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justsomeantifas

call me ignorant but i genuinely don’t understand why sports have to be split up by gender.

robobun

@ everyone in the notes talking about physical performance: if that were the case, then sports would be divided by physical performance. that’s a thing you can measure. that’s a thing that varies by individual. a weak man and a strong man would be an unfair fight in boxing/wrestling/MMA, which is why they divide those sports up into weight groups based on physical performance. but they also further segregate them based on gender. chess is segregated by gender for no reason but sexism. if it’s actually about skill and physical ability, then measure those and separate people by those metrics. don’t do some bullshit gender segregation and pretend like men and women are inherently on different levels no matter their individual abilities.

justsomeantifas

💅

aggrokawaii

Remember that time a teenage girl struck out Babe Ruth? That’s fucking why. Men are afraid of being beaten by women.

amuseoffyre

Remember that time male swimmers were pulled out of training because Kate Ledecky was leaving them ‘broken’ by swimming better than them? Remember how she didn’t even notice, because she was busy actually training?

notanadult

Shooting is a sport that has no reliance on strength and so any allowance for gender variation is irrelevant. The last time there was a mixed competition (1992) a chinese woman named Zhang Shan won it.

murderxbaby-deactivated20190102

It’s often presented as for the benefit of women. After all, they’ll be heartbroken when they‘re hurt or bested by men.

Projection is a hell of a drug.

dick-graysons-left-butt-cheek

yungcrybby-anonymousbosch666

this is why they drug test Serena like crazy. the believe no woman should be that good. let alone a black woman. and black women have always been considered “manly” and less feminine.

iampikachuhearmeroar

also can we talk about how surfing is segregated as well? like how the dude who won this years international surfing cup or whatever was given $30,000 worth of prize money, while the woman who won the women’s comp was only awarded like $16,000 of prize money???? or whatever it was. but I know it was either half or less than half of what the man won. like why can’t they get the same prize money and when they’re competing internationally in the same competition? they surely have the same level of skill and talent.

yungcrybby-anonymousbosch666

the pay gap in sports between men and women is fucking insane.

torukun1

The pay gaps, not to mention lack of sponsorships for women athletes who don’t look like models is insane. If you weigh over 250 pounds, no one will sponsor you. It’s why most female Olympic-class weightlifters live in poverty/out of their cars.

shipitbabyonemoretime

intersex-mhacha-deactivated2020

Reminder that in international (and usually national too) womens athletics anybody with 5m/mol of natural testosterone or higher is disqualified. (See legal case of Dutee Chand vs IAAF.)

Do you or somebody you know have PCOS? You are banned from international womens athletics because you are supposedly in posession of an unreasonable advantage in sports.

Folks disqualified for hyper-androgenism in womens athletics.

Francine Niyonsaba

Caster Semenya

Dutee Chand

Margaret Wambui

And more

Why are those disqualified overwhelmingly black and brown? Because testing is case by case when an athletes performance “raises suspicions”. They overwhelmingly test athletes of colour, for being too fast and not meeting white expectations of femininity.

Racism and intersexism(discrimination against intersex people) in sports is abject evil. Desegregate sports.

theprideful-deactivated20251201

bringing this back in light of the blatant racism and misogynoir in the olympics

glumshoe

what’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever seen?

elucubrare

cut out all adverbs

glumshoe

god yeah I fucking love adverbs

when there are a bunch of them close together it’s disconcerting but that goes for any type of word

rubiatinctorum

Some people want everyone to cut the adverbs out of a sentence like "they smiled sadly," liKE.... I don't know how to explain to these people that "they smiled" just doesn't get the same image across........

glumshoe

That only makes sense if the adverb would be describing the most obvious, expected way to do something—“smiling happily” is pretty redundant, because the Ur-Smile is an expression of happiness, but a grim or sad or bitter smile has an entirely different implication.

