FtttG
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FtttG
23m ago
I can understand how UK inflation might be exacerbated by Trump's tariffs from last year. I can understand how part of the reason she feels miserable and angry a lot of the time is because of social media algorithms which were designed by the companies who built them, which you could indirectly say is "problems caused by billionaires". But I'm at a loss as to how the problems of anyone living in the UK can be laid at the feet of policies enacted by Israel.
FtttG
3hr ago
Over a decade ago, Scott cautioned people against using depression/suicide metrics as a proxy for how happy or functional a society is. Other than climate, the most obvious secular difference between Greece and Finland is hours of daylight, which is known to have a major impact on suicide rates. After Greenland, Finland reports the highest rates of seasonal affective disorder in the world, while Greece is twentieth.
FtttG
4hr ago
OR an unconscious sign of romantic interest
God, I'd be thrilled if that was the case, but I'd be very surprised if it was.
FtttG
4hr ago
This is why one of the CCP's screening questions for potential honeypots is "Do you enjoy the music of Taylor Swift?"
FtttG
4hr ago
Note that Asian women (and men, to a lesser extent) tend to have naturally more neotenous facial features than Westerners anyway, as per the meme. My ex-girlfriend was Chinese and only one year younger than me, but invariably got asked for ID when buying beer, when both of us were in our late twenties. A few years ago I saw the film Decision to Leave which stars the Chinese actress Tang Wei. Based on this screengrab from the film's trailer, how old would you guess she was at the time of filming?
FtttG
4hr ago
This is definitely a big part of it. I've met plenty of Chinese women, and very few were overweight. If you're using Tinder as intended (judging people solely based on their appearances) and you're forced to choose between an overweight Irishwoman and an average or slim Chinese woman, that's kind of a no-brainer even if you don't have a thing for Asian women.
FtttG
6hr ago
FtttG
9hr ago
And neither are paid very much.
A warehouse worker makes £26k a year.
And are they spent on anything that benefits Phoebe in any way?
Yes, as outlined in the OP. Feel free to consult the most recent budget if you don't believe it.
who should she be angry at?
The people who design social media algorithms, chiefly.
FtttG
10hr ago
It's bizarre that I recognised that quote without having to look it up, even though I've never gotten further than the first ~3 hours of Deus Ex.
FtttG
10hr ago
rates of intermarriage are high enough that mixed race children will serve as reservoirs for whatever positive alleles you believe white people possess
Does intermarriage happen to any significant degree in the UK?
FtttG
10hr ago
The UK's current TFR is 1.41
Pakistanis have far more children than the natives. I wonder if you disaggregate TFRs by ethnicity, are white Britons already significantly below replacement? Children of Men for the natives, but not for the migrants.
FtttG
12hr ago
I agree with this, up to a point. There's some floor of attractiveness where no amount of enthusiasm will compensate for it.
FtttG
1d ago
Years ago I read an article breathlessly discussing how female Uber drivers make less money than male even when controlling for hours worked. Muh wage gap, institutional sexism etc.
What they didn't control for was the fact that female Uber drivers drive slower than male (because men have a vastly higher risk tolerance), resulting in fewer accidents but also fewer fares per hour.
FtttG
1d ago
Thank you. I had a much more innocent interpretation of the adjective "one-handed". I thought it might be a form of constrained writing in which one can only use the keys on one side of the keyboard. Bless my foolish heart.
FtttG
1d ago
Everyone gushes about In the Mood for Love. Myself and the missus tried watching it but found it painfully slow and ended up turning it off after about forty minutes. Maybe I should give it another try.
New year's resolutions check-in:
- Posted my ninth blog post of the year last Thursday, about the reflexive urge to assume that apparent public gaffes or mishaps were deliberately engineered as publicity stunts. Lightly edited from a comment originally posted here.
- Went to the gym three times last week, focusing on cardio. I've realised I've been neglecting cardio for the last few months, which is having a negative impact on my energy levels, mood and waistline. For the last few weeks I've spent my lunch breaks working on my novel, but having now completed a fourth draft, I think my time might be better spent exercising. My plan is to do strength training in the gym three times a week, then run at least 5k on my lunch break, at least twice a week. Did my first 5k on Monday and felt energised in the afternoon, and my good mood carried over to the next day. Went to the gym again last night. Can deadlift 1.84x my bodyweight for 3 reps, squat 1.15x for 7 reps and bench press .87x for 6 reps.
- Have not consumed any pornography since waking up on January 1st.
How goes it, @thejdizzler, @birb_cromble, @falling-star, @Tollund_Man4 and @self_made_human?
I wouldn't even have minded the cetology digressions if the information contained therein was actually correct. It felt profoundly demeaning reading information I knew to be inaccurate just so I could honestly say I'd read the whole book.
Obligatory Thomas Sowell banger.
I really must read one of his books, every time someone shares one of his quotes on Substack or quotes him in an essay he comes off as incredibly sharp and perceptive.
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