A Door on Other Time

Title is from Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories". Handle means "storyteller" in Nahuatl. This'll mostly be about pop culture, linguistics, philosophy, history, and other things that interest me, but also about writing.

[tlaquetzqui]

[binturong-of-the-day]

The binturong of succulent mangos

[binturong-of-the-day]

The binturong of the perfect fit

[shifgrethors]

if this is binturong, i don’t want to be binturight!

[keepingitcountryon]

[tlaquetzqui]

I think a star-spangled jacket and red and white tie would look better, though.

[beardedmrbean]

it's never just about what people claim in the big letters that it's about

[tlaquetzqui]

The issue is never the issue, the real issue is the Revolution.

[binturong-of-the-day]

The binturong vizier, advising his sultan

[beardedmrbean]

[modernbritain]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[feminismisstillahatemovement]

All true.

[xxx-theartofsuicide-xxx]

As someone who is staunchly against mandatory at-birth paternity tests because I believe it would lead to a steep uptick in both homicide and infanticide, I think this is an incredibly fair compromise that should have been codified a long time ago.

[electronicosmos15]

Whoa whoa whoa.

A STEEP uptick?!

Look, I'm not nitpicking here. And as a Christian and someone who is at least aware of human history, I fully recognize that the sinful nature of man, the depravity of the Yetzer HaRah, can and has absolutely led to every atrocity ever committed by any human being. And that while law-obedience doesn't forgive past sins nor perfectly prevent future ones, God gave Law and Government to work in concert with Conscience, so as to help rein in mankind's evil, so that we didn't turn this world into a living hell in the span of a few centuries. The mirror of Law, as well as the fear of Consequence, has done wonders in keeping humankind far more 'in line' than they would otherwise be, even if it does nothing in terms of the personal redemption of the individual Soul.

Even so, with all that in mind... what exactly are we saying here? A STEEP increase in murders of women and children? By whom? The men or the women? What exactly is the implication here? Because the assumption that there would be a STEEP UPTICK in the murder of women and children betrays a genuinely disturbing view of most men.

MOST men would simply walk away. They would be heartbroken, but they would allow the woman who had a child with someone else to lie in the bed she made. They would at least have more peace of mind overall, from the very beginning, knowing that they would at least have that option if they ever WERE to find themselves so cruelly taken advantage of. It would be some small comfort if, God forbid, it ever happened. At least their heart and their wallet wouldn't be facing shipwreck. But"STEEP UPTICK" demonstrates a deeply problematic view of the male of the species overall. Horrible things might occasionally happen, but horrible things already happen and that's what tends to go by the wayside in these kinds of irrational debates, if one could call them that. Men are statistically more likely to be violent, yes. No argument there. The key distinction is that they engage in that violence overwhelmingly with other men. It's better than a mere "incredibly fair compromise" between... what two poles, exactly? Men murdering women and children, or women being held to 0% personal responsibility forever? It is not some mere 'fair compromise' we're discussing here. It's the closest thing to the Equal Treatment that feminists give lip-service to wanting. It's sad that there's ANY abuse, violence or sin of any kind in the world -- but if men were THAT universally dangerous, the entire world would look like the Islamic Middle East. In the West, with its Christian heritage, we do not.

The problem is that it would force the type of women who hate regulating their behavior to regulate it.

[tlaquetzqui]

The idea that mandatory paternity testing would lead to women being murdered on a large scale is actually saying that most women are unfaithful.

I have massive trust issues and am about as close to an actual misogynist as is remotely sane, and even I don’t believe that.

[ithinkiamfinallyclean]

“they’re burning all the witches” 

ARTIST CREDIT

[theunnamedstranger]

You people cannot get any more embarrassing.

That’s not even how the water test worked for witches. It was “If you sink, you’re innocent. If you float, you’re a witch”

@siryouarebeingmocked

[siryouarebeingmocked]

Is the cartoonist implying people haven’t lost theit careers and good name over the accusations? Are they implying only men doubt such accusations?

