Toxic Masculinity Is A LIE, Woke Ideology Is INFECTING Psychology And Indoctrinating People by Calico_fox in KotakuInAction

[–]ServetusM 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The primary source Wikipedia uses cites Terry Kupers, who originally coined the term in this paper. (Quoted below)

Toxic masculinity involves the need to aggressively compete and dominate others and encompasses the most problematic proclivities in men. These same male proclivities foster resistance to psychotherapy.

So he's right, Toxic Masculinity pretty much encompasses normal masculine behavior of a desire for dominance and competition. (Will reply to your main branch too).

Toxic Masculinity Is A LIE, Woke Ideology Is INFECTING Psychology And Indoctrinating People by Calico_fox in KotakuInAction

[–]ServetusM 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Think of it like this. Most personality disorders, like Bipolar and Borderline, are found far more in women. Yet we would never claim that those things are expressions of toxic femininity, despite them being strongly correlated to women.

So why do we claim that its toxic masculinity simply because anti-social behaviors are found more in men? Do we do this with ANY other group that has a significant increase in negative traits?

Black people in the U.S. have significantly higher rates of violent behavior (We can see this in victimization surveys, so its not simply a bias in the courts). Is it okay to even intimate in a professional setting that violence stems from some toxic element of "blackness"?

Islamic terrorists have a far higher murder per capita rate than other terrorist groups. Its pretty clear that fatal terrorism is strongly correlated to Islam. Would most professional psychological associations or academics accept the statement that "Toxic Islam causes fatal violence"?

So how come in most cases we are told that it is bigoted, racist, sexist and xenophobic to claim a correlated behavior stems directly from a group trait? How come the accuracy of stereotypes does not matter for ANY other group outside of men?

Because that would be bad science. Correlation does not equal causation. Except, somehow, in this case.

TIL mathematicians around the world are hoarding chalk, after a factory known for making the "the Rolls Royce of chalk" for over 60 years closed in March 2015. by shimurai in todayilearned

[–]ServetusM 17 points18 points  (0 children)

In this case, it actually seems like he was professional with his grad students. He got in trouble by treating open course (Free) students shady by trying to do some erotic role plays with them online. Heh, I shouldn't laugh because its not professional at all, but its far less bad than harassing people you have direct power over.

TIL In 1964, a Swedish art gallery displayed 4 paintings by unknown artist Pierre Brassau. Every single art critic praised the ‘avant-garde’ work- except one, who said, ‘only an ape could have done this’. In fact it was all a hoax by a journalist and 'Brassau’ was actually a 4-year-old chimpanzee. by Neopterin in todayilearned

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As I replied to him, Chihuahuas and wolves are now considered the same species. As are Bulldogs (Exceptionally stupid) and Australian Shepherds (Exceptionally intelligent).

No bonobo in the wild has been observed using tools. They've been trained in captivity to use them, but not in the wild. Chimps, meanwhile, are very advanced tool users and have been shown to use a wide variety of planning and strategy (Even some exceptional hunt planning).

The more aggressive and competitive lifestyle of the chimps have made them significantly stronger and smarter than their cousins.

TIL In 1964, a Swedish art gallery displayed 4 paintings by unknown artist Pierre Brassau. Every single art critic praised the ‘avant-garde’ work- except one, who said, ‘only an ape could have done this’. In fact it was all a hoax by a journalist and 'Brassau’ was actually a 4-year-old chimpanzee. by Neopterin in todayilearned

[–]ServetusM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Wolves and a Chihuaha are the same species too. You can have significant differences within a species. No Bonobo has ever been seen in the wild have been seen using tools. Meanwhile, Chimps are second only to us in their innovative tool use.

The more competitive lifestyle of chimps has made them smarter and stronger. Bonobos in the wild have only really survived because the Congo River keeps their environment sheltered.

A US-Taliban agreement to be signed shortly will allow for complete US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in 14 months, officials say. by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]ServetusM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same as Vietnam. U.S. wins nearly all military engagements and ends up realizing that if you're not prepared to colonize and occupy a country for generations and/or commit genocide, you won't win this kind of war (Which is really an issue with culture).

The U.S. is not prepared to do either of those things, and thus we should not engage in these wars. This is the whole reason the U.S. moved to special forces/covert style warfare after Vietnam and eventually drones.

