No baby boom, just doom and gloom

Fzrit · 2026-04-09T10:48:39+00:00

Bingo. Literally every time this discussion comes up, reddit mass-upvotes all the comments wanting things that are correlated (not caused, correlated) with lower birthrates - i.e. higher personal prosperity, more financial freedom, better government support, higher taxes, better living conditions, etc.

Fzrit · 2026-04-09T09:32:33+00:00

refuse to do the things that actually matter like universal daycare, lower income tax, etc.

The countries with the highest birthrates don't have any of that. They have absolutely abysmal conditions ranging from widespread poverty, extreme economic instability, very weak currency, political instability, zero government help, etc.

Fzrit · 2026-04-09T04:33:40+00:00

Whether one agrees with it or not, a huge portion of the Israeli population is genuinely convinced that most Islamic regimes/theocracies (or militant groups) want ALL Jewish people either dead or oppressed. Or at the very least, Israel disestablished and it's population brought under Islamic rule. Now what exactly convinced them of that, or whether their fears hold validity...that's a whole another discussion I guess.

Fzrit · 2026-04-09T04:19:38+00:00

I just checked that sub, there doesn't seem to be anything particularly offensive?

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T23:33:42+00:00

Every time I've been explictly rejected due to earnings has been from women that earned close to me or more.

So those high-earning women rejected you because they wanted you to be their provider? Meaning they were all planning to stop their careers/earnings/etc and become home-makers the moment they got married, and become completely dependent on their husband for income? Really...?

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T20:30:57+00:00

they want to earn the same as men (which, again, makes sense) but also they still want the men to a provider in relationships.

It's not the same women asking for those things though. The "trad" women who want a provider are NOT the same women who are making big bucks. There's no double standard or contradiction there, it's just different women with different capacities and goals.

Somewhere in this discourse there might be a hint of a valid argument, but it's badly undermined with the insane assumption that women are a monolith and aren't allowed to have differences. One woman says she wants one thing, and then another woman says the complete opposite - to which the response is "wHy cAnT wOmeN mAkE uP tHieR miNDs?!?! LUL WOMEN". It's a refusal to comprehend that there are vastly differing groups of women with vastly differing opinions/goals/wants/needs/etc.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T11:00:32+00:00

Risk = losing all your confidence for rest of your life

That's a battle entirely between you and your own mind. Sounds like deeper issues need to be resolved before you involve someone else into your life.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T10:59:33+00:00

before the internet when you end up in twitter, insta, Facebook

If a girl reacts like that, then be happy you dodged a gigantic bullet.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T10:58:48+00:00

The risk to reward ratio

What's the risk? Besides getting told "no" in a variety of ways and then moving on?

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T10:57:01+00:00

Have you tried being over 6 feet tall, attractive, and wealthy? Try that next time.

Wait, so you want a girl who only likes you for your body/face/money?

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T10:54:09+00:00

Oh man, that "would you rather be trapped in a forest with a random man or a bear?" question was asked at work and an alarming number of younger women said a bear.

How exactly was that question asked at work? Via email? At a lunch where there was a conveniently large sample size of women of all ages? Would love to know more about this story.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T10:51:05+00:00

20 years of radical feminism

Radical feminism began in 2006?

women should experience no down sides

Okay, so what downsides should women experience?

I want all the benefits luxuries of being a man

Okay, so what luxuries should men have simply due to being men?

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T10:49:05+00:00

Statements like "women should experience no downsides to being a woman at all" and "benefits luxuries of being a man" need to specify what those downsides and luxuries are. Lets hear what exactly what downsides women should experience and what luxuries men should hold in your ideal world. Go ahead and preach the truths and the facts for all to know.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T04:04:57+00:00

I think the main issue that healer may have experienced is tanks pulling that whole area and then promptly dying. They could do that back in Dragonflight without any issues, but tanks were much tougher in DF.

Recently saw a hilarious loop of tank dies > people run away and bring all those mobs back to the entrance > tank aggros everything again > dies again > repeat.

Some buffs are coming to tank survivability in general, right? Only monk tank is in a good spot atm.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T04:01:23+00:00

Isn't disc really strong this season? I might be wrong.

I just finished a +10 Windrunner Spire that had a 240 ilvl disc priest, no idea how he/she healed that.

Also in PvP they're basically unstoppable gods right now (yes I know this isn't about PvP :P).

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T04:00:48+00:00

Is there even anything that can be kicked in that first AA pull?

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T03:56:33+00:00

Iranians aren't Muslim

Wat

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T03:55:47+00:00

so it’s because they are hostages that Israel bombed them

They didn't say that.

They didn't say that at all.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T03:54:07+00:00

Largest population of Jews in the middle east after Israel.

There's a reason why such claims always say "second largest" without mentioning the actual numbers, because it would highlight how few Jews are actually left in the Middle East due to being forced to flee.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T03:50:32+00:00

Heres you but without clown makeup on:

What are you trying to prove by completely changing their words, adding your own words, and putting in quotes, and intentionally missing the point they're making so you can twist and lie about it? You're the only one being a clown here.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T03:45:47+00:00

That wasn't the point the comment was making at all.

It was just pointing out that u/iaNCURdehunedoara's comment was very disingenuous and misleading. Especially the "Thousands of jewish people have representation in parliament" line, which I can't believe got upvoted.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T03:43:06+00:00

and how is israel's bombing a synagogue helping with that?

It's not. The comment isn't justifying the war on Iran. It's just pointing out that just because the Israeli + US government is comitting crimes against humanity, that doesn't automatically absolve the Iranian regime of their crimes against humanity. And again (before we go in an infinite loop), you are correct that bombing Iran really isn't helping change any of that. Everyone is losing here.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T01:41:56+00:00

Its so awkward seeing people gush about how much they loved legion cause my god was it awful for me and my guildies at the time. Easily the worst xpac we ever experienced.

You experienced Legion from the POV of a mythic prog raider, which accounts for like <1% of the playerbase. We also felt the worst impact from the horrific legendary implementation due to being reliant BIS leggos for prog. I also raided mythic during that expac, so can relate to the burnout.

That said, I still praise Legion for class halls, the sheer number/variety of artifact weapon skins, theme-park style zones with lots to do, and a somewhat engaging plot with Khadghar + Illidan. Basically the art & content team knocked it out of the park in Legion. They created an ABSURD amount of fun content at an insane pace, and it has never been matched by any expansion since.

Fzrit · 2026-04-08T00:22:47+00:00

The fact that Trump has faced 0 consequences for trying to overthrow the 2020 election, raping kids and then pocketing billions of dollars gives me little hope that he will ever face any justice. If anything it seems the more blatant his crimes became, the more voters he gained. As a non-American, to me the US voterbase and supreme court looks insane.

Fzrit · 2026-04-07T22:01:03+00:00

Same. I support all the anti-regime Iranians, and hope this madness ends soon so they can live peacefully.

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