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Forum: USA Politics 8th March 2024, 11:00 AM
Replies: 100
Views: 2,305
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
I heard it was fiery. Haven't seen it yet,...

I heard it was fiery.

Haven't seen it yet, but will probably watch some of it later today. I usually think the SOTU is hot garbage, but I'm a bit curious about this one since we're in such...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd March 2024, 06:52 PM
Replies: 369
Views: 10,598
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
:D

:D
Forum: USA Politics 1st March 2024, 10:24 AM
Replies: 109
Views: 2,198
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
A lot of things. She speaks in word-salads much...

A lot of things. She speaks in word-salads much of the time, she's got that annoying cackle, and she's an immoral opportunist.

I still don't really understand why her approval rating and...
Forum: USA Politics 28th February 2024, 12:20 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 334
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Seems a bit premature. He's only 82.

Seems a bit premature. He's only 82.
Forum: USA Politics 26th February 2024, 11:33 AM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,554
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
mpAMpYkDA0o

mpAMpYkDA0o
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th February 2024, 11:28 AM
Replies: 968
Views: 29,271
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
It does, at the end. Look for the red dot, where...

It does, at the end. Look for the red dot, where it says: This article was updated on 23 February 2024 to add further details and biographical information, including reference to Scarlet Blake’s...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th February 2024, 07:06 AM
Replies: 968
Views: 29,271
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
It appears so,...

It appears so,...
Forum: USA Politics 23rd February 2024, 10:14 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 1,606
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Talk about four dimensional chess!

Talk about four dimensional chess!
Forum: USA Politics 21st February 2024, 06:46 PM
Replies: 131
Views: 4,487
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
This devious Republicans! Is there anything they...

This devious Republicans! Is there anything they can't do?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st February 2024, 05:45 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
My evidence that "there may be a bit of a...

My evidence that "there may be a bit of a component of genetics involved, but I don't think it is a significant reason for the behavioral difference"?

What we know about natural history. All...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st February 2024, 12:03 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
There may be a bit of a component of genetics...

There may be a bit of a component of genetics involved, but I don't think it is a significant reason for the behavioral difference.

Why are you putting "the black race" and "the white race" in...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st February 2024, 11:32 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
It's often worse. Christian creationists at least...

It's often worse. Christian creationists at least respond with bad arguments.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st February 2024, 10:29 AM
Replies: 968
Views: 29,271
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
You can laugh, but I think it was one of the best...

You can laugh, but I think it was one of the best movies of the past twenty years. John Cusack was amazing.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st February 2024, 08:16 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
It's quite striking, really. They're so pumped up...

It's quite striking, really. They're so pumped up with anti-racist ideology that they'll jettison basic logical reasoning.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st February 2024, 08:13 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Only in a completely irrelevant way to the...

Only in a completely irrelevant way to the discussion.

"We share the same ancestors with amoebas, man."
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 20th February 2024, 09:29 PM
Replies: 1,911
Views: 54,973
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
This is your attempt at starting the 20 back and...

This is your attempt at starting the 20 back and forth that I mentioned. What you're referring to as the "good guy with a gun meme" will end up being some silly straw man.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 20th February 2024, 06:06 PM
Replies: 1,911
Views: 54,973
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Fixed link....

Fixed link. (https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-new-normal-bomb-attacks-suburbs-kristersson-elections-2024/#:~:text=The%20upswell%20of%20violence%20has,90%20in%20all%20of%202022.)
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th February 2024, 08:16 PM
Replies: 1,911
Views: 54,973
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
After about twenty back and forth posts it'd turn...

After about twenty back and forth posts it'd turn out that you're using a totally straw version of some imaginary "good guy with a gun" argument or some fringe quote you found in the dusty corners of...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th February 2024, 05:52 PM
Replies: 1,911
Views: 54,973
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Logic fail. Irrelevant ad hominem in...

Logic fail.



Irrelevant ad hominem in response to logic fail.

Keep up the quality posting guys.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th February 2024, 02:55 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
I’m going with womynfesto.

I’m going with womynfesto.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th February 2024, 01:48 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
I'm of that same school of thought. Even worse,...

I'm of that same school of thought. Even worse, the media often posts the best looking photos of the perps, sometimes making them look "cool" at times.

I think this is beside the point, though,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th February 2024, 10:32 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,110
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
What does any of this have to do with Norman...

What does any of this have to do with Norman Alexander mistaking photos of left wing violent agitators for bushfires?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th February 2024, 08:20 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,110
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
I recognized a few of those as photos not of...

I recognized a few of those as photos not of bushfires but of the violent left wing mobs that ran wild throughout the cities of the US throughout 2020. My favorite is the one near the center where...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th February 2024, 07:28 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
If that's the argument you want to go with, it's...

If that's the argument you want to go with, it's on you.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 17th February 2024, 09:35 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 1,437
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
I love how every thread is about Donald Trump.

I love how every thread is about Donald Trump.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th February 2024, 09:32 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Can you share the "ordinary human theory science"...

Can you share the "ordinary human theory science" that shows that human behavior is not heritable? Data and reason are also welcome!
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2024, 04:39 PM
Replies: 1,911
Views: 54,973
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Not saying you're wrong (48 hour rule), but...

