It may very well be true that people hold contradictory views, either because different groups of people are being conflated into one, or because many people don’t examine their views very closely. But I don’t think this article makes the case strongly at all.

A) I don’t think this is a new phenomenon at all

B) I don’t think they’ve provided any evidence that single women quitting the dating market is because of this.

Also has there ever been a point in time where the majority of single people don’t think that dating sucks?

I’m pretty sure that actually doing this would violate their medical licensing, regardless of VA rules.

Alcohol is a social lubricant, if you’re a drinker then yes it’s pretty natural to assume a few drinks on a first date would loosen both parties up. Not everyone is a drinker and that’s fine but I don’t think it’s weird at all to want drinks on an occasion where people are probably a bit nervous and awkward. Re: driving, take an uber? The bus?

You might be surprised by how vigorously people will argue against this point.

It’s called SAFe and it’s an art form.

Means we change requirements mid-sprint, right?

Or the product manager just now understands them.

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It also sounds like they targeted you specifically while you were waiting in line. So not only did they only approach you about it when they could’ve asked anybody, they approached you in a place where it’s hard for you to just walk away. That’s sus to me, I think your instincts were right to not give them an in.

While the current regulatory environment is very…discouraging, it’s not impossible, particularly if individual states take action.

Bit rude, yeah, but sometimes it’s better to be rude than let someone cross your boundaries. How much more awkward is it if you say “yes” or “maybe” and then they ask if they can borrow your phone or something and you have to evaluate whether you trust this random person while they’re looking right at you? A lot of people are definitely asking this way because it gets you to let your guard down and they know you would’ve said no if they’d just straight asked. Personally I tend to respond with “you can ask” or something like that. Making it pretty clear that I’m skeptical of what they’re going to ask. But my default assumption of other people in a city is that they’re potentially either trying to scam me or rob me.

Yeah, predatory ads for gambling really drive me crazy. Although I’d say my reasoning for being against it is pretty different from the Baptists.

Really need regulatory action on this. People have no idea.

Yeah, we can breed dogs however we want to, so why not breed dogs that are less dangerous? Not to mention less prone to health issues just because we think they’re cute when they have a nose so small that they can barely breathe. Dogs breeds aren’t sacred, most of them are a very recent phenomenon. Breed for positive traits, both for them and us.

Hypocrisy has never stopped him before and the immunity he’s been granted is very broad.

And now he’s pissing off someone who has shown full willingness to weaponize the Justice department.

But I also brought up civil court for a reason. Trump doesn’t really have direct leverage there and the discovery process could be very interesting in a case like that. A victim involved in the Epstein case may very well have standing to bring a civil suit if Musk is making information that’s harmful to them public.

Right? Accessing non-public information related to legal proceedings could very well be breaking the law. This is the sort of thing that could be actionable, in criminal or civil court.

One wonders if musk actually has any special information about this, and if so, how he got said information.

I think I’m on the side of “if you do this in your code, you deserve what you get.”