DIABOLICAL LIES!! What Harrison Butker REALLY Exposed, Robert Fico, & Todays News

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✩ TODAY’S STORIES ✩-
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00:00 - Harrison Butker Says Women Belong in the Home at Commencement Speech
05:25 - Manhunt Underway in France After Prisoner Makes Daring Escape During Transport
08:46 - Sponsored by ZBiotics
10:00 - Karen Read “Conspiracy” Trial Consumes Boston
14:14 - U.S. Drug Overdoses Decrease… By Just A Little
17:01 - Slovakia’s Prime Minister Hospitalized After Attack
19:17 - Ukraine Unable to Disrupt Russian Offensive Because of U.S. Weapons Rule
22:13 - Sponsored by Fum
23:14 - Fossil Fuel Interests Watering Down Global Plastic Pollution Treaty
30:25 - Comment Commentary
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Produced by: Cory Ray
Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry
Art Department: William Crespo
Writing/Research: Philip DeFranco, Brian Espinoza, Lili Stenn, Maddie Crichton, Chris Tolve, Jared Paolino
Associate Producer on Plastic Pollution: Jared Paolino
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[@TempehLiberation]

"Congrats on graduating ladies, now get back in the kitchen" is a pretty wild take, even for a Catholic University in 2024

[@Grace-ms7un]

Not really. Old habits die hard

[@it.comes.around]

My Catholic University would never.

[@jinoku2000]

All the women who just got their homemaker degrees applauded.

[@NeoDemocedes]

We Americans are in the midst of a side into Christofascism. It's going to get worse before it gets better.

[@Blodhelm]

@@aaronsmith6996 Or you could just keep it in church and we could have this crazy thing called the separation of church and state.

[@Johnny-ci8mw]

The only reason Harrison Butker’s wife is able to be a full time housewife/mom is because he gets paid millions of dollars a year to kick a ball.

[@greidbowles3754]

I'm a stay at home parent, and my wife makes 80k a year. So I don't think this statement you made is true whatsoever 🤔

[@redmcbeard4230]

My wife is a full time homemaker and mother and I get paid substantially less.

[@RedFezLad]

​@greidbowles3754 most people do not make even 80k so it is absolutely true for the guy making hundreds of thousands to kick a ball.

[@RedFezLad]

​@@redmcbeard4230 because you can afford to. Most people NEED to hold 2 full time jobs to make it work in this economy.

[@kameronjones7139]

​@@greidbowles3754 80k is still well above average

[@NeOmega83]

"Lobbying" is just another word for 'legal' corruption.

[@jenicdarling9425]

Oh like how “donation” is used for bribing?

[@lorissajowers1766]

This man really said, he was only able to achieve his dreams because his wife dedicated her life to being a home maker. Way to say the quiet part out loud, Butker. Women’s unpaid labor has long paid the way for men to follow their dreams.

[@maddiemitchell7549]

Fr

[@bruvlol9573]

And that’s a bad thing?

[@terraguttierez2996]

@@bruvlol9573 never mind her dreams, she should just stay at home and be a homemaker. ew. Far too many women in history have had their work stolen by their partners. It is a bad thing when women arent given the praise and care they deserve.

[@MrSaxobeat020]

Damn, your last sentence hits home. So many talented women give up on their dreams for a dumb and undeserving man.

[@Dpain003]

Oof. Wrong take. A woman's important role as mother =/= unpaid labor. Get bent.

[@chere100]

Saying his wife's life really started after marrying him is pretty insulting to his wife.

[@Thatscrazyyourecrazy]

He truly believes the world revolves around him

[@brentkramm2261]

And what if she responds it's true ? Thanks to him she will never have to work again

[@Drteomas]

It's insulting to the world.

[@shelby6]

​@@brentkramm2261 that doesn't remove how insulting it is to her and other women

[@snake555510]

Since marriage is the last sacrament before death. For a Christian person it is like starting new life and is meant to be most fulfilling part of life. So I would say if anything its romantic and they are very devoted to each other and their belief.

[@danrandall3302]

The people who say “keep politics out of sports” are gonna switch for this dude and be like “what a true patriot”

[@ashanein]

RIGHT?!?

[@wayfaring_stranger_]

Exactly.

[@VB-bs6wm]

@@ashanein youre fat

[@flyingphoenix113]

To be fair, I think there's a considerable difference between athletes speaking about issues outside of sports vs. athletes speaking about issues during sports. I can ignore this dude's speech and continue to watch/support the Chiefs. The moment he starts speaking about that at games and on the field is when the support ends.

[@zechariahsmith1764]

Just as those who thought Kapernick was a patriot would want this guy to be quiet. We tend to like celebrities who align with our worldview and values, regardless of what they are.

[@deadlyshizzno]

I think one of the single most impactful things we could do to unblock progress on so many environmental issues is to make lobbying illegal. I don't understand how it is anything except legal bribery. Companies should not be able to throw millions or billions of dollars at a problem to make it go away in this way. Like Phil always says, it's just a cost of doing business. They throw that money at the problem because they know that preventing change will allow them to make that money back

[@Oblivisci........]

Having a wife who is a professor at a highly regarded New England college who has been published numerous times, I couldn't be more proud to see her succeed.

[@evalynn1863]

Because you love and care about her wife, not just what she does for you. Shitbags like Buttlicker only see women as what they can do for them.

[@Lydynthmn]

Seeing the backlash against him especially from men is giving me hope for the world.

[@ducksquidbat8315]

Your wife is in the very very slim minority of having a career that’s fulfilling. Most women do crap jobs for crap pay and therefore it’s not hard to assume that they would rather be at home/ with their kids. Heck, im a bloke and I’d rather be at home then in the office… this isn’t a crazy take

[@evalynn1863]

@@ducksquidbat8315 No. This isn’t about whether having a job is more or less fulfilling than not having a job. It’s about the fact that he singled out women and said they would not feel fulfillment if they didn’t follow the sexist belief that women belong in the kitchen serving their man. Having his babies, making his food, and rubbing his feet when he gets home because he works so hard all day and women can’t do that! 🙄 women can find fulfillment with a career. They can find fulfillment without a career and without children. They can find fulfillment in traveling, in cooking, in building, in crafting, in healing, in ANY tasks they do. Not just at home being a little wifie and mommy. And it is absolutely fucking mind blowing that anyone thinks it’s acceptable for a man to tell women where they’ll find the most fulfillment when they have just spent as much time, money, and energy as they have into getting a degree and pursuing what fulfills them.

[@Heather-4444]

@@ducksquidbat8315yeah, because homemaking isn’t a crap job for crap pay 💀

[@h7hj59fh3f]

Butker's mother has been a physicist at Emory University for the last 40 years. I wonder how she feels about her son thinking she should have been a homemaker instead. 🤔

[@buttsni]

Got a feeling that since she had a successful career for over 30 years he didn’t get enough hugs at night or stories at bedtime so now he needs his wife to mommy him.

