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yofuckreddit
1mo ago
Anyone answering this question should consider the middle of the bell curve. Of course, at the extremes, men are typically going to have an edge, but on average, what are women better at?
There are other silly minimizations: EX: Better Handwriting "just because of small hands". It doesn't matter what the source of the advantage is; the discussion is whether or not it's there. Men are only faster sprinters because of their skeleton and muscles anyway.
Finally, dismissing women's ability to be primarily responsible for creating and sustaining life is cope. Just because they need sperm to get to that point doesn't diminish the power of it at all. A single dude can be milked to provide the biological matter for hundreds of women. It's clear they've had to make significant physiological and social compromises to have this ability, but it's obviously a huge fucking deal. Maybe I'm simping because it's mother's day, but still.
yofuckreddit
10d ago
I hate to say it but I just disagree, and I say this as a big fan of JJs who will never turn one away.
I had the privilege of nerding out for an hour and a half with a dude driving a 720s whose vanity plate read frkyfst Both places use the same suppliers for meat, but the cuts are thicker at JJs, along with those for veggies. Their misfire on a bread redux, along with them now being on version 3 of the sublime kickin' ranch shows how much jacking of the formula the PE firm has been doing. The new toasted subs are absolutely hot garbage and destroy crew throughput. I have appreciated one or two of the LTOs though.
In comparison, I've found the bread at JMs to be more consistent and the veggies more generous. I have to beg the guys on the line at JJs to give me a reasonable number of tomatoes.
yofuckreddit
10d ago
It's been a pretty short time since the buyout relatively speaking, but that's a bummer.
For anyone with the app, I believe the code jmmissesyou is an evergreen code for $2 off a regular.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
I disagree. All of his promises have turned out to be untrue. Someone with a reasonable understanding of all the problem sets he's worked on knows them.
You're correct that the level of each broken promise is different. What I'm saying is that nobody should have believed him. The electorate doesn't matter - they also believe that we can keep welfare and have lower taxes. They're too stupid to consider.
The administration has no such excuse. Arjin has it right - this blow up is garden variety power struggle and interpersonal dislike, it's not related to underperformance.
And there's hypocrisy in Elon demanding performance from Trump on the budget when he could not deliver. I think that leaves a bad taste in the Trump camp's mouth. But it also seems like he didn't even really try. Elon took major risks - Trump has played it very safe.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
So what are you saying here? That there are no such thing as psychopaths? There's never been a human with an outsize negative effect on society? Your moralizing tone doesn't make you any more convincing.
I'm a borderline pacifist that abhors violence. But if you disagree with my assertion you are either a teenager with too little life experience or willfully ignorant.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
Anyone who thinks "For the articles" is just a joke may not have picked up an issue. My neighbor gifted me a huge swath when he retired. The porn is fine - some of it even crosses into "good" - but 80% of the magazine is interviews, short stories, letters, and politics.
I'd pay for a subscription today if it still existed.
yofuckreddit
29d ago
I think it depends on where you'd put Silver on the cool vs lame scale, but I'd agree it'd be more correct to say that things hit their Apex.
yofuckreddit
4mo ago
I have two friends who were actually present at the Munich Security Conference last week, and both of them said Vance's address was the most shocking speech they'd seen in their respective diplomatic careers
The problem here is that I listened to that speech. There was nothing angry or unpleasant about it. In fact, it was one of the most refreshing public addresses I've seen in my memory. Is English your friends' second language? Do they have any understanding of American culture at all? Debate club? It was lightyears away from that - simple, direct language, delivered clearly. A real message from a politician instead of the same endless fucking vapid platitudes about democracy while jailing people for "hate speech".
I think many Americans just don't realise how visceral and close and frightening the Ukraine war is for many people in Europe.
Ok. Fine. Yes, it's far away. Let's pretend I haven't seen the visceral footage of men disemboweled, flayed alive, and burning in the fields of Ukraine. If it's so real, why can virtually no countries in Europe maintain their commitments to NATO spending? Is it perhaps because they're busy gloating about how morally superior their welfare state is while it's endlessly subsidized by the US of A?
