FoxyFerengi

@FoxyFerengi@startrek.website

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what are the grievances with the "male loneliness epidemic"?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a cis man, but every man I’ve dated has had “friends”, but not people they can really talk to. Like, one guy I dated had a really big social circle and they regularly had gaming events. But he didn’t text or talk to anyone outside of planning and going to those events. Others had maybe one friend that they hung out with outside of work.

  It is sad. And it was jarring when I was young, because I had lots of friends I could turn to on a bad day or for something more serious. It makes me so angry with “the patriarchy”, because it isn’t just keeping women down, it’s also hurting and sometimes killing men.

  I had a cat die a very painful and sad death right in the veterinarian’s parking lot. I was completely devastated, but my poor boyfriend kept trying to hold back his tears because he “needed to be strong” for me. Bitch no, cry with me, that was super heavy. I’m going to carry that death with me until I die, and not just because my cat didn’t deserve that. It’s not fair for men to have this expectation that they need to hold back expressing emotion so they appear strong. (that particular ex also has a fear of dying, so he really needed to and should have felt free to express himself at that time)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what are the grievances with the "male loneliness epidemic"?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The sheer number of men who suddenly have no support in their life because their relationship has ended, that soon struggle with suicidal thoughts should really point to the first thing you said. Men and women are socialized differently as children and this is one of the most common results when we reach adulthood. It will take an enormous shift in society and ingrained values to fix that

  That second point, yeah, women don’t need to get married to survive now. My grandmother couldn’t have her own bank account when she was a young adult, and banks would have laughed her out of town if she wanted a mortgage. My parents got married young because that was still kind of expected, especially in rural America. I haven’t dated in years, because it’s frustrating, and I have been able to, and lucky enough, to buy a home on my own finances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is it so common to be interested in true crime when at the same time you're disturbed by it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are programs for people with felonies to find jobs, typically found under “re-entry” or “second chance”. They’re often sucky, poorly paid jobs though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why people say they have a "boy cat" or a "girl cat" but when the cat grows up, they don't call is a "man cat" or "woman cat"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My 16yo cat is definitely a prim and proper old lady. Oddly, I call the 4yo Maine Coon “little man” even though he’s easily 4x the old lady’s size

  I’m probably forever going to call my dog “bestest girl”, but she’s starting to get a grey muzzle too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta appoints anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Right? The text service I use doesn’t allow video. Sometimes it won’t allow large photos either lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's the best material for wiping out a cast iron skillet?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, I may have gotten lucky because I didn’t need to do much rust removal. Took them outside and hosed them down, then got to work removing the burnt in bits and evening out the seasoning. Took me about two afternoons per pan. One of the pans is definitely an antique, so I haven’t used it because it might have lead in it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's the best material for wiping out a cast iron skillet?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When I bought my house I discovered a treasure trove of old cast iron in the (very modern) oven. They all looked like this and smelled like rancid oil. It was not fun to deal with lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s four justices over the age of 70 (one is Sotomayor). Not that age means much in regards to mortality when one has the resources that they do

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with all the moth memes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been patiently waiting for moths pondering orbs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨when is "cool" fine and when is it rude?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, I am also a millennial, but most of my friends were surprised when I told them about that correction I received from the younger generation. I guess that says more about my friends than millennials overall lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨when is "cool" fine and when is it rude?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve heard from Gen Z that ending a text response with a period is passive aggressive. So “cool” may have seemed glib on its own, but the punctuation might be giving an additional, if unintentional, tone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you charge an electric car without a credit card?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you can use a reloadable visa card?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That is something my mother said to me a lot. Along with, “I brought you into this world, and I can take you out of it”. It’s fucked up, because it’s not like anyone chooses to be born. These are not normal things for a parent to say by any means. It’s emotional abuse.

  You deserve better than that! It’s not easy cutting ties with family, but life is a lot easier when you’re not dealing with such a toxic, resentful human in your life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wrongly deported Salvadoran migrant arrested on return to US⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bondi said Trump had saved 258m American lives from fent overdose, so no one with a brain can take her at her word (especially where numbers are concerned). I hope he makes it through this