They’re not, but I think there is definitely diminishing returns for any more effort that a couple sentences. With tinder, unless you are a really good looking dude, you’ll have the most success by simply always swiping right. To continue with the dehumanizing economics analogy, it’s a “seller’s market.” This could be…

Friend of mine is a tall, good looking fighter pilot; the dude has to fight off women with a stick...

To be fair, men have much less value in the dating economy than women, so for most dudes the best strategy is probably “casting a wide net.”

You can and should teach kids gun safety. But 4 year-olds are 4 year-olds and should not have access to firearms. My dad taught me about guns when I was a kid, but not when i was fucking 4. I mean, I support an individual right to bear arms, and piecemeal gun control isn’t really effective (complete prohibition and…

The DoD’s budget isn’t really THAT big, like 16.7% of the budget in 2014, waaay down from the surge/height of the “war on terror”. Cutting defense in half would be a mistake, as near-peer adversaries are rapidly increasing their spending now. What we should do is spend that money in non-stupid ways.

I mean, realistically aircraft carriers are pretty important in terms of force projection, and maintaining our influence abroad. That said, we should probably invest in smaller more versatile (and less expensive) carriers.

Hey, at least we’ve got 12 aircraft carriers!

But tampons are much better projectiles. They even have a tail for better aerodynamics!

C’mon, slaves are way more useful than dolls

If you’re just moving here now, sure. But if you moved here in 2010 or earlier you might only be paying $1,500/mo for your 1BR instead of $3,600.

A big part of the problem is Prop 13, which caps property taxes at 1% and reassessment at inflation (unless a property is sold). This makes housing more expensive and disincentivizes adding housing.

I can’t find the study now (besides one behind a paywall) but Paragon real estate and SPUR had numbers around an average of $500k/ unit in a 100 unit building. The particular project is mentioned is really expensive because the city paid something like $19M for the lot.

Eat his dog.

Population growth is mostly flat. The real problems are the decline of unions post 1970s, the globalization of both manufacturing and consumer markets, deregulation of the financial industry, and ever increasing automation. Low-skilled and un-specialized labor isn’t worth much now, and it won’t be worth anything once…

This. You can’t restrict supply with zoning and planning restrictions without LOTS of public building to compensate. Price controls encourage scarcity. In a lot of places it’s too late now, as construction and land costs are so high that public dollars don’t go very far. In San Francisco, the largest affordable…

Nurses make baaank! At least here in the Bay area. RNs make like 125k plus 50k in OT.

I think part of the backlash from cis-het white dudes is that marginalized groups achieving economic and social parity is that such advances necessarily require them to give up their spot. Barring a fundamental shift towards a robust welfare state/guaranteed minimum income, there really is only so much room at the…

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

Probably not. I’m of the opinion that words matter, and while you might think there shouldn’t be a distinction in the case, there certainly is a important legal one. Driving drunk is reprehensible, but it shouldn’t get you life in prison if you cause a fatality.