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				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 12, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Well, TIL.  This is both startling and rather depressing, as 1) I'm somewhat certain that this is the first I've heard of this, and 2) I'm definately in the unpartnered category with little chance of that changing any time soon.


Atleast they try and give a reason as to why this all may be later in the article;




Researchers have considered why this relationship between partnership status and economic outcomes exists, particularly for men. Is it driven by the fact that men with higher levels of education, higher wages and better prospects for the future are more desirable potential spouses? Or is there something about marriage or partnership that gives a boost to a man’s economic outcomes? The research suggests that both factors are at play. Married men earn more because high earners are more likely to marry in the first place. Cohabiting men also receive a wage premium. In addition, marriage or partnership may make men more productive at work, thus adding to the wage premium that already exists.




None of which speak well of possible solutions, though.  Christ.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 12, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Fact checking




Have we gotten to the point where we're pretending now that TW wasn't having to produce active forgeries about the matter when Libs of TikTok expressed the exact criticism you're saying she didn't have?


I'd link to TW's post describing everything he did during that entire event, but for some odd reason, it was deleted.  Funny, that.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If you've never had the 'well, he's a sex offender, but...' conversation when out with women, consider yourself lucky.


I have, and it's about as depressing as it sounds.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 26, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


On other occasions, I've had female friends claim that they could beat me in a fight, because I'm skinny. Which... well, I am skinny. But at 5'8", 140, fairly lean, and lifting a couple times a week, this really isn't going to be close.




People who beleive this have never been in a fight.


I don't have the url on hand(and I'm not sure how we want to be linking to reddit anyways), but I recall a long thread on a female-centric reddit forum that discussed the moment when they realized just how much stronger men were naturally than women.


I distinctly remember a fair number of those moments could basically be summed up as 'I kept pushing my brother/SO/friend to treat me seriously when playing/wrestling/competing and when he did he promptly shut me down cold without even trying'.


I wonder how many women whom claim 'They could win in a fight' are going off of faulty information, because every man in thier life have been playing with them and/or treating them gently, while the woman in question thinks they've been treated seriously.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 3, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I feel the need to point out something in regards to RPG.net for those not in the know;  RPG.net is a big deal.  (Atleast, it used to be when I still browsed it).  It's the forum where active professionals(writers, publishers, artists, ect, ect) go to post and discuss matters.  It's some place where you could feasibly post and gain the notice of professionals in the publishing industry, a way to get your foot in the door.


So when you see a place like this being overwhelmingly blue tribe-aligned, it creates a severe gate-keeping effect as a byproduct.


I've seen some editors remark on the political alignment of their internal studio staff, with a surprisingly broad selection... from over twenty years ago.  I doubt it's that way now.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 10, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
To quote 'A man for all seasons', 'Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake!'


I feel like doing a minor victory lap, gruesome as it is, as I was one of those whom viewed euthanasia permissible, but the last thing I want is to have state-sponsored euthanasia in place.  (And, yes, before you ask, I've yet to square that hole as to allow for such a thing.  The world isn't perfect, sadly.)


Every time I see this advocated or hearing for Op's scenario, I can't help but envision myself at 75 going in for a minor medical procedure only to have the working professional suggest I commit state-sponsored self-die.  I'd rather just skip that entire possibly, thanks.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 10, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I can just wordlessly point at the utilization that medical euthanasia has gotten in Canada, as I feel that encapsulates the best example of 'this is what could happen.'


And, yes, my reply would be along the lines of 'Tell you what, Doc, you first, then I'll consider it.'


Flippant commentary aside, I don't want the above scenario to come to the fore because I believe, in order for us to get to this point, several things have gone horribly wrong.  I don't want the option to be on the table to begin with.  I don't want a scenario where I'm incommunicado for whatever reason, and the doctor kindly suggests to my family and/or next of kin 'Well, we could do this...'


I'm sure I could paint what-ifs till the day was over, and still not realize the worst of what could occur.  Personally, I'd just rather nip the matter in the bud and make sure it could never happen to start.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 10, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I have to confess, a general philosophy of 'If the world is not fair and just, we can at least make it beautiful' is one that has a good amount of appeal.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 28, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Speaking in the late thirties, here, and yes, single.  Among my close friends group, only one of them is married - and he still had to swim against a heavy current to find someone.  The other two that could be married aren't for other reasons - one just doesn't want to get married after watching bad experiences with divorce, another isn't for... reasons?  Despite looking.  (If I had to guess, it's due to his work schedule.)  My brother, younger than me, isn't married and hasn't been looking for years.  (When the topic got brought up, he implied heavily that the juice isn't worth the squeeze and they'd bring little to the table, so why bother?)


