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				Culture War Roundup for the week of April 10, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'll link to the Status 451 book review that everyone always links to:




What if fanatics made a serious and nearly successful attempt on the life of the President of the United States?






What if those fanatics got into the Capitol building and committed a mass shooting on Congress while it was in session?






What if those fanatics conducted bombing sprees, for years, in multiple American cities?






And what if people really did do every one of those things, and you’d never heard of them? That’s the story of Puerto Rican separatists.




https://status451.com/2017/01/20/days-of-rage/


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for May 7, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Don't just ask her in a way that suggests that you are excited.  Be excited.  Pick something that you want to do.


"Hey, I'm going to <EVENT> on <DATE>.  If you'd like to come with me, I'd enjoy your company.  Let me know by <OTHERDATE>."


Then do it and have fun.  Even if she says no, even if she says yes and flakes.




"Are you asking me on a date?"




"If you're there with me, sure."


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 2, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


That is: adults were banned from taking vaccines until the FDA had satisfactorily hemmed and hawed over the trials




Entities were banned from testing people for COVID-19 while the CDC spent weeks coming up with and distributing their own, broken test mechanisms.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of December 11, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
My mental model now has a Twitch "Lounge section" for non-gaming stuff.


Edit: And when I go to https://www.twitch.tv, it looks like Youtube For Games.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 12, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Having been both a student and teacher at MIT, my personal explanation for men going into science is the following:






1. young men strive to achieve high status among their peer group






2. men tend to lack perspective and are unable to step back and ask the question "is this peer group worth impressing?"




- https://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 3, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


My beef with revolutions in particular is that the war stuff is fucking BORING. The mechs the humans use are stupid designs with exposed cockpits, and there's only the one mech unit, and the machine forces consist of squids and a giant drill.




Yes, I remember thinking "They replaced special effects martial arts with this?"


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 25, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Over 20 other studies have consistently failed to find any benefits of more than 1.6g/kg/d of protein. [. . .] This recommendation often includes a double 95% confidence level, meaning they took the highest mean intake at which benefits were still observed and then added two standard deviations to that level to make absolutely sure all possible benefits from additional protein intake are utilized.




The myth of 1 g/lb: Optimal protein intake for bodybuilders


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for December 29, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
When Diplomacy Fails: episodes, website (which has kind of suffered during Zach's Ph.D. quest).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 13, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I see a lot of stuff on the internet about being "healthy at any size" but it's always women under the age of 45 who seem to be the poster children for this stuff.




Phase one is beauty and fashion and dating instas.


Phase two is complaining about unfair beauty standards.


Phase three is assertions that chronic health problems have nothing to do with weight.


Phase four is turning into a shut-in due to immobility.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 30, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Sometimes it was just easier to do than put it back on three minutes later at your next stop.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 16, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


It’s informative, relevant to the news du jour, written well and gratuitously sourced.




It's context for the complaints that I see sometimes about egregiously bad solicitations from Trump organizations.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for September 13, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
    

  • Extroversion: 1
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  • Emotional stability: 98
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  • Agreeableness: 5
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  • Conscientiousness: 26
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  • Intellect/Imagination: 80
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To quote Tom Wolfe, my emotional stability has a center of gravity like a 102-inch High Point Vinyleather sofa.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 26, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
What's the occult significance of the hedgehog?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 20, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Like how Kameron Hurley and Seanan McGuire and Ann Leckie are all decent writers but such insufferably hateful harpies that, like Scalzi, I can't stand to read them anymore.




Without going into too much detail, Seanan McGuire appeared on my radar recently.  What informs your description?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 26, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
So the current tour has stuff like "Velvet Elvis" and "Dog Eat Dog"?


I noticed years ago that a lot of his non-parody songs ended up as "random stream of conciousness" lyrics.  It felt like the constraints of parody forced him to work harder, with better results.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 19, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Back in the Old Country, in AskSocialScience, there was a recent question asking about the "growing number of POC nazis and white supremacists", and I have to assume that for the poster this is isomorphic to the question of "why are Latinos voting for Republican candidates?"


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 23, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Twitter's API has been throttling lately.  Just keep hitting refresh periodically.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 23, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


and also I guessed by the end of the first Mistborn trilogy that the author was a Mormon without knowing anything about him




What prompted that?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Quality Contributions Report for October 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Dysphoria is not the issue; gender is. Remove gender entirely from the equation, then there is nothing for dysphoria to latch on to.




What would you remove from the equations for weight and muscle dysphorias?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for April 30, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Really?  I recall BCAA powder tasting like death.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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What should I do if I got Janitor Duty but the post was "Deleted by author"?


Oops, found the conversation below.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of September 12, 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


dogwhistling username reference to Known Bigot Orson Scott Card




What's the reference?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 10, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
James Rhodes was Iron Man at times.  Sam Wilson was Captain America at times.  There have been various Captain Marvels.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 13, 2023
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I think you underestimate ironic Nazi slogan larping.




That's like 90% of 4chan.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Quality Contributions Report for September 2022
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
For the LacklustreFriend link for September 12...  This is the posted link:


https://www.themotte.org/comment/4770?context=3&sort=best#context


It renders the destination page, but at the top of the page, with no highlighting of the specific AAQC post.  This is what the relevant AAQC post's "Context" link links to:


https://www.themotte.org/post/56/culture-war-roundup-for-the-week/4770?context=8#context


The link takes me to a page where the relevant post is in the window and highlighted in blue.  All of the AAQC links here seem to use the first format.