political correctness gone mad

[Ab]

When you look back at his older lecture videos and printed material, they're great. I've got a copy of 12 Rules For Life, it's interesting philosophical stuff.

Since about 2021?ish he's been a fucking nut. I think I've posted here before, he's a perfect example of someone who has been driven mad by having a large social media following.

[DrTiTus]

Yes he definitely
Seemed like he had gone mental
When he started posting
Like this.

"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."

He fell to the dark side. A puppet said it, so it must be true.

[Redneck]

Originally Posted by Ab

When you look back at his older lecture videos and printed material, they're great. I've got a copy of 12 Rules For Life, it's interesting philosophical stuff.

What about the lobster shit?

[wazza]

Originally Posted by Ab

When you look back at his older lecture videos and printed material, they're great. I've got a copy of 12 Rules For Life, it's interesting philosophical stuff.

Since about 2021?ish he's been a fucking nut. I think I've posted here before, he's a perfect example of someone who has been driven mad by having a large social media following.

Accurate. I followed him for a long while, but not in the last few years. His Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (Lecture Series) on Youtube got me off alcohol/drugs and helped me immeasurably, as did his book 12 Rules For Life.

[Ab]

Originally Posted by Redneck

What about the lobster shit?

I think the general point he's trying to make about seratonin is useful in the context of the chapter of the book - hierarchies and confidence, etc. I'm not a neuro- or marine biologist so I'm not really up on the intricacies of crustacean nervous systems.

[Ab]

Originally Posted by Jodi

Oooh, ooh, I can join in again.

Fencing!

Where the game as made most male body advantages moot except reach, so when people of the same reach play then it can be a fair match!

Trans-Identified Males Racking Up Wins in Women’s Fencing As Trans Activist Officials Claim They Are Fine With Female Athletes Being At A “Disadvantage”

[Ab]

This just in, I can see the future.

What the swimming federation did was propose the creation of an Open category alongside Men and Women. Which of course will be dominated by males.

What would have been the first Open swimming races in FINA/World Aquatics history at the World Cup in Berlin from Friday have been cancelled because not a single entry was received.

The idea of an “open” category for transgender athletes now returns to the global regulator’s Working Group tasked with coming up with a definition of “Open” for the sport, if one is required. With no demand at elite level, World Aquatics appears to have set aside the idea of having any Open elite category.

https://www.stateofswimming.com/is-o...le-open-entry/

[Savage]

Originally Posted by Ab

https://www.stateofswimming.com/is-o...le-open-entry/

mildshock.gif

[Ab]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-67144375

Man jailed for abducting schoolgirl while dressed as woman

The misgendering of a brave transwoman is violence

[Ab]

Speaking of:

New York University law students are rallying behind a student who lost a spot at a white-shoe law firm for defending Hamas, saying the firm’s decision to rescind their offer constitutes “violence.”

https://freebeacon.com/campus/nyu-la...t-is-violence/

[Ab]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/67336536

[DrTiTus]

Homer Simpson won't strangle Bart anymore

If cartoons were real life, Bart would be in his mid 40s.

[blynk]

Originally Posted by DrTiTus

Homer Simpson won't strangle Bart anymore

If cartoons were real life, Bart would be in his mid 40s.

Or dead from domestic violence

[Lightspeed]

Originally Posted by blynk

Or dead from domestic violence

[Ab]

AUT cancelled a booking for local Sikhs to discuss the murder of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, after receiving one email from someone claiming to be an Indian NZer saying the event was "anti-Indian".

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/35...iminal-network

Used to be that the Hecklers’ Veto required actual, you know, heckling.

[Ab]

Because liberals opened the door





Thanks Cosmopolitan magazine, I'll be flushing my brain with bleach now

[DrTiTus]

Lady Ballers Trailer

Comedy made by Daily Wire

[Ab]

Apparently calling for the genocide of the Jews does not constitute harassment on US university campuses. It's like the 1930s all over again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuTfzcNIeDI

[Lightspeed]

No, it's not like the 1930s. The Nazis had to keep their murders secret.

