"You'll become more conservative as you get older."

I have consistently grown more and more leftist as I've grown older. Rent goes up faster than taxes. [redacted] your landlord.

Please don't hurt me but it is literally illegal to do that in my province, and I am aware of many other places where it's illegal. I hope this brings you some comfort

Women absolutely detest facial hair, and if you have any facial hair it's an indication you are nothing more than a bum.

Meanwhile, discovered that women go absolutely bonkers for facial hair, I once had a woman break up with me in our early courting phase because I shaved my beard.

Your final sentiment resonates very strongly with me.

I have felt that nearly universally, the mostly-false stereotypes, statements and accusations made against men fall into the "projection" category. Men being obsessed with sex is the most noteable of them. Second only to the hologram that men are the ones that pressure women to look good when it's in fact almost entirely the abuse from other women who are competing for sexual interest and potential mates.

I don't think cognitive dissonance and projection are unique to women. It's a shared human frailty. But as it relates to projecting their weaknesses/faults on to men it can be egregious at times.

A lot of welding also releases some really nasty fumes. I wouldn't be surprised if the fumes are also a contributor to eye issues, not to mention Welder's lung being named after the profession

Because the argument is bullshit, and most tradespeople are going to struggle, but that doesn't let people romanticize the past and divide the present.

"If you eat too many sweets, you'll get blue intestines."

No further explanation, but I made damn sure mine didn't get blue! Also, I tell the same lies to my kids now.

🫂

Getting rid of toxic people is first step towards a happier life. You'll sooner or later find like minded people.

You'll be surprised how dumb people can be

Funny it's the fattest, fast food eating fucks that say burger flippers are worthless. Idiots.

Teachers' ramblings in Turkey and Texas.

• Gokturk Khaganate was NOT "the biggest empire in history."
• Ottoman empire did NOT essentially rule the world.
• Genies aren't gonna bully me if I don't memorize my Surahs.
• World is not 6000 years old, and there weren't giant humans everywhere.
• North Korea did not kill more people than all ideologies "including Nazis" combined.

(Also uncountably many from my weird matt walsh phase in highschool)

*Groomed facial hair.

In Germany we have the following system:

• Lehrling (Apprentice. Just learning)
• Geselle (Done with learning. But still fresh. Done after 3 years)
• Meister (Can be considered as a bachelor. Authorized to employ Gesellen and may instruct Lehrlinge until the finals)

And Meister can make bank in the current climate.
Remember who connects your toilet or your lamps legally and what you can do without either.

Everything about women is good, but as a man, you should never embody any of the traits which are considered feminine

This one is particularly interesting to me. I like how you pointed out the contradictions inherent in this general worldview so often.

Insert video of Limu Emu violently disemboweling Biberty

Fuck; shit, this is. -- Yoda Gnome

Is this "Conservative" as in the political affiliation though, or "moderate/cautious"? I think one thing is that current "Conservatives" are anything but

Welding is like sewing. Any old mug can darn a sock… but to repair a historically important high quality silk sock to such a high standard that the repair is invisible to the naked eye takes an elite level of crafts(wo)manship that very few would ever attain. Not a perfect analogy but close enough…

😅. Like, what do I care about the color of my innards?

But what if I wanted them blue?

I would love to hear a woman's perspective, I did not mean to go off against women! It's just that I am a man, and my male perspective means I heard these kinds of messages and lies.

When I listen to my sister, she has a unique set of bullshit that she herself was told that I was not exposed to.

I'm going to just disagree with you based on my personal experience. The more unkempt my facial hair is, the more women are drawn to me. And if they are near ovulating, they go freaking bonkers for shaggy facial hair.

In fairness to your point though, even when I'm shaggy I'm still kind of "baseline" groomed so I'm not sure if that counts. I tend to groom by habit a little more than the average dude.

I was always careful never to tell my child I would love them no matter what.

If they came out as trans (or any lbgt+) I would still love them.

If they became a maniac killer I wouldn’t.

Eating watermelon seeds will make you pregnant

Deranged as my mother was... She would always cut the bullshit with us. She told us at the age of four that Santa Claus is crap it's just Mom and Dad. And don't tell the other stupid kids at school because they'll get upset. Lol mom

And yet the best way to get a job remains interpersonal connections, not skills, not job boards 🤷

"You're just having a brother fight. You and your brother are going to grow up to be best friends."

