Your Kind Round Here
Or, Gratitude, Baby.
Like, you have to come out to me as cis and straight.
It turns out that if you, a straight person – or worse, a straight couple – attend a Pride event, your presence may only be tolerated if you meet certain terms and conditions. Please update your files and lifestyles accordingly.
Also, open thread. Have at it, me hearties.
“If you live your life right you can literally forget cis straight people exist”
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It’s a curious series of statements, almost none of which are true. The claim that, given sufficient withdrawal into cartoonish tribalism, “you can literally forget that cis straight people exist” is obviously unconvincing. Likewise, Mr Gregory’s claim that he mistook all of the straight couples for trans couples (“t4t”) is, shall we say, rather doubtful. Unless, of course, one assumes that “coming out” as “cis and straight” is the only way that our “trans lesbian” (pronouns: “she/her”) would be able to tell.
It’s not terribly surprising that many trans people, and trans activists in particular, might have a reservoir of resentment to draw upon, and may subsequently delight in vaguely spiteful games, including rather grandiose conditions on any personal interaction. Which circles back to the conceit that such people will somehow find happiness, and live their lives right, by associating exclusively with those very much like themselves, many of whom will be equally resentful and equally dishonest.
It’s perhaps worth mentioning that our TikToker’s interests include astrology, hair care, and antidepressants.
Seeing as it’s an open thread, Mrs. Oik and self thought that Bosch ended with something of a whimper, although one suspects that the advent of the Wu-Flu curtailed filming and the script had to be revised rather hurriedly; hell, they even hinted at it in one brief scene.
*uses “preview” to double-check for spoilers, looks round to see whether coat is still on rack*
Mrs. Oik and self thought that Bosch ended with something of a whimper, although one suspects that the advent of the Wu-Flu curtailed filming and the script had to be revised rather hurriedly
Yes, I’ve been getting a “season six all over again” vibe. So far, the writing just seems slightly underwhelming. Not as sharp as it has been. And as I said recently, it would be nice if they could give Grace Billets something to do that didn’t entirely revolve around her being a woman and/or lesbian. I mean, if almost every narrative reason for the character to be there involves the supposed woe and injustice of being female and gay, what you end up with is a dull, rather miserable character.
Also, in TV dramas, you get accustomed to actors being unusually close to each other for purposes of framing or to heighten dramatic import, but I’m now finding it hard not to notice just how often the characters are standing at some slightly conspicuous distance.
But I’ve three episodes still to watch, so no spoilers.
what you end up with is a dull, rather miserable character.
Score for representation! 😀
…cartoonish tribalism
Absolutely, because my first reaction on watching the video (with the sound turned down) was “that’s Joey Ramone!”, with the eponymous band being simultaneously the epitome and a brilliant satire of such a phenomenon.
Score for representation! 😀
Well, quite. They do seem to have assumed that ‘lesbian’ is a personality. And pretty much stopped there.
But I’ve three episodes still to watch
Season 7. Isn’t that the one where Bosch dies?
What?
What?
I see I’m going to have to make some modifications to the bush-whumping machine.
some modifications to the bush-whumping machine?
….certain terms and conditions.
Um, is there a handy-dandy tick-a-box form we can fill out and get it all over and done with?
Aside from the low register voice, it’s a shame that its Adam’s Apple is more an Adam’s Broomstick.
Season 7. Isn’t that the one where Bosch dies?
Apparently not.
…so no spoilers.
Fine, I won’t tell you about how Bosch uses a sharknado to beat the alien spaceship that has beamed up Maddie and J Edgar while hovering over Nakatomi Towers.
In a subplot, the antigravity drive of the aliens causes a Level 10 earthquake which causes the Pacific to create massive tsunami flooding and LT Billets files a complaint with LAPD IA when she hears the captain of the emergency response team say something about needing a dike.
