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reason10 Member 4.1k Author Posted 20 hours ago You replied to yourself..... Just giving you a heads up. Relax.

The OP needs to read Guns, Germs, and Steel. Or is it possible that he has and simply does not buy into its logic. It does not paint a picture of innate superiority of White Europeans that simply came about because some predestined purpose. It all comes down to environmental and geopolitical factors.

I can accept their lifestyle but not want to engage in it. I have a neighbor who is fiercely Conservative, loves his guns and ATV's, etc.. I accept him but choose not to follow his lead. I have my way and he has his. A gay person can lead a normal life and not harm anyone in any way... I know, I have seen it dozens of times.

Ok, thanks for articulating what I was apparently failing at. I teach my kids to be accepting of gays and trans folks. Accepting being that if you do encounter one by chance.. that you are courteous and such. There is no mention of sexual activity of any kind. I am going to leave the approval part of it to them when they come of age. I have no problem with teaching them to be courteous and respectful around others that are different as long as that person does not harm you in any way. Now, I will say that I am glad that at my kids school, this topic is not at the top of the list to say the least.

You quoted yourself so you are calling yourself a liar. Take a deep breath and relax

If the facts of an individual case line up exactly as such.. I guess fine. However, I do not buy that this situation is as wide spread as the OP likes to believe.

Hence why they come here and blast away. they know that if out in public.. they stated these same opinions, society would react negatively. I am the same person on the forum or not. There is no point in leading this odd double life.

One giveaway that someone is an internet troll is that they paint themselves as omniscient, wealthy, and a bad-A$$. Second, they make assumptions about those they know nothing about. You do not align with them 100% so you must fit a nice, neat simple characterization.

Having the reading comprehension skills of a 4-year-old must really make life hard.

Well. as of yet. your source is wrong. Who knows.. in November, we could see an official announcement that validates you. What Anthony did is impressive but it is only one song. To do a full halftime show, you need 5 or 6 hits that most of the audience will know. NFL ratings have not been in freefall (https://www.statista.com/statistics/289979/nfl-number-of-tv-viewers-usa/). Yes, they went down the one year that Colin Kaepernick kneeled but some simple reading shows that it went back up after that year (2017).. Covid not kneeling is responsible for the decline in 2020.

Case in point ^^^^^.

did some research and as of yet.. it is not true. Nice catch. Aldean is popular enough to be halftime-show material but Anthony... only has one song to draw from. The NFL is not stupid.. you are correct. They are in the business of making money and seem to be doing well.

rarely watch the halftime show and so this year will be no exception. I actually watch it for the game. As a die-hard sports fan... I watch the NFL for the sport not the outside noise. The matchup is vastly more important than the half time shows. Anyways, good for Aldean and Anthony. The matchups that I would like to see are 1. KC vs. SF and 2. BUF vs. SF

In life, I have realized that there are extremely few instances of something happening 0 times.. they are always a few instances of something no matter how obscure, extreme, or weird. Relatively few instances is essentially the same as zero. Now if it starts occurring every day and in every state/province.. different story.

Thank you for being realistic.

This is one instance and so not exactly a plague sweeping the nation. However, the militancy of folks when it comes to being pro-mask or anti-mask is both disheartening and amusing. The older gentlemen could have simply walked past the protesters.. .I know, I did the same thing once in Boise.

Another word added to the list of terms that are overused or wrongly used... groom.

If Trump is barred from running.. then DeSantis is the likely alternative. If not him then Nikki Haley.

If Numbeo is really just an aggregator of subjective survey opinions then I do agree that it should be not taken as untouchable gospel. Is it garbage? I would say not. With most topics.. you have to filter things out and take a bit from this and a bit from that in order to arrive at the truth

precisely.. this is a passive-aggressive attempt at saying that white folks are superior/smarter and just does not have the courage to simply say that.

Maybe the OP should read Guns, Germs, and Steel. It lays out why Africa developed in a different way than Western Europe.

With any idea such as climate change, comes a whole array of assumptions.. the data is good, the data is sufficient (quantity of data), everyone is well intentioned, etc. It is simple human nature to be skeptical of an idea and the changes that come of it if it is introduced later in one's lifespan.

Vivek has high ideals but will be forgotten by this time next year. To defeat Trump.. one has to have a big personality and therefore a bit irrational. The confidence it takes to be brash and outspoken mostly comes from a lack of intellect. So in short.. Trump will be the lead topic yet again.

It boils down to how humans adapt habits and expectations as they live. They survived and got what they wanted doing it a certain way at age 35.. so why reinvent the wheel at age 60? Why should they have to change when they lived an entire life doing it one way? That is the mindset and perfectly natural. And not to say that they are all this way but you do lose your mental faculties as you age and the newer ways/item are generally more complex and so it is difficult for some to wrap their mind around these things. My grandparents were realistic enough to know that they did not want the new ways and so deliberately stayed in a sheltered place where the old ways were embraced.

was in CA again this weekend. Was it a filthy, disgusting, shithole with feces and drug needles everywhere? No. It was just another small-ish town like you find in every state. This is Quincy, CA by the way.