• jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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    Women are so funny with their designer clothes and handbags, “I’m just like my favorite singer/actress!” haha, sure you are, lil princess 😀

    Getting their nails done is hilarious, like aww, you gonna go change the way your hand operates so you can have your fun-time 3 inch long plastic shit gatherers? better show them off at the grocery store! 😜

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      Spending money on activities and on community is vastly better than spending it on non essential things and I’ll die on this hill.

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        You can’t act like there’s a substantial difference between the former and the later. It’s mostly a matter of opinion which things are trivialities and which things are important for happiness and community.

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          People that research happiness say that experiences are more important than things and that community is also important for happiness. So there is a difference empirically.

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            My point was more that there’s a lot of individual variation in terms of what things count for what category and even whether they’re enjoyable or not. You would have to pay me to go to a screamo concert. Other people would greatly enjoy the experience. Furthermore, at a certain point, you have to diversify the things you do. You can’t spend 100% of your free time strengthening your relationships, sometimes you gotta just buy some candy and eat it.

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      My dude its a funny post on the internet. Unlike your comment, which was just hateful and vitriolic.

      Bet you’re fun at parties.

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    My wife once asked me with a straight face if I had any “football cosplay shirts” and while it took me a minute to figure out what she meant, I couldn’t argue with her terminology.

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    I wear my Arsenal FC tops with pride. Although I don’t get names put on the back. I fucking love football

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    Hey do you guys remember when I was super good at sports in the past? Wasn’t that great? I bet I could have been even better if coach had let me play in that key game. Then, everyone would have seen how good I was and I would have got to play more!

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    Why are furries looked down upon but people who dress in fursuits at sporting events viewed as figures of fun?

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        What you don’t realize is that in this picture, the mascot is fully penetrating this man’s face pussy

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            I think it’s the same energy a lot of furries bring to participation in their community to be honest. I have met a lot of asexual furries who basically just want to be a mascot they just don’t have a school or sports team.

            That or they want to be a big stuffed toy who can cuddle with friends in a big non-sexual pile. Probably something to do with abstracted intimacy… Something like most people don’t look at animals sexually so for some their fursonas are at least as much about avoiding being looked at in a sexualized fashion which they experience regularly out of costume.

            Part of my situation being a part of the asexual community back in the early 2000’s was a lot of people coming to the concensus strangely independantly that I am some sort of leopard fursona. I went to one con back around 2006 to see what it was about and while the sexual fetish component was present in side booths it doesn’t seem like the costumes themselves are supposed to be sexy - More like individuals become notorious for their personality and confidence through character acting which is something more like mime… So basically just mascotting but doing it to hype your own brand rather than aerving someone elses? I think they definitely are doing it for notoriety, attention and recognition but not quite the sexual kind. The fetish stuff seemed to be about as much of a thing as hentai anime porn and overtly sexy cosplay is to the anime fandom and convention scene.

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    I’m not a sports fan, so I see the humor in this.

    On the other hand, I also see women spending thousands of dollars on clothing, makeup, accessories, etc. In the mistaken belief that this will somehow gain them the attractiveness (which I think is debatable anyway) of professional models and actresses.

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        There is nothing at all wrong with attractive women. But women aren’t going to become attractive by buying trendy shampoos, cosmetics, or clothing. It’s an illusion created by the marketers for those items.

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          Grooming oneself is definitely a good way to make yourself more attractive. Just look at all the celebs with or without makeup and nice clothes. It makes a world of difference, and is also applicable to everyone.

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            I have nothing against grooming. But an enormous chunk of our economy is devoted to selling images and dreams of beauty, rather than actually doing anything. Check out the chemistry of a $5 bottle of shampoo and a $50 bottle. Question why people are driven to purchase a new clothing every single season, as if their existing wardrobes are somehow inadequate.

            My complaint was never about the use of clothes, cosmetics, etc. It was the illusion that buying all of these things can make you look like the people in the advertisements, and that will make you successful and happy.

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          If you genuinely think that self care and dressing well have no impact on how attractive you are then I suggest you have a fuck of a lot of queer eye to catch up on.

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            My whole point was not about the use of self-care and dressing well, although most people don’t seem to realize that these are cultural relatives, not absolutes. I was saying that the industries continue to make people feel like they can become beautiful, happy, and successful by buying these things. And then in 3 months, it’s a new season and it all starts again.

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      Good point. As a man, I neither clothe nor groom myself, these being baffling, feminine activities. (For the curious, I wear a single beige tunic and wash myself in rainwater.)

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        I jersey for sure. I’ll put my local shirt on wherever. I’ll wear my shirt for any walks or endorsements for candidates at the union hall.

        Yes, I’ll wear my politics, if that’s what you were saying.

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    These women just can’t understand that men dress and play sports for themselves, not to impress women.

    😤😤😤

    Another estrogen filled rant from the woman-splaining fem-ocracy!