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In the USA, we have seen this phenomenon, which appears under headlines of "Reverse Discrimination" - and in many court cases, it has been held to be illegal. It has led to some seriously bitter arguments. We used to say that when it was time to lift the hiring freeze in our department, the...

Speaking of feelings, I have the feeling that both of your responses were somehow incomplete, Bee. It almost felt to me that you were evading the point both Jon and I were making, that it is a fine line between self-sacrifice because of toxic masculinity and self-sacrifice because you love your...

Ah, yes... the patriarchal society teaches Man to protect his mate. Or perhaps is that an evolutionary trend. And when women choose men who go out and work their buns off to provide for them, is that patriarchy or evolution speaking? Actually, I was a victim of that way of thinking for the...

Bee, I have to argue that your question is itself slightly biased. If we are talking about toxic cultures, heroes die for their duty to protect people including the woman they love. The "romantic effect" in a male-toxicity society should be reconsidered as "a matter of honor or duty." One can...

Gent, you are right... getting old really sucks. But getting younger isn't a reasonable alternative and the third possibility is that you stopped getting old. Which usually isn't a good thing either.

While it isn't a zero-sum game, entropy and energy balance off against each other in thermodynamics. You expend energy based on there being a DIFFERENCE between two things, and using that difference as an energy source. But draining the energy brings the differences closer together until you...

In the USA we sometimes (resignedly) say "Times change. People don't." Hatred and resistance to change are commonplace in the USA, too. I don't see enough news about UK internal politics so can't comment on YOUR side of the pond, but I see ugliness on our side. :cry:

Ah, the unexpected consequences of feminism... I solve that another way. At my age, even if I tried to force myself on a lady, the only possible charge would be "assault with a dead weapon."

Actually, putting things off has always been easy. Step #1 has to be motivation.

I'm not sure I fully agree with the input hypothesis in fine detail, because I think there is more value in speaking a language successfully (the output side of the equation) when you get positive feedback (listener's comprehension and positive responses) on your foreign language utterances...

Gent, I remember that old phrase that hasn't changed a bit in modern times, other than that the irony of it all has increased: Rule 1: The customer is always right Rule 2: When in doubt, see rule 1

Some greens are bitter when raw, some are not. Spinach is mild when compared to, say, mustard greens or collard greens. I find that the bitter greens, despite being good for you, can be almost unpalatable in salads. I would therefore presume they would be bad in a blended mixture. Protein...

But then, one of my favorite commercials is about a man and his son in a grocery. It's not in the English language so there are sub-titles. The kid wants a pack of sweets. Dad puts them back. The kid grabs them from the shelf and puts them in the basket again. Dad moves them again. It...

My wife likes the blueberries as a blend-in additive. She's allergic to strawberries but apparently, blueberries work quite well. Neither of us likes orange juice that much. But then, I remember that once, when I was having a glucose tolerance test, the drink they gave me after they took the...

In the USA, there have been published cases (none recently) about how someone intervened in obviously excessive child discipline and got either sued or arrested for it. I am fortunate in a specific way that I live in the Deep South because we have a somehow less brutal attitude towards kids...

With the exception of some (not all) of the samples from our local Rouse's Supermarkets, I have found that I can't tell much of a difference between various coffees. Perhaps because when I was still working, I drank Navy coffee - the kind that could, if needed, serve as barnacle remover. So I...

For me, USA medium roast, blended variety. Nothing fancy. For instance, Folger's is good. CDM brand (a local vendor) makes a "New Orleans blend" that is very nice in medium roast. HOWEVER... we have a local chain grocery store called "Rouse's" that offers free flavored coffee samples in...

No, the motive for my question was because it appeared that you must have set a goal that was a percentage of something. The number appears to be something like 18 pounds. For example, why not round off to 1 stone - only two more pounds, right? Just curious. Mine was a percentage of my top...

OK, I'll bite... how did you set your goal? I.e. what factors went into choosing some particular target weight as the goal? My long-term goal is to lose between 15% and 20% of the highest weight I have ever recorded at my doctor's office. A physician friend of mine told me that if I could do...

Actually, I don't have a keg. I have a hump because I'm part camel. But one day I twisted around too fast, the hump slipped, and now it is in the front.