American Conservatives don't want kids leaning about s3x in middle school coz they're afraid that they'd then be able to identify things going on either @ home, @ church, or both

lmao like im 12 and they act like we innocent but its so far from the truth we are jsut innocent around them

@@Chib_Lee I taught middle school and high school. I know better, but parents don't want to hear it. Don't think your teachers don't know what is going on though. We don't look at your with the "not my baby" blinders parents have. We just care more about what goes into your heads.

But nooooo, religion can't be indoctrination! Respect people's beliefs even if those beliefs are utterly harmful, and you're not allowed to critique the way they raise their children.

“showing a gay relationship isn’t age appropriate!” *shows a straight relationship to their toddler*

@@lilharm The way they think of it is that gay relationships are inherently sexual. Because any time they think of queer people, they think about how their sex is or their bodies look like. So they assume that their toddler child will be groomed by gay relationships. Meanwhile they're the only ones who are thinking that, and their toddlers don't care. I grew up not even knowing what the word gay was and only ever watching hetero relationships, but I'd obsessively ship girl characters together in my kids' movies. I didn't think about them having sex, I thought about them kissing or holding hands or hugging.

Or teaching young girls to be "good obedient christian tradwives to their future husbands" if that ain't gr** ming then idk what it is.

Neither do the people who say it. It's just slander

Honestly, I was so annoyed by this post because of the fact that no boomer would ever be able to buy a house in this economy either, they got theirs, plus a couple more for like $20, and jacked up the price 350x over.

I actually managed to buy an apartment and not bankrupt myself, but I looked at its original sale price on the record, in 1989. It was like, maybe 10k in today's money 💀

Yeah, it strikes me as being sorta like saying: "Ok, boomer." "Yeah, whatever. I raped your sister." Like, that's really not the comeback you think it is...

Honestly, I thought the comeback was pretty funny because it acknowledges that it is harder for us to buy a house.

It’s only a victory if you lack empathy, self-awareness, critical thinking, foresight…you know, all the traits and skills that distinguish a decent human from a literal chimpanzee.

She is 14 not 16 so it's worse Edit: Do you research before jumping to conclusions everybody cause I was wrong

Proceeds* Plus we need to protect our kids from pedos like that person

@@TheHoliestCow 2007, she is 16. It's absolutely horrendous but let's not make numbers even worse than they are, that's how mobs start.

*Farquaad pointing meme* The Conservative has become the one sexualizing the child!

@@kempolar9768exactyl. I was gonna say, I have the same birthday, and it would not be 14

Agreeing with all of this! I'm a woman but I know what it's like when literally 0 sources mention your sort of situation, even when spreading awareness about the same type of abuse. It can feel so isolating, and can make you feel like what you went through doesn't really matter, or isn't "real" enough to be considered, but what you went through _was_ real. It's okay to feel however you feel about it. You are not weak for feeling emotional pain. I'd honestly even claim that living with pain and still not hurting others, is the strongest thing a person can be forced to do. But letting those around you know what happened is not the same as burdening them or hurting them, and you do not need to carry it alone. You are no less of a man/woman/person for what someone else did to you, and you did not deserve it. // Writing this as someone who experienced girl-on-girl COCSA, so yeah, I've never seen any general source mention this type of abuse, or even COCSA-inclusive wording in general (it's always mentioning an adult taking advantage of a child, or adult-on-adult, sigh).

Let's also remember that _men cannot get erect at will_ … it's all involuntary nerves. So he can be into you, want you, _and_ DtF, but _still_ not get hard - a situation that's far more common than you'd believe. The converse, therefore, is also true: it's possible for a guy to get hard withouth wanting to have s3x. Yet there is this assumption that "hard-on==consent." It doesn't. Which means that a guy _can also_ be r@p3d while not being penetrated. Now, that form of sexual assault on a man isn't going to be anywhere near as frequent or commonplace as sexual assault on women. But like you said, 'frequency of occurrence," and who the victim is doesn't make it "okay" or "not _really_ assault._ If there's no explicit verbal consent, there is not consent, and it is therefore nonconsentual. Sad that we need to say, "To be clear: water is wet," but this is the timeline we're living on…

When I was 15 my best friend's mom (37 at the time) began SAing me. It continued for most of a year before she tried to stab her son for telling her to leave me alone. He went to my parents at that point and the police were called. This was in the mid 90s before the passage of several laws, and after she was found "psychologically unfit to stand trial" she was just released back out into the world. Meanwhile I was being berated by my uncle for "not admitting she didn't SA me because I liked it". So thank you for your comment.

