Ioper
1yr ago
The first half of the first paragraph is good but then you're straight back to escapism.
If a one paragraph goal is what you can muster then focus on that. Don't engage with the doomerist escapism. Take a step back and look at your behaviour here, you're having a crisis and that is fine, but this kind of thinking is neither realistic nor productive.
Don't focus on the goal if you can't imagine it, focus on the small steps that will take you in the right direction.
Ioper
1yr ago
Sure, but if the cost of a cab ride approaches the cost of a ride on tax subsidised PT then the system is clearly out of balance.
But looking at twin studies shows that it doesn't really seem to impact outcomes.
Perhaps people dream more of becoming a lawyer or whatever if their parent is a lawyer but that doesn't make them more capable of achieving that. In fact, one could even argue that this is a net negative because a dream is sold that is very unlikely to be realised, leading to disappointment and self hate.
Ioper
1mo ago
It is less than half the adjusted rate of the rich white parts of America...
Ioper
1mo ago
How do you see both happening? When you're in striking range with the knife you're inside the striking range of the bat.
Ioper
1mo ago
I don't know about that, I liked showing off that I was engaged. You still don't need to get a second ring.
Ioper
1mo ago
I'd say 4 or 3. 1 engagement ring each and the man could possibly reuse the engagement ring as the wedding ring/band. Alternatively, only the woman gets an engagement ring and both get a wedding ring. Its culture bound.
The woman's engagement ring usually have stones, often diamonds.
The wedding rings are frequently just bands but again, the woman's ring can have stones.
Ioper
2mo ago
Thanks for the recommendations! Just out of curiosity, what do you mean by feminist in the case of forge? I don't mind female protagonists but I'm not super keen on being preached at, regardless of ideology.
Ioper
2mo ago
If it isn't something serious I'd just apologise for the fight and if she has any shame she'll do the same. If she doesn't then you might have a problem but if you haven't fought before it's probably worth just taking the L and moving on, regardless of who's right.
Ioper
3mo ago
The British seem to mean it more honestly, they’ll say something like “I’m just making pasta for dinner tonight, please stay” and welcome it. But the inverse is that if you’re ever outside the home and they invite you over, there’s a 95% chance they’re just being polite (the famous “oh, we must do dinner”) and would be horrified at you actually expecting a date and time.
My wife used to spend a fair bit of time in the UK for work and she had dinner at home with multiple colleagues, at different occasions, with their families. I've always wondered a bit whether they were just very inviting to their Swedish boss or if she accepted insincere invitations. She thought it was nice but also a bit strange, and the same thing didn't happen with her French or German coworkers, they just ate out.
I've certainly never been invited to have dinner with a colleague and their family in their home.
I'm not on a PR campaign trying to deceive you to perceive us in a more positive ligbt, I'm trying to explain whats going on and how people are reasoning.
Furthermore, I don't think the conditions are the same. Maybe in the general sense they are, people could organise their lives differently, maybe, but in the moment the choices are made the conditions are different. If you plan your meals (and shopping) more meticulously and you have practically twice the female labour force participation rate, having extra meal guests is a larger imposition and such a consideration is more important.
If this highlights a cultural difference then then that may be so, it doesn't make it a factor people doesn't consider and doesn't consider important.
Ioper
3mo ago
It seems on par with all the other Forgotten Realms RPGs that came out over the last couple decades?
Its much much better than anything else FR the last two decades at least. Its a great and expansive game with overall mediocre/serviceable Larian writing (but this time with a few stand out moments that actually are good).
Ioper
3mo ago
They circumcised you when you went in for appendicitis, without your consent?
Ioper
3mo ago
I used to have a pair of satin short shorts with a side slit in the mid 90s.
Ioper
3mo ago
Any reason they have to be stretchy? Couldn't they just be loose fitting like a big t-shirt+ shorts or a robe/kaftan?
Ioper
4mo ago
Well, I can't say for sure but it followed, with some lag, a series of extensive reforms in regards to parental leave, equality in the work place, state funded day care and so on, that at least seemed to boost female labour force participation.
It didn't follow immediately after these reforms, to the extent I'm aware, but something did boost Swedish tfr compared to nearby comparable countries.
It should be said that it also somewhat coincided with an economic boom and it's end somewhat coincided with the severe recession that followed. The general boom in the 80s happened in other comparable places as well though and they didn't experience nearly as big a fertility premium, and after the recession ended Swedish fertility largely rebounded to a sustained higher level at ~1.9, which of course is below replacement but still decent and sustainable in the medium term.
All this happened well before any large scale migration of higher fertility groups (that actually aren't that fertile once they get here it turns out).
Lastly, I don't think further efforts to boost equality will have much impact on fertility, I think other issues are far more important.
I'm not aware of any place where the explanation isn't very simple and also not replicable for places this happens, especially since you become ever more path dependant as the market inflates.
More strictly, I'm not aware of any place that has fixed this issue though policy, and for good reason. The incentives are very strong for everyone that gets a say.
What do you mean? I'm using the standard definition of power.
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