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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 24, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
A similar disqualification happened in the central district for California, bringing the total to 4.


Team R has a majority in the senate. They should be running every single US Attorney through confirmation instead of stepping on rakes with this fighting over acting/interim US Attorneys. I understand the admin's "just do things" approach, but getting hung up on procedural stuff like this is amateur hour.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 24, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Members of my community must cease the leveraging of race and religion to avoid accountability,




I have some doubts about this part of his proposed solution.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 24, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Compare "femicide" for the more general case.




The most incredible example of this I've encountered is "The Part About the Crimes" in 2666, which details the murders of many Mexican women. It works to establish that this is an especially heinous set of killings that target women. Of course, it turns out that the murder rate in Juarez is astronomical, but it's not "androcide" when hordes of men are killed, that's just drug-related violence.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
When you get deep into the weeds of it... it's pretty weird.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 23, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I was worried given the critical acclaim that I'd hate it, but it's been extremely enjoyable so far.




I had the same reaction. It was a great read.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 24, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The Isimemen Etute case is the closest one that I'm aware of.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Zepbound Diary Week 1
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


try and be one less stereotype ... fat lawyer




Oh yeah, way too many of those. Another good reason besides health to get that weight down.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


My college, in ancient times now, wouldnt accept my perfect AP score on the non-calculus physics AP exam as credit. This was even more incredulous given my also perfect AP score on the calculus exam.




My college would only accept AP scores to bypass entry-level courses, but they wouldn't count as credits or towards requirements. Having a perfect AP history score as I did (the only one my high school offered) meant I could skip the entry-level history courses, but I still had to take a mandatory history course to meet that requirement and get the credits.




it is odd, from a certain point of view, that there are no mandatory math classes for the LA people, but we all know why




Last I checked, it's borderline impossible at my undergrad to finish an engineering degree in 4 years thanks to all the LA requirements. It was already hard enough 25 years ago since getting out in 4 years meant every semester would have 12-15 credits of math/science/engineering and one or two 1-credit labs (which always had a ridiculous amount of work for 1 credit), and then 6 LA courses needed over 8 semesters. With 6, at least they could be spread out, or pushed to senior year when the in-major course requirements got a little easier (one LA course had to be upper level, which meant getting in the pre-req first, so it could take some planning).


Now it's up to 8 LA courses, so one per semester the whole time to create a "well-rounded" person. The sophomore year semesters give me heartburn to read them (they gave me heartburn 25 years ago, too, so nothing new). Why yes, let me sign up for Calc 3, OChem + lab, Statics, Physics 2, a mandatory programming class, and a LA course. 19 credits, no big deal.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 23, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Shogun by Clavell. Someone mentioned a new miniseries being created based on it, which I will never see (have never seen the original miniseries, either), but it reminded me of the book's existence. It seemed like every household I visited as a kid had a copy, and it was easy to spot because it was massive.


I'm half done. It's entertaining but far from high literature. The political parts are very well-written and he picked good surnames for the Japanese characters so it's easy to remember them all. No massive battles so far, but the little fights have not been well-written. Definitely his weak point. All the ways the two cultures view each other as horrific barbarians is enjoyable, but the Japanese overall come out looking better (so far).


The anti-Catholic animus is prominent and amusing. It's basically the Predator 2-arm meme between the Japanese and Protestants for hating the Catholics. I've read out-there criticism of the Jews that could be swapped for what everyone in the book thinks of the Jesuits.


I can't imagine it's all that historically accurate (and I don't mean his descriptions of castles or the messenger pigeons, which the wiki entry fixates on), so I mentally think about it as an early-1600s-Englishman traveling to the fantastic land of Nippon, where instead of elves, orcs, or dwarves, there are Nipponese creatures. Someone here mentioned wanting a high fantasy work set in 1600s Europe instead of a fictional medieval Europe where most fantasy tends to take place and I try to view it through that lens.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


even Stalin did not dare to introduce polygamy and order war veterans to take another wife




There's a fascinating alt-history novel. As well as a dark joke about the horrible reward for surviving the war.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Perhaps the male equivalent is a mass shooting.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Zepbound Diary Week 1
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The success stories for these drugs are fascinating/impressive to read.




