@ChadNotChud yeah, I dont agree with the position, but the moral imperative of "abortion is murder" is obviously way beyond "don't police a personal choice"
@DragonflyJonez I was a tall kid with a birthday just before the cutoff, so I was always playing with much smaller kids. I never got calls my way and would often get cheap shots. The only way to stop it was to hit back
@downbadcomment guys, you gotta get over this one. Don't be so shallow that you wrap your identity around one superficial trait. Odds are very good she's not the most the best the biggest the smallest whatever you've had, but you love her, right? Let that be true for her too.
@NobletStrength in the us at least, it might not be the most popular professional sport, but it's definitely the most popular sport for kids, which is itself interesting I guess
@NatureGirl_21 reading a fantasy book right now where the main character is a musician and this comes up the line is something like "the right hand is strong while the left hand is clever" e.g. fretting vs strumming a guitar
@coryfromphilly seems like twin narratives of tax being paid as a component of the monthly mortgage payment and being taught that paying off the mortgage means no monthly house payment
@Blizzard_Advsry even if you set aside the risk of violence, which people have a hard time conceptualizing, the mundane downsides of cost (gas, depreciation, repairs, insurance) and discomfort (traffic, parking) aren't seen as endemic to the model...it's weird
@NEETzscheIDDQD unironically this is because decades ago, the program was sold to the public this way because they thought it was easier to swallow than govt assistance. They were so successful that Reagan et al. used the same framing to exempt them from their crusades against e.g. welfare
@jaycaspiankang this is the same dynamic for why Chris Paul is my least favorite player ever: you can't both be a rules lawyer/foul grubber on offense AND a cheap shot artist at the same time