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Being forced to send a mass Email to family "warning" them I'm gay... before reunion. Help? by Rae_hersin lgbt

[–]artelope 2 points3 points ago

Totally do this. The truth is never wrong.

Neighbor's car alarm is super loud and very sensitive. Can I do something about it? by mathsuuin nyc

[–]artelope 2 points3 points ago

I hate the ice cream man. I never knew that was possible.

RAW 10,000 Montreal Students Defy Anti-Protest Law Bill 78 by rspix000in occupywallstreet

[–]artelope 2 points3 points ago

The entire media is playing the Otherism card. They are attempting to foment civil war/revolution. It's blatant and obvious.

The hippies had it right. Love everyone, even the Other.

American terrorists threaten to bomb LGBT rights group headquarters in Washington by stalkinghorsein politics

[–]artelope 2 points3 points ago

I don't know if I agree with your premise about why, but I do agree that there is some purposeful manipulation going on in the media. It's blatantly obvious. Everything is written to induce fear, anger, gut level knee-jerk reactions to keep you from thinking.

I agree that we should not believe the hype. No matter what we hear, or see, or get upset about. No matter how much it pisses us off, I think we need to take two steps back and think about the idea that the article or video or whatever is an attempt at manipulation by the media using this technique of Otherism. And THINK. Exercise the right to THINK!

Think about a solution, think about how to fix things, think about how to make life better for ourselves, and our neighbors if we can't do anything about this Other bullshit. Make two people smile, every day, and you start getting that back. Maybe it will catch on. Who knows.

The only thing I do know is that Love is the ONLY way to win against this war for our fear, anger, hatred, and this insidious Otherism that is being foisted upon us. The media treats our negative state of existence as currency. It's sick! These are the tools of manipulation. Every time I feel one of those things -- I just stop and wonder 'Who has the most to gain if I feel like XXXX?' It's been very interesting.

Don't participate. Love everyone. Even the Other.

IAm Stoya, adult performer and generally naked lady. AMA. by IAmStoyain IAmA

[–]artelope 9 points10 points ago

Small Gods - not that you asked me, but this book never gets enough love.

YouTuber disproves Hannity guest who says "At least we don't have police beating up protesters here in America." by iamnotfromtexas90in politics

[–]artelope 6 points7 points ago

Sorry, not a Warhammer geek. Didn't recognize it. Either way, it stands. Thanks though!

YouTuber disproves Hannity guest who says "At least we don't have police beating up protesters here in America." by iamnotfromtexas90in politics

[–]artelope 10 points11 points ago*

This is far more insidious than such a clinical term, because it goes across multiple facets of any given person's life. It's inescapable. Otherism makes an Other of any one person, thing, or institution that may violate any single ONE of your mores or norms. It splinters people inside their own heads, not just within their social group (which may or may not be xenophobic as a whole). And as more and more bombardment happens, the individual becomes isolated and chaotic as safety is inexorably whittled away and the values of Not Other become smaller and smaller and thus, more precious and irrationally defended.

Otherism is far worse than xenophobia. What seems to be happening if you watch the media appears to be fucking engineered and it's intent seems to be to devastate the rational and spiritual capabilities of mankind, not just any random subgroup thereof. The media is filled with purposely chosen hate words, and irrational response brokers, and things that shut you down as a thinking human being to evoke a gut level fear response. And the way it's being distributed crosses every aspect of every issue you could possibly ever think about as a social creature.

People are beautiful, amazing, incredible! All of us, everywhere. Why not take all this misdirected energy and focus and thought and potentiality and put it towards good things. There is no excuse for this. None.

YouTuber disproves Hannity guest who says "At least we don't have police beating up protesters here in America." by iamnotfromtexas90in politics

[–]artelope 60 points61 points ago*

IMHO, it seems to be because someone or something is trying to get the American people to go feral. Every goddamn piece of media we have is about how the Other is crazy, evil, bad, insane, out to get you! For values of Other equalling: White, Black, Gay, Muslim, Christian, Conservative, Liberal, Government, Civilian, Military, Policeman, Criminal, Rich, Poor, Corporation, Entrepreneur, Truther, Skeptic, Foreign, Domestic, Male, Female, everything. Just everything.

ALL OF IT. It's a giant psy-op. It's been ramping up for the past 10 years, slowly and the speed of the thing is now increasing.

