And taking a vegan to a steak house is expressly forbidden. Aapparently some vegan was pissed because of a party at - you guessed it - a Steak House.
I'd actually be pretty pissed if it was a work thing that's supposed to be fun for everyone and it isn't because some limp-dicked cuck thinks it's somehow virile to boast about loving to murder pigs and cows and drink their blood.... the world needs to grow the fuck up.
Because it's all about you, You YOU!
While you bask in self orbiting snowflakeness, There is always a way to avoid much butthurt. If the venue is not appropriate for your tender sensibilities - don't go. I've simply avoided going to places I didn't like for some reason or another. And I'm sure as hell not going to demand that no one els go there.
But it isn't terribly surprising that a vegan would demand to have veto power over everyone else's choice.
100 mph is not nearly as dangerous as you make it out to be, especially with modern cars.
I used to race motorcycles and even drag raced both cars and motorcycles, so 100+ mph is no stranger to me. But most people do not have the reflexes to go much over 70. It is pretty simple math distance traveled versus reaction time. At 100 mph, you are travelling around 147 feet per second. That's almost 75 feet in 500 milliseconds.
And there is quite a difference when everyone is going near the same speed and when you are trying to go 100 + on a road where most people are driving at 70. A real pucker string moment when that person you are going 30 MPH faster than pulls out in front of you say 20 feet in front of you.You have less than a half second to react, brake and slow enough to not run into them.
Even way back then, I reserved my faster driving for the proper place. And of someone thinks that driving like that on a roadway where most are diving a lot slower - yeah - they are still idiots.
To be perfectly honest, it seems more like those "male feminist allies" are the problem, and since they can't compete any other way they're using the ally path as a means of reproduction.
Now there is a coincidence. I just watched Sargon's video last night. Its a tough slog to get through, but I think he made it that way as an object lesson. Name after name after name - crime after crime after crime. There sure seems to be a correlation between abusing women and the white knights that presumably are male feminists.
Projection all the fucking way down. In a year or two, it won't surprise me if this becomes similar to the "anti-gay firebrand" who ends up being caught engaging in the exact stuff that they were railing against.
Projection isn't that hard to find. Any zealot is of interest. Then if you get into a discussion with them, you're treated to an accusation that somehow some way, you support rape and abuse of women. I've seen that a lot in here. Somehow noting that men will take measures to protect themselves in the workplace becomes misogyny, and supporting men harassing and raping women.
Meantime, I would caution against assigning one thing as the problem. The male feminists and their oftentimes using that status as a way to gain the trust of women, and then abuse them is one problem, but the third wave feminists are also a huge part of the problem. They have been involved in teaching women that all men are the problem, and that women cannot protect themselves, so society and the elimination of due process and the statute of limitations must protect the defenseless women from all men.
And here we are.
Men who are of no danger to women are pulling away from women they work with. A simple risk/reward asessment tells him that even with the utmost of care, it is possible to say something that might be misinterpreted, or to accidentally touch a woman, or to take a normal act of consolation or friendship be determined to be a sexual act. So yeah, he's going to get off the elevator if she gets on it, so yeah, he's not going to meet with her alone. So yeah, anything that isn't directly involved with work is off limits, and yeah, if she's upset about something, he's just going to ignore her.
And while some folks celebrate this great victory, to cop a phrase from Mrs Clinton, the real victims of the new workplace are nomal women.
I would think it would be very upsetting to have a co-worker leave the room or elevator when you walked in to it, knowing that it was you who caused him to leave. It can't be too comfortble to have as little communications as possible with men who are weighing the impact and vetting everything they say for potential of offending you. Or demanding chaperones as witnesses in order to protect their career.
NBC's draconian workplace anti-harassment rules are the way of the future. But even if they didn't adopt that insanity, men would still be treading very carefully.