Lost about 30 pounds effortlessly. I chose to go slowly so that I could still continue to do my run club and also preserve strength. Gained about a minute on my mile time.




You said elsewhere mid-40s. Height and post-drug weight?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Best of luck with it. I'm interested to read more as you go on. I hope to eventually be able to post the "Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick" copypasta for your progress.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Zepbound Diary Week 1
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
How have they worked for you over the year?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm quite enjoying the idea that 3 tie-dye wearing Deadhead stereotypes zip-tied a random woman, carved wounds into her, and wrote "Trump Whore" on her. That is even less believable than the Smollett situation, which is saying something.


Although, is this finally the counterexample to PJ O'Rourke's claim that no one wants to be tied up and ravished by someone dressed as a liberal? Please get @Sloot in here asap to explain how this was a tactic to get sexual attention.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Also, I don’t think Jefferson was slumming it with weirdos like us.




Vance on the other hand...


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


But that was impossible, because various administrators decided that teaching physics (again, to would-be physics majors) with calculus was too harsh and cruel to be allowed. So they had to dumb down the problem sets and class, and even solve upcoming exam problems for students who came to office hours.




I wonder exactly how it was dumbed down, because I recall algebra-based physics being much harder than calculus-based. Algebra-based was a bunch of strange, disparate formulas that had to be memorized, whereas calculus-based had big concepts that were easier to understand and a few formulas that flowed from the concepts (for intro stuff, anyway; obviously the math in statics and dynamics got much hairier).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


A student with a 1550 SAT won't be noticeably smarter than one with 1500. But going from a 1550 SAT student to one with a 4.0 GPA and 1200 SAT is worlds apart.




And "holistic evaluation" is doing the latter while pretending it's the former.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Former CIA employee, yes.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for November 19, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Often a feature, not a bug, for picking up chicks.




Happened plenty prior to marriage, and still happens in situations when it's not obvious that I am. But otherwise agreed.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I've come across plenty of cases where "couple splits up, guy takes up with new partner, who if she isn't already pregnant soon becomes pregnant, guy is too involved with new family to do much about kids he's left with former partner".




And I've come across plenty of cases where "middle aged woman goes insane, blows up perfectly fine marriage while all the kids are still in grade school, forces sale of family home, takes half of assets + half of guy's future retirement income, and proceeds to act like mid-20s party girl." Why do your anecdotes carry more weight than my anecdotes?




It's still a risk that is higher for the wife than the husband.




How do we measure that? Based on my anecdotes, I say the modern risk is much higher for the husband. And the anecdote I outlined, as I've seen it in the U.S., is far more common now among white-collar educated types than the scenario you outlined.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Also, FistfullOfCrows, you saying Spaniards are not white? 😀




Spaniards, southern Italians, southern French... all borderline areas (also areas bordering the Hajnal line, hmm...).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


The police officer offered to show clemency to him by dropping the gun charge on him in exchange for 3 years in prison on the marijuana charge. So the gun charge disappears from the database.




This kind of thing is endemic and leads to all kinds of bad data and questionable arguments. The endless "X% of people in prison are there for drug offenses" is the king of it. Yes, the client took a plea to drug possession and he's in prison for that conviction... but he took that plea agreement to get a violent crime charge dismissed, and the prosecutor was willing to offer a drug plea agreement to get a conviction because the victim was shaky and the prosecutor didn't want to deal with them at trial. Or as you note, getting a gun charge dismissed. Or any long list of crimes that could have collateral consequences after prison (or even in prison with offenses that will limit parole). Or it really was just drug possession and nothing else, but it was his 15th strike, so mandatory minimums were finally going to send him away for a long time and the plea agreement was better.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


And you think this is the strongest or most representative ask from women wanting to participate in politics: drinking at the pub with the boys?




Apparently, it was. Even after women obtained the right to vote in the US and participate in political discussions, it was still necessary to smash any male-only spaces with rules against admitting women.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 17, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


The video claims that the current administration is threatening democracy and the constitution, and that the military "must refuse illegal orders."




I haven't watched the video because I get enough propaganda per day, but did they happen to specify which orders are the illegal ones that should be refused?