AskewLord

They can’t.

Also stopping funding… you mean stopping weapons sales? Good luck with that.

Yeah I’m sure inner harmony should be the priority for people who are dying from starvation or killed by violence.

Basically be anti-Netanyahu but pro Israeli

your words have no meaning, that’s the problem.

cool. i’ve had nothing but stability and stellar benefits.

but when i mention this people always say the paycheck isn’t enough and tell me how much more i could be making if i was working for a corporation.

a larger car was not going to save you from being hurt while you were t boned.

that’s the myth they use to sell larger cars.

often smaller cars have better crash ratings, but whatever man, keep whining about car prices while you pay for 2-3x the car you need.

so basically, you refuse to define the term…

everything you said is relative.

cool. i’ve worked for small business my entire life had nothing but great benefits and great experiences.

the only major difference is lower pay than you’d get in corporate america, and most people I meet cannot look past that and cite that as the reason they could never work for one. my total compensation is actually on par or better than most corporate jobs.

and everyone i know who works corporate works 60+hr weeks and is miserable and never uses their ‘unlimited PTO’.

Dating and relationships.

Used to be something I put a lot of effort into and it was kinda fun, now not fun anymore so there is no point in putting effort in.

urban design requires both advanced degrees and social connections, preferable political ones.

go find a really boring unglamorous job.

it will be stable.

the problem is people don’tw ant stable jobs that are boring. they want glamorous jobs with high salaries and from big name companies… and wonder why they can’t get those, but they won’t work for a small business because they ‘don’t pay enough’.

because it’s a projection. the women who complain about men being like that… are mostly talking about themselves.

i’ve dated many women who thought that way… and they are talking about themselves. they see the world through an adversarial lens and everything is about them having power over others and being terrified of anyone having power over them.

and if you explain to them you don’t want any power over them they simple don’t believe you. they think it’s a lie or a manipulation tactic… because that’s how they treat everyone, through lies and manipulation. and no matter how honest you are with them… doesn’t matter because they don’t believe honesty exists.

parents project their shit onto their kids, it sucks.

a lot of unhappy people, refuse to let anyone around them ever be happy. you’re allowed to be happy. don’t let other folks unhappiness ruin yours, because they will try very hard to ruin it for you.

all the shit i can afford that i never dreamed of even having.

curse of low expectations I guess.

But I’d be super depressed that I never found a partner or had a family. Half a lifetime ago i was dating someone I thought I’d marry and have a family with… then she turned out to hate me and children. And sadly ever I met since her also hated me and children… so better off being single than being with someone who hates me.

because it’s not in the USA’s interest to remain neutral.

It’s in switzerland’s interest to do so.

it’s not that hard man. it has to do with the 1970s economic crisises, which gave the entire country and policy makers ptsd.

stagflation was a real thing and it freaked the hell out of people.

Define ‘basic respect’.

Because it’s going to vary a lot depending on people’s preferences, backgrounds, and etc.

Personally I don’t see LGBT+ people as monolithic in anything… they are just people. They all have their own biases, hatreds, preferences, etc. And plenty of LGBT+ people hate other LGBT+ people for stupid reasons. I find the concept of LGBT+ as some sort of ‘bloc’ utterly weird, and if you look at like data about it, it isn’t really a unified group in anyway.

I’ve never seen many commonalities in belief or behaviour of LGBT+ people. If you break it down further, yeah, sure, there are.

there are tons of compact suvs and sedans at that price point. almost every major brand makes them.

the issue is people don’t want them because they are ‘too small’ or ‘don’t feel safe’. they would rather pay 50K for a big ass car and whine about it then buy one that’s half the cost and 2/3 of the size. And almost all of them are just commuting to work in it, they will never ever use the extra space or capacity of the larger vehicle. and if you argue with them and point this out, they will tell you what a stupid ignorant asshole you are and how they ‘need’ a 50K car, and they couldn’t possibly ever buy a shitty small car like a Civic. And most of them will go further be like ‘well i can only afford the 50K car, but I REALLY WANT the 80K car.’ Tons of people buy these 80K 3-row SUVs and whine about how expensive they are, when they absolutely positively have no actual need for a vehicle that large. but psychologically they need it because it’s a status symbol and reflection of their ‘pride and value’ of themselves.

you can get a brand new HRV or Civic for 24-26K, but people refuse to buy those cars, they want the Passport which is 45K to start.

fwiw i drive a 10 year old hatchback and people endless tell me shit like ‘you have no self-respect if you drive such a shitty small car’. and i ask them what car I should get then, and they always say ‘audi/bmw 5/7 series SUV’. Because it’s not about the utility or use, it’s all about the fragile image they are protecting by owning a large expensive vehicle.

No. You aren’t supposed to feed your cat live mice or live food at all.

It’s a pet. Feed it pet food.

The Identity Trap.

great discussion about how identity politics came out of no where and took over the world in a few short years. and how utterly awful it is and why it makes everyone so hateful and violent.