Botond173
6m ago
It used to be that members of congress lived in Washington full time, now they are expected to fly home every weekend. But not all members of congress live in cities like NYC or LA with their multiple airports.
"House leaders subsequently have built more hoe time into the congressional calendar."
That was pretty funny.
"But in late 1994, when Republicans took control of the House for the first time in 40 years, incoming Speaker Newt Gingrich encouraged his party's members to leave their families in their districts, to emphasize their independence from Washington and their roots among constituents."
I sort of wonder if this was a simple case of pure cynicism or an inability to picture the long-term adverse consequences of this decision, which should not characterize a self-proclaimed conservative. Chesterton's fence and all that.
Botond173
1hr ago
I'm not sure where that 20x statistic comes from, I certainly didn't quote it.
I'm assuming it's this part:
In Ireland, they are 0.7% of the population yet 12-15% of prison inmates, an astonishing level of overrepresentation that even many much-maligned other minority groups on both sides of the Atlantic have failed to match.
Botond173
3hr ago
I'd also rather live in Fiji than South Korea for that matter, but that's mostly due to the weather.
Botond173
3hr ago
but it can’t translate that into running a country that’s a nice place to live in
As opposed to Mexico?
Botond173
4hr ago
I think it's fair to say at this point that black beta males have practically gone extinct in the US.
Botond173
4hr ago
I consider myself sympathetic to dissident rightist views and yet I find arguments such as this somewhat baffling. Endemic black gun violence wasn’t much of a social issue in the US until 1970 or 1980, was it? So American society was clearly finding entirely mundane ways of curbing it before that.
Botond173
4hr ago
The backbone of the US military has always been white men.
Southern white men, actually, in fact, if I'm not mistaken.
Botond173
22hr ago
I wonder where these retarded 'youth criminal diversion programs' originate from.
The opinion piece seems to be arguing that the main characteristic of sluts is them pursuing men somewhat aggressively, initiating relationships or at least sending blatant IOIs (indicators of interest) whereas the chastity of non-sluts manifests as them waiting while being paralyzed on the sidelines and being wallflowers. I find this rather strange.
I think most women, sluts or not, obviously agree that initiating relationships with men is cringy and comes across as desperate – and that accordingly, it’s not that sluts are such by virtue of pursuing men – and that putting out early to men that are potential partners/husbands is bad strategy. The simple difference between sluts and non-sluts is that the former agree to proposals for casual sex (normally) from men they do not view as potential husbands and the latter do not.
Andrew Tate once posted that he rejects women who have slept with more than 3 men.
I think it’s worth mentioning that in a practical sense, actually following this standard would reduce his mating pool to nil in the current social reality.
Botond173
2d ago
I'd add that lifespans have indeed risen due to medical technology but healthspans, so to speak - that is, one's longevity as a healthy person capable of working -, have not.
Botond173
2d ago
I see. I suppose your argument is that this is one aspect that young people notice and it does erode whatever level of willingness they have to enter vocational training instead of college.
Botond173
3d ago
"Socially acceptable loitering" is simply another word for "socializing", I think, which is the whole purpose of third places.
Botond173
3d ago
Playgrounds count as third places as well. In that sense, young parents in fact also very much need them.
Botond173
3d ago
Isn’t the usual heretical HBD realist argument regarding food deserts that the rampant crime that is the staple of ghetto areas is discouraging enterpreneurs from running small shops of any kind? Also, doesn't a food desert by definition include any shop within a walking distance that offers any food, not just healthy food?
I’m rather certain that youths in apprenticeship/vocational training also have sufficient opportunity to party, smoke weed, play video games, chill and hook up. The main difference is that none of that is financed by government money; on the other hand, we’re talking about people that are already earners. I guess I also have to concede that they lack access to the social circles that are normally made up by college students, which does hinder hookup/mating options.
Am I missing something here?
Botond173
3d ago
I wouldn't argue that BJJ gyms count as third places, as they obviously only exist to serve BJJ practicioners. Third places by definition need to also be accessible to average people who don't necessarily share a niche hobby.
So campaign donations get spent on other campaigns?
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