I’m proud that I was able to put on nearly as much muscle with plain old hard work as dudes who use testosterone and other chemical cheat codes.
It took longer, sure, but my body isn’t all messed up. One minor downside is that it does get a lot harder to find clothes that fit. Though I look awesome even in tight clothes now, so there’s that.
In every relationship I’ve had except my current one, my needs were definitely seen as less important and less a priority than those of the woman’s.
In this one, we are true equals and working to make it better all the time.
I think men being seen as less important is the societal default?
pretty much all the arguing about careers and making a living is really due to cost of living which is due to this graph, and almost nothing else.
The red area is housing that doesn’t exist. It’s what 2008 caused us not to build. Solve this and you solve everything. pic.twitter.com/UwVq3Ir4Qc
— Simon Sarris (@simonsarris) January 17, 2025
In broad outline, I agree. Without that home-building gap Trump would’ve never had a chance. Building enough housing still would not have solved that many good jobs were shipped to Mexico and China and never replaced — but an adequate home supply would’ve made us far less likely to go off the rails as a country.
It wasn’t just the effects of 2008 that caused this gap. Around then, NIMBYs really ramped up their bullshit. In a very real sense NIMBYs might ultimately cause the destruction of the United States more than any other single factor.
As many people are dying of climate-chage-related disasters they will be screaming with their last breath, “This isn’t climate change! It’s not! It’s the libruhls!”
I find that fascinating and very, very sad.
I don’t even disagree with the general gist of this column, but it shows how much some women really deeply hate any nerdy man. Shaw is the same sort of woman who likes to claim nerdy types are nothing but sexual abusers and are inherently creepy, despite the fact that frat bros commit sexual assault at something like 3-10x the rate of other demographics — including male nerds.
She even alludes to it in the column, but this is the same type of woman who would’ve bullied me relentlessly in middle school merely for existing. To her, I’d be “creepy” by dint of continuing to breathe and occupying space.
Watching his Nigel-no-friends attempts to be popular, his endless pathetic tweets that read as though they come from the brain of an 11-year-old poser, has made me start to believe we should bring back bullying.
I mean, saying I had “no friends” was an actual taunt people just like her used back then.
I’m no fan of Zuckerberg or Musk — but I hate this brand of sanctimonious bully just as much, if not even more.
Do you have a favorite child? A new study may have the answer.
My sister was definitely the favorite child and I understand why. She was far more agreeable, less aggressive, much cuter and had a sunny disposition when she was younger.
Meanwhile, I the opposite of all that. I was a bit of a demon. So it only makes sense. I would not have been my favorite either.
Is the World Becoming Uninsurable?
As tail risks increase greatly, insurance costs should rise very non-linearly because how actuarial risk calcs work. Basically, to simplify the work of actuaries greatly, a 10x or greater increase in tail risk1 means that most areas are no longer insurable.
We’ve reached that now with recent disasters in the North Carolina and with the LA fires.
Soon, I’d expect many places to have no insurance available at any price. And yes, that has everything to do with climate change.
America’s Least Affordable Cities Going Into 2025.
Down by Tubes. Many such cases back then.
Why The Weak Nuclear Force Is Short Range.
The world is full of stuff that could be excellent with just 1% more effort. But people don’t care.
New research shows plants absorb 31% more carbon dioxide than previously thought.
America’s Coming Public Health Crisis.
Reckoning with Post-Columbus Empires.
We Had a Good 50-Year Run, Folks.
There is an ever growing problem with the posting of ghost jobs. Any exec who does this and/or participates should go to jail for one year minimum.
The South China Sea Comes to a Boil.
Top financial watchdog warns climate change set to trigger market panics. Correct.
How Germany declined under Olaf Scholz — in charts.