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Monday, April 10th, 2006
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12:20a - And for my first post, I bring you: The Return of Cow Rape
This is a little old; I posted it a week ago on wank_report back when I was just a wee mousie. It's small, but it's nasty.
Over in mock_the_stupid, someone posts about their mother-in-law not comprehending the fact that a vegan won't eat parmesan cheese (even if it's low fat!) because it contains dairy prodects.
Cue wank: http://community.livejournal.com/mock_the_stupid/2184876.html?thread=53724076#t53724076
bittergirl666 says: This lady sounds like the type that thinks all vegans are vegans solely for health reasons. And if Parmesan has less fat (which I've never heard) that it must be healthy and therefore vegan.
Never mind that it's still the product of cow slavery.
Much like the Harmonians, cows are ZOMG OPPRESSED!!! Never mind the fact that they're domesticated animals, and pretty much incapable of surviving in the wild. Not that that gives anyone a right to mistreat them, of course.
luckimunki (snarkily) responds: Hm, I wonder what dairy cows would do if they were freed from the bonds of farm life?
Pretty much the same thing, I think.
la_veuve_chibi retorts with a stunningly apt comparison: Go up to humans and ask them to take their milk that they could have used to feed their offspring?
And bittergirl666 finally gets to the rape: You mean get artficially inseminated on a non-stop basis so that they're pregnant pretty much all the time, enjoy their non-stop cases of mastitis, and give their offspring up for "adoption" so they can live in pens so small they can hardly even turn around so that their meat is nice and tender?
Yeah, totally.
Now, while there are some good points to be made about the mistreatment of farm animals, this is hardly the time or place to start a fight about it. But bittergirl666 keeps on going, whipping out the Condescending Numbered Points of Doom (as well as making a lame Star Trek reference):
1. I am not Counselor Troi - I don't detect a joke when the words aren't funny and are not accompanied by facial expression, voice tone, or emoticons. I sincerely apologize for this misunderstanding.
[. . .]
4. I'm sorry you feel my response was high-handed and bitter. If that was your reaction, I genuinely hope, for your sake, that you never unwittingly engage one my more militant and aggressive comrades. Because I pale in comparison.
Captain, I'm sensing self-righteous wank!
luckimunki tries to cool things off:
1. Aren't Star Trek references kind of clichéd for the internet? Here is a joke that you can tell is a joke because the words are funny: BLEAAARR FNOOG FNOOG SPOINK wankel rotary engine yadda yadeedahdaa HATS MADE OF FETAL PIGS. My best friend is a thimble.
2. Though I'm not vegetarian by any stretch of the imagination, I am both aware of and sympathetic to the plight of our barnyard friends and food sources. Just because I eat meat doesn't mean I don't care how it's treated prior to being slaughtered.
4. Anyway, this really isn't the place to be getting into a long discussion on animal rights or husbandry. As much as animal cruelty disgusts me, with the way the world is going right now, I reserve my outrage for a few more pressing issues. I fear not your comrades, as their self-righteous preaching is no different to me than that of fundamentalist Christians.
bittergirl666 (the point flying right over her head) snaps back: Way to avoid the issue. You have a great future in politics.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
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12:03p - Mine eyes, they go buggy.
So it goes a little something like this:
Me: *expresses irritation with loudmouthed, annoying kid using N-word in OOC chat for no good reason*
Comments: *'SPLODE!!!!!!!!!1!!*
Me: ...O_O omg *edits post for clarity holyshiet* Sorry guys uh yeah.
Comments: *keep going!* *infighting about political correctness* *total pointmissing in spots* *discussions of etymology and context?* *mostly startlingly polite!*
Me: Holy shit. *Gaius Expression - see icon*
...Yeah. I caused a small fapsplosion, but most of it's really reasonable, and I'm - actually liking conversing with some of these epople.
But WOW. That big thread in the middle, and the gal comparing me to her eb0l guidance counselor. That just came from Mars.
O lord, forgive me for the wank I have wrought by mistake @_@
(If this ought to go to i_wank, poke me and I shall comply, but mostly I'm just kinda - chatting so I plunked it down here?)
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10:46p - what we talk about when we talk about hats
As seen on Gawker: easily offended hipster parents.
It starts when Helene finds a hat.
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:25:27 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Found: boy’s hat
Friday, at the corner of 11th street and 8th ave, adorable navy blue or maybe black fleece hat with triangles jutting out ofit of all different colors. Sorry did not post right away.
For older child.
Are you offended yet? Lisa is.
I’m sorry, I know that you are just trying to be helpful, but what makes this a “boy’s hat”? Did you see the boy himself loose it? Or does the hat in question possess an unmistakable scent of testosterone?
It’s innocent little comments like this that I find the most hurtful…
What does this comment imply about the girl who chooses to wear just such a hat (or something like it)? Is she doing something wrong? Is there something wrong with her?
As one might expect, it's all downhill from there.
Trina: Its emails like yours that drive me up the wall!...Since it was obviously not your “boys” hat then there really was no reason for you to write other that to make sure that everyone complies to your PC view of life.
Helene defends herself.
Helene: I used the term ‘boy’s hat’ as a department store indicator to help parents identify whether it might belong to them…Is every context saturated by gender politics - even a lost hat?
Not everyone is missing their sense of humour.
Susan: I’m sorry but, HOW DO YOU KNOW it’s for an older child? What does this say about younger children who happen to have large heads? Is something wrong with them??
Jennifer: Doesn’t this just speak to our conventional understanding of what a “hat” really is?
Lisa keeps going. She found Helen's language hurtful. And there's something about Peggy Seager and kids thinking she's a man.
Someone claims the hat.
Ben: It is my hat, OK? I’m a 42 year-old man and I like wearing little boy’s and girl’s hats, as long as they have little triangles on them.
Lisa's last word on the topic - it was a joke! (sort of)
Lisa: I meant my post to be somewhat comical. Many people read it as such, and some replied with similar humor. I am VERY SORRY that my attempt at humor was more subtle than I had intended. Aw, c’mon! I am still amused by the image of the mysteriously all-knowing mother putting the hat to her nose and proclaiming “Ah, yes! This hat belongs to a BOY child!”
There's a lesson here - if you find a (non-gender specific) hat, post it on craigslist.
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