[@conormurphy4328]

Maybe she would have raised a better son tbh

[@eii7316]

​@@conormurphy4328Honestly doubt it ......sometimes a D is a D.🤷

[@toriladybird511]

She's probably quietly disgusted.

[@porterwake3898]

He never said that.

[@DanceLouisDance]

When he started going on his anti LGBT rant my husband was like "didn't he hookup with a male cheerleader when he was at Georgia Tech?" And it made so much sense to me. Dude has always come off as a closeted fruit loop to me.

[@theocjr.43]

It's always the loudest in the room

[@brwnkd3795]

LOL wow why am i not surprised

[@greghuffman3061]

might be a reaction formation from sounding like your name is Harri But

[@tlepageart4294]

LMAO that’s ironic

[@bugginonthewall]

yep! pot calling kettle black! makes so much more sense that he’s repressing his queerness

[@jeremywalsh5666]

Phil, the deep dive on plastics was great. Your reporting crew has really upped their game. Tip of the hat, Sir.

[@JC_Hope]

Thank you so much for the deep dive into the story about plastic pollution and what’s holding us back from fixing it!

[@britpretty]

Harrison Butker saying his wife's "life began" when she became his wife is super frightening and gross.

[@WummerBummer]

It's unsurprising. We're not people to people like this; we're wives and mothers and are only given meaning once we're attached to a man.

[@apap4950]

Guess she was a zombie before that

[@SamuraiBonesie]

Tbf he said she told him that, which she could have said and believed that, but to think “my wife is the median women” and to think all women secretly only want that is incredibly naïve and truly ridiculous.

[@shoguncato84]

When I heard that, it gave me feelings of "your life was meaningless until we got married " just creepy

[@mandan7654]

@@shoguncato84 to be fair a lot of people's lives are meaningless until they get married and have kids. A life of consumerism is not great and most people aren't out here doing charity work or groundbreaking medical research. They have a basic job and watch KZbin and Netflix all the time etc. Marriage and children changes that in a good way for many people.

[@usagi32211]

It takes a special kind of toxic masculinity to stand up in front of a graduating class and say "Congratulations on working so hard for your degrees, but you won't feel accomplished until you have a family and become a stay-at-home mommy."

[@TrueMakedonia]

He's based for saying that.

[@juliantapia1407]

​@@TrueMakedonia He's busted for saying that. Not shocking though since he's a closet case who got caught sexing up a dude cheerleader at Georgia tech

[@strayiggytv]

​@@TrueMakedoniabased on idiocy maybe

[@camthehorrorfan]

​@@TrueMakedonia If by "Based" you mean "Braindead," then yes, he is.

[@elenawilliams32]

That student debt isn't going to pay itself! Not all of us earn millions of dollars and have the choice of not working when we have a baby even if we wanted to.

[@thalunizz21]

I will never comprehend people trying to tell others how they should live their lives.

[@garenthal9638]

The left does it daily

[@charlesfuchs]

Thats why you are a loser in life lol

[@TheDudeSama]

You definitely aren't gaslighting.

[@thalunizz21]

@TheDudeSama So you don't believe he's doing that?

[@TheDudeSama]

@@thalunizz21 I'm willing to bet you've made demands of people of how they should live their lives, and you saying what you said is gaslighting.

[@joshshepherd5734]

We live in a country that allows lobbyist the most access to our law making body and we wonder why the corporations don't care about the health and safety of the people or the land! Seriously! It's ridiculous and major change needs to happen before catastrophic events take start taking place!

[@TheAntoniaLouise]

Harrison Butker: "pride is bad!.... unless it's the pride I like, that's totally fine" The amount of people who cherry pick faith is horrific

[@Vynextus]

it seems like all faith is cherrypicked. The difference is whether to use it for better or worse against the most marginalized groups that’ve been discriminated against for decades

[@Blodhelm]

@@Vynextus Only decades?

[@jackhogan8771]

Iv never seen a country like the states to leverage religion to it's own agenda, and it's so transparent as well. And usually there's no weight in the fuckin argument either

[@Space_CowboyHD]

Can’t you say the exact same about gay people? “PRIDE IS BAD UNLESS ITS THE PRIDE I LIKE” Those fruits would try to crucify me if I said I was proud to be straight lmao

[@angelvu]

@@Space_CowboyHDyou are surprisingly very homophobic for someone who has a twink as your pfp. 2D is probably the least christian and masculine man in western animated media 😂

[@Dragodilian]

Today i learned of Harrison Butker. Today i would like to unlearn of Harrison Butker.

[@Simsystwistedmind]

I suggest whiskey.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Beat me too it ​@@Simsystwistedmind

[@annjepsen1621]

Will weed do? Not a fan of booze.​@@Simsystwistedmind

[@gregoryvn3]

Cursed knowledge strikes again.

[@voodooladyink6869]

😂 same... same

[@DeanS946]

Is France like Gotham City? "This dude isn't that big a deal, but he does have his own villain name and apparently a handful of goons"

[@Run1tBackTV]

french nicknames why??? the fly plz tell me he got locked up by some guy dress3d like a bat.

[@lysanthrope9669]

​@@Run1tBackTV I Can sadly confirm to you that in France, there Is neither batman nor Homme-Chauve-Souris. This Is a Big disappointment in our every day lives...

[@LegendaryChris2]

Every person who told LeBron to "Shut up and dribble" and the Dixie Chicks to "shut up and sing", will need reminded that for the sake of their credibility, they need to be yelling "Shut up and kick" equally loud today.

[@merrytunes8697]

Amen!

[@TheDudeSama]

And what did you say to LeBron and Dixie Chicks?

[@hmmmnope1546]

He was asked to give this 💩not agreeing but he was asked for this crap

[@LaVaZ000]

But we won't, cry about it

[@jackie8357]

lol his mother is a physicist and he can't even be touched on the field

[@Bendylife]

My mother was a homemaker. What I heard in the first part of that speech was someone who wouldn't acknowledge that the reason a lot of homes are fatherless in our society is because of those mens choices. My mother was cheeted on and abandoned. i can assure you, embracing "masculinity" is not going to solve absent fathers.

[@tetis677]

Maybe your mother should’ve chosen better!

[@edschelchang6123]

@@tetis677 I question your stance. Are you suggesting that women should be better at choosing partners rather than men not cheating in the first place?

[@Bendylife]

@tetis677 He left after 24 years of marriage. How exactly should my mother have predicted he would leave her?

[@araiksims6322]

@@tetis677 when women choose better aka have higher standard you're upset because they are "wasting their prime years" and being unreasonable but when women comprise and lower their standards it's their fault for being abandoned.

[@kuritheking]

@@tetis677maybe father should’ve been better ✍️

[@Starwarsgeek-98]

Ive never seen someone literally cry out of emotional pride in the patriarchy just wow.

[@ashanein]

But also not quite let the tears out because... Feelings are gayyy 🤡

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

Wait till he finds out the patriarchy isn’t about horses.