If someone says something bitter or cynical and then smiles, sure, maybe context clues suggest it might be an ironic smile, but it could just as easily read as an abrupt mood change from a character trying to brush it off and show a sunny disposition in the face of adversity.

fahbee

Overusing adverbs makes writing sound clumsy, repetitive, and/or amateurish. A character could “smile sadly” or instead, he could “smile despite the tears gathering in his eyes” or maybe he “pastes a smile on his face” or instead attempts “a smile that looks more like a grimace” etc.

Losing (almost all) adverbs will improve your writing and force you to find better, more descriptive ways convey meaning.

glumshoe

Nah man, sometimes adverbs just work better. Overusing them is distracting, yes, but in many cases I would rather read a utilitarian adverb than endure an author’s transparent attempt to dance around using an adverb for the sake of avoiding an adverb.

Flowery, more descriptive writing really isn’t inherently better or more pleasant to read. I find that naturalistic flow is more important to me than most other aspects of writing—consciously noticing the author’s phrasing choices interrupts immersion.

None of the examples you gave there convey the same meaning or tone as “smiled sadly.” A “sad smile” and a smile someone forces when unhappy are very different. “Smiling sadly” suggests an element of wistful or hopeless sorrow, or that the character believes the other’s optimism to be naive—nuance that can be conveyed through the dialogue without describing the entire face journey of a character that might not be particularly expressive.

Adverbs are fine. Don’t use them excessively but don’t get so uptight about them that your writing reads like you’re trying to exterminate adverbs just because someone once told you they were amateurish.

theredscreech

This, this, this!!

hilarioushumorfromouterspace

nifflerdream-blog-deactivated20

me as a writer: Oh no I can’t write that, somebody else already has

me as a reader: hell yes give me all the fics about this one scenario. The more the merrier

obsessivewriter

This one is so hard to accept. Reblogging to knock that into my brain.

primarybufferpanel

Me as a writer: I feel like I’m repeating myself, I’ve already used that theme, I’ve already written that kink, that other character uses that speech pattern so this one in another fandom can’t, I feel like I’m writing predictable things, is this different enough from that other thing I wrote, are people filling out bingo cards by my work? :sobbing:

Me as a reader: oh hell yeah this hit the spot exactly, I hope this writer has written 20 more just like it

deelaundry

As one friend said when I felt I was reusing a theme too much, nobody ever says, Did Agatha Christie write about murder again?

caledoniaseries

I actually laughed out loud at the last one. A very good point.

giraffeter

“I love this, I hope there isn’t anything else out there like it!” Said no one ever

memeuplift

ralfmaximus

Years ago back when I worked in cubicle land, we were hiring junior software developers. They didn’t have to have a ton of experience, just a willingness to learn, and some demonstration of their software skills. Like: show me a program you wrote (any language) or a web site you designed. Anything.

And there was this one guy I talked with who seemed super sharp, but had virtually zero experience writing software. When it came time to do the show-n-tell part of the interview he whips out his laptop, brings up a website, and spins it around to show me what he made.

A website of tiny ceramic frogs.

Not for sale. Just… all these ceramic frogs, organized into categories. Frogs on bicycles, frogs with hats, frogs sitting on lily pads. It was a virtual museum of ceramic frogs in web form.

I scrolled through his online collection of frogs, slightly baffled.

“This is your website?” I asked finally.

“Yep!”

“You coded this yourself?” I popped into view-source mode and poked around some incredibly well-formatted, well-commented html. I nodded slowly. This guy was meticulous.

“Yep!”

“So… where’d all the frogs come from?”

“I made those too,” he says, beaming.

And while I’m processing this he rummages in his bag and pulls out a little ceramic frog working at a computer terminal. He places it on the table before us, next to the laptop.

“And THIS one,” he says, “I made for you! As a thank you for the interview.”

It was adorable. I hired him on the spot. I mean, why not? Worst case he’d wash out in 90 days and we’d hire somebody else. He turned out to be one of the best developers on our team.

And yes, his cubicle was loaded with ceramic frogs.

ironychan

I submit to you that the most iconic feature of any animal is either unlikely or impossible to fossilize.

If all we had of wolves were their bones we would never guess that they howl.

