As U.S. President, George H.W. Bush, among other things, cut AIDS research funding, banned HIV-Positive people from entering the country, encouraged “behavioral change” to the exclusion of comprehensive sexual education, and extended/expanded many of the murderous AIDS policies of Ronald Reagan, for whom Bush served as Vice President. By the end of 1993, over 194,000 HIV/AIDS related deaths had been reported in the United States. Approximately 133,000 of which were during Bush’s one term as President. Between 1987 and 1992, the median age at death among men in the United States that died from HIV/AIDS related causes was 38; among women the median age was 34. George H.W. Bush died November 30th 2018 at the age of 94. May he rot in Hell alongside Ronald Reagan! 🖕
We Rated 5 Men Who Are Definitely Not Spock Wearing Hats
5. Now, this is the lowest on our list because this is really not a hat. But given that our average human man on the right wears this hood so well, there was no way we could leave him off this list. Hats off to you, fellow human. You are a normal human being in every way, except for the excellence with which you wear your hood.
4. This cap is not my style, but the beauty of fashion is being able to enjoy it on other people. I couldn’t tell you who the handsome gent on the left is but boy, do I wish I knew. I’d have a thing or two to say to him.
3. Fedoras have earned a bad reputation recently, but “Spocko” here might singlehandedly change our minds. Don’t get me wrong, he’s no Spock—but this fedora is so charming that we might just forgive him.
2. Watch and learn. If you have unique ears to disguise, this is the perfect look for you. Worried about being found out as an alien? Don’t. This casual look will keep your identity safe. Of course, this individual has nothing to worry about. If he did have strange ears, they would be the result of an unfortunate accident he had as a child. But he doesn’t. This is not Spock.
1. Okay, fine. You caught me. All of these photos have been Spock in a hat. Are you happy now? Is this what you wanted? You’ve blown his cover, and for what? Oh look at you, you can recognise Spock. Yeah, whatever. You’re not special. But you know who is? Spock wearing this beanie.
More and more people who have had their dance moves stolen by fortnite are coming out saying how pissed they are by it. Especially since there’s nothing giving them credit and no royalties from the ones they’re selling.
Let’s be real. Nothing new about companies profiting off of shit black people create without giving any credit. I still play fortnite but they are wrong.
Since this is actually getting notes please reblog this version showing proof so people can know that these people aren’t happy at all and we can at least give them credit for their creations.
translation: if you aren’t a conveniently assimilated atheist then fuck you
i’m confused, what’s the problem with what they said? not trying to start anything i’ve just been thinking about this post since i first saw it and i can’t figure out the problem
so some atheists, like me, are super uncomfortable being prayed for. and this post basically tells me I’m a Terrible person for having that preference/discomfort.
basically, your boundaries and comforts aren’t everybody else’s and it’s super fucked up to act like they are. especially since this post has a few thousand notes, the message to atheists like me is “you can be an atheist, but if you display any discomfort with religion you’re a horrible person” and that’s uh pretty assimilationist. we’re allowed to be loud about our atheism.
ohhh ok. i read it as more of a “don’t be a dick to religious people for trying to be nice to you in their way” but i completely understand your position. i’m an atheist too, but i don’t often encounter this kind of situation irl since i kinda have to hide my atheism bc of where i live (texas)
thank you for explaining!! i appreciate it!
sure, no problem
May I add a bit of a different perspective?
For me, yes, praying for me makes me uncomfortable, but overall it’s not a massive deal. I understand what is intended by it and I can swallow my feelings about it.
However.
Say, hypothetically, I have a problem you can actually help me with, and you know you can help me with it.
Maybe that help is small, like just talking to me and listening to my problem. Or giving me a hug. Something like that. Maybe the help is a little bigger, like lending me $10 I can pay back later. Maybe even bigger than that.
But either way, it’s something you absolutely have the power to do, and you could do it easily without it affecting you in any way. It’s not something that will be a burden to you or cause you any suffering. It is completely reasonable of me to expect you can help.
And instead you go, “I’ll pray for you” and walk away. And you pat yourself on the back for that because “Well I did all I could do. That was so helpful! I’m such a good person!”
THAT is usually where I start to take issue.
And I think most atheists would agree.
Like, if you genuinely feel praying is all you can do, that’s understandable, but there are times when people say “I’ll pray for you” just to get out of doing something actually good and still feel like a good person. They don’t even actually pray. To them, it’s enough to just say they will.
That’s usually what most atheists are complaining about when we talk about this, but it gets painted as us hating prayer period, or hating people who were powerless to do anything because they didn’t do anything. And like, that’s not it at all.
If you can’t do anything but pray, then pray. But when you can do so much more and you decide not to do anything at all, but still congratulate yourself because “Oh but I did so much” despite not having done anything, that’s a problem.
A rich person who sees a homeless man on the street begging for change and decides to roll his eyes and scream “I’ll pray for you” condescendingly instead of donating a dollar or two isn’t comparable to, say, someone who heard their friend lost a family member recently and decided to pray for that family member. It’s stuff like the former we don’t like, but when we explain this, people hear us calling out the latter. Which would be ridiculous, because it’s not like anyone would have the power to stop that. We don’t expect people to work miracles. We just expect people to care about each other and be there for each other.
So for me, the comment in the screenshot is upsetting because it sounds like it’s calling us assholes for expecting people to actually be there for one another and for thinking it’s wrong to ignore people in need when you have the ability to help.
Like, it sounds to me like the person is angry at us for calling out people who want to ignore people’s problems but still congratulate themselves on being saints and being oh so helpful.
It’s not being a jackass to feel like people who go around saying “I’ll pray for you” instead of actually helping when they were more than able to do real good are not actually being good.
And to reiterate what was said before, it’s completely reasonable for us to be uncomfortable with this.