This means a lot, thank you

@@sugoish9461 I apologize if this bothers you to answer but what does COCSA mean? I'm unfamiliar with the term. 😅

If a boomer used that on me, I'd just say, "ok economy destroyer" or "ok wealth inheritor"

"I'll be able to afford a home when you finally die"

For real, like oh yeah your generation fucked up the economy so badly it will take a system change to recuperate, but go off I guess

According to the Karen, still somehow our fault. Karen was never the empathetic and self-aware type, Karen just believes what’s she’s told.

​@@riverstein7251unless it goes against Karen's current beliefs

It's our fault for not aborting your whole generation in the womb. A 20 yea hiatus on births would not have been catastrophic for the species.

@@davidvanhorn3340 Wow, that's a pretty fancy way to say how much you hate your family. Millennials don't owe Gen X and Boomers anything just for getting birthed into this world, if thier parents didn't do anything to earn the respect. If we're such failures, then whose fault is it for not preparing us with important life skills and GETTING RID OF THE CLASSES IN SCHOOL THAT WE NEEDED TO LEARN ACTUAL LIFE SKILLS?? I would have loved to learn how to cook as a kid or how to fix a seam instead of having to stumble through it after graduation, but I'm pretty sure Home Ec was deemed useless in favor of longer math and history classes. Y'all threw us in the ocean and laughed when we got caught in a riptide, talking about how you guys were so much tougher than us because no one apparently helped you, while we were actively drowning. Godforbid we have a disability that YOU caused by being so dense and selfish. Whatever, at least I know my Boomer grandmother appreciates me, enough that she adopted me as her daughter, and we both share a nice rural home together and I pay my part of the rent and keep things clean because she has some mobility issues but she can enjoy herself without doing heavy lifting, and I didn't have to leave home like my brothers did, but yeah, sure, try to take that away from her because you want to condemn an entire group of people who are your fault.

Well, at least the kid got a break from him, however brief.

Your wife is a hero, I hope she is aware of that

@@shadowwolf7880 , She really doesn’t. People have told her though.

@@chandranelson2772 That's good they told her. She should know ^^

@@chandranelson2772 Internet Uncle-Gay🏳‍🌈 says she's a hero and is doing lifesaving work.

I was born in the PNW and civil was presented as a war to free the slaves but it was treated as a foreign affair over in the far east. Slavery was seen as a kin to the Holocaust, horrible thing that we found against but it is also far away issue. Japanese internment and chinese "endentured laborers" were seen as the local sin. Ironically i moved to the deep south in 2022, and the local civil war museum has every reference to slavery highlighted in every CSA state declaration of independence and state constitutions. And the proprietor of the museum forces everyone to read them before seeing the rest of the museum.

I can relate, don’t worry your not alone asking for help is not weakness.

Something similar happened to a 17 year old boy in the Netherlands when delivering for a food service. Two drunk ladies in underwear opened the door and tried to get him to come in to "party" and were also being seriously inappropriately touching him. He left traumatized and his employer immediately called the cops on those ladies. And they were in fact sentenced for SA while proclaiming loudly that they didn't understand why that literal child didn't like what they were doing.

Considering this is always the part that appears to be missing in *every* zombie pandemic movie out there, I would really want to see it. For scientific reasons.

This is where we need the zeitgeist to go

Honestly this sounds like a perfect parody movie and something I would do... If I took more then one semester of Drama class as an elective in highschool a few years ago. Wish I had the talent though

So... pride, prejudice and zombies?

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“Ok boomer” “REMEMBER CLIMATE CHANGE!”

@@aidynchristiansen4947 "ha! good luck with that, zoomer! i'll be dead and buried by the time it's too late!"

@@Jzombi301 Just take away their AC in the nursing home! Same thing :D

Same, as a fellow survivor of SA and SH, I can confirm this as well.

My perpetrator is in my class. The only reason I'm even able to attend school is because I went to therapy and school was willing to schedule us into different groups so we'll share minimal amount of classes. I made a report months ago but police haven't even contacted me. The nightmares and intrusive thoughts are probably the worst part because the second they come they force themselves to stay so you just suffer until it's gone and you sit somewhere, staring off to space, not comprehending anything.

Stay strong, you matter 💜

​@@introvert357that's exactly how it is :( I have a friend that fusses at me if I zone out like that cause it freaks them out but I don't even mean to do it

this has been well known and we are happy to have him

Ladies and gentelmen. We got him.

Best part is this isn't even the first time he referred to hands as paws!

@@Matthew.211 But this time it wasn't intentional.

