> Men's rights and white power groups and other groups that "fight" for the rights of an already empowered majority exist only because they choose to ignore history.

The fact that you automatically assume that it will always go the man's way is exactly why such groups exit. There is a protective double standard that exists in our society that will drown out men that complain in general. Never mind if it's a man vs woman conflict.

The whole Jessie Ventura libel thing was a perfect example of this.

Again with the McDonalds metaphor.

"Everyone else" loved Interstellar. My wife (who is a real engineer) could tolerate about 10 minutes of it. I quickly gave up on the content of it myself but would have continued watching just for the visuals.

Call it cinematic junk food.

Most Americans have no taste.

It doens't matter. That studio isn't getting anything out of me. I'm not going to see it first run and perhaps I will see it as a Netflix physical disk rental. Beyond the fact that it comes off as more tired rehash, I'm simply out of action for awhile. Missing what is likely yet a another tired retread won't make me feel the least bit deprived.

It doesn't really matter who's whining about the flick.

The SJWs here seem bound and determined to give these MRAs far more exposure than they would have otherwise.

Wait for Valve to get interested. Then both Mac and Linux support issues will be covered (at least somewhat).

Are you kidding? EVERYONE is discouraged from entering STEM fields. It starts with this "nerd men are evil" narrative.

This society puts salesmen on a pedestal, not scientists or technicians.

Except nerdy men on the autism spectrum have trouble with EVERYONE. Where's the rescue mentality there? Isn't there some law that's supposed to protect the pathologically under adjusted? There is actually. It's called the ADA.

It's just that a male is considered a safe target for bigotry and media abuse.

The problem with "we must do something about it" is that it lets the "victim" off the hook. Instead of "victims" sucking it up and giving it back as good as they got it (or worse), we are feeding the victim mentality.

We should be encouraging women to "solve" this rather than "men" or "society at large". That kind of approach is ultimately the only way any real progress occurs. You can't liberate people. They have to take it for themselves.

The real problem isn't "those evil nerds". If anything, it's the same media narrative machine that these journalists are a part of.

A soldier is kicking ass and taking names on screen engaging in playful banter with her teammates and giving them grief leaving important things lying around. In the process of making fun of old stereotypes, the whining SJW crow goes apeshit claiming that such sterotypes are being reinforced.

A girl that's not a withering daisy can dish it out as well as anyone.

She will earn the respect of her male peers because of a willingess to act like a helpless victim.

If anything, what this narrative really says is that women are quitters that need someone else to protect them. That's actually a highly chauvanistic idea.

Meritocracy usually is not applied to the ability to do sales and marketing and dirty tricks better than the next guy. It typically implies a BETTER PRODUCT. Those that buy into the notion of meritocracy don't value sales skills.

That is something else entirely and should be labeled entirely differently. That's what the USA is. It's not a meritocracy at all. It's a sales-ocracy or a vendi-tocracy.

An immunocompromized individual belongs nowhere near a school. This is for their own safety. There's a strong likelihood they are quarantined from contact with the public already due to their condition. They may even have a special directive from their doctor telling them to STAY AWAY FROM SCHOOL.

The LAST thing that a person fitting your favorite loophole needs is to expose themselves to the germ exchange which is any large group of children.

> 1) Could not afford shots
> 2) No access to health care

If this isn't a problem in Mississipi, then it's probably not a problem anywhere.

> 3) Child could not get shots for medical reasons

If this is serious enough to be worse than the risk of dying from the Mumps then this person should be quarantined anyways.

So the "gun grabber" squads in California are a reflection of the US in general? Seriously? You're on crack. California is at the fringe of one end of the political spectrum.

It is not Peoria.

Even back in 1993, AOL was considered a haven for idiots and suckers. Anyone with half a clue went somewhere else. This even includes the "can't be bothered" crowd.

Not that PPP was that difficult to deal with. It came pre-packaged in the same kinds of automated software installers that AOL came with.

AOL really didn't solve any problem.

It was just pervasive. They went that extra mile to SPAM eveyrone.

> The difference is that there is a rather large demand for many of Elton John's songs

This whole thread appears to flatly contradict that idea.

That is why the music industry is whining.

They're whining that they can't milk the cash cow after 40 years.

I suspect that everyone that has any interest in buying a copy of something representing Elton's work has already done so and did rather a long time ago. That particular well is tapped out and they they can't "frack" it with another change in formats.

Many people aren't particularly attached to some random performer. Those that are likely already have an aging collection of CDs or MP3s. The rest are content to listen to things "for free" just like they always have since the dawn of radio nearly 100 years go.

Beyond that, what the music industry really needs to worry about entirely new forms of distraction that have arisen in the last 40 years.