Reacting to Homophobic Memes

[@Chloroseraph]

In what world does the Confederate flag represent 60% of Americans????

[@coffee_beanie87]

Well apparently 48% of Americans are registered republican, so pretty sure that's theirs.

[@Heis-x6d]

it was made by a time traveller who forgot they'd left the civil war era

[@onijester56]

Like, the entire point of The Confederacy was literally "We DO NOT wish to be part of the United States of America anymore. We DO NOT want to be bound by the US Constitution or the US Declaration of Independence or any State or Federal Law enacted in the US." They went to literal war in order to reject being an American. The Confederate Flag should at all times since at least the year 1900 explicitly represent a negative percentage of Americans.

[@exoticteacup]

I think they're not even trying to pretend not to be racist and are referring to ~60% of the US population being white 😬

[@vinnygothika7510]

Guess they are referring to maga.... But that's more like 40% and they aren't favorable for those of us with brains and morals

[@N0Bah_D-666]

Fun archeology fact: when an archeologist says a skeleton is man or woman, 1) it's a guess, 2) the guess is nearly always based on what's found near/on the body using information we gleamed elsewhere of the culture at the time Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

[@FearFreddyKrueger]

Fun fact also, when you’re dead, you don’t care what people think. And that’s IF they find your skeleton in 5000 years lol

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

They also admit that t hey often get it wrong.

[@austin.luther]

I believe another way to guess is to examine the pelvic girdle to ascertain the likelihood that they gave birth at some point. I did a paper on forensic anthropology in college. Learned some fascinating stuff. And of course, examining the pelvic girdle is in no way a bulletproof method.

[@AlexQuinn-f2r]

Simon Jarrett's brain scan in SOMA: "I have a a digital mouth and I must scream"

[@SimonClarkstone]

Archeologists in 5000 years: 20th and 21st century people had were beginning to understand the true nature of gender, and had basic abilities to modify their primary and secondary sex characteristics, so telling which gender someone was socially categorised as based only on their remains (without corresponding social media records) is even less reliable than for previous centuries.

[@iank472]

It's always odd to me that some people believe basic human rights are some kind of finite resource. Funnily enough, many of those same people don't seem to realise fossil fuels very much are finite.

[@BLZ231]

That’s the thing that really drives me nuts. Even if you think that climate change is bullshit, pollution is still obviously bad for people’s health, and we’re going to run out of fossil fuels at some point and if we want to keep our civilization running somewhat smoothly we’ll need to adapt our infrastructure to a new energy source, and it would be smartest to do it sooner instead of waiting until we run out of fossil fuels and then having to scramble or risk going back to the 1600s technology wise.

[@christopherb501]

​@@BLZ231PLUS, if sources like solar exist, why *wouldn't* you want more energy to supplement your needs??

[@AlexQuinn-f2r]

"what would humans be without love?" "RARE"

[@Alec-s9b]

Furthermore, its often the people who have basic human rights that think this.

[@armie4172]

Exactly- human rights are not a pie! We can all have them and nobody will miss dessert.

[@lorenzwinterhoff8049]

For the one that identifies as "trans-age" and states they are 17, my response is "Fine, you're grounded. Give me your cars keys, you are no longer able to drive if you can't be considerate of strangers.

[@John_Weiss]

Love it!

[@angelcollina]

EXACTLY!! And 17, that’s still a minor in most places. Can’t do anything without a guardian’s permission. And also… why aren’t you in school?!

[@deepsea5348]

“That’s nice Timmy, now let’s talk about your grades. Your teachers say you’re having a hard time listening to others.”

[@OhiChicken]

I identify as 5 I want a nap and some juice and to play in a box of sand for a bit.

[@angelcollina]

@@deepsea5348 🤣🤣🤣 Exactly! It’s all or nothing! You wanna be 17, fine, you get treated like you’re 17!

[@dragonfruuit__]

On behalf of the person who made the meme at 27:48, u/ItMeKoni. He has apologized profusely for this meme stating that he made it when he was only 13 and really deep into the "anti-SJW Culture War". He's not even straight *or* cis (bisexual demiboy). He hates what he has made and how much it's been spread by homophobes and feels he will never live it down.

[@Laughing_8]

Incredible comeback, arent we all abit horrible at 13

[@cutedogsweetsugar]

I'm glad he apologized. Hopefully one day that meme can die and he'll have some peace of mind.

[@LIMA_36]

Personally, I was ALSO really deep into the”anti-SJW Culture War” stuff when I was like 11 so I can relate. I cringe VERY deeply at those past years 🥲

[@inconsistentlysleepy]

​@@Laughing_8as a bi demiboy, I used to be so bad at 13, I legit thought lgbtq people were faking it for attention. I've since realized the error of my ways and have fixed myself

[@IAmSchwi]

The way I can relate to this tho. I made a comment before, it wasn't as bad as that one, but it showed up in one of these kinds of videos and I was like "omg I was such an edgy 12 year old" And I did feel bad upon seeing it again, but in the end I know I've changed. I hope he feels the same way too, even if random people on the internet see it that way, only you and the people actually close to you know the real you and how much you've grown and changed right?

[@lexiimaid4200]

I’m a trans man in collage. I am 2 appointments into my assessment and on my way to getting testosterone. Thank you Jamie for keeping my hope up

[@prageruwu69]

yoooo that's awesome!!! good luck brother!!!!

[@outstated]

good luck dude :D

[@catluvr2]

I'd send you all of my testosterone if I could. Go be your true self, dude.

[@johnscarsandstuff]

Wishing all the best for you.

[@charlesray3566]

Good luck! Almost there man!

[@EchoAshbell]

So, I'm bisexual in a hetero relationship but my fiancé doesn't hunt so does that mean we're lesbians? Guess that means I'm "the guy" because I have the short hair. Better tell Bradley he's gotta do the makeup and skirts now

[@dacia9091]

Guess I should tell my husband he's a woman, too. He doesn't hunt, and I'm bi 🤦‍♀️

[@theashwoodfaerie2]

I guess I’m engaged to a woman too 😂

[@DamienAchlys3125]

True, ur a husband now, sorry, I don’t make the rules

[@consultingotter221b]

also they do realize that in the Sims if you're a male if you get abducted by an alien you'll come back pregnant

[@lucienfortner841]

No, only male Sims get pregnant by aliens. At least in TS4. Idk if it was different in earlier games.

[@consultingotter221b]

@@lucienfortner841 ohh my bad I misheard it wrong in a video I'll edit it thank you☺

[@notCynicalReally]

Also now you can change if a male is able to: pee standing up, get others pregnant, become pregnant, and breastfeed. I know this because I'm currently working on a save where I make Biden and Trump fall in love and have a baby because I am still coping.

[@autumnblaze6267]

based aliens giving people womb transplants ngl getting abducted by aliens seems like a more realistic transition option than transitioning in my home country of Poland

[@taylorp.-zm7hu]

​@@lucienfortner841It was the same in TS3

[@ImAPartOfTooManyFandoms]

How long will it take for people to realize that “taking the lords name up in vain” isn’t saying “dear lord” or “oh my god” or anything like that, it’s using religion as an excuse to be a dickwad.

[@lloyddragon2036]

its spelled vain

[@Asongbook]

​@lloyddragon2036 but tgey use it as a drug......

[@YourWaywardDestiny]

Saying "oh my god," when someone does something out of pocket is half a prayer. Saying "god will make sure you suffer 4evr 4 being alive like that" is attempting to use god as a weapon, a massive no-no.

[@tomato3988]

I'd say it's both

[@aeowrynn7950]

Imo, GD is asking God to condemn something and also fine

[@LoremIpsum-dp1li]

15:20 “When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”

[@mtndew314]

That character in the yellow rain coat is "Luce" the new official mascot of the Catholic church for 2025.

[@Pink_Sinthetic]

They called her LUCE? She's associated with light??? -looks around for the initial Christian light-bearer-. Did the Vatican just make the devil 2.0 their new mascot? Dear lord the memes are going to be wild.

