Re:India’s sex workers turn to WhatsApp, Instagram to find c...
by blamarvt on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @05:46PM
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What’s wrong with the truth?
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Re:India’s sex workers turn to WhatsApp, Instagram to find c...
by ilyt on Thursday July 20, 2023 @11:59AM
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"Timmy what you mommy does?"
"My mommy sucks dicks for money"
That's what
Re:India’s sex workers turn to WhatsApp, Instagram to find c...
by postmortembees on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:29PM
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You can abstract it. My mommy is a dancer, or my mommy is an actor and she does shows for one grownup at a time.
It's really not difficult to find a true statement that is also not the whole truth. It's not like my kid understands what I do for a living beyond the company name I work for. Abstraction is fine and normal.
Re:India’s sex workers turn to WhatsApp, Instagram to find c...
by ilyt on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:45PM
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Well, he asked for truth, not lying. What you're doing is lying. Which can be fine but let's not invent new names for lying, it already has enough of them.
Re:India’s sex workers turn to WhatsApp, Instagram to find c...
by postmortembees on Thursday July 20, 2023 @01:03PM
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It's not lying.
Am I lying to my kid when I say I "work with computers"? No, it's an abstraction. My 8 year old doesn't need to understand what a datacenter is, but just because I elide details doesn't mean I'm lying to them.