In basketball, you must always have two limbs touching the ground when you have the ball, unless you are standing, shooting, or jumping. Why? I don’t like basketball and think it would be funny as he’ll.

I prefer to think of merging it into the gestalt.

I forgot about the orbs. Maybe I’m less of a wizard type and more of a lamp type than I thought.

There is generally a greater range in the physical capabilities of either sex than there are between the sexes, and in our modern world the number of jobs that require brute strength, those traditionally done by men, are progressively fewer simply due to the benefits of advanced machinery.

As for mental tasks, there are almost none that men or women are better at for any other reason than social programming and, again, in those the variability within the sexes are very nearly as great as those between the sexes.

So, at this point, the biggest reason for gendered tasks is tradition, which is generally the stupidest reason to do anything. So it’s just as ridiculous to bring gender into the task in the first place.

While this is true, there is a considerable amount of overlap between men and women, and a great deal of skills and tasks can be done by either gender.

There are absolutely jobs where hiring the most qualified person for the job is critical. There are a lot of jobs where the threshold for good enough is far below that, and most companies are at least as concerned at getting the cheapest labor that can fulfill the position as they are at getting the best person (at that lower rate). Adding additional constraints like diversity isn’t going to affect those jobs any more than the company’s desire to save a buck.

So if a company traditionally had 10 men employees and now has committed to having gender equality, you see this as 5 jobs where men are no longer considered, rather than it historically being 10 jobs where women weren’t considered?

Perhaps. I’m certainly not going to stop you from testing that hypothesis.

The recommendations of infidelity, introducing mentally unstable people into your life, lying…

The facts of your statement are generally correct. The advice of what to do with that were in another comment, so not reducing the correctness of the comment I was referring to. The advice itself can lead to a very exciting life.

One of those rare moments when a statement is completely wrong and completely right at the same time.

The deck is pretty awesome. I think my big upgrade for it will be some AR glasses like the XReal Air. The idea of a big screen to play on pretty much anywhere really appeals.

I just have to see if I can wait for the next Valve VR offering.

It’s been a long time since I laughed about OJ Simpson…

If only I had a way to support myself for the next 60 years while I did this, and still be young enough to enjoy it when I’m done.

Maybe the timeframe matters.

But the idea behind doing things with the risk of them going boom is to learn things. I’m not sure they’re learning what they need if they’re going from testing Starship in launches to going back to static firing. If the idea is to rework the engines for Starship, I have to wonder if that’s a fundamental enough step to put the entire project back to pretty much square one.

I don’t remove responsibility from the people, but don’t pretend that companies don’t spend piles of cash on marketing when it has absolutely no influence on their customers’ purchasing decisions. Also, don’t pretend that marketing isn’t pandering to appeal and not function.

You can buy a bottle of sparkling wine for $20.

So what you’re saying is that marketing provides a sober, unbiased presentatiin of the benefits and drawbacks of the products they’re trying to sell, and people make rational, informed decisions? No, like you said, most people behave little better than monkeys, and marketing caters to that, further skewing the norms and pushing people to buy things based on perceived benefits while ignoring the real drawbacks. Next you’ll tell me the prescription opioid epidemic wasn’t exacerbated by the claims that the new opioids were less addictive and pharmaceutical companies incentivizing doctors to prescribe them more than necessary, a lot of words that boil down to ‘marketing’.

You also ignore the role marketing has to play in convincing people that they need those things. Most people don’t need an SUV, let alone a truck, yet I see plenty of people driving these, and even thinking they’re safer than sedans. But they cost more money, which means more profit, and why would it be surprising that people who sell something with a relatively inelastic market want to maximize profit dollars per sale?

The only thing I like cooked spinach for is spinach dip. It’s acceptable as a layer in things like lasagna, but I won’t complain if it isn’t there.