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Flairing this as progress because I feel it counts as progress when misandry is called out and condemned, but if the moderators feel differently, they can re-flair it. Found this comment on a Twitter/X post and felt it was worth sharing here. Occasionally once in a while you find postings of both intelligence and value like this. The poster is absolutely correct in that misandry is just as harmful, divisive and prejudiced as misogyny is, no matter how much misandrists themselves want to downplay or mitigate it or outright deny it as existing. I hate it so much when they do either and also claim it's not harmful like misogyny, when it in fact causes a great deal of harm and continues to do so. The major misandrist bias in schools and courts that's caused male students to comprise the majority of dropouts and innocent men often unfairly treated in the legal system, how male victims of violence, abuse, rape, etc. (especially by women) still go unrecognized and unhelped, men still having to register for conscription, the vast majority of homeless people and suicides being male, etc. as well as denying the fact there's plenty of women who harm, rape and even outright kill men/boys. Even if the numbers may not be as high as the other way around, still doesn't change or negate the fact it happens. Yet misandrists will still claim misandry isn't a major issue or even real.

Unfortunately the constant ignoring and dismissal of misandry and downplaying it has been a major reason in recent times why the Left has been doing so poorly with males and was especially bad during the 2024 elections. I'm a very liberal and left-wing person with most of my views and hate so much how misandry is ignored and dismissed so much and treated like a joke, when it needs to be acknowledged and treated as seriously as misogyny. Doing so would do so much to improve the left's standing with male voters and now is a very critical time to do so.

I remember in the mid-90s around 1994-96 this motion simultator attraction that was at the Empire State Building. The name escapes me at this time and doing internet searches seems to yield nothing. I remember going once and it was a pretty fun attraction and the part of it that sticks out for me was when you went into the waters and saw sharks swimming around. I'm hoping someone else remembers this attraction and can help me identify it. With luck there's some images and video from it as well. I remember one of the local NYC news stations had a report on it.

I feel like I haven't seen it here since at least maybe 2015/16 at the latest and for whatever reason it stopped being distributed here. It's beyond me as to why it's suddenly regional and why it's not here in Nevada. I really wish PepsiCo would make it a general flavor available everywhere again like it was before.

Posted this elsewhere and felt it was worth sharing here as well. I've seen some truly asinine comments from misandrists, but this comment I just recently saw on Twitter/X when someone pointed out women can also rape men (which they absolutely can; rape is something both genders do to each other and it's just as disgusting and wrong either way). But then a misandrist came along and denying women are capable of rape is bad enough, but this idiot claimed women can't do it, because, get this... they lack "societal power" to do so. I mean... ugh. I know I shouldn't let internet idiots like this get to me, but damn, it's painful to think someone this ignorant and hateful exists. What "societal power" or "institutional power" do women lack that makes them incapable of committing rape of males? The notion women lack power men do, well the average man sure isn't in a position of power and there's plenty of organizations that always prioritize the needs of women/girls but never men/boys (especially the hateful cesspool that's UN Women, which is long overdue to be designated as a hate group). That sounds pretty damn "societal" and "institutional" to me, to say nothing of the fact how misandrist schools and courts are, and how women never have to register for conscription.

I know I shouldn't let this get to me, but damn, to think someone can be so deluded to deny the fact men/boys absolutely get raped by female rapists. It's just another way of trying to create division between the genders and deflect from male victims and female perps, which they hate whenever it gets any sort of attention. And as someone who's mostly very liberal and left-wing with the bulk of my views, people unfortunately are quick to associate this sort of thinking with being as such and it's been a major reason why in recent times the Left is doing so poorly with male voters.

