The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
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The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
1d ago
Presumably they got scared of the mob and turned around.
Not the mob, but the juggernaut of state force behind them. Confrontations between left-wing mobs and right-wing defenders lead not only to injury but charges for the right-wing side. Even when the principal himself defended himself in a mild way, he was arrested.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
1d ago
The analogy with Christianity pretty much falls apart with prostitutes; as far as I know Jesus forgave them but expected them to stop being prostitutes. But on another level the whole thing fails because it was right to be worried about Christianity; it led not only to wars and upheaval but ultimately the collapse of the Roman Empire, the Crusades, Islam, and wokeness.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
2d ago
Probably they'll invite Mattress Girl to be on the jury.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
2d ago
All that has to happen is Letitia James has to find a friendly judge who will throw out all the exculpatory evidence and/or ignore the law and rule that voluntary intoxication negates consent. She's likely got a rolodex full of such.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3d ago
"This person we're crushing isn't actually heroic for bucking us because he had no reason to believe we'd crush him" really isn't a great argument.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3d ago
Jack Smith is the special prosecutor who went after Trump for the Mar a Lago case and a January 6 case. The first was dismissed by Trump appointee Aileen Cannon who said (with some backing from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas) his office was illegal. The second was actually dismissed by an Obama appointee after Trump won the 2024 election.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3d ago
There's also a Gauss rifle in Fallout, and a Gauss cannon in Doom.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3d ago
The words "freesia" and "verbena" are the common names of flowering plants. I wouldn't say 'yakuza' (a member of a particular Japanese crime organization, or collectively the name for the organization) is a technical term either. I'm not sure "doula" qualifies either.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3d ago
Like, how the hell do they expect regular and/or awkward guys to learn this stuff?
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die"
That is, they don't, they just want regular/awkward guys to disappear and never bother them. Preferably doing something out of sight that helps them in some way, but the "out of sight" is the important part.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
3d ago
The broken window fallacy says there's a benefit to the broken window. The argument here is that the detriment is less than you get with just by counting the price paid for the window, which is true -- the glazier does indeed benefit, even though the net effect is loss.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
And when the Democrats win the midterms and invoke War Powers Resolution law because Americans don’t want this to go on indefinitely… what then?
Trump vetoes.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
Unfortunately it'll also produce kids that are shorter than average, which might be bad for any future sons.
Fortunately not. Filipinos are not genetically short; the nation's average height is mostly a result of malnutrition. I've got some tall cousins who attest to this (both families were short, and the European side definitely not due to malnutrition). I guess hybrid vigor is another possibility.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
Sure, but there's a lot of ruin in a nation. Iran might be able to just outlast Trump and end the war with a pinkie promise to President Newsom (or AOC). Then toll the strait and nuke Tel Aviv.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
Iran's "negotiations" are fake. They think Trump will be foolish enough to release the blockade on their promise for a peace deal, which will allow them to export a bunch of oil and buy themselves some time. Then they reneg and fire on ships again just like last time. Trump seems uninterested in this idea, fortunately.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
I don’t see any easy solutions for this other than giving Iran concessions that are not acceptable, so this war will continue for the foreseeable future in my opinion.
Concessions won't even work, since they won't stick to their end. They're going to have to be destroyed, or they will win. Whether that can be done through attrition or is going to require actual invasion is still up in the air.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
As @aldomilyar points out, the stereotypically homosexual will provide a source of "reversed" people. In addition to the butch tech-loving lesbians, a lot of the female words are about clothing or fabric, and there's a lot of gay male fashion designers. They'll probably know the flowers too.
Heterosexual female motorcycle enthusiasts might also provide some "reversed" people.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
Your link is a wall of text, but this bit certainly sticks out:
Obviously, it's not slutcon's job to 'fix' any overly-pushy men. It wouldn't be possible to. But is slutcon making things better in teaching them skills, or worse in emboldening them to try in the first place?
Yeah, that's the problem: there are some men who are "overly pushy" but are also so timid that they aren't trying at all. LOL.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
The war isn't about oil for the US, it's about Iran's nuclear program. Oil was just away for Iran to strike back. If non-Iranian oil is flowing and their nuclear program is stymied, Iran is losing and America is winning. Except that gas and diesel prices say that's not actually the case.
Certainly the war is not over, not until the US can reduce military presence at least back to pre-war levels without anything bad happening, said bad things including Iran shooting at merchant traffic.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
Forgive me for repeating old arguments but I need to be clear about this: Trump was right about Iran and America is winning.
Gasoline and diesel prices are still up so you are wrong. Claims that this is about California shutting down refineries are false because that was not recent. Claims that this is about Ukraine blowing up Russian refineries are irrelevant because the mainstream media will not entertain them.
As for negotiation, the problem is that Iran already made a deal and then reneged. As a result, at this point it's on them to demonstrate good faith by giving up something for free. Announcing a unilateral cease fire in the Strait and actually abiding by it for a few weeks would be a reasonable one, but they won't do it.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
Given an abundance of thirsty dudes, women will often reject even high quality mates. See: San Francisco.
Uh, in San Francisco, many dudes are thirsty for each other.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
And that episode was based on the St John's Lacrosse Case (what is it about lacrosse?)
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
I'm not sure if "victimized" is the right word, given he provided the quid for the quo.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
It's exactly that. If they want to participate in the sexual rat race, they must run the risk of, you know, actually having sex. What they seem to want, by a charitable interpretation -- to be able to participate in said race and have only sex they won't ever regret later -- is not possible to assure. What they seem to want by a less charitable interpretation -- to be able to participate in said race and then punish the men if they do regret it later -- is evil and should not be provided.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
4d ago
As long as there is marriage, there's always going to be some transition between being single and being married. That can be arranged marriages of some sort, but everything else is basically going to be some version of 'dating'; it's not just from the last century.
There's also the US invasion of Grenada, which was not bloodless, but nor was it gruesome. Same with Panama.
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