I’ll start with mine. clears throat
“65% of Hazbin/Helluva fan comics, fan animations/animatics, fan fiction.etc are unironically better than anything Vivziepop has ever made in her career!”
Feel free to down vote me and called me a sleazeball douchebag troll.
I think many dv situations (definitely not all) amount to kidnapping and you should legally be allowed to kill the person holding you against your will in order to escape.
Dv?
domestic violence
Isn’t self defense already legal?
Another said: “He had us scared, both [my children] and me, that if I told anything to the police and they arrested him, he was going to get out and kill us.”
I think it’s fine that she killed her abuser, even if it wasn’t the exact moment a threat was made. In a way, I think it’s good if the killing happens in kidnapping cases like this one when the kidnapper is vulnerable, because the victim is more likely to survive. Poison, stabbing while they’re asleep, stealing the gun they used to threaten you and hitting them in the back - it’s cool. You tell someone they can’t leave or you’ll kill them, you are allowed to live exclusively on the whim of the person you threatened. That’s where my opinion gets a bit controversial, I think.
I started looking for cases where victims of rape were thrown in jail for killing their rapist as it was happening, and I immediately found several different incidents and got depressed.
Hope this explains why I think my view would be unpopular.
What you’re describing are direct threats of violence against the victim. If the victim responds with violence, that would be considered self defense, which I don’t believe is either unpopular or illegal. The legal system just so happens to be flawed, where victims are thrown in prison, but that’s a separate issue that needs to be fixed.
You’re pathetic and stupid for not being vegan.
That one gets you hunted and eaten by human predators in certain parts of America.
…pathetic implies deserving of pity and stupid implies innocent ignorance…
Maybe if you’re sympathetic. Are you?
…i posit that’s a fair assessment of most vegans…
I always expect something intense from these threads like “blind people should be culled” but it’s always boring trite stuff that 80% of gen pop already believes in. No one is going to get executed for saying homework sucks.
I don’t have a stance on blind people, but I do think deaf people shouldn’t be allowed to drive.
Part of that belief is the obvious practicality: not being able to hear sirens or honks mean they’re likely slower to react in an emergency situation.
But I lived near a deaf college for a few years, where I learned the real terror: deaf people will talk to their passengers while driving. In a language that is entirely visual and mostly dexterous. So drivers are taking both hands off the wheel to gesture, then taking both eyes off the road to get a response. The number of near-misses I’ve had with deaf drivers is harrowing.
I remember a user on Reddit talking about how his parents were deaf and the danger he felt when they started arguing with each other while his father was driving. From what I remember, because of the emotions involved, it was a lot of wild rapid gestures.
Borderline personality disorder and Childhood-acquired Posttraumatic stress disorder are the same thing the only core difference is whether or not the resulting reactivity seems proportionate to the trauma from the clinicians perspective. This is more / less likely if the person has a more / less reactive underlying nervous system, but ultimately most of the judgment comes down to social perception of what’s a worse trauma vs what’s worse as a resulting negative behavior. If a “big” trauma makes you sad / withdrawn, you have PTSD vs if a “small” trauma makes you annoying / “difficult” you have borderline. (Am deffo borderline, personally. LOL)
Okay, here we go…
The term “larper”, more often than not, makes discourse worse
Gods very likely do not exist. For all we know, we could be a simulation and there is no way to know for sure beyond dying.
This makes every and all religions, sects, beliefs all fake, frauds, and human made.
Religions are for population control, nothing more nothing less and it pisses me off that we live in 2026, we can see other planets around other stars, we know mostly how the universe started, we understand DNA and evolution, we understand physics and yet the majority of Earth’s population still believes in stone age fairytales used to control them.
Dogs are incredibly annoying and a not insignificant number of people that want them actually subconsciously want children, but either can’t afford them, or don’t have a partner to have them with so they adopt a permanent child.
I think it’s rather coincidental that 90%+ of women’s dating profiles in my area (very high cost of living) all mention some form of “I’ll steal your dog. I love your dog more than you. Dogs are life. Live love dog” etc etc…
Can I make a suggestion? It seems like it’s not dogs themselves that bug you. What seems to get your goat is people who performatively like dogs instead of having an actual personality. Which … yeah, you’re right.
Pedophilia is ok in the united states and we all just collectively agreed to pretend it isn’t. It’s clearly not a crime or we’d make more of a deal out of prosecution. It’s certainly not a deal breaker when your favorite politician or famous person does it. I used to think it was a coincidence that everyone I know was molested as a child, that maybe we gravitate to each other as an unspoken solidarity. The Epstein situation has made that hard to believe.
I agree. There’s very little funding for services that protect children. Foster children are commonly sent out of state due to lack of resources and are completely lost out in the system somewhere.
