Grace Lavery / Joseph Lavery & Daniel M. Lavery / Mallory Ortberg - "Straight with extra steps" couple trooning out to avoid "dwindling into mere heterosexuality"

[Prescription Bugs]

That's "any/all" although a lot of people who say that do have preferences and there will often be problems if people stray from those preferences despite the person saying that "any/all" are fine. A good example using a famous person is looking at anything involving actor Ezra Miller where "they/them" isn't used even though Ezra has stated "any/all" are fine, using the pronouns of his characters are fine (i.e. using "he" for Barry Allen/The Flash) and that "they/them" aren't his preferred pronouns anyway. (This is extra amusing since Miller is seemingly insane but actually is relatively sane about this issue when he could be a lunatic about it and get away with it.)

I just don’t understand how someone can say I go by “she,they,” but then get upset if someone says they because they felt like a she that day. At least say “she,they, depends on the day.” Or “Ask me daily for my pronoun.” Also this is going to result in people using fewer and fewer pronouns in general which is also irritating because why should a small group get to change our language and usage so drastically?

People have actually serious issues in their lives.

 

[GloriousScarf]

I just don’t understand how someone can say I go by “she,they,” but then get upset if someone says they because they felt like a she that day.

Because this is nothing more than attention seeking. If you work with one of these clowns the absolute best course of action is to avoid them as much as possible, if you are forced to interact with them keep it strictly about work and grey rock any attempts at conversation.

 

[White-Kettle Shufflepunk]

For me the proper gender crit power move is using their new names, but sex-based pronouns. Because remember kids, names are cultural artefacts that happen to be gendered, pronouns describe a physical reality.

 

[Boris Blank's glass eye]

For me the proper gender crit power move is using their new names, but sex-based pronouns. Because remember kids, names are cultural artefacts that happen to be gendered, pronouns describe a physical reality.

I don't think that would work well as nothing has an inherent meaning in PoMoland and if names are outdated cultural artifacts then surely pronouns must be the same. Turn their own weapons against them: "Well Grace take a look at the noble Le'evseenahoot-an-d'sheetseenaboosh tribe that was mercilessly murdered by the colonists! - they had 700 hundred genders all with their own pronouns and expressions (in reality five different gendered words for every job and role they could think of, one for man/woman/fag/dyke/so fat it's hard to decide anymore each but let's just forget about that) and who's to say we're more civilized than them? therefore all gendered words are meaningless and I'm just going to call you a faggot."

Even then adopting this argument means ceding some ground to them. Language does affect thinking and defines some of its framework. Disagreement with the "trans women are women" argument in polite society usually takes the form of either "well it's their right to call and express themselves as women but they can't compel me to accept and follow them" or "trans women are (not women but) men". Both carry an implicit willingness to engage with and evaluate the argument therefore the "correct" answer should be "trans women are freaks who need psychiatric treatment and/or a rifled slug put through their brains", rejecting the whole argument.

 

[White-Kettle Shufflepunk]

It’s always ugly when you happen to encounter a trans identified person who’s actually nice. Few things are as hard to say as, “Mate, I think you’re wrong and this is unhealthy.”

On the other hand, my Muslim friend doesn’t demand I loudly accept the truth of Allah and stop drinking. Funny that.

 

[mold]

On the other hand, my Muslim friend doesn’t demand I loudly accept the truth of Allah and stop drinking.

yet

 

[I'm a stupid idiot]

More disgusting food.
Raw chicken, side of fresh jalapeño, & ugly shots of Mallory, just the usual dinner for the absolutely not heterosexual couple.

Spoiler: “Gross food & frumpy Moe”

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Raw chicken
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Something just looks off about Mall, something in her eyes maybe, idk. Joe always takes the worst shots of her.
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On second thought, looks like she might stab him, idk? They are so put on, so make believe, that there’s really no telling what’s up or down w/ them.

his food is idiotic. bland, it's like he picked random words out of a hat and cooked them. his food has no clear flavour profile, family of cuisine, or central item/flavour/reason for all the work to be done. or maybe he fed recipes to an AI and made what it spat out.

 

[Constellationzero]

his food is idiotic. bland, it's like he picked random words out of a hat and cooked them. his food has no clear flavour profile, family of cuisine, or central item/flavour/reason for all the work to be done. or maybe he fed recipes to an AI and made what it spat out.

