Since you obviously weren't around then, allow me to teach you a bit of history: Network neutrality was the original state of affairs, and it was self-enforcing until all the independent ISPs got bought up or run out of business by conglomerates.
My Internet connection in 1997: 56Kbps @ $19.95 / month, capped at 100 MB / month
My Internet connection in 2017: 60Mbps @ $46.95 / month, capped at 200 GB / month
So I'm paying 2.25 times what I did 20 years ago for 2000 times as much data per month, delivered 3000 times faster and I no longer need to tie up a phone line. Prices shown are not adjusted for inflation, BTW.
It's a fuzzy-minded and poorly-written recapitulation of most of the usual neo-Darwinist assertions that are used to justify sexism, racism, and authoritarianism.
I probably know more about Das Streben than you do.
And please spare us the biological-deterministic nonsense. Social constructs are an integral part of what makes us human--we cannot reasonably be separated from them.
There are lots and lots of flavours other than sweet, salty, and fatty. It's really unfortunate that so many Americans are conditioned to think there aren't.
My brother has been seriously overweight for years. My weight's in the low-to-normal range. He's 4 years younger than I, is a vegetarian, and doesn't smoke. I smoke and am omnivorous. Yet he's the one who's already been on medication for high BP and acid reflux for the last 5-6 years. I think the difference is compounded by the facts that (a) I live in Europe and get 30 days off per year, while he gets no paid time off, and (b) the difference in the quality of the food. Every time I visit the US, I am always taken aback at how sweet and/or greasy a lot of things seem to be; even "all-natural" whole-grain bread tastes a bit sweet compared to what I'm used to in Europe.
Sounds like she is very good at projecting a persona, telling people what they want to hear, and promoting herself--someone to be avoided at all costs if you're interested in actually getting any work done.
To my knowledge, the first really nasty instance of feminist literature was the SCUM Manifesto in 1967, which proposes the elimination of men (in disturbing detail; seriously, it makes Mein Kampf look tame).
It's work of satire. Says so right in the same Wikipedia article.
Not even remotely true--not to anyone who's made a living as an author and editor for the last couple of decades. If he were on my team, I'd can him tout de suite on that basis alone.
Maybe the problem isn't with autists, but with the absurdly defective normies.
I really hate to break this to you, but--by definition--the "normies" are the ones who aren't defectives.
Maybe the real problem is with people who seem to think that the definitions of words magically transform themselves into whatever makes them feel better about themselves at any given moment.
How about this triple treat (three unwarranted assumptions for the price of one!):
Yes, in a national aggregate, women have lower salaries than men for a variety of reasons. For the same work though, women get paid just as much as men. Considering women spend more money than men and that salary represents how much the employees sacrifices (e.g. more hours, stress, and danger)...
Well, to start with, his original screed is filled with all manner of unwarranted assumptions. Here's a relatively minor one:
For example currently those trying to work extra hours or take extra stress will inevitably get ahead...
Here's another one that's rather less trivial:
For heterosexual romantic relationships, men are more strongly judged by status and women by beauty. Again, this has biological origins and is culturally universal.
Good for all the teenagers that committed the bravery of suicide, this world is a system fucked over by parental aliens and parental adults that can't handle the physical and neuro physiological freshness of the teenage animal.
You're the one who's fucked up, if you can write misanthropic crap like that with a straight face.
Teens see all their so-called friends' styled up, filtered and photoshopped pictures, so they think everybody has a better life than themselves, small wonder they get depressed.
That only would happen if you're psychologically weak.
It's so easy to blame those who suffer for being "weak".
We made up stories about gods, afterlives, we gave ourselves reasons to think we are the center of a universe made for us and shattering the illusion gives rise to a change that manifests initially in sadness.
Um, no. You're projecting the viewpoint of *one* religious tradition into the origins of *all* myths and legends, which sought to explain the order of things and our place in it. Many if not most of them have not necessarily assigned ultimate importance to humans.
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Since you obviously weren't around then, allow me to teach you a bit of history: Network neutrality was the original state of affairs, and it was self-enforcing until all the independent ISPs got bought up or run out of business by conglomerates.
The election's long since over, and we adults are talking about the incompetent who's actually sitting in the White House right now.
My Internet connection in 1997: 56Kbps @ $19.95 / month, capped at 100 MB / month
My Internet connection in 2017: 60Mbps @ $46.95 / month, capped at 200 GB / month
So I'm paying 2.25 times what I did 20 years ago for 2000 times as much data per month, delivered 3000 times faster and I no longer need to tie up a phone line. Prices shown are not adjusted for inflation, BTW.
zerohedge? seriously?
