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RoyGBivensAction

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Married to a tomboy, so I have that going for me, which is nice.


				
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Married to a tomboy, so I have that going for me, which is nice.



				

				

				

				

				

					

					

					
					
					

					
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				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Generally have to deal with the paperwork for an FFL-SOT to (legally) buy the actual automatic component. It's in a kinda messy legal area, but more because of the legal overhead and warrantless searches from the FFL side than anything with the SOT.




My understanding, perhaps out of date, was that legal manufacture of new select-fire firearms was still banned by the 1986 act.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


My understanding is that they're selling AR15 rifles with factory-installed and -tuned FRTs. Setting aside the legal arcana, it is not clear to me what the difference between these and "true select fire" is in any practical sense. I'd imagine they shoot a little rougher?




I am obviously ignorant since I'm not up to date on FRTs. I will look into.




On the criminal side, my understanding is that it's just straight-up Chinese-manufactured auto-sears and auto-lockwork, no workaround at all.




Yes, this is accurate. I'm in a rural place in a flyover state and I've had clients busted with auto-sears (and not charged federally for it).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


You can purchase a legal, full-auto AR-15 from Palmetto State Armory for a reasonable sum.




Do you mean true select-fire, or some kind of workaround? I certainly missed this happening.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


it's antecedent would seem to the the Tenure of Office Act, famously violated by Andrew Johnson. It didn't go to the Supreme Court but to a Congressional impeachment, and Johnson avoided conviction by one vote.




Worth noting that he was impeached for removing a Cabinet member, which I think would be hard to find many defenders of that position now. Also that the US Supreme Court later had an aside in Myers v. United States that the Tenure of Office Ace was probably unconstitutional.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


If they embarass themselves, birthright citizenship will be rescinded.




Was yesterday's loss an embarrassment?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Alito's a grumpy writer at the best of times,




That's putting it mildly, and a reason I enjoy reading his opinions. A big day for him with the Hawaii case and then 2 immigration cases.


Based on the stats for the remaining cases, Roberts seems likely to have some of the major culture war ones, especially birthright citizenship. However, for day-to-day practice for me, Chatrie will be the big one, and I wonder if Roberts will take that one as well (he took Carpenter and Riley, the last two big 4th amendment ones).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Because humans are sexually dimorphic in appearance. The sexual dimorphism becomes more pronounced after puberty, but it's still present beforehand. There are a hundred little tells that I might not even be consciously aware of that would give it away.






This conversation is becoming a bit surreal, if I'm honest. I never thought the proposition "boys and girls look different from one another" would need defending.




The conversation has become the platonic ideal of "liberals pretending not to know things, thus making discourse impossible." "Humans display sexual dimorphism and can readily be distinguished on that basis" ought to be a "water is wet" type of proposition, yet here you are.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 21, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Under the circumstances you describe, no chance I'm going. Soccer sucks and going with a mild acquaintance isn't going to make it better. I will have plenty more opportunities in my lifetime to attend events I don't care about, so this one being "a few in a lifetime" one carries zero weight.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


ZERO POINT FIVE




I heard that in Dean Wormer's voice.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Or maybe you're old enough that even young adults have started to look like kids (something else I've heard people say- never sure if they're serious).




It happens, although they don't look like literal prepubescent children. It's more that they look under-cooked and could use more time in the cloning tank to fully finish.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


blank statism




Probably a typo that you made a few times, but also an accurate description of current government efforts to address various demographic disparities.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
There's a four-panel Anakin/Padme joke in here somewhere.


    

  1. I think we should treat gay and trans people like Iran does.
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  2. Treating it as a curiosity and a medical condition?
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  3. ...
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  4. Treating it as a curiosity and a medical condition, right?
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				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Incredible. Memes that are so dangerous that they cannot be shared with anyone who might wish to review the data used to generate the paper's conclusions unless the requester is a member of the priesthood. Ignoring, of course, that these memes circulate freely on the internet.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
To think I've been looking at dangerous memes for years on the internet without appropriate PPE.


I skimmed the article and saw the [redacted] memes, but there were only a few. Is there a separate appendix, or even a list, somewhere that has all 70 memes that were considered?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, I agree now that I figured out how to see the cases remaining to be decided on scotusblog. I count 20 cases not decided yet, so unless the 18th and 25th are marathons, July seems unavoidable.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Potential issue with your crystal ball: the next game isn't until June 19, but the final opinions day this year appears to be June 18.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Dread Jim is the name Scott once used for Jim. I would probably tag in @erwgv3g34 for a more detailed description of Jim's views, but this comment of his has some links and this comment has a summary about the guy.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


What would be the most impactfully policies he could pursue.




Deport all the Californians and Oregonians.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I just realised that the Gen X/Millennial equivalent was feminist writers feeling disappointed by Johnny Depp marrying archetypal grippy-socks-grippy-box BPD art hoe Amber Heard, twenty years his junior. Re-reading this piece is a cringe-inducing insight into Millennial feminism and this author's warped, pathetic worldview, no matter how much she might claim that its overwroughtness is intentional and tongue-in-cheek




Whenever I am reminded of this kind of millennial feminism, I start to give serious weight to some of Dread Jim's proposed solutions.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I would do my best to power through it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Fortunately, the Kenyans have not yet discovered trail racing, so it can still belong to people like Jim Walmsley and Courtney Dewalter.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Then I get to the kinoplex and I am shown a rather dull and prosaic romantic comedy about a man dating a Latina.




Sounds like spine-chilling horror to me.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


But as upper middle class white folks, we have to invent new sports in order to be any good at them, because if we go down to the Y to play pickup basketball we're getting mogged by the inner city




Hence the popularity (perhaps not as much now) of triathlon. No lower class randos have the time and money to train in 3 sports plus access to a pool plus dropping $5k on a bicycle.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Tenured professor in the soft sciences (e.g., communications, psychology, sociology) at a school like ASU or FSU




I, too, have seen some of those documentaries.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Has The Motte finally found a mythical Manic Pixie Dream Girl Autist?




Could be. I'm fascinated to see if the Sim decides to run with this plotline.