Mantergeistmann
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Mantergeistmann
3hr ago
Between those two, I would go VT. As I understand it, the value premium (if it exists) is mostly for small caps, no? Hence the popularity of AVUV.
Mantergeistmann
13hr ago
Do you not find it conceivable that someone could have gotten an accurate picture of the toll of the war in Gaza from a multitude of reasonably objective sources, and then from that drawn the conclusion (perhaps informed by other values they hold, however much you may disagree with those) that they ought to oppose the Israeli position with all that entails?
I mean, if people had gotten an accurate picture of the toll of the war in Germany (or Japan) during WWII (or the starvation of WWI!), or the South during the US civil war... somehow, I still think they wouldn't have opposed the Allies/North, merely thought "How dumb must those people be to not surrender and keep wanting to fight us for no good reason?"
Mantergeistmann
13hr ago
They: You are trying to sit on the fence and placate both sides, but this is unlikely to work. In particular, progressives will notice if you keep saying "they" when a transgender person's preferred pronouns are she/her (after all, in progressive spaces displaying your preferred pronouns is normalized), and will correctly recognize you as a coward trying to play both sides, if not a person who doesn't subscribe to gender ideology.
There's a weird shift in progress amongst certain sects, that are starting to insist that "they" be used for everyone, regardless of gender. It remains to be seen if it'll win out.
Mantergeistmann
13hr ago
Oh, for sure. There's definite asymmetry there.
Mantergeistmann
20hr ago
Counterpoint to "It's okay to be white". The people objecting are correctly seeing that it isn't being posted as an innocent statement, it's effectively a gang sign marking turf, and these people understand those posting the sign to be in a hostile gang.
Mantergeistmann
20hr ago
Sierra Club used to be outright racist and anti-natalist, if I recall correctly. Can't let Africa have cheap energy, or there'll be a massive third world population boom!
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
As she lustfully stared at me, my loins exploded like the Titan submersible, and she, the ocean I wanted to be so deep into.
I can't tell if the author intentionally got implosion/explosion wrong here, or if it's accidentally even worse than they tried to be.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
he's better off pretending to be Canadian
That used to be the advice for Americans travelling abroad: put a Canadian flag sticker on your luggage/backpack/laptop. This was, oh, mid-late 2000s? Early 2010s?
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
This is the stereotype in the Southwest, and it's what I essentially believed as a Protestant. In the northeast and sprinkled throughout the country, there are a lot of Irish and Italian Catholics; one was my neighbor growing up, with the Saint Francis statue and everything.
Yeah, in my experience in the Northeast, the shrine & statue garden decor is absolutely Italian-coded.
Mantergeistmann
1d ago
There's also a story mode, I think, if you just want to play on super easy mode. Might be a mod or two out there to give "kind of easy mode" as an option.
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
I don't blame them for that, same as I don't blame them for not applauding during Trump's SotU address. It's a pointless move to score political points, and I wouldn't blame Republicans if they didn't follow along were the Dems to do something similar.
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
The FIRE link mentions that, actually. Last time Fighting Words was upheld, the words were "god damned racketeer" and "damned fascist". Somehow, I doubt there's much overlap between "people who want slurs included as Fighting Words" and "people who want 'fascist' to be a Fighting Word."
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
What model and what'd it run you? I've been considering one now that I'm working from home more.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
Wishing you were independently wealthy so you could take a year off and just play games.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
Yes, absolutely agreed.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
I used to order food about once a week when I was at university. Typically pizza or chinese.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
Cruises. The whole set-up seems wildly unpleasant, particularly if I'm going to have spend my time on a boat cooped up with other people who wanted to go on a cruise.
It's basically a resort where you get to wake up somewhere new every day.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
Even if you work on the 50th floor of mega corp office building then going to get your coffee at Starbucks on the ground floor is still a 20ish minute adventure versus whatever office pot or espresso machine in the office.
Sometimes you just need an excuse to get out of the office and take a walk, and sadly, in a lot of workplaces "I'm going out to grab a coffee" is more acceptable than "I'm taking a stroll to clear my head." Same thing as having a smoke break, really, but for non-smokers.
Mantergeistmann
3d ago
De gustibus non est disputandum. I love matcha, personally, in basically any form -- lattes, shortbread, cheesecake...
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
Little Women remake
Based on my limited knowledge of Emma Watson, she seems like a... less than stellar choice for that, just from a "personal view fit" level.
Mantergeistmann
4d ago
Olive oil.
Mantergeistmann
5d ago
"if they're guilty, throw the book at them"
Isn’t that the judge's job to decide, anyway? I know juries can sometimes recommend, but it's ultimately the jury that decides guilt, and the judge that decides the sentence.
Mantergeistmann
5d ago
That's one thing I really hate about what the playoff is doing to college football. As bad as the BCS system was, it meant that an awful lot of teams who weren’t the best could end a season on a massive high note.
Mantergeistmann
6d ago
It also teaches how to be a graceful loser, which is rather important, and I mean that completely unsarcastically.
You could say the exact same thing about "black lives matter". And then "all lives matter".
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