[@ForestRaptor]

@@TheSlipperyNUwUdle He is no Ken...

[@AmyPieterse]

Crying is gay! 😂

[@emmaobrien1376]

It's giving "What would we do without men!? 😭🐸"

[@Drteomas]

As men we set the tone of the culture..... !!!! It's official Murica is moving backwards in time.

[@mikeyallen6758]

I wonder what would change if scientific research papers had to disclose their sponsors in the titles or abstracts of the paper. I feel like "the positive effect of the continued release of polymers into aquatic environments - sponsored by Plastic producers of America" would fool far fewer people

[@torijeri]

after that man said “The culture that emasculates men” i knew EXACTLY where that speech was headed.

[@mypseudosucks]

Yet Phil didn't think that part was problematic, huge red flag!

[@robimtk96]

literally every talking point can be predicted as soon as someone says that phrase

[@roshill2010]

While we in the east are pointing and laughing at ya'll. Even our women know the reality of feminism in the west. Hella toxic xD. Ya'll rejecting tradionalism is hillarious since that's where you came from. 1% divorce rate and proud of it.

[@kltil5082]

@@robimtk96 So far it has a 100% success rate of playing out the same way every time.

[@sylverscale]

"Men are emasculated because women aren't fully dependent on us anymore and can actually leave our sorry asses if we're terrible husbands. Why can't you be barefoot in the kitchen, adore and serve us 24/7, and have our babies? Don't you know that's the only thing that would make you happy? We said so, we are the ones leading culture. Why are you getting mad? I'm right. I as a man, know what women should be allowed to want."

[@candimccann]

"Ladies, congratulations on spending a hundred grand on a college diploma. Please deposit it in the trash on your way out. Your only value is as homemakers." is certainly a message to send at a college commencement

[@aSSGoblin1488]

maybe females can be banned from college and voting

[@Onikage55]

I don't think his point was their "only" value was homemakers, but he really over-sold the concept from a very ignorant position. While he was talking I was like "What influenced his nonsense?" and then he mentioned faith and I was like "ah there it is". I don't think he was trying to belittle women, I think he thought he had good intentions, but he was speaking from a place of total ignorance EDIT: To clarify for the tribal "All or nothing" people, I'm not defending him in any way. I'm clarifying what happened and my thoughts on why. He was obviously wrong and I really wonder how he can be that ignorant at his age given all his exposure to the world. This isn't some backwoods guy who never interacts with society, yet somehow he seems to get all his opinions from that super douchebag Crowder

[@Damitche024]

At least he didn’t wait until they were 40 to tell them.

[@XekTOr89]

Well he isn't wrong

[@kuritheking]

@@XekTOr89he is. We get a lot of shit done that the other half has been willfully ignoring for a long time. That’s a choice. Life goes on, people work, chase dreams, try new things, see new places, meet people. Maybe you’ll get lucky and find someone you don’t treat like a fucking slave 😂 someday 😅

[@vernedannhauser3730]

Thank you for bringing up the topic of plastic pollution. Its not brought up nearly as much as it should be.

[@Pinkalicious112]

When I came across Harrison Butker's speech on TikTok I almost thought it was a scene from Handmaid's Tale I haven't seen.

[@ZoraXire]

as a woman these kinds of speeches are terrifying. It's normalizing the idea that I as a human, should not be seen as one and that my rights should be taken away so I can go back to the kitchen serving men. You think I might be overrating, but this is exactly how Roe vs. Wade got overturned. It starts small, and it grows and its getting bigger. What's heartbreaking is then hearing men who claim to be on our side saying things like "What's the big deal?"

[@LetsPlayAceCraft]

I believe most of the people saying "Whats the big deal" is due to the fact its just one guy saying some dumb shit. People say a lot of crazy dumb shit all the time, and we cant freak out about all of them.

[@kltil5082]

"Oh sweetie you got a degree? That's so cute. Now off to the kitchen with you" Amazing that in 2024 so many men still operate with the same attitudes from hundreds of years ago. This is exactly why women weren't given equal educations until the 20th century, it was deemed to be a waste to teach women. As for the Roe v Wade decision. I'm for the states having the power opposed to the federal government. Yes it went in a way that you liked before. But what happens if the federal government decides it's not allowed? Then girls don't just have to drive to a different state, they have to go to a different country. If those states want abortion then the pro-choicers in those states need to make it happen.

[@shutupimgod8268]

@@apap4950 yall don’t need guns to be free either but most Americans would start a civil war over a full gun restriction

[@DarkMatter2525]

@@LetsPlayAceCraft It's true that people say a lot of crazy dumb shit all the time, but they don't always have a national audience when they do it. They don't always start a big online discourse and then receive all sorts of accolades and fame for it, giving more crazy dumb shit an incentive to follow in his footsteps.

[@kingme4201]

@@DarkMatter2525as per usual one of the sanest people in the room.

[@AceBackspace]

Never gone from "no idea who you are" to "I hope I never hear your voice again" faster than I have with Harrison Butker. What an asshat.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Same 😂.

[@Space_CowboyHD]

That seems about right for liberals- just be upset at anything that slightly deviates from what you’re told to believe

[@amznasian]

​@@Space_CowboyHD ikr ive seen so many of faith do the same annoying on both ends ngl.

[@angelvu]

@@Space_CowboyHDcool bait

[@Tustin2121]

@@Space_CowboyHD- Projection, much? Lol

[@urbanfinland1692]

Allowing plastic industry lobbyist in to the talks on reducing plastic use is like inviting members of organized crime to plan crime reduction policies.

[@bloodclaw1659]

It amazes me that people in power are perfectly fine with living in a polluted world as long as those lobbyists give them their sweet, sweet money. Money is truly the root of all evil.

[@bethlovesthings]

Greed* but yes

[@darubra]

Reductive thinking like that is a disservice.

[@redbigun]

Some of the same people who would scream free speech for Butker, were wanting Kaepernick's head on a pike. Just think about that.

[@wajmgirl]

Exactly.

[@silvangold007]

THIS

[@The_Evening_Sun]

What a bunch of hypocrites they are

[@N-oe347]

Saying a guy is a dumbass for disrespecting the flag in a country with the most freedom isn't wanting their head on a pike.

[@chadwickmccarty4944]

Too valid & too true. Too bad those "same people" usually don't really care about free speech they just want echoing of their sentiment.

[@elgatorado4907]

Telling women that they're only good for and going to be happy as home makers and wives in the glory of God is the exact attitude why everyone is being increasingly repulsed at the mere mention of religion

[@Lunatic5306]

Women can be happy being home-wreckers as well! #metoo #independent #onlyfriends

[@jlh5310]

I’m a religious woman. I just completely blow this stuff off. I’ve heard it my whole life. Women in the Bible worked, so idk why men get this idea that ancient women just laid on their back all day waiting to be impregnated and then cooked food while pregnant. The cultures and societies in the Bible are vastly different than ours, but women were still very important. (Also… why do we have to behave exactly how an ancient culture behaved? It’s 2024).

