Talcosis

Seems like they’re laying the groundwork to go after political enemies.

I should’ve agreed that endocrine disrupting chemics are to blame despite being around for decades before the fall in teenage sex?

Considering they directly affect hormonal development, yes. It would take approximately a generation for the effects to begin. Probably more than that for the effects to become noticeable. Which lines up with the data pretty well, considering rates of sex have been dropping steadily since the 80s. Your assertion that that happened “in the last decade or two” is just you being wrong.

As far as books, you asked me a specific question: Do I read more than I game? I said yes. You said that was stupid and evidence of me being silly. Don’t ask for an anecdote and then treat it as data.

And yes, the fact that you are repeatedly using the phrase “motivated reasoning” pretty much out of the blue makes me think you’ve got some guilty conscience going on. Feel free to have a bad day, Jack Thompson.

If I’m being honest, I’m pretty sure you’ve decided videogames are to blame and have literally no interest in opposing opinions. That is motivated reasoning.

You are rejecting anything that doesn’t fit your worldview outright. You don’t think books can be as addictive as videogames, so you just reject that I spend more time reading books than playing games. Then you call me silly for suggesting it. You are obviously here in bad faith.

There is no point discussing anything with you.

A farm is one letter away from a fart…

I don’t think the kind of vets that wear grunt style and have bumper srickers about them being veterans were ever in a position to experience deployment.

I read more than I game.

You know, accusing someone that disagrees with you of participating in bad faith once is one thing. Accusing them of participating in bad faith and desperation makes me think you once gave someone an ultimatum to pick between videogames and you, and you got dumped as a result.

Maybe you should calm down. (See?)

Okay. So if videogames are to blame, why are videogames so special? Why didn’t this collapse when books became cheap and available? That’s a solo hobby. Why didn’t it collapse when cards became available? Plenty of solo cars games.

Also, data shows that sperm counts have been dropping since the 70s, and native birthrates have been below replacement since the 80s. It’s not a recent trend at all, it’s just that people are starting to notice.

I asked “why not?” to a specific assertion. Teenagers getting less horny. I think it’s entirely reasonable that this is the case, now that we have endocrine disrupting chemicals being dumped into the environment.

Yes, people not having money to spend don’t go out as much. That is not the fault of videogames, that is the fault of capitalism and pollution.

It’s olive oil soap.

I dunno if they’re still around, but there’s a number of soap companies in Palestine that genuinely had some of the best bar soap I’ve ever used. No perfumes, the soap itself is dense enough to last 10x longer than anything you buy at the store, and I had no irritation. They might be rubble by now tho.

Why not?

Correlation vs. causation.

I think it’s a lot more likely that people who have little success meeting people, socializing, and finding partners are turning to videogames, as that’s a reasonably cheap mostly solo hobby.

Personally, if I’m not playing videogames, I’m out sailing. Not socializing.

Nah, that happens to anyone that disagrees with the system, poor or otherwise.

There’s a reason that pretty much every revolution in history was started by people that were either decently comfortable or an oligarch.

Desperate people don’t riot.

Revolutions are started by the “middle class” (or at least someone that can afford to miss a few paychecks).

Desperate people will fight to the death to defend a rich person tossing a couple crumbs off the table for them, because those crumbs are what keeps them from starving.

I think it’s got more to do with the manosphere being an easily accessible community. There is almost no bar to entry, because they just need bodies to grift. You don’t need to pass a vibe check, you don’t need to have any sort of social skills. Matter of fact, failing to pass a vibe check and having no social skills make you an ideal recruit.

The difference being that there is (theoretically) more citizen control when it comes to governments.

That’s the biggest difference between government and corporations. Governments are (theoretically) responsible for every person that resides in their established territory. Corporations are responsible only for those they deem financially viable.

If there’s one thing Republicans have taught me, it’s that I really need to give less of a fuck about other people’s problems, and spend more time gleeful at their misfortune.

So, re dead CEOs: hahahahaha

grammar nazi hat engaged

Murder is by definition wrongful homicide and therefore by definition immoral. I think the word you’re looking for is homicide.

It’s not murder until there is a conviction.

UHC approved so many insurance claims after the CEO got offed that they are currently being sued by their shareholders for failing to reject enough claims and potentially hurting shareholder revenue streams.

I’d say it turned into a pretty positive act.

Interesting little word, murder. Murder is bad by definition. It literally means homicide, but in a bad illegal way.