V speaks of anarchy as having two roles: destroyer and creator, as he teaches Evey to create and he destroys. Additionally he describes anarchy as the order to be contrasted to the chaos immediately after his destruction of norsefire’s control.

As for that quote, I’m struggling to find evidence it was in the comic (I never actually watched the movie). The wikiquote for the comic doesn’t have that line, but the one for the movie does, and the comic one instead has a lot of V explaining anarchy to anyone whether or not they’re interested in listening.

The comic is very explicitly about British anarchism against British fascism, whereas the movie is a lot more about George W Bush, the patriot act, and the left wing opposition to these things in the America of the early and mid 00s

It also assumes the seller has options. It’s true when the field is equal but Amazon and Walmart both famously squeeze their suppliers to pain and everybody screws their laborers

Yeah in V for Vandetta he’s used as a symbol of British rebellion against the government, because the comic is extremely British. That said, the book is extremely anarchist and V is explicitly an anarchist, and the mask in popular culture at least in America is far more closely tied to that than to the actual gunpowder plot

It’s so weird to me that people have such an issue with depictions of sexuality

If you learn to live on lentils you won’t have to serve the king

I’ve meant to read that one since my wife read it, but Jesus fuck it’s long so it’s just on the list

It was at least a decade, but he had been escalating over that time

I sometimes forget it used to be bad. It just works with steam

Very high given you were spanked by short women as a kid

Oh yeah, a lot of old Catholics are terrified of nuns for that reason. It was always fun to shock them by saying how my school’s nun was nice. The nuns especially targeted the sin of left handedness

I’ll care when they’re Dvorak phones /s

Wow I didn’t realize how much I missed the hobbydrama subreddit, one of the goat communities.

Also yeah, that’s very accurate but also it’s worthwhile to understand he was also incredibly cringe in an old school atheism subreddit way. Fully convinced he was the smartest person in the world and everyone who disagreed with him was because they’re stupid. He was basically 4chan the person

That whole thing was weird. Like, even if it was a perfect simulation, it still wouldn’t keep me dry and warm like real real estate, nor could I keep my stuff there.

It annoys me to no end that they can’t be updated on linux

For your last bit, yeah we do. Old friends catch up from time to time, you meet people through shared interests and going out to find people with them, or you go to a bar and chat with strangers over drinks because it feels good to do that. At least I do all three as an extrovert in her 30s. I had to learn to do all of these things when I was younger. I spent months alone not talking to people early in college and it was psychosocially awful. Internet forums weren’t an acceptable substitute.

I have, and yes this is the answer. Meds are great, they’re why I don’t have panic attacks anymore, but exposure therapy is the gold standard for irrational fears (as in not dangerous) for a reason. CBT is also awesome, and it’s what helped me the most. But the biggest thing I had to learn was that it’s ok to be scared, but I still had to do what I needed to do.

That awkwardness is the discomfort you should be aiming to feel. It’s just like how when you’re losing weight you should try to be spending a lot of your time kinda hungry or how when you’re building muscle you should be aiming to be sore the morning after a workout. Awkwardness is like that for socializing. Low levels of fear are also totally fine.

If you’re looking to meet people your age and learn to interact with them look up meet ups for things you’re interested in, like board game groups, art in the park, etc. If you can’t think of anything go for improv. Improv is basically a targeted exercise in learning to feel comfortable in an awkward situation, though it’s definitely jumping into the deep end to learn to swim.

And as for public transit. Do it scared. Look up a route (and back) then take the train or the bus to a part of town you’ve aways heard of, but haven’t been to, or to a medium niceness part of town. Take a walk around a few blocks there.

Go for walks around your area and slowly expand as you increase in comfort. I did something similar as a trans woman in the American Midwest. I’m still not super comfortable walking around places I don’t know alone, but that’s normal and healthy. You want to be developing a counter to the sense of fear in a love of exploration and an excitement at doing something new

Also, if you’re actually worried, pepper spray is a deterrent that may feel comfortable to carry around. In the off chance you’re attacked you take note of the direction the wind is going, and if it isn’t back at you you aim for the eyes and run.

Iran forcing you to transition to have sex with your assigned sex, meets germany forcing you to transition to have sex with your brother.

Only in most of the US. Some states are very libertine about first cousin marriage