Something something VPNs mutter mutter...
The problem is that the US President is both Head of State and head of government. The latter role should be separate (Prime Minister).
Dark Korea is Best Korea!
Go back to the US after spending a few years overseas. You will be astounded by how sickeningly sweet nearly everything tastes.
I know for a fact that the Sun is the center of our solar system
You are wrong. The barycenter of the solar system is outside the sun.
Actually, its position varies over time--sometimes it's inside the Sun, and sometimes it isn't.
It's a fuzzy-minded and poorly-written recapitulation of most of the usual neo-Darwinist assertions that are used to justify sexism, racism, and authoritarianism.
I probably know more about Das Streben than you do.
And please spare us the biological-deterministic nonsense. Social constructs are an integral part of what makes us human--we cannot reasonably be separated from them.
The claim was that putting in more hours and taking on more stress inevitably leads to greater rewards, which is pure poppycock.
There are lots and lots of flavours other than sweet, salty, and fatty. It's really unfortunate that so many Americans are conditioned to think there aren't.
My brother has been seriously overweight for years. My weight's in the low-to-normal range. He's 4 years younger than I, is a vegetarian, and doesn't smoke. I smoke and am omnivorous. Yet he's the one who's already been on medication for high BP and acid reflux for the last 5-6 years. I think the difference is compounded by the facts that (a) I live in Europe and get 30 days off per year, while he gets no paid time off, and (b) the difference in the quality of the food. Every time I visit the US, I am always taken aback at how sweet and/or greasy a lot of things seem to be; even "all-natural" whole-grain bread tastes a bit sweet compared to what I'm used to in Europe.
Sounds like she is very good at projecting a persona, telling people what they want to hear, and promoting herself--someone to be avoided at all costs if you're interested in actually getting any work done.
To my knowledge, the first really nasty instance of feminist literature was the SCUM Manifesto in 1967, which proposes the elimination of men (in disturbing detail; seriously, it makes Mein Kampf look tame).
It's work of satire. Says so right in the same Wikipedia article.
The Order of the White Feather in WWI...
...was started by a (very obviously male) British admiral. Again, this is stated in the same Wikipedia article to which to you refer.
You and whoever modded you up are just fucking pathetic.
well-written
Not even remotely true--not to anyone who's made a living as an author and editor for the last couple of decades. If he were on my team, I'd can him tout de suite on that basis alone.
Maybe the problem isn't with autists, but with the absurdly defective normies.
I really hate to break this to you, but--by definition--the "normies" are the ones who aren't defectives.
Maybe the real problem is with people who seem to think that the definitions of words magically transform themselves into whatever makes them feel better about themselves at any given moment.
How about this triple treat (three unwarranted assumptions for the price of one!):
Yes, in a national aggregate, women have lower salaries than men for a variety of reasons. For the same work though, women get paid just as much as men. Considering women spend more money than men and that salary represents how much the employees sacrifices (e.g. more hours, stress, and danger)...
"Brilliant" to a dimwit, perhaps. Obvious to anyone who noted the absence of the (/.) badge.
Well, to start with, his original screed is filled with all manner of unwarranted assumptions. Here's a relatively minor one:
For example currently those trying to work extra hours or take extra stress will inevitably get ahead...
Here's another one that's rather less trivial:
For heterosexual romantic relationships, men are more strongly judged by status and women by beauty. Again, this has biological origins and is culturally universal.
Well, to start with, his original screed is filled with all manner of unwarranted assumptions. Here's a relatively minor one:
For example currently those trying to work extra hours or take extra stress will inevitably get ahead...
How are you supposed to know what other people believe, short of telepathy?
Someone who gets it. Please mod this up.
Good for all the teenagers that committed the bravery of suicide, this world is a system fucked over by parental aliens and parental adults that can't handle the physical and neuro physiological freshness of the teenage animal.
You're the one who's fucked up, if you can write misanthropic crap like that with a straight face.
Get yourself some help, please.
Teens see all their so-called friends' styled up, filtered and photoshopped pictures, so they think everybody has a better life than themselves, small wonder they get depressed.
That only would happen if you're psychologically weak.
It's so easy to blame those who suffer for being "weak".
We made up stories about gods, afterlives, we gave ourselves reasons to think we are the center of a universe made for us and shattering the illusion gives rise to a change that manifests initially in sadness.
Um, no. You're projecting the viewpoint of *one* religious tradition into the origins of *all* myths and legends, which sought to explain the order of things and our place in it. Many if not most of them have not necessarily assigned ultimate importance to humans.