ZanarkandAbesFan
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ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
There are all these newspaper headlines coming out of India about animals being raped to death, women who go there instantly regretting their decision.
I thought that was Pakistan, and I thought that was shown to be a hoax?
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
What marginal value do many billions provide, when you're dead, especially when you have enough money for almost all material needs?
The main benefit I'd assume is being able to pass the money on to your surviving family.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
I don't think the response of the Democrats to 2016 is equivalent to the Republican one of 2020.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
It also begs the question - if Trump is such a threat to democracy are you, Kamala Harris, advocating for vigilante justice should you lose? Will you actually organize an armed resistance of some sort. No no, of course not. Peaceful transition of power and all that.
I'm not sure why this begs that question. Thinking that Trump is a threat to democracy as well as that responding to his victory via armed resistance would be an even bigger threat to democracy are both compatible positions to hold.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
Democrats will shit all over democracy if democracy goes against their ends just as fast as Republicans except as Republicans
Well, the Democrats have a far better recent track record than the Republicans when it comes to accepting election results.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
But it's not obvious that a fetus a couple of weeks old is a child.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
The topic of sexual assault is certainly nothing sacred in these interactions in the same way it is in mixed settings,
I disagree. I've heard a lot of "I'm gonna fuck your mom" discourse in my time, but the implication is usually that she's been seduced. Suggesting that you were would rape someone's mother would go beyond the bounds of banter and would be seen as pretty hostile (or quite weird at best)
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
The Women's side of the gender discourse is run by Women's Studies department with tenured professors. Low grade trolling is a bit beneath them.
/r/incel_tears has >300k members, of which I'd assume the majority are women. It's not exactly Groyper-style trolling, but I think that pointing at and laughing at miserable members of your outgroup comes from the same psychological space.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
Inasmuch as there's a breakdown in relations between sexes, I don't think you repair that without making abortion (at least during the first trimester) widely available.
The EU definitely has a problem. To which it is oblivious.
The people who tend to be in charge where these things happen i.e leftist mayors, aren't oblivious, they just don't see it as much of a problem.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
But...sometimes things really are 50/50. If I tell you an unweighted coin is equally likely to come up heads or tails, I'm not somehow at fault for not being able to give you more insight than that.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
lol
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
And out of which nostril?
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
A big, beautiful volcano.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
I think it's Major Kong riding the nuclear missile in Dr Strangelove or nothing.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
What? Who says that?
At least one progressive has said something like that to me directly. In particular, there were quite a few examples of this attitude in the recent aftermath of Trump/Biden debate, where I saw quite a few tweets to the effect of "Why is the media being so harsh on Biden when Trump said/did XYZ" etc.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
I forget which of them has higher reserves of natural resources
Norway, with their oil and gas.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
but then it should be up to the state to demonstrate that they are dangerous, not going 'meh, they are probably net-negative for us, verboten!
Having a tenth of their workforce being members (in some cases high-ranking ones) of a group whose entire mission is to destroy your country and all its inhabitants seems to meet the definition of dangerous.
That's not even getting into the fact that UNWRA is actively involved in propagandising Gazan children into believing their lives' sole mission is to kill Jews.
ZanarkandAbesFan
8mo ago
natural resources,
Well, not really. Sweden has historically had a lot of timber and iron ore, which isn't nothing, but it's not exactly brimming with hydrocarbons or valuable minerals.
ZanarkandAbesFan
9mo ago
It’s very very far from Kamala’s inability to put together a coherent point of view on the spot
I don't really think this is because Kamala can't form or express coherent thoughts. I think it's more that she doesn't have the experience/particular aptitude of combining her own opinion and with what's most politically savvy into an elegant response. I think her less good moments are when she's trying to come up with the perfect politician's answer, and that's not an easy skill.
ZanarkandAbesFan
9mo ago
Truly modern politics.
ZanarkandAbesFan
9mo ago
Especially if it turns out to be really hot.
ZanarkandAbesFan
9mo ago
They faced different competitors. Given how optimized chess has become, Magnus Carlsen faced harder opponents and a much deeper talent pool.
Carlsen has also benefited from the advances in theory and training methods that have occurred over the last few decades. If Kasparov were playing today and were able to take advantage of these resources he'd most likely be even better than he was at his peak.
A more apt comparison would be adult Magnus vs Kasparov.
That's pretty open debate among chess players with plenty of people taking either side. Neither is generally accepted by a majority of players to be more talented than the other.
ZanarkandAbesFan
9mo ago
Magnus Carlsen at age 13 was substantially weaker than Kasparov; I suspect the notion they were equals comes from the fact they drew a rapid game, but such upsets like that aren't unheard of (and Kasparov beat him in their next encounter, knocking him out of the tournament).
his IQ is way higher too.
I'm extremely dubious of this. What's your source?
Sure, Magnus Carlsen got an early start, but his IQ is also legit higher than probably most or all his competitors too.
Starting young (below 10 at a max, ideally below 8) is essential to eventually playing chess at the highest levels. There probably isn't a single player in top 100 who didn't start learning the game before this cut-of (and I suspect 90% of them achieved the GM title before they were 20). The chance to rapidly absorb thousands of patterns while your brain is still plastic is an opportunity you only get as a child. Anyone who's spent much time playing chess will know that children improve dramatically quicker than adults, primarily because they've still got the mental wiring to make great leaps in their understanding of the game in a very short time.
I haven't really seen much Anti-Indian sentiment in the UK (outside of hardcore EDL types, who don't like anyone not British). I don't have the numbers to hand but I'm pretty sure they're one of the highest earning, least criminal demographics over here.
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