[@sevensongs]

​​@@Pink_Sinthetic I just googled it and apparently yes. Well sort of. She's the mascot of the 2025 Jubilee. 😂

[@sevensongs]

​@@Pink_Sinthetic apparently some people say it's in honor of a girl who died of bone cancer whose nickname was Luce (like Lucy) ... But still someone missed the other links.

[@oliver-the-ghost3821]

Not of the whole Catholic church, just the 2025 Jubilee year 😅 Like how the Paris Olympics had a hat as the mascot, but it's not a mascot for the whole Olympic Games

[@v.e.8885]

Do they know that Rule 34 still applies to large parts of the interwebs? There will be truly wild stuff out there....

[@LussiDragon777]

I had a gay Uncle who had AIDS and ended up dying right after I was born, and my mom loved him... The vampire one really psed me off

[@John_Weiss]

People were also intentionally cruel to gay men with AIDS. The stories that Lesbian Elders who lost gay friends have told me would make you retch.

[@LussiDragon777]

@John_Weiss makes me hurt just knowing that it's out there 😣 that's why we always have to stick together as a community

[@zero7769]

i'm so sorry :(

[@LussiDragon777]

@zero7769 I didn't really know him, but I'll be damned if I let this world tear me down like I told him down, him and my mom are freaking amazingly best friends and I will make this world better ❣️

[@URFTBOUND4LIFE]

It's too stupid to even get mad at because they stole this joke from Family Guy and also it's moronic because 1. It's stupid because vampires are undead so they cannot get sick. 2. They're a ton of blood viruses that existed way before HIV that's far more contagious and lethal. 3. We've gotten so advanced with HIV meds and prevention that it's helping reduce the chances of someone living with it spreading it to others when they are undetectable. If I'm over analyzing your joke then you have failed to tell a joke.

[@JournalNthoughts]

I love Jaime feeling 'spicy' and is still being very calm, articulate, and measured in his responses

[@CalicoBrry]

More people need to be like Jamie

[@killer_rabbit42]

18:31 are they also going to go after Skittles for not only "stealing" the rainbow, but encouraging people to "taste the rainbow"?

[@karlajaeger2082]

There is a whole bunch of christians who argue that the "gays" stole the rainbow from "god" and skittles are sinful because of that...yes I'm serious.

[@KassandraOdessa-e2o]

Yummy 🌈 rainbow!

[@missnaomi613]

Does anybody else say "Taste the rainbow, b*tches" all through June? Only me?

[@disgrunty]

OH MY GAWD THE GAYS ATE THE RAINBOW lol

[@calicojacque]

Steal it. Taste it. Move it. Shake it.

[@Spagettigeist]

So.. if we stole the rainbow from god, does that mean we're in the same realm as Prometheus who stole fire from the gods, gave it to humanity and founded civilisation? Which is something I find pretty badass, not gonna lie. All right, I admit to that one. We stole the rainbow and we're not giving it back ;P

[@Dreagon-yc3zq]

Inspiring people to grow and evolve? Sign me up!

[@Acefdiamonds]

Prometheus is my favorite boss in hades 2 so I'm down

[@Estarile]

Id argue you didnt steal it. God suggested it as a way to say "These people are under my protecrion and you cannot destroy them" Considering the original rainbow was a promise to not destroy the Earth again.

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

Stole the rainbow from the gods and founded civilization lol

[@URFTBOUND4LIFE]

The idea of them using Charlie Brown who's creator received a lot of flack for even introducing the character Franklin (one of the first black characters in comic strips) to promote anti blackness is wild. Charles M Shultz was almost cancelled for sticking to his guns telling the bigots "no" when pressed to remove the character.

[@Bunny_Bill]

I misread the comment and I thought you said Shultz stuck a gun up to bigots to tell them to screw off💀

[@insertnamewithmaybepunhere8235]

a fun fact about men and women in sports: in 1992 a woman won in the olympic mixed skeet shooting competition, the next year women were banned from this competition.

[@ScarletTiger109]

This is almost always why women divisions are created

[@swagmancoolkid1637]

this is actually the funniest shit ever

[@Jay_and_Meeka]

As a primary school teacher, I can confirm my job is solely turning kids trans. It's all we do. All day. It's our biggest kept secret. /s lmao

[@Asongbook]

IKR? If teachers had that power, we wouldn't waste it on gender! Bullying would end tuit suite, and all homework would be done.

[@angelcollina]

Lolol! That’s why you need supplies like markers and glue at the beginning of the school year!

[@Jay_and_Meeka]

@@angelcollina Oh yes. And rulers. Gotta make those marker lines fierce honey lmao

[@missnaomi613]

@@angelcollina 🤣😂👍

[@merri-toddwebster2473]

No time for bathroom breaks, gotta trans those kids!

[@charlieb.6172]

I recently did a class speech about how there should be a National ban on conversion therapy, in a class where I am the only trans person a 1-of-3 queer people. I got so many questions that our teacher had to pause the Q&A so the other kid could give their speech. It only hit me a few hours later that only two questions were actually about conversion therapy, and the rest questioned gay/trans rights. It shook me to the core to realize that the people who reassured me they had no problem with LGBT+ people cared more about imagined harm FROM queer people than actual harm TO queer people.

[@qwerte6948]

idk define queer bro...

[@choochoopicklepie8400]

@@qwerte6948someone who isn’t straight

[@Shaytan.666]

@@qwerte6948 different than the norm which is straight and cis

[@AliceBunny05]

​@@qwerte6948it shouldn't matter. some include trans people under the word queer, some only use it to refer to sexuality, either way it dosen't matter. you don't get to be a part of the community if you cannot accept the basic rights for everyone in the community, especially when the things that are being used against trans people now are the EXACT things, word for word, people were saying about gay people in the 50's and 60's. accusing them of being mentally ill, of being predators, of being dangerous to children, of being unnatural. it's the exact same shit, different decade and slightly different demographic. same lies. life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is in the declaration of independence for fuck sake.

[@LoremIpsum-dp1li]

16:49 They really see bisexuals as "Schrödinger's gays": Both gay and straight until a new partner collapses the wave function,

[@AlexQuinn-f2r]

That be non-binary people and having to oscillate existence in the three dimensions is annoying- this reality is inefficient and unoptimised and the dolphins are being twats again

[@bholdr----0]

Heh... I've never heard that before! As disgusting as such opinions and beliefs are, using Schrodinger's cat, as a way to describe such, is pretty clever and amusing. And accurate. Cheers!

[@John_Weiss]

As a gay homoflexible ex-Physicist, I can confirm that this analogy is both valid and accurate.

[@AlexQuinn-f2r]

For some reason I was so sleep deprived I typed Shording Cat into Google to define the Schrodinger's Cat theorem

[@bholdr----0]

@John_Weiss Why am 'EX-physicist? Did you self annihilate, or, did your waveform collapse, etc? (Sorry, I know those are terrible puns. I swear they're funny somewhere in the bulk.)

[@htilden42]

0:48 that's actually an early version of the LGBTQ Rainbow Flag, fun fact! The original flag as designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978 had 8 stripes - pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo, violet - but due to it being hard to get pink fabric, a lot of early pride flags simply left the pink stripe out and had 7 stripes. The famous 6 color version which replaced the turquoise with blue was designed in 1979.

[@bholdr----0]

Nice! Thanks- I think my uncle has that version hanging above his mantle, though I hadn't thought about why it looked a bit different until I saw this. Cheers, and thanks for the info.

[@John_Weiss]

The turquoise was also very difficult to get, so IIRC, it went directly from 8 to 6 stripes.

