Exceedingly common practices upheld by the majority of the world doesn't align with the minority beliefs held by EuroAmericans! Outrage! Calls for ethical imperialism ensue! Our morals are better than your morals! Your traditions are wrong and our traditions are right!

The rule of what law? Euro-American 'laws' that have been largely derived from 19th century Enlightenment concepts? Because these highly contextualized ideals were the driving force behind colonialism/imperialism and were largely disastrous in their failure to be agreed upon or conducive the the vast majority of the…

So, because he made some serious mistakes decades ago with Madonna, he's now condemned for life. Yeah, no.

His roles in Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire were superb. And his directoral efforts with the way underappreciated film Dedication should be noted.

No, he's responsible for the movie 'Dedication', which IMO is the best rom-com ever in the history of ever.

If you consider the obstacles as singular events, then yes. But this is more of an endurance challenge, so taller/heavier people actually exert more energy throughout the course while lighter people have no problem making sequential leaps/bounds/etc during the course.

The world's best athletes tend to be around 5'7 to 5'8 and around 145lbs. It's all about strength-to-weight ratios, endurance, and other body mechanics that are in play with things such as gravity. This is why marathoners, cyclists, and gymnasts tend to be on the smaller side. Big, muscle-bound people will never have…

So...colonialism wasn't a thing? A thing that basically 'placed' the near entirety of the planet in control of Western Europe?

Art Historians have repeatedly shown that the Rubenesque depictions were, yes, all about wealth, but were not meant or received as paragons of beauty. Moreover, their rotundness were artistic exaggerations.

This is so true. I mentioned this upstream, but:

This is part of the problem with people who exercise for the sole purpose of weight loss. Physical activity is really only effective and enjoyable when it's incorporated as an integral part of life that is valuable in and of itself. Exercise works when exercise itself is the reward. Living and feeling healthy then…

Yeah, but we're talking about real exercise here.

Seriously though. I usually trail run 30-50 miles a week, and one guy I run with who is nationally competitive had me smoke some sativa (an 'invigorating' strain rather than the relaxing indica strains) one time - and pot is well known to increase heart rates - and it felt like caffeine. I ran so fast and so far and…

The weed is strong enough on the West Coast that all we want to eat is fresh fruits and vegetables!

The best part about people arbitrarily calling local/sustainable/artisanal thing by the ubiquitously meaningless term 'hipster' is that, the next few decades of climate change and environmental destruction is likely to make 'hipster' ideals into. common sense. Until then, most EuroAmerican people will continue to…

Not that Death Valley conditions are hospitable to anyone in the summer, but it should be noted that bigger people (tall, muscular, obese, or whatever, just big) have a harder time regulating and dissipating heat. Also, the human heart is basically the same size regardless of body size, so the heart has to work so…

Same same. But I live in SF, so I get extra flack for having zero interest in social media - blasphemy.

7 billion people on a planet with a carrying capacity of 2-3 billion. Seems to me like we need more snakes to keep our population in check.

We're both people who get paid absurd amounts of money for being self-centered and shallow performers flaunting immoral lifestyles within an sea of global poverty and inequality! Yay! We deserve to live, for some reason!

Why should the concept of 'autonomy' be of any importance, when having a child introduces a person other than the parent, and more importantly, introducing a child into the world means that your decisions (and your child's) will affect the rest of the world in economic and environmental terms. It's bad enough that…