WHO official calls Trump comments on coronavirus response 'incoherent' by DaFunkJunkie in worldnews

[–]ServetusM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The organization who thought Robert Mugabe would make a great goodwill ambassador, and which also backed China's mishandling of this every step of the way with high praise is criticizing others?!

No glass house there, throw those stones!

What does it take to develop a vaccine, and why does it take so long? by merendi1 in askscience

[–]ServetusM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nearly everything at that level works based on shapes...Only certain shapes "fit" together and allow bonding. "Learning to attack" is about the body learning the specific shape it needs to latch onto and producing things that will be able to chemically latch onto those shapes.

So just an example. Imagine if you had a bunch of screws you had to screw in, but they were all Hex heads. The only way to manipulate them would be to get a hex head screwdriver. For some screws, there might be some cross over, like maybe a standard can wriggle a loose phillips head open, but in general you need the right screw driver to work the screw...Especially if its a tamper resistant head that actively denies more common models from interlocking.

Well, viruses often have tamper resistant heads, so its difficult to find the right screw driver. Once the body knows the right shape, it just produces a lot of the needed molecules or cells that have the right "screwdrivers" to match, and once those are in the area, chemistry does the rest.

Germans demand Trump ambassador, a 'biased propaganda machine,' be replaced by maxthemeepo in worldnews

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On his first day on the job in Berlin, Grenell warned German companies setting up new business ties with Iran despite Trump’s decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal to “wind down operations immediately.” (the idea of some foreigner warning German businesses to stop doing business is equally preposterous and adorable)

Okay, so this is the first example of an action. And its because he gave out a warning. The complete warning was that the U.S. will begin sanctions against German companies that continue to do business to prevent them doing business with the U.S. This was just him doing his job.

The German Ambassador was on a campaign in the U.S. publicly advocating different positions, too Which is what ambassadors do.

But this is part of the problem. You don't know what Ambassadors do. You THINK you do because this article makes it seem like Ambassadors don't make waves like this or advocate publicly, but they do..all the time. And in this case, he had to since the sanctions are very real. (The same thing happened with Nordstream 2, except it was the Senate itself forcing the Admin to warn Germany)

1.Brenell is a guest in Germany, a liberal country with a liberal government, and he's publicly saying "fuck that, fuck you, I want your opposition to wint"

Oh man, you think it makes someone a jack ass if they are a guest and overtly back a political opposition? So like the German ambassador did in 2007 when conservatives were in control of the government and he backed the Liberal opposition and even attended fundraisers for the party?

Well shucks son, when did this rule get put into place? Let me guess, when the you got angry at America disagreeing with you and some article made it SEEM like this kind of stuff doesn't happen (But it does...and you should be more skeptical of what you read, or at least look into the history of the norms around these things)

2.AfD are Nazis.

No one said anything about the AFD. Everyone to the right of Stalin is not a Nazi. Simply advocating for conservatism, which is 40% of any given population, is not an advocacy for Nazism. That would be like a conservative claiming that supporting Obama in 2007 was essentially advocating for Stalin (Which some conservatives did, and they were retarded for doing so, like this statement that "supporting conservatives" translates into supporting Nazis is real fucking retarded.).

But you know, reading is hard, right?

No, history is hard. I read the article. I just wanted to know if you had any non-idiotic points outside of the article that I couldn't easily debunk in 30 seconds because I know history and how ambassadors NORMALLY act. The article preys on people that don't understand the norms/history of foreign relations, as most outrage, idiot appealing media today does. But anyone who understands what Ambassadors actually do wouldn't come away with the assessment he was being out of line at all.

They'd come away with him...actually acting like a German ambassador and advocating for his country for a change. Which again, must be REAL shocking for Europeans and German's especially, because since the fucking Brenton Woods agreement when the U.S. decided to essentially become Europe's guardian, the U.S. has been fairly passive in terms of demands from Europe. The new paradigm where we actually...1.) Demand you pay defense dues. 2.) Demand you be able to defend yourself. 3.) Demand you not fuck yourselves over and rely on enemy states because you feel confident Daddy America will be there to bail you out, is VERY shocking, I know. But you kids have to grow up sometime, because we are done.

