George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
The things you lean on / are things that don't last
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George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
23d ago
He was destroying the fabric of our society for profit and fame.
Is this your devil's advocacy purposely hyperbolizing or do you believe this? Because it's certainly arguably both wild overstatement (the first part) and very presumptuously ascribing motive. I frankly don't see how your comparison here works. Unless you're trolling, in which case, well played I guess.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
23d ago
Liberal conservativism.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
23d ago
I definitely rethought some things and eat far less sugar than I used to. I had quit soda drinks (other than the occasional Jack and Coke) years ago but yeah, I think for, say, an obese American living in the heart of Sweetville, a bit more caution with sugar is much needed. I ate an ice cream cone (the kind you buy in a box, for home) recently and I was thinking how laughably, absurdly small it was compared to its equal in the US, where it would be triple the size.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
24d ago
I read Lustig's book about two years or so ago and his personal assumptions mingled with science became too much for me to the point where I no longer view him as authoritative. I don't have the book with me but I remember he would often write how specialists in other fields often asked him breathlessly about his statements, which to him suggested he must be on the right track (in his demonization of sugar.) He references so-called"leaky gut" regularly in a very pop-science way. And of course he hawks his own fiber snacks or whatever.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
24d ago
I hope you do, it would be interesting!
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
25d ago
Looks amazing. The photos, but also the experience.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
26d ago
"xyz gives some people a hard-on" is just guy talk. I don't see it as "weird(ly) sexualized" in any way, and I'd be surprised if it were a left-coded way of communicating. I'd be more surprised if someone took time to do a study to determine this.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
26d ago
I generally read past this kind of internet abbreviation unless something in the post is particularly compelling. In this case I looked up the actress first, the acronym later, and didn't see the connection. On reflection, it's a stupider issue than I imagined, and not the kind of thing I typically discuss or care to engage in. That probably sounds arrogant but we all have our lines.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
28d ago
It was a joke and I didn't mean to start a fire here.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
28d ago
With far less catchy lyrics, I might add.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
28d ago
(Cough)
Due to wording, this post reads differently than you probably intended.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
29d ago
It certainly didn't read that way.
I just typed out a lengthy reply then lost it by clumsy typing.
The gist is I think Kirk was, in fact, a good example of the restrained discourse you describe (if not moderate takes.) Candace Owens more neatly fits into the system you describe. And I still wouldn't advocate or nod at her murder.
I also suspect personally that Kirk was motivated by genuine conviction. My previous reply was better, apologies, cynicism vs naïveté, etc.
Edit bc of your edit: Kulak and Kirk are leagues apart.
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