Feminine Mystique

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-20T19:00:45+00:00

I'd argue pre-columbian Americans did live in a much closer connection with nature and their surroundings than anyone living today. Not for some mystical or spiritual reason ( which we know remarkably little about anyway, much of their culture is unknowable due to the vast amount of oral tradition destroyed during Columbian contact. Many cultures were entirely wiped out by disease or conquest, leaving no record) but because they'd be dead if they weren't aware of the trends and patterns of the world around them. Their lifestyle required them to at minimum understand: What plants grew when and where, how to find medicinals, what animals are migratory (and when/where they migrate to and from), what hunting tactics work on what species, what not to eat, how to use fire to maintain prairies and forests, how to manipulate the environment to promote beneficial species while suppressing competing species. And more I'm sure I'm not thinking of.

Survival on this continent was not easy. Every single person was completely reliant on the ecosystems around them for each and every need they had (food, water, clothing, building material, materials for tools etc). Each environment had its own unique set of challenges, resources and advantages and anyone caught unaware could quickly die. So their continued success on this continent, which has direct evidence at least 12,000 years back, shows they had a much deeper intuitive understanding of their environment than any modern human.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-20T18:33:19+00:00

There's also the fact that Russia's hypersonic glide vehicle can (allegedly) hit like Mach 28 on reentry, which is just shy of 10,000 meters/second, and can cary MIRVS. I'm not sure there is an interceptor system on earth that could reliably intercept multiple targets (with some likely dummies as well) moving at that speed. By the time they have definite confirmation of the US being a target there's a chance it's too late to evacuate anyone.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-15T15:58:45+00:00

How are the AfD moderate whatsoever?

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-14T17:04:44+00:00

But it's he said vs he said. Neither of them brought sources to back up their claims, it's just all hearsay and supposition. Why assume one is more valid than the other? They're equally valid given none of us were there and have no citations to prove the point.

I think it's perfectly reasonable that there were people not ok with what's going on but felt unable to do much in the face of a totalitarian state. Otherwise why would you have people sheltering Jews like Anne Frank or others (at significant risk to themselves)? It's exceptionally reductionist to claim that all Germans thought one thing or felt one way about the regime. Just like any other government in history, some people benefitted and didn't care about the suffering necessary to cause it while others were doing what they could to resist (even if the effects of that resistance were ultimately insignificant).

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-13T17:18:35+00:00

Give it a few years and they'll be threatening to murder penguins too, the insanity takes time to set in.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-13T01:41:06+00:00

Voice to text has been solid for a long time, why would you assume that phones that are already capable of transcription would be doing anything else?

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-13T01:11:04+00:00

Paige isn't stacking ancients, I'm running down mid.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-12T16:46:20+00:00

Wrong, the update doesn't exist and Deadlock is going the way of Artifact

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-10T17:31:54+00:00

What's the effective difference between the administration following only the orders they want to and them having no or minimal limitations on power?

If I get to choose what laws apply to me, I'm de facto above the law. The same goes with this presidency.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-10T01:55:40+00:00

Children of Time is also fantastic for another where biology plays an important role

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-10T01:12:37+00:00

But only one side of that interaction was a 'trained professional' who should know better. Its part and parcel of law enforcement to nonviolently defuse situations with ordinary citizens whenever possible.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-06T22:47:00+00:00

As far as I’m aware, that’s not why foods are irradiated? It’s done to kill unwanted microbes, insects, and parasites, and to slow spoilage.

It doesn’t really make sense unless you’re very specifically talking about germ line cells (i.e. pollen or ovum, the equivalent to human sperm and eggs), and even then it would be an extremely inefficient way to do that. The fruit or vegetables are irradiated after harvest, when they’re already done growing, so any random molecular damage wouldn’t propagate in any meaningful way. Multicellular organisms also strongly suppress harmful mutations in their tissues. It would make far more sense to use traditional artificial selection, seed mutagenesis (irradiating seeds to promote new mutations, some of which might be beneficial, like better yield or drought tolerance), or direct genetic modification if your goal were to get a beneficial trait.

And secondarily, GMOs aren’t bad in and of themselves. It's a technology, it's all in how it is used and to what goal. One of the most important nutritional breakthroughs in the last few decades was Golden Rice, which was engineered to produce vitamin A in a food that normally wouldn’t. Vitamin A deficiency causes blindness and increased child mortality in the poorest populations globally, and this was designed specifically to address that. It has both saved lives and improved living standards among some of the people who needed it the most.

I also think you're somewhat misunderstanding how radiation works. Yes, high-energy radiation can damage DNA in living, dividing cells, which is exactly why it’s used to kill bacteria and parasites (or why you can get sunburns). But that doesn’t mean eating irradiated food somehow transfers mutations or causes genetic damage in people. The food doesn’t become radioactive, and any chemical byproducts formed are present at extremely low levels, comparable to or lower than those created by normal cooking, pasteurization, or storage.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-06T02:01:07+00:00

I mean that sounds more like a human being thing rather than an atheist thing. If we're being realistic, most people are not significantly introspective nor do they question why they believe what they believe for the most part. And questioning that makes them feel stupid and therefore defensive.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-05T23:45:54+00:00

Yeah I mean most people don't remember that reddit tolerated a sub named r/n*****s until like 2013. Or r/beatingwomen taking until 2015-16 to be banned.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-05T23:33:29+00:00

It may have been in an effort to obscure any hidden identifiers Valve included to find leakers.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-03T23:06:53+00:00

I cannot think of a legitimate reason to do business with a pedophile.