ONE OF US

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fear is not respect - it's self preservation

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When i was throwing a really bad tantrum and demonstratively hit the wardrobe wit my head my grandfather (Rest in peace, gramps) said "why so weak?" And hit it again wit my head so hard,so my mom gasped and i was stunned for a few seconds. I never threw a tantrum again, understanding why i was punished. I was like 8-9 at the time. The problem is not the punishment, but if the punished understands why they're punished. For the context i was rarely punished, especially with physical punishment. So i knew that if i was then i did something really wrong. If you violently punish kids for every single thing, then yes, its bad. Giving a spanking to a badly behaved kid is not. Most kids don't listen to the words and allowing them to do whatever they want is making them into entitled irresponsible adults. So i am for the existence of physical punishments, but not the excessive ones.

@@sairus3239 my experience and why I don’t believe spanking is reasonable: I was an undiagnosed,but still autistic child, my dad refused to get me tested even though I had more than 10 therapists between the ages of six and eight, Who told him I needed to be tested, I was just an insolent child to them. To them I was beyond reason even though they constantly bragged on me for getting high grades, I was in the quietness of our own house,a criminal, I would end up hitting my own head or clacking my wrist together,even though what I was having were autistic meltdowns. I was special-needs but, because the adults in my life we’re also mentally ill,I was also forced to be the adult in the room these adults would be having actual full on tantrum throwing shit, and screaming like banshees, and doing other clinically insane shit. Our neighbor Miss Marsha used to leave her kids at my Nanas door and when my Nana got sick I had to be responsible for them because no other adult in the house my dad and my Papa Billy were going to be responsible for them,as the adults. I was throwing these kids jackets in The dryer because it had rained, I watched them from the porch to make sure no one got hurt, if they did I provided first aid,I made them lunch sometimes dinner, admittedly it was usually easy Mac,and PB&J‘s for lunch or bologna sandwiches they always got a choice, For lunch or dinner. I grew up around drug addicts who used this type of logistical fallacy to justify,all they ever did to me. Spanking is bad. Because it is almost never a responsive form of punishment, it is reactive, it is you being frustrated with a child, and it’s not a reasonable punishment, no child is ever going to understand why you’re striking them, because when they’re young they don’t understand reason,and if they are old enough to understand reason, then reason with them. Children understand more than you can ever think they will, they have reasoning, and speaking literally, what for you could literally just be a random Tuesday could be an impactful moment of their life. The tiny humans are logical there is a method to the madness,even if that method is different than another child’s. Speaking of someone who was both spanked and beaten randomly sometimes twice for the same punishment, double Jeopardy was my childhood,as in being punished twice for the same “crime”, if the powers that be ever blessed me with children I will never hit them, I will pull their hands away for example if they were reaching for a hot pot on the stove or just reaching for the hot stove in general,I will be firm, but I will be kind. Blessed be, have a nice time zone, take care. And if you’ve read this far,thank you,it means a lot.

For 90% of humanity, fear and respect are the same thing.

Oh boy, the ol’ “I turned out fine! See?!” *does something fucked up and psychologically unhealthy*

@@awkwardukulele6077 "I'm completely fine, they don't know what they're talking about!" -the person who lives in a constant state of extreme stress and always chooses fight.

Up there with "Kids bounce back fine!!!" as we look into a sea of folks who need SO much therapy. like u sure m8 r u sure

So technically, it'd be better described as "not respecting yourself".

@@naolucillerandom5280 Boo.

Also because accusing others draws the attention away from themselves. In the US during all the conservative outrage over "groomers" there has been complete radio silence about the ongoing church abuse scandals, the numerous Republican officials caught preying on minors, the states that fought to preserve child labor and child marriage, and the anti-trans bills that allow for the inspection of children's bodies.

​@@FrozEnbyWolf150Interesting...

I'd aim for immediate dismissal of the suit and/or try to get it transferred to another district, plus countersue.

The thing is, the defamation suit is because the kid put the cop on blast for having domestic violence charges and still being allowed to be a cop LMAO

I'm at the end of the spectrum of age for Millennials and for me "spanking" was more of a sexual thing that a "punish children" thing in my mind from a surprisingly young age, so clearly things have changed. Doesn't mean the kink is gone though!

Yeah, every kinkster I've met (including myself) has been through some shit. I'm glad the community exists. It really helps and is such a kind thing.

congrats on them for reframing it!

never thought i would read "as a dominatrix" outside of a book.

I'll never understand that. I was spanked as a kid,and that's something I'd never want to do with a partner, giving or recieving. It just seems like an absolute mood killer.

But they're suing him for calling them out.

