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Most coming to mind are due to rewatching once I got away from my trad Catholic upbringing and realized Gay People Exist.

The Matrix - ok on first watch, better with the trans metaphor

Fight Club - I still don't like it, but it's def better when seeing Tyler Durden is gay

Jennifer's Body - I wasin the "I thought this was something else going in" camp based on how it was advertised. I like it way more now years later, and I like Meghan Fox more too.

I'm in my 30s. My parents raised us with old-timey gender roles, expecting the girls to cook and clean and the boys to, idk, get used to being served?

It did neither side any favors. One brother had some very difficult lessons to learn when a way-out-of-his-league girlfriend told him what's what. They're married now and he's pretty candid about how bullshit those gender roles were and how he'd never setup a son for failure by not teaching them basic life skills of cleaning and feeding themselves, nor teach a daughter she has to shoulder it all.

Finding myself in a relationship with a man who plays weaponized incompetence games to manipulate me into traditional gender roles is my nightmare. I got taken advantage of in some of my earliest relationships and I now attempt to vet for it better up front. I can say there are certainly still men who don't think it's their job to clean, but I think it's better with each generation.

IDK if women are any better, we might need a 50/50 bi person for their perspective.

I won't get romantically involved with anyone who deeply believes and allows religion, especially organized religion, to drive their lives.

I was raised Catholic. I have seen too many people use their religion to shirk responsibility for their evils.

Washington State mandatory reporter law changes are a great example. In the US it varies by state but in general, people in trusted positions like teachers, police officers, medical professionals, and counselors are required to report child abuse. Priests have had a special exception, even if they were acting as teachers or counselors. Last month, Washington removed the special exception for priests. The Catholic Church is now sueing to keep the right for priests to keep child abuse secret. Ponder that, these people who would put their magical ceremonies over the health, safety, even lives of children. What is the point of that religion? Because it sure isn't about helping people live good lives.

And Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these ... unless they're being abused and you wait until you're in the special room with me, chant some special words, and then tell me. Then fuck'em. No, literally, we'll keep the pedophilia on the down low because the ceremony is more important than the kids".

60% work from home "office", 30% on site at an assembly and test facility, and 10% visiting customers to fix problems. Not sure where that falls. I do a mix of technical and customer service and office work so who knows.

100%. I've recently added the "Grunt Style" tshirts to my red flag catalog.

Yeah, I would advise using against using it today. Like, I said, old timey. Not as acceptable as it might have been in decades past.

I'm middle millennial and consider it flippant at best. Like "chick flicks" and "chick lit" are seen as less serious/valuable/artistic than media intended for men. "Hot chick" as a way to value/devalue a woman on looks alone.

Most I can think of at the moment are derogatory.

A "dog" is a person pushing their horniness to inappropriate levels.

A "cow" is someone fat and slow/stupid.

A "shark" is a savvy business person who edges into taking advantage of people unethically.

A "snake" is a liar and a cheat. Sometimes slang for a penis.

Quiet, shy people are "mousy".

Someone who tattles to cops/authority is a "rat".

A "chick" is an old-timey term for a girl/woman that might get you slapped.

A "kitty" is a vagina and also may get you slapped depending on context.

Someone messy/dirty is a "pig". "Pig" might also be used for a man who is rude and pushing sexual innuendos onto women without their consent.

While to "go the whole hog" means to not hild back, to embrace doing a thing completely.

Right turns are the best though.

Cheers for the right!

Wait....

I took a Wilderness First Aid refresher earlier this year. It was interesting how much the curriculum has stayed the same but the emphasis has changed since I took it a few years ago. There's still the checklist to get to "should I call for evacuation or not" but where before it felt like encouraging people to call for evacuation when needed, this one felt more like "stop to think and be sure a call is really needed because too many people are tying up S&R with their InReach Mini calls for a twisted ankle".

Also new is the full-throated support of adding Narcan to your kit, assuming a state with decent Good Samaritan laws.

AI trail guidance sound like exacerbating an already untenable situation.

Tech companies do t want us to have friend or family connections. Sad and lonely people buy more stuff.

Who remembers when Radio Shack carried actual radio components?

I don't, but grew up hearing the tales.