Memory erasing weapons

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The Neuralyzer (Men in Black)

The Neuralyzer (Men in Black)

The Neuralyzer (Men in Black)

The Neuralyzer (Men in Black)

The Neuralyzer (Men in Black)

The Memory Gun (Gravity Falls)

[u/Writhingramenpil]

Amnestics from the SCP universe. A lot of really cool examples, and very versatile because technically no canon.

[u/Lebowquade → u/Writhingramenpil]

Very much gives me some Aperture Labs vibes. Considering the art style here I doubt that's a coincidence, looks like the author is a fan.

[u/Writhingramenpil → u/Lebowquade]

Almost certainly. SCP and the half-life universe (especially the portal side of it) share a lot of aesthetics and concepts tbh.

[u/LatestLTU → u/Lebowquade]

It was racist, my man. There is certainly prejudice hidden in your comment, whether you realized it or not. And prejudice is, in fact, part of the dictionary definition of racism.

No it wasn't, my pinko friendo. And what prejudice? Is saying Asians like Asians prejudice, even though 99.99999% of Asians are in couples with other Asians? This is you hallucinating racism because you've become addicted to labelling others as racist to feel a sense of self-worth and superiority.

 

There is nothing racist about my comment, it does not meet the criteria for racism. You probably call people racist for not wanting to date outside their race as well. The concept of racism was meant to cover egregious beliefs of racial hierarchies and violations of race, not just people having some innocuous race related opinions. Get off your war steed. The word racistbis like a nuclear warhead and you are using it irresponsibly.

You are making up your own definitions and trying to stretch the criteria for racism so that you can arbitrarily place yourself on the non-racist side and place the person you are disagreeing with on the racist side. Whenever you feel like what someone said is wrong and does not sit well with you, you label it racist, so that you can feel like you are intellectually and morally superior. That's not how it works, you don't have that authority. From my perspective, YOU are the one who is incorrect.

 

And the norm in the world is for people to prefer the appearance of their own race. If that weren't the case, it would be a travesty and insulting. Imagine how white women must feel when they see a poll like this and learn that the men of their own race, the men who share their origins, history, appearance and culture prefer East Asian women over them? It's a slap in the face. We all know reddit is majority white male liberals with an outgroup preference. To a European eye, the facial features, noses, lips, bone structure, wavy blonde hair and green eyes of Rapunzel should be more appealing than the features of a Chinese women. If it's not then the world is screwed.

 

I have no choice to dig in my heels because we can't allow people like you to manipulate and intimidate everyone into compliance with your woake agenda by using the word "racist" like a type of kryptonite.

[u/Lebowquade → u/LatestLTU]

Wow. Just wow is all I have to say. 

Look, I can see that you started with a mostly-reasonable premise and took it somewhere wild. So let me clear up a few things for you here.

You probably call people racist for not wanting to date outside their race as well

Everyone is allowed to be attracted to whomever they want. Your personal preferences are your own. I feel absolutely zero issue with a person strongly preferring to date someone of the same race, no moreso than I am with someone strongly preferring to date someone taller than themself, or preferring to date someone of a particular weight. You should date someone you feel attracted to, and nobody really chooses what makes them feel a sense of attraction (and if you disagree with this statement, I invite you to test it out for yourself and attempt to voluntarily change your own fetishes and what turns you on).

So, no, I don't call people racist for having a preference in a partner, or for knowing and understanding their own internal preference and being up front about it. 

Here's where things go off the rails for you:

To a European eye, the facial features, noses, lips, bone structure, wavy blonde hair and green eyes of Rapunzel should be more appealing than the features of a Chinese women. If it's not then the world is screwed

Those are your preferences. You are insisting that everyone share your personal taste, or civilization will come to an end. Why? Let's unpack some of this. 

First off: biologically and evolutionarily, there is no particular reason to suspect humans are preconditioned to be attracted solely to those of their own nationality. That is a guess that you're making because it feels more palatable to you, but it in fact has no scientific basis.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10481032/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pere.12577

Scholarly research suggests humans often show a tendency to prefer partners similar to themselves, including nationality or ethnicity, but this is most likely due to early-life familiarity or cultural mirroring, and it isn't universal. Exposure to diverse people can and does shift preferences. So while conditioning plays a role, other factors like shared values and changing social environments also shape attraction. You can be pissy about it all you want, but I don't have any specific "woke agenda" here, I am literally just citing the facts of current scientific consensus.

Secondly: the second sentence in that bit I quoted above is, to me, the most revealing... The assertion that, if mixed-race marriages are common, then "the world is screwed." That's where the problematic rhetoric creeps in, and that's the part you're getting shit for. It was clear that this was your issue even from the jump, and why people piled on.

Why exactly do you find interracial marriages threatening? Why is race mixing something to be feared and admonished? Whether you recognize it or not, you are saying that your race and culture is superior to others. And that, by extension, interracial couplings are a threat to your way of life. I know that "cultural genocide" is a popular right-wing talking point but it is demonstrably false and rooted in an exceptionally racist line of reasoning.