Wait are you one of those weirdos that believe being cold and rained on will make you sici

​@@CircusFoxxoIt will weaken your immune system

Hypothermia is a thing@@CircusFoxxo

​​​​@@CircusFoxxoEver heard of pneumonia? And your body temp dropping too much puts you at risk because it compromised your health.

yea that was really shitty. Ironically the only place i saw the good warnings were twitter lmao

It also would have been helpful for people who have noise sensitivity and panic disorders to have known that the alert blasts at maximum volume even if you keep the sound low on your phone.

@@Alexander_Luv1 ironically the good warnings were mainly on Tumblr.

@@Alexander_Luv1 Also there were warnings to friends like "Hey. Since your family is suspectable to conspiracy theories be careful of this upcoming alert as it could cause a mental health episode from stress if they believe the conspiracy theories around this one like they do with ivermectin and those fish antibiotics."

​@@autisticnation7140Tumblr has become the only trustworthy social media site by virtue of survival

I'm so sorry for what you had to go through, and can relate :( I hope you have found a supportive environment since then

@sugoish9461 thank you, I hope you did as well :) I'm ok, I guess :)

glad you've successfully fought off that feeling so far. keep going! ❤

I think they were bullies when they were younger and they have no regrets and they hate that they're being called out. So those assholes are like "Noooooooooooo they're telling me I was wrong it's NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!" And just throwing a temper tantrum just like a spoiled toddler. That's all I can come up with.

@@katieknighton That or generational trauma and projecting boomer views of "toughen up and face the problem yourself cause we're not gonna do jack diddly squat" onto the new generation. Neither of which is okay.

@sagesaria Yeah I never understood why they would do that to their kids or think that "facing problems by yourself cause we ain't gonna help you." is really a good thing to do to their kids cause all that's gonna teach them is that they can't trust anybody.

@@katieknightonExactly. Or being an asshole to your child and treating them unfairly "because the world outside is unfair too". Good job, you didn't teach your child confidence, you taught them fear and uncertainty and anxiety for the rest of their life because you never gave them a place where they could be safe so they never learned what safety feels like.

@spiritmuse I know right. Those Karens didn't teach their kids anything about the outside world all they taught was that the world is just an evil place and that can't reach out to anybody. Way to go Karen you just caused your kid depression and anxiety. (Sarcasm.)

Something like that could be considered a SLAPP suit, but even without a legitimate case, they could still pile legal bills on the poor kid, which more often than not would result in the cops getting what they want out of a settlement or the kid's finances slowly being bled dry as the case drags on, and that's regardless of who wins.

@@papercraftcynder5430 There are groups that will support him

Even worse, the local police union will use their influence and legal resources to back those cops, even when they are clearly in the wrong. And even if the case is dismissed, the union will make sure that no meaningful consequences will come to the patrolmen, reinforcing the erroneous idea that police are above the law.

@@stischer47It wouldn’t surprise me if there were lawyers who would take his case pro bono just because of the stupidity. And they would gain publicity as well. Unfortunately, Ohio is one the states that does not have any anti-SLAPP laws.

The feathers are heavier. You have to deal with the guilt of what you did to those poor birds.

Now... I wonder what will happen if the Click EVER stumbles upon this new (and completely unknown) r/FurryIRL subreddit...

​@@robertnett9793Hmm, I wonder....

*Mr. Facepaw, see 7:38 /j

that means wifi can't dissolve your blood brain barrier nope not even vaccines, 5g towers or the water that turns the frogs gay lmao

Thank you! I have MS and the reason you get brain lesions is bc your immune system is able to cross the blood-brain barrier and starts attacking your brain/spine

Damn lucky you, i live in a country where it's normal so yay

​@@04cassiusphanthanhbinhjakewhere the heck do you live!?

@@t.g1917 asia specifically vietnam It wasn't exactly like this but damn if it's traumatizing

It's actually awful, lots of countries (like the UK) consider R and SA less severe if the victim is male and perpetrator is female

This. Although it could be argued that the war was in part for economic reasons and a more accurate summary would be South- We're leaving because you can't take away our right to own people North-Oh crap, you guys produce so many raw goods. You can't leave! Also we're telling all your people they're free now because it will really mess up your economy. Like, the South definitely didn't have the moral high ground, but the North wasn't exactly pure of heart and noble either.