[@castielcurran4463]

The reason certain colours got dropped is when the flags were designed they forgot to take fabric\dye costs into account and ultimately 2 colours were dropped because it was difficult for the largely poor queer folks could make them without spending an arm and a leg

[@hysteriahydes]

thanks for commenting this was looking for someone who already explained it :)

[@jellyjackcheese]

I know some people who prefer the Baker pride flag, they're really cool

[@samanthachase-zerphy9676]

I think the Adoption Center one is less about not accepting your own child as trans, and moreso about the fact that several states are trying to classify affirming your child's identity as child abuse, and therefore having them removed from the home and into foster care. Yeah. Some governors really are *that* deranged.

[@Roadent1241]

How is that logic to them? Wouldn't they demand the same?

[@samanthachase-zerphy9676]

@Roadent1241 when it comes down to it, there lawmakers don't care about children. They seek only to use them as a cudgel against the trans community.

[@armie4172]

Thank goodness I moved out of TX years ago. The people like Greg Abbott who run the government are absolutely deranged. They’re the reason I can’t get my gender marker and birth name changed on my birth certificate even though I don’t even flipping live there anymore. And now they want to deny parents-current parents and potential adoptive parents from affirming kid’s gender. People like Abbott are the ones being abusive!

[@waffles3629]

​@@Roadent1241 oh it's definitely not the same...for them. Because hypocrisy is just the best apparently. People like this see affirming a trans kids gender as affirming a delusion.

[@Minoujill24]

Those are the same pro-life who make all sort of claims base on air! Claims who go against medecine and facts! Against women health...ETC ( too much to say). They don't care about the raise in children's-Teen's su1cides! I've seen rally disgusting comment from peoples who believe than it's better for them to do this, than live with what they call: gender ideology! Those kids would suffer from one: be remove from a loving family to be put in a broken system with horrendous conditions for most...and will be deny medical cares! Yet...it will also raise the number of childs in the streets, without a home and drugs problems. The raise of transphobia...will bring raise in violence against this group! They probably will encourage trans therapy conversions etc... Again etc... How funny than some claim than progression is linear...when history show us again and again than we also disgress too...We've done it in the pass, and some countries, never get out of it!

[@antoniopatru8123]

So exactly WHEN did the gays ever use the term "sexy kids"? I remember when straight people BASICALLY that said that by sexualizing teens in MULTIPLE Nickelodeon shows from the early 2010s (specifically talking about Victorious mostly).

[@Cr3Ek_l0v3R]

called making up shit that never happened as excuse for being hateful

[@BeepBoopBop73]

Yeah my grandpa is homophobic and he sees a teen girl and tv and is like oooh look at her titties (he’s weird)

[@cimento970]

Remember how many times kids ages 3-12 played with their friends of the opposite sex and heard jokes about the "The boy is doing well for being so young", or "Girl, you're too young to date", I mean, who looks at two INNOCENT KIDS and immediately associate they're dating?

[@LoremIpsum-dp1li]

4:04 They see "raise taxes" and conveniently ignore the next part that says "on the rich".

[@Saezimmerman]

The pervasive narrative in those circles is that it will be on everyone. My mother, who literally owned nothing, was panicked that I would have to “pay a death tax” when Obama was elected. It’s not an honest discussion, and it hasn’t been for a very long time.

[@gamingwhilebroken2355]

Eh… most nations with more progressive taxing policies spread it out more than that. Remember the more public funding you have the more they are able to reduce wealth inequality and that means there isn’t enough uber rick people to tax and that means taxing the middle class to make up the difference. TLDR if you want those more progressive social programs you have to end up taxing the middle class, it is inevitable.

[@deepsea5348]

@@gamingwhilebroken2355TBH I wouldn’t paying those taxes if I knew they were going towards things I actually want in my life, like schools, and hospitals, and roads, and a public transportation system that actually works and doesn’t suck ass… you get the idea.

[@karlajaeger2082]

​@@gamingwhilebroken2355 um, no. Unless you make less less than 75k as a single, you're not middle class.

[@karlajaeger2082]

Note: social security has never missed a payment.

[@BetterThanEmber]

"Person" isn't gender neutral enough for the phobes?

[@LyingSpigot]

It isn't gender neutral. When someone says person it's usually assumed that the person has a gender it's just not specified. Specifying they are gender neutral is necessary.

[@armie4172]

Apparently TERFs especially don’t like being called people for some reason. Do they think women aren’t people when we say “healthcare rights for pregnant people” or “people able to get pregnant”? It’s downright bizarre.

[@patsonical]

@@LyingSpigot I think you may be confusing "gender neutral" with "non-binary"

[@waffles3629]

​@@LyingSpigot how is "person" not gender neutral when literally every single human is a person?

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

​​@@LyingSpigotyeah, that's kind of what "gender neutral" means. It's the lack of gender being specified. A "person" could be anyone. A man, a woman or anyone who identifies with neither of those words. That's what the phrase you're using means.

[@shadowldrago]

Human rights are not a zero-sum game. Queer people having more rights doesn't mean straight people get LESS rights.

[@tealkerberus748]

Queer people having rights is in fact the only way straight people can actually have rights - otherwise all it takes to be allowed to violate a straight person's rights is to assert that they're queer.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

0:47 I love how some people think that queer people are just 5 people with coloured hair when statistics have shown it’s a considerable amount of people.

[@vinnygothika7510]

Yup of all ages and backgrounds too, they like to pretend it's just young people 😂

[@Kotifilosofi]

yeah like I laughed at that 1% of the population on the pride flag.... like, asexual population is apparently 1% of the human population, and I think there's a lot more queer people than just us aces 😅

[@snowkr3580]

Also like nobody was saying our flag represents only Americans? Do they know other countries exist?

[@LUK4_L3TH4LLL]

Right. Like I’ve literally never even dyed my hair a NATURAL color lol

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

The _low estimate_ is 7%. The high estimate is going to vary by generation, but I would argue it's probably closer to accurate. Consider that polls are only going to show people who know they're queer, and are comfortable saying so in a poll. I was neither, for most of my life.

[@snapdragonslair]

The confederate flag represents Texas separating from the country over the issue of slavery. Last I checked, 60% of America did not support slavery.

[@bholdr----0]

Yeah, I am baffled that Confederate apologists still insist that the civil war was about state's rights. ...Though, on some level, it was! It was about preserving state's rights to allow race based chattel slavery!

[@bholdr----0]

The implication in the meme is that the Confederate battle flag/standard represents the 60% of Americans that are WHITE.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

well since 60% of americans support trump, could have definitely fooled me.

[@AFDean]

Not just Texas lmao? Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. Not that I disagree with your point that 60% of Americans didn't support slavery but odd to call out only Texas lol

[@bholdr----0]

@AFDean yeah... Why just Texas, eh? SO- that '60%' bit is a dog whistle- the 60% they refer to are the 60% of the USA that are WHITE. (for now, anyway!) It's just another coded reference to the sick 'great replacement' racist trope, which stipulates that one must be an Anglo-Saxon protestant christian (male) to be a 'real' American. (BTW: That kind of crap conveniently never seems to mention indigenous Americans/ first nations, and slaves and their descendants eh?) Cheers? ...Keep up the (intellectually honest non-violent) resistance to the bigoted, atavistic, hateful, ignorant forces of outdated old-and-evil ignorant hate; Despite recent setbacks, the inevitable progress history is on our side, my friend!

[@RapidProbably]

Fun fact, the person who made the “meme” at 28:04 said that they were omega cringe/edgy when they made it as a child and are now a demiboy as an adult. Incredibly funny.

[@Your_Local_Guardian]

I love this

[@vampiremetaknight666]

The pink character with the blond hair is Sprig from Amphibia, and he would NEVER. Amphibia is a very good show.

[@Acefdiamonds]

Sprig would in fact never

[@Pancakes-n-Waffles168]

Exactly, dont use our pink froggo for your schemes homophobes >:(

[@MoonheartTheAzari]

THANK you. Sprig would never. Justice for Sprig.

