An very edgy slogan that environmentalists without any realistic solutions to offer (like hmm, more affordable electric cars?), and angry bicyclists who refuse to upgrade to a more modern (and adult) form of transportation, actually propose in earnest as a thing that society should or could do, as if it would not immediately make modern existence completely impossible, which they might realize if they even took 5 seconds to consider the ramifications of their asinine proposal.
"Cars pollute and drivers are big meanies to me on my bicycle, ban cars! It's not like this would make grocery shopping extremely difficult for most people, prevent anyone from ever traveling more than 50 miles away from their home, and also, I would have no goods or food at all, since literally everything I own was delivered by a truck! This is totally a reasonable solution, and not an adolescent overreaction at all! I'm so superior to you all for not owning a car, oh shit, I need a ride somewhere, better call up my friend who has a car/take an Uber!"
by q359 July 26, 2023
by q359 June 28, 2023
A term that means absolutely nothing at all, but that people claim to practice when they want to sound deep, and mystically wise, but it's not RELIGION, they would never practice anything so crass and gauche as RELIGION, of course, they want to let you know that they're not like those silly God-botherers, no, THEY just engage in the exact type of magical thinking as religious followers, but don't even have the "God" excuse to fall back on.
Dumbass: Ever since I fucked up my life, I've decided to begin practicing spirituality. I'm not religious, I'm spiritual.
Rational Person: What the fuck does that even mean?
Rational Person: What the fuck does that even mean?
by q359 July 25, 2023
An annoyingly religious person. Does NOT just mean anyone who is religious/believes in God, but minds their own business and is a decent person. God-botherers are people who do not shut the fuck up about their religion, whine about profanity and sexuality in everyday culture like it's 1950, worry too much about what other people are doing, think the reason for teen pregnancy is that we don't have enough prayer in schools, and try to get their religion written into law, and binding even upon non-believers, because they don't understand the concepts of separation of church and state, and a pluralistic society.
"God-botherer" is actually a GREAT insult, because it implies that even assuming that their God is real, they even bother God with their bullshit, God Him/Her/Them/Itself is even like "You guys need to chill out".
"God-botherer" is actually a GREAT insult, because it implies that even assuming that their God is real, they even bother God with their bullshit, God Him/Her/Them/Itself is even like "You guys need to chill out".
I said "God damn it" in a Facebook comment and some God-botherers came at me telling me that I was wicked and going to Hell for using blasphemous language, so I told them that Mary was a slut who loved taking it in the ass, just to watch them have a REAL meltdown.
by q359 July 25, 2023
An important concept to human existence, that people in the 21st century have forgotten the entire meaning of (and conservatives just flat-out do not believe in, Margaret Thatcher said it herself).
Society means that everything is not just about YOUR desires all the time, there are other people who matter besides yourself, and that you can't just do what YOU want all the time, you have to consider not only the people immediately in your vicinity, but the rest of the population of your country (and ultimately, the world, but let's work on the small things first, people can't even get that right).
Society means that everything is not just about YOUR desires all the time, there are other people who matter besides yourself, and that you can't just do what YOU want all the time, you have to consider not only the people immediately in your vicinity, but the rest of the population of your country (and ultimately, the world, but let's work on the small things first, people can't even get that right).
Yes, you have to pay your taxes. Yes, you have to wear your seat belt. Yes, you have to wear a mask (properly!) during a deadly pandemic. No, you can't drive like a fuckhead, cut in lines, and take your guns to fucking Starbucks. You live in a SOCIETY.
by q359 July 26, 2023
Postmodernism is a philosophy that holds that there are no such things as truth, facts, or objective reality, and such concepts are oppressive tools of the white male power structure. A common postmodernist refrain is "Perception is reality". Rather than there being an objective reality that everyone is perceiving through lenses that can and do contain distortions, postmodernism teaches that reality is different for every person, and there is no such thing as a false narrative. An old expression says that "There are three sides to every story: yours, mine, and the cold, hard truth". Postmodernism gets rid of that third side. Everybody's worldview, right down to the mentally disturbed person screaming on the subway about the end times, is equally valid. Young-earth creationists, flat-earthers, anti-vaxxers, and Q-Anon cultists are taken seriously, and have followings, because of postmodernism. Before postmodernism, these people would have been roundly dismissed as idiots, and rational minds would set the record straight.
We went from there being three news channels that admittedly told a slanted narrative, to one where there are millions of "news sources" to choose from to fit your own personal narrative. And we went from one stifling, oppressive (usually religiously-driven) set of moral standards, to NO moral standards whatsoever, and complete moral relativism. Because no answers is better than one answer, and you must NEVER tell a person that they're wrong.
We went from there being three news channels that admittedly told a slanted narrative, to one where there are millions of "news sources" to choose from to fit your own personal narrative. And we went from one stifling, oppressive (usually religiously-driven) set of moral standards, to NO moral standards whatsoever, and complete moral relativism. Because no answers is better than one answer, and you must NEVER tell a person that they're wrong.
When I was a kid I was foolishly taught that the sky was blue, but now, thanks to postmodernism, I know that the sky is whatever color a person believes it to be.
by q359 June 25, 2023
A completely idiotic, 100% crock-of-shit psychological movement that caters to emotionally-stunted, entitled adult children who can't do basic life errands without having an animal buddy by their side at all times, and disingenuous shitbirds who like to co-opt the language of disability to abuse loopholes in order to have pets where pets are not allowed.
What do you mean, I can't bring a fully-grown adult crocodile on an airplane? It's my emotional support animal, you're being ableist!
by q359 July 24, 2023