But again, while thos rules being genderless, and therefore equal, once again, there's a hidden victim. Women often use the workplace as a convenient way to vet suitable men. It makes a certain amount of sense, as you can spend time around men, and can judge whether they are assholes or not. You know they are going to be of a particular education level, how they act, and can make sound judgements. That is gone in the workplace of the 21st century.
And let me say, watch the video. Watch it. Sure it's 30 minutes long, but every single one of the people promoted themselves as "male feminist allies" every single one, and went out of their way to attack anyone else who dared to question the feminist talking points or narrative. Just like those anti-gay firebrands.
It really isn't too surprising - I know I've been attacked for some pretty tame disagreements. Usually just my typical shtick of being a Cassandra, where a
as such things go. And you'll find plenty of SJW stuff in DC. I suspect it's more to do with the movie universe making it's way into the comics and turning off the more hardcore, which are generally the only ones that buy more than an issue or two or maybe a graphic novel when a new movie comes out.
There was a movie meme trend in recent years of the cute, tiny woman who gains super powers somehow, and goes off on a spree of killing men.
By the way, I know this is an intensely unpopular opinion but am I the only one that finds it odd that social justice is a bad word?
Actual social justice should ab a lofty goal. But the warriors are not necessarily about justice. Often it is revenge, or just another form of hate.
Yeah, yeah, the crazy feminist who runs your local community college's woman's studies program is pretty annoying, amiright? But then you've got Harvey Weinstein.
Ah, just the right place to start. Instead of properly attacking the problem of creepy fucks like Weinstein, the crazy feminists you speak of go the #metoo route. Which is making more problems than it fixes. A world where due process is thrown out with the pursuit of justice isn't going to be quite like most women want.
What young women shold be taught to do is turn the guy in immediately after he harasses you. And a much better defined version of what harassment consists of would be a big help. And she needs to understand that by not turning the guy in, she is enabling him to harass more women. The same can go fro men harassed by women. Yes it happens.
Instead, we have now entered a brave new world where men, as the target, are taking measures to protect themselves from claims of harassment. Measures as having a chaperone present to avoid any one on one meetings with women. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/1...https://www.theatlantic.com/po... And some are trying to make this illegal! I kinda doubt that will work. Besides, who could object to having a chaperone for both parties protection?
Have you seen NBC's new gender interaction rules? No shared taxis. You will be fired if you do not report anything that you might consider sexual harassment, You will be fired if you do not report a suspected romance between employees. Any interaction between opposite sexes must be reported to Human Resources. And taking a vegan to a steak house is expressly forbidden. Aapparently some vegan was pissed because of a party at - you guessed it - a Steak House. There are very specific rules if you were to hug a person. Quick, and step away to avoid bodily contact. Seriously - I wonder if they have to have a reservation to hug, and a person with a stopwatch to time it? This is the new workplace, because in a world where an accusation from 20 years ago is sufficient evidence to destroy your career, it means that there is no due process, which means none is needed when she sues the company. So in that light, the rules make perfect sense. Google NBC's sexual harassment rules.
And the problem is most women and men simply hate this - who wouldn't? But if you listen to the "Crazy feminist" who rather obviouly is a misandryst you'll end up with these sorts of rules as we abandon due process and the rule of law in order to protect women from all men. Most men and women can get along with each other. But in this brave new world, one cannnot be too careful lest they lose everything. I had this happen to me when I simply predicted what was goint to happen with the #metoo witch hunt.
There's too many examples of injustice to list. It feels like we're letting the chick
Nonsense! When the Fourth Reich arises, those pesky minorities will be put in their place, and the White Man will once again be pre-eminent, you know, sort of like he is now, when he's not sitting there sobbing like the delicate snowflake that he is because someone dared to make a black or gay superhero.
At least in America, the "white man" will become a minority in the not too distant future http://www.washingtonexaminer.... 2044 is the projected date.
Likewise - lifelong (well, since I was 10) rider here! I put about 25K miles a year on my bikes... And I love the freedom and ability to lane split here in California. No traffic jams for me, really... I wish the rest of the US would get with the rest of the world and California and allow lane splitting. Maybe more people will realize that motorcycles are a viable means of transport (like most of the rest of the world understands) and we'd see a lot less traffic on the roads.
