durdenhobbes
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User ID: 1307
durdenhobbes
21d ago
I disagree. I think people would respond negatively to overly-repetitive topics to the degree warranted, regardless of the username posted in the corner above it.
durdenhobbes
23d ago
Sagrada Familia, hands down. Maybe my favorite manmade work, period.
durdenhobbes
2mo ago
I'm more persuaded to believe it was Len Sassaman. The background, experience, personal values, evident time zone... it's all there.
durdenhobbes
11mo ago
Professed Catholics in America have many different ethical beliefs, but a common theme is that almost all of them aren't keen on violently attacking those who mock them. I think that's less "silent stoicism" and more "ethical passivity".
Maybe they all should just go back and watch The Boondock Saints
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
"Your food choices could not be tied to any one social class."
My graph was pretty even among all five groups, with the highest scores in the Upper and Lower classes
durdenhobbes
10mo ago
Any suggestions? I joined a climbing gym for a bit, but never got real into it. Seems like pickleball is all the rage these days... but it's kinda taken on that "Crossfit is all I talk about" vibe in my circles.
durdenhobbes
10mo ago
I would think that's a fairly rare scenario. At least in my experience growing up, every one of my many friends with a step-parent referred to them by first name.
durdenhobbes
10mo ago
So Reagan was a Democrat? And where does this leave Biden/Feinstein/any other longtime politician?
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Mea culpa, missed that caveat.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I may have missed a valid explanation somewhere along the line, but how are we defining "witches", exactly?
durdenhobbes
5mo ago
When you said "misadventure", I initially imagined a guy going "Sorry, your honor, I was on a severe bender that week and forgot to vote" and it being totally legit.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Um, America is not the only country that contains white Christian men.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I think it’s highly relevant to consider which nationalities/ethnicities you can safely criticize versus which ones you can’t, and why. Does this require further explanation?
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
And not just support. In a tight-knit community, if you beat up your wife (who is also someone's daughter/sister), you can expect a dad/brother/their buddies bringing hell to your front door the next morning.
durdenhobbes
8mo ago
A recent interaction I had with an 80-something woman had me thinking about this very thing. I've been trying to come up with some sort of non-profit model that could work toward solving this problem.
durdenhobbes
9mo ago
Of his dialogues, I'd put Plato's Republic as the most foundational one.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I think that's a rather dated heuristic. In many urban centers, women outearn men.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Ultra-premium wine, like any luxury good, is driven by the fact that people with more dollars than sense will naturally derive more enjoyment from having spent a stupid amount of money on it. So it literally tastes better to them at 200 bucks a bottle than it would at $20, or even $50. Consumer psychology be crazy like that.
Give me Winking Owl any day.
durdenhobbes
6mo ago
Zeiss Victory SF 10x42
Maybe it's just because I'm an enthusiast in photography and sport shooting, with their extremely pricey optics, that I expected these to be more than $3k.
durdenhobbes
10mo ago
This makes much more sense than any other explanation I've ever heard.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I don't have much to say to your response, other than to say that it strikes me as shockingly condescending and naive. Hopefully life experience will help you grow out of the arrogant perspective you seem to have adopted.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Do you think you'd get fired if you wrote "Russians should all be deported"? What about "The Swiss should all be deported"?
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
That's a rather cynical way of viewing things, but you do you. So long as you can be sure not to consider any other perspectives, and most importantly to "steer clear of them in 'in real life' interactions". Something, something, "ATM machine".
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
One would expect that successfully navigating business relationships/social interactions would track closely with navigating successful romantic relationships, not to mention simply being exposed to more opportunities to meet and pursue potential love interests.
I'd like to see some backing data to support this.
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