Winter Jerrica

Artist, crafter, lover of birds and stories. Occasionally I say something good. Sibling of a TIP.

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2026-03-09 14:29:46 UTC

A few years ago: stop shaming actors for getting cosmetic surgery. If it gives them confidence they should be allowed to have it judgment free.
Now: cosmetic surgery is preventing actors from emoting. All the women look the same and all the men look like they're melting. It breaks immersion in many cases. It's out of control!
Feminists who were anti cosmetic surgery all along: 🤦‍♀️

2026-02-24 06:37:57 UTC

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I have a friend who really likes Fourth Wing. I probably won't be reading it any time soon because my "to read" shelf is a bit full.

2026-02-24 06:36:20 UTC

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I'm catching up on the Hunger Games now and have been liking it. Not in a happy fun time way, obviously. I get why that was the YA dystopian series that blew up. It's bleak, but it gives you a lot to think about. I just started the last audiobook.

2026-02-24 01:39:55 UTC

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I read about 2 chapters of the first book because my grandma gifted it to me (because it was what was popular for girls my age at the time), decided it wasn't for me and moved on. I watched the films with my friend many years later and... I guess I'm one of those annoying ironic "fans"? The movies are not good, but I had fun laughing at them. The pregnancy stuff in Breaking Dawn pt. 1 was disturbing, I enjoyed that one the least. And of course what happened with Jacob was a travesty. The baseball scene is the best scene and the soundtrack has some gems.

2026-02-24 00:29:25 UTC

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Could be. I'd say it's more similar to Buffy than HP.

2026-02-24 00:05:25 UTC

I agree with most of her points, however:
A) I've never heard of Twilight being a Harry Potter fic and that idea makes zero sense. I recall back during Twilight fever they released Wuthering Heights, Romeo & Juliet, and Pride & Prejudice with Twilight themed covers because Stephanie Meyer said those were some of her biggest inspirations (in general). I would assume the series is therefore a synthesized "fanfic" of those books, with some vampire lit thrown in, and not Harry Potter.
B) She comes down very negatively on "self-indulgent" writing. While I agree that OVERLY self-indulgent writing is bad, noticeable, and potentially damaging, self-indulgent writing as a concept is more neutral to me. I think a bit of self-indulgence, in some cases, can be the best choice narratively, neither diminishing the plot/characters nor preventing the writer from improvement.
C) Admittedly I found certain comments she made to be a bit pretentious. I'm easily annoyed by snooty "tastemaker" attitudes. This is not me saying her intent was to be demeaning, just acknowledging that I have a bias and some things she said activated it.
#nevent1q…8d77

2026-02-22 17:28:43 UTC

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So true.
I think very few, if any, of the current slate of authors/writers have been untouched by online fandom, so they either bring the mentality with them or they actively try to appeal to that mentality to get their work on the map.

2026-02-22 16:34:16 UTC

Something something fandom's current obsession with polyamory comes from a fear of making "wrong" decisions and undervaluing platonic connections and has nothing to do with chemistry, attraction, or "open-mindedness."

2026-02-13 14:25:15 UTC

Local theater is putting on Rocky Horror for Valentine's Day because it's the only thing that makes them money.
In light of this, please list the weirdest holiday you can think of to go see Rocky Horror. I'll start:
St. Patrick's Day

2026-02-08 03:23:34 UTC

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I've had this issue at movies too, and it's no easier to take there. A guy brought his son to the first Star Wars sequel trilogy movie and the kid didn't know who anyone was or what they were doing. The kid was too young to understand STAR WARS.

2026-02-08 02:17:02 UTC

I do try to be sympathetic to parents at the theater, but can they PLEASE make sure the show/movie is age appropriate for their children? And I'm not even talking about sexual content, violence, or anything like that. If a child cannot follow what's happening narratively without help, because it's currently too sophisticated in concept, they shouldn't be in that theater. You cannot expect a child to have, or learn, good theater etiquette when they don't understand what's happening in front of them. They're going to get bored and be disruptive. They're going to ask you what's happening CONSTANTLY. Shushing them isn't going to help. They're going to kick the seats. They're going to do anything to not feel bored and it's not going to be fun for them or anyone sitting near them.

2026-02-08 00:52:23 UTC

When you go to a genuinely beautiful city and there's a TIM on every other street corner. 🙃

2026-02-08 00:51:31 UTC

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No, they're probably straight Drag Race fans. Which might be more embarrassing.

