“I have no response to that.”

Wait, in the first one it looks like the S has a cape.

As a man, I’ve found this applies to almost any traditionally* feminine activity.

• “Traditional” is a red herring, quagmire, and propagandum with gender roles. What is “traditional” for men vs women shifts around over time and place, and within cultures and subcultures. I actually mean something like “hegemonic” or “stereotypical within your specific cultural milieu.”

Thank you for typing this all out. It was lovely and inspiring to read.

Thinking one step further: Even if I somehow got into MENSA (unlikely), I can’t imagine ever saying, “I see you have a MENSA discount…” ugh.

Don’t forget racists. Plenty of those are drawn to the Mensa labels, too.

This is worth the entire post and more. I’m chuckling while my kid gives me weird looks from the other room.

10 years ago I wouldn’t have imagined this, but this is me every time I have to use Windows (e.g., occasionally for work) or help someone else with it.

According to almost every photo I take, about 3 degrees off.

Pretty sure this is a psychophysics question, though I don’t know that field well enough to know what’s there.

If it helps, you’re not alone. I’ve spent decades of my life pursuing a career, and in the past five or so years I’ve come to realize I will never accomplish the things I used to dream about, like making an impact in my little field, etc. It’s a really, really unpleasant realization. The only silver lining I can find for myself (and it is helpful) is that I can let go of the “must excel” and “must go above and beyond” mentalities. It frees up time and mental resources.

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The phrase “based off of.” It’s always been stupid. I’m still ahead of the curve because many people still think it’s OK. It’s not.

Depends on where in Canada. Toronto? Vancouver? Montreal? Oy, insane real estate prices. Bumfuck, Alberta? Manitoba? Rural anywhere? Much cheaper.

And regardless of the price I could afford the utility and maintenance on a condo or apartment in a major city in Canada (if I could ever afford one) much more easily than on a castle in France. Not a great comparison.

My kid would like to still have a dad. One who is, ideally, not in prison or dead.

I’m sure it’s a hard problem to solve. However, I’m still not using a product missing a critical feature just because the developer found it too difficult to include the feature. Sympathy to the developer but also I need that feature.

If I believed in a god I’d ask them to save me from the baby communists who see a sickle and hammer on a flag and insist they must have represented utopia.

First, I dig this meme. I’ll probably share it elsewhere.

Second… “POV” just means “hey look at this,” now?

I’ve taught statistics for over 20 years. I flipflop on this constantly, sometimes in the middle of a sentence. Even more disturbing: I don’t have a consistent position, at least grammatically, on whether it’s singular or plural.

So this is saying Palestine originated with Nazis and Soviet-style communists. I guess some people just missed all that critical thinking we keep trying to put in the education.

Not in my experience. Liberals criticize their parties and communities constantly, at least in the circles I know. The criticism is most often about treatment if others in ways that don’t affect the person themself. Sometimes it even seems like status seeking and gets obnoxious. But I’ll take a movement where status can be had by advocating for others over over where it comes from selfishness.