FtttG
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3d ago
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3d 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.
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3d 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.
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3d 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?
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3d 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.
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3d ago
I agree with this, up to a point. There's some floor of attractiveness where no amount of enthusiasm will compensate for it.
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3d 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.
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4d 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.
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4d 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.
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4d ago
Zhang Ziyi
I had such a crush on her when I saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and House of Flying Daggers as a child. Still would today, honestly.
The story of Mulan for example dates to around 400 AD and involves a woman serving in the army masquerading as a man.
It was my favourite Disney movie as a child, and probably a major contributing factor to my taste in women.
I do think our men and women look more alike than Westerners.
During Covid I binge-watched Silicon Valley, an American sitcom featuring a minor character played by Jimmy O. Yang. I took a screenshot of him and sent it to my brother with the caption "I think my thing for Asian women is getting out of hand, because he's kind of cute?" Obviously I meant it in jest, but if Yang were to troon out I do think he'd have a much easier time passing than most white men.
Agreed on 2, 3 and 6. I have noticed that Chinese men seem to favour a more androgynous look.
I once dated a woman from Taiwan who would be considered slim by Irish standards. She told me that, back home, the beauty standard is for women to be exceptionally thin and flat-chested, to the point that her classmates in secondary school teased and mocked her for her comparatively big boobs. (Needless to say, I wasn't complaining.)
Had a sexual relationship with someone in HR at a workplace.
Now here's a man who likes to live life on the edge.
Regarding the double reality thing, do you think there might be a partisan element to it? Richard Hanania had an article last year discussing how conservative women who work in politics tend to be very overtly feminine (right up to Mar-a-Lago face) and conspicuously flaunting their assets, whereas progressive women tend to dress more in a more modest and androgynous style. Going through the AAQCs, Sizzle50 made a similar point comparing female newsreaders for Fox News vs. MSNBC.
Not that every woman who dresses provocatively is promiscuous and vice versa. In fact I'd hazard a guess that most Dem-voting women would be more receptive to the idea of open relationships than GOP women.
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4d ago
Sometimes a smile and an arm touch is just a smile and an arm touch.
Oh Lord. Years ago I was having lunch with three female colleagues, one of whom I had a slight crush on (she was engaged). I told a joke, whereupon the girl I was crushing on burst out laughing and placed her hand on my forearm. In my head I was just like "be still, my heart". I'm sure nothing was implied by it – unless...?
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.
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