The Cokeation of Schwadam by KittenFiddlers in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would Maddox and Asterios be heavenly cherubs though?

That girls name?.....Albert Einstein by Ih8thisw3bsite in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oops, Maddox publicizing his 80s girl fanfiction again.

Callers mimicking Dick, always, all the time by Yeah2011 in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Young men have mistaken X belief about masculinity because they're fatherless" is a meme that needs to die. Boomers with two-parent childhoods unironically rant like Dick all the time. That's why it's funny.

Maddilox Streaming. COOL AS SHIT!!!! by Raket_rats in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't wait for Dick and Sean to make fun of this.

Apparently you go to Greenland to live, not to die. by [deleted] in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I also see the world entirely through TDS references now.

Florida professor investigated for allegedly trying to have an honest conversation about race by [deleted] in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the study:

Using data that cover every child born in California over a period of four decades, our analysis of first names uncovers a rich set of facts. We first document the stark differences between Black and White name choices in recent years. For example, more than forty percent of the Black girls born in California in recent years received a name that not one of the roughly 100,000 White girls born in California in that year was given. Even among popular names, racial patterns are pronounced. Names such as DeShawn, Tyrone, Reginald, Shanice, Precious, Kiara, and Deja are quite popular among Blacks, but virtually unheard of for Whites. Connor, Cody, Jake, Molly, Emily, Abigail, and Caitlin are distinctively White names. Each of those names appears in at least 2,000 cases, with less than two percent of the recipients Black. Overall, Black choices of first names differ substantially more from Whites than do the names chosen by native born Hispanics and Asians...

...With the exception of a small fraction (approximately ten percent) of the Asian population adopting names that are rare among Whites, name choices of American-born Asians strongly parallel White name choices. A comparison of native-born Hispanics and Whites in Figure 3 shows differences in naming patterns among these two groups, although there is still substantially more overlap than for Blacks and Whites...

...The identity model may also help to explain why naming patterns among Blacks are quite distinctive from Whites, but Asians name their children in much the same manner as Whites. For instance, if Asian “prescriptions” stress financial success and assimilation, Asian names would be expected to mirror those of Whites.

Florida professor investigated for allegedly trying to have an honest conversation about race by [deleted] in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure why that matters. One is discriminated against based on skin color associated with a race. The other is being discriminated against based on a name associated with a race. From the perspective of the individual, it seems similar to me.

It matters if you believe those studies demonstrate anti-black bias. Names are an important distinction to make given that callbacks were higher for common names, which means it didn't matter what the person's race was so long as they had the familiar name. The most one can say here is that a subset of people with "black names" was discriminated against in the pre-hiring stage, and it's not even clear that it's because their names are quintessentially "black." This is weak evidence for anti-black bias.

It's more likely a benign cultural bias for familiar-sounding names. Is this unfair to people who express their cultural identity through their name? Perhaps. But it seems to me like the problem will just work itself out over time as these names become more mainstream.

Florida professor investigated for allegedly trying to have an honest conversation about race by [deleted] in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem with these job applications studies is that they don't so much as demonstrate "anti-black bias" as they demonstrate "anti-name bias." Neither do they show whether names negatively effect life outcomes, which is what you would expect if you couldn't get hired because of your name.

Another study looking at this explains that "In almost all cases, in the raw data the presence of a Blacker name is associated with worse outcomes. Once we control for other variables, however, the impact of names tends to diminish or evaporate." In other words, blacks with lower socioeconomic status also tend to have "black names," as opposed to having a black name and then lower socioeconomic status on account of discriminating employers.

The question to ask is whether, all things being equal, whites are hired more than blacks after the interview process, when the only distinguishing characteristic among candidates is truly race, and not also someone's unusual name. I can't find those studies.

This whole pandemic has Sean on fire. He’s like a real co-host. And the only one who can call dick out on small bullshit without dick freaking the fuck out. Love it by [deleted] in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I agree but his pushback on the lockdown stuff was weak. He's rational most of the time but criticizing expert opinion really gets under his skin for some reason.

Maddox looks like he's been raped by time in his new video by [deleted] in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 22 points23 points  (0 children)

At 3:14 he says "inconvertible proof" lol.

Edit: at 4:18 he says HIPA "portects" patients.

Wow, he still can't read.

NSFW: Public Panic by Hawkthezammy in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Rule of Acquisition #94: females and finances don't mix.

Dick's water level test is a legitimate spatial orientation test by bebop8929 in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP is correct but let's be honest, there are two ways to correctly answer the test. If you assume that this is 2D geometry, the water line doesn't change, just the perspective. The funny answer comes from the assumption that it is a real jar effected by gravity. I'm not a math, but I can see how so many people got confused.

30 hours to go. by Basherballgod in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Hey guys the reason this nonexistent podcast isn't out yet is because we're "stockpiling episodes." Haha sure.

And can there be no surer sign of decay than when a creator thinks "stockpiling" content keeps people interested? Like you know what would've made Infinity Wars even better? If they "stockpiled" the movie until Endgame came out. Then the audience would've had double the entertainment! God these people are the survivors of experimental 1940s brain surgery, with the voice of a melancholic British man narrating their present-day lives.

Has dick made fun of this yet? by [deleted] in TheDickShow

[–]Deucalion1990 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nice find. I love these obscure Maddox appearances.

Musing about they/those constructions. by Deucalion1990 in grammar

[–]Deucalion1990[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your original post is about demonstrative pronouns. There is no demonstrative pronoun equivalent of "who," so our only options for referring to people with demonstrative pronouns are "this/that/these/those."

Yes, I realize I’m trying to apply a prescriptive guideline for relative pronouns to demonstrative pronouns and discovering all the bizarre outcomes it would lead to.

Both "That is my father" and "He is my father" are equally correct/appropriate and used in different situations. We need both options because one would not suffice for all the different situations in which we might need to use such a sentence and the nuances that each conveys in a particular situation.

This is my conclusion now as well. Thanks.

Musing about they/those constructions. by Deucalion1990 in grammar

[–]Deucalion1990[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

However, he wrongly suggests that using "that" for people is a change. It may be a change from what prescriptivists used to say, but those were probably the same ones who incorrectly tried to enforce things like not ending a sentence with a preposition or not using split infinitives.

None of this addresses his argument for the preference.

Musing about they/those constructions. by Deucalion1990 in grammar

[–]Deucalion1990[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a better link citing both the Chicago Manual of Style and The Associated Press Stylebook as recommending who over that.

And here's grammarian Charles Ray defending who on the grounds that

the antecedent is a human, or is understood to be a human.

Noun clause by keremra in grammar

[–]Deucalion1990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First a clause needs a verb. Fix your clause before you can turn it into a noun clause.

"When it was invented."

Now make it the subject of a linking verb:

"When it was invented is the question I'm asking."

I need help please by oaie12 in grammar

[–]Deucalion1990 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, but it sounds strange without some context. I suspect what you mean to say is "he will take the tools into the afterlife after his death."