Ach, to be able to ride year round. Well I can if it's just cold. I have a super jacket - looks like a regular motorcycle jacket, except made from some kinda real thick leather, and has a removable liner. Weighs around 25 pounds too. Made in Pakistan. But that's just for the cold. Snowy days like today in PA really put a cramp in riding.
So - fewer people on the road, which also reduces congestion. Win-win!
I ride a motorcycle - I'm going to die.
Then again, everyone else is going to die too.
"“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” - Hunter Thompson
Having experienced family being involved the 21st century version of death, rotting away, demented in a nursing home, as they extract the money from their estate, then you are released from your life of catheters and adult diapers and Airecept that coincidentally ends a little after the bank account is empty - I think I'll keep riding that bike.
The leader is an impatient/enraged/drunken/drugged/distracted human, incapable of removing those traits that have tainted damn near every mode of transportation ever invented, which is why we're now looking for an autonomous leader.
Correct. Sorry, but I have no intention of driving a hundred miles per hour just because some idiot that either believes they have the reflexes to stop their vehicle when its 2 feet behind the next car at that speed. Or doesn't give a damn. This is the automotive equivalent of the law of personal incredulity, where the stupidest person in the room wins.
I would like to know the environmental impact of the cables, though. Doggerbank is home to a lot of fish species, precisely because the water isn't that deep. Many of which have electricity sensing organs. Signal cables are bad enough for some types of sharks. It needs to be investigated what the impact is for power cables, both those lying on the ocean floor and those hanging from the windmillls.
Electrical transmission by submarine Power cable has been around for quite some time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and is in regular use in both fresh and salt water.
There aren't a lot of studies about this, my conjecture about that is that the cables are pretty well wrapped. Anyhow here's one study https://psmag.com/environment/... The conclusion is that three feet away from the cables, the field is pretty much undetectable.
Mwa-ha-ha-haaaa !
Just kidding (for now) . . .
It is inevitable that genetic databases will be used by desperate rich people needing transplants.
I was thinking about sending in my sample anonymously . . .
Then, I realized that I would be easily identified from my family who had sent in samples;(
Don't forget law enforcement. Even if they couldn't use DNA evidence directly, if a match comes up, you can use parallel construction so you know exactly who you want to go after. They would love as many DNA samples as they can get.
So we want people to be miserable for... what exactly?
Misery loves company?
It is kind of a mess out there.Bear with me as I set the situation.
With the widening education gap, more and more educated women are not finding quality males to pair with.. So they reach their mid-30's and panic. The urge to reproduce is not a social construct. So they freeze some eggs for when Mr Right comes along. But they have a list of requirements for mister Right. He must be equal or higher in education, and making at least as much money as her. There are some strange ones too - he's gotta be tall. My wife verifies that tall men are sexually stimulating for her and every woman she knows.
Being younger than she is is also a nice consideration, but the same age as her is fine. He must also be willing to start a family immediately, going through the defrosted egg artificial insemination process. So I guess a prenuptial sperm count is part of the process too. This is an emotionally draining process
So this is some incredible guy they demand. The men who these women have dated become quite turned off with their practice of turning a first date into a job interview.
The problem is that there aren't many of these high quality men available, and not many in the pipeline either. A lot of young men these days have checked out. Many have found the college experience toxic, and the stereotype of hanging around playing video games a lot isn't all that wrong. A lot of others have decided to learn trades instead of go the toxic college route. in any case, these men are considered substandard, and not fit for marriage.
So that brings us to this point. A marriage and relationship counselor as the spokesperson for people who want to classify "excessive" game playing as a mental disorder. This is probably based on the flawed premise that if young men stop playing games, they will suddenly decide to go to college and become high quality men that can marry and have children with the quality women. This is conjecture of course, but there is something weird about a marriage counselor making mental health decisions.