@sarahr8311, I agree with your post. I don't think it was as cut-and-dried as either side makes it seem. I'm sure there were moral warriors trying to dismantle slavery, but the story that's being drowned is that the Fed Gov made multiple states do what the Fed Gov decided, for tax purposes. With the Fed Gov going to war for profit (proxy or not) and sticking its nose into issues that can make criminals out of otherwise law-abiding people (unproven vaccines, 1st-Amendment tyranny, 420 still being schedule-1 nationwide, etc.)... These are the reasons that someone in the unaffiliated center, like myself, could see there being nuance to the Civil War without just saying, "Duh, Southerners were ALL racist enough to fight for unpaid workers." Yes, there was propaganda on both sides, as there is now. I'd simply encourage people to suspend their belief in either side presented (in whatever public story) until you have information that proves something concrete. I am a person who enjoys conspiracy stuff, but doesn't commit to anything unproven. What has been proven is that people in power will do stuff for more power or to keep power. Remember that the strongest broadcast of information typically has to go through the checkpoints made by people in power.

They're the same thing. Name one case of "States' Rights" that wasn't a specific State's right to take rights away from specific citizens. The only times I've seen the subject come up so far have been fights against the 14th amendment, which tells local governments to treat everyone the same, no matter their race or sex.

Correct. If you go into detail,its much more complex then just "slavery should be legal/illegal" But all those details ultimatly boil down to if slavery should be legal/illegal.

@@ethribin4188 That's so reductionist I doubt you read anything above. When you don't have time to think further than surface level, understand that is fine. Don't confuse that for having an opinion worth sharing.

"What do you MEAN you're still paralyzed?? That car accident lasted like three seconds and it happened years ago! Stop being dramatic and start walking. You need to get over it."

"Come to?" We started waaaaaaay worse than this. Things have gotten BETTER over the years, not worse.

So a gate/barrier that allows good stuff in bad stuff out.

Yep, and WiFi does nothing to it. I hate when people learn a science thing and immediately make it part of their conspiracy theory.

@@Quinnaka Mostly. It's more like a filter that reduces the chance of big things getting in. But yeah, that's the intention, anyway, it's to more tightly control the balance of things in the brain because the function is so vital.

@@hyenaedits3460 Absolutely. I trained as a medical microbiologist and the amount of fuckwittery that I've seen - especially over the last 3.5 years - has been absolutely painful to see.

To add to that, there's also a gut-blood barrier that does the same from contents of the stomach towards the circulatory system, however that one is much less selective. Though if that one gets broken, say by an infection, bad things will still happen like expected.

People are more likely to be a hypocrite than a "Saint"

Because children without enough information are easier prey than children who are fully informed.

@@Bunny_Bill Hypocrites ARE saints. Saints weren't good people, they were horrible people who turned "good" after becoming Christian. That was the entire damn point. Saint Augustine was in love with a f*cking 6 year old and lamented about it in his writings.

Yep, SLAPP suits are terrible.

Yeah John Oliver has a good segment on SLAPP suits.

@@AIHumanEquality I think LegalEagle did a video on that as well, and quoted the John Oliver segment at least once

Police in Germany will regularly counter-sue you, too, when you register a complaint or sue them (because the complaint did nothing) for messing up and treating you illegally.

true fuck SLAPP suits

sadly i know how that feels, it made me suicidal for a long time. i still have flashes and it still messes me up a lot. it has left a big scar for me

@@arielruby13 I'm sorry you had to go through that too. I wish I could say it all gets better, but the feelings don't always go away. Keep trying to surround yourself with good people, and know that people do care about you--even us randoms on the internet.

Similar experience. I'm a few years out and have made some steps towards healing, but even just making friends is so much more complicated than it used to be and I hate what the whole experience has done to me. Even now that I'm in an actually healthy relationship I still have my bad days, and navigating it all is a hell of a lot of work. Wish I could just switch the part of my brain that goes into survival mode off sometimes.

Thank you for sharing your story to raise awareness.

It's horrible how being traumatized can expose you to more trauma... I hope you're doing better! You still deserve to live well, no matter what you've had to survive and endure.

Big brain move

And if he's telling the truth, those girls were most probably actually GIRLS, their age or younger, and not random full grown women.

Also, I don't know how it is elsewhere, but with social media being used by younger and younger kids... Kids can _think_ they want sexual stuff at that age, and can think it sounds exciting and cool. But they are still kids, and it's *_not_* okay to put that sort of situation on them by force. It's gruesomely overwhelming and scary and _confusing_ and traumatizing, and when faced with it _not_ something one wants. I do remember some boys when we were all about 11-13yo, who got to be with some of the older girls at school (14-16yo) who basically just humored them because it was fun how adoring they were. I'm sort of hoping that's the sort of situation he meant for himself when he mentioned being with women, if so, because at least if one party was only slightly older, it might not have been a situation of one party taking advantage of the other... In my classmates' case, the boys basically got to kiss those girls on the cheek and then giggled happily for days and thought they were the coolest ever. Not to even go into the whole tragedy of COCSA that can and does happen sometimes, though :( Basically, even if as an adult one recalls dreaming about it at a young age, that does _not_ mean that it actually would have been okay, even for them.

