When the joke is “women be gold diggin’”, the joke was ruined from the start

That is literally placing the blame on the woman

“If she weren’t such a gold digger, she’d want me”

The whole, “they want the wrong thing” is incredibly common in incels.

Who TF is still using CentOS?

The word “incel” might not have been coined yet, but at this point, “incel” basically just describes “man who blames women for his inability to attract them”, and that’s definitely nothing new

I thought the same… that frame could just be on her

Btilliantly written and wonderfully evocative. Children of Time is so full of feeling, creativity and imagination.

I think you basically already know enough to get it. He’s using the Magnetite to perform execution, and seems depressed by this job. But his Pokemon evolving suddenly makes him excited.

The capitalist class vs the working class

I’m comparing textbook capitalism with textboox communism. It is built into the very system of capitalism.

Because the made-up unrealistic fable of capitalism has no problem with this either.

Also, this isn’t true - capitalism has inequality and unrealised potential built into it.

Do you object to trying ideas simply because they are ideas? Understand that this thinking is anti-progress. We can’t reject everything that’s “made up”, otherwise nothing will ever become real. Planes were “made up” until someone actually made planes that worked. Imagine if someone just said, “you can’t make a flying machine. Flying machines don’t exist!”

Again, all things are only “made up” until put into practice. You can’t ask for a better idea, then balk at it, saying “it’s just an idea”. Is your position really to never try anything new?

But of course - we’re looking for the scariest.

What do you mean by “real, not idealised”? All such things are ideals until put into practice.

Capitalism does inherently include a class divide.

What’s the first plant?

Already happening in the UK

https://www.lgcplus.com/finance/tenants-served-no-fault-evictions-to-pay-debt-to-council-07-02-2024/

No, you can’t, and don’t try and gaslight me about it.

You’re either being serious or you’re not. You can’t change your intent based on the response.

And FYI, critical thinking is exactly what enables me to see through this, taking me from “maybe this guy’s just clueless” to “nah just a troll”.

So… was it a serious statement intended to promote discussion, or just a joke?

You can’t play both teams.

I didn’t know this was saying that. I thought they were film references or something. “Here’s what girls do in time travel films, here’s what guys do.”