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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @12:28PM (#34614074)
I agree. Some months ago, a conservative trying to reinforce the status quo asked me at work what “my pronouns” are.

This is a very offensive question for someone from my counter culture, Christianity.

I told that conservative that was working hard at reinforcing the status quo what my name was. In order to make me conform to the status quo the conservative proceeded to badger me. I again stated my name.

The conservative to this day refuses to tolerate my counter cultural norms and instead often refers to me as “they” which I find very offensive.

I find the lack of toleration on the part of conservatives really awful and stifling.

These conservatives really suck man.

Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @12:19PM (#34613886)
In a sense I agree with you. What the person you are responding to is trying to say, I assume, is the new status quo is liberalism. As in lgbt, blm, van life, cannabis culture, casual dating, multiculturalism, secularism, etc.

I labelled the above idea space “liberalism” but I’m not convinced it’s the right term. I am just lacking a better one. In any case, if we assume the to be the status quo, which I think we mostly can, people trying to preserve these values and bolster them are conservative. They enjoy the status quo, wish to keep it and wish to reinforce it. They wish to prevent progress ( as in movement ) towards a different direction.

There is also another idea space, generally associated with christian identity, belief in God, the existence of two biological sexes with clear roles to fulfil, european heritage, abortion is murder, sex strictly within marriage, no homosexuality, gun rights, etc

This would be called conservatism. But, as in the “liberalism” mentioned above, it’s not really the best term. If we just take it as an idea space and assume liberalism to be the status quo, this would definitely be a counter culture.

It dislikes the current status quo, wishes to undermine it and shift it in a different direction.

And, in this sense, I agree with the person you responded too. “Conservative” is the new counter culture.

Re:Londoner solves 20k-year Ice Age drawings mystery on Thursday January 05, 2023 @06:30AM (#34258400)
> A hunter of any gender

Lol

Unlike what woke propaganda will have you believe, there were, in fact, no bad ass women huntresses standing up to the patriarchy and putting men in their place with their awesome skills.

Men hunted and ruled over women. Women cooked and submitted. This is how it was everywhere in the world always. And it is because of real, intrinsic biological differences between men and women. No amount of ideology will change this fact.

Re:Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution? on Saturday December 31, 2022 @06:52AM (#34195635)
- Sign a new contract, my target is $1000 per day, but seeing how the economy is atm, I’ll probably be ok with anything over $750 per day.

- Buy the penthouse I’ve been saving for. With a bit of luck the housing market will crash and I’ll get it at a discount.

- Sign up at least one more client for my side hussle consultancy.

- Cross the 100 n-count mark.

- Start aviation lessons.

Ahh yes. The classic “we have to reduce your standard of living for ‘the environment’ shtick”. It’s getting old by this point but I fear many people are still eating up this narrative.

I have an idea. How about we keep doing daily deliveries and when the climate nutters vandalise another painting we kindly point them to China and India. You know, the real polluters.

Re:The Hobbit: Riddles in the Dark – The Lost Version on Saturday December 24, 2022 @04:44AM (#34115394)
> VIII — Oh thank god, easily the best Star Wars movie since the original trilogy

I refuse to believe this is a genuine opinion someone holds. No one likes a a Mary Sue. Even if you are leftwing and watch the “movies” for their propagandistic value, it’s still objectively cinema.

I cannot explain what you wrote except by assuming you are firmly in the woke camp and defend the movie out of some tribal obligation.

Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @12:49PM (#33897562)
I completely agree. You are denigrating black people by implying they’re retarded and can’t get something as simple as an id card, and I am protecting voting rights by supporting a measure that will aid in increasing trust in the elections.
Re:DHS Announces Extension of Real ID Full Enforcement Deadline on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @07:34AM (#33893608)
I swear this is literally the meme with the soyjack at the end crying “no, not like this!”

There is literally no functional difference between using racial statistics to argue for segregation or against id cards. The only difference is, you like one policy and dislike the other.

Bruv, that is literally what racists say about crime stats. Black people account for only 13% of the population yet commit 52% of the crime. And they say “I did not make up the statistic. I do not endorse it or wish it to continue, but numerically, that is what it is.” and then go on to suggest segregation or some other ridiculous thing. Just like you are suggesting ridiculous things like opposing id cards. They work, everyone uses and yes you god damned racist, black people can get them, they’re not retarded ffs!
> Statistically, they are less likely to do so.

Holy shit mate, do you hear your self? This is literally 13/52 talk.

Black people can get ids, they should get ids, just like everyone does in every other civilised country. I honestly can’t understand how anyone can oppose such a simple and natural thing.

That is not an argument. The same way wokes say “look at Europe” when it comes to healthcare, conservatives say “look at Europe” when it comes to id cards.

All through the EU, id cards are the norm. If we can do it, so can you. This whole “but think of the black people” is bs. What are you, some kind of racist? You don’t think black people can get ids?