Same dude just wrote this:
1. We live in a democracy. 2. Women had no right to vote. 3. It was democratically decided by men who did have the vote to allow women to vote too. 4. Therefore, men gave women the right to vote.
I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.
Buffy ,'End of Days'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Dec 16, 2010 10:13:45 am PST #11578 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
tommyrot - Dec 16, 2010 10:14:25 am PST #11579 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, I gotta tell about my glasses!
Um... they're nice. Great to be able to see close up yadda yadda yadda.
Immediately after I left the glasses store with my new glasses, I walked about 20 feet to an ATM. While I was ATMing, a cute woman made eye contact with me. We made eye contact once or twice more, then before I left she smiled at me and held eye contact for a long time.
Then Tuesday, one of my bosses asked me if I had new glasses. When I told him, "Yes," he said, "I thought you were looking smarter yesterday."
So I've concluded my new glasses give me superpowers.
Allyson - Dec 16, 2010 10:14:37 am PST #11580 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Like it was a present!
Surprise! You were just sitting there darning socks, and I brought you voting rights! What's for supper?
tommyrot - Dec 16, 2010 10:15:48 am PST #11581 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
1. We live in a democracy. 2. Women had no right to vote. 3. It was democratically decided by men who did have the vote to allow women to vote too. 4. Therefore, men gave women the right to vote.
Yeah, and women didn't do a damn thing to get the right to vote. You know, besides the organizing and protesting and what-not....
Tom Scola - Dec 16, 2010 10:16:08 am PST #11582 of 30001
hwæt
You mean just like how King George III gave Americans their independence?
Polter-Cow - Dec 16, 2010 10:17:20 am PST #11583 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
SFistas: Do you have restaurant suggestions for places near Union Square? There's a academic conference in SF just after the new year and people are asking me, although I haven't lived there for 4 years.
I've never eaten there, but people do like Farmer Brown. I really like Little Delhi. There's also the Westfield food court, which has a lot of nice options.
Allyson - Dec 16, 2010 10:17:25 am PST #11584 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
You mean just like how King George III gave Americans their independence?
DAMN YOU SCOLA FOR THINKING OF THAT FIRST
DavidS - Dec 16, 2010 10:19:04 am PST #11585 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Do you have restaurant suggestions for places near Union Square?
Kuleto is right there and was quite tasty for Lee's birthday party.
Ginger - Dec 16, 2010 10:21:22 am PST #11586 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yeah, and his right to vote was given to him by white male property owners.
billytea - Dec 16, 2010 10:24:00 am PST #11587 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
pernicious mansplaining
Is my new favourite phrase!
Re risk aversion, I vaguely recall studies finding this in driving too (which of course equates to safer driving). There is also an obvious jump in male mortality rates when they're old enough to drive and generally do stuff without a signed permission form. Usual caveat: variation within the sexes will be substantially greater than variation between the sexes. Results in one area are not necessarily applicable to different areas. Past performance is not a guide to future returns, to which may I say, thank goodness.