The only times God has spoken directly to me were to tell me I was being stupid.

The point of mask mandates is short term. They are meant to slow the spread, not stop it.

It’s possible to feel strongly and still be independent. Partisan politics package often inconsistent ideology together. You don’t have to be milquetoast to want an a la carte approach to politics.

Well, yes. AI models don’t extract meaning. They parrot statistically likely responses based on words used. They had to research that?

Probably because those of us in the more flexible areas of the Kinsey scale are leaning away from men in light of everything.

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I was being flippant about the article. There is no reason I should have to fling about my sexuality and status as a member of a group when I was perfectly obviously commenting on the article, not the group. But as you’re the mod, I’ll find a way to defend myself that I AM allowed to do here.

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They directly called me a dick and aphobic, and you’re telling me to be nice? I WAS being nice in comparison to what I could have said in response.

There is no way to interpret what I said as aphobic with the smallest grain of reading comprehension. I mean, it wasn’t even that many words to stumble through. It’s REALLY hard to miss a question mark, or the first word of a sentence, both strong indicators of the tone of my comment.

If you also had a hard time understanding the comment, maybe you should also slow down a bit before jumping down someone’s throat who didn’t do anything wrong and is showing a remarkable amount of restraint after being aggressively accused of bigotry, dickishness, and ignorance for a comment that was no more controversial than being in agreement about the vagueness of the article.

Go school the person who started the aggression if you really need to scratch that itch, not the one who was the recipient of their aggression and is standing their ground.

I don’t need to. I’m demi, you brilliant example of humanity.

You should see a doctor about that stick up your butt, and maybe revisit that whole reading comprehension thing. I was summarizing what was being said in the article in a tongue-in-cheek way. Take a deep breath, drink some water, and count to ten before you jump on the next person who didn’t say anything wrong.

boing and sploosh

I think you just slid me further up the ace scale.

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It HAS enabled it. I’ve watched my kids be abused for 15 years, powerless to stop it, because CPS told me to stop “causing trouble” with my ex after my second report, or I’d lose custody.