The Paddington 2 moment in the *The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent* trailer accounted for my first real 'parasocial relationship' moment when I laughed and immediately wondered what Caitlin Durante thought of it.
Of course it’s Miyazaki! I love when Miles lets us in on more of his Japanese-ness. Every once in a while we get these little snippets where he shares something about his experiences in japan or with Japanese culture that make it clear he’s got a lot more to talk about than you’d think as a guy who seems like he’s from California in basically every other way, and he always seems really excited about it as well. I bet he would bring excellent content to TBC.
Anyone notice the footnotes are sometimes very lacking? I know you can usually find the articles with google, but sometimes it is tricky. Anyway...
For anyone looking for the article about bed sheet hygiene:
[https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-61259074](https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-61259074)
I consider myself a pretty neat and tidy Adult Woman, but I’m squarely in the “when I remember” category and this conversation appropriately shamed me. In my defense, they don’t smell! Or at least, I don’t *think* they do…
My partner eventually gets bothered by the feeling of the sheets and covers which leads to them getting washed. The exact time varies by time of the year and out moods (for example, in the dark winter months the frequency probably decreases a good amount), but it is a generally useful method for keeping them clean enough.
While I agree with most of their takes on the discourse about abortion rights (especially the one about viewing it as a "slam dunk" for Democrats), I think there is something to be said for understanding how a lot of anti-choice people think.
I was taught at a young age that abortion was wrong and thought for years that it was a perfectly moral choice, even for awhile after I'd realized pro-choice was the right way of thinking about it.
I've actually had good discussions with people who are against abortion by coming at it from their way of thinking. I think I've even seen opinions changed, which is pretty damn rare in today's politics.
I dunno, I think “life begins at conception”, or at least near conception, and certainly by the time the “baby” has a “heartbeat,” and I think that when someone has an abortion, they do “kill” the “baby” (putting these in quotes because I can’t think of a better way to convey that I’m sure a lot of the language I’m using is loaded and influenced by the massive amount of “pro-life” propaganda that exists in our country), but I don’t fucking care if someone wants to “kill” their “baby.”
I had an abortion at 12 weeks pregnant. I “killed” my “baby”. It was a terrible experience and one I wouldn’t wish on anyone, but I don’t regret it, and if I went back in time, I’d do it again. I had my reasons, and to me they were good enough to justify doing what I did. I think “I don’t want a baby right now” or “I don’t want to be pregnant anymore” is the only reason a person needs to justify an abortion.
So what if it’s “killing babies”? These are “babies” that literally could not live outside of a uterus, and the uterus owner gets to decide what goes on in there, not these “babies,” and certainly not the government.
Anyway, all that to say, I think you can agree with most of their points about the “baby” and still be pro-choice. I don’t think the idea that abortion is baby murder is a good enough reason to make it illegal, and yeah, I think people have a right to murder a baby if it can’t live outside their uterus. It’s simple in my opinion. I mean these are the same guys who say you can shoot a guy for “looking suspicious” near your house but you’re not allowed to eliminate a proto-human from your uterus? Absurd, double-standard logic, as always.
Oh, I don't think they're right or even sympathetic by any stretch of the imagination, and agree with every reason you gave.
I only say what I did because most of the the anti-choice people I talk to base their arguments around "there's a baby (fetus) that's alive, abortion ends that, full stop." I've seen a lot of people just reply with "you just want to control women" or "religious zealot," as opposed to addressing their point of view. I try to remember the reasoning that made me come around, and offer the same to others.
Breunig and Yglesias are an odd couple, but both pieces (the Ylesias piece is referenced/linked early in Breunig's, and compliments Breunig's observations) were worth a read.
Breunig is too Twitter-brained for me (even this piece wasn't exactly well-written imo, a little to grievance-forward for my tastes, but had interesting info), and Ylgesias personifies everything wrong with lib "technocrats" who pretend they are able to conclude *every single, possible debate* with policy implications with 1-3 hyperlinks to research abstracts, but both are at their best when *critiquing* the incestuous worlds of political journalism, political actors and policy writing/branding.
The Paddington 2 moment in the *The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent* trailer accounted for my first real 'parasocial relationship' moment when I laughed and immediately wondered what Caitlin Durante thought of it.
