Notices by WesDym (wesdym@mastodon.social)

@elfkin

- There are safe places to be and go. You probably already know where they are. Consider moving to or near one of them.

- Unless you supply evidence, no one can PROVE you're queer. Denial can be painful, but it can also save your life.

- Watch out for fellow travellers, and be ready to help if you can. Often, that just means being friendly and acting like you know people who look like they may be in a risky situation. Most people instinctively fear numbers. Even just two people.

@elfkin Early Gen-X queer activist. I'm going to throw out random tips as they come to me.

- Know your legal rights or liabilities in every place you are or plan to be, even just driving through.

- This means there are safe zones, caution zones, and no-go zones. The latter includes Florida and Texas, and probably also Tennessee.

- If you must enter or cross red zones, do so quickly but LEGALLY: Don't give cops an excuse to pull you over.

- Keep your car clean and generic-looking.

@KeithDJohnson It's also ignorant. The term comes from a since-debunked notion about the social hierarchy of wolves. Debunked long enough ago that there's not much excuse for not knowing that by now. I mean, if you're going to call you're something, you should at least take a minute to look it up.

So guys who call themselves 'alpha males' are basically saying, "I'm either ignorant or lazy, take your pick."

@WarnerCrocker When I read these quotes in the press, I assume the people quoted are lying. It's not like I have to rely on some nameless chump from Wet Fart, Nowhere to tell me the price of eggs. I live in one of the costlier parts of the US, and I fucking KNOW what eggs cost. These claims HAVE to be lies, unless you're buying, I don't know, some kind of frou-frou boutique eggs or something.

@br00t4c When, if ever, will people learn that Joe Rogan is dumb as shit?

@br00t4c "Major Complaint: Like, EVERYTHING, apparently"

@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_ @DemocracyMattersALot It's not a paradox if you understand tolerance as a social contract instead of a doctrine. Tolerance, like respect, must be continually earned. If you breach it, then you surrender it.

In iterations of various strategies for the Prisoner's Dilemma, it was found that statistically, Trust But Betray Once if Betrayed was among the most successful strategies: Cooperation works better as a presumptive contract than as a doctrine. The same is true for tolerance.

@kaia History is filled with examples like this. Rich arseholes love rare stuff BECAUSE it's rare. I've had caviar. The 'good' stuff, too. There's nothing special about it. It's just exotic and costly, and that's all there is to it.

Black pepper was once treasured by rich arseholes, too, until it became common. It's never been about the thing itself. It's about feeling special because you're rich. It's the most childish, primitive motive.

@VisualStuart I always like the version of this that ends, "Yeah, yeah."

@micahflee You're free to keep linking from a horrible, anti-democratic, pro-fascist website that has clearly stated its hatred for media, at least until the instance stops you.

But I'm free to mute you for it, right now, for good.

Goddamn, how come journalists don't know better already?

@Gargron Reminds me of Cuil Theory.

http://cuiltheory.wikidot.com/what-is-cuil-theory