GreasyPeter
GreasyPeter t1_je57j6s wrote
Reply to TIL that after a flood killed thousands and devastated the economy, California legislators and State employees worked unpaid for a year and a half. by WhatsAMisanthrope
Wasn't one of the LA city council members refusing calls from the president of the United States to step down after he was involved in a racism scandal?
GreasyPeter t1_jcq8usc wrote
Reply to comment by jableshables in TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library by jableshables
Imagine how hard it is to become famous as a human. Now imagine if you were a bird.
GreasyPeter t1_jbd2znr wrote
Reply to comment by gnatskeeter in Podcaster saves boy and his brothers from being abused by their adoptive father by montanoj88
I state in another comment that I edited it and why.
GreasyPeter t1_jbcmmn2 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Podcaster saves boy and his brothers from being abused by their adoptive father by montanoj88
I reworded it, I meant to say "many" instead of "every". The majority of male feminists aren't sexual predators, but it sure seems like it's more common.
GreasyPeter t1_jbcml6j wrote
Reply to comment by gnatskeeter in Podcaster saves boy and his brothers from being abused by their adoptive father by montanoj88
I typed it really fast at work and had to rewrite a little. I wasn't trying to say every male feminist but I realize I had typed that, my bad. Most male feminists aren't sexual predetors.
GreasyPeter t1_jbckxza wrote
Reply to comment by outcome--independent in Podcaster saves boy and his brothers from being abused by their adoptive father by montanoj88
Josh Whedon is a good example. He was seen as (and leaned into) being about female empowerment since Buffy but the it came out down the line that he was often a dick on set and even called some pregnant women fat.
Dan Harmon was similar.
Max Landis evidently although I don't know of him very well.
I'm trying to remember another one a few years ago. Harmon and Whedon have been the big ones I can recently remember. Justin Roiland wasn't really a vocal feminist but I sorta think of him in a similar capacity to Harmon since they worked together but he doesn't really cunt on this list.
Some of them are undoubtedly narcissists so it would be expected from them but not all of them.
Oh, and Matt Lauer.
GreasyPeter t1_jbcjew8 wrote
Reply to comment by LeTreacs in Podcaster saves boy and his brothers from being abused by their adoptive father by montanoj88
If they make a point of constantly telling people or bringing it up just so they can show how good of an ally they are. Nobody says you can't or shouldn't defend women's rights and equality when it actually comes up, but if a dude is bringing it up a lot, it might be because they're insecure about something they've done or wish to do.
GreasyPeter t1_jbcj6iu wrote
Reply to comment by gnatskeeter in Podcaster saves boy and his brothers from being abused by their adoptive father by montanoj88
If he makes a point of constantly telling people that didn't ask, IMO yes. Whenever someone volunteers information no one asked for it's usually because of an insecurity.
GreasyPeter t1_jbbcolu wrote
Reply to comment by montanoj88 in Podcaster saves boy and his brothers from being abused by their adoptive father by montanoj88
People that are guilty will often preempt any future accusations by building up a portfolio of "proof" that they're not bad so when it invariably does come down on them they can point to their past statements and say "look, that can't be true, why would I have said all these positive things if that wete true?". This is also why it seems like so many public overly vocal male feminist ends up being a sexual predeator. It's not that the actual cause isn't just, it's that they actually never cared in the first place and we're just throwing up shields to protect themselves from prosecution or guilt.
GreasyPeter t1_jb1sw0o wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_Stillian in Researchers in Vietnam Discovered That Two Deer Antlers Languishing in Museum Storage Are Actually 2,000-Year-Old Musical Instruments by NotTRYINGtobeLame
A lot of sounds we consider electronic effects for music were created with analog methods before computers were ubiquitous.
GreasyPeter t1_jabitqa wrote
Reply to comment by newenglandredshirt in This dimly-lit restaurant has menus that light up when they are opened. by nerragton
It's Ashville, NC. The most progressive part of North Carolina. With that usually comes tons of gentrification, and with that comes higher prices for everything because it's not a "store" anymore, it's a "boutique".
GreasyPeter t1_izuf31s wrote
Reply to The Eel River in Humboldt County, California is filling up slowly but surely; drop by drop. [OC] [3937x5512] by kevinlomiglio
Some of it gets diverted to the Russian River, and that river needs it in the summer.
GreasyPeter t1_ivn0a7t wrote
GreasyPeter t1_ivn05h3 wrote
Reply to "1949, the day before Shanghai fell to communists, this mother and daughter finally received their boat tickets to Taiwan. When the boat departed, their faces radiated with happiness" by AmericanBornWuhaner
I wonder if they were aware that this boat trip was going to permanently change their families nationality?
GreasyPeter t1_itkhm66 wrote
Reply to Photo of the Willson family, pulled from the rubble of their fatal house fire in 1962 (Digital edit) by LeeroyM
Can I actually pass on seeing this image and go back to the part where I hadn't?
GreasyPeter t1_is24l2a wrote
Reply to comment by Sariel007 in Antibiotic found in potato disease thwarts fungal infections by Sariel007
*smell forever.
GreasyPeter t1_iqqgj2j wrote
Reply to Denali National Park [3024x3200][OC] by iamtreeboi
Yep, looks like mountains. I grew up in Alaska and have seen Denali a handful of times. It's awe-inspiring but at the end of the day you can't feed a family on the view. That's the moral of the story in Alaska.
GreasyPeter t1_je57rqj wrote
Reply to comment by MooseTed in TIL that after a flood killed thousands and devastated the economy, California legislators and State employees worked unpaid for a year and a half. by WhatsAMisanthrope
This is extremely common and yet when old school conservatives warn about this type of thing everyone tells them they're off their rockers. I don't agree with a lot of what conservatives say, but this clearly is one slippery slope that gets greased regularly.