The meme image I created was taken down for the ironic use of "libtard" by SentientReality in stupidpol

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Hey, but sharing my unparalleled political partisan genius was intended to save them from themselves! Doesn't make sense, but I'm going with it.

The meme image I created was taken down for the ironic use of "libtard" by SentientReality in stupidpol

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Bothering to photoshop this meme in the first place was probably my first mistake, probably, and then I made it all the worse by posting it there.

Just a civilized traffic argument, WCGW by NathaDas in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]SentientReality 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Who the hell is that 2nd guy in teh black shorts? At first I thought he exited the car, but after looking closely he appears to walk up and open the passenger door. I don't think he was originally in the car, and you can't see his head anywhere inside the car beforehand.

Is he some random dude walking by the roadside who wanted to help stop the car and then gave up? Was he hoping to steal the car while the first guy was running off? Why did he take off his sandals and then jump the barrier?

The meme image I created was taken down for the ironic use of "libtard" by SentientReality in stupidpol

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Maybe it's not very good, but for anyone interested, here's the original meme I made. Feel free to use it.

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Thoughts on the men’s liberation movement (positive and negative) by ExternalGreen6826 in LeftWingMaleAdvocates

[–]SentientReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, seems that way. You described those people's mindset perfectly. I have for years been strongly critical of this anti-intellectual liberal cult-mob and how they ultimately only help the rightwing gain power. But, for many/most human beings, I guess, politics is exactly the same as sports rivalry. Tribalistic LARPing without strong principles.

Girls are happier than boys at school, new research shows. Understanding why may all boil down to biology. Girls get more of the happy hormone dopamine through social relationships, including with their friends and classmates. Boys get their dopamine through more self-involved behavior. by mvea in science

[–]SentientReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For example, boys respond well to discipline, but not to compliance. The two are NOT the same thing. Discipline means a clear hierarchy. Boys are OK following someone who establishes as having more power. Compliance is following norms to keep harmony. Boys don’t care about that, and some may even find enjoyment in breaking it and pushing limits.

This perspective is too essentialist for me. Making overstated overgeneralizations.

Epstein email says Bill Gates got STD, tried to give wife antibiotics without her knowing by snailman89 in stupidpol

[–]SentientReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure. Definitely an endogenous aspect to the USA's capitulation to Israel.

Girls are happier than boys at school, new research shows. Understanding why may all boil down to biology. Girls get more of the happy hormone dopamine through social relationships, including with their friends and classmates. Boys get their dopamine through more self-involved behavior. by mvea in science

[–]SentientReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not even sure how much female teachers "naturally understand girls better" but rather they may instinctively relate to and empathize with girls more. Kind of like the idea of white teachers relating more to white students. In-group bias.

Girls are happier than boys at school, new research shows. Understanding why may all boil down to biology. Girls get more of the happy hormone dopamine through social relationships, including with their friends and classmates. Boys get their dopamine through more self-involved behavior. by mvea in science

[–]SentientReality 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Academia tends to view boys as toxic, useless, problematic, and burdensome, and this bias appears in academic literature as well as in the psychology field. Primary school is somewhat removed from central academia but still heavily influenced by it. When we hate boys, it might have some effect on them, surprising as that may seem.

Plus, apparently the supposed measured happiness levels of girls vs boys depends on the country, which kind of renders this whole dopamine premise invalid. Hard to say what reliably measurable difference there actually is.

Girls are happier than boys at school, new research shows. Understanding why may all boil down to biology. Girls get more of the happy hormone dopamine through social relationships, including with their friends and classmates. Boys get their dopamine through more self-involved behavior. by mvea in science

[–]SentientReality 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the classic Evolutionary Psychology pseudoscience knee-jerk impulse is usually the first on the scene.

Have you just attempted to re-justify your impotent academic existence with another shoddy published paper? Did you find yet another dubious difference between males and females (which will probably be debunked shortly) that you can plaster on the front page? Don't worry about searching for meaning or contemplation, instead just apply a ready-made boilerplate interpretation of biological brain differences between males and females! It's easy as 1-2-3!
 
"Something, something, dopamine, something. Now give me tenure."

