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> why despite having so much more wealth they often really do feel like they are in real poverty. Why are you so concerned about the feelings of the rich who choose feel stress des…

> they have desires and aversions which lead them to stress and suffering like everyone else. That's the point: they don't stress "like everyone else." Stressing over whether you'l…

Teachers and school districts are often sued by irate parents when their little golden angel gets a bad grade. Schools are therefore incentivized to allow all students to pass, reg…

Sure. And just like with a martial arts student, if you kick their butt too hard, you will lose the customer and might get sued.

It's not a metaphor. They are literally the customer.

> completely ignoring his entire argument You didn't make an "argument." All I heard from you is whining about how you're upset that women have sex that doesn't involve you. You're…

> There's no shortage of promiscuous young women, but there are so few wives nowadays that it all feels rather pointless. Do you know the definition of "wife"? It's a married woman…

I don't understand the point of your comment. Am I supposed to feel sorry for the irresponsible upper middle class who spent themselves into debt? Do you think that equates at all …

> They have other things they're stressed about. Sorry, but I don't buy this. Equating stress about whether my company's stock price stays about $200 with stress about whether I wi…

Thanks. I knew that I had read about that thought experiment somewhere but couldn't recall the name.

The more accurate version is "Money does not bring happiness, but poverty really sucks." A billionaire is not orders of magnitude happier than a millionaire. But a millionaire is m…

This is an insightful article but it misses the elephant in the room, which is wealth inequality . In Shanghai, there is vastly more wealth inequality than in Netherlands. The reas…

> But aren't you also "count-shaming" parent comment I prefer the term "misogyny-shaming." > Also, in Muslim countries Really, Muslim countries? Muslim countries that are world-fam…

> that would still make them a unicorn in the dating market nowadays. Are you having trouble in the dating market? Perhaps you're frustrated by frequently meeting women who are exp…

> was as ran through as your typical young woman you'll find on the apps nowadays? I'm not saying you are one, but using this kind of language really makes you sound like a full on…

> Isn't there simpler explanation in terms of evolution: taller men look more intimidating and can provide better safety for their offspring? That is certainly a simpler explanatio…

> Men want to know that the children they raise are their own. You realize that the number (>0) of prior sexual partners has nothing to do with the parentage of one's children, rig…

> Our great grandfathers were practically guaranteed to be marrying virgins, Is that what your great-grandma told you? Cultural prohibitions on discussing sexual matters didn't act…

I didn't mention peer review. The bare minimum for scientific analysis is conclusion drawn from observations based on data points. This article is more like a rant occasionally aug…

No one claimed that height is the only or the most important metric; simply that it is a metric by which partners can be judged.

I was alive in the 1990s. "Heroic chic" was definitely a thing. I'm also alive now. It's not hard to find big butts being idolized. Your linked article is not very scientific. For …

> The answer is "evolved intuition", like it or not. Maybe. A lot of what we assume are innate sexual preferences are actually determined socially. No one was talking about "body c…

> I am curious why is height important? It's a common aesthetic preference, similar to liking large breasts. > Also, why those who care about height so much do not go for basketbal…

Yet another "anti-woke, anti-political correct" screed, whining about how it isn't cool to be racist anymore. I guess this felt edgy in 2022, but in the current political climate t…

The Moors existed about 1900 years after the Sea People of the Bronze Age.