[@Pasta_bath]

He would never, too happy

[@ChantalMonette]

The bones argument is always so wild to me. Like yeah, they do try and determine the assigned sex of the bones, but they also use clues in the burial to determine things about the culture. Like if an archaeologist found a skeleton that was determined to be female assigned, but had typically male burial markers, THAT WOULD BE NOTED ON. And also their adamant refusal to realize that no one is arguing their dna, and that if their business is just someone socially, then their social expression is the only thing that matters... its not hard.

[@Rolan7196]

And that has happened some times! I forget the details but they've found a female skeleton with weapons like a warrior in a culture where that was seemingly a men-only role. And I think they've found feminine jewelry buried with male skeletons. And their response (nowadays) isn't just transphobia! It's "Wow that's INTERESTING!"

[@Rolan7196]

@@Eltanin25 Oh sorry, my tone wasn't conveyed. "It's interesting!" is totally fine! I was trying to say that modern archeology is a lot less bigoted than it used to be, and they're willing to consider that ancient people were trans or homosexual. Sorry for being unclear!

[@Rolan7196]

@@Eltanin25 Hm, I thought it was pretty easy to determine sex from a skeleton, but I guess not always. Anyway, seeing a male skeleton with apparent feminine gender is really cool and interesting, to modern archaeologists, is what I was saying! That's all. I'm not sure why you're suddenly suggesting both heavy skepticism *and* defaulting to existing models. Like, I don't know what your point is. You could be saying "We must be skeptical of new information when it conflicts with our previous theory that trans people are a recent phenomenon", but that would be sad ): I just don't know why else you're bringing all that up.

[@Rolan7196]

@@Eltanin25 The "past" bigotry I was referring to was the idea of seeing clearly homosexual couples and concluding they were Very Good Friends. Or seeing a female skeleton buried with possessions of that cultures men and saying "Hold on, this doesn't mean trans men existed, we must be skeptical before we update an existing theory". That was very real bigotry which I sorta hoped was a thing of the past, mostly.

[@thebuilder5271]

And in physical anthropology I was taught that things like sex, race, age, etc from bones could only be guessed, not known 100%

[@dragonmaster501]

In fact, there were a total of ZERO bathrooms on the Lunar Lander. The "toilet" was sealable bags.

[@haylene7521]

I seriously hope there were no loose sharp sewing needles floating around where those bags were kept. It would be hell to clean up

[@dragonmaster501]

@@haylene7521 NASA doesn't even let pencils in space due to the sharpening. Nothing was loose at all. Edit: In addition, you need opposite forces to pop it. a loose object can't really pop anything in space unless the thing being popped cannot move, unless the sharp object is going at VERY high speeds, in which case you have more important things to worry about then the toilet bag popping. Like not getting impailed.

[@coastergirl98]

I wonder what biphobic ppl think of those who have a boyfriend AND a girlfriend?

[@turtleburger200]

They probably think it's cheating

[@waffles3629]

Who knows. Probably think they're cheating. Then again people have accused one of my friends of cheating because he has two boyfriends who apparently know nothing about each other because he's keeping them apart to hide his cheating....all three live together as a polycule. Like yeah, he's not cheating when the boyfriends who apparently don't know about each other are literally in a relationship with each other.

[@IonIsFalling7217]

Fun fact: Archaeologists and other Anthropologists understand there is a fundamental difference between sex and gender. 🙃

[@charlequinne]

7:12 If trans women really did have an advantage, then wouldn’t trans men have a disadvantage, following that logic?

[@SlinkySphinx]

Absolutely, but you'll notice no one gives a flying f about trans men in sports because in this specific instance it's more about controlling and "protecting" women than hating on trans men. This and trans men in bathrooms, which also no one cares about, apparently. I'm glad they don't, but the hypocrisy and chauvinism is unreal.

[@BenjaoBengas]

Yes they have, but trans guys don't really seem to be upset about that..Maybe i'm wrong, they could fight against it if they want to. But if they're chilling, who am i to judge?

[@cringelord_67]

I'm surprised they didn't say Trans MEN were the one with the advantage, the usual medication for those that take it is literally testosterone, which is a steroid (not the same as the kind people take to get swole really really fast, although it does increase muscle mass to some extent) Like literally, they could make a slightly more convincing (albeit still false) argument with that but no, trans women are clearly the cheaters here

[@LiamGlowcloud]

In the one where they're making fun of the character editor in games, they also show being able to select neopronouns. Which reminds me that I've played some games that let me put in my preferred neopronouns and i was genuinely so happy I cried, because no one irl actually ever bothers to use them. So the ability to be seen as I truly am, even if just in a game, made me incredibly happy

[@TheDerpyDeed]

this is the reason that should be an option - people that don't care don't care, people like you feel seen and happy, and people who get unreasonably butthurt over "FUCKIN PRO-NOUNS" are fun to laugh at. More (neo)pronoun options in games!!!

[@PlayerOfCeleste]

ooh what are your pronouns

[@hannahk1306]

The Sims also lets you give your sims custom pronouns (although I think you can only have one set per sim, so something like she/they isn't possible).

[@ScarletShipp-fu4hh]

May I have your pronouns?

[@snowball_from_earth]

I have seen multiple occasions where people complain about even just a little bit more inclusive options in a character creator (e.g. palworld not calling its body types male and female) and it is just crazy to me why someone would complain about having extra options. I am so happy whenever there is an extra option for the body type and when the body type does not come attached to a gender

[@prageruwu69]

something about the way transphobes always draw trans men as super curvy with sexy hips just screams "i am weaponizing my sexual confusion and frustration against these people i've decided are evil".

[@tealkerberus748]

I wonder how they cope with all the cis men who also have a noticeable hip:waist ratio? There are some lads out there with very attractive figures!

[@WildJJasmine]

My nonbinary child turned 16 over Thanksgiving weekend, so we celebrated at my extended family’s thanksgiving dinner. Two of my siblings refused to sing Happy Birthday to them because they didn’t want to use their chosen name. I had emailed everyone before the day letting them know I would be EXTREMELY unhappy with anyone who upset my child on their birthday, so instead of deadnaming/misgendering them, my sibs thought they could get by with pretending they don’t exist. 😒

[@queenkobra7054]

that's awful :( though I'm glad you supported your child, I know if my parents hadn't been supportive when I came out as non-binary I wouldn't be nearly as happy or comfortable around them

[@MyBedIsInAWall]

You’re a good parent, from this comment it’s clear that you care about them We need more people in the world that will support their children like you do

[@vetomo6]

im so happy there are people like you out there that support their LBGT+ children and family!! Coming from a bisexual whos family doesn’t support them, you’re my absolute dream and please adopt me

[@WolfgangDoW]

Fun fact: the Confederacy lasted a grand total of 6 YEARS!!! It doesn't represent anyone except racists Pokémon Go lasted longer and had thousand times as many Americans take part too lmao Phineas and Ferb lasted longer Comment below other things that lasted longer than the Confederacy lol

[@isobelmiller7464]

I've seen a video about the confederacy by this channel called Doobus Goobus, and it says Annoying Orange lasted longer than the Confederacy.

[@ParasWiineri]

The legality of same sex marriage. Popularity of Star Wars. The reign of the Tribunal in Morrowind. George R.R. Martin's hibernation on the next A Song of Ice and Fire book.

[@pur3chao56]

Archie Sonic comics ran for 15 years and I think it currently holds the record for longest running comic. That is over twice as long as the confederacy.

[@zappafurious]

Windows 10 support

[@fiercedeity1764]

Me pretending to be a cishet man lasted for 3 times that long.

[@DavidGarland-ur5ld]

An occurrence I find pretty often in these "memes" is a sense of self-martyrdom. They say "me when blank is illegal," and never if.

[@naomistarlight6178]

They're so sure we want to outlaw being straight 😂

[@zupperm]

The mystery character in 1:58 is Juce, the Vatican's official anime mascot(don't know if that's official art though)

[@nicsnort]

That is definitely not official art. But funnily enough there are a lot of hardline Catholics who freaked out at Juce because the artist makes queer kawaii content (and it has even showed up on vibrators before).

