Eh, the passive aggression didn’t really come in until her answer was described as hobbies, in what seems like an unflattering manner. There were probably better ways to handle it, but this was more entertaining!

I have honestly never heard the term SJW applied to a Karen.

To continue the analogy: He asks her why she fights fires, and in response to her explanation, talks about the benefits of fire-retardant foam over water. She then realizes he smells of gasoline.

The comic is pointing out needlessly divisive behavior on his part - she’s already working on one aspect of the class division, and he’s pushing for her to spread out and weaken her efforts.

Any examples? I mostly remember the term being applied to the Greta Thunbergs of the day.

On the contrary, a skilled orator adjusts the message to suit the audience, and a skilled craftsman chooses the tool best suited to the task.

However, your intent here seems to be primarily to offend, rather than to convince or persuade, as evidenced by both your word choice and the direction of your statements - this is your choice of course, and I will similarly choose to ignore it!

Somehow whenever people bemoaned “social justice warriors”, I always pictured Lex Luthor slandering Superman.

It’s unfair to judge a word that has over 500 years of use on the last 70 years of history.

A bridge that has stood for 500 years can be considered unusable today due to recent developments.

The word clearly isn’t having the effect you say you want. The solution isn’t to bemoan the poor treatment of the word - the solution is to change the word you use.

You have many options - be creative!

We’ve seen that happen with using “gay” as an insult - society has shifted over the years, so that being gay is no longer seen as a bad thing

I don’t remember that “just happening”… I remember prominent members of the homosexual community deciding to reclaim the word “gay”, and then working to bring the more neutral connotations into the mainstream - and that effort is still ongoing.

The people targeted by the slur had to have the resources and ability to change public perception before that could happen, and it took a considerable, concerted effort. It did not just “shift”, and that process is not equally available to every target of a slur.

The problems with deciding things are “equal-ish” have already been well addressed, so I just want to point out - just because the billionaire class might use a topic as a wedge issue against us doesn’t excuse us from working to fix it.

They might be setting fire to houses as a distraction, but the houses are still on fire. The people inside can’t wait for us to find and deal with whoever hired the arsonists.

Thanks for this, I hadn’t seen this one!

Also seems like it’d be a lot harder to modify or extend later

I don’t mind imperfections while they work out the kinks. I dislike dismantling industries in favor of something that doesn’t work yet.

Nah, this is just the glimpse before the time travel cleanup crew comes through and clears up all the evidence!

And not only did he see for himself, he wrote up and published his results.

You wanna mention fossil fuel subsidies too?

In the American Midwest at least, it varies by household. You basically just pay attention to what your host does.

Used to be less common to remove them, but at least as far back as the nineties, it was a thing to be aware of.

For a similar reason, I’ve gotten a kick out of the back seat shots in Bluey:

They do (mostly) keep the house surprisingly clean, though

The only incident like this I can remember is Firefly:

Simon: “Are you Alliance?”

Jubal: “Am I a lion? …I don’t really think of myself as one. Though I do have a mighty roar!”

Simon: “…I said, are you Alliance”…

Jubal: “Oh. I thought you said…” Points gun more at Simon “Where’s your sister?”

I like it because it doesn’t really drive the plot or anything, it’s just the first time we see Jubal Early misstep, and seem awkward.

That was my first thought - aren’t homosexual relationships documented in Greek and Roman culture, among others?

That sounds very traditional to me!

I remember a lot more of this kind of encouragement from churchgoers, and it was usually well-intentioned there too.