NYT's attempt to further normalize chopping off depressed teenage titties fails as the comment section is flooded with sanity and must be locked

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[–]handbananasrevenge 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The “crazy internet people” have ended up being right about more than a few things these last few years. I used to dismiss them all as cranks until I started paying attention to the motives and actions of the people who called them crazy.

[–]alladd[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

crazy internet people have always been two groups - actual crazy ass people with terrible ideas, and smart people saying unpopular shit.

[–]LordoftheFliesAmeri-kin 2.0. Pronouns: MegaWhite/SuperStraight/UltraPatriarchy 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Pretty much the same these days with Nazis and "Nazis," fascists and "fascists," and so on. There's the legit ones properly named for what they are, and then there's the people who're trying to be stifled with a dirty label because what they're saying is a problem for someone.

[–]Chipit 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Remember when everyone laughed at Alex Jones for "Turning the frogs gay"?

Evidence suggests that pharmaceuticals are making their way into waste water and altering the hormones of amphibious animals.

[–]LordoftheFliesAmeri-kin 2.0. Pronouns: MegaWhite/SuperStraight/UltraPatriarchy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People got too wrapped up in focusing on the wording, and the messenger, to pay attention to meaning. Even back when it first started making the rounds, I knew what he was trying to say.