random things

  A concise explanation of apartheid and colonialism:  Why these kinds of states always end up looking like eczema splotches by u/cosmicdaddy_ in TikTokCringe

  Ok #YouthForia, come to the front! So apparently YouthForia is a small cosmetics company run by a woman named Fiona Co Chan. She received  $400,000 to invest in starting her company after a successful appearance on tv's Shark Tank. Fast forward to today, the company produces cosmetics that are favoured on Tik Tok and have been featured by several influencers in their videos. The issue arose when they put out a foundation line that didn't have many colours for darker skin tones. A few black tik toker's reviewed the foundation line and complained about the lacking shade range.Now from what I can tell, there wasn't like a huge outcry or anything. It was just typical reviews by average black content creators stating factual information helpful to their mainly black followers. Well, it appears that YouthForia got triggered! Because what they did next was unprecedented in the history of  dumb things cosmetic companies have done to alienate consumers.  How in the year 2024 w

So this hypothetical question has been making the rounds lately on social media. Basically if I get the gist of it right, the question is posed to women, and is intended to highlight the state of male/female relations in today's world. In essence, women are asked whether they would prefer to encounter a strange man or a wild bear, if they found themselves lost and otherwise alone in the woods.  Apparently the majority of women have been answering - Bear! Whether being truthful or trying to prove a point, most ladies online are arguing that they would feel safer meeting a wild bear in the woods than an unknown man. Many of the explanations I have read center around the same point - that wild bears generally want to avoid people and leave them alone, whereas a strange man encountering a vulnerable woman could be more threatening and dangerous to her.  Predictably, quite a few men have been ruffled by this general response, and have gone online to chastise, berate, advise and otherwis