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Diogenes's avatar

I say without false modesty that when I assign the worst motives to myself and the best motives to others, I come closer to the truth than the opposite.

Still, I think you have something here with the In/Out group thing and the gender makes it more pronounced.

I need to give more thought to that last paragraph. I think I understand it and if so, I like it.

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Not Me$'s avatar

I think certain ideas and social memes take on a life or their own. If two men "gang up" on a woman, even if she is totally wrong and off base, it is seen as "just wrong." When the opposite happens it is perceived as "assertive woman" expose the dumbbell for what he is.

This is reflected in media and TV comedies and has been the "go to" cheap laugh by lazy comic writers. Naive Dad is schooled by his kids or his smart wife always solves the problem does not reflect reality yet it has become an underlying theme in many walks of life. May just be an over correction given the decades of dismissive attitudes toward woman by previous generations of male assholes who regardless of intelligence or talent got to run things their way. Maybe the next generation will get it right and be more balanced in their gender relationships -- if gender is in fact a describable condition in 25 years.

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Koshmarov's avatar

As your attorney, I advise you that reading my comments --and especially, responding to them -- is at best a waste of time and at worst may degrade your mental health and possibly put you at risk of performing illegal activities.

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Certex's avatar

"What kind of maniac would roam around Vegas wearing one black glove?"

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Koshmarov's avatar

He moves around pretty fast. His orders come out of St. Louis.

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Tom Worster's avatar

Correct again. I got in too deep a few months back, so bad that I wrote a blog article about it, and then I started my own podcast. Both are on Subparstack. If interested, click my name here in the comments and follow the links.

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Diogenes's avatar

OK, I just clicked on your name and I see "Miles Davis."

You might as well have handed me crack.

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Koshmarov's avatar

I still have yet to successfully implement the Charles Mingus Cat Toilet Training program, but I am no virtuoso. Perhaps it takes the touch of a true artist.

https://www.charlesmingus.com/mingus/cat-traning-program

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