this too shall pass

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
redlegotwobyfour
brakshow

I think Americans in general should maybe start taking xenophobia more seriously. Because with the. Everything going on in the world right now. It's gotten really really bad. And while lefties might not be reactionary to the same extent as republicans it's still very much prevalent. I went to dinner with my family recently and the stuff they said about my cousin's family who emigrated from Russia made me feel like I was losing my mind. He's 2 years old. How are you going to discriminate against a baby with a clear conscience. Then you read the news and it's like "China is spying on you with TikTok and weather balloons" and you hear people on all angles of the political compass repeat it. Are you hearing yourself right now. Are you for real

brakshow

Cannot believe I have to say this but I am Lakota. as in native american. As in almost everyone's family came to the united states from another country at one point, except for the people who were already living here. Like my mom's family. And I live here.

Immediately assuming I must be a white european because I disagree with widespread american xenophobia is prelly wild. Honestly. When I mentioned my family and America in the same post I thought it was clear that I live here.

"But you said you had family from Russia?"

Yes. People get married sometimes. My cousin married someone from Russia. They had a baby. He's a good baby btw. Fantastic little dude. I hope he grows up in a better world than this one.

I can't speak for people living in other countries because I don't live there. I live here. I don't think it's my place to berate people from other countries because that's kind of the problem. Maybe I should have started this post out like a presidential speech. My fellow Americans. Now more than ever.

Reading comprehension test:

  1. Where is OP from? What country?

2. What does "xenophobia" mean?

3. Is possible to care about other people? if yes, then:

3.1: even if they're from another country?

3.2: even if they speak another language?

3.3: even if I don't like their government?

redlegotwobyfour
werewolf-cuddles

Hey, hot take, but if a company decides they no longer want to distribute a piece of media they own the rights to, then they should be legally required to sign the rights back over to the creator.

They shouldn't be allowed to just sit on the IP for the rest of time, especially if they have no intention of ever releasing it again.

werewolf-cuddles

#i thought this was gonna say “then they shouldn't be allowed to punish piracy of it”

You know what, that's also a valid take, let's add that to the post

kyraneko

In computer gaming there's a concept called Abandonware that runs on this premise. That if the company isn't making it and selling it anymore, it's acceptable to copy/download/pirate it.

Applied in a wider sense, if there's no way for you to access it legally, then illegally is fuckin' fine.

But yes, if the owner isn't using it they ought to be obligated to make it available to someone who will.

redlegotwobyfour
just-antishipper-things

"You can't ship that!"

lol what are you gonna do, climb inside my mind and shut off the imagination switch?

just-antishipper-things

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This kind of response always fascinates me, so while I've got you here, can I just ask: legal by what standards? Do you mean real world standards, where laws vary from country to country, and in the case of the US, state to state? Or do you mean the fictitious laws set in place in the fictional setting of the ship? What standard exactly should we use to tell people "you're not allowed to enjoy this fictional thing?"

I know you didn't mean any harm by your response, but I feel it's important to reiterate that nothing gives anyone the right to police what people do in a fictional setting, full stop. Because at the end of the day, it's fiction, it's a fantasy, none of it is real, and so real world rules and standards do not apply. So, as long as you are not actively causing harm in a real world setting (i.e. harassing real people over fictional ships) then you do you.

just-antishipper-things

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a very important addition

lynati

Everyone pushing the line on the "It's immoral to depict any content that's illegal!" stance are either going to be massively horrified or massively thrilled if LGBATIQ content is made illegal again.

So if that's *your* stance, I've got to wonder which one you are, and why you're so comfortable with the company you're keeping.

themarchrabbit
Early Hollywood and the Hays Code
Assistant Curator Chelsey O'Brien talks to Maria Lewis about pushing the boundaries under the shadow of the Hays Code in early Hollywood.
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How the Hays Code Changed Hollywood Censorship
The Hays Code is a set of rules and guidelines that Hollywood films were made to follow between the early 1930s and late 1960s.
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"The MPPDA had set up its rules of “Don’ts” and “Be Carefuls” in 1927, a set of guidelines that, among other things, said movies could not include “Pointed profanity,” “Miscegenation” (that’s relations between races), “Ridicule of the clergy,” and “Willful offense to any nation, race or creed.”"

"As long as it isn't illegal"

Who decides what's illegal? Who decides whats immoral? Is a law moral? Is a law just? Is something immoral to everyone? Whose sense of immoral becomes the rules? What if their standard of immorality doesn't match yours? What if that person believes your entire existence [a mixed race person, an atheist, a queer person] is immoral and it becomes illegal?

redlegotwobyfour
lizardsfromspace

One of the interchangeable ghouls running in 2024 is talking up his plan to tie voting rights to passing a civics test & it's amazing watching people discuss this in neutral terms

A tweet from CBS News: Vivek Ramaswamy is proposing a constitutional amendment that requiring citizens 18 to 24 to pass a civics test in order to vote - the same one immigrants take to become naturalized U.S. citizens.ALT

A lot of the response to this is "oh, that's great, next let's restore civics education in schools", but the entire point is that they're not going to improve civics education. The age range gives a hint: this is a ploy to disenfranchise young voters, by, presumably, demanding they pass a test the state won't train them for in order to get rights granted by the states. It's like saying "oh, yes, literacy tests for voting makes sense, it'll really inspire the South to educate black people". It uh. Didn't. And I think many of the people agreeing know that and support it bc it's disenfranchising, but some seem to just agree bc it's "COMMON SENSE" and they're not digging any deeper?

This would be a civics test authored by a far right administration, to be clear. The tests we give immigrants are already propagandistic nonsense, imagine that in the hands of the "slavery taught people valuable skills" crowd

Also, his amendment would allow young people who can't pass the test to vote if they join the military. This is a "service guarantees citizenship" amendment

He's proposing a constitutional amendment that would require citizens 18 to 24 to pass a civics test in order to vote — the same one immigrants take to become naturalized U.S. citizens. Under his proposal, young Americans could, as an alternative, perform six months of military or first-responder service. But if none of these requirements are met, they would have to wait until they turn 25 before they could vote in their first election.ALT
thisnewjoe

Many young people don't realize that the entire reason we don't have civics, and why we have such a public degradation of critical thinking, come specifically from Republican efforts to sabotage education. Their goal in state legislatures for generations has been to destroy education to maintain control at any cost. Most states have grown out of that, but not all, and many states still have recovered important classes like civics, the arts, and other things that add value to life without also feeding into capitalist employment properties where they take science and math and wage compensation wars against everyone.

It's the conservatives that keep healthcare in the US tied to employment, and why we don't have paid sick days for all the sick days someone might need. Conservative values are an illness that will bring the dark ages back if we don't keep pressure on to unfuck our governance structures.

simply-passing-through
elektraking

Just gonna remind every aspiring or beginner writer on here from personal experience to NOT participate in any “Pitch Contests” or even “fan-casting” rn. Hollywood studios do not have ideas w/o writers. Don’t ever let them take yours for free. #WGA #writersstrike pic.twitter.com/i88O5Hmo1S — Nicole Nichelle (@alamanecer) May 2, 2023ALT
popculty

THIS^^^

And if you do get paid for your ideas/writing during the strike, that is considered scabbing and you will be barred from the WGA for life, as per this email from the Blacklist:

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neil-gaiman

And, because a lot of people don't understand this bit, this is about you selling your ideas or writing to US-based TV studios or movie studios who are part of the AMPTP. There is no strike against book publishers. Nor audiobooks, graphic novels, or poetry publishing. Or just writing.

Read the above from the WGA.