Oh they find a way. Bezos wedding was 40 to 50 million euros.

That’s great that AIPAC had a backup plan

They’re acting as close to a controlled opposition as ever before.

If performative ethics were an Olympic sport…

This is almost certainly some dude in their basement playing out a stereotype to stoke fear.

Its has also been shown to improve survival in metastatic colon cancer. Agree that this is a poor example.

I’m dumb, password is passcode in this case. Just don’t include any letters lol.

So… How do you set a passcode?

The original article says women. Unless they are using women with small hands as code for children.

I would hope a social studies teacher would understand the pitfalls of Western orientalism and Western cultures obsession with describing other groups as ‘its’ rather than as whole persons.

But if we’re going to objectify people, why don’t we get real technical about it. Why not move manufacturing to other east Asian countries? Even outside of East Asia, you can find many countries with less labor protections and large populations where you can select for millions of people with small hands. Why China? Anyone who is being intellectually honest knows that hand size was not the central reason.

If this is widely accepted then Western culture has a long way to go when it comes to facing its history of racial objectification. Because this sounds less like a valid rationale and more like modern phrenology presenting itself as business and engineering acumen.

Young Chinese women have small fingers, and that has made them a valuable contributor to iPhone production because they are more nimble at installing screws and other miniature parts in the small device, supply chain experts said. In a recent analysis the company did to explore the feasibility of moving production to the United States, the company determined that it couldn’t find people with those skills in the United States, said two people familiar with the analysis who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/technology/apple-iphone-trump-india-china.html

They’re supposedly paraphrasing “supply chain experts” but they could definitely paraphrase better.

Western culture is built on a foundation of race based hierarchical brain rot and isn’t it remarkable how it always finds a way to remind us of that?

Has a higher star rating than El Salvador and Alcatraz according to Expedia so I’ll take it.

Maybe we shouldn’t be letting fascists march out in the open like this.

I wish we could stop listening to Zionists (Israeli Fascists).

Its too bad they’ve had unconditional US support for so long.

Fascism around the world must end if we’re going to set the world on the right track.

That itself is an indictment on the US.

Also, that is less than half of those in military service. Many of them, regardless of their income level, get radicalized towards white nationalism due to the culture of the institution.

Don’t get me wrong there are good people that have served and I don’t doubt that the US government has taken advantage of their desperation.

But normalization of a culture that portrays a black colleague as a slave or downplays sexual assualt is unacceptable in my view (regardless of tax bracket).

You have to be below a subaverage intelligence level to join, not dissimilar to law enforcement, CBP or ICE so this is not at all surprising.

Republicans certainly have no intention of meaningfully addressing the deficit and they never have. Their appetite to drive the deficit up to fund tax cuts for the rich has only grown since Reagan.

The fact that this was blocked is mildly surprising at best. It means very little when we know all they’re looking for is to cut funding for key public services even further.

The US’ credit rating has already been dropped from triple A with the deficit being cited as a key reason.

The goal is to cut funding and services as fast as possible to accelerate the process of returning to feudalistic times. One where you and I fight over ‘limited’ resources due to artificial scarcity while they live lavishly in their palaces.

Definitely true for both and the natural consequence of hyperindividualism. In the case of boys, it seems that a few too many are turning to the manosphere for mentorship which is particularly concerning.

Does it bother him when you don’t respond? I don’t know this boys particular circumstances but Western culture has a mentorship crisis when it comes to young boys and men, generally speaking.

You shouldn’t have to do anything that makes you uncomfortable but, as an introvert myself, I have come to learn that kinship sometimes means doing your own thing in the presence of others. This is really important to children since they want to feel like they’re part of something bigger.

If he’s not expecting a response to everything and you’re OK with just being together I’d advocate for that. You may find it to be healthy for both of you. Depends on your specific circumstances though.