2w ago

An Easier Life

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South Park video game's difficulty level is directly tied to the skin color as well.
- What's funny about that is the "difficulty slider" doesn't actually affect gameplay.
  
  "Just every other aspect of your life."
  I don't remember if it does in Stick of Truth, but it does affect some things in Fractured But Whole.

He was later rejected by his family and ended up homeless and struggling.

That man is going to get an extremely brutal lesson in the difference between absolute and relative values.
- In true genie fashion, the only change in their life is that now, a single occasion where a racist person decided not to hold a door open for them, changes so that they do.
  Genies are all about malicious compliance.
  
  Lol. I don't know how you managed to have the absolute worst take to this stupid comic, but congratulations.
  "The only racism Black people experience is one person not holding a door." LMFAO

Should've become old as well.

“Black, white, you’ll still not experience what it’s like to be blue. Or have your deed of slavery cursed into a literal lamp.”
- Maybe the genie is not actually obligated to grant wishes, and could just turn you inside out if they wanted to.

Say what you will, but the genie never misses ab day.

Hope they made him suburban rich too

I didn't see the eyes at first and though the mustache and beard were representing them, turning the genie into biblically accurate version

Genie: congratulations you are now a health insurance CEO! You will not know suffering for the rest of your days

You can't see it but the genie also changed his name.

wouldve been more effective to just make him rich
- https://www.blackenterprise.com/cory-booker-was-falsely-accused-by-police-officers-of-stealing-his-own-car/
  It doesn't help.
  
  ah, good point.

easy is relative. all depends on how you see the world. while there is quantitative evidence for genetics to play a part in it, ease can be changed just as much by the person as by the environment.

And the twist is that he now is a Traveller in Ireland

I need to watch the wishmaster series. Of all the stuff with the concept of evil genies that twist the meaning of wishes into anything BUT the intention of the wisher, it would be that. Or so I heard.

Needs boobs and hotness.
- Not if he wants to be taken seriously
  
  That wasn’t his wish
- Yeah, because being objectified and sexualised from before you even hit puberty, having fewer rights (including those to your own body), getting paid less for the same work and not at all for all the work that isn't considered work by men like raising kids and running a home, wondering if we're one of the women who WILL statistically get murdered by their partner on any given week, being subjected to near constant rape threats and almost certainly (again, statistically it's pretty much all women) surviving sexual harassment and abuse if not rape too and then facing an entire system dedicated to discrediting and blaming you while protecting the abusers ("wouldn't want to ruin his life over a bit of fun"), as well as having to deal with misogynistic asshats such as yourself who convince themselves that because men buy us drinks at bars (in an expectation of sex, of course) we've got it easy, and pretend none of the other things are happening because it's easier to gaslight your victims than it is to accept that you're a massive and active part of the problem, on a daily basis, is a real fucking treat..
  Ass.
  
  All of this is framed from a US perspective, I apologize to the extent that it's relevant.
  getting paid less for the same work
  Essentially not a real thing, and if it is happening at a particular employer it's illegal and time to sue. The wage gap that's published is measured as the difference in median total earnings for full time year round workers by sex, and any attempt to constrain it further to be "for the same work" (like adjusting for industry, role, hours worked, experience, etc) rapidly causes it to diminish. It is at it's heart an artifact of differences in the average life path of men and women - to the point that young, childless, urban, educated women actually earn more than similar men.
  and not at all for all the work that isn’t considered work by men like raising kids and running a home
  Taking care of one's home/family isn't paid work for anyone, regardless of sex. Men aren't paid for more stereotypically male housework either, like lawn maintenance, cleaning gutters, dealing with pests, plumbing or electrical, that sort of thing. If you do domestic work for another household, generally you do get paid for it.
  Also, there's no third party mandating anything about how your household divides the tasks necessary to keep things going - you negotiate your own division of household labor with any partner(s) or roommate(s). For example in my household my wife and I both work full time, and for most "departments" of stuff that need done we each take a role. She does the laundry, I fold and put away (because her clothes have more complicated cleaning directions, and it's harder for her to lift and haul stuff around). Whoever cooked doesn't do dishes. I bring in groceries, she puts them up (the steps and heavy lifting are easier for me). Etc, etc.
  again, statistically it’s pretty much all women
  Dig deeper into those stats. Specifically, look at the differences in numbers that measure recent victimization versus longer periods. What you tend to see is the more "fresh" the experience is (looking at recent months or years rather than lifetime) the more likely men are to report it (almost as though men are repeatedly told by society that they can't be victims of sexual assault and doubly can't be the victim of a woman until they internalize it so they mentally file those experiences away as something else [if you can't be a victim then what happened can't be a violation]- I'm speaking from experience on that one) and previous 12 month numbers fare closer to like a 60/40 split presuming you don't also do some trickery of categorization where (for example) ways a woman are likely to sexually assault a man get filed into a subcategory of "other" to make the comparison less obvious, with women being a majority of perpetrators against men (ignoring the incarcerated of course because then men are a large majority of both perpetrators and victims - there's a reason term "rape culture" was originally coined to describe prison).
  
