in the same way that alcohol alone doesnt cause alcoholism.

No worries. I’m just all adamant when it comes to this anti-science food hysteria, and also I’m having a baby with an anti-science food hysteric. So there’s that. So I tend to backlash, but we all have to do what works for us.

I don’t think aspartame is even giving you gastric distress. If you’re a diet coke fan, it’s probably the caffeine. Seriously, the trace amounts of aspartame do literally nothing to the body, according to a billion double-blind studies.

Do what works for you, without a doubt, but for other readers of your post, know that the NE Journal of Medicine did a study that disproved a connection between aspartame and headaches.

As long as Food Boob doesn’t get anyone to outlaw diet soda, I’m good. Her zombie army loves saying “even regular soda is better than that toxic concoction”. Sure, Several teaspoons of a substance known to cause obesity and diabetes is much safer than trace amounts of a substance known to cause no harm.

Yup - exactly my daughter’s middle school tales. Any boy who shows up gets a speaking part, and tons of talented girls are in the choir, or left out altogether.

I saw this same thing written in some article not long ago. It’s fallout from US macho culture. Getting into acting, dancing etc as a boy is seen as “half queer”. But fewer hangups about that in UK/Aus. I see it first hand as my 14 yo daughter is hugely into performing arts. And it’s 80+% girls, and most of that small…

Unlikely that a typical street criminal’s parents said, “maybe you should perform crimes.” but if you could go back in time, ala Scrooge, you’d see lots of parental neglect, mixed messages, bad modeling, possibly even physical/verbal abuse.

There are very few Bad Seeds out there - think “We Need to Talk About Kevin”. Most shitheads in the world were warped into shithead-itude by their 18th birthday, through family abuse/neglect.

Gross way to end, and I don’t know how well I’d be able to celebrate if I’d been supporting Japan.

It’s another internet BS rule.

Good to know!

I would break it down more to:

Same here. When I was married and wearing The One Ring, women were far more flirty with me. I can only guess at the psychology. Perhaps they’re thinking, “How much of a creep can he be? I mean, he’s married!”

ACTING!!!

I’m reformed. Went a little nuts on a flash-modded 360 a few years ago. Found I felt not only guilty, but had little appreciation for the games I had. Went out, bought a regular, slim 360, bunch of used games, a few new ones, and some live titles. Actually felt pretty good to “go straight”.

Right, Sony won the 2016 E3 maybe, but not this one.

That sounds like a reasonably hypothesis, but more for 50’s-70’s style parenting. Those men did very little “parenting”, and likely due exactly what you mentioned.

Why not? It doesn’t excuse it. Clearly there are a lot of racists/homophobes out there. Millions upon millions. So, what characteristic defines that tiny percentage who are willing to commit horrific acts based solely on their racism/homophobia. I would call that “derangement”.

...current media pushed western society does not provide a moral, sociological and philosophical grounding