Jesus, not this shit again. You know why colleges are 58-61% women? Because 55-60% of the application submitted are from women. Now, with us acknowledging that more women are in college (and graduating college) now look at something like amount of women CEOs. Or the general pay gap. Or even the pay gap in the same job (much smaller, but still exists). If women are getting more college degrees, shouldn't that mean they also earn more and get higher positions since people with college degrees earn more? So why isn't this happening? Care to explain how that with your anti-male bias BS?

It's a victim of its hype. I enjoyed it fine, but I got exactly what I expected. A nostalgia trip, and a pretty decent one.

Comparing it to WFRR isn't fair. That cost almost $200M in 2026 dollars, and I believe it was the most expensive movie in the 1980s. And that's not even comparing fairly. A dollar, even adjusted, doesn't go as far in moviemaking as it did then.

In that context its rating is maybe overblown, sure. But it hit the mark it was aiming for. It's worth watching.

My bias is that while watching these cartoons in the 70s, while my family used the road runner shorts as pee breaks, I loved them the most. Slapstick was my jam.

Seriously. The moment you can buy Chinese DDR4/5, jump on it. Vote with your wallet. And you shouldn't spend one single second feeling guilty about it. It's like choosing to spend time with the boyfriend who doesn't beat you.

The gap between "mistakenly and with hostility boarded a vessel" and "started World War III" is so vast as to render the title fucking stupid. China would make hay over the incident, for sure. But they are not interested in being front and centre in a global conflict. It's not in their best interests, and they are a rational actor.

I don't disagree, but I think that's there's a nuance here that needs mentioning.

Trump is a special case. Everything he does is some form of a grift. It's not hidden - it's completely transparent. Those who fall for it are ignorant by choice. If they choose not to examine it, or (more likely) to ignore what's in front of them, they are to blame.

The other politicians would have a different standard to meet because they would have fooled the people. Trump cannot be other than he is, and those who are fooled have chosen it.

Do I think it should be allowed? Of course not. I'm only pointing the finger and doing my best Simpson's Nelson.

Not to be judgmental... but every one of those investors who lost money on the Trump coin deserved it. Okay. Well... yes. Im being totally and irredeemably judgmental. Yeah, I'm judging. Whether it's sycophancy, ignorance, or stupidity, they deserved it. Am I supposed to do otherwise? They bought the Brooklyn bridge from a guy on a street corner.

Unlike your other listed disbursements, they're likely to actually get this. Unlike politicians, companies generally make good on their offers. That already makes this far more legitimate.

Well then, the best answer would be for them to offer to pay directly for upgrades to homes that would help mitigate the effects. Acoustic treatments for instance. And if those complaining were honest, they'd shake hands and get it done.

But most wouldn't use the payout for that. The assumption is that they can be bribed. Which is fine. Absent any legal issues, there's nothing inherently wrong with a bribe. The question then becomes what the cost is to buy off the complainer, not what it costs to enhance the property. Those are two completely different questions, and you shouldn't just swap between them.

They aren't trying to make the problem go away - they're trying to determine what it costs to get people to ignore it.

And I think that's a reasonable starting point. Nobody is forced to sign on. Forgo the offer and press for more, if that's your preference.

But, this being a charm offensive, refusing it probably not going to change the trajectory of the project. So there's that.

It's not lying if you believe it when you say it. And Trump is just bent enough that he believes these things while he's saying them. He's far less a liar than he is just broken.

Not true anymore. Hasn't been for a while. Better let that one go... it's an anachronism.

Neither can people. When groups emit and consume the same crap in a concentrated circle jerk bad things happen. You get pedo pizza basements and orange politicians.

I have no problem with supply and demand. I did take basic economics. You so wildly misunderstood my point that I'll have to simplify it. Why the demand exists at all is mystifying.

You can't make fun of the man through parody, because you can no longer extend his behaviour to the absurd to do so. Baldwin was only funny because he was accurate.

You Americans have to get a goddamn grip on your presidency.

Well... you can't generally use chunks of gold to buy those goods and services either.

To be clear I'm not pretending they are the same. I believe in gold as a store of wealth. Bitcoin mystifies me.i don't understand what the fuck any of it rests on. And I understand it pretty much too to bottom. I just don't "understand" it.

I'm sure Truman would approve.