[@kaygirl10101]

@@Lunatic5306 Yes, they can, and more power to them. But when dogma says that a woman's only allowable lifestyle is to be a homemaker and baby machine, then we have issues. You can have the freedom to be fulfilled as a housewife, but allow others the freedom to be happy by not wanting something else, even choosing to not have children.

[@BankaiFever]

Speak for yourself.

[@kaydnburns5935]

Statistically, women are FAR happier married with kids lol

[@wannabekingpin]

Thank you for speaking up for Ukraine. Eastern Bloc has been in preparation for war for past two years, all whilst throwing all we can to Ukraine so they can fight. War is either on their soil, and RU breaks, or war is in EU.

[@itsgingervitis69]

I've never seen a kicker with such a bad case ot CTE

[@charliehatch288]

The way he choked up when saying 'my career is only possible because I got a girl doing all that girl shit for me since middle school' 🤣

[@lordchaa1598]

He hooked up with a male cheerleader at Georgia Tech.

[@charliehatch288]

@@lordchaa1598 repressed homosexuallity makes so much sense with this chud

[@JMOP1715]

Fr??

[@user-lj5wy9hz2y]

It's embarrassing, right?! And totally inappropriate for the occasion. He's not even tearing up over like... anything related to the idea of graduation or beginning your adult life. He is crying because he loves having a grown woman as his nanny. And THIS is peak masculinity.

[@WirlWind494]

@@user-lj5wy9hz2y No, don't blame that shit on masculinity, I know plenty of men who aren't like that. This is peak religion, you damned flapjack.

[@ledollarbeans]

Congrats Harrison Butker for being today's Man That Makes Me Thankful To be A Lesbian.

[@Mychelleisonfire]

So I’m not the only one with that list lol

[@ForestRaptor]

Can we have Dumb Ass of the Day?

[@LilPhat999]

My list of examples might have to start updating by the hour lol 😂

[@kaingates]

HAHAHAHAHA 💀

[@FS-qk5uq]

Another man making me wish I was a lesbian 😔

[@gorgeouzfilmz7515]

Hey, we need to find out a way to limit/get rid of plastic waste.... Let's write another treaty and tax it! If that's not Actively doing nothing, but collecting money.

[@veanell]

The number of people that haven't heard of or watched the Lizzie Bennett Diaries is astounding

[@picklegurrl]

The guttural rage I feel as a woman who is fully existing and has been for 26 years, fought through multiple heart surgeries, life tragedies, and graduated with my Bachelors, all for a man to tell me none of that matters because I'm not MARRIED? I'm so saddened to know nothing will be done about this, because it is truly revolting.

[@CeruleanRogue]

Worse, he believes that the greatest thing his wife could ever do was be a homemaker. That's what got him choked up. And hell, if that truly does bring HER happiness then I support her wholeheartedly. But the way this man seems to think that all women should share the same belief and strive for the same thing is disgusting. Especially with how overcome with emotion he is over it, as if we should all feel that same way.

[@Samantha__420]

@@tomwaitsmencse Please go touch some grass

[@kuritheking]

m3n have been proving themselves a lesser people at times lol

[@fillosof66689]

Jump, borrow or break through? No matter which one you pick, you better start thinking about how you will deal with the Wall you are bought to hit.

[@Bretz87]

What exactly do you want done about it? He said what he said, now be a bad bitch and forge your own future

[@Samantha__420]

That speech felt like it could have been straight from The Handmaid's Tale.

[@profile3649]

That's the first thing I thought of

[@PanTrimtab]

She exclusively used speech and culture from extant cults and religious sects. She didn't want anyone to be able to say it couldn't happen. It has. Everything in The Handmaid's Tale happens.

[@Elithrae]

Because everyone looks at the Handmaid's Tale as fiction when in reality it was largely based on the abuses against women, specifically here in the US, and most especially, the forced sterilization and testing done on BIPOC women. We aren't heading toward the Handmaid's Tale, we're living in it and just don't want to acknowledge it.

[@mypseudosucks]

Under his eye

[@taylorfrink1182]

@@joech1z it's okay if the book went over your head sweaty :) Atwood is a genius after all

[@TetraSky]

gotta love all these meetings on climate change... all talk, no action.

[@braedentaramasco7067]

When will lobbying politicians be banned? I’m tired of progress being halted and denied because the people making the decisions are being told what to do by their sponsors

[@MrStudenthenrico]

My eyes rolled so hard when he choked up.

[@megded1]

I mean, he might genuinely be that happy that he was able to impose his will onto someone he deems inferior. More generally, his type sees making people adhere to what they consider the “proper” hierarchy as an ultimate end, since it symbolizes their self-perception of power and victory over others.

[@kelseydeboer1136]

I thought it was sweet that he was expressing his "woman-like" emotions.😂😂😂

[@myownheroisonlyme5721]

Hi. At first I thought the craziest thing about his speech was after all the word vomit that the choking up sound would be him full on puking his guts out on the podium, the stage, the first two rows of people, and for good measure himself. He kept talking. I was disappointed, but unsurprised that he thought he was being clever. It's one thing to think you're hot shit because the football team you're on won. He's the kind of shitty where I hope whatever this is it's all really fake. I'm reading these other comments and while I'm not supporting speculation I'm curious to know how for real he's being with himself. He should've puked instead of spoke.

[@walkinginthewild]

Bold of that guy to quote Taylor "my teammate's girlfriend" Swift in a speech about telling women their place is just to stay home and be moms (which there's nothing wrong with btw) when she's worth more than Travis Kelce and has had an impact on the global economy with one tour

[@blindmown]

She could literally pay a team of mercenaries to kidnap him and have SpaceX launch him into the sun and it wouldn't even put a dent in her bank account.

[@charityquill4965]

Right? Methinks someone who's only job is to kick the ball is bitter :U

[@maddiemitchell7549]

She needs to come out and denounce this shit imo. I'm not even a Taylor fan but how dare he mention her in this red pilled bs

[@gymnasticsandbeyond8771]

Especially when she has lyrics that go "the only kinda girl they see is a one night or a wife" and "no deal, the 1950s shit they want from me". He should've listened to the whole album before using her in his speech 😂🤭

[@tylerkoch9685]

What about her greenhouse gas footprint? That’s a big accomplishment too😂😂

[@conormurphy4328]

“Just kick the ball, ball kicker”

[@simmerdowncookie]

You got one job!

[@GenHoratioBonaparte]

Harrison Butker never misses

[@terryjackson-chubick2506]

Kansas City native here. Harrison Butker is absolutely insane for diminishing these women's accomplishments

[@AAAFilm-yt7gx]

Edit: these women's accomplishments. 🫡

[@terryjackson-chubick2506]

@@AAAFilm-yt7gx woops. Good catch

[@terryjackson-chubick2506]

@@AAAFilm-yt7gx that's what happens when you type and a two year old starts attacking

[@AAAFilm-yt7gx]

@@terryjackson-chubick2506 hehe

[@terryjackson-chubick2506]

@donaldjohnson-wn6ps Sticking with it and doing the work to get those grades is absolutely something to be proud of. Finishing any type of schooling is amazing.