I agree getting with someone who you know is in a committed relationship isn't innocent, but even in that situation the person who is in the relationship bears more of the responsibility. It's a dick move to have sex with someone you know is cheating, but cheating itself is more than a dick move, it's knowingly hurting someone you're supposed to care about deeply, and breaking trust and agreed-upon rules that you discussed with someone who is meant to be one of the closest relationships in your life. Both are bad but one is a lot worse.

@@katelijnesommen the amount of responsibility the person being used to cheat with depends on how well you know them as a person if your partner cheats on you with your sibling or your closest friend then I'd say they both share an equal amount of responsibility, they both betrayed your trust and now you've not only lost one trusted friend but two trusted friends if it was your coworker then it would be awkward and difficult to try and get anything done with them at work, potentially making it harder for you to do your own work and could end up getting in trouble with a boss who doesn't care about your personal issues if it were a complete stranger then that's nowhere near as bad as the others as most likely you'll never see them again

This is how I see it: If two people break into a bank to rob it, and one is putting the bank notes in the bag while the other one looks out if anybody's watching them, they will still both be arrested and blamed. Did the lookout practically rob the bank? No. But they are equally as guilty.

@@vipperblaze8923 sure, I agree with that.

@@90sHONEY not exactly a great analogy to start with, but even within this bad comparison the two people in your example would be getting different sentences if brought before a court, implying that they are not equally guilty.

The Confederacy thought it was very important to take away states' right to not allow slavery. No matter how badly we think Confederate apologists fail history, they're always somehow even worse.

No. It was states rights in general. That was the war. Slavery was just the battleground. It could have been any hot button issue that triggered it, it just happened that slavery was the big one at the time.

@@xyex Shut up, reb. We won. It was about slavery.

@@xyex No. No issue was even remotely close to being as 'hot button' as slavery. All of the South's demands trace back to their insistence on owning humans. The Confederacy even demanded that individual States not be allowed to ban slavery, so 'State's Rights' is revisionist B.S. The Civil War was about slavery.

@@xyex Ah, yes. Just a coincidence that an agrarian society built off of slave labor was fighting for states' rights to own and exploit people for money. Definitely a coincidence that the South's use of slave labor specifically had been causing tensions between the North and the South for decades before the Civil War. Could have been anything, really. This isn't an excuse to make the Confederates seem reasonable and in the right for looking after their own interest to own people and make them work for free in inhumane conditions. Not to mention the torture!

At this point I have no idea what being straight is

@@Gloomdrake At this point “being straight” doesn’t exist anymore.

That excuse for a woman is what? A PEDOPHILE. What do those things deserve? THE MEAT GRINDER. Not creeps trying to justify it.

At this point being straight is gay too.

Guess I'm a home of sexual then, sheeet. Haha JK I'm very, very bi. Or pan. IDK whatever your definition is to make you feel better but yes.

If they wanted to do something similar then they could have just filled a ziplock bag with Tylenol or allergy pills or something. It'd still look like drugs, but it'd clearly be medicine. Pills have little numbers or codes stamped in them, so if someone checked them they would be able to tell what the pills are. But it probably still would have been better to not prank their friend at all

​@@MoodyMickeyyeah a better thing to do would be to not use the threat of authority on someone for any reason. A prank that involves authorities and enforcers of laws or regulations is not a prank at all, as all you're doing is giving those officers ammunition with which to abuse their authority to harass and demean or even detain or assault the victim of your unscrupulous asininity.

The fact that they did it specifically in Thailand also boggles my mind, as they're - at least the last time I checked - kinda well-known for having some pretty strict drug laws and a police force that isn't exactly gentle when it comes to enforcing them. It's a shitty thing to do anywhere in the world, but it's even shittier in certain countries (Japan, and probably also a lot of the middle east are other examples where this could literally fuck up your life, or worse).

He can sue the department for wrongful arrest

@@MissCandyTattoo Yea technically, but judges usually do not give a crap in those cases because most of them think that police officers “can do no wrong”, mainly since officers and judges both work for the justice system, and both sides are often corrupt.

Hes allowed to counter-sue for the distress the lawsuite causes and expenses, but probably not for the actual arrest which is crazy.

I believe qualified immunity only applies to criminal charges. You can still be sued civilly for money damages.

