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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Let's say it's a postmodern interpretation of the meme idea.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it is. The conversation was about gender roles, until you brought in rape.

Was it tough?

I'd phrase it differently. Unrealistic expectations of the opposite sex [^1] exist by both sexes, but that there outcomes for women when the stereotypes of men hold true are often more dangerous. One is saying it isn't sexist; the other is saying that there's a vast difference in risk.

Then rape isn't part of the risk you were talking about here?

The "Would you rather a bear or..." question could be reused in a very uncomfortable way. You could swap men with a group of yoing, black, inner city men and rural white men for women. But instead of demonstrating that men are the issue and women the victims, suddenly it'd be black men who are the victims and rural white men the problem. And, yet, the fear and the risk of confirmation of stereotypes is the same - only in this case, believing those stereotypes makes people racist.

Fear of rape, among others. Which I wanted to show is backed by the data.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Also: there should be a Godwin's Law for rape. The conversation was about household stereotypes. That was a bit of a leap.

I'll leave this here.

Across their lifetime, 1 in 3 women, around 736 million, are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner – a number that has remained largely unchanged over the past decade.

https://www.who.int/news/item/09-03-2021-devastatingly-pervasive-1-in-3-women-globally-experience-violence

In the US it's 1 in 6 women (and 1 und 33 men).

https://rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violence

And last but bit least:

Nearly 99% of perpetrators are male.

https://www.humboldt.edu/supporting-survivors/educational-resources/statistics

So no, jumping to rape is not a leap. The fear of sexual violence is part of beeing a women. I don't know a single women that wasn't in a situation that did or did almost resulted in sexual violence.

It's not part of beeing a men. I have never in my life feared about sexual violence and I share that with the vast majority of men.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seven years on, the utility has not delivered on its clean-energy sales pitch. NW Natural has more retail gas customers than ever. It supplies them little, if any, renewable natural gas. It sells them as much fossil natural gas in an average year as it did before. And it wages steady battles in the courts and in local city halls to keep the gas flowing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Do you believe that climate change is largely driven by human activity, including the burning of fossil fuels? If not, is there a different cause you would cite?

Didn't say yes.

Here I agree, the question isn't answered.

But:

Do you believe climate change is making disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires and heat waves more intense?

Almost said yes.

"The science is clear. Extreme weather will only get worse, and the climate crisis will only accelerate.’'

How is that not a yes?

Should climate change be addressed through government action or market forces?

Practically a yes. I award a half credit

"Under Harris's climate plan as a 2019 presidential candidate, she advocated for a blend of government action and market forces to combat global warming."

It's not a yes because this is not a yes or no question. It gives a very clear answer though. How is this half credit?

Do you support clean-energy tax credits such as those for electric vehicles?

Again half credit. Not an actual yes.

"In 2022, Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which provides hundreds of billions of dollars in government subsidies for electric cars and other clean-energy technology, including tax credits for clean-energy and energy-efficiency home projects."

That answers the question, again.

So, in 3 out of 4 questions the answers are very clear. And giving a "long" answer to a complex question is, in my opinion, appropriate.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What's cake day?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2023/3821-the-osteology-of-irritator

This is the Paper that started it. They used some (at the time) new techniques to 3d model an old fossil they had, if I recall it correctly.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

When AI would have been the better choice.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

The most pedantic comment on average, you mean.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Also pretending that 4000 years ago humans were still hunter gatherers or something (it's kind of implied in the wording imo). 4000 years ago there were plenty of fairly developed civilisations around.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Water under the bridge, no worries. I didn't realize you had deleted your comment because I replied trough my inbox. I deleted the response.

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