[@kgal1298]

The annoying part about Butker is you absolutely know he got calls from churches and evangelists around the US supporting that speech and he'll think he absolutely nailed it.

[@BankaiFever]

@RYCBARM123cause he was speaking fax 📠

[@thomasspellborn4847]

@@BankaiFever He was speaking opinion. Possibly scripted opinion.

[@livewiiiiire]

​@@BankaiFeverthat's not how facts work

[@RockSleeper]

Maybe he should be more like Jesus and get nailed the way he was.

[@Joel_Aleman]

​@BankaiFever *facts* is what you meant. Also America has had hyper violence since the beginning. Maybe that's what happens when we celebrate violence and the right to carry weapons designed for murder. Harrison needs to talk about how football players are statistically more likely to beat their partners. He had two teammates that beat women. Talk about those facts. Clean your home and work place. Then worry about the national problems.

[@SavingShanon]

Been here since the Early EARLY years and the way you have blossomed and grown as such a cool and good human has been beautiful. You share in a powerful way not only newsworthy but personally. Good for you and your health. Happy for you ❤

[@newroosterlouis]

That speech was ripped straight out of Handmaidens tale was expecting him to sign off with blessed be the fruit.

[@drkmercenary]

There's no hate quite like Christian love.

[@silverserpent420]

Amen

[@it.comes.around]

As a Christian, what a sad, sad truth.

[@olorin3815]

come now i know there are a lot of "conservative" christians and priests that are like that but dont say there is nothing like it, muslim women have it way worse

[@Miss_Lexisaurus]

Truth

[@therealjibrano]

maaan growing up with christians so many of them are genuinely so kind and caring and then you get the people that are more committed to god than they are being a good person

[@suburaniumbrowzer]

I watched the Harrison Butker speech in its entirety because I'm always wary of how people can be clipped, but JESUS CHRIST the whole speech was absolutely crazy. I took that shit personally.

[@JackDespero]

In my opinion, "clipped out of context" is overused. Most of the time, the clip is perfectly understood "without context", because "in context" it has the same speech signifiers to argue for the same opinions. When someone says "men set the culture" and basically blames weak men for the cultural decline, you do not really need much more. The only thing that would change with context is if just before he had said "and these are not my opinions, I am just quoting them verbatim: Men..." other than that, there wasn't really going to be a change.

[@MsBigact]

Thanks for watching it so I don't have to... I appreciate your sacrifice 🙏

[@lfleia]

I try to look at things completely, because same, but there's some things I just can't bring myself to watch in its entirety because I might just have a rage-induced aneurysm. I trust Phil with those things so I don't have to dive deeper myself because I have always felt his team has done a good job with catching stuff taken too out of context.

[@ducksquidbat8315]

Women being mad at facts never fails to amuse me. To suggest you’d be happier at a job then spending time with your child is such a delusional take…

[@swedemartyrsonswade]

Parenthood should be for both genders, not women or men only.

[@persaunna]

HE looks at his wife and thinks "her life started when she met me and had my mini-mes." The way that made him emotional. Every time I see this. I am shocked. Every. Time.

[@0hpossum]

Absolutely insane that fossil fuel companies and plastic companies have any say in the laws that are being made to counteract the harm have caused and are continuing to cause.

[@robgable2426]

Pollution STARTS and ENDS at the FACTORIES.

[@kryme.]

TRU NGL

[@ketchupjonmustard4514]

The people in power wont even let normal every day people feed the houseless, how is anything ever going to get fixed.

[@Pestsoutwest]

I worked in the oil and gas industry and what people dont know is when we pull the oil out of the ground it stays on the surface even after its used. Yes, even used products dont just go away.

[@kevlowe]

Ok, I was confused as hell when people first started clapping for that moronic Butker speech, but as soon as you mentioned "Catholic School", I 100% understood. Straight up a cult.

[@Will_i_amfr]

Religion*, but the catholic beliefs typically line up with those ideals, except for the women stuff

[@maryalicefike4704]

everyone in my catholic church is horrified and furious about the speech. but i will say we’re a very liberal parish being LGBTQ+ affirming, being involved in pride, campaigning for female clergy, 90% of woman have a thriving career, etc. just want you to know there’s catholics out there who don’t stand with this shit and are trying to change things.

[@ShinSK]

The clapping seem more celebrity worship-I thought Commencement Speeches were to be uplifting-it was a dud for both sexes more so the women.

[@Amee69]

Catholic ideology is that men and women should be married together and have children. So he leaned into saying women should be home makers since they should have children

[@DavidJones-ot8qu]

@@Amee69 Those are not mutually exclusive

[@danadomino]

As someone who spent nearly 8 years on their college education, obtaining advanced degrees, if some guy at my graduation speech told me that I must surely be looking forward to becoming a homemaker I would not be able to hold back my "wtf face" at that ceremony.

[@spectral__]

I would be yelling shit and getting kicked out of my graduation ceremony lmao

[@adriandaniels1]

I would have straight up booed and walked out. Then again I wouldn’t be going to a Catholic university

[@jarethpalmer8672]

Did you spend those 8 years at a Catholic university. Imagine all the wtf faces you'd get if you spoke at a Catholic college and spoke against the cultural norms for those people.

[@SuperCisMan]

Harrison Butker is a national treasure! 🇺🇸 ✝️

[@myc5790]

Incredible coverage, I wish I had time to watch these every day....

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

hes a christophobic leftard

[@alexmatthews3419]

The Karen Read trial has been insane. I don't think we can get worse than a cop using a leaf blower to search the yard, never taking any measurements of any sort to lay out the scene, so that no one knows where the body was.... and then it was revealed they collected the blood sample in solo cups and held in an open brown bag, which were never secured and marked as being in the evidence locker. They disappear after collection, and only show up again....next to the car, and the tail light pieces that they're saying have blood in. The tail light pieces were also found after they took her car, and the cop on the case was fired for his misconduct, including an illegal search of her phone that he bragged about looking for her nudes on. It's a total clown show.

[@alaind276]

Yeah, it’s disappointing to see Phil focus on the conspiracy theories. His summary felt very dismissive of the defense. When all the things you have mentioned are actually real things that have happened, and are in the court record.

[@hommefataltaemin]

Oh wow. Hearing the story from Phil I thought “it’s probably unlikely that there’s some huge conspiracy theory” but the details you added here are absolutely crazy. What a weird situation!!!

[@Katerinapena1]

​@@alaind276this!!! I was looking forward to his telling of the story and was ultimately disappointed with the coverage. The whole story is insane though, so I am sure it is difficult to try and research

[@jackbaxter2223]

Wow, that certainly puts a different spin on things.