2026-02-07 04:50:39 UTC

The Canadian ice dance pair has an obnoxiously drag queen inspired rhythm dance.

2026-02-05 02:28:22 UTC

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Maybe I watch too many baking shows. It looks like she tried to mirror glaze herself.

2026-02-04 21:30:31 UTC

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That's the other half of the issue.

2026-02-04 19:13:33 UTC

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Fashion designers love coming up with new and creative ways to torture women's breasts.

2026-02-03 22:27:58 UTC

I'm not surprised by Chappel Roan's fake nipple piercing look at the Grammy's (or whichever award show it is, I genuinely don't care) considering she credits most of her style to drag queens.

2026-02-03 22:01:23 UTC

One of the few advantages of being a dance teacher is you can show up to work looking like you just woke up and no one questions it.

2026-02-03 21:14:10 UTC

If the first part of your video about why the ending of How I Met Your Mother went horribly wrong is just rambling about how transphobic the show is in retrospect to justify continuing to enjoy it, I'm not going to watch it.

2026-02-02 18:10:53 UTC

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I'll have to look it up.

2026-02-02 00:37:38 UTC

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The dancers killed it, but definitely in my top 10 strangest musical number premises.

2026-01-19 15:57:59 UTC

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Sorry, let me play my tiny violin a little louder.

2026-01-19 15:55:52 UTC

Everything I've learned about Heated Rivalry has been unintentional, but to be honest, I highly doubt they got actors who look like real hockey players.

2026-01-10 17:46:29 UTC

So glad I get to live through the era where untrained, reactionary nutjobs get to murder civilians without consequences.

2026-01-05 16:52:04 UTC

Online education is now killing snow days. I was homeschooled and that's still infuriating to me.

2025-12-16 19:44:41 UTC

Whoever said women talk too much never had to listen to teenage boys at a fencing club. They WILL NOT shut up, geez.

2025-12-14 14:21:00 UTC

A friend of mine was saying that there's now a building code in place that requires certain new buildings to have a lactation room, which is interesting.

2025-12-11 21:15:04 UTC

Apparently Nemo, the Swiss guy who won Eurovision in 2024, is attempting to return his trophy because the ESC committee is staying true to their decision to allow Israel's continued participation. It's such a pointless, attention-seeking gesture, but he's non-binary so being high on his own supply was never off the table.

2025-12-11 20:39:45 UTC

Been wondering recently if some therapists are relieved when a client turns out to be terfy. Out of the captured fields, it's probably the most difficult to be gender critical there.

2025-12-11 06:30:35 UTC

It's incredibly frustrating to find a video on an interesting, uncommon topic only to find out the YouTuber is nearly insufferable.

2025-12-09 20:39:10 UTC

Trans ID is appealing to those who desire an entirely external locus of control. They need something to blame besides themself for EVERYTHING, even when the only fair conclusion is that they are at fault or share in the fault. They are either too narcissistic or too deep in self-loathing to accept anything else.

2025-12-06 18:12:06 UTC

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Yes, but they pretend that that's not the joke. They don't laugh, they fawn. That's what's weird about it these days.

2025-12-04 18:25:18 UTC

Look, Stranger Things is nowhere near a masterpiece or anything, but the way people are talking about it is ridiculously negative. They are channeling the worst types of Star Wars fans here.

2025-12-04 18:22:30 UTC

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This is going to diminish the field of nursing and harm the US medical field as a whole. The current administration doesn't care if you die, so long as their pockets are full. This is coming off of COVID where nurses were overworked and stressed to the point of harm and lauded as heroes.

2025-12-03 19:47:04 UTC

Doing theater can have many positive impacts, especially for people who feel outcasted, but in a weird way it can also give these people poor boundaries. Especially when it comes to things like changing clothes/states of dress, physical contact, and volume. They will take behaviors that are uniquely allowed in the theater setting to other parts of their life and assume everyone else will either be comfortable with that (because everyone doing theater is) or won't maliciously take advantage (if they haven't been in a toxic theater environment yet). They get myopic about it and don't make a good distinction between the controlled theater setting and the more variable, wider world.

2025-12-03 00:06:25 UTC

When you love/care about someone who's in the transcult, and you are not a cultist yourself, I think there's a certain point where you start to be willfully ignorant of certain things about them as a way of protecting your psyche. You can only handle so much pain, confusion, betrayal, disappointment, disgust, etc. So you just... avoid exposure to those things. You get them piecemeal, when you are absolutely forced to, and hopefully your mental fortitude is good in those moments. It's a dumpster fire when your fortitude is low. The rest you ignore because you have to, or you'll be trapped in a very bad psychological place.