If all we had of elephants were fossils with no living related species, we might infer some kind of proboscis but we'd never come up with those ears.

If all we had of chickens were bones, we wouldn't know about their combs and wattles, or that roosters crow.

We wouldn't know that lions have manes, or that zebras have stripes, or that peacocks have trains, that howler monkeys yell, that cats purr, that deer shed the velvet from their antlers, that caterpillars become butterflies, that spiders make webs, that chickadees say their name, that Canada geese are assholes, that orangutans are ginger, that dolphins echolocate, or that squid even existed.

My point here is that we don't know anything about dinosaurs. If we saw one we would not recognize it. As my evidence I submit the above, along with the fact that it took us two centuries to realize they'd been all around us the whole time.

cheeseanonioncrisps

XKCD

new-clown-in-town

I hope this posts in order! @twink-on-the-brink @gracefulvaudeville

dedenjoe

UPDATE: FIRST ATTEMPT

Him BABY

borrowedmediocrefiction

This post went in an amazing direction

brucebocchi

they should invent water for men

doubleca5t

Good news OP

thehornedwitch-deactivated20211

While this is a funny joke, as far as I'm aware this company is actually pretty cool, and the purpose behind the Liquid Death (sparkling or still) water is quite wholesome.

Part of the reason for it being a tallboy is that aluminum cans are more recyclable than water bottles, potentially infinitely so, while water bottles either have a limited amount of recyclability potential or aren't actually recyclable at all.

The other reason is to literally make it more fun and appealing to drink something other than alcohol at concert venues. Part of getting over addiction or even getting away from a culture that is doing you harm is, in the US at least, heavily associated with becoming "no fun". The idea here is to make water as fun in terms of packaging as alcohol, so people who are going sober, who can't drink, or who are the Designated Driver don't have to feel like they're relegated to the "no fun zone" forever and still get to order something with a silly name. We had these at my brother's wedding as an alcohol alternative and tbh it was really neat.

From the Liquid Death website:

"Most products in the health and wellness space are all marketed with “aspirational” fitness models and airbrushed celebrities. And many of us are tired of it. Why should unhealthy products be the only brands with “permission” to be loud, fun, and weird? And let's be honest, almost all marketing and branding is just theater. So we’re going to treat our theater like a movie theater and have more fun with it."

So yeah! If you want a neat alternative to buying bottled water, this isn't a bad alternative. Also, if you feel like you miss the feeling of opening a can of beer and drinking one, especially with carbonation, this could help curb the urge without having to substitute soda.

krakenartificer

Oh. So it was a stand against single use plastic, alcoholism culture, and eating disorders disguised as fitness.

saying this, she casually threw aside a large rock

supervillainny

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgqi5J4reTE

For the record they have also created a metal band whose lyrics are entirely made up of online reviews. 🤣

babbleismysuperpower

https://liquiddeath.com. these folks are clearly having a lot of fun with their marketing. also, they donate 10% of the profits from their tallboys to anti-plastic-pollution, pro-clean-water non-profits.

redsatinsheets

feminism never taught me to hate men but it did help me realize that i shouldn’t prioritize them over women & it turns out that alot of men consider that to be hatred lmao.

empty-left-deactivated20170928

So if you were in a room with two prisoners; a man and a woman, you’d never met, and the gender neutral soldier with the big gun told you to kill one of them, you’d automatically shoot the man?

ozten-deactivated20171022

tag yourselves I’m the gender neutral soldier with the big gun

saxophonechihuahua

im the completely off the wall reaction to a fairly mundane post

bogmonstergirl

Your soldier with a big gun looks gnc af

nyawave

this moral quandary is insane

deathsmallcaps

I think I’d shoot the soldier; not because of their gender, but because they put me in this situation.

boopboopboopbadoop

I’d snatch the gun and run away with my new prize to shoot pinecones off trees and eggs off fenceposts with.

dankmemeuniversity

freelance-philosopher

“There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him.”

— Antonin Artaud, of Van Gogh