what did they say after you said you liked anime?

people’s fears are often irrational and disproportional to actual dangers. people typically are paranoid about things that have very low probabilities of happening, and don’t even think about dangers that are common.

no, the policy nerds just want to to do good work. but good work isn’t politically viable. they also typically aren’t ideological because they are evidence-driven.

the politicians don’t care about it, all they want is soundbytes to ragebait their voters. they want the ‘evidence’ to proof D is good, R is bad. or vice versa.

sounds like you think there is such a thing as a ‘true’ atheist? and you are one and everyone else isn’t?

sounds pretty cultist to me…

sorry, what cult am I?

weird that you know so much about me.

and we divide a lot of youth sports by age categories, and often kids who are more/less developed get bumped into the more appropriate age bracket. it’s bullshit (and dangerous) to have a 12 year old who is 150 lbs and in puberty playing with other 12 year olds who are 100 and pre pubescent.

the quickest way to lose friends and get people to hate you to is to point out people’s actions.

especially when they are complaining about x y or z, and they do x y or z.

so MAGA isn’t a cult? the .ml users who are all rabid communists and think anyone who isn’t are facist nazis, aren’t a cult?

ok buddy

the thing is you won’t/don’t notice most trans people. they are living their lives not bothering anyone.

it’s just the extremist nutbags that get attention and kind of paint a poor picture of trans folks. i’ve known some very miserable and shitty trans people who are hard to forget, but i met a lot more i odn’t even remember because they never got in my face and bothered me or said crazy shit. but they are the same as any extremist/nutbag of any persuasion or identity who thinks anyone different than them is subhuman and they are the model for some master race.

I"m just glad i got out of school before people started throwing protests about being called ‘xe’

on the coasts nobody cares. you must be talking about the south. the majority of the population in cities in atheist or non-practicing.

practical and pragmatic reforms are boring. good policy making is boring.

hence why nobody gets excited by it. it’s much more exciting to sit around daydream about the revolution than get involved in community or political groups or read public policy white papers that report the cause and effect of policies in a complex manner.

I used to work in public policy. It was really cool, until you realize nobody gives a fuck about making the world better. especially the politicans. all they can about is riling people up emotionally.

throwing away opportunity is a lot easier than having none at all.

anyone can get an amex. unless you’re talking about a platinum or black card? those have minimum spending requirements per year to keep them.

being happy and enjoying my life without worrying about inacting revenge on theoretical systems of oppression.

some people are paranoid and rig up cameras in every part of their house under the guise it will keep them secure from criminals.

what is the reason behind this? i never understood it. is the garbage supposed to raise the SEO score or something?

No, it’s 'my life is IT and i never stop working" guy, and “IT is just my job” guy.

I just order a new router on Black Friday to replace my 10 year old one. I also only console game now because PC gaming is too much of a headache. I spend my money on outdoor gear and pets, not technology. My new router is $90 bucks. I can’t fathom why I’d ever need a wifi 7 quad band router with 9Gbps of throughput for a home network, other than pure bragging rights. All my devices are like 5-10 years old and barely support wifi 6 anyway.

A couple of my co-workers are the former. They will be doing penetration testing at 2am form their home lab in the morning because they their default mode is work work work. If i’m up at 2 am i’m watching TV and snacking.

I monitor security updates, but my co-workers like get excited and ramble on anytime a new patch/attack is documented. I don’t get it. They revel in doing updates and rebuilding their VMs fresh every few weeks, I groan and clone.

neopronouns

never heard this term until today. Thanks.

I think it’s fine to say giving up competitive sports is a cost of gender transition.

Yeah, I agree. This is a take I rarely see. And it’s just… a choice lots of kids make regardless of their gender identity for lots of social or physical reasons. I’ve known people who had accidents, then pulled out of it for fear of permanent physical harm. Lots of people also would love to play, but physically are unable to due to a too much/too little body mass for that sport. You can’t be a football offensive lineman if you weigh 120lbs and are 5’2". My nephew spent years training for baseball and was very good, but he physically wasn’t large enough to be competitive, so he had to give it up.

The notion that one MUST be able to play competitive sports is so… bizarre to me. If they can compete, great. But if they are wiping the floor with their peers because of their physical advantages… they should probably be playing as a man w/ men. And that’s not unprecedented. We had a few larger/stronger women play with boys when I was growing up and everyone was cool with it.