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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 May 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
No bison ever called me a chud.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


The local leadership hides the project as much as possible and steamrolls any opposition that shows up to meetings.




A local jurisdiction had the mayor and majority of the city council run out of office in recall elections after doing that kind of thing to push a big project. It wasn't even a data center issue, which I think would've gotten the whole council booted. This was despite it being a very pro-Trump/Red/pro-extractive industry kind of area. This doesn't disprove your larger point, but it was interesting to see a rare example of your scenario not happening.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for May 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


It does make me consider the role of races in my personal enjoyment of the hobby. I rented a cabin on the river and brought my family, and in an alternate universe I would be waking up in the morning with a coffee, enjoying the beautiful views at the top of each mountain, having actually delicious food/drink packed on the bike (for those evaluating electrolyte drinks, Neversecond was what the organizers provided, and holy fuck it tasted awful), and face no pressure to break any bones on gnarly descents (at least one racer had to be pulled off a mountain via ambulance). Instead I paid $80 for a water bottle and a timer to come in the bottom half of the pack.




I have had similar thoughts about traveling to do running trail races. Why don't I just travel and hang out in a pretty place with my wife, do some day hikes, enjoy the views, and generally try to recharge? Or I can spend extra money and stress out about logistics that don't matter because there's no chance I'm finishing in the top third for my age group and do a run that I enjoy less than a random trail run near my house since there's a bunch of additional people around.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Systemically destroying their social power will almost always get my support.




I didn't realize bison had that much social power.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Renters protections are excessive.




Washington state assigns publicly-funded counsel to low-income people who are being evicted. I can't imagine trying to be a landlord there.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for May 27, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I am listening, and perhaps I am learning.




When an asexual kink-friendly MMA-trained lesbian is speaking, you'd best sit your brown ass down and listen (because she's choking you out and you have no choice).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


but it'd be interesting if an HBD proponent somewhere did believe melanin expression caused low IQ.




There's a now-retracted paper out there arguing for a link between melanin and aggressiveness in various animal species. Given all the garbage studies that never get retracted, that means it was either utterly terrible or directly over the target.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for May 27, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Not even for erotic reasons, I was just that bored and out of good ideas.




"I'm bored. What do you want to do?"


"I dunno, I'm bored, too. What do you want to do?"


"... try choking each other?"


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Pitt was immensely famous already from several films, including Se7en five years prior.




Perhaps more importantly, Fight Club from the year prior. Snatch was his next movie and partially promoted as "mega movie star appears in small quirky film."


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for May 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


As I write this, how much of this 1980s nostalgia is a top-down consensus campaign by writers who just don't want to deal with how cell phones negate 90% of the easy ways to create danger and tension in a narrative?




I've noticed just how many modern crime/noir novels are set pre-2000 for what I assume is this reason.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for May 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Did Google find a new way to hinder users of alternative (ad free) apps for viewing YT videos?




I don't know about those apps specifically, but my assumption is yes. I'm no longer able to watch videos in Firefox browser in private mode--the video won't play unless I sign in. Watching videos in Brave browser still works, but they take longer than they previously did to load and play, especially if it's part of a playlist.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Am I the only person who actually worked/learned something useful in college?




The vast majority of attorneys I know followed the 2rafa path in undergrad and even in law school. This includes some who are now state trial court and state appellate court judges.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I'm not a boomer, and I don't have a pension.




You're over 40 and have savings and a house. Under the new rules, that's a boomer. I'm a decade-ish younger than you and a boomer as well.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


However I don't think this is an argument that most of his political allies would normally be sympathetic to.




Because it's all friend/enemy, or who/whom, or whichever phrasing you prefer.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for May 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
A Pitcairner and a Tristanian? Is someone assembling a team? Just need someone from Desolation Island and the ultra-remote Inuit villages.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


But first, employers must no longer prioritize (let alone require) college degrees




And instead of using college degrees to filter out applicants, they will be using...? Remember, the most obvious answers are illegal.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for May 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Hiking 10k miles. Only another 7k to go...


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Depends on the state. In my state, as long as they can repeat "but I can be fair and impartial," trial judges put them on juries and the appellate courts have no issue with it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I wonder how much of this dynamic infects actual jury rulings.




Many of them, and it's understood to be just fine and part of the process. Jacobson v. Henderson, 765 F. 2d 12 (2nd.Cir 1985) on why post-trial juror statements aren't admissible to attack a verdict:




the court observed that although "articulate jurors may intimidate the inarticulate, [and] the aggressive may unduly influence the docile,"  "scarcely any verdict might remain unassailable, if ... statements [to impeach a jury's verdict] were admissible."




Anderson v. Miller, 346 F. 3d 315 (2nd.Cir 2003) is a fun read on how far such behavior can go and still not result in a reversal:




[JUROR No. 11]: The whole group; I felt threatened by them. One time a guy almost got in a fight. They was always yelling at me. I felt afraid; they wouldn't listen to my evidence, what I said. When I asked things to be listened to they said that they didn't want to listen to it; that it would just be for me. I have a letter right here, where I asked — I was gonna send it in to you to come home yesterday; they told me that I wasn't gonna leave, they weren't gonna allow me to leave and I was afraid.






[Juror 2]: I hope you gonna say guilty today because I'm tired of being here.... Everyone was yelling there opinions, and everytime [two (?) words illegible] mine everyone would scream again I was nervous and stressed out with everybody yelling so I first went along with everybody. But then I felt guilty for doing what I did because that was on my conscience. They pressured me to change my vote because we are not going anywhere. I change my vote because I was afraid and pressured, I'm only 20 yrs old and I've never been on a jury, and they were hollering and calling me names. I couldn't take the pressure I just wanted to get away.




				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for May 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I have yet to find the right balance of bringing this up when dating as sadly all too many women my age are dog-crazy and frankly it is actually a deal-breaker to me. Call me selfish but I don't want to be eternally second fiddle.




It would be easier to tolerate if the dog was ever an acceptable breed or well-trained, but it's always a poorly-behaved kick dog.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
In case anyone missed Massie's opening remark at his concession speech:




I would have come out sooner but it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv.




The spending by AIPAC et al in the race seems to prove Massie correct in his claims:




Massie has also criticized what he believes is AIPAC’s outsized influence in U.S. foreign policy. He has accused the bipartisan group, which has bundled millions of dollars for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle over the years, of leveraging its financial resources to keep congressional Republicans in line on Israel. With his new bill, he is accusing AIPAC of “lobbying and acting on behalf of the interests of Israel.”




				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


If anyone is confused or autistic, try a warm smile and the word "no".




Nancy had it right: just say no. I hate MANDATORY FUN ("MANDATORY FUN could be here," he thought) and I simply say no to it. Once there is a sufficient number of women in an office, they will start coming up with mandatory fun, but their social pressure is helpless against a solid "no." They'll pout and stamp their little feet and then they'll get over it (or they won't; I don't care).


The jury story is especially amusing. A total stranger trying to apply that kind of social pressure? It would start with a polite no but rapidly escalate to a firm "go fuck yourself." I deal with far worse people than her on a daily basis trying to bully me--she doesn't stand a chance.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for May 15, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
And this is why 6'2" is the ideal male height. Any taller and you're a giant who scares the hoes. Any shorter and you're a disgusting manlet.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for May 15, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Probably worth an excavation trip for that kind of money.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Weekly Finance Thread
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
How much emergency cash do people keep around? and where precisely so I know where to look I don't mean uninvested money in a checking account or whatever, I mean literal cash not in a bank.


I have a few thousand, which might be too much, but zero feels like too little.