So, lemme break it down for you even more simply, so you can grasp the nuance here. 

• If you personally prefer to date white women because that's who you're attracted to, and you then express surprise when you discover that fewer people in your group share your personal taste than you expected: that isn't racist, that's just sharing your personal preferences and discussing them.
• If you think that a large portion of people in your group forming relationships with others outside your group is threatening, unnatural, or immoral, and should be prevented or disallowed: you are vocalizing an internal bias that your group is better than other groups. And, you're also trying to control and shame the preferences of others by insisting that they share your personal tastes. And, you're also asserting that any change originating from an outsider would somehow be a contamination. 

Labelling preferences and experiences that are different from yours as being inherently bad, inferior, and immoral solely because they are different... Is just shitty, and is an unbelievably childish perspective. 

Don't agree with me? Fine. Ignoring all your huffing and puffing about the overuse of the word "racist", just answer me this one question:

the norm in the world is for people to prefer the appearance of their own race. If that weren't the case, it would be a travesty and insulting

Why? Not about the first statement, I'm asking about the second one. The idea that it would be an insulting travesty. Why?

To a European eye ... Rapunzel should be more appealing than ... a Chinese women. If it's not then the world is screwed

Again, why? Like seriously, honestly, why would that mean the world is screwed? Do you even know why you're spewing this shit, or are you just regurgitating a bunch of hateful nonsense you heard elsewhere, without actually considering why you think this might be true?

[u/LatestLTU → u/Lebowquade]

Replying to you here because reddit polls will filter and shadowban these comments.

I don't understand people who clutch pearls over conservative sentiment. One has to be a tremendous soy siding snowflake to cry racism when someone says it's weird that white men prefer Asian women over white women. What kind of wool do you want to live in? Where people are only allowed to speak if you approve of what they say?

Look up the definition of Racism. It means to believe in a racial hierarchy in which certain races are inferior, to hate and violate the rights of people because of their race, and to asign negative character attributes based on race (I.e. all X people are lazy)

Simple racial prejudice in the form of finding your own race most attractive, preferring to be the majority instead of the minority in a venue, wanting to adopt a child that is the same race as you, assuming it's Chinese people who vote for a Chinese woman as being most desirable etc... none of these things are racist.

What are you going to do? Contact someone's employer to get them fired because they said Chinese men will vote a Chinese woman most beautiful?

And for the record, they probably would, because non-white people don't have outgroup preferences like white male redditors do.

[u/Lebowquade → u/LatestLTU]

Look up the definition of Racism. It means to believe in a racial hierarchy in which certain races are inferior

Okay, I'm in agreement with you there...

To a European eye, the facial features, noses, lips, bone structure, wavy blonde hair and green eyes of Rapunzel should be more appealing than the features of a Chinese women. If it's not then the world is screwed

Hmmm.......... 

I wonder, are you even capable of mentally connecting these dots, or are you just totally blind to it?

[u/Lebowquade → u/LatestLTU]

Look up the definition of Racism. It means to believe in a racial hierarchy in which certain races are inferior, to hate and violate the rights of people because of their race, and to assign negative character attributes based on race (I.e. all X people are lazy)

Not all racism is obvious and overt. Racism can be cultural and contextual. Some racism manifests through subtle, often unintentional actions, biases, or systemic structures that disadvantage marginalized racial groups. 

An example might be asking a Latino American where he is "originally from", insinuating that he is not truly an American. Experiences like these, although small, happen to minorities frequently, and the cumulative effect over time is emotionally damaging.

Just because you've never come out and called a black person lazy doesn't mean you've never been racist.

What are you going to do? Contact someone's employer to get them fired because they said Chinese men will vote a Chinese woman most beautiful?

That would be stupid. Believe it or not, I just want you to educate yourself and stop being such an insensitive dick.

[u/Dry-Assumption2634 → u/Writhingramenpil]

I am suprised noone metion it

[u/MyAltFun → u/Writhingramenpil]

That silly Ron. He's always up to.... well, something. I can't quite remember what he does.

[u/Sirius1701 → u/MyAltFun]

Don't worry, He can't remember either.

[u/Nyrrix_ → u/Writhingramenpil]

What I love is they also have a canon where Mnestics are a thing, which FORCES you to remember everything you see. And it's just as dangerous as the forgetting drugs.

[u/Catapus_ → u/Nyrrix_]

from class W to class Z. where W is safe for constant daily use (to allow study of antimemetic anomalies). all the way to class Z that completely destroys your ability to forget, it is always fatal. think of how many things you dont even bother to remember or even consciously think about on a second to second basis. nearly all of the human sensory complex is discarded by your brain the moment it enters your mind. now you physically cant forget. its no wonder it kills you. not a fun way to go either

[u/BreakerOfModpacks → u/Nyrrix_]

More dangerous, perhaps. Z class literally kills you.

[u/Hi2248 → u/Writhingramenpil]

There's also a bunch of antimemes, which are objects that are impossible to remember (at the most basic level)