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> Masturbating is no cheaper or easier now than it ever was Given the amount of men who can't masturbate using their imaginations, masturbation has absolutely become cheaper and ea…

The first thing I asked about was healthcare. Without the safety net of socialized healthcare, people routinely have to pay for it.

I'm pro-natalist and pro-freedom.

I know people who don't want to spend $30 on dinner because they already drained their accounts for minor medical problems, yes.

I certainly support efforts to shape US society into one where people might want children. Universal healthcare, strong social safety nets, free education, etc. Not to mention one …

Barcelona and São Paulo are quite comparable to cities like NYC or Boston. I imagine people in rural Spain and Brazil also get around via car.

In the US, immigrants often do pay taxes, and use up fewer benefits[1]. Moreover, our social security relies on perpetual growth to sustain itself. So if we can't grow our populati…

> In fact Japanese generally make less money. IT salaries are in the $50k range. Minimum wage is $7.5 Yet they still go out. What's their healthcare like? If something bad happens,…

> Women choose less lucrative careers "Choose" is perhaps technically true, but misleading. Women are generally pressured out of lucrative careers. Remember that programming starte…

> I challenge you to consider that men and women's strength have overlapping distributions. This is true. However, most pilots in the early days came from the military, which likel…

My university required a swim test to graduate, and also required 10 minutes of treading water in order to access sailboats. Many of my classmates talked about this being difficult…

It's possible for Ian to mean what he says, while also missing additional context (high net worth) that changes the perspective of the reader.

Can you expand on what you mean by "outgroup"? From what I see, power/wealth in the US is still disproportionately held by white men. The balance may be shifting, but a slight redu…

> I don’t get why left is so afraid of pissing radical feminists off. It’s not like they will begin to vote right wing. They're not. Embracing trans people runs completely counter …

I perpetually rub/touch my eyes. My big fear around these surgeries is weakening a structure such that damage is more likely.

Debating moving to iCloud. What are other people's experiences?

> It's not my job to prove to you the object is actually a spade. > Time is valuable. You're not obligated to let idiots waste it. Right on both counts! However: If insufficiently …

I do agree that citing specific laws is best. However, if the building is on fire, I want the alarm bells on immediately even if it's low specificity. What sort of assumptions have…

At minimum, drawing people's attention to the ongoing issues can result in a different batch of congressional representatives in the future. Politics doesn't always act on instant …

Illegal acts should be called out, even if our government is failing to enforce the law. Otherwise it will become easy for the acts to get ignored entirely.

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Men typically rely on their wives as their sole emotional support, and then people are surprised when 70% of divorces are initiated by women.

First-time home owners have increased in age[0], the middle class is shrinking[1], education costs have vastly outpaced inflation[2] as have medical costs[3]. Perhaps the generaliz…

Americans pronounce "lieutenant" closer to the native French pronunciation.

How much effort does one need to put into evaluating a community compared to building a well? It could be that a 60% failure rate is more efficient than a 0% failure rate with cost…