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				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Have you been to the region? There's an abundance of Dubais and microDubais built to resemble each other through Oil brute forcing


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Dubai has already had several huge pullbacks when the oil money was disrupted. The 1% number is inaccurate since it's pulling in oil money from across the region and still heavily subsidized by the Emirates who have larger amounts of oil.


As somebody who's seen the Dubai government investment process first-hand a lot of their future proofing efforts are more elaborate scams from the connected to absorb resources than productive endeavors


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I went to Chongqing at the start of February and I've been to approximately 15 or so cities in China. It's a cool shock to see the whole urban geography, but the day to day experience in Chongqing is pretty typical for nice, new developed Chinese cities. There's not a ton of unique flavor there honestly but it is abundantly pleasant.


Chengdu and Yunnan more unique vibes arguably.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
China's good though the recent development wave means a lot of the bigger cities are kinda samey.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Who have they got otherwise though? Newsome probably gets cancelled eventually for resembling a white male with initiative


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
This was like still during the crush, though. If I recall correctly the joke was something like that they were traveling together and there was enough of an age gap that a coworker remarked it'd look like a father and a daughter then he said something to the effect of he'd hope he's in good enough shape that she'd look like a second wife


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Exactly plus it's like... On a scale of 1-10 where 10 is a marriage proposal and 1 is a restraining order I'd have read these messages as a 2.5/10 at best and desisted from further pursuit if I'd been the recipient.


I feel like I'm only successfully married now since my wife is essentially male-brained and met me in the middle in terms of communication


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm reminded of a platonic female friend of mine who had this like 6 month crush on her boss and was eternally talking about how she wished he'd do all sorts of 50 Shades activities with her.


Then he made one like off-color milquetoast but not like insane joke at the end of a meeting and she instantly icked on him/wanted to take him to HR. A certain part of female sexuality is wanting to be the proverbial dog barking behind a fence who doesn't do anything when let out, but some of the instant 180s I've seen as a third party are jaw dropping.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Also a lot of women don't understand how to do the intermediary stages of the dance where they make themselves available but also do some mild shit testing. Or atleast conduct it in a sane way.


I've been involved in multiple conversations with single friends of my wife where they're forlorn over some potential beau not leading hard when they've dropped the handkerchief via liking 2 IG stories and stonewalling DMs. Literally seen women crying over failing to inspire hot pursuit vis texting conduct on their part that, to me if received from an online dating match would have me assume that they're soft dumping me.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I had a reasonably successful collegiate experience it just didn't leave much of a mental imprint. IMO cultures/countries where you move out of home to go to college probably more likely to have a bunch of associated big memories, since I didn't move out till like 2 years after finishing university and have way more memories from that first 6 months than like all of college


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Seems to just be the line that people are going with on the idea there's some huge blockbuster killshot in the Epstein files instead of broadly embarassing corruption and ephebophilia


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yeah hormones, trying to navigate rapidly changing social rules and first exposure to a wider world means that high school years probably coincide with a bunch of core memories.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I feel like the way the brain encodes memories just means that the adolescent years that coincide with high school tend to produce a lot more formative memories good/bad that are very available. Maybe I'm unusual since I lived at home for my university period but I feel like my 5 years of bachelor's + masters produced like a quarter of the core memories that my high school days did


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Now that homosexuality itself isn't blackmail material I guess the sheer promiscuousness of the average partaker and lack of spontaneous extramarital offspring makes it quite hard to blackmail


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yeah unless the USA start directly hitting China or maybe some crazy AGI situation it seems pretty clear they'll overtake sooner or later economically on the current trend. Why spazz and complicate things


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Still if there's a societal wide gamble and a small sector of people think the potential payoff for slamming as much investment as possible into AI is 'infinity wellbeing' for humanity. That then distorts a ton of decision making especially if it turns out they're some combination of wrong and/or don't actually have sufficient resources to get to the promised land


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
In Australia it felt like the whole Gaza plight/anti-Israeli thing didn't really spin up till after a couple months of the October 7 attacks


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yeah the bot army is always the most insane garbled cope. Especially the whole 'Putin has the world's best digital marketing force that can swing a democratic election by 40% from the CORRECT views that I hold personally' kinda vibe.


That being said I largely find the Israelis better aligned with my interest in functional Middle East civilization and I prefer them to the alternative. It is somewhat funny how badly some people are reacting to Jews going from an essentially unassailable position in polite conversation to being an acceptable target of Left Wingers. These things are cyclical it swings around and maybe don't botch your cultivated position in the first place.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Humanity would enter a new golden age with a strike on the random assemblage of gangsters and money launderers within.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Han is a pretty overly expansive category if you spend any meaningful time wandering around China, too.


Dongbei and Guangdong natives might both be Han but there's huge visual and behavioral differences there. Like in European terms it's like having Prussians and Southern Italians in the same category.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
On the other hand creating a large business making actual high-tech physical products is very difficult if you don't have huge backing to begin with. Getting enough money to start swinging on that tier requires hitting something softer


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I suppose you could argue some issues with antisocial poor people clouding your poverty, but also 'we make real efforts to keep drug users and the mentally ill alive' also pretty good indicator the current level of social benefits is historically high.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I mean I'd agree broadly that one's life would likely change a lot without exact specific conversations etcetera. On the other hand if you assume you've got like actual proximity to most people in your social life through work, school, hobbies etcetera you do get a lot more shots.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The good guys (Doctor who is a 10 or whatever) are either locked down or full time dating app lifer whose stuck in their own stasis of go nowhere hookups.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
There's a slog both ways but it expresses itself differently. I'm now married with kids but did like 2 years on the dating apps in 2020-2022 plus still have friends/relatives of both genders on them.


Women tend to be more of the 'generate a profile for 2 weeks every 6 months in a moment of particular loneliness/boredom then either find a boyfriend or get spooked off by a bad experience' model whilst men are more eternally optimistic. Plus the barometer for 'bad experience' for women in my experience can just be 'oh I had 2 dates with guy and they went nowhere and I had a project at work pick up' so it's not like they're even being raped and pillaged perse.


I got super lucky with my now-wife since I essentially happened to be first cab off the rank on her second attempt at dating after a multi-year relationship, especially since she flaked on a first date with the guy she'd set one up with on the prior 6 months window and then deleted the app. I know my current status is essentially pure RNG dice rolling even having found somebody good who I have chemistry with, since with her pattern of behavior realistically there were probably thousands of eligible bachelors in my proximity and she was only going to engage with like... 5 per app download period. And this pattern is quite similar for her friends and other 'educated, not particularly promiscuous and career orientated' women who I've met socially and dated briefly.