May 9
also commented on "Tattoos Are the Ultimate Branding Statement".
It's no different than asking someone about their haircut, clothes, eyeglasses, shoes, whatever. People appreciate a small compliment and modest question, but if you try to trap them and ask for more personal info than they want to volunteer, it gets obnoxious and creepy. But again, no different than any other question of a random stranger.
May 1
also commented on Some May Day Drama May Be Brewing Outside Seattle Central Right Now.
"Hard left" is not synonymous with anti-government.
Apr 30
also commented on One Hundred Percent Men.
@22: Welcome to total reading comprehension fail. Like, a "I pushed the door because it said pull" level of trouble processing what words mean.
Apr 30
also commented on One Hundred Percent Men.
@14: Given your nasty personality, I am delighted that you misread my comment in a way that upset you. Please try to read something else into this one that makes you positively screaming mad.
My point: lists of things with no analysis or commentary are useless because they beg insinuation and just reflect the readers' own opinions back at them.
Not my point (but please focus on this and hopefully have an aneurysm, @14): the things on the list of male-excluded are just as good as the things on the female-excluded list so there is no problem here.
My point: lists of things with no analysis or commentary are useless because they beg insinuation and just reflect the readers' own opinions back at them.
Not my point (but please focus on this and hopefully have an aneurysm, @14): the things on the list of male-excluded are just as good as the things on the female-excluded list so there is no problem here.
Apr 30
also commented on One Hundred Percent Men.
Ugh. Stupid lists with no point, just insinuation.
You know what excludes men?
- Nunneries
- Women's restrooms
- Every child birth ever
- Every U.S. First Lady ever
- Disney Princesses
- etc
See? That exclusion of men proves... uh, wait. It proves nothing. It is just a list of things that exclude men.
Sexism is a real issue that can be constructively addressed. Talk about why you think it is changing (if you believe it is) or why it is not. Talk about what links the items in these lists together. Just please, dear God, add *some* value beyond "a list of things that are all on the same list."
You know what excludes men?
- Nunneries
- Women's restrooms
- Every child birth ever
- Every U.S. First Lady ever
- Disney Princesses
- etc
See? That exclusion of men proves... uh, wait. It proves nothing. It is just a list of things that exclude men.
Sexism is a real issue that can be constructively addressed. Talk about why you think it is changing (if you believe it is) or why it is not. Talk about what links the items in these lists together. Just please, dear God, add *some* value beyond "a list of things that are all on the same list."
Apr 29
also commented on Yes, It's Different for Men.
Yes, there are different gender norms and the difference in treatment of Griner and Collins is partly a reflection of those different norms.
However, part of the difference in reaction is that the WNBA averages 7500 fans/game across 12 teams that play 34 games a season. That's about 1.5 million tickets sold per season.
The NBA averages for 17,000 fans for 30 teams for 82 games a season, or about 20m tickets sold per season.
From a moral perspective, women's sports are every bit as legitimate as men's. But from a business and cultural impact point of view, they are not even close.
@8: It's not that the players have two X chromosomes that makes women's sports "minor." It's that they do not have the following. If you want to say that attendance has no bearing on whether a sport is "major", then I insist that you treat the Southern Mississippi regional horseshoe league as every bit as "major" as the NFL.
However, part of the difference in reaction is that the WNBA averages 7500 fans/game across 12 teams that play 34 games a season. That's about 1.5 million tickets sold per season.
The NBA averages for 17,000 fans for 30 teams for 82 games a season, or about 20m tickets sold per season.
From a moral perspective, women's sports are every bit as legitimate as men's. But from a business and cultural impact point of view, they are not even close.
@8: It's not that the players have two X chromosomes that makes women's sports "minor." It's that they do not have the following. If you want to say that attendance has no bearing on whether a sport is "major", then I insist that you treat the Southern Mississippi regional horseshoe league as every bit as "major" as the NFL.
Apr 29
also commented on Jason Collins Isn't the First Openly Gay Pro Basketball Player.
@18: Yes to your first point. Which is why the tweet in question intentionally conflated "pro athlete" with "athlete in a major sport" in order to create fake controversy. WNBA is not a major sport. Neither is lacrosse, curling, badminton, or MLS.
Apr 7
also commented on John Corvino: The Point of Sex: Masturbation, Aquinas, & New Natural Law.
Really tired of this advertorial series.
Mar 26
also commented on If You Say Your Show Starts at 7, You Should Probably at Least Try to Start by 7.
Theatre isnot music. Different norms apply. Theatre is more like movies, where more than 5 minutes late is pretty annoying.
It would be one thing if they had gotten people into seats and made some kind of announcement, but just leaving people to mill about long after the published start time? I would have bailed too.
It would be one thing if they had gotten people into seats and made some kind of announcement, but just leaving people to mill about long after the published start time? I would have bailed too.
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It must be quite something to live such that literally everything you see confirms your deeply held worldview. Not a lot of room for learning anything, but maybe the smug satisfaction makes up for that.