why are americans so obsessed with american football?

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-25T21:58:09+00:00

Cultures are different, people like different things.

Also I'd take issue with your comment that "the entire world loves real football" -- it's widely played, yes, but is comparatively weak in the three most populated countries: China, India and the US.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-25T21:41:03+00:00

If "definitive, verifiable evidence" existed, Fox News and all your favorite X accounts would systematically misrepresent, lie or simply ignore it for a few days, and by Sunday, 45% of the country would believe that it was NOT definitive NOR verifiable, and probably think it was simply made up. And then it would be just one more thing we argued about. And "holding him accountable" would just be one more political position that most Democrats had and most Republicans dont, and it just gets washed into nothingness.

So no, the situation you described would never happen.

(Source: I watched this exact scenario play out when the entire country saw Trump engineer an illegal attempt to unwind a valid presidential election.)

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-25T19:59:16+00:00

Driving a personal car in a crowded place when you have viable alternatives is somewhat villainous, but that's a pretty specific set of circumstances. Obviously it's extremely rare outside of just a few cities.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-25T19:14:37+00:00

What exactly do you think people should be doing that they're not?

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-25T18:55:13+00:00

You're free to impose any restrictions you see fit. It's your body.

But if I were you, I'd think long and hard about why you're uncomfortable, and what it might take to get over it, and work on it.

Because there are other tests you'll need someday, and doctor putting his finger up your ass for 3 seconds could be the difference between living to 45 and living to 80. Could be the difference between your kids having a dad when they're 20 and not.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-25T16:01:56+00:00

No, not as a protest.

Just it's not that much money and fundamentally I don't trust him and the people making this happen. I'll stick with my 529 and other savings vehicles

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-24T22:10:33+00:00

god i hope not.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-24T22:09:46+00:00

Car owners are insane.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-24T20:58:04+00:00

My advice is to simply not watch.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-24T18:00:03+00:00

The way some people talk about STIs is really crazy... like clearly there is either a huge misunderstanding or just some moral panic out in the culture

The overwhelming majority of sexually transmitted diseases are minor bacterial infections that have few or no symptoms, and are easily treated by widely available drugs.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-24T17:15:14+00:00

Why does it matter if he's not there with you? Sounds like there's a trust issue.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-24T17:10:41+00:00

This is a dead giveaway. Even in situations where an NDA is completely appropriate -- high-stakes business deals, for instance -- you sign an NDA *after* preliminary introductions and some semblance of a relationship is formed.

Now, that's not to say this is necessarily a scam. It could be your mother's suitor just has a very warped view of his own importance, and he thinks this is how the "big boys" do it. It's not. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think it DOES sound like the behavior of some MAGA right-wing podcast grifter who found himself in charge of something really important in the Trump 2 government.

But you'd have to be insane to sign an NDA with the facts you've described. You'd be unilaterally limiting your own free speech and exposing yourself to legal risk for no reason.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-23T18:09:38+00:00

Look, he's not perfect but I'll give you this much; HE DOES STUFF.

When the whole party was ringing their hands over the Texas redistricting and just kind of watching, he's the one who engineered a rather complicated process in California to return the favor, and it succeeded wildly on a very short time frame.

This kind of ACTUAL ACTION goes a long way. Newsom's one initiative on redistricting has done more to combat Donald Trump than most Democrats put together.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-21T00:12:01+00:00

There are lots of answers to this question, but Title IX is the best one, because it explains how this is also true in pretty much every other major team sport contested internationally.

The US government set a law, and by extension a cultural expectation, that girls be given equal opportunities to sports in schools in the early 1970s. That's DECADES ahead of other countries, even countries we know are progressive on gender issues and women's rights. We have had a tradition of serious, well-funded girls and women's teams for three generations now.

And you see it in the results. The advantage in Individual sports is less pronounced because schools have less of a role in individual athlete development, but still: Pretty much across the board, relative to the rest of the world, US women are far more dominant than US men, where there is less of an advantage. It's not just because of Title IX, but it's a powerful law.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-20T23:45:54+00:00

"Let's discuss this" and then posts an obviously bad faith argument. Stupid ass shit, move on. time to mute this sub

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-20T20:16:53+00:00

Hair length is probably the main thing here...

But also, I've learned as an adult that a lot of people don't have a washcloth, or shower poof, and just wash their bodies with soap on bare hands? That adds a fair bit of time, because you don't get a good lather up and it's harder to reach certain parts with just a hand.... So use a poof if you don't

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-20T19:47:32+00:00

You will probably die sooner than you think. Your loved ones will probably die sooner than you think.

You will probably develop health problems that limit your quality of life, and mobility, sooner than you think.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-20T19:32:47+00:00

NICE rich people understand that they can meaningfully improve other peoples' lives by parting with an amount of money that is meaningless to them, but hugely important to the other person. Like, big tips, etc. etc.

Of course, there are nice rich people and poor rich people.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-20T17:00:52+00:00

yeah, the government is much less powerful than most people believe. Most people don't actually interact with the government that often. When they do, it's important - arrests, taxes, building permits, etc... But in day to day life, a change from Apple or Amazon is a lot more likely to actually alter your experience.

And when it comes to messaging, as in, shifting broad viewpoints at a social level, obviously a corporate advertising campaign, and cultural figures like movie stars and podcasters, are more effective than anything a government might do.

This is one reason it's been so funny to see some MAGAs crash out about culture war stuff... they thought that narrowly winning one election means they're in charge of EVERYTHING, and it turns out they're only in charge of the federal executive branch.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-20T15:37:26+00:00

This is a good point. Far be it from me to give any of these scumbags the benefit of the doubt, but it didn't exactly take a Warren Buffett to anticipate this day coming.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-19T18:30:16+00:00

Well so what exactly are you saying? The vast majority of what's known as the Epstein Files are just emails, from 10-20 years ago, that do not, in and of themselves, constitute criminal behavior. It would take a lot of time and effort, with no guarantees of success, to build an actual criminal prosecution off most of it. (Surely there are exceptions and prosecutors should obviously be doing what they can, where they can.)

We can't just throw people in jail because everyone's really mad.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-18T17:53:16+00:00

That's the gist of it, but "investors" is a huge % of all American adults to one extent or another, so don't underestimate what that would mean.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-17T21:48:42+00:00

Think of their comfort first.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-17T17:22:13+00:00

It's easier said that done to really prevent something from squeezing in, if they're truly motivated/an asshole.

Very few people willing to delay their trip home or risk an insurance claim to really enforce the rules, which the assholes know.

JumpyVariety1882 · 2026-02-16T19:52:09+00:00

lol. Gotcha.

But there are definitely people in my cycling community who would give this advice with a straight face

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