Women are not allowed to choose what they wear and they are probably looking for revenue streams and the pendulum is swinging away from religious tolerance.

Jeezus!

We put blackout cell shades in our east facing mud room and they made a big difference. You want something with a reflective component, not just like curtains.

I think the best would be something external, like shutters.

I live near a school playground in Vancouver. In the summer the kids don’t use it because it’s too hot and sunny. In the winter kids don’t use it because it’s wet.

I feel like a solar panel canopy would be 3 birds with one stone.

Nothing, wrong with assuming someone likes the band who’s shirt they’re wearing.

What’s nasty is assuming that they don’t, (because of how they look) and demanding they prove their fan credentials.

Gatekeeping isn’t inherently misogynistic or conformist, but the motivations in cases like this probably are.

I also don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask people not to publicly associate themselves with a thing if they know nothing at all about that thing.

Nobody owes anyone an explanation of how entitled they are to wear a band’s t-shirt.

I’ve listened to enough iron maiden to know that I like the band, but could only name one song off the top of my head. Do I have your permission to wear their t-shirt?

You’re channeling the same energy as someone that feels entitled to know about a stranger’s genitals if their bone structure seems misaligned with the gender they’re presenting.

It’s so easy to not be an asshole watch this:

Slayer fan:

Iron maiden! Nice! I saw them play at XXXX back in XXXX. It was a wicked show.

Iron maiden fan:

Oh wow, that sounds so fun! I’ve just learned about them, but I’d love to see them in concert someday. The metal community is so welcoming!

Or:

Oh wow. I don’t really listen to them, but they were my cousin’s favorite band, she died recently, so I wear this shirt when I’m missing her.

Or:

Oh wow, I was at that show too!

Or:

my uncle is the drummer and is always giving me these

Or:

Uh huh? I just like the colours of the shirt.

Life is so much better if you don’t make nasty assumptions.

She doesn’t owe him anything.

It’s basically accusing her of cultural appropriation, just for wearing a t-shirt she likes.

The question implies skepticism that she is an authentic fan. It’s a form of gatekeeping, based in misogyny and rigid social conformity.

Even if she doesn’t really know iron maiden’s music, so what? It’s perfectly reasonable to choose your shirts based on styles and colours you like. I wore a Popeye the sailor t-shirt yesterday, I would not be prepared to talk about my favorite episodes.

The person you asked your question of claims to be a biologist, but you dismiss the relevance of biology.

…basing on biology is clearly flawed…

It sounds like you might be more interested in an answer from a sociologist. Or are you asking the biologist to argue that basing it on biology is not flawed?

Reminds me of a comment I’d previously written:

Don’t make threats (also don’t kill people, it’s usually wrong). It is too easy for Power to amplify and harness sincere backlash against your movement and whip it into counter progress outrage.

At a consultation stage don’t threaten lives and infrastructure. Ask how the company will protect against sabotage and vandalism.

Are they building infrastructure that is vulnerable to ecoterrorists? If an ecoterrorist were to attack their pipeline with a high powered hunting rifle would it be an ecological disaster?

If a saboteur spread diamond grit abrasives on the rail track the coal cars travels on, would that cause damage, a derailment, or just increase maintenence costs? What about grease?

If seepage from the tailings pond was spread onto the plant manager’s lawn, would he let his kids play there?

Lol. Not one I’ll try to push you off of. For reference il the recipe calls for 2 tablespoons of sugar compared to two cups of flour and two cups of milk.

I’m fine with melting butter, but show me where in the prices I’m supposed to do it.

The pancake recipe my wife likes me to make say something like:

Milk

Flour

Sugar

Egg

Melted, slightly cooled butter

add the lemon juice to the milk and let it thicken while preparing the dry ingredients.

Beat the egg into the milk then whisk in the melted butter.

If it was slightly cooled at the beginning it’s not whiskable by the time I get to the step. If it’s solid at the beginning it’s not slightly cooled when I go to whisk it in (it will be straight out of the microwave)

…

As someone else said, it’s an extremely small hill but I don’t think you’re going to push me off of it.

You know what’s the real bullshit? Listing melted butter as an ingredient. Mother fucker, who keeps melted butter on hand? Make the ingredient oil, or make melting it part of the instructions!

Wow that’s wild. I thought for sure that it was fake.

relevant

nice

It’s pretty funny, as a person that likes watches, this guy is kinda right that a rolex is analogous to what you were obsessed with in highschool.

But he seems to be ignorant of the fact that watches are objects, girls are people, and highschool kids are dumb. It’s super cringe to be obsessed with something just because of how you think it will make other people feel.

Our society has such a problem with toxic masculinity and this guy, raised without one of the most important male role models a man can have, has managed to avoid the grifters and con men seeking to leech off of male insecurity.

I’m not going to advocate the idolization of Hank Hill, but kudos to OP.

I was sure this was going to end with

tfw I’m a kitchen table

Or something

I was trying to convey that they were an expensive eco food, not a cheap protein alternative.

Hey, my cousin started a small business making cricket protein bars. They did taste good, but they absolutely were not for the poor.

Much more of a virtue signaling yuppy thing.

I have eaten
the peach
that was in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
it was delicious
so sweet
and so cold