[@HulaHula667]

Everyone on LawTube either Prosecutor or Defense Attorney is united in their astonishment at this trial - EVERYBODY is connected to the family who owned the house the body was found outside of. The State Trooper who was the primary investigator was called "second family", he searched her phone without a warrant for nudes, he took her car and then filled in the warrant stating he took it 45mins later… he stated FROM THE BEGINNING that the owners of the house would never be investigated because they were Boston PD. There are so many inconsistencies with this "investigation" and case. The Defense has already torn apart the "confession" being heard by the Emergency Responders. I didn’t know anything about this case before I started watching the trial live - I’m currently stuck on bed rest - and so I’m learning stuff as the jury does. The Prosecution doesn’t seem to be have a case so far

[@jennefercervantes3073]

Phil is just sneakily calling John and Hank Green the real life Phineas and Ferb.

[@fryingpanvan]

I need this as the Pam from the office meme where she says it's the same picture.

[@christianbrinkhoff5469]

I meen was he wrong tho? 👀

[@feelincrispy7053]

Harrison butker, what a modern day philosopher and revolutionary

[@lfleia]

God bless your team for doing the research and somehow not going completely crazy. I'd break everything in my own home out of rage if I had to watch half the stuff your team does to put together these shows.

[@astronautilus7891]

What drives me absolutely bonkers about the overdose deaths is that this country is always looking for “how did they get these drugs” instead of “why?” Like if you listen to the people who get addicted to this stuff it’s usually because they’re in pain. They got underlying conditions, problems with managing pain, can’t afford to go to a doctor or don’t have the time, and they got to go to work the next day to survive. What else are they supposed to escape to??? I swear to god if we got universal free healthcare tomorrow we’d start to see opioid deaths go down over the next year, drastically. But that doesn’t seem like it’s gonna happen anytime soon

[@jewels3846]

Getting diagnosed with things like autism, adhd, and endometriosis is legit the reason I was able to quit cannabis and thats legal here in Canada. I did not realise how much I was using it to self medicate until I actually got answers and medications to help me control my symptoms. I did try cannabis once again recently and just felt disinterested in it and like it was a waste of money after smoking because for once it wasnt needed to help me get through a day and reduce my symptoms. I am glad I recognized my additive personality before my diagnosis making me stay away from anything harder than legal cannabis and that I hate the taste of alcohol because the detox of those would be so much harder on my body. I so easily couldve been seen as just another addict when it turns out I just needed proper medical care. Sure we dont have universal drug plan coverage (but I am broke enough that my province has a plan for low income and it has covered my meds 100% including my concerta for adhd which without any insurance is 200$ every 30 days) But I never had to pay to see my Drs or get a psychologist because we do have universal health care. Its not perfect and some things need to change because wait times for some things through our public health care is insanely long. (It took a year for me to get any MRI for a thankfully harmless mass on my liver) But considering how much I am struggling financially, I dont hesitate to go see my Dr. when anything happens or to go to a walk in clinics because I know I will get the care I need and dont have to worry about if I can afford to eat if I do. The only medical expense I have had to pay in the last year is physiotherapy because my weak ass body failed me and I got turf toe from pivoting on my foot inside while wearing shitty slip on shoes and I was on crutches for 8 months just because I couldnt justify the 80$ a visit for a while and my job would let me sit on a stool as a cashier to accomodate me. So yeah. Our system isnt perfect but I am so thankful I dont have the American system. Side note if you read this far: Its super fucked up that Americans pay the most taxes world wide in $ per capita that is funding health care for any developed country, yet American health care is still out of pocket. Like I cant imagine having the "wrong doctor" treat me so the insurance can tell me I have to pay full price out of pocket even if the medical centre is listed as covered by that insurance. Hell Canada is even trying to roll out a basic universal dental plan which for people like me cant afford it and dont have insurance would be amazing. I have no idea how the US could introduce universal health care because so much of the money they put into it is administrative costs for those insurance companies they implemented and they would have to tear the whole system down but Americans are already paying more in taxes for healthcare than anyone else world wide and still get scammed and double dipped because the system is so broken. Another side note. I dont like the idea of for profit health care. It incentives worse care for monetary gain because the new more expensive drugs and medical equipment will so often be sold as "best treatment" Sorry for the rant. As a Canadian when I hear other Canadians try to justify the American system and praise it bothers me. Like I said, our system isnt perfect and the problems it has do need to be addressed, but I never have to worry if the pain is bad enough to justify seeing a doctor just because I have to justify if my health is worth the money. I am happy american doctors do get paid well. But way to much money is wasted in so many other aspects of it considering in 2023, 1.5 TRILLION USD was the amount the American Govt spent on healthcare. It feels like the American Govt just wants to burn the money instead of using it to help people. I get real heated on this topic.

[@jewels3846]

I am also so sorry for the long essay. I knew it was getting but I did not realise how long it was till after I hit reply. I just am really passionate about it I guess. It just feels like an injustice that too many people cant even get the most basic health care needs met because they have to be able financially justify if its worth the cost. Peoples health shouldnt be seen as business where you only deserve it if you can afford it.

[@beewest5704]

​@@jewels3846Did you hear new research shows endometriosis is caused by a certain bacteria & they already have put people on antibiotics & it immensely improved their symptoms.

[@noodleMoodle253]

Harrison Butker’s speech outlines the scary truth about Christianity/Catholicism in the USA. I grew up in a Christian family, and went to private Christian schools my entire life. This IS how modern day American Christians think about women and our place in American society. The reality is that most of the powerful people in our country share these beliefs and that’s why our laws are slowly beginning to incorporate Christian ethics and reasoning into them. The most prominent of which is abortion rights . I have many friends who will simply ignore important issues in America ( health care/ taxes/ human rights/ cost of living/ gun reform) all because they believe one candidate is more favored by God than another. That’s scary.

[@apap4950]

Ethics are scary?

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

​@@apap4950no, modern Christianity is. 😂

[@xblade149]

​@@apap4950 you have no brain cells whatsoever

[@bormby_jones]

​​​@@apap4950 you clearly didn't read the comment her whole point was explained incredibly succinctly stop being willfully ignorant. It's annoying

[@loiscassell9095]

I mean…western Christianity for sure. I’m a believer and I don’t agree with what he said. My life began when I gave my life to Christ. Not when I got married. And definitely not when I have children. Someone’s or some people’s twisting of the scripture doesn’t change the truth of it. I believe We are literally living in the curse of Adam and Eve. If you read Genesis, when he punished them for eating from the tree he cursed the woman with a specific curse along the lines of “you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.” A-la our gender war, our fight for rights, our long sordid history with the patriarchy. This was NEVER God’s intention for relationships between men and women. We were always considered equal in the eyes of God. It’s crazy though, we’ve done so much to mitage the effects of the other curses: painful child birth, working for monetary gain as incentive. But are still struggling to create true equality between men and women, not just societally but in the hearts and minds of individual people. I dunno maybe it’s just my Bible conspiracy brain 😭 but if you look deeply at those curses that were given to Adam and Eve you see it play out every day in the modern world. Kinda scary.

