Brooks Black

Husband, dad, skier, traveler, engineer

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@AliceFromQueens @DerekPederson3 My toddlers were forced to wear masks for two years at daycare and they hated it. The data show it accomplished nothing.

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@Noahpinion People apparently like how they look more than the negative effect of increased light sensitivity.

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@b0newalljackson I saw T2 in theaters when I was 8 and drew the future war for the next 5 years straight.

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@avidseries I agree with you most of the time. I was center left but got disillusioned during covid. Now I'm an irascible centrist I guess. That means center on average on individual points I vascillate between left and right. I'm a petroleum engineering manager who backcountry skis a ton.

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@newstart_2024 In the moment, for me, I alternate between intense purpose and pride, in that purpose, and fun and warmth and laughter but also fairly often intense fatigue, pressure, and boredom and irritability and anger. I have kids at 10 and 8 and 4, and it is visceral intense living 10/10.

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@kevinnbass You're right, but you don't understand how a leader can take the wheel. Trump is the barbarian takeover that shows us we need a leader. Let's see if one steps up.

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@Tjonesonthenba Congratulations! Sad to see you go but I'm happy for you.

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@kevinnbass And both full of it.

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@jbarro People refuse to see what's in front of their face and perform analysis driven by motivated reasoning. If someone agrees with such a take they run with it without vetting it in the way they would if they disagreed with it.

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@wil_da_beast630 And your body will more readily uptake the nutrients. Real food for the win.

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@lymanstoneky Nah. I've got 3 kids and my hobbies are outdoor sports. If I don't average at least an hour a day between bc skiing, biking, hiking, and trail running I'll be a bad dad. I'm not a slacker on the domestic front and do most of my families food and laundry and my family gets a guide

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@CartoonsHateHer It's just because we have too much crap. Between grandparents and birthday parties It's hard to fight the accumulation of toys. Maybe annoying, but so is your "kids" gift.

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@kevinnbass You'll just get different bigger problems. Democracy is the worst form of government besides all the others. We can do this.

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@LizzyStarrrdust I think it's a little rare but not unusual. I'm like this and my wife is like this. It's hard to find the alone time when you're a parent.

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@patwoozey @ThomasHochman @ArnabDatta321 @SecretaryWright You shouldn't be. Us oil and gas engineers are some of the best out there.

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@LizzyStarrrdust #1 threshold requirement

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@phl43 I would not trade Salt Lake City for any European city. It just depends on where you are. On average, Europe is better with the same income but that's a big caveat. It's better to be above average in America and below average in Europe.

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@Frankthesc56146 @WokeDon @MRWahdy @devontenakamoto @Noahpinion 1.7% comes from a ridiculously expansive definition of intersex that has nothing to do with chromosonal abnormalities. If you use chromosonal sex not aligning with phenotype sex as the true not recently made-up definition of intersex the number is 100X lower than 1.7%.

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@Frankthesc56146 @WokeDon @MRWahdy @devontenakamoto @Noahpinion Intersex cases are extremely rare edge cases that deserve exceptions. The argument is over if obvious males with penises who identify as a women should be allowed in women's bathrooms. The answer for a huge majority of the country is that it is immoral to allow this.

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@Noahpinion Except the Jewish scientists of the 20th century did not have a home country with a notoriously aggressive policy of industrial espionage.