[@lucy__fer]

Luce*

[@Fuer64]

Honestly sad to see a cute character design be co-opted for hatred

[@Heis-x6d]

smh I can't believe they'd do this to her

[@Lynxiro]

Why the f does the Vatican have a animu mascot. Are they trying to appeal to the youths or smth. TBF e.g. quite a few cishet young men have swapped to the Orthodox church in my country, bcs they do not allow women priests and hold other similar values.

[@shantellerobb5896]

Everyday I feel like I’m a bad parent but then I see things like this shared by parents who don’t support their kids. I feel a tiny bit better that while I’m not a perfect parent, I’m always trying to be a supportive one. Then I feel sad for the kids who don’t have supportive parents. It’s a roller coaster of emotions.

[@LUK4_L3TH4LLL]

I really appreciate your condolences and I am more hopeful for the future knowing that you are helping to make a difference. Thank you ❤

[@waffles3629]

If it helps, bad parents don't ever think they are bad parents, well unless they are trying to guilt trip their kids into saying they are the best parents to stroke their ego. My spawn points who treated me like a disobedient puppet think they are amazing parents and that the biggest mistakes they made were things like picking me up 10 minutes late from sports and clubs. But leaving me with untreated pinkeye for two weeks, sending me to school against surgeons orders, etc apparently weren't mistakes.

[@shantellerobb5896]

@ I’m so sorry about your spawn points, that’s horrible! I just don’t understand how people can do that. How they can’t look at it as themselves, like, do you want pink eye? No? Then your kid doesn’t either, like act accordingly!

[@waffles3629]

@@shantellerobb5896 they just flat out refused to believe I had pinkeye because I also had strep, and apparently it is impossible to have two short term illnesses at the same time. There was known pinkeye going around my middle school, and the "whites" of my eyes were entirely pink. But no, apparently I just had bloodshot eyes because I was "refusing" to go to sleep on time. Yeah, no, I just couldn't fall asleep because my eyelids felt like sandpaper (if you've ever accidentally sanded yourself with 20 grit sandpaper it felt something like that). A letter had even been sent home from school to check your kids eyes because by this point like a third of my grade had it. But no, I definitely did not have pinkeye. Eventually I went to the school nurse (who was an absolutely horrible person who thought kids faked illnesses and injuries to get sent home no matter how obvious it was, like she tried to just give a classmate a band-aid and send him back to class,and he ended up getting like 7 stitches) who took one look at my eyes, called my egg donor for pick-up, and chewed her out when she got to the school. And told her she had 24 hours to send in proof I'd been seen by a doctor or she was reporting them to CPS. The whole ride home I was yelled at, the whole time at home until my appointment I was yelled at, at my appointment she lied to the doc about how long it had been (it was two weeks, she said two days) and glowered at me the whole time while I was diagnosed with "the worst case of pinkeye I've ever seen" by a pediatrician with at least 20 years experience, the whole ride to the pharmacy I was yelled at that there was nothing wrong with me and I was just pretending to embarrass her...... You get the picture. And now flash forward like 15 years and they deny this happened claiming I never had pinkeye. They just don't care, they want a shiny trophy to show off, not a constantly sick chronically ill trans atheist.

[@shantellerobb5896]

See, that’s just horrible, I’m so sorry! I can’t imagine going through that. If you want a “shiny trophy”, buy a doll! The only issues I would have with a trans atheist are: Being kind, since kindness isn’t excused by believe or no believe Finding the right nickname because little miss wouldn’t be right. Is it so hard for people to realize kids are people?

[@erinjohnson7329]

22:02 - " this is NOT a family" Correct, that there appears to be a representation of 2 families.

[@ScootsLounge]

The raincoat kid with thr cross is Luce, an official mascot for the Vatican iirc, and she's definitely not a bigot.

[@KindlyKalen]

Heck yeah! Even the pope himself said that homosexuality should be legal!

[@canthaveshitindetroit]

@@KindlyKalenPope Francis is based. 100%.

[@canthaveshitindetroit]

People can argue with me however they want, doesn’t change the fact that he’s better than the christians that use their religion to discriminate against minorities.

[@mcyeet]

Luce literally just likes rainbows and sheep and candy, she would never commit atrocities

[@dcfan7838]

4:50 I want to make something clear here that Jamie didn't mention but I think is still important. You can't be trans age, you can't, but age regression and age sliding is a thing. It's the brain's response to childhood trauma, and something only seen in those with childhood trauma. This is often seen in people with DID or OSDD but is also seen in those without those conditions. This is obviously not what the person was trying to say I just wanted to make clear that not everyone who says they are younger than their body is a transphobe (I'm trans I'm not just saying that)

[@moonflight3806]

Thank you for the education!

[@Germmillions]

This comment

[@OnionBorn]

I was also gonna say that it felt really close to the time where queerphobic trolls tried pushing the idea that there are younger to date children. It all started on 4Chan, if I'm not mistaken. A lot of queerphobes did use it as a "Gotcha" moment to make out the entire community as predators.

[@AliceBunny05]

yes, age regression and age sliding are very much a thing! age regression in particular can be voluntary or involuntary, and is used by many (when it's voluntary) to help them deal with the stress of being an adult, coupled with the devastation that comes along with being traumatized or abused as a child. it is one unorthodox healthy coping mechanism that is at people's disposal, and is also sometimes recommended by therapists and other mental health professionals if they are familiar with it's existence.

[@moonflight3806]

@@AliceBunny05 Wow! That’s so interesting! Thank you for the education!

[@justmonifer]

26:00 - this is exactly why I couldn't bring myself to continue using the bird app anymore. When you get a message back saying there was no obvious wrongdoing after reporting hateful comments filled with explicit homophobia, threats and use of the 'r' slur, you know there's no hope for that platform.

[@Pererogatist]

And then they automatically ban you if you make a straight joke

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

People are bailing out to Bluesky for very good reasons.

[@waffles3629]

Yep. On multiple platforms (KZbin, Facebook and Reddit at the very least, can't remember if it's happened on any others) I've called out pedophilia and reported it, only for my comment to be removed and the gross comment to stay up. Including very explicit stuff that there was no way to interpret it in a non disgusting way. Like comments to the extent of "CSA is a beautiful blessing".

[@lillithdoe5075]

Oh you mean twit-x the only social media platform having its own identity crisis post teen years.

[@Cr3Ek_l0v3R]

yea the r slur isn't mean but cis is?....😐

[@Nanbread-bw7nq]

13:17 common misconception! the vampire bit an asexual person who, at the time of biting, had consumed 20 loaves of garlic bread and therefore had a BGC (blood garlic level) of 0.25, which is very bad for vampires! /j what does that meme even *mean*

[@michaelcheng9987]

I think it was supposed to be a joke about the AIDS crisis.

[@thekekenator]

HIV/AIDS

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

Another thing is that vampires are very heavily queer coded, so to act like the two are mutually exclusive categories shows a profound lack of media literacy.

[@HadesR-lt3jx]

If I were to rub my body with garlic EXCEPT my genitals… what would happen. I’m asking theoretically. For science.

[@intercat4907]

So Jammie read a post from a guy who got turned down by a woman. The guy's response was to talk about the woman's sex toys. Let's hope he's been turned down by every woman he's ever hit on - he's wearing a hat made out of a red flag.

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

I have 5 children. NO CHILD EVER TURNS OUT EXACTLY LIKE THEIR PARENT. You're not musical? Your kid might be. You're straight? Your kid might not be. You don't do well with maths? Your child might be really good at maths. If you think you are going to have nothing but little mini me s, DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN.

[@dbdeg88]

Yeah, that flag doesn't represent 100% of Americans. It doesn't represent Alaska or Hawaii residents. That flag has only 48 stars. What is this, 1958?

[@dbdeg88]

Also the Confederate flag represents 0% of Americans who are alive right now. So there's that.

[@naomistarlight6178]

New states are "woke" 😂

[@PokhrajRoy.]