[@mariiabbbb]

Thank you for highlighting recent news from Ukraine and for not relegating it to the end of your video. It's disheartening to see Western media often overlook the ongoing war, especially the relentless and tragic attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city after Kyiv. Your coverage helps bring needed attention to the hardships our civilians and armed forces continue to face.

[@seanmichaels8226]

Been watching Philly for over ten years now, is it just me or is this the best version of the show, deep dives, best personality on yt and production quality is off the chain, also the choice of stories ( which is probably my main reason for watching him) is everything I need to know and want… basically I’m saying… bravo Phil! Just bravo

[@sammybabi]

As a Catholic, I do not endorse pretty much anything that just came out of his mouth

[@kltil5082]

So why are you Catholic then?

[@secondarydevice1767]

People should realize they've lost the thread when they hold a T-pill gargling dudebro as better authority on Catholicism than the Pope.

[@rd3914]

What do you stand for?

[@feliciaroseantonia]

@@kltil5082 Because Catholics pray to Jesus Christ, not to Harrison Butker.

[@anon69_q]

@@kltil5082 He promoted anti-quarantine nonsense under the guise of following and promoting the faith. He romanticized theocracy. The Church has never performed well as the State. Also, there’s more to the faith than thinking sex immoral. Frankly, it’s not even close the biggest problem the Church faces.

[@Pivot35]

That speech was crazy. Every time I thought it couldn’t get worse it did.

[@HappyLarry.]

Pretty sure the assassination and Ukraine and plastic stories were more crazy, but maybe you got low standards

[@CeruleanRogue]

@@HappyLarry. Go back under your bridge troll, the adults are talking.

[@Pivot35]

@@HappyLarry. Honestly didn’t even watch past the opening speech yet, but what’s got you so buthurt buddy?

[@HappyLarry.]

@@Pivot35 how did you edit your comment and still fail at your spelling

[@Pivot35]

@@HappyLarry. I had to edit it because youtube shadow bans my comments if I say anything even slightly vulgar so stay buthurt.

[@christinaw9612]

The petition calling for the football player to resign seems to have amassed a large amount of signatures in a short amount of time.

[@JC_Hope]

Butker’s speech gave major Handmaid’s Tale vibes. Creepy.

[@PeachysMom]

I mean, that speech had strong Gilead vibes, and as the mother to young adult women, it is chilling.

[@kangarooboots]

I feel like there should be a panel of students and administrators that review college graduation speeches. I think it could prove helpful

[@NestorPabel98]

I agree. And I’m pretty sure they did, considering the applause of the audience and the fact it is Catholic school. He was speaking to his audience, pretty bluntly I feel, but hey it wasn’t meant for me. I think it’s similar to exposing a Republican or Democrat convention speech nationwide, you’re gonna get some disagreement.

[@ccotto]

Its a Catholic school so they would let him say it anyways

[@sergeantfluffbutt42069]

I can’t stop thinking about how somewhere else a student’s speech was cancelled because of fears she might say something pro Palestine but this guy was left to run on and on with his weirdo sexist homophobic transphobic speech. Like yeah this is a catholic school and all but just… the dichotomy of it kinda says a lot about the state of schooling in the US tbh

[@datsun4x]

I've been watching the Read case, and it is amazing how bad the prosecution and police have botched this. It really brings credibility to her case

[@MelaniePodolyak]

Thank you so much for your coverage of the military aid to Ukraine issue, Phil. As a Ukrainian, whose fighter pilot fiance was KIA in August, and who’s best friend was KIA a month ago, sometimes it feels like we have been abandoned. It’s important that Ukraine doesn’t disappear from the media spotlight. We’re really tired of deaths and just want to win and live in peace.

[@Dinosaur13]

The problem with talking points about “absentee fathers” and correlating it with crime is that it often targets black and brown communities. Communities where we know men and boys are over policed and over punished. It’s a racist dog whistle that’s used to make it seem like it’s a “masculinity” issue when it’s a race and over policing issue.

[@moonsnakesheddingskin]

Exactly

[@DavidJones-ot8qu]

Well there are also higher divorce rates and reported cheating rates in those communities. Poor people in general seem to have a higher propensity to create single family homes even discounting arresting fathers out of homes, and black people tend to have higher levels of poverty. It also isn't "black and brown people," as this disproportionate distribution of single parent homes affects specifically black people

[@kolider2315]

It's not a racist dog whistle. The data bear out that, across all groups, living in a single parent household increases rates of mental illness and behavioral issues. The communities have have the highest rates of single parent households are typically poorer, and these poorer neighborhoods tend to be disproportionately minority. The same problems exist across races, poor white communities in the south and Appalachia have the exact same issues. The causes of these wealth problems are worth discussing, but the source of these criticisms are not racial.

[@FNLNFNLN]

@@kolider2315 Nah, it's 100% a race thing. It's the same deal as how white and black people use drugs at the same rates, but black people get arrested for it way more often. Just because the data shows one thing doesn't mean the stereotype can't say something else.

[@fuzzypenguinroxmysox]

He’s telling on himself in so many ways.

[@kltil5082]

Men blaming women for "incomplete families" is peak hilarity.

[@hautehussey]

Yep. Like, is telling women they should strive to just be homemakers really the way to steer people back from single parent households?

[@master1221]

@@hautehussey yes

[@homevlone629]

Vice versa

[@silv3r7ongue97]

No it was not men, that is not a man. We do not claim “it” 😂

[@hautehussey]

@@master1221 that doesn’t have the effect you think it does.

[@seanlanglois8620]

We live in sick times

[@mikeyallen6758]

Weird that the US doesn't have the same policy on weapon use for Israel

[@sabrenitemerr449]

I wonder how it felt to go through all the classes, tests, homework and everything else's college has to offer, just to get told at your graduation that you should put that accomplishment aside to be a homemaker...

[@MrSlowestD16]

Plenty of people go through college and eventually become homemakers...

[@RockySamson]

“As men, we set the tone of the culture-” Ok, I see where this is going. Everything stated after this proclamation is guaranteed 100% Pure Grade-A Bovine Manure, and WHADDAYA KNOW!!

[@ashanein]

Yeah it was all red flags from the first sentence. Not sure why anyone thought it was ok at first.

[@laurastutt3442]

Agreed - I'm not sure why Phil thought this part of the speech was a-okay

[@FS-qk5uq]

​@@laurastutt3442because he's a man

[@RockySamson]

I can understand wanting to see the positive intentions behind the first segment before realizing there were none. It’s easy to miss subtleties like that when you’re giving someone the benefit of the doubt.

[@jeff2758]

Recycling only works when people put them properly in the correct bins. Throwing your spoiled half full gallon of milk in a recycling bin is half the problem.

[@MichaelDuntz]

As a Chiefs fan, I apologize that Butker got released into the wild and was able to talk at a graduation.

