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Canada2686 Posts

6 hours ago

#113321

It's trivial to think of examples of myself in my own personal life exhibiting sexism, be it misgendering a female character in a game because male is the default (I did this literally last night many times) or consistently getting stuck in defensive masculine loops with male friends, but sure yeah sexism doesn't exist and trump having only won against women is irrelevant yepyep.

-I- am sexist, you fucking snowflakes. It's part of our culture, and while yes genders are different it makes no sense to wave away sexism and racism as part of your own culture and who you are just because accepting that you're sexist makes you feel icky.

I don't celebrate that I'm sexist, I'm embarassed when it manifests and I work on it. For all genders, not just women.

Grow a pair (Testes or ovaries, your pick) and accept that you're probably at least a little sexist and a little racist, rather than insisting blindly that you're neither.

(This isn't directed at anyone in particular, just frustrating to see the 'Im not a racist' loop once again.)

doubleupgradeobbies!

Australia1279 Posts

5 hours ago

#113322

On April 15 2026 02:10 KT_Elwood wrote:
Being on brand, the "Trump Blockade" is leaky. Chinese ships pass the blockade no problem.

Haha as suspected, the first Chinese ship to actually test the blockade and Trump folds. Attacking a properly registered ship of another nation is an act of war. What are they going to do, risk starting WWIII?

I'm just surprised they went ahead with testing this theory so quickly.

The worrying thing now, is the propensity for US policy to make sudden about turns. Maybe the second ship, or the twentieth they actually detain and board. The game of chicken applies the other way too. "So what if I'm blatantly disregarding maritime law? What? are you going to risk starting WWIII over it?" does also work the other way around.

Fortunately, the Chinese have some non maximalist options that they are competent enough to think of and subtle enough to resort to, like rare earth export restrictions again.

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