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It's already coming to Lemmy even. I'd encourage folks to use the block function liberally. Do not feel bad about removing bigots from your feed, they are not entitled to your time or attention. Even if they whine and complain about bubbles online, you do not need to see their hate to know that it exists.

I don't know much to be useful in id-ing on sight, but can you describe the conditions it's been in? Is the soil well-draining? How long does it take for the top inch of soil to appear dried out, and how often are you watering? Did you repot it recently, and/or is the pot the right size (just a bit bigger than the roots)? How often are you using fertilizer? Is it getting any direct light? How many direct and indirect light hours total do you think? Is it autumn where you are and it's adjusting to less light, or vice versa?

Was @[email protected]'s comment not sufficient in this regard? If this is your first time getting misogyny defined for you, I think you need to branch out from Joe Rogan and try some media with women's voices as a focus.

Since you need your hand held here, this is my perspective: this comic's humor is just perpetuating a common, incorrect stereotype that women act nice to each other but actually hate each other. The punchline is secretly "women be bitches am I right?" and I believe this because if you swapped either or both of the characters in the comic out for men, it would no longer work as a joke.

Now funnily enough, I didn't make my Bechdel test joke for the purpose of starting a debate with dudebros online. I'm sure you'll find something in this comment to pick apart and continue sealioning, so here is your notice that I will not be replying further. Good luck on your journey of learning about feminism!

Hey buddy, I think you're projecting quite a bit here. I made a Bechdel test joke, and you got "recreationally offended" over it. Have a sense of humor man! It's just a joke!

Let me answer your question with a question: what do you think is the intended joke/humor of this comic?

Yes! Correct! This does in fact pass the Bechdel test, while still being deeply misogynistic. Thank you for explaining my joke.

When the cartoonist tries to pass the Bechdel test without ever speaking to a woman in his life

I'm hoping that "assist" here is a polite way of saying "keeping an eye on". Maybe they'll think twice about pulling shit with non police union folks around who could testify against them later.

Hey buddy, I just want to say- normal people do feel. Big feelings are very normal! It's okay to let yourself be a romantic, and it's okay to get heartbroken sometimes too. And it's also okay to say you need a break from dating if it's stressing you out to much. The important thing is making sure you feel emotionally supported through any of these decisions.

You mentioned you're far from family. Do you have local friends that you are close with (nonromantically) who you can talk about this kind of stuff with? Men too often are left emotionally isolated in society, and it's important that you have that kind of support outside of romantic relationships too.

If you're feeling ungrounded and uncertain where things are going with this woman even when you're very excited to spend time with her, it can feel like a lot of pressure to do things "right" or not "mess it up". That can be really hard on your self esteem when you put that kind of responsibility solely on your shoulders! Relationships are team efforts. I'd maybe try to reframe your situation from "I met this woman and she might be the one but she's got a long distance bf and what if she chooses him over me??" to something more like "I really enjoy this woman's company, and while she's figuring out what her long term plan is, I'm happy to spend time with her. If her long term plans don't align with mine by [date], we can talk about what next steps that means for us, including breaking up."

Whatever comes next for you, best of luck friend. You deserve people in your corner who support you enthusiastically.

So Duolingo is lying to me when it makes me say Duo est une chouette? He's got the little ear thingies, he should be un hibou, non?

So is the critique for Southern Company for writing some marketing material, or for The Atlantic for running an ad about it?

I'm really not one to defend companies, but this is a bit of a weird take, and it makes the author sound really unfamiliar with this business sector. White papers are very common and not peer reviewed, basically they're a glorified memo with statistics. Don't rely on white papers for any information besides what that company is saying about itself and its experience.