[@tylerkoch9685]

As a chiefs fan, your apology is moot and it won’t get you laid buddy

[@matthewcarr4907]

Michael Duntz you look like a typical defranco fan, maybw you have more important thinfs to worry about than a successful athlete encouraging young women to follow a life path that will make them feel actually fulfilled in life. Real bugman stuff here.

[@jacksonwilliams5399]

There is literally zero reason not to ban single use plastics for non medical use. No more plastic bags, no more plastic bottles, we should just force every single company to use a recyclable material.

[@Bobodododo]

I don’t understand why companies don’t use dispensaries for liquids. Like why not save on production and just send a tanker with laundry detergent to the stores and I just bring in my bottle

[@allywallydd]

I feel like there are plenty of other long term uses for plastic that can continue being allowed - and this from a very pro-environmental person. But my belief boils down to: disposable plastics should ONLY be used in settings like you mentioned, medical, where sterilization is top priority. Otherwise, all single-use [short term] plastics should frankly just stop being produced. I specify short-term because the plastic in a car is technically considered single use; but that car is meant to exist for longer than a day, a month, even a couple years. The plastic parts on that are incredibly useful and critical these days. Same for computers and a lot of tech. But anything that can/is thrown away after one use - I'm looking at all the sandwich bags, grocery bags, toothbrush or hairbrush packaging so you can "see" your item - we can make biodegradable clear "bio-plastic" for at this point.

[@ragerequiem6323]

I try and reduce and re-use everything I can to minimize my personal usage, I know that as a person I can't make a huge impact, but I try and be the change I want. I encourage others to do their best to reduce their usage as well. Even if its as simple as not using straws, reducing bottled drinks, and using your own bags when shopping.

[@spectral__]

@@Bobodododo Maybe try working at a store and you'll get why your idea is not feasible. I agree that plastic is bad, but your comment is definitely not a solution.

[@jacksonwilliams5399]

⁠@@allywallyddoh I’m fine with long term plastic products. So long as they are as recyclable as possible, there can still be like Tupperware containers and stuff. That’s all good as long as the infrastructure ca exist to recycle those products once they stop being useful. My issue is just the single use stuff.

[@Summergaze]

As far as the kicker. I’m a woman that worked since I was 13. Having my own hard earned money in pocket is liberating. No one can tell me nothing and I’m dependent to no one. Being an independent woman is extremely important. I have a husband because I love him, I don’t have a husband because I need him to live.

[@monkiesbanana321]

I have "low support needs" autism with a whole host of other issues and little support working full time and I've been drowning literally just trying to survive for years, how do I successfully be an independent woman when just living is exhausting? Edit: speaking from my 30s with years and years of different therapies. Help lol I'm dying.

[@kltil5082]

@@monkiesbanana321 Move out of the city. Your issues aren't being female, your issues are disabilities and the high cost of living that most people, not just yourself are drowning in

[@MaidenHelll]

@@monkiesbanana321sounds like u need a husband 💀

[@Summergaze]

@@monkiesbanana321 honestly, I’m not really sure. I could say what would work for you, but I would be making it up. That will not help you whatsoever. And you deserve an honest answer. I can only answer from my own world view, which is different from yours. Are there support groups that can help guide you? Family members? Like minded individuals? I had to get guidance and help from time to time and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

[@monkiesbanana321]

@@Summergaze some distant family helped put me in a hotel room when I was living in my car during cold time of winter 2023. But I'm not close to them and they push their religious beliefs onto me. Maybe a month after that I got a decent full time job by faking my confidence, I'm supposed to be getting a raise soon but I swear every time in my life I work full-time, I burn out within a couple of years and melt down causing another upset in my life. I'm just so exhausted all the time. I have one friend my age on SSDI and she grew up rich and her mom bought a house for her and set up a trust and stuff and she still has a difficult life, so that obviously wouldn't even be an option for me. I feel like I HAVE to have a man to survive, and at times in my 20s that was the ONLY way I did survive even if I got taken advantage of. And everyone who doesn't suffer like this on a daily basis and finds everything that much easier are so against un aliving oneself which I grown to find more and more upsetting and lacking empathy. Because of your kind comment and suggestion I will try to ask my medical providers about support... right now all I have is some good friends and I wouldn't be surprised if they give up on helping me or communicating with me (others have).

[@lukassanting7506]

How will Fum fix my crippling gambling addiction, Phil?

[@ezzb]

Buy one everytime you feel like gambling i guess 😭

[@TheSonicbuum]

She is amazing she has outstainding composer. I could see her running for president some time in the distant future. I hope she shows up and out more

[@cydvicious88]

I've been watching the Read trial live with Emily D. Baker. We've been treating the trial like an alt juror, by going in completely blind. It's the biggest injustice I've ever seen. Whether she did it or not, the Canton PD absolutely dropped the ball and didn't even investigate the death of a fellow police officer. My heart goes out to the O'Keefe family.

[@_candacemorgan]

SOLO CUPS. SO CUPS 😭😭😭

[@HulaHula667]

I’ve been riding with you. The mishandling of the scene and evidence, the interconnection of EVERYONE else involved including the one individual who apparently "overheard" her confession and spread that around, the phone calls…. It’s heartbreaking for the O’Keefe’s and especially those children how they don’t seem to have cared about properly investigating his death and so far the Prosecution has just been trying to cover their own witnesses asses.

[@FoNgThOnG]

"I'm a MAN and us MEN make things possible. Now all you WOMEN, go get ready to bear our KIDS!"

[@ShinSK]

@@edmcclure9630It was odd he broke down about his wife is he having problems in paradise-

[@Tustin2121]

@@edmcclure9630- OP didn’t twist anything. That’s basically what he said.

[@Fang1241]

​@@edmcclure9630why are you lying

[@DavidJones-ot8qu]

@@edmcclure9630 It doesn't actually seem like he cherishes them, it seems like he views them as borderline infants who struggle to do much aside from bare children. He explicitly says when men don't lead, things go to shit, which would imply women leading creates shit. That's not exactly praise or "cherishing"

[@edmcclure9630]

@@DavidJones-ot8qu I’m sure it doesn’t sound like it to you. Your values and principles are based on something different than his. I guarantee his wife feels loved.

[@bobtailsquid]

I mean good on him for obtaining his freedom. Anyone that gets paid to treat people like animals has it coming.

[@UnstableEquilibrium]

If they recycled plastics as well as they claimed, they'd already be decreasing production because they'd have more supply but the same demand.

[@CulturedDegenerate]

Ending that speech by quoting from a woman who is definitively NOT a housewife and has a self-made and extremely successful career is pretty wild. My guy is majorly out of touch. Taylor Swift is a living example of why everything he said was cap

[@MiZZVMN]

What a creep! He made that whole graduation speech about himself. Narcissist much?

[@RealCaptainJaws]

Soccer player and home-maker dad here.... maybe Harrison needs a kicking lesson? ;P

[@Chelsea-Lanea]

The green brothers are something else and they need to be protected at all costs.