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I've run across Prufrock451 before on the Paradox gaming boards, where he was known years ago as one of the most creative AAR (After Action Report) writers. Two of his most popular works, both dating from 2002: - WAAR of the Worlds, in which aliens invade (and are then repulsed by another player who alternated game sessions with Prufrock451). http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?44563-WAA... - The Great…
With four or five ideas, Madhouse said hmm. Come on Wired, you can't use "hmm" as a noun - it at least needs quotes!! Twenty-five were immediate noes. I think that's also highly questionable. But I'm not certain. Of course, like any site that thrives on pseudonymity, Reddit attracts its share of the sick and the deluded. There’s a subreddit, MensRights, “for people who believe that men are currently being disadvantag…
Because to some people "mens rights" sounds like "white's rights", and the idea that men are now suddenly experiencing massive discrimination is about as believable as the idea that heterosexuals are now being systemiatically persecutre for the sexual orientation. Also, for every 1 law (or societal norm) that are highly skewed against men, there are 10 that are highly skewed against women. (for "child custody law", I…
suddenly experiencing massive discrimination
Nobody's claiming that. But, really, certain areas of the law (child custody, child support payment) are so unfair that they can easily ruin a man's life.
"child custody law", I give you "access to contraceptives"
Bullshit, women can buy Plan B and other contraceptives over the counter.
"evidence during rape trials"
Bullshit, you can't convict a man of rape just because a woman says so. That is too prone to abuse.
The rest of your examples are not applicable, because they don't concern legal rights, but simply societal norms.
On average, men are still in a much more privileged position than women.
Again, that's beside the point, and nobody's arguing that.
With four or five ideas, Madhouse said hmm. Come on Wired, you can't use "hmm" as a noun - it at least needs quotes!! Twenty-five were immediate noes. I think that's also highly questionable. But I'm not certain. Of course, like any site that thrives on pseudonymity, Reddit attracts its share of the sick and the deluded. There’s a subreddit, MensRights, “for people who believe that men are currently being disadvantag…
Because to some people "mens rights" sounds like "white's rights", and the idea that men are now suddenly experiencing massive discrimination is about as believable as the idea that heterosexuals are now being systemiatically persecutre for the sexual orientation. Also, for every 1 law (or societal norm) that are highly skewed against men, there are 10 that are highly skewed against women. (for "child custody law", I…
I think most of the rational supporters of men's rights would like a world where both of those numbers are 0.
The brief version is: luck. The right idea was in front of the eyes of the right person at the right time. The idea is a staple of light sci-fi, but apparently has not crossed the desk of the right agents in the right mood. So: luck. Which is wildly underestimated as a cause of success.
Sure, but the hero of this story is Reddit. In a world without Reddit, the role of luck would have been even greater. What are the odds that, had this guy simply written his ideas into a book or screenplay and tried to send it out to agents, he'd ever have gotten noticed? Or even read? Having worked in that world before, let me tell you: pretty close to zero. Absent any connections to the film world, it's almost impo…
The brief version is: luck. The right idea was in front of the eyes of the right person at the right time. The idea is a staple of light sci-fi, but apparently has not crossed the desk of the right agents in the right mood. So: luck. Which is wildly underestimated as a cause of success.
If you have zero things out there your chance of "luck" is exactly zero. (I'm not saying you are wrong, I just think this is a paltry excuse.)