The real problem is that people seem to want to friend everyone, including toxic people for them. So other then friendly communication you are bombarded with political rambling, or baby pictures, or photos of all their travels.
Some (many?) certainly do. But just like reading no lower than 2 on Slashdot, I can unfollow friends on Facebook and no one gets booboo feelings. They are still friends, I just don't have to read their rants unless they address me.
However - I had to go Facebook for what I am working on. It really sucks, so my viewpoint is probably non-standard.
So... Our solution to the whole problem of polygamy and warfare was to simply keep the otherwise unmateable males occupied playing in their basements.
What exactly is bad about this?
Or problem with the reversing education levels 6:4 in favor of women, and increasing number of males not considered good enough to marry and I see polygamy as a possible future here as women can't find enough men that match them in quality to procreate with. I think the problem is that the substandard males are not supposed to enjoy their low status, so gaming needs to go.
About that... I'm wondering when "spending time with me" became the norm, the standard?
Oh, just one of those things. I think its the "tinkering module" being activated. Whatever the present state is, it doesn't satisfy, and must change. My better half gets annoyed when I am around her too much. But I know that I can't be around too little as well. It's kind of a calculus.
disclaimer - I am a very annoying person to begin with.
I’ve known a couple people with severe ADHD that were actually pretty happy while they were off their meds - it was those of us around them who would be going nuts (maybe not the best choice of words in this context). They felt “fine”, which made it very hard to convince them they weren’t actually doing okay.
The psychoactive drugs aren't there to make them happy. They are there to level them. We had a young guy who was an intern - his father worked there and we were doing this as a favor. Anyhow, he was ADHD. We all loved the kid, striking intelligence, very friendly, enthusiastic, and he was pretty smart in all things personal computing.
But he never got a freaking thing done. He simply couldn't stay focused on anything long enough. Really frustrating.
He had such potential - I hope he got leveled to the point of functioning well.
Generally people with mental disorders re pretty unhappy. I know a lot of gamers, and they aren't unhappy about it at all. They can get pretty animated at times during gameplay, but that sure isn't unhappiness, that's competitive instincts.
On the other hand, I have seen some marked changes in mental state after some people become addicted to their smartphones and social media, And not positive changes
Is excessive gaming any different from any other excessive _____ situation? I think they have a name for that... addiction
Always consider the source. A marriage Counselor/Family Therapist as being the expert on mental disorders?
This is just going to be fodder for the traditional complaints of "He doesn't spend time with me!" complaints. Only now turning it into mental illness, so they can put the guy on some control meds.
We can substitute "she" or "lady" as needed, for he or guy.
I mean, while we're at it, could we add clinging excessively to "social" media and constant gawking at your damn phone? I mean, the latter has a good chance of sorting itself out when you do it in halfway decent traffic, but the former does become an issue.
Because gaming is largely a male thing, and smartphone addiction is more of a female thing. You did see the claimant's qualification as a marriage counseler - so right away, the matter and viewpoint is a little skewed.
But yes, a lot of males have immersed themselves in gaming, Trying to call it a mental illness is just a way to punish them for a harmless interest.
All they can offer now is the time to drive out there, a captive audience to show trailers and advertising, the crying child behind you, the tall man in front, and the fat person who tries to squeeze past you mid-film to get to the toilets.
You forgot the guy texting, the woman talking to her friend and what's that weird stuff on your seat and the sticky stuff on the floor?
At home, I have a nice reclining chair, a soda holder and good priced snacks. I can't think of a reason to get the "theater experience". Probably why I haven't been to one in years.
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And taking a vegan to a steak house is expressly forbidden. Aapparently some vegan was pissed because of a party at - you guessed it - a Steak House.
I'd actually be pretty pissed if it was a work thing that's supposed to be fun for everyone and it isn't because some limp-dicked cuck thinks it's somehow virile to boast about loving to murder pigs and cows and drink their blood.... the world needs to grow the fuck up.
