Diversity Stress

[Barquentine]

On 6/23/2026 at 10:31 AM, I am Groot said:

There is no known alternative to this.

Bullsh!t! Survival of the fittest is not even true in nature. Animals will group together and protect the weak.

And Forchrissake, we're thinking, feeling humans. At least some of us are!

22 hours ago, CdnFox said:

honest answers to legitimate questions

It is a crisis. It was a slow build that is speeding up, snowballing. You haven't heard about loss of Arctic sea-ice, multiplying droughts and heat waves, warming oceans...?

But there are actions we can and have taken that will show relatively quick results.

Dropping coal use, electric vehicles...

Some results that show we can take effective actions:

AI Overview 
 "City smog is dramatically improved today compared to the 1970s. Thanks to strict regulations like the Clean Air Act, emissions from cars and factories are roughly 99% cleaner. While cities still experience occasional poor air quality, the thick, lung-searing, yellowish-brown hazes typical of the 1970s are mostly a thing of the past."

AI Overview 
 "In the 1970s, scientists were just discovering ozone-depleting substances, and the Antarctic ozone hole had not yet formed. By 2025, robust global regulations had successfully halted rampant expansion, resulting in one of the smallest and shortest-lived holes observed in decades."

 

[Michael Hardner]

2 hours ago, Barquentine said:

 By 2025, robust global regulations had successfully halted rampant expansion, resulting in one of the smallest and shortest-lived holes observed in decades."

 

Thanks in part to legislation signed by President George Herbert Walker Bush.

 

 

[I am Groot]

5 hours ago, Barquentine said:

Bullsh!t! Survival of the fittest is not even true in nature. Animals will group together and protect the weak.

Who said there shouldn't be social welfare programs? Not me. But there will always be those who are so much better, smarter, more energetic, more determined, and who will make way more money, hit more home runs, sell more records, sell more movie tickets, sell more books, or whatever. There are always those who thrive beyond the pack, and Capitalism needs that. It needs people to work to be one of them.

[Barquentine]

16 hours ago, I am Groot said:

There are always those who thrive beyond the pack, and Capitalism needs that.

And yet, as wealth is ever more concentrated in the hands of a very few, homelessness, food banks, the number of working poor, all soar. Coincidence?

[I am Groot]

On 6/25/2026 at 9:26 AM, Barquentine said:

And yet, as wealth is ever more concentrated in the hands of a very few, homelessness, food banks, the number of working poor, all soar. Coincidence?

Stop bringing in half a million immigrants and a million foreign workers and remove the million illegal foreign workers and that pretty much stops the homelessness, cuts 90% of the business from the food banks, and increases wages for low-income people. But the Left refuses to do that. 

The Left's view is "We MUST keep bringing in massive numbers of brown people, no matter how violent, uneducated, and hostile they are to us, no matter what the damage! How else can we signal our moral superiority!!?"

Edited Saturday at 01:40 PM by I am Groot

[eyeball]

7 hours ago, I am Groot said:

The Left's view is "We MUST keep bringing in massive numbers of brown people, no matter how violent, uneducated, and hostile they are to us, no matter what the damage! How else can we signal our moral superiority!!?"

Cite?

[CdnFox]

7 hours ago, eyeball said:

Cite?

google.com

[eyeball]

11 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

google.com

Google says...

The exact origin of this highly specific, multi-sentence quote cannot be definitively traced to a public official, prominent commentator, or documented media source. Extensive searches across public records, news archives, and literature return no official index for this exact arrangement of words.

Sounds like he pulled it out of his butt.

[CdnFox]

34 minutes ago, eyeball said:

Google says...

The exact origin of this highly specific, multi-sentence quote cannot be definitively traced to a public official, prominent commentator, or documented media source. Extensive searches across public records, news archives, and literature return no official index for this exact arrangement of words.

Sounds like he pulled it out of his butt.

Ahhh but it goes on to say 

"However, most sources indicate that the quote is correct and accurate and was said by a politician at one point". 

So there you go 

[herbie]

Diversity stress is when everyone thinks sweet&sour pork, chicken wings and chow mein is good Chinese food

When they think the main ingredient in spaghetti sauce is hamburger

When sushi is barely palatable, costs $50 and the chef wears a turban

When every pizza place in town has an outlet and none offer anchovies

When strydel is chewy not flakey, when schnitzel is pounded breaded chicken breast

When you're st the BBQ grilling ribs on a Sunday and the Arabs next door are both at work but their 8 year old is peering over the fence drooling...

When you have to explain to someone at KFC that solly nobless ownee duck mitt means they're out of white meat or the suppliers big ceylon hodd dlye means thees a deal on hard drives.

That te guy hitting on you for change outside the beer store is not a representative of his race, he's an alcoholic.

That the guy in the suit and tie walking down the street is the one out of place. ot the saris, the beaded coloured skirts, the nose ring or turban or the head scarf in 2026

 

 

 

[eyeball]

16 hours ago, CdnFox said:

"However, most sources indicate that the quote is correct and accurate and was said by a politician at one point". 

A politician who pulled it out of their butt.

[CdnFox]

42 minutes ago, eyeball said:

A politician who pulled it out of their butt.

You should spend a lot of time thinking about other people's butts  

Google.com says it was the result of peer reviewed science and  a federal inquiry. 

[eyeball]

1 hour ago, CdnFox said:

Google.com says it was the result of peer reviewed science and  a federal inquiry.

It's lying.

[CdnFox]

2 hours ago, eyeball said:

It's lying.

Google.com said you'd say that  

[eyeball]

41 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Google.com said you'd say that  

Cite.

[CdnFox]

9 minutes ago, eyeball said:

Cite.

Google.com

Yahoo.com

Duckduckgo.com

 

They all say the same thing! Oh, they also say you're a twat. I didn't even ask about that.

[eyeball]

12 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Google.com

Yahoo.com

Duckduckgo.com

 

They all say the same thing! Oh, they also say you're a twat. I didn't even ask about that.

No it didn't. You're clearly  lying. You definitely would have posted that.

 

[CdnFox]

1 hour ago, eyeball said:

No it didn't. 

 

Of course it did. I posted the link just the same as you did.

Your problem is that's not a notebook that you're using, it's an etch A sketch

[eyeball]

36 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Of course it did. I posted the link just the same as you did.

No you didn't.