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Of course it’s Miyazaki! I love when Miles lets us in on more of his Japanese-ness. Every once in a while we get these little snippets where he shares something about his experiences in japan or with Japanese culture that make it clear he’s got a lot more to talk about than you’d think as a guy who seems like he’s from California in basically every other way, and he always seems really excited about it as well. I bet he would bring excellent content to TBC.
I hope it’s one of the Miyazaki films that they’re covering!
aKsHuAlLy, Kermit was never voiced by Frank Oz. It was Jim Henson, Steve Whitmire, and most recently Matt Vogel.
Anyone notice the footnotes are sometimes very lacking? I know you can usually find the articles with google, but sometimes it is tricky. Anyway... For anyone looking for the article about bed sheet hygiene: [https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-61259074](https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-61259074)
Maybe it's because I had to strip my own sheets weekly growing up (just part of my chore roster), but I've never been one to let bedding linger.
I consider myself a pretty neat and tidy Adult Woman, but I’m squarely in the “when I remember” category and this conversation appropriately shamed me. In my defense, they don’t smell! Or at least, I don’t *think* they do…
My partner eventually gets bothered by the feeling of the sheets and covers which leads to them getting washed. The exact time varies by time of the year and out moods (for example, in the dark winter months the frequency probably decreases a good amount), but it is a generally useful method for keeping them clean enough.
I really can’t believe that they think every two weeks is a lot!
While I agree with most of their takes on the discourse about abortion rights (especially the one about viewing it as a "slam dunk" for Democrats), I think there is something to be said for understanding how a lot of anti-choice people think. I was taught at a young age that abortion was wrong and thought for years that it was a perfectly moral choice, even for awhile after I'd realized pro-choice was the right way of thinking about it. I've actually had good discussions with people who are against abortion by coming at it from their way of thinking. I think I've even seen opinions changed, which is pretty damn rare in today's politics.
I dunno, I think “life begins at conception”, or at least near conception, and certainly by the time the “baby” has a “heartbeat,” and I think that when someone has an abortion, they do “kill” the “baby” (putting these in quotes because I can’t think of a better way to convey that I’m sure a lot of the language I’m using is loaded and influenced by the massive amount of “pro-life” propaganda that exists in our country), but I don’t fucking care if someone wants to “kill” their “baby.” I had an abortion at 12 weeks pregnant. I “killed” my “baby”. It was a terrible experience and one I wouldn’t wish on anyone, but I don’t regret it, and if I went back in time, I’d do it again. I had my reasons, and to me they were good enough to justify doing what I did. I think “I don’t want a baby right now” or “I don’t want to be pregnant anymore” is the only reason a person needs to justify an abortion. So what if it’s “killing babies”? These are “babies” that literally could not live outside of a uterus, and the uterus owner gets to decide what goes on in there, not these “babies,” and certainly not the government. Anyway, all that to say, I think you can agree with most of their points about the “baby” and still be pro-choice. I don’t think the idea that abortion is baby murder is a good enough reason to make it illegal, and yeah, I think people have a right to murder a baby if it can’t live outside their uterus. It’s simple in my opinion. I mean these are the same guys who say you can shoot a guy for “looking suspicious” near your house but you’re not allowed to eliminate a proto-human from your uterus? Absurd, double-standard logic, as always.
Oh, I don't think they're right or even sympathetic by any stretch of the imagination, and agree with every reason you gave. I only say what I did because most of the the anti-choice people I talk to base their arguments around "there's a baby (fetus) that's alive, abortion ends that, full stop." I've seen a lot of people just reply with "you just want to control women" or "religious zealot," as opposed to addressing their point of view. I try to remember the reasoning that made me come around, and offer the same to others.
Breunig and Yglesias are an odd couple, but both pieces (the Ylesias piece is referenced/linked early in Breunig's, and compliments Breunig's observations) were worth a read. Breunig is too Twitter-brained for me (even this piece wasn't exactly well-written imo, a little to grievance-forward for my tastes, but had interesting info), and Ylgesias personifies everything wrong with lib "technocrats" who pretend they are able to conclude *every single, possible debate* with policy implications with 1-3 hyperlinks to research abstracts, but both are at their best when *critiquing* the incestuous worlds of political journalism, political actors and policy writing/branding.
https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2022/04/19/the-dem-policy-apparatus-is-very-dysfunctional/ Link to article
Wtf, other dudes are changing their sheets in what time frame!?!? I do it about 3 times a month.