I get asked the same question. I did it by reading nearly every book in a medium-sized library over the course of a decade-and-a-half, and any other book anyone would give me or let me borrow. And then kept on reading after that.
I’ve probably read 15,000-20,000 books. At one point, I was reading 20-30 (full, adult) books a week. I did this for years. I’ve read seven books in a day.
It’s not possible for most, I know, but I did it.
What is the male perspective/counterpoint to the female “mental load” or “emotional labour”?
Men don’t do emotional labor because to many women, any man showing any emotion (other than perhaps anger) is a huge and immediate turn-off that dooms you forever in her eyes.
Women police men’s emotions very heavily, more than other men do (after high school anyway). And men react to this logically enough by not showing any.
China won't be satisfied with Taiwan if they get it.
They'll keep going. https://t.co/wD4jhExUAF
— Noah Smith
(@Noahpinion) February 25, 2025
Oh, of course. They want Philippines and ideally, Japan. Among other countries and territories.
If dipshit-ass clowns like Ian Welsh thinks 200-400 Russians a day dying while gaining basically no ground is winning, I’d fucking hate to see what losing looks like.
I’m sad for my country. We have so much potential here; so much we could do. We’ve never met even a fraction of what we could be and could achieve, but we’re further away now than at any other point in recent history.
And the nation is effectively controlled by China and Russia at the moment. I knew Trump was corrupt and dishonorable but I had no idea the extent to which he and Musk would sell us all out for a bit of money and power. It is not an exaggeration to say that we’re now substantially a satellite state of those two countries.
What do you do exactly when your nation is in the hands of enemies?
Anyone who believes that Russia invaded Ukraine due to NATO is just spouting Russian propaganda. And sounding foolish the whole damn time.
Vladimir Putin gives us no reason to believe that he fears a NATO invasion. If Russian leaders feared such an eventuality, the last thing they would have done would have been to undertake a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as they did in 2022. That amounts to sacrificing most of their army inside a country that is not a NATO member. If Russians feared a NATO invasion, they would not have created a situation in which Finland and Sweden join NATO, which they have done.
Pro tip: If you want to understand global geopolitics, start with not being an unpaid Russian shill. That’s not enough of course, but it’s a good starting place.
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