2025-12-01 05:09:02 UTC

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Not clear, since the clients only show up briefly. But she said she'll be having more surgeries (already had a mastectomy) which makes me worry.

2025-12-01 05:03:22 UTC

Was watching the Repair Shop, which is usually a relaxing show for me. One of the clients in this episode is a TIF unfortunately. And of course they have to make a big deal about how brave "he" is and how happy "he" is after the hormones and surgeries.

2025-11-30 18:19:16 UTC

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Millennial born in the early 90's. Apparently I dodged a bullet.

2025-11-24 15:54:54 UTC

I understand why people pirate movies/TV shows, but I've had sketch websites that I didn't even want to go to fill my computer with viruses. I'm not interested in that happening again.

2025-11-24 01:09:50 UTC

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Mr. Brightside and Come on Eileen are probably the best songs on there.

2025-11-20 17:23:13 UTC

I used to think that a comedy series about a local/community theater was a great idea. However, I now realize it probably wouldn't survive long unless genderists suddenly became cool with people making jokes about them and their absurd behavior.

2025-11-17 18:19:59 UTC

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Resignation from what?

2025-11-16 20:52:28 UTC

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That's kind of you to say. I also fantasized about clotheslining the skateboarder who zoomed past people on a narrow bridge at my university.

2025-11-16 20:11:24 UTC

I don't often wish ill on strangers, but there’s something very satisfying about seeing the jerk who's been lane-jumping and tailgating everyone because they can't stand going the speed limit get stuck at the same stoplight as you.

2025-11-16 04:38:30 UTC

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Maybe Saw is Willy Wonka for adults.

2025-11-12 16:55:36 UTC

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Yeah. Studio execs are not just greedy, but also incredibly risk-averse. Even more so nowadays, IMO. I don't think a lot of the general audience understands that when they discuss the entertainment industry.

2025-11-12 16:10:22 UTC

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Yeah, I'm not ruling out the possibility. If they think putting their thumbs on the scale will result in more money, they will do it with zero qualms. It's just that any sweeping claim about change in the entertainment industry has multiple causes.

2025-11-12 15:33:22 UTC

The rollback of DEI initiatives could be PART of the cause, but the cancelation hammer in the age of streaming has been merciless to everyone. A show is extremely lucky if it survives past two seasons. A common complaint among viewers is that their favorite show was canceled on a cliffhanger. Since there was an influx of LGBtqwerty characters and stories, more of those will be on the chopping block than ever before.
But also, execs care about money, often to the exclusion of all else. If any topic, genre, or medium seems like it will make less money, they will drop it like a hot potato. "Kweerness" is no exception, and I don't see why anyone expected it to be.
https://vexxed.org/o/GenderCritical/6374/staggering-number-of-trans-and-gay-tv-characters-axed-under-trump-era-rollback-o

2025-11-12 04:33:26 UTC

I don't know why TIMs think tucking their shirts in will make them look more feminine. It doesn't look like you have a higher waist/prominent hips, it looks like you're a weirdo who wears his pants too high.

2025-11-12 04:29:23 UTC

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The 25 year old with the clarinet is easier to exploit.

2025-11-11 17:11:58 UTC

Apparently the Paralympics haven't yet followed the IOC's lead in restricting trans participation in women's sports. Disgusting.

2025-11-11 17:07:40 UTC

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I would like to point out that The Simpsons was made by artists and writers. Artists and writers predicted the future, and people are out here saying they are luddites and useless leeches on society.

2025-11-09 08:01:24 UTC

Hanging out with people my age reminds me why I get along with older people so well.

2025-11-08 16:30:16 UTC

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Ethel Cain said disgusting things online outside of his artist persona, which itself is controversial, and beefed with Lana Del Rey, and people are still kissing his feet. That's how you know he's a male artist.

2025-11-03 15:51:39 UTC

https://culturecraft.substack.com/p/healing-is-making-us-mean?r=3aln0f&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

2025-10-19 15:59:28 UTC

For reasons I won't disclose, my brother's trans obsession is going to become 10x worse. The borderline angry pronoun policing has already started.

