Tankiedesantski [he/him]

Promoting colorism in a lesson about software that can be used to edit colors is… A strategy.

Idk maybe I just need to go meet more Indian people but none of the Indian people I’ve met to date look anything like Ronit and Sirahi here.

India has too many languages and cannot agree on one in common, which is why English is a “neutral” compromise. I understand that making Hindi the national language is a common Hindu Nationalist point.

We’re high IQ tech bros who deserve to be paid millions, but you can’t expect us to work out basic management and payroll techniques literally every industry has implemented!

“Our business model sucks and we don’t want to do the work to pay the people who perform labor for us. Therefore, our CEO deserves a hundred million dollars.”

Yeah, makes sense. Carry on.

This is one part of it. I also think it’s important to think about how all labor under capitalism is coerced under the implicit threat of starvation and homelessness. Decisions made under duress cannot count as full consent.

I believe that all work under capitalism is coercive and workers do not fully consent to wage labor. Sex work is work under capitalism, therefore many sex workers are not fully consenting during sex due to the coercive nature of capitalism. Sex without full consent of both participants is rape.

In the dystopian Soviet Union, the state will arrest you on trumped up charges and send you to work in a Gulag.

Even setting aside dating apps, most irl spaces where it’s generally socially acceptable to meet people are already profit oriented. I’m sure that a big part of this is because of creeps ruining it for everyone else by hitting on everyone at a park or whatever, but sometimes I wonder if part of it isn’t also business owners trying to push people into bars and clubs.

I have a friend who’s a nice guy but seems hell-bent on dating at work. I keep telling him not to shit where he eats, so I’m hopeful he’ll turn around some day.

Yeah, it sucks that you really have to treat dating as a numbers game (as in if I meet enough people, I’ll eventually meet someone who likes me) and suppress the part of yourself that wants to get invested in each person you date.

I ended up together with my SO who I met online, but I wouldn’t wish the process leading up to meeting her on anyone.