Dude, my mom covered our genitals with a washcloth. The only pic of me naked shows my bum. I had no idea nude baby pics were so popular.

I think it's probably more simple than that. Trump is jealous that Putin has his own country and he doesn't. In Trump's mind he's the best so he also needs to own an entire country just so he can outdo Putin.

He's probably working with putin to achieve this goal, and the details we can speculate about, but the motivation is likely that petty.

But how will the wealth addled convince us pleblians to spend money on worthless garbage? Or convince us that we're ugly and not good enough so we buy their products? Oh the humanity!

In all seriousness, advertising has had way too much of an influence on our culture and it needs to be properly regulated. I'm sick of being negged by beauty product ads.

The Supreme Court members who outed themselves as pro-corruption need to be given the 'Vote of No Confidence" treatment. Not just Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas, also remove the ones who quietly voted for post action bribes to be legal.

That's crazy! You mean like the greenbook that was written for traveling Black Americans during the Jim Crow era so they could avoid places like sundown towns and businesses that refused services to POC? Sorry if that's not what you meant, it's the only greenbook I'm familiar with... unless greenbook is a general term for avoiding places filled with racism?

Either way I had no idea that prejudice towards the Irish was still prevalent up into the 80's. Thats...really something else.

I have gotten dirty looks for talking to my dog in gaelic(she understood commands in both english and gaelic). The US really isn't friendly to any other languages at all. I'm also in a blue state.
It's gotta be WAY worse for POC. Like... scary worse...especially for folks stuck in red states. There are some cultural aspects of the US that really need updating. Like the rampant xenophobia.

You are definitely right that this is a manipulative move on Trump's part to make Biden look bad and get out if this debate.

But aren't most people in their 80's on a bunch of drugs anyway? Like blood pressure pills, cholesterol medicine, diuretics, arthritis medication etc? I'm not trying to stereotype older folks, but every person I've met over 60 seems to take a lot of pills.... that help them live and perform actions they couldn't otherwise.

Reddit is going to end up just being trolls arguing with bots and corporate shills... if it isn't already. I haven't been there in a long time, but I'm fairly confident in that assessment.

What i really wonder about is how long a site can profit off of the majority of activity coming from bots. I'm not tech savvy enough to know if the analytics can tell the difference between a bot posting and a person. How long can that go on before the site stops being profitable via ads? Will companies pay to advertise to bots? Would they even know? It's kinda funny to think about honestly.

It'll be really interesting to see how reddit's downfall comes to be though.

If you can somehow find/obtain that data PLEASE send it TERF groups.

Technically you could just make it up the way anti-trans propaganda is made up, but we should try not to sink to their level.

That's interesting, I've been having way better luck digging around on ddg. Google just seems to serve up ads when I'm trying to research a company or something and won't give me what I'm looking for.
Maybe its the types of things I search for though. It's really hard to say

Try using the duckduckgo search engine. I switched recently and the search results are way better than Google now. I get what I'm looking for first try more often than not.

They could start wearing those lead vests radiologists put on you when you get an xray alongside the aluminum hats. We know those definitely block radiation at least. Maybe a combo would make it block mind control rays extra good.

Republicans need people to stop making art because they want everyone to be dependent on low wage jobs at chain stores.

If you can support yourself in a way that isn't lining the pockets of the ultra wealthy you're "hurting america" or some bullshit like that.

I live in a tiny stone cottage from the 60's. It's literally made of rocks, no facade. It's the most insulation efficient house I've ever been in.
We dont have to start using ac until it starts hitting above 85F, and even then one unit cools the whole house. In the winter it stays warm and we save a ton on heating.
I wonder why stone isn't more common in places where it's abundant and earthquakes aren't really an issue. The insulation it provides is impressive.

They should have it written in gaelic since the first woman hung for witchcraft in the United States was an Irish servant who didn't speak English very well.
Apparently being unable to say the Lords Prayer in English is proof you're a witch... so they killed her.

This is why my husband and I got married after 10 years together. Originally neither of us cared because we were essentially already married. But doing it officially then I could be on his insurance, and if anything happens where one of us gets incapacitated the other can make healthcare decisions. Sucks that's how it works though.

I think a lot of us have been eating less in general due to how expensive food is right now, and that includes meat so that's a win I guess?

Semi joking aside that's a very reasonable approach to this problem. For some reason people like my parents "need" beef or some kind of meat with every meal, which is expensive and caused my mom to get gout. Yet her diet stays the same. There's very little middle ground with people on this topic, so it's refreshing to see someone suggesting we just eat less of it.

It's a phenomenon that's been observed across multiple sports, not just between men and women chess players. It's particularly poignant in men vs women's chess... because of people repeatedly telling women they are inherently worse than men. Like you are doing right now.

There's been multiple studies on this. So yes, I side with the data that stereotype threat phenomenon has a significant impact on women's performance in chess against men.

The chess one isnt quite right. There's been experiments where if a woman player didn't know her opponent was a man she would perform better. It's called stereotype threat phenomenon.

It also happens when a male player knowingly goes up against someone higher in the league than himself and he performs below his own standard average.

Basically people in general psyche themselves out of their best performance when going against someone they perceive to be better than them whether that's factual or not. Confidence and undermining confidence can change a whole lot about how a person does in any given game or task.

The Castrati League has entered the stadium!

I know... i know...castrato were young boys castrated to keep their singing voices high.. . but words can be updated and language fluid... right?