Imma gonna call him winnie the pooh all I want and you can’t stop me

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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • Taleya@aussie.zonetoComic Strips@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 day ago

    You saw a comic about fears women have when dating - fears which i can tell you point blank i have seen exemplified long, long, long before the internet even existed - and went off on a massive rant detailing in part how this is affecting your relationship with your partner.

    You are not ok. You need to talk to someone.












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    10 days ago

    “<subject> porn” has become shorthand for gratuitous objectification in order to cheaply moralise and has been for a while (eg “inspiration porn”).

    They’re being a monumental arsehole about it, but they do have a point - this comic isn’t trying to change the system, or even point it out - it’s a cheap shot designed to make you feel satisfied in recogbising how screwed up things are.

    A comic that would have been very different with the exact same images but a “remember that your child’s Christmas joy may come from exploited children elsewhere” and a suggestion to shop local, or even linking to ethical shopping guides and apps, international groups advocating worker and / or children’s rights would do a thousandfold more than the comic as it stands. Which like the subject matter it claims to decry is cheap, nasty and exploitative.

    Basically: this comic as it stands is doing the exact same thing it’s “condemning”. Using exploited children as fodder to serve.






  • You might personally think it sucks, but it’s how it rolls. I live in a country where social system payments are straight up monetary amounts. If you are eligible to receive aid, you receive it. How you manage your affairs is none of the government’s business .

    There are caveats, such as the income management system, but for the most part that’s actually opt-in and they’re reviewing junking the entire concept as it was originally introduced very very badly by an administration that attempted to leverage vulnerable groups

    My taxpayer dollars go to support people doing their peopley things as they choose, as adults. And I’m actually ok with that. It’s a safety net, not a leash. Poverty isn’t a moral position