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  1. In Topic: What's messing with your groove?

    13 August 2025 - 03:33 PM

    When someone died my community responds in two ways:

    A) You bring food to the home of the survivors, the idea being that in their grief they do not have time for the tedium of day to day chores and this is a way to alleviate their burden. Today however more than half my contacts live in different cities or even countries from me. Sending a doordash voucher doesn't seem to carry the same meaning, they could order the food that way anyway. I am just sending cash at that point. Maybe for someone who wouldn't because of the financial burden but I don't think that the case with the vast majority of people I know.

    B) We always say 'we wish you and your family long life'. I used to think that was a common Jewish phrase but its actually rather specific to the South African Jewish community with some small use in the UK too apparently. I think to people not used to hearing it, it actually sounds strange.

    So what's a meaningful gesture in this modern world to tell someone 100s of miles away that you care, and are sorry for their loss? I find just saying it feels so cheap and akward. I mean anyone can say anything, an acquutance at the coffee shop could give condolences. Showing up at prayers, a funeral, providing food are tangible gestures but they don't work long distance.

    Edit-Wow unfortuante emoji coding
  2. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    08 August 2025 - 08:04 PM

    I am again reminded that a Trump presidency is pure chaos. Current IRS head is out after two months with Scott Bessent now acting head. This makes 6 different people in charge this year alone. Which is absolutely crazy.

    Also I’m currently doing the work of two prople (colleague on maternity leave). I can’t keep up. How can one realistically head the treasury department and IRS at the same time. Realistically does it mean the number two does most of the work? I mean there is only so much time in the day.

    Also the guy who is being removed Billy long has apparently been telling people to leave early on Friday almost every week he has been in charge. “Please enjoy a 70-minute early exit tomorrow. That way you’ll be rested for my 70th birthday on Monday!” Mr. Long wrote to staff on Thursday.

    Even if I only had stock in a Fortune 500 company, never mind the IRS, I would find it strange for a ceo to give everyone time off for his birthday. Even if it’s just an excuse. Your not a king, your not that important.
  3. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    01 August 2025 - 09:30 PM

    Well we can call the game now.

    Trump just fired the women responsible for releasing the jobs numbers reports. He claimed the weak numbers are because she manipulated the data. Of course no evidence has been provided.

    Oh and the Smithsonian museum is pretending Trump wasn’t impeached twice.

    We are in full blown revisionist history, revisionist present and and grandiose future dictatorship territory.
  4. In Topic: The USA Politics Thread

    31 July 2025 - 08:31 PM

    Rumors that Pete Hegseth will run for office in Tennessee and resign as SecDef. If true obviously just a soft landing for a man who knows he is out of his depth or who is being pushed out. I’d say this is good news except the bench of talent lined up to replace him will be the same or worst. Maybe a Hollywood celebrity who played a soldier once.
  5. In Topic: Identity Politics

    31 July 2025 - 08:07 PM

    View PostAzath Vitr (D, on 30 July 2025 - 01:30 PM, said:

    View PostTsundoku, on 30 July 2025 - 11:47 AM, said:

    Ya know, if AE had a bit more nous, they might have had a parallel ad featuring Briana Smith. Would anyone debate her having great genes?



    From the perspective of natural selection (as opposed to sexual selection) in modern industrialized societies with minimal risk for most people of death from starvation or exposure to the elements, genes for large breasts are objectively inferior. (One catch: for many social animals, including humans, physical attractiveness tends to make it easier to acquire resources, including better nutrition and---in the United States---access to better healthcare. And better resources for escaping from natural disasters, better security, etc. So the overall impact of big breasts might balance out in favor of greater fitness in terms of natural selection, even in societies with social safety nets. But probably not. Which is to say: not now, and not yet... but even if we get to the point where we're constantly fleeing fires, floods, and marauding fascists, it's not clear whether having big breasts to entice wealthy would-be protectors will outweigh being able to run faster (and have less protuberance to catch on fire... running around with gigantic flaming breasts would not be good, especially since the fire could spread straight to the heart).)




    Not objectively inferior at all. You are confusing fitness as we normally use the term (strong, fast, durable) with fit from ‘survival of the fittes’t which just means made the most copies.

    If big boobss get you laid you win. If big boobs can get you resources so you can raise kids, you win. If big boobs get you raped and pregnant from an evolutionary standpoint point your genes win even if you as the organism lost. If breast cancer kills you at 40 but you already had all the children you were going to have their is no reason for this weakness in your genes to be lost.

    The reason so many diseases like Alzheimer’s, cancer etc strike is when we are old is because their is no evolutionary pressure to remove them.

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    Tsundoku 

    10 Dec 2024 - 13:20
    happy #38 Mr Rudd
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    Tsundoku 

    01 Jan 2024 - 10:07
    always welcome mate
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    Tsundoku 

    09 Dec 2023 - 20:36
    happy happy happy birthday dude
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    Tsundoku 

    09 Dec 2022 - 15:05
    and again. Happy birthday you fake yank. :P
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    Tsundoku 

    09 Dec 2021 - 19:56
    and another one
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    Tsundoku 

    10 Dec 2020 - 11:12
    happy yankee doodle birthday
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    Terez 

    23 Jun 2020 - 15:30
    Congrats dude. I have a friend in SA who has been trying to get out for years, poor guy. Anyway, I *thought* you were paying a little more attention to US politics than you used to. You have always paid attention but there is a discernible difference...
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    Terez 

    22 Jun 2020 - 22:23
    Are you really in NYC now? When did you escape SA?
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    Tsundoku 

    10 Dec 2019 - 08:11
    yet again
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    Tsundoku 

    10 Dec 2018 - 08:42
    and again
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    Tsundoku 

    10 Dec 2017 - 07:18
    Happy birthday
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