It’s not about any one crime, although the one you mention is a pretty hot topic. The real problem is that all crimes are null and void if you have enough money. Sometimes that money is from someone who thinks it’s beneficial to them to save your bacon, but nonetheless, it’s legalised bribery that nullifies the crime.
Sure it’s not “bribe a cop on the street” levels of corruption that you (allegedly) get in some other countries, but it’s corruption all the same.
That’s the thing, I already accepted that crimes are legal of you pay for them, that’s something I learned in elementary school, but when you start opening up about sexual abuse, you find that more people have experience than not. It’s not just the famous or powerful, it’s older cousins, uncles, aunts, babysitters, friends or their families, grand parents, teachers, strangers at the park, neighbors, and every other possible connection.
There’s 27 people I can think of that have candidly told me about the abuse they experienced and only one of them lead to legal reprocussions. We’re taught to keep it secret either because we don’t truely understand it until it’s far later or when we bring it up we’re told that it didn’t happen. When we hear about those arrested for it, they were often victims in their own time.
CPS investigates about 300,000 child sexual assault cases annually and experts suggest that as few as 10% actually get reported to begin with. If those numbers are accurate then around 37% of children in the us will be molested in their lifetime. 1 in 13 Americans is a molested child.
In comparison, Jews are 1 in 42, muslims are 1 in 91, Pacific islanders are 1 in 333, transgender adults are 1 in 167. In a general dispersal, for every 11 Mexicans you’ve met, you’ve likely met 8 children that have been sexually assaulted. It’s not money that lets you molest children, it’s the culture. It’s fine as long as no one else has to know about it. So the crime isn’t the act, it’s being bad at doing it.
Also, that’d only using the 2025 data for active cases so that’s just children currently being molested. Adults that were molested as children aren’t even factored in. Even more, only 24.5% of cases are actionable, 2-5% are false, and the remaining fail because they investigation is self assessment at best. So of those 8 molested kids, maybe 2 of them will get justice. The rest get to live with it.
It’s not OK for you, it’s OK for them because they are powerful.
It’s clearly not a crime
If you are rich. Just as with most other crimes.
Most single people are single for a reason
Plenty are unlucky (they live somewhere full of backwards hicks, like 'Murica) or some other misfortune, but there are so many people who deserve to die alone and lonely, and they’re blind to the fact that they’re single because they’re just shitty people
Some people understand why they’re single, and accept it.
I’m all of the above and more! Hell, my unpopular opinion that will get me executed is that dogs are annoying and overrated. I’m literally worse than Hitler.
But I do recognize it at least so there’s that.
It doesn’t mean they can’t improve.
Maybe you can fix them
Sure, give it a try
Robert A. Heinlein like to throw out different ideas to improve politics.
Two of my favorites. “Starship Troopers.” In order to vote you have to do two years of service. In the book it’s explicitly stated that most people are physically/mentally unsuited for actual combat and that they spend their time cleaning streets while being harassed by tough bosses. If a blind person in a wheelchair wants to serve they’ll find them a job commensurate with their abilities.
In “Double Star” all representatives are elected by self identified groups. Instead of representing New York or London, they represent ‘farmers’ or ‘small business owners’ or ‘gamers’ or whatever group has enough members to qualify. And the same way you can move from California to Idaho you can change your group.
some countries already have the second one, they’re called non-geographical constituencies
Could you provide some examples?
I tried a search but couldn’t figure out how to filter all the information into a usable form.
The Hong Kong LegCo had some back when it was still democratic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong#Functional_constituencies
Also, the City of London (the small historical core of London which is politically independent from the greater London aglomeration) still retains its ancient voting arrangememt, and lets local businesses vote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation#Elections
Conveniently, much of the London global financial hub falls within its perimiter.
Thanks.
I appreciate you.
No worries. Thanks for inquiring about my Special Interest ;)
The second one just describes political parties, in countries with voting systems that don’t enforce 2 camps.
I wasn’t familiar with either, and I now love them too. However, you think you’ll be horribly executed and shunned for them!? I doubt we’ll see a more popular idea in this post…
A lot of people here will hate on Heinlein for being a fascist.
He went to Annapolis and was strongly promilitary and anti-Stalinist.
He also had some of the first trans characters in science fiction. [ “…All You Zombies” and “I Will Fear No Evil.”]
“… All You Zombies” is really about his connection to his dead sister.
And…?
I read that story in middle school. I’ve read it a dozen times and saw the movie. [Predestination with Ethan Hawke]
I never heard this story. Even if the author himself said it, it’s irrelevant because it wasn’t a part of the story.
Moreover, you should acknowledge that when it was published anything involving trans people would be censored in most magazines.
We have the second one already, we just call it lobbying.
In Europe, we call them “political parties”.
Germany has a party for punks, one for satire, one for senior citizens, one for animal rights, one for vegans, one for people of Sorbian origin, etc.
