zoink
16d ago
Everyone always leaves out verse 5:
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
zoink
21d ago
Why aren't they charging men more then? Or do you believe women are less savvy than men?
zoink
22d ago
And the extra frustrating thing is the series has dealing with increasing diversity built right in! If they could have just been patient the could have had a few really heavy handed episodes on it, and they would have made sense.
Left out the one inadvertent right wing culture war. Female doc reveals that she had aborted a male doc's kid without him knowing (he of course totally understands) is now struggling with infertility, has a miscarriage on shift.
zoink
23d ago
Hey I know of a kid like that. Friend of a friend, parents are very wealth. Like tens of millions. Adopted a kid. "Please just go be a ski bum in the alps we'll pay for it all!" Nope! Got caught trying to file the serial number off a pistol in a fast food parking lot. Kid's dream is to be a gangsta!
zoink
24d ago
Advantage of being in a deep red state. They tried to diversify it by sending Muslims and Congolese but the state just doesn't have as much welfare as the blues so many left after the Fed resettlement money gets cut off, and trump cut off the refugee pipeline. I don't see nearly as many as I did 5 years ago. TitaniumButterfly commented on Sacramento, that's where a lot of our Muslims went. Thank you Blue states for your service.
Evidence of it not being a fed op like Malheur or the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping is the tend to not let the patsies actually get to the point of starting to shoot at law enforcement.
They used AR-15s, which are not, despite years of anti-gun campaigning, particularly good rifles for waging war (or insurgency). They discarded their AR-15s, leaving evidence behind in literal walking distance of the target. Some of the discarded AR-15s were found jammed, suggesting poor weapon handling... or, reported later, weapon modification attempts to increase rate of fire.
How good 5.56 vs battle rifle cartridges for war has been a debate forever. The reality is 5.56 has been used in war for decades. It 100% has the ability to kill people, and has killed a lot of people. Largely thanks to the legends at Palmetto State Armory AR-15s are relatively cheap, and practicing with 5.56 is much cheaper than full powered cartridges. Would I want take on US LEO with a 5.56 poverty pony? No. Will some of the best operators in the world take 5.56 into combat? Absolutely.
This theory of 'more bullets = better' is not actually better in general, since a good part of the value of a semi-automatic rifle for small teams is that the slower rate forces better shooting fundamentals for reliability per shot, rather than wasting ammo faster for less gain.
This is even debatable along certain lines.
zoink
1mo ago
-
Yes
-
Red light yes, stop sign no. Very few people come to full stop at stop signs.
-
No
-
Yes, passing only, Cutting off and tail gating not fine.
-
Depends but I'm more for an aggressive merge than stopping on the on-ramp. A general leave a space or two when approaching an onramp if I can't get over. So many times people don't accelerate into it.
-
Same standards.
-
Use the slow vehicle turn out no matter how fast you think you are.
zoink
1mo ago
A number of question I have for people with this sentiment:
Do you have a yard?
Do you have a "nice" yard?
How much time do you spend on your nice yard?
Possible question: What climate zone are you in?
I do not define "nice" as being a perfect uniform lawn - there are some amazing "natural" or zero scaped yards - they take 4x the amount of time as my yard. I am not an HOA guy, I don't judge people who don't value a nice yard.
In my opinion the easiest most time efficient "nice" yard is grass. I don't want mud, I want to walk barefoot in my yard, I have a big dog. I don't care what exists in my yard as long as I get the utility I desire as efficiently as possible. Somehow I have ornithogalum umbellatum in my yard and I don't mind it at all. I have oaks from squirrels in my yard and I let those grow to see if I can get a nice one to replace the elms. I would love if I could do a clover yard but it will die in the winter and my yard will turn into a mud pit. Dandelions are not as bad but will still contribute to muddy spots that the dog will expand as he runs around during the winter.
zoink
2mo ago
For me it's outcompeting the grass and then die back in the winter leading to mud.
zoink
2mo ago
fight the dandelion infestation on your front lawn again
I've never had a problem with broadleaf weeds. Are you against using herbicide? I find spraying the whole yard is a waist, I spot spray broadleaf's with 2,4-D. Hit the dandelions before they go to seed and I just have to walk the lawn two to three times.
zoink
2mo ago
Seems like it works OK for organized crime based out of countries antagonistic to the West.
zoink
2mo ago
That got me thinking. Even if a AI robot couldn't be out there swinging a hammer with me a camera that can take in the situation and tell me what to do, pre order the parts,, then walk me through through the work would be really hand in construction, and working on vehicles. Probably cut my 5 trips to Home Depot to replace the water heater to 2. Or that time I wired in heater take into the wrong run of Romex and now it only turns on when the downstairs kitchen light is turned off...
zoink
2mo ago
Which correlation do you suspect might be spurious?
Assuming female hypergamy, in higher functioning circles you'd expect there to be more relatively lower functioning women. Lower functioning men can't make it to the circles and if they do are not tolerated for long. Low functioning men are detonating their relationships in the trailer park.
zoink
2mo ago
As has been noted we've existed in a brief window of time when evidence of reality has been pretty good. There is a reason why in the past calling someone a liar could lead to a fight to the death.
Set up a standing social event - church used to fill this role for many. You can still do that, but adding another regular event helps. It’s a low-effort way to invite people without the mental load of planning. For me, planning one-off events often fell through, so I stick to, “I’m at trivia at this spot every Thursday; first beer is on me.” People say young adults aren’t going out, but I see plenty of attractive mid-20-somethings at the trivia nights I hit up. Really want to amp it up, I have beautiful big dog (thanks to my wife) that is a magnet for women.
Get roommates and run the house so you can choose who lives with you. Bonus: you cover your rent. Double bonus if you can house-hack.
zoink
2mo ago
While working at an outdoor retail it was a semi-regular occurrence where I'd be chatting with a fit, outdoorsy guy and then his girlfriend would walk up, and… well, let’s just say she wouldn't be a fun belay. If she took a whipper, he’d be in for quite a ride. Fit women were usually well-matched in terms of looks. More elite guys - expert kayakers, climbers, and guides - usually had attractive girlfriends.
In everyday life, the imbalances I notice between attractive women and less attractive men often involve guys who were once "cool" but have since gained weight and lost hair. For example, a former football lineman who married a cheerleader might now seem mismatched because she has maintained her appearance better than he has. While there's an imbalance now, there wasn’t in the past.
For people that don't think this exists or thinks it goes the other way I believe they anchoring off of >0.1 percentile guys like Harvey Weinstein, who looked like a cave orc yet would have a world-class smokeshow on his arm.
I would not be surprised if there were group chats of women where the majority voted for Trump and all vehemently pretending they didn't. At least two in my wife's college friends chat just nodded along as the others prepared for Gilead and then quietly voted for Trump.
Source got an econ-minor at a no name school. Econ major will know calculus. It's the business Majors that have to take econ classes beyond macro that struggle.
More options
Context Copy link