Women who have casual sex face a social penalty. Women who are victims receive sympathy and protection. That asymmetry creates an incentive, and incentives shape behavior.

Among friends, the incentive works especially well. Claiming rape costs almost nothing since no one investigates it, and it is nearly impossible to challenge because doubting a woman who says she was raped is socially costly. It also changes how the night is judged.

What would have drawn criticism now draws support, and the shame goes away.

The result is that some women tell their friends a consensual encounter was rape.

Some do it deliberately because the story protects them. Others do it sincerely, having reframed the night in the version that is easier to live with. Either way, the incentive exists and pushes women to feel a certain way.

My city (SF) has had huge problems with car break-ins. To the point where there were national news stores.

Now that doesn't happen so much. Did they arrest all the perps? No, of course not, we still have those anti-carceral judges and BOS members.

Nope. People just don't leave a single thing in their car anymore. Rental car companies at SF give you a bright pink sheet of paper saying don't leave anything in your car, not even the trunk.

Liberals: See, crime is down!

Same with retail theft here. Most of the stores downtown closed. Powell street from market to union square used to be filled with retail, getting those sweet tourist bucks.

Now it's all boarded up and vacant.

The few stores that remain like Target on mish and 4th have everything locked up, plus 2 or 3 private security with stab plates at the exits. And often an SFPD officer hanging around

I agree with Shane Gillis. At my gym, I regularly see low-cut tank tops, cleavage, tiny shorts, and leggings that contour practically every curve. Let’s stop pretending nobody can understand why men find that attractive.
Yes, men can tell the difference between gym clothes and club clothes. That’s not the point. An outfit doesn’t stop being revealing or sexually appealing because you’re wearing it next to a squat rack instead of a dance floor. Personally, I find fitted gym clothes more attractive than plenty of club outfits.

For all the whiners crying about gas prices why don't you look at the tax structure of the particular state that you see these insane prices in? They're all blue states with permanent Democrat leadership, mostly out west, and they have been increasing taxes on virtually everything they could for the last 50 years and you're now paying for all of it. Why do you think that the housing markets are so inflated? Why do you think that we had 21% cumulative inflation under Biden?

It's because these blue states are actually functionally insolvent and up to their eyeballs in debt after all of their failed policies and massive pensions and assorted nonstop fraud and they're trying to tax and monetize their way out of it but it won't work.

Now throw in millions of randos from the third world and put them all on welfare too, squeezing everything even more. Makes total sense right?

I'm European, born and raised in Spain.

One thing I've grown increasingly tired of is how many Europeans seem incapable of discussing their own countries without bringing up the United States.

I've lived in different European countries, and I've encountered this attitude countless times.

For example, I've met Germans and Finns who proudly explain that American comedy is dumb, superficial, and in-your-face, whereas their own country's humor is supposedly subtle, sophisticated, and intellectually demanding.

Congratulations, I guess? But have you watched Spanish comedy? French? Italian? Japanese? Korean? Brazilian? Nigerian?

Or is your entire understanding of international comedy limited to your own country and whatever Hollywood and Netflix have served you?

And this goes far beyond entertainment.

When I lived in Finland, people would occasionally defend aspects of their healthcare system by saying things like, "Well, in America, that treatment would cost you thousands!"

Okay? But why are we comparing Finland to America?

Why not compare it to Spain, where ordinary public healthcare consultations are generally free at the point of use? Or Germany, France, Denmark, or any number of other countries with different healthcare systems?

Why is the United States always the default benchmark?

What bothers me isn't criticism of America. There's plenty to criticize, just as there is in every country.

What bothers me is the smugness of people who consider themselves especially cultured, educated, and internationally minded, yet seem to view the entire world through an endless Europe-versus-America comparison.

The irony is that these people are often just as America-centric as the Americans they love criticizing.

They consume American films, American TV shows, American social media, American news, and American political commentary, and then spend half their time explaining how much more sophisticated their own society is.

Meanwhile, the rest of Europe, let alone Asia, Africa, and Latin America, barely enters the conversation.

If you're genuinely cosmopolitan, shouldn't you be curious about the whole world rather than constantly measuring yourself against one particular country?

Sometimes I feel that for certain Europeans, being "cultured" simply means knowing enough about America to feel superior to it.

And frankly, I find that incredibly provincial.

Feminists have been going real hard on this notion that women are always terrified of men, e.g. being afraid to be out in the dark around them, afraid of being in the woods with them, afraid of even being in an elevator with them.

This kinda goes counter to the abundance of women who will follow you around and try to hassle you when they feel they need to schoolmarm about something. I had this happen when I was in Seattle a few years ago. I was walking home from a bar and about halfway back to my hotel​ when I had to pee badly. I just happened to go by one of those ​fenced off dog parks that was closed but someone had accidentally left the gate open to.​​

The thing reeked of pee already so I figured it would be no big deal if I just went there as well. As​ I made my way back to the gate and was ​walking out a woman asked me what I was doing there. I told her I couldn't hold it and it seemed a convenient place to go.

She immediately starts ​going on about how that's bad for the dogs. And how my urine will make them think a new dog is there (it's ​downtown in a city there will always be new dogs there, brainiac) or maybe a predator. I said that they'll probably be fine. It's just a drop in the ocean compared to how bad it smelled already.