  Found the short, ugly,.non white, uneducated, LGBTQ, but Gaza kamala supporter still sour about the election guys!
  
  Also @spujb@lemmy.cafe - I think this thread would fit right in to your collection.
- He just said easier not easiest.
  
  Yeah mysoginy is super easy
  
  Incel detected

The Monkey-Paw Twist on this comes later when he goes to pee.
- What do you mean?
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLLXlngmbY4

As a white dude, I'd like to know when this shit gets easier?!?
- be black first
- Should have just inherited some money ¯⁠\⁠⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

The race thing is just a diversion from the fact that financial prosperity is the true great division that separates us. But just keep believing that white people have it easier just because they're white, because that's much better for the oligarchs.
- To be fair black people have been forcibly kept in lower class by wealthy white people
- We can't deny systematic racism. It's totally baked in.
- Racism itself is promoted and maintained by the ruling class because white supremacy serves to undermine class consciousness. The same playbook is uses for other forms of marginalization, but race is the most strongly maintained in the United States due to chattel slavery and the ruling class' investment in it.
  What this means is that while class is the major material dividing line that societal forces follow, racism is also a potent force. Just because it gets the oxygen it needs to survive from the continued class war does not mean that racism itself does not exist and make the lives of black people, brown people, etc harder. And white people do have it easier just because they're white. So if you say otherwise, those who know better will not listen to you.
  So, instead of going the route that dismisses the impact of racism, instead acknowledge that class and race oppressions are intertwined and that the former drives the latter, so we need to end capitalism in order to undo marginalization. And to do so in solidarity means you also need to take an anti-racist line and stand in solidarity with marginalized people.
- I think you need to look at prison sentencing disparities if you don't think white people have it easier than black people.
  
  Everybody is ridiculous. I'm not saying people aren't racist, but there's no way to act on that fact. Go ahead and try lol. Now if you had money, it wouldn't matter because you could afford a good lawyer to keep you out of trouble. Not everybody can be rich, but at least they can act on it. Good luck "acting on racism" because everybody already knows and nobody is going to change their mind if they're already racist.
  Do whatever you want!

Haha, take that, white people!! You've got it so easy, apparantly!
- Easier
  Although I'd love to see more class-conscious memes and activism.
  Yes, it's harder to be black/hispanic/asian in many places. Yes, it's harder to be a woman. Yes, it's harder to be LGBT, especially T. But what really sucks so hard and hits almost all of us (and minorities often get it even worse due to workplace discrimination and lower rates of ownership!) is the oppression of the working class.
  Our most unscrupulous and evil oppressors don't lose all that much from retranslating slogans about equality between people of all genders, races, sexual orientations etc.; in fact, they will play chameleon and pretend to support any dominant rhetoric - except the one that can actually make a giant change, but at their expense - the rhetoric of a class war. Combine this with corporate power and reach, and you'll see how we got to addressing literally anything but not the elephant in the room.
  Worker-led societies generally promote equal access to jobs, education and services to people of all ethnicities, genders and other traits, bolster a culture of global friendship and cooperation, and promote sustainable development that puts people - all people - first.
  It's in our common interest to put class war as our very first priority - for the greater good of us all.
  
  Yes, it’s harder to be a woman.
  Depends heavily on context. For example, for virtually anything involving the criminal justice system it's easier to be a woman. In some careers it's easier to be a woman (for example, anything to do with children). I could come up with more examples if you want.
  
  Where is it harder to be hispanic or black? In Hispanola or Africa? Life isn't equally oppressive across the entire world
- Well as long as racism exists and is prevalent, we got it "not as hard".
- Such a strawman, lol. The comic clearly says 'eas_ier_'
  
  Im just saying the blue man needs to check his prejudices
- Easier, not easy.

Nah. He will be blamed for everything that's happening in the world. White guilt is real.
- And will also inherit white fragility, it seems.

I’ve got a joke on this that would not be received well due to the overuse of multiple stereotypes.
- Then why did you even comment? What was the point?
  Make the joke, receive the potential backlash or just dint say anything.
  
  Because bigots can't help but out themselves, it's like some sort of fucked up reflex they have..
  
  Don't bother responding to people like this. This is the internet version of that one annoying kid that showed up on the playground, claimed they could beat everyone in Mario Kart, then never played wgen presented the chance and instead told some made up story about how they stole their parent's car to buy drugs or some bullshit.
- K
- I'd say shoot your shot, you miss a 100% of the ones you don't take

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