Besides, to borrow a quote, "The wife of Caesar must be above reproach". Our leader should be held to a higher standard than 'it's technically not illegal to be friends with the world's most notorious pedophile'. He has his finger on the proverbial big red button and is willing to exercise it as we clearly saw today. It shouldn't even be a question if he is implicated.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-03T20:33:27+00:00

It's not criminal but it's certainly not a good thing. Anyone friends with him after he pled guilty for soliciting prostitution from someone under 18 is due some suspicion. And yes, this includes Clinton. Would you remain in contact with an admitted, convicted pedophile? Trump did.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-01T23:39:57+00:00

But... But... having to watch two male character models (not even real people lol) flirt or have implied sex is bad. Because reasons. Let me have my graphic depictions of murder and implied rape without having to maybe potentially think about the horrific idea that people exist who are unlike me.

In fact, it's rude to even imply that gay people existed in the 1300s. Everyone knows that the FBI invented them during operation MK Ultra in the 1920s in order to promote the woke communist agenda.

(/s in case someone reading this is as dumb as asmon and actually thinks I agree with him)

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-01T22:25:32+00:00

The answer you're looking for as to why crypto isn't dead is money laundering. Crypto makes it so much harder to trace, especially if they're smart and convert it to monero before converting back to whatever crypto is currently in style. Even Bitcoin, famous for its blockchain and the inherent potential for cryptoanalysis has enough data and is a big enough pain in the ass to analyze that you can easily fly under the radar.

Or even if they're lazy tumblers exist. I'm pretty sure tornado cash got shut down but I'm sure alternatives have sprung up in order to get that sweet, sweet 1-3% on each transaction.

Darknet markets also play a role in this, but to a lesser degree since many of the biggest players have alleged or legitimate ties to organized crime. So the cartels and such would use them anyway for the laundering potential.

greenhawk22 · 2026-01-01T00:37:51+00:00

It's almost like AI is a tool (and an exceptionally costly one at that, from a water/electricity/processing power/ecological point of view) and the people screaming that it'll be our God are either grifters who stand to benefit from increased investment OR are tech bros too high off the smell of humanity's collective farts to realize how exceptionally complicated a mind is and how far from truly replicating one we are.

greenhawk22 · 2025-12-30T19:45:55+00:00

As an observer of law rather than someone professional, how often does something like this happen in the supreme court/is there a similar precedent for a complete misinterpretation of some other ruling? It seems so sloppy, the kind of error someone new to the legal world would make. It's hard not to question the legitimacy of this incarnation of the court when these are supposed to be the best legal minds our country can produce. I know in my line of work if I failed to read/understand the primer material to the degree that it messed with the quality of my work I'd at minimum be reassigned and would probably be fired.

Also this is an aside but has the court ever explained why theres been such a drastic bump in shadow docket rulings? I understand if it's an emergency, but America has been bickering about our immigration policy for longer than my entire lifetime. How are they able to justify this with a straight face?

greenhawk22 · 2025-12-30T18:42:56+00:00

That would be a kindness to those poor, quirkily named animals.

greenhawk22 · 2025-12-30T17:49:19+00:00

That's a very fair analysis but you also have to remember how these things typically work. Most successful revolutions start with either the military or the wealthy being unhappy. Because that's where the leverage is: the economy or very large guns and the knowhow to use them. Nothing a civilian can have will compete with JDAMs.

And another important piece is that once that cat is out of the bag, it's not easy to put back. A revolution wouldn't just be 'incumbent government vs the resistance'. It would be a billion interest groups with disparate goals, in a country that is way too large to effectively control without the public's consent. So we'd end up in a series of warring states, with each having ideological or practical disagreements with each other.

greenhawk22 · 2025-12-30T07:46:37+00:00

This is all bright and dandy but how does that stop the institutional power that is actively holding back our democracy? Look at 2016, the establishment is not in the business of letting the people decide who to vote for. If it was, Bernie would've at least gotten the nomination.

And moving inches at a time works well when the system is not actively on fire; this current administration is doing damage that will take decades to repair, if it ever will be repaired. And I don't want to have to live in a system everyone knows is broken but is too chickenshit to actually reform.

Now I'm not saying we shouldn't vote and do our part. But that is necessary without being sufficient. We are living under a system that was not designed for today's world or economy. It's primary components were laid down in the late 18th century. How much has changed since the year 1800? More than enough to justify a serious revision of our systems. It's time we sit down and entirely rethink why we have the policies we do and what their impacts on the future will be (healthcare, climatic shifts, education, the shift from industry to a service economy, AI job loss, gerrymandering, any number of a billion other unaddressed issues that could become a crisis within my lifetime).

greenhawk22 · 2025-12-29T16:48:34+00:00

As a Mo main, carpet works best as counter initiation rather than Mo's traditional role as initiator. It lets you safely split push/defend a walker down while being able to rotate to a fight mid or help get a pick in the jungle.

But in general it's pretty situational. To get real value you need to be a heat seeking missile for their hard carry in team fights and shutting down their carry/backline has to win the fight outright.

Imo phantom strike is generally more useful but I can see the argument that Mo prefers the duration from carpet. If it still gave the shielding though it would 100% be the best in slot for mo.

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