4:19 People who digest misinformation talking about ‘the truth’. Just had an argument over this. Supporting bigotry is not ‘the truth’. I will never understand this.

[@ronanmates7812]

The pride flag in the first meme looks like the original pride flag design if I'm not mistaken.

[@Heis-x6d]

yeah, it's the 1978 one. the bottom two stripes were removed in the 90s I believe

[@lucienfortner841]

No, that one had 8 stripes. The two removed stripes were pink and turquoise IIRC.

[@KrazyKatLady]

8:25 I had a conversation with my dad about this the other day. Mostly in the context of the Iranian boxer certain people were trying to call trans when she was cis. I brought up how some cis male athletes like Usain Bolt have a biological advantage and are incredibly great at their sport but, no one looks at them and says they need genetic testing and there must be something there that needs to be persecuted. It seems (to me at least) that if a woman is better at her sport because of her biology it must mean she's secretly a man, but if a man is then he's just an incredible athlete. This stopped him in his tracks because he had never thought about it that way and was just listening to the rhetoric of other transphobic people. Edit: corrected for pronouns to make sure I gendered her correctly

[@ScribbleBoyo]

26:57 this character is sprig from amphibia, who in the episode this picture is taken from keeps trying to rile up one of the reformed villains, who is canonically bisexual. In the case of this meme I'm pretty sure it's just a joke about sprig annoying the bisexual character made by the fandom, rather than actual bigots.

[@kionlastname6744]

Grime?

[@kionlastname6744]

That picture is from the dinner

[@ScribbleBoyo]

@kionlastname6744 sasha

[@lumin4rr]

⁠@@kionlastname6744 I think they’re referring to Sasha actually

[@Epicc013]

@@kionlastname6744 lol

[@Alex.The.Lionnnnn]

The bit I just don't get about them and their whole rhetoric about trans being a "dangerous fad" (other than everything) is the concept that a person would choose the hatred and vilification on a daily basis...for a fad. Yeah...of course that makes sense.

[@AlexQuinn-f2r]

"a dangerous fad" ...looks at opium, crack, caffeine, meth, nicotine, THC, vaping and the live video game service model ...there are slightly bigger concerns for humanity at the current time

[@Alex.The.Lionnnnn]

@AlexQuinn-f2r I may or may not have succumbed to the siren song of meth/heroin etc at one point. I didn't fall for the dangerous trans fad like an idiot though, so there was never any danger.

[@AlexQuinn-f2r]

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[@Alex.The.Lionnnnn]

@@AlexQuinn-f2r my life did. Don't lose sleep over it. 😂

[@LemonAid82]

​​@@LandonDawson-w2zbot

[@silverghostcat1924]

1:04 this whole thing is wrong. The stars are wrong on the US flag, the percentage is wrong on the Confederate flag and the colors are wrong on the Pride flag. So this person is ignorant on many levels. Nothing is right.

[@JovanDacic]

Wondering who else would catch the pre 1959 flag action.

[@JenMeiMei]

I JUST SEMI CAME OUT TO MY MOM AND SHE SAID UMMM OKAY 👍 LOL

[@prageruwu69]

"umm okay" best response

[@delusional_poet]

I hope it was a good umm okay? :D Sincerely hope you're doing well and everything's going to be okay

[@TCHorwood-xq7mw]

❤

[@reaganmonkey8]

8:47 This could also be interpreted as an accidental ally. “God chose..my gender”. It could mean what they meant, or it could mean that God made a trans man a man.

[@waffles3629]

Yep. I didn't choose my gender, I just picked the best label for it. Just like I didn't pick my eye or hair color, and picked the best color names to describe it.

[@0verpricedcoffee553]

right?! God chose my gender. My mortal body decided it wanted to look like *this*

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

18:18 fun fact: The word "mankind" actually just means "humankind". "Man" (or rather it's Old English version, "mann") used to just be a gender neutral word for human. The old word for the current meaning was "wer" (still exists to this day in the word "werewolf", which literally means "manwolf"). Btw, the word "woman" comes from "wīfmann", which consists of the words "wīf" (which means "woman", "female" and "wife", and still exists today as the word "wife") and "mann". It literally means "woman person".

[@lickmyblood333]

that's rly cool! I will def use that as a funfact w ppl lmao

[@goodboi6329]

Wīfwolf

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

@goodboi6329 it'd be "wīfwulf" (if Wiktionary is to be trusted), but fun fact: Wīfwulf would be a masculine noun (English used to have grammatical gender). That's because wulf is masculine and in compound nouns the last part of it determines the gender (that's also still the case in German lol). Though, if the gender was taken from wīf, then it would still not be a feminine noun, because wīf is neuter (also, wīfmann is a masculine noun lmao). Edit: alternatively, you could just avoid all of this by just saying "wīfwylfen", which would be feminine (wylfen means "female wolf").

[@goodboi6329]

@@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit neat. Wīfwylfen

[@ziero1986]

7:00 Everyone knows its actually: 10% luck 20% skill 15% concentrated power of will 5% pleasure 50% pain And 100% reason to remember the name

[@ashjones8155]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that

[@aether2kye]

4:57 im a DID system. I have many headmates who are mentally older and younger. However, we are always, always 18 (as of writing this). We have a "Dad" guy whose somewhere around 40 mentally. But, hes always 18. The only time that his headspace age comes into play is if he wants to joke around with some of our close friends about being an "elderly old man about to crumble into dust." Otherwise, hes 18, and always will be. Accepting that we can be other ages can lead to us, or others, getting hurt. If a little were to front and play with other younger kids, they are fundamentally different. They have a more developed brain than children. And its also not safe for children to learn that thats ok behavior for an adult.

[@DembaiVT]

We have Littles. If they did something wrong, we understand, as a system, that we would be charged as an adult, with the understanding that if the body did it, it applies to all of us. Hence we do our best to avoid well...everything. the meat sack is the age it is, even if some folks in our head were dormant (unconscious) for decades. They get to cope with the body being the age it is. Because the body ages.

[@tealkerberus748]

If your little plays with kids the same way as a young-at-heart but responsible adult would play with them, that shouldn't be a problem. But I can see this being a very difficult path to tread. Your littles need to experience a wholesome childhood, but without endangering others.

[@aether2kye]

@tealkerberus748 yes! We let our littles have a childhood when we can! Usually that is either in headspace or with friends who we trust a lot. Since we're still quite young, and pretty much the youngest adult at any meet up family + friends gathering we go to we always chill at the kids table and kinda take on the role of babysitter. And sometimes a little will join us. A lot of us have a very strong parental drive (the guys who enforce/uphold a lot of our 'rules' are literally called the Dad's BCS they are just that fatherly) so our littles are very well taken care of in headspace too 😅

[@HappyThoughts-HAPPY-THOU-xx3gm]

“Represents 1% of Americans.” 300,000,000/100 is still 3,000,000

[@morganstiefvater2019]

The anime girl in the yellow raincoat is Luce, the Vatican's new mascot. The stated purpose is to get young people interested in Catholicism. Yes, really. Also interesting that that was the one with the "gays are groomers" theme, because, y'know... Projecting much?

[@ryorai5804]

Also dont forget about the time when men banned women from shooting competitions because they couldnt beat them.

[@beccasflyingrainbow7886]

I’m Christian and I don’t think being gay or trans is bad it is just being you

[@SnickerDoodleBug05]

And you are going to be blessed for being respectful

[@De_Selby]

The Bible disagrees. I'm an apatheist, but come on, even I know what the Bible says about gay relationships being "an abomination"

[@naomistarlight6178]

​@@De_Selbyyeah but also shellfish and cotton/poly blends

[@johannaweichsel3602]

​@@De_Selby it's wrongly translated, it means to not sleep with young boys rather than grown men.