No, my autistic brother with FASD who was my rapist, and is a kleptomaniac, sociopath, pathological liar, and borderline pedophile... will never be my friend in adulthood.

commies help the workers

Oh...wow

Heard this one a lot, guess they figured everyone would go the fuck you got mine attitude of the boomers, not realizing that you can’t onboard the youth while maintaining full unmasked racism and marginalizing the value of the same youths perspectives. Another one is “you’ll understand when you’re older” which to the surprise of no one thing he “when you’re older” part never matures in discussions with these types.

I heard this one too. Maybe it used to be more true than now?

Ah yeah.

or and*

Right up there with "you can ask us anything". Well they certainly didn't expect neurodiverse questions there.

But to be fair the statement also doesn't include that there have to be good answers.

Could be true. How do you even know?

"The fuck."

[smile]

"Is this shit."

• Katie Zacharia Gnome

"Penguins are mammals" said to me as an offhand comment by a friend's older brother. I didn't question it till embarrassingly late in life.

"It's ok we (white people) took the land from the Indians because we make better use of it, and can sustain a much larger population on it." Said by my teacher to the third grade class.

"You'll become more conservative as you get older" heard this one quite a bit from people who didn't wanna face facts about the world.

"Global warming is a myth" oh if only that were true. We're so fucked

See first answer. Seriously, they're obviously birds!

I think it is much more important to groom your facial hair if it is… let’s say “sparse”. If I let my beard grow “wild” you just see how patchy it is 😆 If I keep it very short and trim the edges it looks presentable.

I've been a welder. It's a big field with lots of variety. It all mostly sucks. Super hard on the body. Lots of bad fumes and dust.

If you're actually looking to get into it, learn to weld pipe. Best pay and job opportunities.

That's my general response to that. Someone who pays a hooker for their services isn't better than a hooker. Someone who pays McDonalds for a burger isn't better than the guy cooking it. If you're so much better than them, why the fuck are you paying them for their skills? Either you're worth less than the lowest person in your own mental heirarchy, or - an idea - everyone is equally worthy.

I read that as "connect your toilet to your lamps" and I thought, ah, yes, a Home Assistant user.

1. men and women are fundamentally different

They are tho?

Not a lie in that I think this was the truth for them (because me and my siblings are awesome), but: "having kids is amazing."

Mine are teenagers and I feel horrible saying it but it's still hard for me to be a parent the same way my parents were. I'm not nearly as patient. I don't think I've slept well for over a decade. My sex life with my partner is non-existent for quite a while. I feel like all I do is work, serve, and sleep.

Maybe it'll get better. I'm not having a good time, though. Neither are neurotypical. I don't know if I am either, the more I read about it. Poooooo

Isn't it possible that gum can cause an impaction if you swallow enough of it, especially if you're younger.

"If you put some blu-tak on the top of the SNES version of Mortal Kombat, it will think it's the Mega Drive version and put the blood back in."

Even young me knew this one was weapons-grade bollocks, but it didn't stop kids at school excitedly trying it.

Reading what is wrong and then reading what is also wrong in the parentheses was confusing.

Women aren't insanely more obsessed with sex and boobs. That should be a given since people are diverse and I can think of several reasons why a woman would be or not be interested in either. I would scratch that.

People should be able to wear clothing without feeling oogled and getting harassed. All genders can get harassed when they should not be.

The system is held up by companies that want to sell you things, you even mention capitalists later on but blame the whole beauty industry on women.

I would not bring up biology, women can be trans or cis just like men can be, even nonbinary. Just not a good point.

These points stood out to me since they were your early ones and I thought I was about to read a misogynistic rant. Toxic masculinity really does a number on the genders across the spectrum.

But all my friends tell me it’s awesome to have kids while they all have struggling finances and marriages! Because it’s for the kids!

That's how it was for my highschool though. Might not have actually been a lie depending on when you were told it.

It is. I'm calling the police right now so they can track you down. /s

My dad was told the opposite: that men were inferior to women in every way. When he caught one of my aunts telling me that as a young kid, he nipped that in the bud right away. Shame he had such a tough upbringing though.

Here's to equality.