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				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Is not wearing a tie lazy?




I have no opinion on whether women should wear bras, but I will say that not wearing a tie (on occasions that call for one) is very lazy. Like if I'm at a wedding, and some dude can't even be arsed to put on a shirt and tie? That's lazy as hell and doesn't speak well to that guy's character.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


and we were 2-3 years away from useful AI for 3 decades. And then chat gpt happened.




Right, so we still don't have useful AI.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for August 16, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I mean... and also the little thing about how it's based on sci-fi rather than human history. Gives a very different feel.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for August 16, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It just is? I absolutely have fielded large armies, painted the map, and had a blast doing so.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for August 16, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


A load of horseshit that is, and you're right that anywhere remotely important such as NYC would have a sea-wall put around it posthaste.




I mean... to be fair that is exactly what happens in Civ 6. Global warming submerging your tiles is never a real threat unless you're quite far behind in tech. And in that case, you have bigger problems than submerged tiles.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for August 14, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Have you inquired into a radical sanation?




No, I was actually unaware that existed. I probably won't go for it yet, but in time maybe. For right now I think that I agree with what the priest at my parish has told me: trust the Lord, if he wants us to have our marriage blessed by the Catholic church he'll lead my wife in the right direction in due time.




That kind of rules-lawyering makes me furious. This shows the downside about having a lot of explicit rules, people think that the explicit rules in canon law or the catechism matter more than basic moral law of keeping sacred vows.




Yeah, I know. I think it's silly too, but that's humans for you I guess.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for August 16, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I disagree. One unit per tile was such an improvement that when Civ 5 came out, I could never go back to 4. Combat actually became fun in 5, rather than a chore to be avoided like in 4.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for August 16, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
My brother in Christ, Civ 5 was awesome. And while I didn't play 1 or 3, I think it's safe to say 1 was good (otherwise nobody would've bought it and we wouldn't have had the series).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for August 16, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Was looking forward to it after the announcement that they're going to not have the 2k launcher... but then yesterday someone spotted on Steam that it's going to require a 2k account to play. So I'm back to not really caring. Wish companies would stop with hostile crap like that and just make games.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for August 14, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I don't consider myself to be living in sin. But unfortunately, the church does. My parents were Catholic, baptized my siblings and me, etc. But they chose to leave the Catholic church when I was in 5th or 6th grade, and I spent the rest of my childhood growing up Protestant. As an adult (years after I was married), I decided to go back to the Catholic church, and have been told I need to get my marriage convalidated by the church.


My understanding is that the Catholic church does consider Protestant marriages valid for converts. But because I was baptized (and got first communion), they consider me to have been Catholic the whole time and not a convert. Even though I myself would have said I wasn't Catholic (and I didn't choose to leave the church, my parents did), it means that I have to go through the same steps as someone who was a part of the Church and chose to get married outside it. It's a bit frustrating to be honest, but not much I can do. Anyways, because (according to the Church) I'm living in sin, that means no sacraments until that gets resolved (or unless I commit to living with my wife without any sex).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Does Chesterton's Fence apply here? We know why the minimum wage and welfare are there (provide a floor on labor prices and give assistance to help the needy). Eliminating them might have consequences we don't foresee, but that isn't exactly what Chesterton's Fence is about. It's about not eliminating something unless you know why it was put there.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think the book is better primarily because it doesn't overstay its welcome. Season 1 of the show is the story that's in the book, everything else is just made up by the show. So I think the narrative is stronger in the book because it is tighter in scope.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


why it is such a strong symbol for western misogynistic dystopia?




Because right around the time Trump got elected, they came out with a show and it caught on with blue tribe women. That's really it. I think if the show didn't exist you wouldn't hear so many of those comparisons.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for August 14, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


This works great in a Catholic marriage where divorce is explicitly off the table...




Christian marriage in general, although a lot of people in other denominations seem to either ignore this or just never learned it. My wife and I haven't had our marriage convalidated because she has a problem signing a thing saying marriage is for life. And she's a Christian! I have tried pointing out to her that the prohibition on divorce was directly said by Jesus, and that this isn't a Catholic thing. But she just doesn't seem to want to accept it, IDK why.


It's kind of sad because it means I can't get any of the sacraments, but what can you do. At the end of the day, I still took a vow before God (we had a Christian ceremony, just not Catholic) and I intend to uphold it. A lot of people online will say stuff like "you don't have a valid marriage so leave", but that isn't on the table. Even if it means I can never get absolution at confession or participate in communion again, I'm still going to stand by her forever. I just hope she comes around someday.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Also, I'm American and I have no idea (or didn't until this post I guess) what Baltimore is like. Assuming every American knows about any given city is a bad assumption to make.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for August 14, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm married (for almost 7 years now) and very happy. My wife and I have a good balance - we enjoy hanging out, but are happy to give each other space too. We have very similar values, and we also have enough respect for each other to not make it a big deal when we do disagree on politics or whatever. We have great sex, although our respective sex drives aren't always in sync. Honestly I feel like our relationship is exactly what marriage should look like, and I'm very happy in it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I wonder why the UK even bothers with a bicameral legislature if one of the halves is expected to just rubber stamp everything the other does. Seems silly to me, but I guess it's not my country so it doesn't much matter what I think.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Amanda Marcotte is a terrible person. Or at least she was a decade ago, and I doubt she's gotten better since. There's a reason that even Scott Alexander (who normally is very nice to even those with whom he strongly disagrees) described her as "a Vogon wearing a skin suit" or something to that effect.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I guess our disagreement hinges upon that last point, because I read "endorsed by the Bible" to mean desirable. I would phrase "permissible under some circumstances" as "condoned by the Bible".


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That's not true. The official stance of the Catholic Church (the largest Christian denomination) is that the death penalty and war are both bad, and must only be engaged in when there's no other choice. This is very mainstream Christian belief, not some fringe position.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I disagree that this is a normative statement.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I certainly would not argue that war is endorsed by the Bible, nor would any other Christian I know. Nor capital punishment for that matter.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I’m unpersuaded by the typical religious argument that life is so sacred we cannot take it. We do take it, all the time, in war and executions.




You seem to be alleging that this is hypocritical on the part of the religious argument, but I think in fairness one must acknowledge that religions which oppose euthanasia generally oppose war and executions too.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm fine with cutting off SS taxes immediately. Though from what @sarker said, that would mean that the money runs out immediately so I guess maybe it amounts to the same thing. I was under the impression that there was money left in the pot, but it sounds like I was mistaken.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 12, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think that would be a significant challenge for sure. The only way it works is if there are no exceptions. Not for teachers, not for our troops, not for Grandma who has cancer, none. I'm willing to grit my teeth as the things I care about get hit, but I don't think most Americans are.