[@SnickerDoodleBug05]

​@@De_Selby it also says that if a virgin woman is ram@ped the man who r@ped her must pay the father and then the two will be married. Not everything in the bible still applies today

[@ShadowPack90]

2:11 I love it when I recognize the Catholic Church's anime girl mascot, But all of the official stuff I've seen, yes this is official, she cares a walking stick and not a sword

[@Archer-e9v]

Ironic the catholics accuse lgbtq of being groomers

[@nettlesandsnakes9138]

1:14 I just looked it up and the confederacy was 1/3 of the US at the time in terms of population. People who are queer in someway make up roughly 7% of the population.

[@bholdr----0]

Yep! Also, of that roughly 1/3... Did the Confederate battle /standard flag represent the millions of slaves in that fraction? (Even if they only counted for three fifths of a person, according to the constitution.) ...And the US flag in the meme that represents 100%... It has only 48 stars!

[@sennveloxavy9413]

I looked up some population statistics and the state of Wyoming only makes up less than 0.2% of Americans, so if we're going by flags that are "least representative", we should ban the Wyoming flag

[@SuperJJParker]

7%? I thought it was 3%?.

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

And 7% is still just the low estimate. The high estimate varies by generation, but I think it's much closer to accurate. People don't always feel comfortable identifying as queer on a poll, and people might not yet know that about themselves either. Go back 10 years and I wouldn't have known, let alone said so on a poll.

[@tealkerberus748]

And that 7% is heavily influenced by generational factors, particularly exposure to homophobic laws when young, as well as the loss of gay men during the AIDS era. One study of young adults, the people least affected by all that, found 25% identified as queer.

[@rockeyy6402]

0:55 i'm seeing some people mistake this for gilbert baker's original flag, but the pink stripe should be on the top in that case, and there should also be a blue stripe between green and indigo. the stripes from top to bottom would be pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, blue for magic, indigo for serenity, and purple for spirit. he also made an amendment to the flag in 2017, adding a lavender stripe above the pink stripe to represent diversity.

[@viverra]

Interesting! I wonder if it is a flag from either when a rainbow flag was used by the peace movement, or when it was used for Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition? I'm not sure if the stripes of those had different orders.

[@Marskilius]

That bisexual bit hit me hard... I'm in a hetero passing marriage, ok, but it doesn't make me any less bisexual. Luckily I have friends on the same boat and I'm not alone in this. Sometimes biphobia is unhinged, even from other lgbtqa+ peers 😵‍💫

[@whimsiclaw]

Fun fact: The person who made the comic at 27:48 later made a statement that they're nonbinary and completely disavow what it says now. It seems like they were going through a rough patch of internalized homophobia but they're doing a lot better now!

[@sariarosegold]

alright but is it just me or is the Pink Army dude at 11:05 not absolutely killing it with that makeup? also the military already quit using that version of digital camo a while back iirc

[@viverra]

Yeah - also, the hunting stores around here carry a lot of pink camo - not for soldiers, but for women who want camo for hunting in. Deer are colorblind, so pink camo works as well as green camo. (I think the whole 'pink is for girls' thing silly, though. Back in the Victorian era, they thought pink was appropriate for baby boys, since red was for boys and pink was just 'pastel red'.).

[@HigoIndico]

I'm this late only because I had this ADHD blanck stare for minutes. Then I came back to earth and realized that I didn't even click the video yet.

[@clayw8884]

0:36 one thing i gotta point out is that 60% of Americans are non-Hispanic white. Only about 30% of Americans are from the south. They were saying the confederate flag represents white people, not “southern heritage”… That meme has like every possible form of bigotry

[@Novis-N]

2:04 That is none other than the new mascot of the catholic church, Luce.

[@silverink25]

Aren't the space suits white to reflect sunlight?? Like that's kinda important in space.

[@feuerling]

It makes the person stand out against thendarkness of the unending void and reduces the heat buildup from sunlight

[@perezz76]

3:00 i love how the whole poster is just this persons subjective views, but they present it as objective facts. Crazy.

[@VivrBeaver]

24:13 as a disabled queer person, this really made me appreciate the fact that my family gave me the support and unconditional love I needed, and I’m sooo sorry to anyone who diddnt get to have that support as a kid.

[@wen_and_only]

28:16 Fun fact! The person who made this graphic (Gay people I respect) later apologized for it and created several versions that are more accepting.

[@-MarbleHornetsFan-]

Aww that’s sweet! Thanks for sharing!

[@someonesomehow379]

6:03 btw halal means that the animals weren't k¡lled painfully/ are k¡lled in the least and quickest way.. aka they didn't SUFFER..

[@GaTraCos]

Being electrocuted until stunned (not dead!) and then hanging them upside down and slitting their throat so they bleed to death sure is painless and without suffering...

[@noizthegoblin]

The archeology "justification" bothers me because archeology is steering away from the already dodgy "bone structure" identification and are moving more into cultural indicators like burial clothes and items! Many cultures acknowledge genders outside of "male and female", and we can identify that now because we have learned! We know more! The intent of human life is to PROGRESS. I really don't understand why some people are so against knowledge and learning and progressing our understanding of other people. Blows my mind.

[@naomistarlight6178]

The funny thing is that there's also always been (if a culture does gendered burial) women buried with "masculine" grave goods like swords and men buried in "feminine" clothing... So there's always been trans people and in most ancient cultures it never seems like it was ever taboo for one to take on the role normally assigned the opposite sex. We invented transphobia recently, not trans people.

[@Biotic_Warlock]

19:52 ah yes the veilguard hate. Even a fantasy setting has physical scars, and trans characters in canon. The hate over trans inclusivity in the game is dumb.

[@Masonicore]

right like do they not know there was a trans man in the last game back in 2014 fucking tourists (also what do they have against vitiligo)

[@katiem.3109]

There's a prominent trans character in dragon age: Inquisition, a game that notably has more lgbt main characters than straight main characters. Inquisition was released 10 years ago. Also, literally every game in the franchise has included overtly LGBT characters. The people who are complaining about veilguard being inclusive were never fans of the franchise to begin with.

[@Panguinolucy]

14:13 ugh, the response of white lives matter is such a bad one… if someone said in response “all lives matter” then that might be an honest thing that you can help explain why that’s wrong to say here. But white lives matter? I’m basically hearing “only white people matter” which is horrific-🎹Mari

[@joewilly-c7w]

Why would you respond like that in the first place of course all lives matter but blm is a thing because there is still racist people out there

[@favouritezee7096]

I don’t get it. I am Catholic and we learn that God gave us free will, to be responsible for our OWN BEHAVIOUR, and don’t judge others.

[@SnickerDoodleBug05]

And God will bless you for being a respectful human being when there are so many who use his word as an excuse to be judgemental

[@favouritezee7096]

@@SnickerDoodleBug05 yeah, well I hope they learn to use His word (or Her, or They) to look in the f#@ing mirror

[@SnickerDoodleBug05]

​@@favouritezee7096 here's a verse for them to read that'll help with that: "You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye." Matthew 7:5

[@Bozoraz]

I'm Christian and I'm confused too. Especially since we are told to love our neighbors...

[@theashwoodfaerie2]

Exactly, Jesus dined with the sinners. One of his most famous followers was a sex worker.

[@dietotaku]

"it's gay for men to take a nap" well my husband has extreme fatigue from his LEUKEMIA but that's okay i'll just tell him to stop being so gay about it and that will fix everything

[@lucienfortner841]

Guess they want men to be "woke" after all 😂

[@claudiamcfie1265]

Im cis straight and an ally. I'm so sorry for all the harm and horrendous stuff you have to put up with. It's never okay to treat others in a bigoted way. You are a unique, special and wonderful human being. Keep up the good work in educating and advocating.

[@andeeharry]

The song Ba Ba blacksheep has been around for 200 years (since 1744), but it got banned because of the lyrics surrounding the blacksheep that sort of promoted harmful stereotypes. It got banned in the early 2000s, but apparently it has been making a come back for the last 5 years, thanks to a Nursery rhyme podcast called CoComelon. It made the song trendy by reaching #1 in recent times and apparently there are different versions of it too, as well as a blue sheep being involved as well.