I actually don't think Zelensky meant for this to pop off the way it did. It was uncomfortable to watch aggression and dominance toward a man who (to me) seems to be trying to keep his country and people from annihilation.
But I don't see how the established rules of the Lilberal International Order benefit the American taxpayer. I'm tired of watching my children's future being sold while being sneered at. If it takes someone as uncouth as Trump to man the Bailey while Vance stays in the Motte, then it is what it is.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
Frankly if you don't know a couple different animals wearing human skin that should be put down, you probably don't know enough about people.
Who can really solve this problem? Many of these psychopaths figure out ways to fit in the crevices of society where the state can't or won't get to them. Ticking time bombs.
I'm all for giving kids a fair shake, but once you get into the double digits IMO I haven't seen a freak like this change their stripes.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
I did not expect this fight to actually happen
Really? Two unbelievably arrogant, thin-skinned men? Who fell into a buddy relationship so quickly? This was the most predictable thing in the world.
yofuckreddit
27d ago
The good (?) news is I wasn't expecting anything different. The attitude is consistent everywhere (forums, reddit, instagram, meatspace) and with almost everyone. It's honestly funny to watch people just skip past reality. Even with the most insanely generous statistical twisting, cars are a whole order of magnitude more deadly to everyone (and in reality, at least 100x). Almost no other topic would disregard reality over feelings so quickly!
At least some folks are admitting it's irrational, and others have actually been on a bike before.
And in a future on the downslope of fossil fuels, they won't be possible at the scale that they are now
As another upside, the electrification/automation of cars is going to, 20 years from now, be a boon to people who want to cycle. Less variance in driver behavior, ambiguity over laws and standards, etc. There's always going to be a risk of being hit by someone manually driving, but there's a good chance technology will get us in a better place eventually.
Just sucks that my body's going to be in way worse shape by then.
Owned
- 2005 Nissan Sentra for $5k - really awful little car but didn't have any major problems with it. Shared with my sister who has the unfortunate proclivity of leaving trash in the car, which soured me forever on sharing vehicles with family members. Had my first and only crash of my life which ended in a smashed passenger window.
- 1997 Ford Ranger for $3k - Had absolutely beat-to-shit paint but was a really cool green. Would vibrate over 70. Despite being totally antithetical to my personality, it ended up being a sufficient panty-dropper because I kept it spotless inside and could help people move. I bought it with literally 3,000 miles on it from a grandma who used it for groceries. I sold it for more than I paid for it. I still have a core memory of meeting at a gas station with a guy who could barely keep his tongue inside his mouth he wanted it so bad while trying to negotiate for a couple hundred bucks off. Nice dude, but it felt amazing to say "You can hand me the cash now, or I have 6 other people lined up to meet today". I see why truck guys loved em.
- 2002 BMW 525i for $6k - I graduated college, paid off my student loan debt, and had a couple thousand left over. I have always loved these cars from afar, and this was my first car purchase as an individual. The example I bought was.... fine. I can't help but wonder how much more fun I would have had with the manual 530i that was 45 minutes away I should have bought. I learned how to do my own mechanic work on this car. Sold it for $2900 after 5 years.
- 2001 Honda Accord for $3k - Holy shit I hated this car. Ugly, poorly maintained, slow, un-fun to drive. I spent almost as much keeping it on the road as I did the BMW. Atypical, I know! Worse in every way. A lot of good memories associated with it but when I got rid of it i was happy. Had a bidding war to sell it which shows the power of the brand and just vacuuming cloth seats before posting on FBM.
- 2017 Mazda CX5 for $23k - The replacement for the Accord. I had to push a bit for "us" to spring for leather and nicer speakers, and I was totally right. Useful car, no reliability issues at all, and this was pre-kid so I could keep it kind of clean. Some people think this is "fun to drive". No, not really. No CUV is going to be able to do that as well as a sedan or coupe even if they're trying. I believe the latest generation tightened up pretty much every complaint I had with the car so I would absolutely buy it again.
