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WTF? How is this shit upvoted? Being sexist or racist for fun is not funny.
I suppose being not the Onion is fitting, but still...
I like this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumumba_(drink)
Not just that, but they even get the sexism and racism wrong. It's suburban, middle-class, straight white women who are supposed to be associated with $9 lattes.
Hipsters were into overpriced coffee since before it was cool.
this a queer-as-in-LGBTQ+ magazine man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them_(magazine)
I'm not entirely sure that makes it OK.
That's kind of like saying a black slave owner would be OK when the white aren't.
i think it's more like saying a black person can use the Hard R
Their audience is gay folk, them making a joke that might upset a straight person isn't a problem for them. I would totally call this within the limits of what should be accepted as innocent humor.
To be honest, i feel rejected as a gay person, not because of your comment directly but by all the upvotes your comment got and all the downvotes this post got. Not saying that's your fault becausr it is me taken something personal where i shouldn't, but can't really help it as it comes from leftover trauma caused by all the actually hurtful jokes of queer people i've encountered in my life.
I am sorry to hear that, especially since the opposite was intended.
But if minorities want people to not stereotype them, they shouldn't do so themselves either.
Maybe it's meant as a joke on people doing that IDK, but very obviously when read without knowing the context, it looks really bad.
My guess is that the people who upvoted me, didn't know that context either.
Cheer up friend, the intentions were good.
Didn't doubt that and since there is no way of knowing the intentions of the people who up/ downvoted i'm assuming they meant no harm either. Also, it's not like I always know or understand the context either.
It's a good thing you call them out on it. If it were some politician arguing on behalf of the diary industry saying 'people who drink plant-based milk are some semblance of queer' I'd be upset and would appreciate anyone speaking out so it would definitely speak of double standards if I blamed you on this one.
The reason I decided to write it down was more because I guess it's good if people (not necessarily you) realise they might not have gotten the vibe it was meant to be read in and think twice the next time. But at the same time I know understanding the context is not an easy thing to get right all the time, not for me at least. So it's all good.
Not saying you can't be offended, but they don't mean 'you're some semblance of queer' in a negative or hurtful way. I read it as 'queer people are different to the norm, so are people who prefer plant-based milk'. I read their stuff regularly and to me they've never come across as sexist or rapist.
Yeah they're a super queer friendly publication so it was definitely a tongue in cheek comment. I can see why outside of that context (and in the context of our current awful fucking world) it would be seen differently though.
Technically, all milk is plant-based.
I hope they have numbers to back that statement up or else it's problematic at best. And even if they do have numbers, ugh, not a good look.
The link misses the last bracket
Gonna try: link
Edit: yeah, seems you just missed a ')'
Worked fine for me, I haven't edited it, and it still works fine?
The ")" is absolutely there.
Hovering your link and mine they are identical.
Strange
On my client (summit/android) a closing bracket is missing and the link doesn't work
I just tried it on my phone too (Firefox), and it works fine.
So yes strange indeed?