Omfg wow

Isn't Thailand the same place where making fun of a certain royalty can get you in prison

I never understand the people who say "I was spanked and I turned out fine!" It's like... you think it's okay to hit children, Chadley. You're obviously NOT fine. I'm glad your dad finally stopped doing that to you, though. Hitting a kid is only going to teach them to be afraid of you and get really good at hiding what they're doing.

​@@kriscynicalor will build resentment, or sparkle rebelion, or teach the child that violence is the way to achieve your goals, or it is a way to show love, or teach how to stiffle emotions....The list goes on and on. "Yes Steve, you are fine, you are not In jail, have a job and family, but your kids visit you only when they have to, you don't talk to your wife if it doesn't concern anything more important than dinner and you punched a whole In the Wall. Go you".

@@PaniPunia Yep, yep, yep, and... (checks notes) yep. It's amazing how many people are productive members of society with healthy respect and compassion/empathy for other people WITHOUT being hit by their parents! You'd think that's impossible by listening to the doorstops who swear by corporal punishment.

People talk as though one slap when a kid's being a total brat on purpose trying to see how far they can push the boundaries is in the same order as your father taking a belt to you on the regular for no reason.

I saw an episode of criminal minds once, where the mother of the murderer refused to admit that her child would kill anyone, and the FBI guys chalked it up to her "Southern Pride." I'm a Wisconsinite, but I can definitely say my parents (especially my dad) suffer from southern pride syndrome. I have (uncomfirmed) adhd and it is extremely difficult to get things done sometimes. I have screamed at my dad that I hate him because of a fight that was caused by me being distracted from chores by a loose shoelace (no shoe attached). So yeah, I totally feel you when it comes to "spanking out the ADHD".

I think the most wholesome way would be to share the most delicious vegan recipes.

I think many more people would consider it weirder if you start your morning putting breast milk over your cereals or in your coffee. Which would be the conclusion of their comments of not using cows' milk unless you're a baby cow.

@@branbrokenobjectively, using human milk is no weirder than using cows milk 🐄 🥛 It’s just a matter of what we’re used to

Im not lactose intolerant (like most Nordics, we are weird milk drinkers), so I guess Im baby cow then. Ive been called lot of things, but calf is certainly a new one! Facepalm within the original facepalm, definitely.

@@RBMDragon I wouldn't be opposed to that, as I'm too lazy to look for them myself.

I'm quite happy with my mutation, though.

@@thomasdjonesn Can I haz? /hj I wish I didn't grow lactose intolerant :( But yeah I see why it happens. Milk is just so tasty though...

Pretty sure I just scared my body away with the sheer amounts of dairy I consume. We know I'd be dead if I was intolerant

Humans started consuming dairy as a way to supplement their diets and to, y'know, _not starve?_

I am lactose intolerant too lol

NOKIA3410, THE BEST PHONE THAT EVER EXISTED! I still have mine, it's just not able to connect anymore because 2G antenas are gone in my country. But I can still play Snake2! LOL!

If you are able to, take out the battery. If not, try making it lose all charge, by repeatedly turning the phone back on when it dies until it refuses to turn on. That's the best alternative I got

@@gabef.218 Now when you mention it I think when i reblogged a post about it during the second wave I did mention something similar might be an option if possible. I do know I lamented that one cannot remove the battery on modern phones

Yeah, most smartphones don't fully turn off ever these days, and I think it's been a thing since flip phones, it's basically an emergency feature to make sure alarms (including emergency alarms) still work, while the phone being "off" conserves energy (this is also why a phone will lose charge while it sits off at a faster rate then if the battery were outside of the phone)

I had my phone on do not disturb and the alarm didn't make any noise only the messages about the test showed up on my screen.

I had someone call me the T slur on Twitter once They also said that little girls are "hotter"

Nah. Those aren't frequencies, that's volume.

@@JoshSweetvale No, it's frequencies, ultrasonic frequencies can have negative effects on your heart.

I have yet to see evidence that their accusations aren’t confessions

she's 14 if my math is right?

@@galaxychill9578 14 would be in the 2021-22 range. Depending on when her birthday is, she’s either 15 or 16

I hadn't even thought that those were projections before, but considering the types of people who make those accusations I'm not surprised.

Okay, I admit I’m lost. Who is Lil Tay? Oops, sorry. I asked that question before seeing the Lil Tay facepalm.

Interesting, thanks for sharing random commenter

That is actually a hilarious system error, thank you

ah, another victim to the indiscriminate search and replace method.

The cotton candy goddess speaks nothing but truth

They also insist swearing is the mark of a limited mind, but actual psychological study says the opposite. Swearing can be an indicator of higher intelligence. It's also an exceptional form of stress relief.

