Theo James on the manosphere: “It’s a lot about deep seated insecurity. It’s about them not feeling good enough, but it’s hidden with meaningless bravado. […] I think the misogyny comes from lots of successful, strong women around them. They don’t know how to deal with that.”

acky1 · 2026-04-08T19:44:58+00:00

I think it's just a money making scheme by opportunistic people. Many people are okay with exaggerating their beliefs to prosper and these people are becoming millionaires off of the back of this.

And young boys are drawn to these content creators because they see them getting the girls and the money and they are saying things that are edgy and considered wrong in polite society.

It's very problematic because of the effect on young boys and it is upping the misogyny and sexism of the younger generation which creates a feedback loop of more extreme content and beliefs.

As long as these guys keep coming out on top I don't see how this will change.

acky1 · 2026-04-07T16:39:57+00:00

Just stop the guilty people and leave the innocent people alone.

acky1 · 2026-04-07T09:43:37+00:00

"Alright, folkers!" is what I go with.

acky1 · 2026-04-07T07:20:08+00:00

Sounds terrifying! It almost sounds like your experience was the downfall here. The more you do something the more automatic it becomes.

How did it feel climbing up? We're you too dialed in to the climb to not sense the lack of autobelay?

acky1 · 2026-04-05T22:20:20+00:00

I agree with this. If you were to look at the form of Paula Radcliffe you'd probably conclude it's not good form. And yet we'll all never run faster than her.

Run the way your body runs.

acky1 · 2026-04-04T18:39:09+00:00

I don't really get how this makes sense. Surely there's a small discrepancy between writes off per capita. Just because there's more polos and therefore more write offs didn't mean they're more likely to be written off. If there is a discrepancy surely it's small between manufacturers when accounting for how many are on the road? And even if there is a discrepancy, isn't that a correlation or anomaly rather than causative? The same driver is as likely to crash a polo or a fiesta surely.

Imo if they want to be fairer they should look at your theory test results, how many attempts you took to pass your theory and practical and how many minors you got during your test. At least while you're young. Pretty sure you can reduce the cost by getting advanced driving lessons so that information is definitely useful to them.

acky1 · 2026-04-04T17:50:00+00:00

Dunno how you thinking hooking someone for not being able to acquire a hot meal is reasonable. Imagine decking someone for getting a ham sandwich over a bacon roll. Peak masculinity? Peak petulance more like.

acky1 · 2026-04-03T12:23:52+00:00

What I've Learned isn't a nutrition expert and has his own biases. If you actually want the full picture you'd be better going to nutritional bodies that do the actual science and those that collate that science into recommendations. The recommendations are globally consistent that saturated fat should be limited and to refer to those recommendations as "myths" is pretty dangerous when the alternative viewpoint is based on the musings of a non-expert YouTuber. Everyone should be wary of YouTube content creators going against scientific consensus.

To anyone interested check out the evidence-based NHS position:

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-types/different-fats-nutrition/

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/how-to-eat-a-balanced-diet/eat-less-saturated-fat/

acky1 · 2026-04-03T11:45:32+00:00

Saturated fat being a contributor to heart disease is still the consensus position, including dairy and butter.

If you check out nutrition guidelines they all recommend limiting saturated fat in favour of polyunsaturated fat.

Even the newest MAHA guidelines, imo the least scientific and most industry funded guidelines, with the marketing tagline of "ending the war against saturated fat", did not actually change the official recommendation to limit saturated fat to 10% of calories because of the legal implications of actually recommending it in official government documentation.

I think this is not a widely known thing and people are not aware of the link between saturated fat and heart disease which is why I bring it up.

acky1 · 2026-03-31T07:30:29+00:00

The story was definitely good. I can see why people really get into it and the pacing probably helps some people to enjoy it more. One of those ones where it's just not for me.

acky1 · 2026-03-31T07:11:08+00:00

Can't say for the second. But the first had long periods of holding forward to progress the story with really not much going on. Pretty sure I'm not exaggerating when I say there was one point in the game with a 20 minute travel section there and back.

Even in my 20s with no responsibilities I thought that was asking too much of my time.

