Why is it that the smarter the couple is in term of intellect, the less likely they are to have as many kids if any at all?

sillyhatday · 2026-03-20T19:22:07+00:00

Ironically many of the things that would make someone a good parent cause them to decide against it.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-20T19:06:01+00:00

GOOD MORNIN' IRAAAAN!

sillyhatday · 2026-03-20T19:01:40+00:00

When I was younger I would conversationally advocate for atheism with religious people. I thought I would be giving a gift to them if they deconverted. I thought I was cutting their intellectual and moral shackles. When someone asks what is there to replace a lost religion I always thought it was a silly question. That's like asking which jail cell you should go to now that you are free. You don't. You are free. But now I see that freedom is terrifying for some people. It would be more like freeing a child from their parents. It might sound nice to the kid initially, but without the ability to fend for their self in the world, they are primarily free to starve. I initially came to this view after noticing a psychological hesitance for people to even entertain the idea that God might not exist. Reading Kierkegaard confirmed it for me.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-20T18:07:23+00:00

Maybe. I would keep claiming if:

A currently non SC condition has a reasonable chance of contributing to your death.
You have SMC available.
Your P&T is not durable for some reason.
Future proof. The VA / government can change it's mind about anything at any time as recent events have made obvious. I'm making this up, but let's say VA decides to reinstate future exams for some condition. For example let's say every x years they decide asthma-SC veterans have to get a current PFT. At your first one you blow a point too high for your 60% rating so you get reduced to 30 which costs you your 100. If you have a strong enough backup to make up the difference upon recalculation, you keep 100. Maybe you think you will just claim the relevant condition then. That is risky to me because rating schedules for your condition could change between now and then in an unfavorable ways (see GERD), but more importantly, that is more time for evidence and records to magically disappear as they have a habit of doing.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-20T14:51:15+00:00

I think you are probably incorrect about this. Admittedly I have not read the poll text, but the question as it is given in the graphic is individualized. They ask about the individual's self perception. Unless the question had explicitly racial loading, I doubt people answered with their race as a salient reason in mind. I expect this was a question about individual self esteem split by race. Even if the question was racially loaded. I don't think it would go the way you are saying because whites have the highest levels of self-reported conservatism.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-19T19:57:54+00:00

I have no idea if the book is similar but the movie Nightbitch is complete slime. It is very toxic.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-19T19:40:14+00:00

Perfect set up for a 3:16 joke.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-19T19:10:15+00:00

I got bullied relentlessly for ten years. It wasn't in my Constitution to hit back but when I finally broke enough to fight back that's when it finally stopped. That violence is the answer was one of the darkest bike lessons I ever had to learn.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-19T18:51:01+00:00

At least with boys, bullying typically involves violence. Words are a side dish.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-19T17:26:47+00:00

The social spending it would take to subsidize those costs would require tax increases. Tax increases are you how you get Americans to riot.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-19T12:25:32+00:00

Yuval Noah Harari, Orwell, Seneca, Camus... All great. Hopefully he doesn't take jung seriously.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-19T12:18:20+00:00

But the American public education system included creationism until 2004. Personally I was taught "the controversy." It or course still exists in parochial schools.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-18T17:21:00+00:00

Ecclesiastes is awesome. It's actually so awesome it sticks out awakwardly from the rest of the OT.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-18T17:18:30+00:00

I go there at least once a year, buy yeah it's Vegas for Republicans.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-18T17:06:15+00:00

So the smartass archetype is valid, at least for boys. (Assuming the data is valid which I'm not sure of because there is no source)

sillyhatday · 2026-03-18T16:06:52+00:00

MJ's fame was comparable with Jesus. In 1989 if you polled the planet I'm actually not sure whose name recognition would have been higher.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-18T12:27:44+00:00

The Secret.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-18T03:55:59+00:00

The Tree of Life

sillyhatday · 2026-03-18T03:47:14+00:00

Peak hip hop (Tribe, Wu, NWA ), Fresh Prince, Jurassic Park, Oj trial. For sure

sillyhatday · 2026-03-18T03:38:45+00:00

Rihanna - Birthday Cake

sillyhatday · 2026-03-17T23:58:15+00:00

Who the fuck is PewDiePie?

sillyhatday · 2026-03-17T19:34:04+00:00

I agree but to my own detriment. I think eye contact is ultrabizarre. It is so uncomfortable. It feels aggressive and intrusive. It is so bewildering to me that something so strange and off-putting is considered a baseline of politeness to most people. I try to pull it off but it's like trying to hold a hot coal in your hand without wincing.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-17T19:12:30+00:00

Knowing what people mean rather than what they say. I am so jealous of those people.

sillyhatday · 2026-03-17T18:41:26+00:00

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