There's an encouraged psychological binary being formed, with an undertone of mindless insanity being promoted and it's getting stronger, and louder, as the days go by. People are being induced into going crazy IMHO and as part of that crazy they hang on, to extremist levels, the bits of Not Other that they are comfortable with. It's all they have left to cling to as a point of Reference Sanity in the midst of this bombardment of mindless terror and chaos and Other colored hatred.

Policemen and women, as authoritarian personalities, will cling to and enforce - radically - the rules and mindsets they have, even when they go against common sense and rules of humanity, as they are the same victims of this all pervasive Otherism and the subsequent desperate clinging to Reference Sanity. Which, sadly, means the fomenters of Otherism are winning. :-\

And, quite frankly, I'm not entirely sure this is just limited to America. I see it happening in other country's media too.

Fuck that. Fuck it all. We all bleed red.

All we have to protect ourselves is love. All we can give to the machine is based on fear. And the propaganda is all about fear these days. Fear of Other.

TL; DR - Police, like everyone else, are being manipulated into a binary system of Otherism, for the purpose of fomenting utter chaos.

Romney: "I’ll take a lot of credit for saving the auto industry", after his op-ed in 2008 stating that Detroit should go bankrupt by filmfiend999in politics

[–]artelope 18 points19 points ago

Actually I don't hate Ron Paul. My problem with him is there seems to be two guys in his body. One's a genius, and the other is a batshit lunatic with sketchy viewpoints.

Romney: "I’ll take a lot of credit for saving the auto industry", after his op-ed in 2008 stating that Detroit should go bankrupt by filmfiend999in politics

[–]artelope 17 points18 points ago*

You know, when someone makes Ron Paul look sane...it's kind of scary. Romney is scaring me.

Not sure I would have caught this - my son did. by Carmacin politics

[–]artelope 0 points1 point ago

Not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that a site isn't specifically soliciting other countries to send food aid to America.

Not sure I would have caught this - my son did. by Carmacin politics

[–]artelope 0 points1 point ago

This is an effect of the marketing bubble. Those ads are all controlled by a single entity - and they watch YOU. No matter what site you go to, they control your advertising experience. So this site isn't advertising on the BBC specifically - it's probably one you have indicated interest in (even if was just visiting it once before), so it will show up on any site that uses that ad network because they know they just need to keep putting it in front of your face.

The online bubble of interest is actually sort of dangerous IMHO, because it leads people to form these types of conclusions without them realize that they are influencing what they see.

Today, I sang a duet through my kitchen window with a stranger in the adjacent building singing through his bathroom window. Have you ever formed an unexpected bond with a totally random person? by mixigsin AskReddit

[–]artelope 0 points1 point ago

Why Just why? Why did this happen in my world? Centipedes. Centipedes that eat roaches. I'll...be living in a sterile glass box now. Forever. TYVM!

New Mini-ITX Battlestation by artelopein battlestations

[–]artelope[S] 1 point2 points ago

!!!!

I have spare paint!!!

OMG. Thank you!!!

Edit: This photo did inspire me to get a real damn mousepad though. Thank you lovely DeviantArtists!

New Mini-ITX Battlestation by artelopein battlestations

[–]artelope[S] 1 point2 points ago

The PSU is fine to be honest. I think the SSD is a big help. It's all I have. An SSD and a DVD-RW that gets used occasionally.

Under full load, I think it comes in around 425W. So it's good.

Thank you for the upvote! I love my battlestation too! :)

Off to Google cable track covers!

What do you guys do with old computers? Do you any of you guys want these? by cartermnycin nyc

[–]artelope 1 point2 points ago

What senior center needed computers please?

What do you guys do with old computers? Do you any of you guys want these? by cartermnycin nyc

[–]artelope 0 points1 point ago

I'm looking for a senior citizens center/agency/charity that might need mine (which is less than 3 years old and still under warranty for another month).

If i find one (or if one finds you) let's exchange info?

Episode Discussion - 2.06 "The Old Gods and the New" [TV Spoilers] by libbykinoin gameofthrones

[–]artelope -3 points-2 points ago

Killing Tywin, NOW, would have been a much better choice, with the same effect TBH.

Episode Discussion - 2.06 "The Old Gods and the New" [TV Spoilers] by libbykinoin gameofthrones

[–]artelope 0 points1 point ago

Actually, almost all the characters GRRM dreams up are real, normal, people. He's probably one of the greatest character authors of the past 200 years. No one is perfect. No is all evil or all good. Not a cliche in existence. And if someone gets to the point where they may become cliche because there is nowhere else for their story to go, he kills them off rather than suffer them to sully his record. It's awesome. :P

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