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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Let me guess the solution before reading the article - some form of weakening to digital privacy.

    Yep: “A social media ban for under-16s might prevent young boys seeing endless content that treats women with contempt and hate. Boys at this age are very susceptible to the cool and funny framing of what is, in reality, relentless misogyny. A ban might not fix the problem, but it would help. If society can’t stop it, it can show it disapproves.”

    Essentially, this article is an argument to introduce online ID, and I disagree with that on a fundamental level.

    The soil misogyny has dug it’s roots into is the iniquity we created while seeking equity. It was done for the best of reasons, but now we see the price. That’s not a problem we can solve easily, and certainly not via creating state spying infrastructure.



  • The damage goes beyond the economic, it shattered the UK’s soft power. Without that soft power the UK was left at a disadvantage at every negotiating table.

    Further, one could argue that the fracturing of UK/EU relations paved the way to today’s war in Europe, as almost all attention was pulled onto Brexit and none was given towards declawing Russia.

    If there were any real justice in the UK, Farage and the brexiteers would all be up in front of a judge on a charge of treason. That they lied before is forgivable (they may well have believed their lies), but that many continue to do so now given the breadth and depth of evidence is beyond remotion.










  • I’ll put this thought out here for anyone saying “they voted for Brexit”.

    Given the age divide on that vote, most folks who voted for it are enjoying retirement, or are just plain dead.

    Brexit is a root cause, however simple corporate greed and mismanagement are also a huge factor of the UK’s dysfunction. Keep in mind, most of our large companies are owned by the US or countries in Europe (so the profits vanish overseas); a lot of our housing acts as an investment for the wealthy of other nations (driving the cost of living crisis); we’ve also got the “north/south” divide, where all the wealth and investment stats in and around London.

    We’re also exiting over a decade under a party who see poverty as a moral failing, and voted in a party that lacks the balls to make the changes needed to begin reversing these issues.

    So, all things said, there’s a lot more at play than just the act of national self harm that was Brexit.







  • It’s risk vs harm:

    Men suffer from higher risk (non-consensual alimony, scams, and catfishing (etc) are all too damn common) but lower harm (these are all nasty, but manageable if you look after yourself and follow basic safety).

    Women suffer from lower risk (violent men are not as common as the media makes out) but much higher harm (sorry but dead or trapped in physical abuse trumps the lot, not much you can do to protect against these).

    Psychology says the women are going to be a lot more cautious (we fear big losses with low odds more than small losses with high odds).

    Gents, just take it on the nose that cautious ladies are playing a smart numbers game. Ladies, make sure to make it up to the gents later on in the relationship (we love chocolates too, especially the “sorry I suspected you of murder” kind).