The first and easiest thing would be to invent calculus. I’m sure other things would pop up situationally, I could probably get basic electricity going with a bit of experimentation.

I’m sure the Obama-tan-suit-scandal people are up in arms

I prefer the generic ones that say “Thank You”

every time there is an issue discussed it tends to be: women, minorites, whatever have a problem, men are the problem.

This can’t be overstated. There are a lot of loud misandrists posing as feminists, broadly painting men as The Problem just for being men. Speaking up is automatically condemned as condescension, sitting comfortably is encroaching on women’s space, striking up conversation is harassment, glancing at someone in the gym is sexual assault, a drunk hookup is rape.

Of course, there are problematic men who are guilty of these accusations, but the majority are normal people being baselessly lumped in with actual offenders for no other reason than being male. Women get unwavering support for just being women, men get trashed for just being men. That by itself is demoralizing.

Then you combine that with the fact that a large percentage of women want an assertive “manly” man. The boys who err on the side of respectfulness watch the aggressive dudebros succeed sexually and romantically where they fail.

If respect loses to toxic masculinity so often, then it’s only reasonable to think that maybe the guys pushing toxic masculinity know what they’re talking about. And if they’re going to be demonized for being men anyway, they might as well live up to the condemnation and at least get something out of it.

Edit: let me specify, I don’t find Tate compelling, I’m only speaking of the mental state that would bring young men into his influence.

Pickles. Used to hate em, now I will eat dangerous quantities in one sitting.

Same thing I’m doing now: living my life without concern for my cultural relevance.

I have dozens of highly rated comments over the last two years, but the objectively best one I made was just this past week and it got absolutely no attention.

As a math guy, I hate when people say statistics is math. Like yeah, there are equations, and math plays a role, but the results so often speak more to the selection and interpretation choices made by the statistician than to any kind of mathematical rigor.

I turned on my volume the other night to make sure I heard my alarm, and forgot to turn it off. I learned a lot of notification sounds that day. Or would have if I’d paid attention beyond “Oh, a notification”

The death penalty is ethically wrong to me because you can’t trust the system 100%, even in the best case. Death row inmates have been exonerated with additional evidence, or just better processing of existing evidence, or other reasons. Unless the judicial system is 100% accurate (which, spoiler, it neither is nor possibly can be), you introduce the possibility of executing innocent people, which should be abhorrent to everyone.

Mentlegen

Republicans argue liberal judges are blocking Trump’s agenda, while Democrats say courts are striking down illegal orders.

Well, when their agenda is composed primarily of illegal orders…

Really more of an anti-substance, ain’t it?

1. Not everyone who opposes Trump and Musk is a Democrat, especially on Lemmy. Many of us are leftists who despise Democrats, just less than we despise MAGA fascists.

2. Don’t think a lot of cybertrucks are being driven by those on the left, they weren’t released until well after Musk showed his true colors. Every cybertruck owner I’ve personally encountered has been solidly MAGA.

Holding them accountable is also the only way we get real change

Helping to elect the opponent who even more enthusiastically supports genocide does less than nothing to hold anyone accountable.

The argument is “The common way of dealing with it is bad”. Doesn’t have to be perfect to be better.

Water > dry paper.

I found exactly one keyboard with oversized keys for my fat sausage fingers, no num pad. I emailed the company to see if they were planning on doing a full sized version, nope. Guess I’m gonna keep making typos.

Narwhal moustache bacon! lol so random