using terms like “whitesplaining” and phrases like “your white is showing” isn’t helping anything either.

That’s not at all this guy’s point. It’s not about “tone.” It’s about Colin sounding like a beauty pageant contestant. “I want justice and equality for all.” Well, ok dude.

What exactly would you say Colin is protesting?

The things that are wrong with that statement are wrong independent of you being a historian.

Gee, I wonder if Yoda will be hiding out on a backwater planet and Luke and Rey will go find him so Rey can be taught the force only to confront Rylo Ken at the end. Meanwhile Leia is captured by a bountyhunter and the “Resistance” sulks off in a corner to gather it’s strength for a final battle to come with the First…

“It actually has nothing to do with how well you’re doing financially.”

counterpoint: no, no it doesn’t.

I would consider watching an entire season of a show in 2 weeks to be binge watching.

Agreed 100%. But the problem is those clamoring for safe spaces often block discussions of controversial topics by claiming that only certain people are capable of discussing certain topics.

Yeah, maybe. I don’t know much about U of Chicago, other than I hated reading books from U of Chicago faculty members when I was in grad school because they were extraordinarily difficult to understand, and were by far the most wildly experimental in terms of relying onpost-modern critical concepts.

i think that’s what the u of chicago is doing. they’re basically saying “we’re not even gonna deal with this insane argument — just teach and learn well everyone”

I think you honestly confuse disagreement with shutting down an argument. That seems to be the root of the problem that U of Chicago is trying to address.

This is a very well-reasoned explanation. BUT, how many people have legitimate PTSD to the point of mere discussion having about a difficult subject poses a significant psychological threat?

Unfortunately I think you’re confusing my disagreeing with you with shutting down debate.

Could Clayton Kershaw walk onto an Olympic-level handball team?

How does that work anyway? How does one grey or ungrey? Like without “Just for Men” I mean.

pretty much every economic impact report on earth is saying that increased techno automation is going to severely fuck up employment figures to the point the guaranteed basic incomes are now on the table in western european countries.

no, this is indeed some terrifying shit

new material, plz.

shout out to your kinja name. big fan of that weird little town.