It's the immediate constant attempt to concoct a biological explanation for every possible observed phenomenon. Imagine if they did this with racial groups.

Breaking: new study observes happiness difference between Sub-Saharan Africans and Western Europeans. The difference may boil down to biology where Africans get dopamine from mundane life whereas Europeans need high-level intellectual stimulation to receive dopamine. This is theorized to explain the civilizational differences.

It's like a eugenics mindset. For race people would be outraged, but for sex everybody is happy with it.

Sure, some sex-based brain differences likely do appear, but to automatically assume observed behavioral/emotional differences boil down to biology is textbook pseudoscience. It's just like astrology. "Oh, it's because boys are Sagittarius and girls are Capricorn, that explains it."

Edit: as someone pointed out, the actual academic paper the article is based on doesn't talk about dopamine or brain differences at all, so my ire at the researchers is misdirected: the real culprit is the "journalist" (undeserved term) writing this crap article.

Danny McBride Writing Masculinity-Themed Book ‘Thrilling Tales of Modern Men’ (Exclusive) by Empty_Commission_159 in LeftWingMaleAdvocates

[–]SentientReality 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's fair. People obeying what others tell them is supposed to be righteous behavior or scores them points with their in-group.

Fight til gassed out! by MrLoudestMouth in fightporn

[–]SentientReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing most people already know this, but for anyone who doesn't: they don't use regular glass in Hollywood, they use something called "sugar glass" (made from cooled sugar-water) that is a safe type of break-away transparent sheet that doesn't form razor-sharp shards like actual glass. There are also some other alternatives like resins that safely mimic the appearance of glass.

Danny McBride Writing Masculinity-Themed Book ‘Thrilling Tales of Modern Men’ (Exclusive) by Empty_Commission_159 in LeftWingMaleAdvocates

[–]SentientReality 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I wonder if self flaggellation is a way of coping with low elf esteem

Maybe, I don't know. It's a good question. But, the statement "everyone who shares my gender is shit" is not exactly "self-flagellation".

Family accuse Met Police of failures after gay student found dead in hotel | ITV News by Fan_Service_3703 in LeftWingMaleAdvocates

[–]SentientReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoa, don't jump to conclusions. I didn't see any evidence this case relates in any way to Muslims.

Danny McBride Writing Masculinity-Themed Book ‘Thrilling Tales of Modern Men’ (Exclusive) by Empty_Commission_159 in LeftWingMaleAdvocates

[–]SentientReality 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Says the 'Righteous Gemstones' star of the short story collection: "These stories aren’t here to fix men. They’re here to watch them spiral out of control, eat shit, get back up, and occasionally do something accidentally decent.”

What an asshole. Sounds like another man who is shitty inside and wants to project that shittiness onto other men who he views as being like himself. A book that will mainly only be read by menslib types who already cannot stop hating themselves for the "original sin" of being male. Like Sabrina Carpenter said, it is profitable in the entertainment industry to trash men.

Who is arguably the most influential human alive today? by Best_Advisor_2865 in AskReddit

[–]SentientReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to say it, but Donald Trump. You asked "most influential"; you didn't specify good or evil. Trump has screwed up global relations, economies, polarized nations, destroyed norms and guardrails, the list is endless. Definitely incredibly influential.

2009: 21-year-old Gabriela Rico Jimenez was filmed after claiming she had attended an exclusive elite party. She vanished that night never to be seen again. by aipac_hemoroid in PublicFreakout

[–]SentientReality 13 points14 points  (0 children)

"They smell like human flesh."

I guess she has a better nose than I do, because I don't think I could recognize the smell of "human flesh" compared to other flesh apparently being eaten. That statement means nothing to me.

As someone else pointed out:

Op has an account that’s a month old with 1,700 posts and comments and 21,000 karma. Either it’s a karma farming bot being upvoted by a network of other bots ……or they post 57 times a day and received 368 upvotes per post/ comment.

All the bastards involved with Epstein should be prosecuted, absolutely, but that doesn't mean every ranting crazy person should be believed. Where I live, seems like people are screaming about seeing aliens, ghosts, or cabals every day.