I've seen some truly asinine comments from misandrists, but this comment I just recently saw on Twitter/X when someone pointed out women can also rape men (which they absolutely can; rape is something both genders do to each other and it's just as disgusting and wrong either way). But then a misandrist came along and denying women are capable of rape is bad enough, but this idiot claimed women can't do it, because, get this... they lack "societal power" to do so. I mean... ugh. I know I shouldn't let internet idiots like this get to me, but damn, it's painful to think someone this ignorant and hateful exists. What "societal power" or "institutional power" do women lack that makes them incapable of committing rape of males? The notion women lack power men do, well the average man sure isn't in a position of power and there's plenty of organizations that always prioritize the needs of women/girls but never men/boys (especially the hateful cesspool that's UN Women, which is long overdue to be designated as a hate group). That sounds pretty damn "societal" and "institutional" to me, to say nothing of the fact how misandrist schools and courts are, and how women never have to register for conscription.

I know I shouldn't let this get to me, but damn, to think someone can be so deluded to deny the fact men/boys absolutely get raped by female rapists. It's just another way of trying to create division between the genders and deflect from male victims and female perps, which they hate whenever it gets any sort of attention.

I've been trying desperately for the past week to try to get help from a couple of animal rescue subs on the latest regarding a badly injured dog I saw in a very upsetting video on social media last week and have been trying to get updates in regards to the dog hopefully having recovered and survived. Unfortunately I've yet to hear back and am very frustrated and concerned over not having updates in regards to the dog's status and am hopeful some involved with animal rescue might be able to look up information on this particular dog and see if it hopefully survived. What are good ones to reach out to? I already tried contacting /r/animalrescue and have yet to hear back.

Wonder if anyone has the full version of the song heard in King Of The Road? Can't seem to find it anywhere. It's the rock song with the lyrics "Bad road, wretched road." I have to wonder if it was recorded exclusively for the episode, but I'd imagine a full version must exist somewhere.

Also known as De Profundis and in some places it was also marketed as Demons 6. Very weird and quite gruesome obscure late 80s Horror film. I remember seeing parts of it on the Sci-Fi Channel way back around 1995 or so, back when they showed more obscure and overlooked fare like this film. I remember my mother made me change the channel when she saw parts of it were kind of freaking me out, and I largely forgot about this film over the years until it was featured in the third In Search Of Darkness documentary and from there I tracked it down decades later. A extremely weird movie, concerning a film crew terrorized by a demonic witch after she's accidently involved. I won't go so far as to say it's a must-see but if you can find it it's worth a watch just once just for the sheer weirdness of it. Some truly disgusting scenes in it and while it has it's share of 80s cheese, as a kid it could be pretty freaky.

The one example that most immediately leaps to mind is Avengers: >!Infinity War!<. I'll never forget the shock of seeing it when it came out a few years back and just how that ending came out of nowhere. It was actually very refreshing and bold for once, to >!have Thanos be triumphant which absolutely helped to re-enforce what a major and large-scale threat he was and so much so not even The Avengers could take him on during their first try!<.

Another that springs to me is 2018's Upgrade, >!where the Stem AI completely assimilates and overtakes Grey's body by the end and succeeds in possessing him. Essentially having a human body in the real world and free to do as it pleases!<.

I think many Horror and Slasher films and their sequels arguably fit this criteria as well, with how the star villains of those films like Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Chucky, etc. always manage to somehow defy death or overcome their defeats only to somehow return in the next film and keep the cycle going.

Saw this quote on a Twitter/X post and felt it was worth sharing here. I know I've ranted many times how much I hate the "women and children" phrase (which is even worse now with how it's become "women and girls," truly screwed up how not even the lives and safety of young boys matter). But this post is definitely on the money, as the phrase does exactly that; if you're male, your life is disposable, meaningless and it's no real tragedy. Every male is somebody's son and you have innocent young boys as well as men who could be someone's husband, father, brother, close friend, caregiver, etc. and if they're affected or even killed during a tragedy it's no major loss and not worth mourning. I hate so much how people defend this phrase sometimes saying that women and children are more vulnerable. Well guess what, men and boys are just as vulnerable. The vast majority of males aren't combatants and being born male doesn't automatically somehow make you a bigger-than-life Action hero like Rambo who's immune to all forms of harm and danger. This phrase is long overdue to be stricken and phased out.