Message from @xerxesgm
Discord ID: 552877827716808704
oh well
Oof >.<
Good! You?
Pretty good. 😄
Is that Sam from supernatural in your avatar?
the name actually comes from the army
"Shit on a Shingle
A basic army entree, consisting of some form of meat on a form of bread. "
Really? That's pretty interesting.
Welcome to the Discord @xerxesgm !
Thank you. Happy to be here.
are you here from the reddit @xerxesgm ?
@blueorange22 yep
nice. how long have you been an MRA?
Not sure to be honest. I've been lurking on the subreddit for years. Been posting for maybe 1 or 2 years
I'm not particularly involved in any daily activism, so to speak, so maybe it would be a stretch to call me an "activist" in any substantial way
However, I do agree with the vast majority of concerns brought up on the subreddit (though not all) and would like to see a counter-voice become more prominent. It's extremely disappointing to me how lopsided the system has become and how taboo it is to even discuss this.
I was already somewhat lurking on the subreddit prior to that. When it got personal and nearly destroyed my life, it hit me hard and I realized how many others face similar situations (and I'm sure many are not as fortunate as me to escape it)
The legal system is stacked against males, at least in the U.S. and western world. It's an open secret and yet it's tolerated. Very odd.
On top of that, it's now a regular occurrence for me to see females given preferential treatment in promotions and hiring at work (i'm in tech). I one time outright saw a male thrown under the bus as an underperformer because they needed to meet a low-performance quota and the only person lower performing was a female (the director said "we can't have a female at the bottom")
Same with hiring events. Just outright preferential treatment.
And not just at my company, but many companies that my peers are at. We are all in tech. There is so much pressure to hire women, many people are outright discriminating. It's against the law and yet it's very much tolerated and difficult to prove.
All-in-all, I see many factors that concern me
Welcome xerxes, whether you've been vocal about these things before or not it's ok to be here and to voice them here :3
Thanks @InsaneCaterpilla
Wow, that's awful @xerxesgm . If you want to write about it for our website, let me know.
Anyone else like cats?
What's a cat
You mean Purry wurry furry fwends?
And that's a tiger >.>
Yep and cringer from heman
Poor Alex Trebek
Then again I mean he is almost 80
And he's had a long successful life
Shit.
Is that the person with pancreatic cancer