beccasanchez

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by beccasanchez 11y ago
... and I was making the observation that if a beard is the sign of an adult, then women can't be adults. Are you sure you feel like an adult, or are you talking about feeling like a man? This isn't a meaningless distinction, and
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
I have a philosophy degree. I don't feel discouraged, I feel embarrassed that my software colleagues are so thin-skinned and pedestrian. What you're calling "bizarre" is some entry level philosophy of gender, bro.
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
He achieved all those things before his illness though. He had financial independence, status, and a career before he became paralysed. This means he could pay for his own nursing, and that's exactly why people see him as an adult. Her
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
I was actually laughing out loud because I thought the image of him not feeling like an adult because of his patchy beard was very comical. You (and other posters) are the ones being all touchy. I've got 14 downvotes for pointing out t
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
So quadriplegics and other people with insoluble medical issues that make their lives dependent on others can never grow up?
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
tl;dr paraplegics and others who can't survive without the care of others are eternal children
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
So stay at home house wives can never be adults?
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
This is hilarious. But do you realize you're implying that women can't be adults? The discussion sounds a lot like 'when do you become a man' than it does 'when do you become an adult.' For instance, most women
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
FreeBSD is going to eventually adopt a systemd-like approach. So people who switch for this reason will be betrayed down the line.
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
You aren't expecting much from the government. Who has more resources and power than the government? If Zuck had that much power I'm sure he would do a lot more than just give free internet.
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
And yet gravity is still going strong... Make an ally out of gravity and you can use its strength for something half-decent instead of all-bad. I think this land grab by Facebook is half-decent instead of all-bad. Facebook is treating the p
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
Even though it's obviously a land grab... no one other than massive corporations is capable or willing to provide this. I don't like it either, but that's how corporatocracy works. Might as well fight against gravity.
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
the answer to your questions: yes, yes, and yes. but there is one more factor: Asians have way higher IQs than whites.
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
That riot in no way threatened the existence of the state, or the privileges of the elite. Your example proves my point. There is nothing to fear from the poor. They are completely checked and have no access to power whatsoever.
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
In all of history, the elite have never been more secure. They've never had anything close to the level of surveillance and policing as today. The police today are literally thousands of times more effective at their job than the time
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
Why should the people in power ever institute this? It would ruin all of them.
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
None of those things make people happy. Childcare, healthcare, education, shelter, world travel, free time, organic food. Keep your trinkets and baubles.
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
But so many of the terrorists were well educated. They don't suffer lack of money or education, they suffer from a lack of meaning in their lives.
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
Bill Gates is actually very concerned with reducing population growth. I think you have an OK point and the more intelligent rich people like Elon Musk are the ones furthering your agenda. Bill and Zuck were always too conventional to think
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
These people you're describing are no different than the old aristocracy. Aristocrats have always attempted to live a comfortable, quiet life of idle pleasures. A Rockefeller or Ford figure that works really hard is the exception--and
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
The best recipe for monogamy is clear: * Keep rape illegal * Reduce male economic inequality * Reduce female personal wealth Since rape would still be illegal, female desire would still be the agent that determines reproduction and mating.
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
Rape is illegal. Since males can't force females to procreate, female choice is the deciding agent in determining who mates with who. Females choose mates based on their genetic fitness and their ability to provide resources. Genetic f
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
It has nothing to do with gender equality. It has to do with economic inequality between males. Economic inequality between males means more and more women are competing for a smaller supply of wealthy males. Increased demand for top males
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
By "access" are you just referring to prostitution?
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
Being too lazy to research it seems like a poor way to form your opinions. The RAVEN IQ test [1] cannot possibly be gender or race biased, and this is the gold standard that is used to compare people across languages and cultures. [1]: htt
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
"Calling BS" does not seem very substantive and it doesn't feel very civil either. I don't see who made you the authority here. There are too many examples to list, but the citation I gave contains dozens and dozens[1].
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
The only catch is that when attributes of the stereotyped population change over time, the stereotype can lag behind the change for awhile, but the stereotypes eventually catch up to fit the new situation. All cultures stereotype and all cu
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
Modern statistics and statistically modelling are actually just confirming the validity of the majority of widely held stereotypes. As statistics in the academy become more common and advanced, more and more old stereotypes are just confirm
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by beccasanchez 11y ago
Silicon Valley didn't invent capitalism. Silicon Valley didn't push America to abandon space exploration. Silicon Valley didn't lobby for austerity, for Reaganomics, for the Iraq war, or any of that other bad stuff. So why ar