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Are you joking right now? Women are objectified CONSTANTLY in the media. How often do you seen an actress who isn't sexualized in a movie? Rarely. Even female journalists have a certain 'beauty quota' to fill. Meanwhile men can completely be successful regardless of how they look. One movie says something mildly sexist about men and you're complaining? How about the countless rap songs out there degrading women? What about the cliche movie plot where the protagonist 'likeable guy' wins the girl in the end like she's a trophy? What about the fact that women don't even have equal pay in many countries, have to fight for reproductive rights, and live in a rape culture. If you cared about harmful double standards you would be speaking out about the racism and misogyny that runs rampant in the media rather than male sexism when we live in a patriarchy

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Anon

If I ever start selling drugs, I'm gonna have to advertise somewhere.

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Mike_Hawk Mike_Hawk

In response to “If I ever start selling drugs, I'm gonna have...

Here's the best way to effectively do that: You make a sign that says "*Illegal drug* sold here!" then you find a police station and stand outside. Police stations are ideal because there are criminals coming and going all the time. Then BAM you'll be rich in no time!

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Anonymous

Leave huge tips at cheap diners to freak out the waitstaff. Buy a homeless guy a fully stocked RV, videotape it, and see if you can make it go viral. Set up a charity under an obviously fake name, something like "Ivanna Tinkle," and watch the media have fun with it. Start your own gameshow. Fill a small pool with jello or corn starch and water like you always wanted to do when you were a kid. Hire a bunch of people and prank a small town somehow, like leaving an identical lawn gnome on every doorstep, or organizing a huge impromptu scavenger hunt. Have a ball pit installed in your home. Have a superhero costume custom-made and go bungee jumping in it. Walk into a small store and announce that you want to buy everything in it. Stop people on the street and offer them large sums of money for their clothing. Scatter quarters all over a playground and watch small children have their days made when they find them.
Just think about it. I'm sure you'll find ways to have fun.

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FlyingGuineaPig FlyingGuineaPig

There is a difference between people who cut for attention and those who cut because of an actual problem. If someone is genuinely using it as a cry for help then yes, give them attention about it. But if someone is doing it just because they want attention and don't have any underlying problems then yes, that is stupid and is a problem and they should not be rewarded with attention.

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UmmmmUmUmUmUmmmmmmm

Actually, it should be called International Worker's Day, and it should be on May 1.

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MusicIsAGift

In response to “Actually, it should be called International...

It should be called Christmas and be on December 25th.

Wait.

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DFletch DFletch

I voted this up and favourited it at first (before really reading it clearly) because I thought you were a gay Christian that found peace with their religion and sexuality:(

But no. The only people that are okay with offensive words being thrown their way are people who have never experienced oppression from their given word. But I don't believe that the words you've mentioned are offensive (with the exception of coloured, it's better to say person of colour if the context requires it). I suppose censorship isn't the way to go, but people should have the decency to refrain from slurs without being made to do so. Words have been given negative connotations due to oppressors (so blaming the victim for being "over-sensitive" isn't cool), and if the oppressed prefer not to be referred by such terms, and you do not comply, then you are continuing the tradition of oppression.

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Anonymous

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I can't take this anymore. I've been keeping up with this from the start but all you've really said is "People are being polite now and that needs to stop." People change. Words change. As long as laws aren't changing, which they're not, there's no problem. There is absolutely no law against me calling a person any name I want. But if I'm surprised when people are upset with mean when I do that is my own ignorance. It's the same thing with the Swastika. That was around far before Hitler but now people don't use it because of what he made it represent. There is no law against me wearing a swastika or even getting one tattooed. But people are going to look down on me for it and with good reason. Just because something used to be okay doesn't mean it is now. It's not the word that is offensive. It is the history of hatred behind it that is offensive.

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Scientist Scientist

I can count all of my friends on one hand. While it's in a fist.

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EmptyMelodies EmptyMelodies

But it works. The buttons close a circuit in the remote to allow current to flow. Sometimes, if the batteries are weak, their voltage drops, so you have to press harder to gt a greater contact area in the circuit and increase the current.

I only know it works for my remote, and I just made up an explanation. Tell me if it's wrong please.

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B10ckH34d B10ckH34d

7 Reasons NOT to date a British boy:
1. His accent
2. He'll probably be cliche and call you "love"
3. His accent
4. He cares about his clothes more than his teeth.
5. His accent
6. He arrogantly thinks he's "cute"
7. That annoying accent!

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clemenceau

In response to “7 Reasons NOT to date a British boy: 1. His...

8. He could be from One Direction.

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Anonymous

It's just an overall generalisation. I don't think all Americans are stupid, but I think a majority are. It's the few people who give the country a bad rep. Just get over it...I find that Americans are the ones most offended by stupid stereotypes.

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ha

In response to “It's just an overall generalisation. I don't...

mchalla3- that was the most blatantly racist thing I have heard in a while

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MasterJ MasterJ

My dad tells me this all the time and says I'm rude. I always get lectured.

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theasexualsloth theasexualsloth

In response to “My dad tells me this all the time and says I'm...

The lady was like " Why don't you have any friends? " I said " I go to school to learn, not socialize. " After that, I put on some sunglasses like a cool person (not really.)

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Anonymous

Not to mention those unlucky bastards that get killed by drunk drivers. Who needs them?

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Anonymous

In response to “Not to mention those unlucky bastards that get...

Obviously not since I haven't been hit by a drunk driver.

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Sex_With_A_Snail Sex_With_A_Snail

Well that one is obviously dirty.

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rilara

In response to “Well that one is obviously dirty.

I didn't know what a stripper actually was ;___;
I thought it was someone who wore a lot of stripes (d)

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Anonymous

People with disabilities have just as much a right to life as people without disabilities. Sometimes, people with disabilities will even value life more than people without them.

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Horseboat Horseboat

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