Meanwhile a secret vault under Nakatomi cracks open and Bosch finds papers hidden there by Chandler that proves he is the grandson of Robert Bosch and inherits the entire Bosch GmbH fortune. However, PTSD from finding all his jazz records have been destroyed in the earthquake drives him mad and he uses his new-found fortune to build an underground lair on Santa Cruz island which has somehow avoided being inundated during the earthquake.
The show ends with a teaser of Bosch sending a teletype to the secret Nazi base under Antarctica.
Other than that, it kind of drags.
In a subplot, the antigravity drive of the aliens…
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“If you live your life right, you can literally forget
cis straight people existreality“It’s perhaps worth mentioning that our TikToker’s interests include astrology, hair care, and antidepressants.
Conforming to stereotype. 😐
“If you live your life right, you can literally forget
cis straight people existreality”I’m still processing our twentysomething’s disdain for the world of “cis straight people,” and the simultaneous attempt to ape some of those same people, with girly outfits, girly hair, and girly painted nails. If “cis straight people” are so bothersome and aggravating, objects of ridicule, why the efforts to mimic the mannerisms of a “cis straight” teenage girl? Albeit one even more self-preoccupied than is customary. Is the cliché of a hair-twirling teenage girl only above mockery when a twentysomething man does it?
Conforming to stereotype. 😐
Speaking of which, a two part lesson on transphobia.
Must make for an interesting Mother’s Day celebration.
3 minutes & 11 seconds of psychosis on display.
Isn’t that the one where Bosch dies?
Yes, but the house eats his spirit so it’s okay.
“you can literally forget that cis straight people exist” is obviously unconvincing
I can kind of see it. I once knew a self-proclaimed “f@g h@g” who confidently estimated that “30% of people were gay” and seemed unable to comprehend the distinction between “30% of people are gay” and “30% of people you know are gay.”
if you, a straight person – or worse, a straight couple – attend a Pride event
I am unclear why anyone would do this. My gay friends tend to dismiss Pride as a freak show for exhibitionists, which isn’t much of a vote of confidence. Every shitbag corporation you can think of rainbowed its logo for Pride month, which tells you its real status. And, in the UK of course, the public sector is all over it, like they haven’t wasted enough of our time and money.
In more deeply depressing news: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-george-cross-awarded-to-the-national-health-services-of-the-united-kingdom
Bozo the Fat Fascist Clown really cannot fuck off enough. Where is the nation’s George Cross for putting our lives on hold – and in the case of many cancer patients, putting their life on the line – for 15 months in order to maintain the pretence that the NHS isn’t utterly shit?
Instead, the award goes to GPs who have been refusing to see patients for more than a year, fat nurses so underworked they had plenty of time for tiktok videos, procurement staff who spent £5.5bn for £50m worth of PPE and the medical authorities trying to push for regular lockdown in order to conceal the uselessness of this state behemoth. A pox (left untreated) on all of them.
a two part lesson on transphobia.
I’ve been told forever that one is born with their sexual orientation — one can’t “pray the gay away” and such.
How comforting to know that was all wrong.
What?
I am unclear why anyone would do this.
It would be a contender for the “Your Host’s Idea Of Hell” series.
I’ve been told forever that one is born with their sexual orientation — one can’t “pray the gay away” and such.
You can trans the gay away though! And with approval from BLTQWERTYG++ Inc. too.
Good grief – these people are really pushing the envelope to see how far they can go. They must be confident that the first ones to crack will be devoured by the mob. It’s the old “don’t be the first to stop clapping” all over again.
Good grief – these people are really pushing the envelope to see how far they can go.
Next: If someone identifies as another species, you must respect and affirm that. (I’m sure that rule is already in place at Google.)
I thought we had been over this and over this and over this again…Refusal to participate in other people’s psychosis is racist, homophobic, transphobic, LBGTQWERTY-phobic, furry-phobic, nudist-phobic, BDSM-phobic, and most importantly Emperors-New-Clothes-phobic. That last one being itself a degree of Narrative-phobic. Any…let alone all…of these phobias is a basis for being socially ostracized unless/until one satisfactorily completes Prostration Before The Truth training. Do not be afraid. This training will rid you of whatever fragility from which you suffer and set you free. You are fragile, understand? Our genuine desire is to make you stronger. It may sound oppressive at first but it is only because we care about you. You have nothing to lose but your chains.
