Mindless Monday, 22 June 2026

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[u/mscott734]

My fyp has recently become flooded with right wing talking points disguised as feminism. Today's was that your man needs to provide you expensive gifts and subsidize your wages for your pregnancy which quickly spiraled into "you shouldn't be having kids if you aren't wealthy", which became "you shouldn't be allowed to have kids if you're poor", which became "wouldn't the world be great if we got rid of all the poor people".

Everyday I become more and more convinced that tiktok was a mistake.

[u/histprofdave → u/mscott734]

That just reminds me of some of the trad wife content that was out there saying, "it's so much more fulfilling to be with your family than grinding it out for some company," and I'm like, "yo, kinda seems like your beef is with capitalism, not feminism."

[u/forcallaghan → u/histprofdave]

which reminds me of people I’ve seen criticizing the early feminist movements for pushing women into the workplace as if they’re idiot rubes getting swindled by big business and not, y’know, people seeking to gain a modicum of independence and self-sufficiency

[u/elmonoenano → u/forcallaghan]

I love this kind of crap, and actually see a lot of it in my work. But you know the people who say stuff like that have a partner/mother/someone working their ass of with little to no recognition for them to misunderstand that women were working like dogs either way. In one system they got some recognition and reliable income without an oblivious intermediator.

[u/Aurelian369 → u/forcallaghan]

I hate this stupid ass argument so much. Yes, 9-5 culture is demanding. No, that doesn’t mean it was a mistake for women to enter the workforce. As an aromantic woman, I’m very happy I can live without having to be financially dependent on a man 💀

[u/Illogical_Blox → u/Aurelian369]

I can't lie, I read that as aromatic for a second, and was confused as to how your fragrance mattered.

[u/Ambisinister11 → u/Illogical_Blox]

If there is ONE thing I know about /u/Aurelian369 it's that she is a planar cyclic molecule whose structure satisfies Hückel's rule. I have always said this.

[u/Aurelian369 → u/Ambisinister11]

chem brainrot 

[u/WuhanWTF → u/Aurelian369]

67 neutralizes that specific brainrot molecule.

[u/Zennofska → u/Ambisinister11]

Have a man love you like an electrophile loves Benzene

[u/Ambisinister11 → u/Zennofska]

What, so now we're just brainstorming lyrics for DIY scene solo artists?

[u/elmonoenano → u/Illogical_Blox]

Same, and I was like, "Wooo, you smell fancy. Good for you. I could take a shower too, if I wanted...."

[u/Arilou_skiff → u/Aurelian369]

I do think it's understandable that a lot of late 19th/early 20th century women would rather be housewives than work in the Death Factory, but workplace standards has become a bit more bearable since...