In 2023 you can bomb endless children and find support from world powers.

[MadMax]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/133...n-council-land

On the face of it that'll be in line with this thread's subject however the majority of the public won't be aware that uneven steps are guaranteed to cause accidents. Rolled ankles are 10/10 horrible. I have a permanently fucked knee as a result of doing in my ankle.

[MadMax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij5KI6odrQk
Subway Riders Caught on Video Tripping Over Stairs is Viral

[Ab]

Q: Yes or no, is it bad to call for the genocidal extermination of an entire ethnic group?

A: Well that’s not a yes or no ques—-

[Ab]

Penn President Liz Magill resigns after facing intense controversy; chair of school’s board of trustees also steps down

https://www.inquirer.com/education/l...-20231209.html

[Lightspeed]

It's interesting how I can't immediately tell what it was that was said that was apparently antisemitic. Were they speaking out against "the Jews"? Or were they complaining about the growing civilian death toll in Palestine?

Both result in that same claim, both end up with people losing their careers.

[Ab]

The cringe is real:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/why-au...BQSF7C7LVE5XE/

[Lightspeed]

Why Auckland Museum pulled the pin on hosting a hit Harry Potter exhibition

All seems par for the course. The usual attempt to make the least-worst decision.

[Ab]

Um... yes?

a tiny minority worried about the views of Harry Potter creator JK Rowling – just two, one more than expressed concern about her implied support of witchcraft

also, witches

[Ab]

'I was quite sick about the situation': Fury as biological male wins women’s croquet world title

Exclusive: Jamie Gumbrell, who competed as a man as recently as 2019, has become the first known biological male to win a female world crown

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/20...amie-gumbrell/

Au contraire, Caster Semenya won his first women's world championship in 2009.

[MadMax]

This is refreshing
https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-heral...plenty-of-jabs

[Ab]

https://reduxx.info/nz-prominent-tra...-social-media/

well this isn't problematic at all

#dontmentionAGP

[Ab]

The PM's Chief Science Advisor, ladies and gentlemen

[fixed_truth]

This is pretty lol

Parents, former students protest against all-boys private school going co-ed

https://www.9news.com.au/videos/nati...020ps3hvq47r61

[Ab]

If I were one of those parents, I'd complain too. Boys do better in single-sex educational environments. It's a private school, those parents are paying customers.

[Lightspeed]

What do they do better at? Is there anything that they're worse at? Do all students equally enjoy these benefits? That's where my thinking goes.

I guess that's moot in any case. If it's a private school, they're going where the money is, which is only appropriate.

[fixed_truth]

Better? For who?

Don't like it, go somewhere else.

[Lightspeed]

Resignations, Censures Follow in Wake of Hugo Awards Controversy

The resignations and disciplinary actions come after the nomination data for the 2023 awards was made public on January 20 and it was revealed that certain authors and books—including R.F. Kuang's hit novel Babel—had been inexplicably deemed "not eligible" for the Hugo. Kuang is Chinese American, and her work draws heavily from Chinese culture and history. Many fans and authors have speculated that state censorship—or self-censorship under the state's watch—was the reason for the opaque ineligibility rulings by the Chengdu–based committee.

[Lightspeed]

Utah teen athlete faces threats after state official posted photos questioning her gender

Utah state school board member Natalie Cline is under fire after posting photos of a high school basketball player, questioning her gender and prompting threats against the girl.

[Cyberbob]

"You're so good you have to be a man." "You're too good to be a woman"

Aren't these anti-trans feminist callouts doing the exact opposite of what they want to achieve?

[Ab]

He said the quiet bit out loud.

Let’s say transgender athletes pour into women’s sport, and let’s say, despite the flimsy and poorly-understood relationship between testosterone and elite performance, they dominate everything they touch. They sweep up Grand Slam tennis titles and cycling world championships. They monopolise the Olympics. They fill our football and cricket and netball teams. Why would that be bad?

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...-a8792861.html

[Ab]

Prediction: the rainbow lobby is going to go after breastfeeding programs for "biological essentialism"