- 2002 BMW M5 for $23k - If I go too long on this it'll come off weird. It's my dream car, I saved up for years to buy it in cash, and it's amazing.
- 2019 Honda Odyssey for $32k - Had to push for a minivan. Insanely un-fun to drive. Insanely fun to move kids, dogs, bikes, and gear in. My pity for women who can't get a goddamn grip and upgrade to a minivan from an SUV is boundless. Great purchase, but I can already tell the depreciation will sting, given how poorly we treat it.
In terms of "worth the money" the extra ~$15k/car really went a long way, especially not all of that disappears when it comes time to sell. It should be obvious, but people who don't care about cars don't care about cars. You can drive the same age and mileage model and they're going to be radically different based on who kept up with fluids and tires. Spending the extra money to buy from an enthusiast in the used market is just a no-brainer.
Side note: I don't drive 100+ like SOME of our board members, but I'm a solid "84 mph almost all the time" guy. I've done one 2am cannonball runs at 100+ to make it to the last eclipse. A nice German sedan handles this far better than you'd expect if you haven't been in one.
Provided advice to a guy in almost exactly your situation. He's doing a lot better now after investing ~3 years in his crappy job.
- $50k is low. If you're competent and patient, you can improve this.
- You can determine your relative skill by:
- Exercising via leetcode or codewars to see where you stack up
- Interviewing elsewhere
- If you are too lazy to determine your skill or exercise your skills outside of work, do not under any circumstances go get a masters.
- If you move out of your parents and towards your job, make sure the place you're moving to provides other benefits (economic, social, health [getting outside])
- Believing "a career" is antiethical to human life does concern me. Expecting growth from yourself in exchange for huge swaths of your time is not asking too much. Nor does a career have to be an endless treadmill of progress. Moving out of your parent's house and having a reasonable 401(k) is an OK place to stop striving. I'm sympathetic to there being limits to how much you should try, especially given progressive tax rates
You're correct that the industry will shrink for people who can't beat AI. I am still hiring, but have lost patience with people who cannot operate independently. The clock is ticking far more slowly than the world would have you believe, but you'll definitely want to muster up some energy to evolve.
You mentioned not having a plan, not thinking about money. You'd be surprised how easy it is. If you're starting at ground zero, can I suggest I will teach you to be rich? It's 80% correct and a short read.
yofuckreddit
28d ago
I understand your point on cars, even if I'd argue this generation influenced colors more than buying power might suggest.
But one doesn't have to own a house to influence or consume interior design patterns. The boomer women I know, of course, follow interior design trends, but the moniker "millennial grey" emerged because it was appearing in apartments and social media from said people.
I also agree the cycles appear to be accelerating.
yofuckreddit
9d ago
None that I know of, but the locations nearest to me are a drive. It's like a burger CFA in my opinion. The kid's burgers are the same size as their normal ones so if you're looking to save some $ that's the play.
yofuckreddit
27d ago
You didn't read my statistics quite correctly. That's just pedestrian deaths.
###Deaths/Year
- Car -> Car :
40,000 - Car -> Pedestrian:
8,000 - Car -> Cyclist:
1,000 - Cyclist -> Pedestrian:
10 - Cyclist -> Car:
~ 0
After that you can do your own normalizing based on capita or miles driven. The latter is most fair to cars, but given how much further they can go and how often cars kill riders despite their rarity, I think per-capita is a much better measure.
Roughly cars are at a minimum 10x more deadly, and realistically more like 100x
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
What, your wheels were in the crosswalk zone while you were in the road? On what fucking planet is that a justification for someone kicking you off your bike?
A lot of discussion about who wins in racial fights downthread. I've probably seen more interracial fights than most. Numbers and viciousness are the biggest factors in who wins. Honestly man, this has very little to do with HBD and more to do with black people hating you. You're in a city where racial animus is a way of life. Many of your fellow Baltimoreans want an excuse to hurt you (especially if they have numbers on their side), so act accordingly.
yofuckreddit
28d ago
It is definitely not true that only the delivery drivers ride them. You can rent them from CitiBike, and plenty of non-delivery drivers ride them.
