Did you watch all of it? I think with Vi getting those power gloves it'll be a nice end to some of the unnecessary girl power. But, the fight between Vi and Silco's underling chick was kinda cringe.
Idk, I'm watching for Jynx craziness and my husband is interested in the descent of Viktor, both of which didn't get enough time imo.
100% agree. It just seems to me, especially for self defence, preventative measures are more often on the back burner and actually considered an insult.
"Don't judge my clothes! Tell men not to rape!" "I shouldn't have to keep an eye on my drink! Tell people not to drug drinks!" No shit toots. The bad guys don't care. It's on you to protect yourself from bad guys who don't care about you.
I notice this mentality becoming increasingly popular with heath, too. The HAES movement and all. Sad really.
No offense taken. There are a lot of great masculine/"manly" traits and I'm happy to have them.
And I agree 100% with your last point. I guess another "manly" trait I have is the want to be successful, or rightly fail, due to my own merits, not my sex. Any other treatment is condescending. Honestly the fact that's what modern feminists seem to want seems completely against the whole spirit of the original intent but I'm no expert on any of that.
I could be in denial. I've never been in a situation where I really needed to defend myself. I think prevention is an often overlooked aspect to self defense. Don't go to a party alone (if you do, you must maintain your senses, I would say don't drink at all and definitely DO NOT accept drinks, keep your drink in your possession) or have at least one trusted friend to stay sober and keep an eye on you (established beforehand and repay them for babysitting afterward). I think giving off body language that screams "if you mess with me I'll make sure it hurts" too, because there were times I had to go to downtown Chicago at sketchy hours for work around the holidays (retail) and have only had one weirdo kinda try to get in my face but backed off quickly without a word from me.
I also don't dress like a slut or openly carry valuables (in fact when I lived in Chicago I didn't carry a purse and kept a thin wallet in my pocket like a man would) I've always believed in traveling light and inconspicuously.
Anyway, sorry for the brick of text, I'm sure it's not needed here, but I guess I have some hope that some defiant girl will come in here looking to start a fight in favor of OP and that this might actually help her stop seeing herself as a victim and start realizing there are things she can control to protect herself.
So, is my brain wired weirdly or something? I'm a woman but I'd rather die than comply and let someone just do what they want to me. I know I can't physically fight a male so I carry a weapon (and think every innocent person should have the right to do so) and, if I can't get to it in time, I'm prepared to fight dirty. Go fast and hard at the balls, eyes, slam at their nose with my wrist. Anything.
Kinda sick to think my sex is so weak to want the posted reality. I think weak males who want the first shot want this, too.
It was during BLM protests in 2020. I distinctly remember comments criticizing how the media painted those as "totally safe" but going to church made you a covid super spreader. Good times. I miss comment sections on news articles. The real story was always in the comments.
I guess it depends on what you're watching. I've seen plenty of Youtube videos where the CC is maybe 80-90% right if not off completely. I don't think there needs to be a signer in the video but I imagine having a loved one in the room to translate would be helpful.
Also, I've never been to a church that has the pastor's transcript printed word for word so having a signer translating for the deaf and hard of hearing is always nice.
Have you read some closed captioning? I think sign language translators are 100% necessary. Not that everyone needs to learn sign language but it's still helpful to have some people who do.
I've also never met someone who can sign "just because" - the ones I know leaned it to aid a relative or loved one, or in my aunt's case to teach disabled children in her very rural town.
So this means someone can draw two thin, beautiful naked white women holding the severed heads of blacks or jews right? While I guess it would have to be the same pose to reduce further variables I prefer to imagine them holding the heads high like the statue of liberty with her torch, or lady justice with her scales.
Not just to consume either but also to produce. Any sicko can buy a phone and make a video of themselves or their degenerate "friends" doing whatever. Additionally, smart phones give constant access to the internet where they can make sick friends in the first place.
It's so dumb. I might treat people I know very well and love the way they want to be treated, but no one should be expected to ask or bow to the whims of strangers, associates, or anyone they don't love enough to jump through hoops for.
For the record, I want to be treated to some toe lickin' and $1million, platinum rule followers. Chop chop.
Honestly my guess is because many of those cultures used verbal instead written history causing each tribe has their own variations of history and lore (think game of telephone but through generations and hundreds if not millions of years) so there's no concrete story that everyone holds near and dear like cultures that passed on written history that has less flaws and variance in storytelling (due to translations and interpretation of text) thus appeals to more people.
Tldr; text based storytelling has a backbone/source despite translation and interpretation errors. Stories passed vocally lose their source almost immediately, either through the teller dying, or losing their mental facilities, or not having a plan in the first place so the story would've been told differently by the same person even within a span of a few days or depending on their audience.
Even private parties need to keep a record - any married woman knows that. It makes sense for anyone who changes their name to have a paper trail and register of those changes for identification purposes if nothing else.
My dad did his best but wasn't very present since he worked overtime and always had side projects (managing apartments, finishing his bachelors degree, flipping houses, etc) When we were young he tried grounding her but he couldn't ground her from school which is where all her friends were. They also lived close by so it was easy for her just to leave wherever he wasn't home and see them anyway. Mom let her get away with everything (unsure if she just didn't care or was letting my sister do what she wasn't able to get away with in her own youth). When we were older he tried to fix it by employing both of us, originally using the honor system, but eventually turning into her only being allowed into the houses if I was also there to supervise, so that turned into her not working for him anymore.
In her senior year we moved away from the town we grew up in to pretty much the country so any attempts for her to get with her old group would be 40mins one way of drive time and gas which neither she nor her friends were willing to do often.
Not the person you were responding to but my sister and I are different in just about every way. I think there's an element of both nature and nurture to everyone and that my sister and I both landed in different areas of the nature slider. Add that I'm the older sister who felt responsibility to set a good example and make my family proud, where she was the youngest and wanted to be first at something (thus got into things like boys and drugs at a young age) and you get two girls raised virtually the same but ending up very different people. One takes responsibility and the other needs to stand out so she plays the victim. That sort of thing.
Standards for me but not for thee!