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There's a quite logical reason that a lot of things we call unhealthy taste good. It's because they're not unhealthy. Too much of them is though, and they're things that are very beneficial if you're a hunter-gatherer trying to survive in a tough environment. Salt's not easy to get hold of, fat is a...

Hey, you just summed up my wedge issue. Seriously, why is "just leave folks alone, damn it" so controversial a stance?! It's Xenophobic avarice. It's always xenophobic avarice. Because there are different people with different ideas about how things around them should be in the same place and time....

One part has tried to compromise. One part thinks compromise makes your dick ensmallen. One part has tried to be bipartisan. One part has thrown a tantrum and tanked bipartisan legislation that they started because it's bipartisan. Do I have to pull out the Dril tweet? All the "polarization" here i...

Don't make the mistake of thinking that all Russians are marching in lockstep behind Putin. They're not. People being arrested for not voting as intended, setting fires or puring ink into ballot-boxes Noon against Putin The main event of the presidential elections is a large-scale opposition rally....

What I want to know is: why is Putin even bothering to have an election? Are the Russian people just that dumb? Is Putin dumb enough to think that anyone believes it? The same sort of reason he keeps repeating the transparent BS invasion reasons. Self-justificiation and pretend legimitimacy. It loo...

Probably a lot of unpleasant things. Exaggerating that to unspeakable, and implying always, that's just exaggerated prejudice. Funny how the most self-righteous are so often full of that.

Someone else who can't see past the chip on their shoulder and makes an argument by elevating to rather silly extremes I see. Now I can't imagine anyone getting that rich without being somewhat unpleasant, and engaging in the type of business practice I don't have much of a positive opinion of, but ...

No, it couldn't. I don't have the power to help literally everyone. Billionaires do. I draw the line at not being a billionaire. It's possible to earn a million dollars. The only way you can become a billionaire is by crushing people underfoot. Billionaires don't have the power to help everyones . ...

Not played Stellaris for years now, must give it another look. I got rather confused when the entire planetary management system changed (not that it didn't need changing) and didn't persevere enough to get through that.

Incidentally, isn't it time we brought back the male skirt from TNG? I'm serious. I think it was probably the most progressive thing about TNG season 1 - the problem was that the 1980s and 1990s were not ready for it. I find it really unbelievable actually that in the ultra-liberal Federation it wi...