He was a good writer and a solid philosopher. Less focused than Clarke or Asimov, less wacky than Dick, and less manipulative than Hubbard. He presented ideas in a clear way.
Allow me to introduce you to Ross Thomas.
He was a WW2 veteran who became a Washington political reporter. His crime novels always have an interesting political slant.
“The Porkchoppers” is about a Nixon era Union election. Giant cast of characters and slime by the tankerload.
“The Fool’s In Town Are On Our Side” is about an ex-CIA agent’s sttempts to clean up a small Southern city by making it 'so corrupt even the pimps will vote for reform."
Political violence is acceptable.
When the actions of a dictator or party directly worsen the lives of citizens, I believe it should be a legal right for the citizenry to execute those in power.
hot in general but definitely not on lemmy
The vast majority of climate focused policy and arguments has nothing to do with climate change. A significant portion is lightly re themed malthusian arguments. Another significant portion is people wanting to change society to their preferred version.
Having worked in climate change policy for almost a decade, the problem is very real and every single big “solution” is a pro-petroleum shitshow.
Every single true believer willing to throw their whole lives at the problem are in denial about the political will being behind them and adamantly saying “If we make drastic changes today, we can still hold it to 1.0…1.5…2.0 C!” It’s fucking delusional. The denial about things like literally not being able to address obvious contradictions like a huge delegation going to the COP to just…be seen…? You don’t need 12 people flying to a business expense week-long extravaganza to complain about carbon footprints.
We are literally so cooked. Where’s the Kalshi bet on what year we have a BOE? My bet in 2029.
I’m not saying it isn’t a problem, I’m saying it’s been used as justification for things that have little to do with climate change.
what’s a BOE?
Blue Ocean Event, when the Arctic finally melts and there no summer ice.
I thought that had already happened several years ago
I think cars should be outlawed in population centers with exceptions for product deliveries, mobility scooters and e-bikes. If you want your ikea furniture into your apartment you need to either fit it into a cargo bike setup or get it delivered by a company with a delivery license.
I hate cars
I hold that view quite publicly and have recieved minimal disagreement.
You guys are wimps. (Dog guy gets partial points though, people are psychotic about their dogs). Here’s an actual hot take:
Sex drive, while a strong biological impulse in most people, is nowhere NEAR as powerful or persuasive as we are conditioned to believe. Its almost entirely cultural and formed from Movies, Porn, Advertising and just about every other media artificially elevating it.
Everything, from lighter fare like niche fetish communities, to dark shit like rape, sexual violence and, in some cases misogynistic violence aimed just at women in general, is escalated and enabled by a mass permission structure where we all are just told, and to some extent believe, that Sex is SO powerful. Men become easily manipulated puppets to demonic seductresses. Sexuality can damage reasoning ability. Without sexual release men inevitably become violent brutes. A million other stupid, widely believed things. They have a kernel of truth obviously but they are exaggerated in the extreme, usually to excuse poor behavior by men who are trained from a young age that they not only can, but should turn into a drooling gorilla at the sight of tits.
The internet isnt horny. Men aremt primarily sex-driven. Its all an artificial cultural construct designed to promote bad behavior.
I wouldn’t be surprised if porn hub is a CIA ops targeting one minority or an other. They always seem to have their hand dipped in anything even remotely shady.
The bigger problem is the lack of communication on the subject leading to these kinda puritanical “sexual desire is bad and makes you do bad things” take that made Kellogg try to kill libido with corn flakes.
I think people need to discuss sexuality in non sexual contexts more often. It needs to be considered less taboo and less explicit when specifically discussing sexual health, which is actually important to discuss. I’m largely asexual, and honest conversations earlier in my life would have helped a lot, because I never understood a lot of the things you point out in media. I know just how much my view differs thanks to conversations with someone with diagnosed hypersexuality whom I think of as a close friend.
did you ever consider you just have a lower labido than others? coming from someone with a pretty low labido.
Also I think it’s moreso just that orgasming relives stress, and people’s lives are pretty stressful nowadays.
But I’m like borderline asexual so my opinion on this manner isn’t the most experienced 😅
Think it one step further. Why are they trained to accept the ‘power’ of the libido? What do they get out of it? Answer: they get to satisfy, or at least titilate the libido.
It’s the old paradox of society and desire. Individuals want to feel good. Society cannot function if individuals only seek their own pleasure. How do you satisfy both goals? By twisting them both until they can suffice to get you through to tomorrow.
I agree with you OP, perhaps I am to be burned at the stake as well:
The kicker is that Vivziepop isn’t just a bad writer, she’s also a TERF (specifically against NB/trans men) and just a shitty person in general. Spindlehorse is apparently a very toxic studio to work for. I’m fairly certain that Vivienne is going to have a public crash out eventually and end up reviled like JKR.