Because it's all about you, You YOU!
While you bask in self orbiting snowflakeness, There is always a way to avoid much butthurt. If the venue is not appropriate for your tender sensibilities - don't go. I've simply avoided going to places I didn't like for some reason or another. And I'm sure as hell not going to demand that no one els go there.
But it isn't terribly surprising that a vegan would demand to have veto power over everyone else's choice.
100 mph is not nearly as dangerous as you make it out to be, especially with modern cars.
I used to race motorcycles and even drag raced both cars and motorcycles, so 100+ mph is no stranger to me. But most people do not have the reflexes to go much over 70. It is pretty simple math distance traveled versus reaction time. At 100 mph, you are travelling around 147 feet per second. That's almost 75 feet in 500 milliseconds.
And there is quite a difference when everyone is going near the same speed and when you are trying to go 100 + on a road where most people are driving at 70. A real pucker string moment when that person you are going 30 MPH faster than pulls out in front of you say 20 feet in front of you.You have less than a half second to react, brake and slow enough to not run into them.
Even way back then, I reserved my faster driving for the proper place. And of someone thinks that driving like that on a roadway where most are diving a lot slower - yeah - they are still idiots.
To be perfectly honest, it seems more like those "male feminist allies" are the problem, and since they can't compete any other way they're using the ally path as a means of reproduction.
Now there is a coincidence. I just watched Sargon's video last night. Its a tough slog to get through, but I think he made it that way as an object lesson. Name after name after name - crime after crime after crime. There sure seems to be a correlation between abusing women and the white knights that presumably are male feminists.
Projection all the fucking way down. In a year or two, it won't surprise me if this becomes similar to the "anti-gay firebrand" who ends up being caught engaging in the exact stuff that they were railing against.
Projection isn't that hard to find. Any zealot is of interest. Then if you get into a discussion with them, you're treated to an accusation that somehow some way, you support rape and abuse of women. I've seen that a lot in here. Somehow noting that men will take measures to protect themselves in the workplace becomes misogyny, and supporting men harassing and raping women.
Meantime, I would caution against assigning one thing as the problem. The male feminists and their oftentimes using that status as a way to gain the trust of women, and then abuse them is one problem, but the third wave feminists are also a huge part of the problem. They have been involved in teaching women that all men are the problem, and that women cannot protect themselves, so society and the elimination of due process and the statute of limitations must protect the defenseless women from all men.
And here we are.
Men who are of no danger to women are pulling away from women they work with. A simple risk/reward asessment tells him that even with the utmost of care, it is possible to say something that might be misinterpreted, or to accidentally touch a woman, or to take a normal act of consolation or friendship be determined to be a sexual act. So yeah, he's going to get off the elevator if she gets on it, so yeah, he's not going to meet with her alone. So yeah, anything that isn't directly involved with work is off limits, and yeah, if she's upset about something, he's just going to ignore her.
And while some folks celebrate this great victory, to cop a phrase from Mrs Clinton, the real victims of the new workplace are nomal women.
I would think it would be very upsetting to have a co-worker leave the room or elevator when you walked in to it, knowing that it was you who caused him to leave. It can't be too comfortble to have as little communications as possible with men who are weighing the impact and vetting everything they say for potential of offending you. Or demanding chaperones as witnesses in order to protect their career.
NBC's draconian workplace anti-harassment rules are the way of the future. But even if they didn't adopt that insanity, men would still be treading very carefully.
But again, while thos rules being genderless, and therefore equal, once again, there's a hidden victim. Women often use the workplace as a convenient way to vet suitable men. It makes a certain amount of sense, as you can spend time around men, and can judge whether they are assholes or not. You know they are going to be of a particular education level, how they act, and can make sound judgements. That is gone in the workplace of the 21st century.
And let me say, watch the video. Watch it. Sure it's 30 minutes long, but every single one of the people promoted themselves as "male feminist allies" every single one, and went out of their way to attack anyone else who dared to question the feminist talking points or narrative. Just like those anti-gay firebrands.
