FtttG
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FtttG
1yr ago
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FtttG
4mo ago
No, I'm sincerely asking the hypothetical. I find it deeply suspicious how many people claim an election was rigged when it doesn't produce the outcome they want, and insist that it was perfectly legitimate when it does.
FtttG
4mo ago
If Trump had won in 2020, what would your conclusion have been?
Do you think Trump was elected legitimately in 2016?
FtttG
1yr ago
Call this comic crude all you like but it hit the nail on the head:
FtttG
1mo ago
Yeah but degree of difficulty between 'find a hot guy for low commitment casual sex' versus 'find a hot girl for low commitment casual sex' is a Dark Soulsian difference in difficulty curve.
Skill issue.
FtttG
4mo ago
Is your argument that all of these vulnerabilities were addressed in between 2020 and 2024, which is why Trump got in in 2024 and not 2020?
FtttG
6mo ago
I feel the chances are good the goalposts would move again.
What are you basing this accusation on?
FtttG
6mo ago
If he asserts that Romania is safer than Ireland, I provide evidence to show that Romania in fact has a higher murder rate than Ireland - how does a breakdown of violent crime by ethnicity prove me wrong? I don't dispute that a disproportionate share of violent crime in Europe is committed by recent migrants from outside of Europe. That doesn't change the fact that Romania's murder rate is higher than Ireland's.
FtttG
1yr ago
I'm not saying "Hanson said this, therefore he should be cancelled". I'm saying that it's reasonable to characterise that specific belief as misogynistic.
FtttG
1yr ago
Is it so completely out of the realm of possibility that a person can be slim and attractive without boring themselves half to death by doing braindead and repetitive busywork tasks constantly?
In my experience, yes. Although cycling via commuting is a good example of a form of exercise which does not fall under "busywork".
how ungainly it is to arrive at your destination sweaty
Ever heard of a shower? Most offices have them. Get up, put on your exercise gear, put your office clothes in your backpack, cycle into work, take a shower and put on your work clothes. You'll likely have cut a huge amount of time out of your commute, and the morning cycle is far more invigorating and refreshing than spending 30-60 minutes in a car or on public transport (and if you live in a warm climate, being stuck in a cramped bus or train during the morning rush hour will probably result in you getting hot and sweaty anyway).
Bikes are the perfect vehicle. A decent bike costs a few hundred bucks, max, and will last you for years. If cycling in a city, traffic won't impede your progress the way it would in a car or bus (or even a motorbike). Even an only moderately fit person can cover immense distances without exhausting themselves (I'm by no means an avid distance cyclist, but am confident I could cycle 100km tomorrow without any training and without exerting myself to any great degree). Calories are your fuel, so you aren't dependent on petrol/gas infrastructure. If so inclined, you can attach panniers or a trailer to your bike to allow you to bring possessions with you that are too big for a backpack. Certain kinds of bike can ride on effectively any terrain, so you aren't dependent on roads. Virtually all repairs and maintenance can be done by anyone after one day's training, unlike modern cars which are so complex that only specialists can repair them (at great expense to the owner). There's no additional cost in GHG emissions. Bicycles take up far less space than motor vehicles: there are bicycle parking centres in Amsterdam which can comfortably fit thousands of bicycles into a space which would accommodate a few hundred cars at most. They're vastly cheaper than cars (in addition to the smaller initial outlay noted above: almost all of the maintenance and upkeep can be done yourself with only one or two specialised tools, you don't need to buy petrol/gas, you don't need insurance). And best of all, the mere act of using one improves the health of the user along multiple metrics (heart rate, blood pressure, muscle mass, life expectancy etc.).
Your comment has inspired more contempt in me than any I've read on this site in months.
FtttG
2yr ago
To the tune of "I Love Rock and Roll" by Joan Jett:
I love Uncle Ted
Put another bomb in the mailbox baby
FtttG
1mo ago
Don't feel like answering if you don't want to, but do you mind my asking - are you a Jewess?
FtttG
6mo ago
I at least suspect that I am actually being called to narrow and limit my artistic tastes.
What makes you think that?
This seems like a weird heuristic which no one ever applies in any other context. If a company is accused of fraud once, well, that happens; twice, well, accidents happen. But I strongly suspect that you would avoid doing business with a successful company currently facing five or more independent concurrent investigations/lawsuits for fraud. Sooner or later you have to start wondering if there's fire in addition to smoke.
It's also plainly untrue that every sufficiently famous person will eventually face an unfounded accusation of sexual misconduct. There are celebrities who've been in the public eye for decades without once being accused of misbehaving.
FtttG
10mo ago
Two years ago I wrote an article (https://open.substack.com/pub/firsttoilthenthegrave/p/pay-no-attention-to-that-opinion-banner-open-in-app; scroll down to section VI, everything prior is about motte-and-bailey fallacies) which included an argument that society might consider housing trans women convicts in women's prisons conditional on their undergoing an assessment by a qualified mental health professional to determine whether or not they legitimately suffer from gender dysphoria. As much as I might complain about the absurdities of gender ideology, I am sympathetic to trans males who legitimately suffer from gender dysphoria, and you don't have to be a genius to see that a small fragile male like that is going to absolutely get his shit ruined if he serves his sentence in a man's prison surrounded by violent, sexually frustrated men. Of course there will be false negatives and false positives, but I feel like a certain amount of medical gatekeeping would go a long way towards separating violent opportunists like Karen White and Barbie Kardashian from the harmless men in genuine psychic distress who wouldn't hurt a fly. I feel like this is a compromise most well-meaning trans activists could get onboard with (particularly as it's dramatically less restrictive than the other popular gatekeeping proposal: making access to women's spaces conditional on having undergone bottom surgery).
FtttG
1yr ago
Robin Hanson is apparently misogynistic
Hanson once wrote that a woman cheating on a man is as bad as (or worse than) a man raping a woman provided he does it in a "gentle, silent" way. No idea if he still endorses that opinion but it's a majorly sus thing to say.
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