[@viverra]

I've never heard of it being banned. How does it promote harmful stereotypes? I mean, there IS the phrase "the black sheep of the family" which refers to someone who doesn't conform to the family's expectations, but that doesn't enter into the song. The song is literally referring to black sheep, whose wool is collected separately, and used locally.

[@Roadent1241]

Did it get banned? Did I accidentally break a law as a child? XD

[@kfishert]

@@viverra i recommend looking on the rhyme's wikipedia page, the rhyme was originally about wool taxation, but gained a reputation around 1986 in Britain for containing potential racial theming.

[@andeeharry]

@@Roadent1241 no idea, but we all sung it back in the day anyway

[@andeeharry]

@@viverraOoooh... if only that term existed then. it would have been a lot simplier. Back in the late 90s early 00s, the PC is hot of the press and became one of the first things that was targeted under racism and slavery because of the colour and selling wool to the Dame and Master. The ban hammer came about the same time when sports was being targeted for lack of trophies...you know, only the winners got one. Anyway that's a different thing. Anyway, it was my favourite song and it was removed...but I must say, if only they knew about the origin of the other nursery rhymes and it's meanings, oh well...but anyway, I am so glad that the song is back thanks to a different meaning. I wonder how long this will last.

[@P0txt9]

25:53 I’m so sorry that’s happening to you. I honestly had no idea about that. Those people should be banned or something for being so disrespectful. :(

[@deancontiwriter13]

21:40 also people acting like scars under the chest are something transmasc-exclusive. WHAT IF THEY HAD CHEST CANCER. WHAT IF THEY ARE SWORDFIGHTERS WHO GOT INJURED UNDER THEIR PECS. There are many reasons to have scars under your pecs. People are silly.

[@KevillCore]

The whole pride flag "represents 1% of Americans" being the reason it should be banned is actually ridiculous (Not only because that's not what it's about). It's basically just saying "Let's ban minorities" which is totally saying the quiet part out loud.

[@shauno5888]

I saw a car on the road the other day with both an "All lives matter" sticker and a "Baby on board" sticker. I was like, "you understand the point, and you're just willfully being an asshole."

[@l.n.3372]

I'm confused, what do those stickers have to do with each other that it makes them seem like a jerk?

[@shauno5888]

@l.n.3372 The way I see it, "Baby on board" implies that one wants others to be more cautious around their vehicle, or that paramedics should tend to their vehicle first in an accident. In other words, their baby's life is deserving of extra precautions and considerations. To me, this doesn't fit well with the concept of "all lives matter," specifically as it stands as a backlash to "black lives matter."

[@ghostboy3994]

@@l.n.3372i think because “baby on board” is similiar to “black lives matter” in the way that it focuses on a specific group that might be more vulnerable. therefore it’s hypocritical to say “baby on board” instead of “multiple human beings on board” or something along those lines

[@l.n.3372]

@ghostboy3994 Um, what? Baby on board doesn't mean pro life/anti abortion. I cannot fathom how that's the assumption. People want children and saying they have a baby isn't really an insult against women who want an abortion. Granted, idk why people advertise to strangers that there's a baby in their car lmao. Feels weird to broadcast such.

[@qwerte6948]

​@@l.n.3372 becouse they want people to be more carefull as to not hurt the BABY IN THE CAR...

[@JustinWO-31]

8:52 I can say that too. God made me gay and trying to be something I wasn't(straight) for so many years of my life was detrimental to my overall well-being. I'm not going to apologize for who God made me.

[@FrenchBag3l]

I just had a bad day at school today, and this really gave me comfort! A person I thought was my friend started talking to me during band about being in the hospital for 5 hours for who knows what, so I commented that at least it was only 5 hours and people have been in there for days and used your bottom surgery experience as an example. He said he didn't support trans people, and I said I was a trans guy. He said, "Then at least don’t get a sex change," and I told him I was going to when I could so I could be happier and feel more like myself. He told me he hoped they made it illegal by then, so I said if that happened, I would go to Canada. At the end of the day, my best friend told me that during their class, that same guy told them I was dead to him and referred to me with she her pronouns and deadnamed me. Anyway, this made my day, and please continue doing this stuff. It helps me and other people and means a lot.

[@John_Weiss]

Internet [cis] Uncle-Gay🏳‍🌈 here, to tell you: You are Valid, nephew!

[@joinjaffanow]

@@LandonDawson-w2z may i ask where you got these numbers?

[@viverra]

So sorry you went through that, from someone you thought was a friend. Hang in there.

[@LemonAid82]

​@@LandonDawson-w2zget help

[@jacineyatrakos3149]

@@LandonDawson-w2z keep lying buddy

[@Baconmutt]

13:11 The vampire must've bitten an Ace person, because they must've had garlic in their blood with all of the garlic bread they've eaten.

[@jackskellingtonsora]

21:30 Conservatives getting mad at "Press 1 for English, Press 2 for Spanish"

[@rivvyp]

19:94 I saw this in the thumbnail and knew exactly what it was because oh my God the amount of "fans" who are upset at dragon age for including queerness (when it was literally written by a gay man and included queer characters) is insane.

[@pur3chao56]

Hello fellow Astarion enjoyer! It's funny too because these same people threw tantrums when Bauldurs Gate 3 for being on the "woke" game list claiming it isn't woke even when everyone is super gay.

[@Panguinolucy]

4:59 hi, part of a DID system that has members who are different ages. In our case lots of the age things are things we keep an eye on for each other rather than expect others to respect. For example we don’t let our 16 year olds go into pubs or bars. We also have an 8 year old and with her we specifically tell people “hey please don’t bring up things that are inappropriate for an 8 year old”. We don’t try to push respecting our current fronters age onto others unless it’s necessary and take both our body’s age and the headmates age into account. If someone identifies as a different age, it’s fair they should take the same steps-Mari🎹

[@Roadent1241]

Please tell me if this is an inappropriate question and none of my business. How do your outside world people deal with it, especially if they're new? I imagine it must be quite confusing.

[@Panguinolucy]

@ usually we just have to explain to people that we are sometimes different people, our little doesn’t front too often but typically we just say before she does front to just think before you speak. Basically it’s mostly just explaining it best we can beforehand. -🎹

[@unknown_the_tvhead]

As a Christian, aren’t we SUPPOSED to LOVE EVERYONE???? Love the PERSON not the sin, and even if that person sins, if they’re not Christian, don’t say things like ‘I’m praying for you’ and ‘god loves you.’ It’s very disrespectful. However if that person (yes it’s happened) decides to say things against your religion, in this case Christianity, it also doesn’t give you the right to be vile to that person, we are supposed to FORGIVE and FORGET. I am a 14 year old GIRL and I know more about my own religion than these 40 year old walnuts claiming they’re ‘Christian’ when in reality they’re pushing the religion into what THEY WANT to believe. I don’t care WHAT you identify as, WHO you identify as, and what you BELIEVE in, just don’t be an asshole! We’re all human.

[@BoneYeahCrystalMeth]

Thank you. I live in a Christian family as a closeted member of the LGBTQ community and I literally suffer 💀💀💀 they’re always a-holes (homophobic, transphobic, racist, just kinda bigoted) so I’m so happy that some Christians actually accept people who aren’t cis-het old men 😭😭 I want to say thank you again.

[@whatinthecharmander]

leviticus 18:22 was just a mistranslation. god loves all.

[@k1kism1th44]

We're all here losing braincells together 👍

[@TheBlueDuck299]

Flashback to when I played sims for the for first time, I made my sim date a woman (I still thought I was straight)

[@andrewcurren549]

Yeah me marrying Sebastian in Stardew Valley when I was still convinced I was straight... I wonder how many other people have had the same experience?

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

I miss the transvestigators already. Of the homophobes they are by far the funniest and most entertaining, "yer neck looks gay" or something