This is pretty universal from where I'm sitting.  The only guy I work with(older than me) isn't married and never has been - my boss is divorced.  I can't do a full poll of all of my co-workers, but I know of at least one other guy around my age that's looking and can't find anyone.  And one woman who's painfully good looking IMO, who's also single and has no plans to get married.


People seemingly keep trying to fall into a just-world fallacy as to why this is happening, mostly centered around male responsibility and fault.  Not just here, but elsewhere.  'Just take a shower, just be well-dressed, just be well-mannered'.  I doubt that'll change any time soon.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Not the OP, but as someone with a number of antiques, I wanted to chime in;


Managing antique guns is a very contentious topic among the gun community, and a few number of people claim that trying to 'restore' any antique will just ruin the value and/or historic provenance of the gun.  If you've a number of older guns/rifles, you're probably looking to less 'restore' and more preserve and/or protect.


Thankfully, this is something you can likely do yourself!  For wood, you can simply use raw linseed oil - this is period correct for many wooden rifle stocks, it's non-toxic(meaning you can apply this indoors with your hands if you so desire), and it's pretty much fool-proof in my experience.


Just make sure to use raw linseed oil.  I'd suggest grabbing a bottle from Amazon, as it's cheaper than big-box stores and you're more likely to get what you want.


If you need to remove any rust-spots to keep the metal from corroding, buy a gallon of mineral oil and copper wool, and gently scrub the metal.  Copper is soft, and will remove the active rust from metal before removing the present finish, and works surprisingly well.  Don't use any power tools - hand power should be all you need.


If you want to move to the next step, you can use renaissance wax to protect both the metal and wood.  I've not used it personally, but it's an option to consider.


As long as you're not trying to get said weapons back into fighting shape, getting them cleaned up and preserved isn't really that hard.


Oh, and for a Ares Predator, I'd honestly just use an H&K P30 with a compensator(the infamous 'Wick Stick', thanks to that movie) and call it a day.  Trying to make an Auto 9 replica is admittedly a little complicated, from what I hear.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 20, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Correlation does not equal causation.


Yes, yes, we've heard it all before.  'Just have the skills of a functioning adult and women will flock to you'.  Barring all the cases we've seen of where this is...  not the case, just because I can make a cheesecake and cook steak with ease doesn't mean the random spawn chance for 'eligible and interested girlfriend' is magically going to bump up in percentage.


You yourself stated that you're partially retirted(IE, have lots of money), academic(IE, likely have a large amount of social skills), likely had your own domicile, exotic factor(british accent), and probably a large number of other factors you haven't mentioned.  Congrats, you were a sugar daddy!  Older man, lots of money, lots of social catchet, and you're wondering in confusion as to why you were able to pull younger women compared to men thier age?


Man, take the beam out of your own eye before you try to remove the splinter from others.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 27, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'll be the one to ask the stupid question;  For those of us whom haven't been exhaustively following software development, what does 'LLaMa{-7B,-13B,-30B,-65B}' actually mean?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 27, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You and everyone else answered this wonderfully, thank you.


I confess, a part of me can't help but be excited at the notion of this getting 'out to the masses', so to speak, and what weaponized autism will do with such a tool.


Fun times ahead, I think.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 6, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Typical-minded fallacy is the one fallacy I've noted with alot of Motte posters.


Hint:  If you're posting on the Motte, you're very likely nowhere near mediocre.


(I'm exempting myself from this, I will point out.  If we plotted every poster out on a bell curve measuring various factors, I'd definitely end up in the shallows, and not on the far end thereof.)


I think I've lost count regarding the number of posters who've made commentary over the years about their dating experiences, only to end with the commentary of 'It's not so hard!' All the while seemingly glossing over their blatant advantages as if they somehow don't count, to the point where I wonder if I'm being gaslit or they're so privileged that they've never stopped to think why their dating experience was so painless.


It's gotten just a little bit tiresome.  But hey, that's life...


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 6, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You are very much undervaluing the importance of social skills.


People tend to ignore or gloss over that there's a horrendous amount of skills and capabilities that contributes toward being dateable.  And if you're skilled enough in one area(say, social skills) this can make up for alot of deficiencies.