Yes, I could have been more clear. Both types exist. My (obviously extremely limited) experience was that every time someone blew through a crosswalk it was a delivery driver, not a civilian on a rented bike. In terms of volume they were ~equal.
yofuckreddit
18d ago
I agree with you, man. But you're talking to a depressed guy who doesn't really understand a retirement account and hasn't mustered the energy to move out of his parent's house.
What these platforms give you is simple setup and a quantifiable number of where you stand. When you contribute to an OS project you're trying to determine the starting quality of the project, how much "cache" it has, the value of your contribution.... much more complex.
yofuckreddit
28d ago
My theory is that somehow color got associated with low class or cheap. In order to not look cheap, you do neutrals.
This holds some water. It may tie back to cleanliness as a symbol of status. You can let a stain or a mark slide a lot more easily when you have brightly colored walls. Once everything's white it has to remain immaculate, and if your nails are done well it's clear you've paid someone else to keep things up.
I want to avoid the "lived experience" trap. That' said, both you and @hydroacetelyne are making some assertions about how cycling compares to other modes of transportation that are totally incorrect. They make it obvious you don't have firsthand experience and dislike it enough that you aren't believing other people when they explain the advantages it provides.
I'm not going to demand you hop on a bike and try and use it more for 6 months before you share an opinion. But try and assume we aren't all just a bunch of idiots who happened to like the worst form of transportation that's ever existed to fuck with other people.
Example: On Saturday mornings, I'll wake up before my wife and hook up a 2-kid trailer to my bike. I'll take a greenway for around 4 miles. The last half mile is a mix of sidewalk, crossing a 5-lane road, and parking lots. I would never even consider it during rush hour, but at 7:30 it's perfectly safe with long sightlines and low traffic etc.
My day starts with ~600 calories burned, quality time with my children, vitamin D, a delicious breakfast, and a rested/happy wife. That's a lot of birds knocked out with one stone.
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
I've been feeling this vibe lately. Humanoid Robots, Starship, and LLMs are the three things that make this feel more like the future than it ever has.
We are SO CLOSE. To being multiplanetary, interacting with computers that pass the turing test for 95% of the population, and finally being able to own a golden retriever without having to sweep every single day.
But it all seems to be hanging on the edge of a knife. Our governments are so obscenely powerful, people are so scared and stupid, weapons continue to become so much more lethal.
At the end of the day I'm just in wait and see mode. Whatever happens happens. I didn't grow powerful enough to meaningfully affect the outcome in time I don't think, so might as well worry about what I can control.
yofuckreddit
2mo ago
I'm thankful to the Somali family for shutting down the NAACP's grifting fundraiser as quickly as they did.
One thing to note that I believe is true - the NAACP's fundraiser used this incident as an issue, but the funding was just for them. None of it was going to the family, so I'm not sure they lost anything by turning it down.
Honestly at this point if someone started a crowdfunding thing for me - whatever it was - and it tipped over probably around $50k I would not turn it down. I wouldn't care if it was people doing it to send a signal or whatever. I just can't believe this many people are stupid enough to donate. Being part of a CW flashpoint basically means people win the lottery, which is completely unfair. 90% of the people involved somehow turn out to be pieces of shit!
yofuckreddit
1mo ago
A little over halfway through Cryptonomicon. Very, very enjoyable so far.
In short I'd say: Very few. It's not easy.
I'm biased because I'm living in a city with one, but I think greenway networks (a la the Atlanta Beltway) that allow cyclists "highways" to only certain parts of urban landscapes, while requiring the traditional gruelingly slow || dangerous approach we're used to only in short bursts is a good model.
3 modes of transportation is a lot to support, your question illuminates how truly difficult it is, and so it's the best of many bad options that I've personally experienced.
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