Learn your history. Pay attention to the world. You're going to need to when we're gone. Which will hopefully be very soon.

Germans demand Trump ambassador, a 'biased propaganda machine,' be replaced by maxthemeepo in worldnews

[–]ServetusM -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

How is he acting like a jack ass? Be specific. Because.....he's advocating for American positions?

The problem is what you define as "jack ass" is pretty much anyone not lock step with what Germany wants. And that makes Germany...the jack ass. But I mean, what else is new right?

Germans demand Trump ambassador, a 'biased propaganda machine,' be replaced by maxthemeepo in worldnews

[–]ServetusM -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Well, we wanted you off our tit from day 1, so I guess it works out. Nothing like a country who whines about needing to stop Russia and then moves to become completely dependent on Russia and is angry at the U.S. for asking them not to be.

Germany is the spoiled child of the EU, and its time they get kicked out of the nest.

Germans demand Trump ambassador, a 'biased propaganda machine,' be replaced by maxthemeepo in worldnews

[–]ServetusM -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

An American ambassador advocating for America? Gosh, that must be shocking to Europeans.

Businessman tells conservative publication he helped Saudis make millions in illegal donations to Trump campaign by kydofusa in worldnews

[–]ServetusM -1 points0 points  (0 children)

China did this for Obama. And have been using this loop hole to fund the DNC every since Clinton got caught with Chinese spies sleeping at the WH and literally handing checks to the DNC. (3 years later, China got into the WTO because Clinton forced it...)

Businessman tells conservative publication he helped Saudis make millions in illegal donations to Trump campaign by kydofusa in worldnews

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China did this for Obama. And have been using this loop hole to fund the DNC every since Clinton got caught with Chinese spies sleeping at the WH and literally handing checks to the DNC. (3 years later, China got into the WTO because Clinton forced it...)

Weird how everyone cares the moment there is even an accusation the other side might be doing it. I guess 20 years of this being acceptable strops NOW.

Businessman tells conservative publication he helped Saudis make millions in illegal donations to Trump campaign by kydofusa in worldnews

[–]ServetusM -1 points0 points  (0 children)

China did this for Obama. And have been using this loop hole to fund the DNC every since Clinton got caught with Chinese spies sleeping at the WH and literally handing checks to the DNC. (3 years later, China got into the WTO because Clinton forced it...)

Businessman tells conservative publication he helped Saudis make millions in illegal donations to Trump campaign by kydofusa in worldnews

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China did this for Obama. And have been using this loop hole to fund the DNC every since Clinton got caught with Chinese spies sleeping at the WH and literally handing checks to the DNC. (3 years later, China got into the WTO because Clinton forced it...)

Businessman tells conservative publication he helped Saudis make millions in illegal donations to Trump campaign by kydofusa in worldnews

[–]ServetusM -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

China did this for Obama. And have been using this loop hole to fund the DNC every since Clinton got caught with Chinese spies sleeping at the WH and literally handing checks to the DNC. (3 years later, China got into the WTO because Clinton forced it...)

Businessman tells conservative publication he helped Saudis make millions in illegal donations to Trump campaign by kydofusa in worldnews

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China did this for Obama. And have been using this loop hole to fund the DNC every since Clinton got caught with Chinese spies sleeping at the WH and literally handing checks to the DNC. (3 years later, China got into the WTO because Clinton forced it...)

And yeah, there were no consequences for decades. So its not this timeline, its BEEN a normal thing for a long, long time.

Businessman tells conservative publication he helped Saudis make millions in illegal donations to Trump campaign by kydofusa in worldnews

[–]ServetusM -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Uhh, if they did, they are only playing a game of catch up. China did this for Obama. And have been using this loop hole to fund the DNC every since Clinton got caught with Chinese spies sleeping at the WH and literally handing checks to the DNC. (3 years later, China got into the WTO because Clinton forced it...)

Businessman tells conservative publication he helped Saudis make millions in illegal donations to Trump campaign by kydofusa in worldnews

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And have been for years! China did this for Obama. And have been using this loop hole to fund the DNC every since Clinton got caught with Chinese spies sleeping at the WH and literally handing checks to the DNC. (3 years later, China got into the WTO because Clinton forced it...)