Throwaway05
13d ago
I can't endorse this enough. I've been more positive than you on Trump for a long time, but even with that (as well as an outright hatred of the woke) I still bought some of the propaganda, and I never really had an interest in hearing his speeches.
Now he sits down with Rogan, they both sound reasonable despite the spin, and their personalities make sense and match to others I have encountered in my life. I don't think Trump meets the criteria for narcissism after that interview, and Vance is clearly one of us regardless of any flip-flopping.
Even with all the practice in avoiding the democratic propaganda machine I still fell for it.
Throwaway05
13d ago
Wokeness is widely popular with women and necessarily involves holding together a lot of contradictory opinions, so the training is out there. Consider the modern dating market - women still want a man who is masculine, pays, etc. but they also want feminist girl bosses at the same time. These things don't work together, but they manage.
Cultural acceptability is what is normal. Lots of culturally acceptable believes are unwise or harmful, however.
Throwaway05
13d ago
Yeah I mean their are variations in personality and certainly some men are like this, but a large portion of my social group is going off right now and yeah that includes people from "histrionic" backgrounds but also lots Asians and so on who are all freaking out because they are deep in the woke bubble and panicking and huffing propaganda. This is people with graduate degrees mind you.
Most of them will calm down.
I'm not saying this is normal in the sense that is healthy, but it is reasonably common in certain social groups (yikes).
Throwaway05
13d ago
Eh it's almost always tied together when it comes up, if you feel like it isn't for you, carry on.
Throwaway05
13d ago
How many Jewish/Italian/Irish/Black etc... women do you know.
They'll say it, but only a fraction will actually believe it.
Throwaway05
14d ago
Ehhhhh I think you underestimate how consensus reality holders feel about things. Most of us here aren't really about that kinda thinking but it is wildly popular, and plenty of otherwise well adjusted little to no other abnormal belief people are shitting absolute bricks right now.
Throwaway05
14d ago
I mean I'm not pro-vaccine mandate, although I did get vaccinated ASAP. I was also pro-lockdown initially but displeased with the length and way they are implemented.
The issue is that the people who are still talking about this years later did not learn any lessons (both sides) and in the case of the skeptics, miss how bad it was.
Throwaway05
14d ago
I know it's kind of off-topic, but I would not call those totally normal women lol. Anyone who says that unironically is crazy.
If they are still saying it in a in two months they are crazy, for now? Just angry.
Women tend to interact with the world in a more bubble and consensus oriented way, the ego damage when that gets popped leads to immature defense mechanisms aka the batshit insanity. Most people will course correct.
Throwaway05
14d ago
"Sufficiently damaging to the economy, American lives, and functioning of the government" isn't quite the same as "existential threat" and still justifies much of what happened.
Throwaway05
14d ago
Come on ya'll we can be better than /r/relationshipadvice
It's possible that the advice of others is the correct way to go, and it may be the case, but don't do it prematurely. People are freaked out right now and the average woman is more vulnerable to that. She may calm down acutely, in which case the fight is not necessary. Like most she will probably calm down in the long run but it would be a serious question of what time horizon you need for people to go normal.
I know totally normal women who are saying nobody should have sex with men anymore. It histrionic nonsense. If you can tolerate taking Trump non literally you can tolerate this haha (again assuming it has hope to be temporary).
Throwaway05
14d ago
I'm not saying it was truly an existential threat, but it was way worse than a lot of people are willing to acknowledge. What those numbers translate to practically is pretty bad. It's hard to notice if you were locked up though, which many were...so they didn't.
Throwaway05
14d ago
A relatively small number of deaths can easily cause massive economic problems and overwhelm hospitals leading to all sorts of problems including...you guessed it, more deaths.
The problem wasn't the lockdowns. They were sensible. The problem was the way they were implemented and not having a reasonable offramp.
Throwaway05
16d ago
That's a fair point, although quite a few of the people I've talked to today are under the impression that Trump has a magic ability to instantiate an army from the aether. TDS is still real.
Although on a counterfactual note I think we should be pleased that institutions seems to be prepping either way. That's more competence than I've come to expect as of late.
Well I'm calling it for Harris - the people I know in D.C. are very calm and expecting a Blue victory. Could be underestimating him like previously, but in the context of the Selzer poll it seems like people don't want to be blamed if the predictions are off and are seeing a Harris win as very likely.
Come back to laugh at me later if this wrong.
Edit: Leaving this up for posterity. :)
Throwaway05
17d ago
The way I model this for myself is by asking "would I rather watch Top Gun in a movie theater or this setup." Especially with IMAX....movie theater wins. Sound is part of it, but it's also just that much more immersive.
Throwaway05
17d ago
There are a number of things that could be done by bad people that are more effective.
A few things prevent this:
-Lots of this stuff is trend based.
-Lots of this stuff is supposed to be showy, certain things are less so.
-Lots of stuff is enormously more impactful than what we normally see, but everyone who is aware of those options doesn't publicize them.
I'm being vague because the idea is not to give anyone any ideas.
Throwaway05
19d ago
What about a discussion with your boss?
"Are you guys going to fire me?"
"Uhhh nooooooooo."
vs.
"At the time of this meeting we do not plan to fire you anytime soon."
With the former I'm going to be aware and can plan accordingly, with the latter I might be fooled by any of the technicalities in that sentence or the more proficient lying.
Throwaway05
20d ago
Have you seen a doctor yet? You'll probably need an ENT.
This could be a million things. Atypical anatomy. Something like allergies or GERD causing odd problems.
Serious things are possible and you'll want to rule them out.
Throwaway05
20d ago
(It is hard to cancel a doctor in private practice.)
Not necessarily. Private pay patients have choice and can google, in Cali they may avoid Scott.
You also have to not piss off your partners, staff, malpractice provider, landlord, etc. Again in Cali can be a problem.
Throwaway05
20d ago
Yeah I think the medical side of things are most worried about the flu side of things. Monkeypox doesn't excite me, Myco isn't a big deal.
A Kessler cascade is one of my biggest fears though, yikes.
Throwaway05
22d ago
Welllllll no.
I know Scott's article makes a case but it's way more complicated than that.
Sleep medicine, Psychiatry, and PCPs all have wildly different views about Melatonin all of which can be simplified as "sure, fine, it's safe" but a lot is happening under the hood there.
Some evidence it does absolutely nothing.
Research is complicated because anxious college students, the elderly, someone in a Psychiatric inpatient unit recovering from an episode of something, and a 40 year old man with a bowel perf in the hospital all have wildly different sleep needs and problems. Makes research very hard.
Then you add in the stuff like spaced dosing being more effective...
Throwaway05
22d ago
Once you get used to pepper enough you can still taste the flavor and so on even at high heats.
Think of it like metal music - once you get used to the genre you can hear the melodies and vocal talent on display, but if you aren't used to it can sometimes sound like random noises and screaming.
Throwaway05
23d ago
On this note, I have a large number of friends who live in a Blue state, and have a tenuous connection to a swing state (for instance their parents live there) and they are just registering and voting in the swing state via absentee ballot.
Anyone who can swing it.
Throwaway05
24d ago
Like I said pain is complicated, likewise pharm is complicated - some people are fast metabolizers of certain medication and get no effect at all.
Personally I find NSAIDs to be even better for low dose opiates for pain associated with significant inflammation (for me).
I think the perception is more important than the reality here. The lefts wants to paper over all of her faults right now, but if she had won give it 5, 10, 20 years and their is going to be a big old asterisk on the first female president.
That Scarlett Letter would be tough to manage in the long term.
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