Also, you know who the accusers were in American witch trials? Frequently other women. The woman in the second pic is overall closer to the accusers than the victim.

Five bucks says the cartoonist wants their own witch hunts against men accused of rape by women. And thinks Mattress Girl is a hero.

[alaija]

I think this is about as close as we are to getting a feminist to admit that the current hysteria amounts to a witch hunt.

[albirich]

Wait wait wait. Are they literally using a witch hunt to promote just taking someone’s word that a crime was commited?

[siryouarebeingmocked]

By reversing the accuser and accused, no less. Also, equating lynching to simply not being believed.

[mightyoctopus]

This comic is actually doing a pretty good job of showing that blind believe (left) and complete disbelieve (right) are both wrong, and that people should take a path in between. Like rights for the accused, evidence collection, etc.

Not sure if that is the intention, though…

[tlaquetzqui]

Most of the accusers in the witch hunts were also women with petty personal grudges.

[yourtoradorasextendedwarranty]

Find is job. Report him for discrimination. But also. Commentator is correct. If you are fine with discrimination you need to always be fine with it.

Also this myth that ALL white people have been well off just for being "White" is a MORONIC take and not based in history or fact. Ask the Irish and Italians how they feel about history. Ask the irish that were sold as slaves for less than black slaves.

Fuck soy shit stains like this guy. He deserves EVERYTHING that happens to him. Make him fucking famous.

[roguesyndicatehydra-deactivated]

DADDY GOVERMENT HES DOING SOMETHING I DONT LIKE STOP HIM!

Fucking dork

[yourtoradorasextendedwarranty]

It's not, "He's doing something I don't like". But since you're a toddler let me make it clear. Under the law, he's doing something actually illegal. As such he deserves to be punished. But if we lived the way people like you think we should, we should just put him down for making society worse. Since anarchist are such wonderful creatures that think if gov was just gone everything world be great. No. It wouldn't. Mass death would follow, and likely full on invasion by Russia, China or the UN under the guise of assisting people. Prior to that you'd see mass barbarism.

This whole, "laws shouldn't exist or be enforced" bullshit is what makes me say that you people are pro rape and child diddling. Because with no laws, the only the most ruthless thrive.

It's called, DON'T BREAK THE FUCKING LAW.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

I'm honestly not sure if that's the anarchist troll or the leftie troll. They post very similarly.

[tlaquetzqui]

Almost like all leftists are anarchists and all anarchists are leftist, and only broad ignorance of the history of the anarchist movement lets anybody believe different.

[ouroborosorder]

fucking losing my shit over elizabeth holmes' fucking twitter banner

[supreme-leader-stoat]

[tlaquetzqui]

Holmes has probably committed less fraud than Warren, about whom “nevertheless she persisted” (in incurring contempt of Congress) was coined.

[roadhogsbigbelly]

the weirdest thing about generational discourse is seeing boomers/Gen x talk about millennials like they're infants who know nothing about the world, and need to wait until they turn 55 to take up elected positions, while also seeing people (presumably) my age talk about millennials like their decrepit old hags who "are refusing to let go of their power" and the power in question is making indie cartoons.

[roadhogsbigbelly]

I sincerely hope this person is like. 15 and not 22 because I genuinely don't know how you have this mentality and not have a midlife crisis by the time you turn 25.

[tlaquetzqui]

I mean…this person’s midlife occurring at 15 already represents them having lived much too long.

[vomitdodger]

Did anyone doubt this? For anything? Not just sports???

[amagi2000]

RIP Dindu Nuffin

[rjaybaron]

[mister-merica]

[yetanotherdayofdrudgery]

That last sentence...

Not only did the late Mr. Williams play a stupid game and win a stupid prize, his family decided to play round 2 of the stupid game. If they had just left well enough alone, they might not have had to pay for the repairs.