I thought we had been over this and over this and over this again…
Yes and we were told that there was no such thing as a slippery slope too. But we went from: “I only want to fly my flag.” “It won’t affect you at all.” to “You will salute my flag or I will destroy everything you love.” in about 30 seconds.
nudist-phobic
I vaguely recall hearing that when nudism became a fad in Europe (particularly Germany) in the early/mid 20th Century, it was accompanied by various mystical justifications for its health-giving virtues. Cannot remember any of them, but they had nothing to do with anything that could be construed as relating to the fact that sunlight is needed to make vitamin D. But then, the “natural foods” faddists I met in food coops had their own litany of oddball claims.
Yes and we were told that there was no such thing as a slippery slope too. But we went from: “I only want to fly my flag.” “It won’t affect you at all.” to “You will salute my flag or I will destroy everything you love.” in about 30 seconds.
See? See how fragile you are? Ask yourself, are you happy this way? To achieve enlightenment one must first seek release from dukkha (dissatisfaction or suffering). Learn to go along with the flow. Be the water not the rock.
Must make for an interesting Mother’s Day celebration.
That is a totally transphobic statement. Don’t you realise that, according to the NHS, mothers no longer exist? They’re now ‘parenting people’, as men can give birth with no problems at all, apart from the psychological trauma they have to go through from all you haters out there.* /s
*https://phescreening.blog.gov.uk/2020/03/13/pregnant-men-best-care/
“If you live your life right”
Girls just want to have fun.
Or something.
However, PTSD from finding all his jazz records have been destroyed .
That’s understandable, IMHO.
Harry has good taste- looks like he tends towards “West Coast cool”, such as Art Pepper and Chet Baker and Frank Morgan. I’m also halfway sure that Charles Mingus’ version of Duke Ellington’s “Perdido”* was being played in the background during one episode.**
*My hearing aid plays funny tricks sometimes.
**Yes, I know. But if you do set fire to my coat, I will freeze my bollocks off whilst I wait for a cab to take me to the railway station, from where I will have to share the guard’s wagon with three sheep. I also know-“credit note only- no refunds”. OK- I’ll try and thumb a lift. Like that works, these days. Has anybody got a spare face mask? Only, I’ve got a hole in my shoe and…
Be the water not the rock.
Hammer or Nail?
Windscreen or Bug?
etc.
For some reason this reminds me of the bench lesbians play fighting.
https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1412212561462759425?s=20
Hench, damn you auto correct
Yes, but the house eats his spirit so it’s okay.
Thrilling TV Viewing Update: Episode six was better, or livelier, anyway. Things seemed to be aligning. Except for the ham-fisted Billets subplot, which still feels like it belongs in a different show.
Glass houses etc.
Glass houses etc.
“Your vibe attracts your tribe.”
Speaking of TV, check out the great new BBC logo.
Meanwhile, speaking about the Lakota and stolen land…
Mystery
Mystery solved
the Lakota and stolen land…
Perhaps we could simply explain to these fatuously nostalgic natives that the WhiteMan™’s expression for ‘sacred’ is “I own that”
A spokesman for the BBC denied the cost of the new logo was ‘significant’.
I interpret not significant to the BBC in two ways:
– We didn’t pay for it: you license-paying morons did.
– It’s soooo much less money than you license-paying morons pay us that we would barely notice the expense.
bush-whumping machine
Band name.
My hearing isn’t great but did seaweed-head actually say Mxself?
The problem for Sarah – and for thousands of domestic abuse victims and survivors across the country – is that there is a six-month limit on prosecuting common assault.
Expecting grown women to promptly report that they have been physically assaulted is a problem for Sarah – and for thousands of malicious bints across the country – because it severely limits their ability to strategically denounce their partners to the police.
Pacé TimWorstall
Meanwhile, the current crop of Hollywood dreck explained.