2025-10-18 14:59:53 UTC

https://vexxed.org/o/GenderCritical/5792/transgender-fencer-suing-usa-fencing-usopc-over-ban-from-womens-competitions

2025-10-18 14:37:35 UTC

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It certainly is... a card you could buy for someone.

2025-10-17 15:58:31 UTC

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Things that seem AI generated, but aren't.

2025-10-17 06:29:07 UTC

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Apparently I deluded myself into thinking Mermaids was done with.

2025-10-14 16:30:55 UTC

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How I wish that were true.

2025-10-14 16:24:13 UTC

New artist problem unlocked: when your extended family has another professional artist in it and you're constantly told how you HAVE to meet them.

2025-10-14 15:58:03 UTC

I don't understand how someone can have an entire bedroom/bathroom all to themself and their personal items STILL end up in a place that's inconvenient for everyone in the house.

2025-10-14 01:58:52 UTC

The only thing that could make traveling to see ailing relatives more exhausting is having to do it with someone who has the fortitude of a wet tissue.

2025-10-04 16:53:08 UTC

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Several people recommended Umbrella Academy to me, but I never started it. And then I was kind of glad I never started it after "Elliot" Page happened.

2025-10-03 18:03:08 UTC

What is/was a show that people were constantly recommending to you that you just couldn't seem to get into?
For me it's Doctor Who and Adventure Time, and I'm still on the fence about whether I'll continue Steven Universe.

2025-09-09 19:01:38 UTC

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And then you have the other problem where the brand name becomes too tied to the object. TV shows and knockoffs have to use non-copyrighted terms, which can be confusing. I've watched so many baking shows where they clearly weren't allowed to say the name of a brand of cereal or candy, and the generic term sounded ridiculously bland.
Kleenex vs. Facial tissue
Those spots in the U.S. where all soda is "coke"
And across the pond they tend to call vacuuming "hoovering." Whereas I've only known Hoover to be a brand name.

2025-09-09 18:31:25 UTC

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"Leggo my Eggo," two G's.
I'm not saying people who insist upon adjective lego are wrong, I'm just pointing out that a noun usage does kind of exist.
The name comes from Danish for "play well."

2025-07-26 03:50:51 UTC

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He was definitely on Is It Cake. I never remember who wins these things though.

2025-07-26 03:23:38 UTC

Watching a wacky baking competition show and this one guy who has been on several others is on. He's always talking about how weird and kweer he is and how he embraces it and weirdo rep is soooo important blah blah blah. People like him always strike me as secretly super insecure. So anyway he breaks down crying because the judges thought his tasting element was too sweet and scored it low. He actually used the phrase "it felt like being shoved in a locker." Yeah, you're TOTALLY comfortable in who you are and not at all covering up deep emotional scars with realistic gore cakes and rainbow beard dye.🙄

2025-07-21 14:53:49 UTC

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There's a freaking House MD episode about how topical hormone creams can harm children. I honestly don't think doctors should prescribe them to anyone whose life includes frequent contact with children.

2025-07-14 13:15:26 UTC

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It's in-between those. I feel like Mad Max has less color and dancing.

2025-07-13 17:03:08 UTC

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Oompa loompa pants are coming back in, I see.
And there's some clear influence from one of my all time favorite 1980s music videos, Patty Smyth's The Warrior. It's like Cats, if all the performers were anthropomorphic trash instead of cats.
https://youtu.be/47y5bo8wtqM?si=YaIb-9fsM32q80Oe

2025-07-03 18:32:27 UTC

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As far as I'm aware being "cooked" is bad but "cooking" is good. 😆

2025-07-03 17:02:42 UTC

UK spinsters, what does the word "weary" mean across the pond? I've seen several instances where it was used where I would assume "wary" should be, and I was wondering if this is a cultural difference.

2025-06-26 19:12:51 UTC

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I imagine this'll mostly attract TIFs. Which would be unfortunate if they're medicalized because most of those can't move well enough to do anything close to Step in Time.

2025-06-26 17:40:35 UTC

Call for local Mary Poppins musical wants lots of "male presenting people" apparently. This is what we have come to. I'm pretty sure a community theater company will put anyone in a chimney sweep costume if they can dance well, regardless of their "presentation," my dude.

2025-06-12 18:10:22 UTC

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Is duck duck go a good search engine? I've been looking for a new one now that google is functionally useless.

