Meanings drift. The original word was coined in women’s groups, literally for women who didn’t find willing partners. Today it refers to the particular position of certain toxic male groups instead of the involuntary celibacy itself.

Insisting in keeping the original meaning could be a case of etimological fallacy.

That kind of attitude leads to being scammed with popups and robbed of all your savings.

Go back to your VCR, Granma.

I think it’s more about his sick mentality in general, and not about if he can eventually bribe a woman to be his living incubator.

I don’t think heritage should exist.

It would solve so many problems.

So, if you live in your parents’ house and they die, you should be thrown at the street and all properties and assets should go to the state?

“Accept that you’re not attractive for most people and stop looking for love in high school. It won’t happen.”

“Cultivate friendships as the most valuable and close relationships to aspire to. Romantic love can happen, but it’s extremely unlikely. Search for your fulfillment elsewhere.”

Convenience over legality. Well done.

Yeah, how neat to support a company that pays cents to the drivers and skirts all legislation related to safety and taxes, right?

I’ll never forget the Powers That Be who passed on the Global Frequency pilot. Michelle Forbes was glorious as Miranda Zero.

Demona wouldn’t be the disturbingly seductive menace she is without Marina Sirtis’ voice.

Damn, I had hopes 😭

One of the best adaptations of a sf short story, period.

An updated version of Ubik.

no know- how

Latin-American dubs were usually done in Mexico, and they usually used eufemisms instead of expletives, many jokes were lost or retranslated to suit the translator’s humor, they substituted references to places and people as they saw fit, and they could even invent completely new dialog 🤦🏻

To be fair, the concept of having a cap for sick days is ridiculous.

Sorry, it’s not true. A proper expletive conveys the precise emotional state and the unwillingness to preserve forced politeness, because one doesn’t feel the need to appease others, or because the situation doesn’t warrant it.

They’ll say the helmet projects fake images.

Irrationality cannot be beaten.

Or if you don’t want to be a silent accomplice of certain evils in society.

Would you have nice chats with a mass murderer about art?

Bye, Felicia. Keep empathizing with nazis, flat earthers and religious nuts. And bankrupt yourself to get therapy.

You can’t reason someone out of an unreasonable position.

Hitting a flat earther with logic and facts will obviously be counter productive. Even a modicum of empathy and curiosity as to why someone thinks the way they do will serve you well.

But in that case, the battle is already lost. I cannot engage with the person in a manipulative emotional way to use their emotions to shock them out of their mistaken positions. Any further communication regarding the matter is useless. And glossing over some topics is being an accomplice, but apparently that’s the only viable response.

Knowing why they believe ss they do will do nothing to help me show them their mistake.

Conversations are about much more than who is wrong and who is right.

Departing with people espousing damaging views for society, given that as you say reason is not a tool that works, is pointless.