Gary Herbert is Republican, and Utah is a Red State.
Hence my comment: "conservatives are learning from the left"
Ah so even though the TFA is about the Right, you felt the need to invent some connection to the other side to try and deflect the damage?
Don't worry, this a fairly standard tactic among ideologues who can't face up to reality. We're quite familiar with it.
Does this really happen? In what universe does some teenage boy fail in the bedroom with a girl, then go seeking their teacher's advice for tips on how to fuck properly?
Sorry that doesn't really sound realistic in any universe I've visited.
The silver lining to the ISIS cloud, is that right wing nut jobs hate them, but share a lot of their views. So you can always throw the "that's what ISIS would say" in their face and they have no comeback.
On the other hand, from people I know who work at schools, there is an increasing problem of boys who don't seem to realize that girlfriends don't like being treated like porn starts
I wonder how much of that is school yard bravado and how much actually happens?
I remember my first few goes at sex and it was awkward as all hell. I also heard from girls later on, that a lot of the stories my mates had been telling about their experiences were pure fiction.
I'm sure it does happen occasionally, but most of the time when two young people get together, the result is closer to awkward than porn script.
This is an excellent time to remind everyone that correlation is not causation.
Also that it doesn't rule it out either.
Those places with the best 'net connections are also the most stable societies, the wealthier societies, etc...
I'm guessing that a small country like Denmark would have mostly universal Internet standards. It's unlike say comparing Santa Clara and Flint, MI.
I suspect those have far more influence on the number of criminal sex offenses than the access to speedy porn. Just a hunch...
In my city, because of political reasons, the poor areas all got fibre first. I have no idea of sexual crime stats here.
I bet you can probably say that those countries also have, on average, a greater availability of clean water. Surely, it's the clean water that's preventing the rape!
Violent crime has been going down overall all over the developed world, so it's always fun when some political interest claims it is all their doing (yes Rudy Guilaini, I'm looking at you). But from my own personal experience, I'm a lot more relaxed after a session of Counter Strike and a wank to some good porn. I simply have no need to get all angry and frustrated and take it out on others. And I'm sure I'm not the only one.
This one is my favorite. They've spent the last 35 years telling men to be better listeners, and getting them in touch with their feelings, and now I read all these articles wondering where all the masculine, take-charge men have gone. It's kinda funny, really.
The funny part is that you read that shit.
Did you also read about the new diet secret that personal trainers don't want you to know about? Or that new face cream that plastic surgeons hate?
Did he bring his BBQ to work, and stand in the elevator with it? Or hold meetings in small rooms with poor ventilation forcing everyone to endure his BBQ stench?
It is astonishing to me that the teachers can't comprehend that a teenager might not have a smart phone.
Maybe time to look for another school? My kid's schools both have a no phones policy (ie if you are caught with a phone during class it gets confiscated and reported to your parents).
Because your analogy isn't numerically accurate. Proportional to $60,000 income, the federal debt would be $348,000. That's the sort of ratio that led to the 2008 collapse.
You haven't provided enough information to conclude either way. If I earn $60k and have a $348k mortgage, but my house is worth $500k, there is no problem.
Debt is not always bad.
Someone remind me what the word is when you purposely inaccurately describe something, because it will make your product sound more appealing than the accurate description will? I forget these days.
While Tubman is a good choice (I personally would have preferred Dr. King, but I know they were going for a woman); why wasn't this done via a popular vote?
Because not every government decision needs a vote.
Were they afraid the American public would vote for Boaty McBoatface?
More likely felt no need to ask the general public to pay for a costly exercise that has no real impact on anything anywhere.
Who does it affect really? In my country we have two faces on each bill (one each side) and I couldn't name one of them. It makes no difference to anything I do, so couldn't care one bit whose face was on there.
If there's one sure fire way to win an argument, it's to create the other person's argument for them, then argue against that.
It's so much easier than arguing the actual argument.
The logic has been outlined above. There are ratios of harm/benefit for all things, and there exists a certain point which most people accept or reject.
Smoking has a greater harm benefit ratio than a car. Do you understand that now?
I guess you don't drive cars nor buy anything online that would come to your home by truck, nor travel by airplane.
Why would you guess that? I accept a certain amount of engine fumes in the air because I consider a reasonable trade-off in harm vs benefit to society.ie the internal combustion engine has contributed greatly to human progress, even if it comes with a cost.
Smoking offer so such benefit.
Anyone who believes that the state exists to solve our problems believes in the supreme power of the state - otherwise how could it solve all our problems.
If you say so...
Do you have any ideas that don't exist entirely in your head?
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I'm sorry if my tastes are too varied for you.
Maybe just start with putting down Cosmo as your source of truth for about women...
Hence my comment: "conservatives are learning from the left"
Ah so even though the TFA is about the Right, you felt the need to invent some connection to the other side to try and deflect the damage?
Don't worry, this a fairly standard tactic among ideologues who can't face up to reality. We're quite familiar with it.
Does this really happen? In what universe does some teenage boy fail in the bedroom with a girl, then go seeking their teacher's advice for tips on how to fuck properly?
