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I wouldn’t say that gender imbalance “benefits men”, it simply makes things harder for women. I think a lot of men who live difficult lives don’t feel particularly in benefit of the system, it’s simply that they don’t have to climb up as much of a ladder as a lot of women do to reach the same destination. I think phrasing things correctly is…[Read more]

Simon the “all men are evil” trop is mostly a hyper-counter reaction by some men who cannot handle the fact that women are pointing out the high prevalance of sexual harassment, assault, domestic violence and inequality in the work place. Yes, there is a very tiny minority of women who say stupid things like “all men are pigs” but that is…[Read more]

Men’s rights activists are overwealmingly toxic and unpleasant people Simon. If you take individual men who advocate for a specific issue that men face, like say, testicular cancer or father’s rights during divorce proceedings, then yes, I agree, they are ordinary people advocating for an issue they care about. However, and this is important, the…[Read more]

Cancel culture is a fear word that mostly reactionary conservatives have used and promoted to create people using social platforms to call out outright biggotry and discrimination as some sort of boogeyman. It takes a few cases where things are excessive, like someone inadvertently wording things badly and the fall out that comes with it, as being…[Read more]

That department is manned by cats who only work when they can be bothered to and only if they are fed fancy-feast whenever they meow. If they aren’t impressed by your petition they’ll swat at your face. If they are annoyed by you they will hiss hysterically until you fuck-off

Yes of course most dogs are terribly enslaved. I remember with my dogs I used to hook them up to the plow and make them rip open the soil for most of the morning. And then in the afternoon I would force them to sew Prada purses. If they didn’t make at least 10 an hour I would appropriately flog them. Then in the afternoon I’d torture them by…[Read more]

Well it’s only a slave if you treat it like a slave. I would say it is despsrate to please and be helpful.

I’d be careful to assume that cat’s selfish “fuck you I’ll do what I want” attitude as some evidence of higher intelligence. Sure, they seem to get a much better bargain in the human animal relationship, that is getting a shelter food and attention (whenever the cat feels like it) but that probably has more to do with a much different co-evolution…[Read more]

The largest insect to ever exist was 50cm (about 1.5 feet). It lived during exceptional circumstances. It had a tiny brain. It’s true that big brain doesn’t equal intelligence but it is true that for intelligence to emerge, a brain with a minimal number of neurons and extreme complexity is necessary. Insects could adapt in some exceptional way. So…[Read more]

I’m really not sure insects can grow large enough to have sufficient cranial capacity for intelligent life. I really think mammals would have a much better chance. Outside of mammals on the intelligence scale, a few tropical birds and octopuses show notable intelligence. Some mammal species meanwhile show high intelligence plus complex social…[Read more]

It is ridiculous to have the expectation of all vices disappearing with the end of religion. One thing you can be absolutely sure of, is the undeniable correlation between the secularization of Europe (and the declining influence of the church) with the advancement of knowledge, individual rights, the liberation of women, LGTBQ+ right, the decline…[Read more]

I was born in Germany and visit regularly. There is a strict separation of church and state. That’s not to say they don’t have political influence. But their influence is minimal and declining. As it is in other secular countries. A new Ten commandments monument is inconceivable. Atheists come out to enjoy religious cultural elements (like…[Read more]

I’m simply more relaxed about the market place of world views within a humanist society. As long as they don’t impose their beliefs on me and leave me alone and don’t subject the vulnerable to abuse…I’m fine with them believing ridiculous stuff. That requires strict laws, not the eradication of religion. It’s the same with conservativism. I am…[Read more]

Yeah as I implied Jake, if I were in a place with a more menacing religious influence I very well might be anti-theist.

I do recall, that on no less than four occasions while visiting the U.S. various times (and two occasions while meeting U.S travelers outside the US) that I was randomly “god talked” by strangers. Something I had never…[Read more]

Hey Reg. Yeah that’s why I said “continental Europe”. I’ve never considered the UK or Ireland as high on the “strict separation of church and state” as say Germany or the Netherlands or even Spain. Though it does seem inevitable that they will one day.