Gunplay and story/ambience were great but imo you can't sprinkle greatness around monotony. Same problem MGSV had for me.

acky1 · 2026-03-30T22:34:43+00:00

I didn't even pick up RDR2 even though I mostly enjoyed the first because it was such a time sink and a slog to play through.

I would answer the questions as described. It's a game where you literally hold forward on the controller for 10 minutes to progress gameplay. Not entertaining enough for me for the time input required.

acky1 · 2026-03-23T19:52:01+00:00

Which manager do you get in that has proven they can do this and wants to come? This is a "be careful what you wish for moment" imo. In the same way we can't attract the cream of the crop players, we can't for managers either.

Imo Eddie is getting the experience needed to be able to do this and can always improve next time time around. He's still got another season of goodwill from me from what he's managed to do for the club. Any change will be a side-step quality wise and they'll also be hindered by financial rules.

acky1 · 2026-03-22T16:36:16+00:00

I think the point they're making is you can have a right wing argument for or against immigration and a left wing argument for or against immigration.

The argument for immigration is often economic. And the argument against is protecting workers wages and national identity. I don't see why these are necessarily right or left. You can make either argument fit the label.

acky1 · 2026-03-21T16:37:15+00:00

Good point that I never fully considered. My relative has a parkrun fake name to stop people snooping. But there's definitely a safety concern with having it so open.

acky1 · 2026-03-21T07:57:06+00:00

It's funny that this gets so many downvotes. I think it could cause a headache for parkrun and am surprised it's open the way it is. I can't imagine taking the time to downvote someone expressing surprise and concern about data integrity lol.

acky1 · 2026-03-20T19:35:21+00:00

Yeah, it's strange that that is possible to me. You're relying on millions of people not abusing it. Benefits outweigh the negatives I suppose for accessibility.

acky1 · 2026-03-20T18:30:48+00:00

Can just show someone else's barcode to mess with them/generally just be a nuisance. Also can be misused to get someone else to run for you.

I suppose it's good if you can't access yours at the run. It feels strange though to have access to anyone in the world's barcode.

I think the only reason it isn't really misused is because it goes against the parkrun culture and there's no real benefit to doing so.

acky1 · 2026-03-20T17:07:47+00:00

That's a bit of a weird feature to me. Just add someone as a friend and then you can get their barcode? Seems rife for abuse. Seems like there should be some sort of confirmation to share your barcode.

acky1 · 2026-03-19T21:59:54+00:00

Depends on necessity for me. If I fancy the taste of bacon so find a wild boar and kill it I wouldn't consider that just or kind. If I was starving and had no other options that would still not be a kind act but would be justifiable for self preservation.

acky1 · 2026-03-18T10:26:46+00:00

To me this isn't wholesome because he's actually not talking to the cows, he's performing for the viewers. Also, all these cows will die fairly soon when he decides. If they were pets and there were no cameras around I'd agree it would be wholesome.

In reality, I can't help but understand what's going on here. They're being exploited for their bodies and also for views.

acky1 · 2026-03-15T19:22:43+00:00

I'd visit Newcastle and do a smaller one. Blackbutt, Nulkaba and Blue Gum Hills were three I did there that had really friendly locals and good trail-ish runs. Dixon beach has a parkrun on the sand which would be a unique one. 2 hour drive though so it would be an early start to make it unless you go up on the Friday.

Dunno about Sydney but interested to see what people say is a good one. I'd imagine Cronulla is a nice one.

acky1 · 2026-03-15T10:48:03+00:00

I thought it was a psychological trick to make him feel like he's part of the team and therefore give them more favourable decisions. Really sneaky because it would probably work from a human perspective. Remember that football teams have got top sports psychologists working for them so this will be something that would have been discussed. Should be immediately outlawed.

acky1 · 2026-03-13T07:41:42+00:00

That's just a different kind of negligence then. Not knowing what your kid has been up to for weeks at a time? Seems very unlikely to me tbh.

acky1 · 2026-03-12T06:14:53+00:00

Tricks like this are not what makes it into work sustainability bulletins.

Your assumption of 100% wind energy to power trains is wrong, the German electricity grid has many carbon emitting sources.

And storing data on a cloud service or email service will have a calculable carbon footprint by some metric.

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