​@@solomonverricoyou're goddamn right

@@solomonverricoso THAT explains why i swear so much in therapy!

@@solomonverrico the stress relief part is true

Another would be a pound as price since the weight could be any other unit (or even more/less pounds [as in weight])

@@SiffrinISAT I believe the comparison is operating under the assumption being you comparing weight specifically though.

Um, aKtUalLy, troy weight is heavier, not the other way around. The gold is heavier when you move to metric. Troy is 31 grams, and avoirdupois is 28.

@@Griggle25652 Which also comes into play here, though. If you don't specify, it will be assumed you're using the same unit each time. And troy pound is not the same unit as avoirdupois pound.

For me, a pound of feathers will always weigh more, simply because you now have to carry the weight of what you did to those poor, defenseless bird, you monster

Mood.

Sometimes a momentary victory is all you need to get through things. Hang in there. I suffer from Depression as well.

Yeah

A victory is a victory, sending love

I know. Here another one battling, and offen losing, depression.

I'm late, but sending you the warmth of being swathed in a comfortable blanket and given a hug and a cup of tea/hot chocolate.

@@sugoish9461 u made me smile... thank you. I'm still in bad shape... but I know I will be the worst I will be from now on and that gives me hope

@@pffffggg I'm glad I could give you a smile! It's okay to not feel okay (although I know how horrible it feels, you have nothing to be guilty for about experiencing suffering), and you're right. Things will only grow better, after something like this. There can be so much suffering... but even when you're really scared that you might never feel better, just know that with time comes constant change in different ways, and so eventually the change necessary to _help_ you will come, too. Just something I found comforting, when I was going through a very rough time, and knew that it would be better but only in a couple of years from then (in my case). I really really really wish for you that you get to enjoy many moments of calmness, peace, serenity, and comforting things like blankets, favorite shows, and hugs. The world has many soft and nice things that can be comforting to surround yourself with when everything feels particularly rough.

those poor, poor birds

Yeah, how dare you go into their coop and pick their shed feathers up off the ground

​@@ZK-ib2wpthat's a fucking lot of feathers to be picking up off the ground individually by hand. I think your body would revolt first.

@@christinesizemore3 twas a joke

I have a clear conscious

Hey I found another exmo!

how do you do fellow ex lds @@YourGirlTyra

@@marioruiz9493 Awesome! How about you?

I have seen this question before somewhere. You don't know how long it took me to realize. Too long.

In the UK a pound of rocks is heavier than a pound of feathers.

@prettypsychoqueen how though? They both weigh a pound. A pound in this situation is a unite of weight, not how much something costs.

@@NaturalFireWave They use kilos as weight in the UK not pounds. That's the joke.

@@AIHumanEquality ah. That makes sense. Might have just been my autism preventing me from getting it as a joke.

I relate to the first part, not sure what the second part means though.

​@@Captain-J-Amadaeusyour severe brain damage from the childhood assault is showing.

@@Captain-J-Amadaeus”not sure what the other part means though.” Damn, your parents beat you so hard you forgot how to read?

I turned out all right, except for the homicidal fantasies that started at 10, having a giant black hole memory wise of things that happened with that person was around for the most part, and yeah, emotional regulation problems... fun

My parents spanked me as a child. As a result, I now suffer from not being able to function as an adult.

I remember my mother talking about how her lab was using tularemia as a base mRNA delivery vector for brain cancer treatment because it was good at passing the blood-brain barrier. also good news she was fired from her position as head of safety in the lab because everyone complained how much she would enforce lab safety rules "too strictly". Like it was her job or something.

@@frankname8674what?! 😅

@@frankname8674 seems like they got some more stuff going thru their brain than blood

@@renfcook O shoot my bad tularemia was what the other lab in her building was researching. Her lab was using modified herpes. Lol Image using one of the highest fatality rate diseases for that kind of study. Nah though the other lab did manage to make a modified variant of tularemia that is 150 times more virulent in spread from cell to cell in the name of designing effective late stage treatments for it.

Or maybe your worried about the safety rules she was "too stricted" about in the shared lab space with the tularemia research. Just things like not using a fume hood when mixing reagents that generate fumes. No properly utilizing or disposing of rubber gloves. Not washing hands when leaving one lab room and going to another (this is the one people complained about most) to prevent cross contamination. Not cleaning up your work station at the end of the day in again what is a shared lab space. And a few other basic lab safety things you think would only needed to be told to high school students there first time running through chemistry class.

There was also a whole thing with the original lavender town theme (not the creepypasta) where peoples where getting headaches from it or something