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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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				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.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 14, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
She definitely found the correct corner of the internet.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Out of innocuous curiosity, I was curious as to what position others take on the matter, as I imagine in a highbrow space like TheMotte people do frequently patronize ethnic restaurants serving exotic cuisines.




I give restaurants a pass when they have the small, obligatory placard of Havel's Greengrocer. That applies to BLM, Pride, Palestine, whatever. When the banners get large, the slogans omnipresent, and stated donations to the cause loud and overt, then I find elsewhere to spend my money.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Thanks for the link. I've been listening to Mutiny After Midnight this morning. I especially like the disco-country of "Don't Let Go."


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


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The Live in Stuttgart release is so, so good.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


There's a waitlist for... beans?




Indeed there is. Bring your beanmaxxing to the next level.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


"Right-wing Smooth Brain Autist"




Sounds like you found yourself a flair.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Does Jethro Tull work? If so I fit the description.




You bet they do, especially if you're listening to Thick as a Brick, Passion Play, or Songs from the Wood.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Same stuff as most middle aged white guys: lots of Grateful Dead and King Crimson.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for June 10, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm 6'2" and have pictures of myself when I was 150. Impossibly gaunt. The BMI calculator saying healthy weight for my height goes down to 143 is absurd.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
"No Apologies Right," which doesn't seem correct: "Unwavering Trump supporters with a pugilistic political style and an ‘America first’ outlook."


I'm barely a Trump supporter, and certainly not an unwavering one. I guess my responses on immigration and DEI put me there


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for June 10, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


At 6'3, I'm now officially victim weight at 155lbs.




In light of your linked comment, your proportions must be unusual that you don't look like a concentration camp survivor at this combo.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for June 5, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Or maybe Hunter secretly got Extremely Online? He was seeing some dirtbag left egirl for a while.




I think the market for his totally-not-cover-for-bribes paintings is done, so he might have some time on his hands to be Extremely Online.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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I got 83%, but yeah the spike in difficulty for that last part was unreal. I swear some of those where just pixelated 3D shapes on some gradient where it was all the same face in increasing levels of gaussian noise.




Same results, and I agree. Some of those by the end were just blobs with almost no identifying features.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 1, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Imagine you're at an evening social event. It's comprised of men and women around your age. GigaChad is there as well. At some point, one of the women starts complaining about objectification and the male gaze. In the midst of her spiel, GigaChad (who was talking to another woman) turns to her and says with a smirk, "you don't need to worry, no one is objectifying you."


Do you think the woman would be pleased or upset by this comment? What does your answer tell you about the underlying true nature of complaints about objectification?