Lka1988

Considering the article specifically mentions Japan, and that typical Japanese work culture is quite literally the opposite of what I’ve observed, I think this is very related.

“[make a guy]…work just hard enough to not get fired.”

This one.

Heh, I’ve seen this personally. I work for a Japanese company, and part of my job is coordinating tooling installations with the factory I’m stationed at (pick a chip fab in the US, I’ve probably been there). When we get a tool onsite, I get an install team directly from our factory in Japan who handles all the physical installation aspects. They work hard, efficiently, and with the utmost care for the finer details (some of these tools are expected to last 20+ years - we have a few that have been in production for nearly as long with very little fuss). Occasionally, they will finish their tasks early the last couple days and take off after lunch, letting me know of this beforehand and that their daily reports will be sent to me and other relevant managers at the “usual” time, with a wink and a nod.

I don’t care how much time they clock, as long as shit gets done properly. Haven’t had any issues.

Absolutely.

entire AfD ‘extremist’

No shit, sherlock, it doesn’t take a genius to figure that out.

We should have social systems to help people over come those fears and protect them from threats, both physical and financial. No one should be forced to be with someone they fear because of finances, childcare, safety, or loneliness.

I don’t disagree with that. I would support that in a heartbeat if I had the funds to do so.

Not all shitty partners induce fear. I’ve known some girls who are just head over heels due to how attractive, wealthy, or mostly sweet a guy is. The good times outshine the bad times and they get into the “i can fix him” mentality.

Sure, not all shitty partners, but there is often more going on behind closed doors than many people realize.

My brother is like that where he has gotten away with cheating with nearly every partner he has had. It usually takes the girl months to finally leave him and say its been enough. Hes the chad gym type and genuinely doesn’t have to try to pull women. Any time they threaten to leave he gets all sweet, shows up with gifts and acts romantic and sexy just to get caught cheating again next week.

That’s called “love bombing” and is a common part of the cycle of abuse.

We need to be hard on ourselves sometimes and push manipulative people out of our lives. I think an erosion of IRL friendships has influenced this trend as well. I used to know girls who would band together to help a girl get rid of a shitty guy they were infatuated with but that is much harder to do online than in person.

I don’t disagree with that, however, people like this tend to worm their way into positions of authority like a parasite that you can’t get rid of. The fact that they often have zero issues lying through their teeth to get you on “their side” is a massive issue that many of the general public simply cannot grasp (“why would my wife/husband/preacher/friend/etc lie to me?” etc…).

It gets even worse when someone like that gets their hands on the very methods used to build those organizations and tears them all down. See the current state of the USA for example. I lived with an abusive partner for 11 years, and there is an unbelievable amount of parallels between them and the current US administration. What they are doing right now is incredibly triggering, knowing that I essentially have no escape from it.

Fear.

“Why do you have 999 tattooed on your hand?”

“It’s not, you’re looking at it upside down”

“Ahhh…”

Nah, I’d bet a sly Italian person slipping something about “the mob/mafia” in conversation with the maga morons would have maga rethinking antagonizing Italians.

Plus, my wife has literal family ties to the mob (she’s part Sicilian)

Yes, that’s the whole idea

I feel like I am having a hard time getting this across, and I don’t know why.

Because they’re just moving the goalposts until you “slip” and say something that confirms their biases against you. Being “right” is never the goal.

See, you say that. I tried to figure that out for 11 years. I lived it. It doesn’t happen.

Yeah, absolutely. Having been in a marriage with an abusive person, there is zero reasoning with them once they’re in that state.

Homophobia is abusive. Regardless of the intentions. Ignorance of that fact doesn’t excuse it.

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Right? My first thought was “yeah no shit”

It does require you provide an email.

Yeah, fuck that. Extra unnecessary steps.

Add 12ft.io/ in front of the URL. It’s a proxy that bypasses paywalls.

Don’t post subscription shit

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You’re welcome. Fuck paywalls, and fuck clickbait that buries the actual info behind the paywall.