Sorry that doesn't really sound realistic in any universe I've visited.
That doesn't work anymore. But the left came up with something much better: declare something a "health crisis",
Gary Herbert is Republican, and Utah is a Red State.
The silver lining to the ISIS cloud, is that right wing nut jobs hate them, but share a lot of their views. So you can always throw the "that's what ISIS would say" in their face and they have no comeback.
Being extremely religious, I take the Bible and this passage extremely seriously.
But some of the other crazier stuff not so much? How do you decide which stuff to follow and which to ignore?
Either that, or you have an irrational hatred of feminists
I have a perfectly rational hatred of feminists.
On the other hand, from people I know who work at schools, there is an increasing problem of boys who don't seem to realize that girlfriends don't like being treated like porn starts
I wonder how much of that is school yard bravado and how much actually happens?
I remember my first few goes at sex and it was awkward as all hell. I also heard from girls later on, that a lot of the stories my mates had been telling about their experiences were pure fiction.
I'm sure it does happen occasionally, but most of the time when two young people get together, the result is closer to awkward than porn script.
This is an excellent time to remind everyone that correlation is not causation.
Also that it doesn't rule it out either.
Those places with the best 'net connections are also the most stable societies, the wealthier societies, etc...
I'm guessing that a small country like Denmark would have mostly universal Internet standards. It's unlike say comparing Santa Clara and Flint, MI.
I suspect those have far more influence on the number of criminal sex offenses than the access to speedy porn. Just a hunch...
In my city, because of political reasons, the poor areas all got fibre first. I have no idea of sexual crime stats here.
I bet you can probably say that those countries also have, on average, a greater availability of clean water. Surely, it's the clean water that's preventing the rape!
Violent crime has been going down overall all over the developed world, so it's always fun when some political interest claims it is all their doing (yes Rudy Guilaini, I'm looking at you). But from my own personal experience, I'm a lot more relaxed after a session of Counter Strike and a wank to some good porn. I simply have no need to get all angry and frustrated and take it out on others. And I'm sure I'm not the only one.
My point is that teens may not be choosing their own baseline. Peer pressure is forcing unhealthy choices on them.
This is hardly new though right?
I'm pretty sure every teenager ever in the last 10000 years heard the same lectures...
This one is my favorite. They've spent the last 35 years telling men to be better listeners, and getting them in touch with their feelings, and now I read all these articles wondering where all the masculine, take-charge men have gone. It's kinda funny, really.
The funny part is that you read that shit.
Did you also read about the new diet secret that personal trainers don't want you to know about? Or that new face cream that plastic surgeons hate?
Did he bring his BBQ to work, and stand in the elevator with it? Or hold meetings in small rooms with poor ventilation forcing everyone to endure his BBQ stench?
It is astonishing to me that the teachers can't comprehend that a teenager might not have a smart phone.
Maybe time to look for another school? My kid's schools both have a no phones policy (ie if you are caught with a phone during class it gets confiscated and reported to your parents).
Try living without a credit card and you will be interrogated and detained every time you come back through customs.
You're not selling this very well
Because your analogy isn't numerically accurate. Proportional to $60,000 income, the federal debt would be $348,000. That's the sort of ratio that led to the 2008 collapse.
You haven't provided enough information to conclude either way. If I earn $60k and have a $348k mortgage, but my house is worth $500k, there is no problem.
Debt is not always bad.
What do I get out of it? I get to see pictures of my friends kids
Sorry is that a pro or con? Pictures of kids and food was one of the main reasons I gave up on it. Signal to Noise ratio got way to low.
Someone remind me what the word is when you purposely inaccurately describe something, because it will make your product sound more appealing than the accurate description will? I forget these days.
Lies.
While Tubman is a good choice (I personally would have preferred Dr. King, but I know they were going for a woman); why wasn't this done via a popular vote?
Because not every government decision needs a vote.
Were they afraid the American public would vote for Boaty McBoatface?
More likely felt no need to ask the general public to pay for a costly exercise that has no real impact on anything anywhere.
but this is a pretty major change.
Who does it affect really? In my country we have two faces on each bill (one each side) and I couldn't name one of them. It makes no difference to anything I do, so couldn't care one bit whose face was on there.
No, the liberals just think that ...
If there's one sure fire way to win an argument, it's to create the other person's argument for them, then argue against that.
It's so much easier than arguing the actual argument.
Or forget the benefit it brings. What benefit does smoking give society?
The logic has been outlined above. There are ratios of harm/benefit for all things, and there exists a certain point which most people accept or reject.
Smoking has a greater harm benefit ratio than a car. Do you understand that now?
Weak argument. See above.
I guess you don't drive cars nor buy anything online that would come to your home by truck, nor travel by airplane.
Why would you guess that? I accept a certain amount of engine fumes in the air because I consider a reasonable trade-off in harm vs benefit to society.ie the internal combustion engine has contributed greatly to human progress, even if it comes with a cost.
Smoking offer so such benefit.
Anyone who believes that the state exists to solve our problems believes in the supreme power of the state - otherwise how could it solve all our problems.
If you say so...
Do you have any ideas that don't exist entirely in your head?