2025-05-30 17:42:36 UTC

Watching this made me angry, ngl.
#nevent1q…tzw7

2025-04-24 17:26:03 UTC

I feel there's a contradiction in the way TRAs want us to worry and not worry about the TQ, but I'm not sure how to articulate it.
The idea is that they're a small minority and must be uplifted at all costs, but also that they're a small minority so their presence in single-sex spaces is negligible. So you're not allowed to ignore them, but also you should ignore them.
I dunno, maybe someone else can make better sense of this thought I had.

2025-04-07 18:22:35 UTC

Dang, Oliver hit on many talking points I just had in my "worst argument for men in women's sports" poll.
https://ovarit.com/o/GenderCritical/686733/summary-snark-of-the-latest-john-oliver-episode

2025-04-06 03:04:54 UTC

My tap group just went off on a tangent about the poor oppressed transgenders. 🙄 No where is free from it.

2025-04-05 17:03:46 UTC

If you're a TIP, you're an expert on all things gender and sex because you have "lived experience" with it. If you're a woman, you need 5 PHDs to say "my body is female," and even then you're not guaranteed to be heard out.

2025-04-04 18:03:54 UTC

Having seen all the over the top trans-supportive posts US Fencing has made, this does not surprise me.
No idea how it is in other countries.
https://ovarit.com/o/SaveWomensSports/685411/brave-fencer-who-refused-to-fight-transgender-rival-reveals-sickening-pro-trans

2025-04-03 14:08:24 UTC

Who cares?
https://media.spinster.xyz/563bc77bd56a849f4d5bfb2a8be8a2fc2525dc1a8e008c4399449a7de9ea2cec.jpg

2025-03-31 21:29:48 UTC

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Enjoy wasting medical resources and losing all sensation in your crotch besides pain, I guess. Yeesh.

2025-03-29 16:43:50 UTC

I'm sick of 2025 and IT'S ONLY MARCH.

2025-03-29 13:41:39 UTC

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Same.

2025-03-25 13:06:23 UTC

I'd say USAmericans are more interested in boundaries than restrictions.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/26/americans-have-grown-more-supportive-of-restrictions-for-trans-people-in-recent-years/

2025-02-28 14:01:16 UTC

I'm sorry, but every time I see he/him on someone's bio I assume it's a woman or girl.

2025-02-26 22:34:01 UTC

I begging the chronically online to PLEASE stop pathologizing everything you do. You don't have maladaptive daydreaming, you're just an obsessive nerd with a working imagination like the rest of us!

2025-02-26 22:29:59 UTC

Apparently there's a group of people trying to defend the Emilia-Perez TIM for who knows what reason.

2025-02-26 22:23:37 UTC

TRAs say TERFs want all transpeople dead. I see way more TRAs celebrating the deaths of people who were only TERF-adjacent than TERFs celebrating the deaths of actual transpeople.

2025-02-23 15:49:27 UTC

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No juice?

2025-02-22 17:30:00 UTC

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My aunt is in a similar situation to yours. The creator didn’t cover this vector of the loneliness issue because he's specifically looking at the average gen-Z person, like himself.
I have antisocial behaviors, but rudeness and being inconsiderate infuriate me, which is pro-social.
The creator was very forgiving towards social foibles, even admitting his own. That's more of what the video was about: recognizing what gen-Z may be doing that prevents them from having the relationships they want.
Identifying anti and pro-social behaviors can help people in many different situations, though. And both types of behavior can help or hinder us. The point is to not give up on having good relationships.

2025-02-22 16:18:58 UTC

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https://youtu.be/qAmYLsEqC34?si=yYyp_9C_NX6a0eFA

2025-02-22 16:16:47 UTC

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I'm highly exaggerating, of course. That one could've been divided into the "estrogen makes men weaker" and "women just need to train harder" arguments. I also know of a couple TIMs who refuse to work out their upper bodies because they think they'll instantly bulk up too much. 🙄

2025-02-22 16:06:56 UTC

I watched a video about why gen-Z is having trouble making friends and forming communities, and I was pleasantly surprised that the creator was willing to call out antisocial behaviors in addition to obvious external factors like social media and the pandemic. Now, he didn’t call them "antisocial behaviors," but that's basically what he was getting at. And we're talking "antisocial" in the sense that they prevent social connection, and not in the "humanity is a cancer" way.
This was about things like repeatedly canceling plans, especially at the very last minute. Never bothering to attend group functions. Never doing anyone any favors that inconvenience you. Being unwilling to interact with people who don't perfectly align with your expectations.
Good friendships require some effort. Good communities require some collectivism.