It really isn't too surprising - I know I've been attacked for some pretty tame disagreements. Usually just my typical shtick of being a Cassandra, where a
as such things go. And you'll find plenty of SJW stuff in DC. I suspect it's more to do with the movie universe making it's way into the comics and turning off the more hardcore, which are generally the only ones that buy more than an issue or two or maybe a graphic novel when a new movie comes out.
There was a movie meme trend in recent years of the cute, tiny woman who gains super powers somehow, and goes off on a spree of killing men.
By the way, I know this is an intensely unpopular opinion but am I the only one that finds it odd that social justice is a bad word?
Actual social justice should ab a lofty goal. But the warriors are not necessarily about justice. Often it is revenge, or just another form of hate.
Yeah, yeah, the crazy feminist who runs your local community college's woman's studies program is pretty annoying, amiright? But then you've got Harvey Weinstein.
Ah, just the right place to start. Instead of properly attacking the problem of creepy fucks like Weinstein, the crazy feminists you speak of go the #metoo route. Which is making more problems than it fixes. A world where due process is thrown out with the pursuit of justice isn't going to be quite like most women want.
What young women shold be taught to do is turn the guy in immediately after he harasses you. And a much better defined version of what harassment consists of would be a big help. And she needs to understand that by not turning the guy in, she is enabling him to harass more women. The same can go fro men harassed by women. Yes it happens.
Instead, we have now entered a brave new world where men, as the target, are taking measures to protect themselves from claims of harassment. Measures as having a chaperone present to avoid any one on one meetings with women. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/1... https://www.theatlantic.com/po... And some are trying to make this illegal! I kinda doubt that will work. Besides, who could object to having a chaperone for both parties protection?
Have you seen NBC's new gender interaction rules? No shared taxis. You will be fired if you do not report anything that you might consider sexual harassment, You will be fired if you do not report a suspected romance between employees. Any interaction between opposite sexes must be reported to Human Resources. And taking a vegan to a steak house is expressly forbidden. Aapparently some vegan was pissed because of a party at - you guessed it - a Steak House. There are very specific rules if you were to hug a person. Quick, and step away to avoid bodily contact. Seriously - I wonder if they have to have a reservation to hug, and a person with a stopwatch to time it? This is the new workplace, because in a world where an accusation from 20 years ago is sufficient evidence to destroy your career, it means that there is no due process, which means none is needed when she sues the company. So in that light, the rules make perfect sense. Google NBC's sexual harassment rules. And the problem is most women and men simply hate this - who wouldn't? But if you listen to the "Crazy feminist" who rather obviouly is a misandryst you'll end up with these sorts of rules as we abandon due process and the rule of law in order to protect women from all men. Most men and women can get along with each other. But in this brave new world, one cannnot be too careful lest they lose everything. I had this happen to me when I simply predicted what was goint to happen with the #metoo witch hunt.
There's too many examples of injustice to list. It feels like we're letting the chick
Nonsense! When the Fourth Reich arises, those pesky minorities will be put in their place, and the White Man will once again be pre-eminent, you know, sort of like he is now, when he's not sitting there sobbing like the delicate snowflake that he is because someone dared to make a black or gay superhero.
At least in America, the "white man" will become a minority in the not too distant future http://www.washingtonexaminer.... 2044 is the projected date.
Likewise - lifelong (well, since I was 10) rider here! I put about 25K miles a year on my bikes... And I love the freedom and ability to lane split here in California. No traffic jams for me, really... I wish the rest of the US would get with the rest of the world and California and allow lane splitting. Maybe more people will realize that motorcycles are a viable means of transport (like most of the rest of the world understands) and we'd see a lot less traffic on the roads.
Ach, to be able to ride year round. Well I can if it's just cold. I have a super jacket - looks like a regular motorcycle jacket, except made from some kinda real thick leather, and has a removable liner. Weighs around 25 pounds too. Made in Pakistan. But that's just for the cold. Snowy days like today in PA really put a cramp in riding.
