Well, that’s the thing, isn’t it? It doesn’t matter what people say, the truth will reveal itself no matter one’s feelings about MAGA or liberals. Whatever people have said about other politicians, I’ve been watching the President’s mental state deteriorate in a manner congruent with the progression of dementia since the early signs in his first term. And, for the record, no, that doesn’t mean he’s going to be gone soon. The life expectancy after diagnosis is years; he might die before the end of his term, or (with the best care in the world) he might not. We’ll see about Schumer, too. I haven’t seen any dementia symptoms in him, but I haven’t paid any attention to him, either.

But Trump was showing early signs of dementia during his first term. He’s showing signs of rapidly-advancing dementia now. Non-dementia health claims about other politicians without evidence in no way discredit the claim that he’s visibly declining with dementia symptoms. The difference here is evidence. (And is it really an improbable that an elderly President would suffer dementia in his second term, and that his staff would try to cover it up?)

That’s weird, even by hyperbole standards. Which politicians, exactly? I’d only heard it about Biden, because Repiblicans project enough for an IMAX multiplex.

Hardly. Bill Gates came from a wealthy family, attended a private school, and through it had thousands of hours of computer programming time several years before even the Altair 8800 came out. He had a personal connection to IBM through his mother, which is how Microsoft got the DOS deal. His circumstances were unique, and his success the result of a hefty dose of luck.

No, that explanation fails on the face of it. If that were the case, then why the furious opposition whenever such infrastructure is proposed?

In general, the “what’s your favorite [x]?” questions, where [x] is movie, album, game, or the like. Few people share anything about the title, or why it’s meaningful to them, and very little discussion ensues, because, what’s to talk about? It just tends to result in a list of media (most of which I’ve heard of) connected to screen names of people I don’t know. Not usually worth reading.

Sailing, because it’s dozens of hobbies in one: It’s a competitive sport either with a team or solo, or it can be a relaxing diversion, or it can be a terrifying personal challenge. It can encompass skills such as sewing, woodworking, machining, plumbing, physics, mathematics, design, navigation, radio communication, astronomy, meteorology, geography, geology, environmental sciences, electronics/electrical engineering, history, linguistics, culinary skills, and more. You can basically always be thinking about it!

The land-value tax is the only fair tax, after all.

I don’t have to try, since here you’re claiming that hospitals in countries with brown-skinned people are substandard and unhygienic.

Not a myth, I’ve seen it.

And she was not one of the grossest humans alive, but just had some hangups about “down there” that kept her from washing her vulva well.

And then there are people who envision all brown-skinned people as performing FGM with a piece of broken glass in a grass hut, when in fact, most instances of it are also hospital-performed medical procedures.

It’s not controversial to say that women differ sexually, right? For example, some women can orgasm from penetration alone, and others need more-direct clitoral stimulation. Everybody knows this, or should know this.

Would it be controversial to claim that, hey, perhaps men differ, too? What if we’re not exaggerating how much of a difference it makes? There are intact men right here in this discussion who say that most of their sensation comes from their foreskin, and they don’t feel much from their glans. It would destroy their enjoyment of sex to cut it off, even while many men wouldn’t notice much change, because most of their sensation comes from the glans.

id rather bust fast than not be sensitive down there

For what it’s worth, my friend tells me that in his experience, intact men have better awareness and control of their level of stimulation, and therefore last longer.

Hmm, yes, I guess I forgot about anthropology’s Out of Africa (In a Minivan) hypothesis on the origin of the human species.

How do you organize an armed group that’s big enough to be effective without the fascists hearing about it in advance?

don’t face them alone

*pervasive surveillance state has entered the chat*

Simple: Kids can walk, too.

No, we don’t forget that! What, you think we’re idiots? In fact, we are able to distinguish the difference between logistics vehicles and people moving about in individual vehicles. Those are two very different things. A dozen or so semis to the grocery store every day is a far sight different than thousands of cars.

Walkable cities around the world still have stores. And vehicles. It’s not that hard.

That was Herbert Kornfeld, in Accounts Reeceevable at Midstate Office Supply, a regular columnist for The Onion in the early years.

ETA: The Autobiography of Herbert K

Remember who? I don’t know who Farley Burke is or was.

e: Oh, Charly. I misheard. I will gladly honor the sacrifice of Ensign Charly Burke.