For example, if you're skilled in the social sciences, you can get a girlfriend while looking like a small mountain(and not in a good way).  Or living with your girlfriends family while not having a home of your own, and somehow this is perfectly fine(wtf?).  Or, or, or...


Yeah, no.  Not everyone has this skill set.  Either through lack of chance to naturally develop such a thing, or simply not gifted with the intrinsic capability.  Half the time when people bring up 'I'm socially retarded yet I got a girlfriend' and when they describe their circumstance as to how that occurred, it comes across as pure, blind luck.


Still, you're correct.  Social skill is very much a skill that can be learned and developed.  The trick, however, is finding a safe space that they can learn these skills, with strict rule sets(because if you know the rules ahead of time, it gives you confidence of how to act within the confines of those rules).  And, the arena has to atleast allow for a little forgiveness for when you inevitable screw up.


Nowadays, that's a very tall order.  Moreso if you live in an area that doesn't have alot of social arenas to break into in a natural, organic fashion.


I know, I'm speaking from experience.  Not that there aren't options, mind, but when alot of these options start costing money, that brings up a whole other set of issues...


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 13, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
There is...  I don't have the number, but I keep seeing them pop up in forums all over the place(and for several years), so there's at least an amount of left-aligned individuals whom are absolutely convinced that America is only One Bad Day away from getting turned into a Christian Theocracy.


AOC is presumably one of those people.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 13, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I've seen the argument touted about for far longer than Hulu's version of the Handmaid's Tale, so.  (And I won't go into a minor aside regarding Margaret Atwood, or the fact that said book was taking pages from what happened in Iran, or...)


I think it's a fairly silly take, myself.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 13, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


(I have 13B happily running on mine; it's... interesting)




You can't just casually drop that and expect someone not to beg for more information.


It's me.  I'm begging for more information.  Interesting howso?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 13, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Electronically controlled sex toys are a thing.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 27, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You have an interesting circle of friends.


The question of where to find single, available women IRL is something I see repeated alot on men-focused forums, reddit included.  The conversation tends to devolve down in the same way;


    

  1. 

    'Where do I find women to interact with and touch grass?'
    

    2. 

  2. 

    insert list of women-focused activities and hobbies
    

    3. 

  3. 

    'I'm not interested in any of those;  should I pretend to be invested in them just to find a girlfriend?'
    

    4. 

  4. 

    Cue a mixed response of 'Just give it a shot, you might like it!' and the inevitable chorus from online women of 'Ew, you shouldn't join a hobby just to meet women, that's disgusting and women can always tell!'
    

    5. 

  5. 

    Cue frustrated response from several men about how they've been told they shouldn't talk to women in a variety of social spaces, so what exactly are they supposed to do?
    

    6. 

  6. 

    No response.
    

    7. 



itsallsotiresome.jpg


So, yeah.  This is something that's I feel has been happening alot as of late, and has been exacerbated by covid.  Whether this is all antecedent data or indications of a larger social trendline with ominous implications for the future has yet to be determined.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 27, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Ah, yes.  I've seen that advice, as well.


I don't think I've ever seen anyone remarking on it actually working, though.  Most of the time people comment how nothing ever comes of it, and I've never actually seen it occur in real life.


If I had to venture a guess, this idea stems as an artifact of european style dating, where I've heard a more slow, organic, 'start as friends and become more' is seen as a standard thing, whereas in American it's often considered openly verboten.


That's mostly a wild supposition on my part, though.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 17, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Chickens are raging assholes that go everywhere they're not supposed to and refuse to die when their time is up.


Ducks are much easier to manage.  The eggs are tastier, too.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 17, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I know atleast one person in his seventies that's having to grapple with the idea that someone he grew up with is in a nursing home, while he's still up, spry, active and working.


'Use it or loose it' seems to be a good rule of thumb from what I've seen in old people and who retains their capabilities as they age.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 17, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I didn't know such arguments were infamous.


All I know is, after having to deal with both, I'll take the ducks.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 24, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Constant?


It's almost effortless to grab things from youtube nowadays.  I've even made a habit of ripping entire youtube channels, ripping the audio, and keeping them on my phone to listen to a la a podcast(mostly because alot of youtube channels would do better as podcasts, but...)


So, yes, it's much, much easier today than it was even ten years ago.