So - fewer people on the road, which also reduces congestion. Win-win!
I ride a motorcycle - I'm going to die.
Then again, everyone else is going to die too.
"“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” - Hunter Thompson
Having experienced family being involved the 21st century version of death, rotting away, demented in a nursing home, as they extract the money from their estate, then you are released from your life of catheters and adult diapers and Airecept that coincidentally ends a little after the bank account is empty - I think I'll keep riding that bike.
If birds and bats can do it, why can't we?
We don't have the evolved senses they do.
There, solved it.
The leader is an impatient/enraged/drunken/drugged/distracted human, incapable of removing those traits that have tainted damn near every mode of transportation ever invented, which is why we're now looking for an autonomous leader.
Correct. Sorry, but I have no intention of driving a hundred miles per hour just because some idiot that either believes they have the reflexes to stop their vehicle when its 2 feet behind the next car at that speed. Or doesn't give a damn. This is the automotive equivalent of the law of personal incredulity, where the stupidest person in the room wins.
I would like to know the environmental impact of the cables, though. Doggerbank is home to a lot of fish species, precisely because the water isn't that deep. Many of which have electricity sensing organs. Signal cables are bad enough for some types of sharks. It needs to be investigated what the impact is for power cables, both those lying on the ocean floor and those hanging from the windmillls.
Electrical transmission by submarine Power cable has been around for quite some time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and is in regular use in both fresh and salt water.
There aren't a lot of studies about this, my conjecture about that is that the cables are pretty well wrapped. Anyhow here's one study https://psmag.com/environment/... The conclusion is that three feet away from the cables, the field is pretty much undetectable.
My conclusion is that it is not an issue.
Shouldn't the cable asset depreciate in taxable value over time, and when it falls below some threshold, i.e. $0, they know they need to replace it?
Nah, because the cost of replacing the cable pretty much wipes out normal depreciation schedules
You'd be surprised how well money works in the new world of faith and money based science.
A few calls and bakheesh from the right people, and baby, we're rockin' a 6000 year old flat earth.
Mwa-ha-ha-haaaa ! Just kidding (for now) . . . It is inevitable that genetic databases will be used by desperate rich people needing transplants.
I was thinking about sending in my sample anonymously . . . Then, I realized that I would be easily identified from my family who had sent in samples ;(
Don't forget law enforcement. Even if they couldn't use DNA evidence directly, if a match comes up, you can use parallel construction so you know exactly who you want to go after. They would love as many DNA samples as they can get.
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Are you *SURE* they won't get upset?
I don't "unfriend" them, I just stop following them. This way I don't see anything they post.
So we want people to be miserable for ... what exactly?
Misery loves company?
It is kind of a mess out there.Bear with me as I set the situation.
With the widening education gap, more and more educated women are not finding quality males to pair with.. So they reach their mid-30's and panic. The urge to reproduce is not a social construct. So they freeze some eggs for when Mr Right comes along. But they have a list of requirements for mister Right. He must be equal or higher in education, and making at least as much money as her. There are some strange ones too - he's gotta be tall. My wife verifies that tall men are sexually stimulating for her and every woman she knows.
Being younger than she is is also a nice consideration, but the same age as her is fine. He must also be willing to start a family immediately, going through the defrosted egg artificial insemination process. So I guess a prenuptial sperm count is part of the process too. This is an emotionally draining process So this is some incredible guy they demand. The men who these women have dated become quite turned off with their practice of turning a first date into a job interview.
The problem is that there aren't many of these high quality men available, and not many in the pipeline either. A lot of young men these days have checked out. Many have found the college experience toxic, and the stereotype of hanging around playing video games a lot isn't all that wrong. A lot of others have decided to learn trades instead of go the toxic college route. in any case, these men are considered substandard, and not fit for marriage.
