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  1. a lot of us...me included... have been thinking (assuming?) that the younger generation is more progressive and less willing to put up with the MAGA bull**** and ignorance. It turns out that this story is more complicated. Younger woman are are getting less willing to put up with MAGA bull****... younger men may be getting more drawn into the ignorance web. below is an abbreviated leader to a longer story (that is part of a section of stories around this theme) ... but the teaser is (grossly simplified): young men are falling behind young women academically young woman are in turn, seeing both greater opportunity, and also learning about the **** that other generations of women had to put up with and the struggles that women (and men) have made to advance their opportunities and reduce the oppressive crap layered on women. young woman have (on average) gotten more progressive with this education young men are split in two ... some are flourishing along side woman and are also getting more progressive (and more educated), but an increasing proportion of young men are falling behind academically. in a more integrated world, there is less economic opportunity for those with few skills. a larger portion of this crowd is getting bitter about things that they perceive that they have lost (relative to previous generations, relative to "foreigners" -- both here and abroad that are "stealing their jobs"; relative to women), and become ripe for MAGA echo chambers (woman are divided in to these two groups as well.... but the proportion of "winning" young women is growing, while the relative proportion of "losing" young men is growing) these trends lead to a greater proportion of women (that are flourishing) being less willing to put up with young men's maga bull****... leading to whole additional incel channels of resentment and bitterness. the alt right gleefully stokes this resentment.... and flourishes
  2. you are confusing describing a situation with approving of it. MAGA-ts are all of the atrocious things you describe. AND... people will continue to vote for them. In fact, there are signs that things might actually be getting worse, not better. (and it is global trends, not just US trends). Trump is a symbol of the rot, and has probably helped to assist/accelerate the rot, bit he mostly is just riding a wave that can more be traced to broader trends ... many of which are based on things that are mostly caused by things that the internet fosters--- the dissemination of bad information and the drowning out of good/reliable/verified echo chambers the gutting and undercutting of a viable accountable sources of information and or "authority" (and the press portion is just part of a broader undercutting of ALL sources of accountable and verifiable information or authority: the education system at all levels (from schools for young children through high schools up to Universities) government /diplomacy/ multilateral institutions science and scientists the entire ****ing scientific method the sense of a cohesive and caring community (rather than a fortress that is under siege)
  3. the people commenting in this thread need to watch this. John Oliver is a national treasure (for the USA! woot!!) and this is EXACTLY focused on the subjects at hand here. those of us that are geezers (or at least older than 35 or so) have a view of Boeing from its historical position as an engineering focused and driven institution. I knew several old Boeing engineers (from when i was young... so back in the days before color or electricity) and there was a notable and surprising level of universal pride and dedication to the company. That company doesn't exist anymore. The current Boeing is actually McDonnell Douglas with a name change ---- For those young turks in the audience... McDonnell Douglas used to join Boeing and Airbus as the third airplane manufacturer... until their shady management and crap quality control caused the firm to tank, and "be taken over" by Boeing... except it turns out that McDonnell Douglas ate Boeing, rather than the other way around. this story is just McDonnell Douglas tanking yet again, exactly like they did 20 years ago. It has just taken them this long to finish using up and monetizing all the residual Boeing engineering and name brand value.
  4. i dunno.... sounds like WAY too much abrasion for my jewels
  5. i continue to be shocked that a brown woman like Nikki Haley had a hard time building support in today's GOP. shocked.
  6. honestly, fast food is fine. I like it as long as I haven't any in about three weeks. but if I HAVE had fast food in the last couple of weeks,.... some how the "aura" of the last fast-food hasn't left my system, and the idea/smell/taste of new fast-food is ... bleh. i also only like fast food for 30 minutes after i have ordered it. at 35 minutes regret kicks in. at 45 minutes i can feel my arteries ****ing at me and no matter how neat i am while i am eating, after 45 minutes it always feels like i had eaten everything with my hands tied behind my back and have day-old essence-du-fast-food rubbed all over my face. but again... after a month the idea of fast-food sounds good to me again, and the whole cycle starts over.
  7. its obvious i am shopping for ... compensation. nothing shouts midlife crisis like a 56-year-old economist hopped up on viagra blasting debbie gibson from a fiery red convertable mini-van.
  8. truly the life of an economist but it's the specialization in econometrics that really gets the chicks. nothing gets the panties wet like statistics...
  9. seriously, though.... didn't Wendy's say they were investigating LOWERING the price during non-surge hours, rather than the other way around? its probably a lie, after all the negative backlash. and it would amount to the same thing anyway. they would raise prices to a high "standard" price that they would charge during prime-times, and then lower the price back to where it is now in the middle of the night. (like the $300 "standard rate" you used to see posted on the inside of the door of LaQuienta, Super-8 and other luxury hotel brands... )
  10. the only thing better than surge pricing would be the privilege to bargain the price... just to discover at checkout that your burger has unwanted dealership-special $17 undercoated-mushrooms, and the fries price you negotiated over the last 17 hours was per-fry. Lets see if we can get the manager over to allow the cashier to knock the burger's and fries price down from $287 to $286.97
  11. has anyone tried the Costco or Consumer Reports buying system? I would love to hear how they have worked out? they both require you to give out your phone number, and i've been wondering whether it is worth my time to buy a burner cell phone just to stay off the permanent caller list of every car lot within 100 miles of my house?
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