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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 November 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


which will start a constitutional crisis whereby judges will only be confirmed when the same party controls both the Presidency and Senate.




It was less than ideal, but we survived the Bush years when this happened.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 1, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I was a mini STEMlord, but I guess all my reading around that age was fantasy. My usual recommendations for kids based on what I enjoyed are the Prydain, Redwall, and Dark is Rising series. The non-fantasy ones are the Great Brain and Swallows and Amazons series, but neither are SF. Odd to realize in hindsight.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 1, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Patricians do not hurry about.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 1, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


honorary mention for Take 5s




I don't think I've seen those in mixed bags sold for Halloween. I like them for hiking as a change from all the Snickers variants I usually carry.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 1, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I'd actually put Heath bars pretty near the top, but nobody tends to buy those




Good point. My friend had bought piles of mixed bags from Costco but none had Heath bars in them. I don't know if I could've resisted those.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 1, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
What's your Halloween candy kryptonite?


Mine is usually Reese's peanut butter cups or similar chocolate/PB garbage. I went over to a friend's house last night to help pass out candy (they live in a neighborhood that gets hundreds of kids trick or treating) and through superhuman effort managed to not eat any Reeses (or much of anything else). Finally, a win over the appalling sweet tooth.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Random Musings on the State of TheMotte
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I found something likeable: he's a great litmus test. When people argue he wasn't that bad or he was persecuted or whatever, I know I shouldn't take their opinions seriously.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
In some Mennonite sects in the U.S., unmarried women wear small white caps and married women wear black ones.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Not only that, but imagine him saying that and then people all over the internet still taking him seriously. It's a baffling state of affairs.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
    

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    Cold brew with a tiny bit of half and half, assuming it's not outrageously priced (I'm not paying $7 before tip for it). Some places have very good cold brew with interesting flavor profiles. Some places are dogshit.
    

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    I don't get flavors in things because I want to taste the coffee. Given the very popular milkshakes that are sold as coffee at places like Dutch Bros, many people do not care for the taste of coffee itself. I don't get added sugar because I try to avoid that (aside from what's in dairy I might add). I like espresso on ice on occasion but it's intense.
    

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In that it's now filled with typical redditors, or something less obvious?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, good point. The indoors government workforce at state/county/local levels is probably majority women, but the outdoors workforce (law enforcement of all stripes, maintenance/utility types, etc.) are majority male, so it is likely more even than it would seem.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Is that federal workforce only or all state/county/local workforces as well?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 30, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


the government’s appeal pointed out that the ruling might encourage Americans to produce 200 oz. golden steers.




The US government is a jealous god and will permit no idolatrous worship.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


He's either a shameless liar




Consider he's the same person who publicly argued in spring 2020 that masks don't do anything while he privately stockpiled masks for his family.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Asian women hunt for white men like a tiger hunts for deer.




Alas, my single days were spent in places with a miniscule amount of Asians so I didn't get to fully experience this.




The average white man is obviously defenseless against such a pursuit, leading to an above average number of WMAF pairings in Asian heavy population centers like the SF Bay Area and LA.




While hiking the John Muir Trail this summer, I was greatly amused by the number of WMAF couples I saw. Most common pairing in couples was white-white unsurprisingly, but WMAF was by far the second-most common. I saw more of those couples in 12 days than I saw black people, and I don't mean black couples--I mean black people at all.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


There is definitely a correlation between the ratio of men to women at US colleges and its sexual culture. And the mechanism is pretty intuitive.




As an old fart who went to undergrad at a school that was 55:45 male:female (and of course women were almost mythical in STEM classes), I can hardly imagine what life is like at modern US universities with 60:40 female:male ratios.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


following the rules of whatever community they grow up and live in




Not what I expected someone named The AntiPopulist to argue.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It's possible I read the third book and simply don't remember, but plot summaries online aren't ringing a bell. I just know I reached a point where the only character I kinda liked/was interested to follow was Achamian and the point of the novels seemed to be shitting on him as much as possible, so I finally had enough.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


But the supply of men who can dish out the right amount of dominance without scratching the proverbial mirror is severely constrained. Even if the surveys are wrong and there are as many dom men as sub women, in practice there are fewer: some end up with criminal records, some have massive superegos that don't let them express themselves.






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If only that meme were accurate. Too many women I've met want an amount of dominance they want is squarely within the DV zone. Of course, ideally it should be coming from a tall, white guy with a finance job who is willing to risk a DV conviction to satisfy her, not a Hispanic guy with face tattoos who has been to prison twice and has 5 kids by 3 women.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for October 28, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
2nd this. Fluff reading on a Kindle is my go-to filler/low-effort thing to do.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


FBI knew about him but was distracted or whatever.




Yeah... or whatever. Say, was there ever a follow-up on that whole "Buffalo shooter was a group chat with a 'retired' FBI agent" thing? No?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


very close to a plot device + philosophical exploration than a real character




Agreed, and that's why 2 books was enough for me. I don't think I even started the third.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Interesting in the sense of maximally inflammatory to drive engagement, yes.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The 5th was inning a real "stop stop he's already dead" situation.