So that brings us to this point. A marriage and relationship counselor as the spokesperson for people who want to classify "excessive" game playing as a mental disorder. This is probably based on the flawed premise that if young men stop playing games, they will suddenly decide to go to college and become high quality men that can marry and have children with the quality women. This is conjecture of course, but there is something weird about a marriage counselor making mental health decisions.
The real problem is that people seem to want to friend everyone, including toxic people for them. So other then friendly communication you are bombarded with political rambling, or baby pictures, or photos of all their travels.
Some (many?) certainly do. But just like reading no lower than 2 on Slashdot, I can unfollow friends on Facebook and no one gets booboo feelings. They are still friends, I just don't have to read their rants unless they address me.
However - I had to go Facebook for what I am working on. It really sucks, so my viewpoint is probably non-standard.
So... Our solution to the whole problem of polygamy and warfare was to simply keep the otherwise unmateable males occupied playing in their basements.
What exactly is bad about this?
Or problem with the reversing education levels 6:4 in favor of women, and increasing number of males not considered good enough to marry and I see polygamy as a possible future here as women can't find enough men that match them in quality to procreate with. I think the problem is that the substandard males are not supposed to enjoy their low status, so gaming needs to go.
One of the reasons I like Craft beer is that there is a human in the loop. Damn I knew it... craft beer is MADE OF PEOPLE
I do know my mother always called Budweiser and Coors "PeeWaa" so yeah possibley some human input there.
About that... I'm wondering when "spending time with me" became the norm, the standard?
Oh, just one of those things. I think its the "tinkering module" being activated. Whatever the present state is, it doesn't satisfy, and must change. My better half gets annoyed when I am around her too much. But I know that I can't be around too little as well. It's kind of a calculus.
disclaimer - I am a very annoying person to begin with.
I’ve known a couple people with severe ADHD that were actually pretty happy while they were off their meds - it was those of us around them who would be going nuts (maybe not the best choice of words in this context). They felt “fine”, which made it very hard to convince them they weren’t actually doing okay.
The psychoactive drugs aren't there to make them happy. They are there to level them. We had a young guy who was an intern - his father worked there and we were doing this as a favor. Anyhow, he was ADHD. We all loved the kid, striking intelligence, very friendly, enthusiastic, and he was pretty smart in all things personal computing.
But he never got a freaking thing done. He simply couldn't stay focused on anything long enough. Really frustrating.
He had such potential - I hope he got leveled to the point of functioning well.
On the other hand, I have seen some marked changes in mental state after some people become addicted to their smartphones and social media, And not positive changes
Is excessive gaming any different from any other excessive _____ situation? I think they have a name for that... addiction
Always consider the source. A marriage Counselor/Family Therapist as being the expert on mental disorders?
This is just going to be fodder for the traditional complaints of "He doesn't spend time with me!" complaints. Only now turning it into mental illness, so they can put the guy on some control meds.
We can substitute "she" or "lady" as needed, for he or guy.
Or dare I say - a return to the days of BuMilCoors light lager swill.
One of the reasons I like Craft beer is that there is a human in the loop.
I mean, while we're at it, could we add clinging excessively to "social" media and constant gawking at your damn phone? I mean, the latter has a good chance of sorting itself out when you do it in halfway decent traffic, but the former does become an issue.
Because gaming is largely a male thing, and smartphone addiction is more of a female thing. You did see the claimant's qualification as a marriage counseler - so right away, the matter and viewpoint is a little skewed.
But yes, a lot of males have immersed themselves in gaming, Trying to call it a mental illness is just a way to punish them for a harmless interest.
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All they can offer now is the time to drive out there, a captive audience to show trailers and advertising, the crying child behind you, the tall man in front, and the fat person who tries to squeeze past you mid-film to get to the toilets.
You forgot the guy texting, the woman talking to her friend and what's that weird stuff on your seat and the sticky stuff on the floor?
At home, I have a nice reclining chair, a soda holder and good priced snacks. I can't think of a reason to get the "theater experience". Probably why I haven't been to one in years.