So...I guess he's saying congee because porridge/slop/wallpaper paste/stuff my cat did on the good rug are just too...pedestrian for a collage educated professor with a dagree from collage.

Someone slap this mentally ill man upside his head as he is culturally appropriating words he needs to get outta that filthy Jimmy Saville island mouth of his.

 

[Law]

All of this goes to say is that I refuse to believe there are 3,330 human beings out there who want to read shit titled "I Know What It Sounds Like But My Liege Lord Just Happens To Be Exemplary In Form and Countenance"

Between this and her Medieval Times piece, Mallory is slowly turning into a fatter, more literate version of Jay Geis.

 

[Prescription Bugs]

What is” Maladantive” leaning into? Playing acting a bunny that the caped magician pulls out of a hat?


Oh wait… is this some kind of S and M, dom/sub, furry thing?


Edit: Oops sorry about the stupid double post. Thanks for fixing. My bad!

 

[Julie Newmar]

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What is” Maladantive” leaning into? Playing acting a bunny that the caped magician pulls out of a hat?


Oh wait… is this some kind of S and M, dom/sub, furry thing?


Edit: Oops sorry about the stupid double post. Thanks for fixing. My bad!

My first thought was “lamb led to slaughter”

 

[Beluga]

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What is” Maladantive” leaning into? Playing acting a bunny that the caped magician pulls out of a hat?


Oh wait… is this some kind of S and M, dom/sub, furry thing?


Edit: Oops sorry about the stupid double post. Thanks for fixing. My bad!

Mallory is starting to resemble Jack Scalfani's son and that is not in any way shape or form a compliment.

 

[Law]

My first thought was “lamb led to slaughter”

A manly Golden Knight needs Golden Armor. Sometimes a Golden Bunnysuit will suffice.

 

[White-Kettle Shufflepunk]

I hate to sound like John C. Wright, but fuck, these people just worship sterility as a concept. And not just in the “no babies sense”. It‘s like an utter refusal to actually create anything of substance, or forge proper connections. Just little clusters of aimless individuals “queering” what people with actual drive made until they die with no lasting legacy. No families, no original works creative or practical, and any friendship hinges on aesthetic and convenience.

 

[Aes Sedai]

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What is” Maladantive” leaning into? Playing acting a bunny that the caped magician pulls out of a hat?


Oh wait… is this some kind of S and M, dom/sub, furry thing?


Edit: Oops sorry about the stupid double post. Thanks for fixing. My bad!

This is so evidently a photo of a quirky woman in hoodie (?) and a wannabe cool dude with a 70s affect. Which is totally fine, really. In this photo, Joe looks like someone I'd strike up a conversation with by asking "what is your favorite yacht rock album" and then expect to be overwhelmed as not only does he have a top five ready to go, but he also knows who the sound engineer was on each album.

 

[mold]

I hate to sound like John C. Wright, but fuck, these people just worship sterility as a concept. And not just in the “no babies sense”. It‘s like an utter refusal to actually create anything of substance, or forge proper connections. Just little clusters of aimless individuals “queering” what people with actual drive made until they die with no lasting legacy. No families, no original works creative or practical, and any friendship hinges on aesthetic and convenience.

every time you see anything LGBBQ, replace it in your mind with Junior Anti-Sex League

absolutely anti logos

 

[White-Kettle Shufflepunk]

Honestly. Yeah, they are pretty damn sexless. Sure, they talk about it a lot, but they don’t seem to fuck for the emotional intimacy, or even the pure physical thrill of it. It’s like ugly performance art.

 

[Dromedary]

Joe thinks calling gay men faggots is a cool tee-hee thing and he feels empowered to do so. I fucking hate trannies, Joe, their whole sick movement. Which is vile, misogynist, anti-gay while being total parasites on the gay rights movement.
LGB, fuck the T.

 

[Stupid Sexy Flanders]

Joe and Mallory really is the epitome of a boring straight couple desperate to be gay.

Spicy straights are the worst.

 

[Boris Blank's glass eye]

Joe and Mallory really is the epitome of a boring straight couple desperate to be gay.

Spicy straights are the worst.

I wouldn't even call them straight. While we've speculated a lot about Joe's sex life we don't really know anything solid about it. If he's an AGP it can't even be expressed on a "gay<->bi<->straight" continuum.
Mal clearly isn't getting any action though, she seems content in her self-destructive loathing.