Not saying you're wrong (48 hour rule), but curious as to why you think so. With 18 confirmed gunshot wounds it seems like it may be more than one shooter.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2024, 11:07 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
You've got a couple options, some of which may...

You've got a couple options, some of which may give different answers in some cases:

1) Ask them. Are you of asian descent?
2) Have them do Ancestry.com or 23andme and send you the results.
3)...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2024, 03:39 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
This is of course true, but dogs are not...

This is of course true, but dogs are not different solely because of selection and ancestry. Nature and nurture both play a role.

With human groups, there's also nature and nurture, but the...
Forum: USA Politics 12th February 2024, 08:20 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 951
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Do you disagree that the GOP Nominee should be a...

Do you disagree that the GOP Nominee should be a batcrap insane fascist criminal out to destroy democracy?

To each their own, I guess.
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 09:15 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,922
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
I think you've got your answer. There's...

I think you've got your answer.

There's really isn't a number of times Biden can prove he's mentally unfit before "Dems" will admit it.

I put Dems in quotes, because I don't think you're...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th February 2024, 09:51 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
It's interesting how people react so very...

It's interesting how people react so very differently to those two simple facts from the data.


The fact that the shooters are disproportionately male: no one questions, denies, or struggles...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th February 2024, 06:48 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Sure, it's fair. But it's really just more or...

Sure, it's fair. But it's really just more or less a restatement of the original observation:

males commit drastically, overwhelmingly more rapes, murders, assaults, and mass shootings than...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th February 2024, 06:42 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
What is your motivation for using this incredibly...

What is your motivation for using this incredibly strange methodology?

You want to look for other correlations, while disregarding the extraordinarily obvious one.

As mentioned before, a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th February 2024, 01:27 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
I’m not exactly sure what you’re asking. Maybe...

I’m not exactly sure what you’re asking. Maybe it’s a British/American English difference, but the question “why ever not?” makes little sense to me.

My point in the post that you quoted was to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th February 2024, 09:52 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Who cares? That's just silly. There's...

Who cares?



That's just silly. There's no need for anyone to show that there "can not possibly be a correlation" to realize that there is causation.

My statement that "there's not simply a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th February 2024, 08:56 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
There's not "simply a correlation" when the...

There's not "simply a correlation" when the numbers are that skewed.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th February 2024, 08:54 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
FTFY. If we have to pretend to not notice they...

FTFY. If we have to pretend to not notice they are black males, then we should probably pretend to not notice they're males in the first place. :)
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th February 2024, 08:49 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
I agree that it's the exact question a racist...

I agree that it's the exact question a racist would ask, but only a moron would conclude that to ask the question makes one a racist. That's the kind of broken logic this board is supposed to be...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th February 2024, 06:52 AM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,441
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
That certainly seems to be one of our problems. ...

That certainly seems to be one of our problems.

Do you not think we have too many black murderers using firearms?

Do you think we have to few black murderers using firearms?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th February 2024, 01:02 PM
Replies: 448
Views: 19,708
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Not sure if it counts as science, but I thought...

Not sure if it counts as science, but I thought "Benford's Law" was pretty cool.

In short, it an explanation of different types of what we often call randomness. If you have a bunch of so-called...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th January 2024, 10:36 AM
Replies: 145
Views: 4,262
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Dude, that was over a month ago.

Dude, that was over a month ago.
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2024, 12:19 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,133
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
I can't imagine what the answer might be. I...

I can't imagine what the answer might be. I wonder what other countries do. I guess we'll never know.
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2024, 12:05 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,133
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
I'm not surprised the great minds of ISF can't...

I'm not surprised the great minds of ISF can't think of a way to prevent millions of illegal immigrants from crossing the border.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th January 2024, 04:18 PM
Replies: 1,911
Views: 54,973
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
That's a lot of MAGA supporters. :cool:

That's a lot of MAGA supporters. :cool:
Forum: USA Politics 14th January 2024, 08:19 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,133
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Did you post this to tell us that you think the...

Did you post this to tell us that you think the border should be closed?

I agree.
Forum: USA Politics 9th January 2024, 05:49 PM
Replies: 131
Views: 4,487
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Who is "we"?

Who is "we"?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th January 2024, 02:38 PM
Replies: 455
Split Thread: Homelessness Issues
Views: 7,654
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
Relatively speaking, nothing in the linked video...

Relatively speaking, nothing in the linked video looked that bad to me. We have a couple of large areas in San Francisco (and many smaller ones) that are quite a bit worse.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th January 2024, 08:03 AM
Replies: 968
Views: 29,271
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
I think they do as well, but I don't think it...

I think they do as well, but I don't think it matters. The TRAs will win.
Forum: USA Politics 27th December 2023, 07:10 PM
Replies: 436
Views: 11,951
Posted By sir drinks-a-lot
There are a lot of reasons, but I'll limit myself...

There are a lot of reasons, but I'll limit myself to ten. In no particular order:


He's a misogonist
He'll destroy Democracy
He's totally racist
He's anti-science. Remember he told people...
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