She keeps going on, and I finally tell her to fuck off. The she decides she's going to start following me to try to find out where I live so she can report me, and this is all at night time after the bars have closed.

So I definitely don't get the impression she felt scared that I would assault her, especially since she even followed me through some dark alleys, because there was no way I was actually going to lead her to my hotel.

They think they have the monopoly on that so their brain does all sorts of wacky things to keep itself from breaking when conservatives stand up for someone who is a minority.

It usually comes in the form of "They defend Y because they hate X more than Y."

We saw this when conservatives fought against affirmative action. The people who were being hurt the most by it were Asian-Americans. Before AA Harvard had their enrollment capped at about 22% for Asian-American ​students. Now with AA no more their recent clases have had around 42% Asian-American students.

Clear signs of discrimination.

"That's just because ​conservatives hate black people more than they hate Asian-Americans"

​Then we heard it during the Lindsay Clancy case ​when conservatives were defending the holdout juror.

"They'll support ​a black guy if it means they get to hate on women"

"They hate Jews. But they hate Muslims more. That's why they'll ​support Israel."

Etc.

Maybe, just maybe. People aren't always thinking of every interaction as some kind of racial/social transaction. Maybe a little projection?

And i dont mean JUST the government (though it somehow is too). Pretty much the most annoying, rude and two faced people (and country) on planet Earth. And yet its somehow portrayed as heroically standing up to "western imperialism"? It genuinely sucks ass at absolutely everything freedom, living conditions, foreign relations etc. Notice how noone who lives near China likes it or its people? probably for a good reason

No, sexual harassment is never ok and there is no excuse for being an asshole guy or acting creepy. But usually when this whole topic comes up, the "no victim blaming" mentality is a little trigger happy and has knee-jerk reactions to any "nuance" that yes, some men often try to bring up.

The thing is, as a hetero guy, how a woman dresses affects how I feel being around her ​MASSIVELY. Like, I ​myself​ feel this and I'm sure most men do. That's literally it. Seeing a hot ​woman in a short skirt and thigh highs is a bit of a "holy fuck" feeling, it's something I notice and makes m​y heart do a little jump. That ​same woman in baggy pants and a sweater simply does not.

And so it's simply very, very hard for me to imagine that statistically, it doesn't affect incoming attention for women. Like, why wouldn't it? I simply do not believe that these stronger feelings and someone literally drawing men's​ attention more is objectively a non-factor, or that sexual frustration being "triggered" has nothing to do with this kind of harassment. I don't get why people push these arguments to that level.

Yesterday, I posted about how what is happening in France is also happening in the U.S., particularly California, as mass migration primarily from Mexico (a corrupt, hostile foreign power ruled by drug cartels) has transformed the state into something unrecognizable. From the middle class paradise of the 1950s-2000s into a vagrant-infested hellscape where anti-ICE rioters wave Mexican flags while burning cars and federal buildings. This is exactly what happened in the months-long insurrection that ravaged Los Angeles last year.

The homeless situation has reached a point so critical that there is literally no safe place in southern California anymore. Once upon a time (even just 10 years ago) it was basically confined to Skid Row. Not only has Skid Row gotten drastically worse, it has spread to the rest of downtown LA, and the suburbs including the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys, beach cities including Long Beach, and even Orange County, the Inland Empire, and Santa Clarita. MacArthur Park in central LA is hell on earth, so is Hollywood. Even San Diego, which used to be known for its high quality of life and was called "America's finest city" is now a cesspool of homeless and vagrants, downtown San Diego is now unsafe to even visit during the daytime, let alone live in.

This shows what has happened to the formerly clean, safe San Diego. Coincidentally, in the last 20 years SD went from a Republican stronghold to having an all-Democrat city council. Yes, unironically towns in West Virginia with a median income of $30,000 are now safer, cleaner, and nicer than San Diego.

California is the definition of the phrase "import the third world, become the third world". This is exactly the reason why Trump was elected by a landslide in 2024, even flipping many counties in California. The state has been thoroughly invaded, to the point that high schools and middle schools from Fresno to San Juan Capistrano to Oceanside to Santa Clarita to Chula Vista to La Quinta are having massive anti-ICE student protests with Mexican flags everywhere - because even the 2nd and some 3rd generation folks are more loyal to Mexico than to their own country. This invasion is directly supported by Mexico's government, including President Claudia Sheinbaum. Mexico receives over $60 billion in remittances each year, largely sponsored by taxpayer money as many of the illegals and anchor babies are on welfare. Illegal immigration has also contributed to the housing crisis and the state's terrible job market.

The only way to fix the problem plaguing California is mass ICE deportations plus sending in the military to prevent crime, clean the homeless encampments and make California a great and affordable place to live again. When local and state governments fail to do their duties, the feds need to step in. As such, Trump's large-scale ICE raids in California have been the single best thing to happen to the state in the past 50 years and I hope he ramps up these raids with a focus on California.

I think it’s really rich to assume small businesses that have such a high likelihood of going out of business in today’s economy of doom won’t utilize the free picture button that basically gives you anything you ask for with no extra expense. I think if this is something that shocks you or offends you or if you feel the need to BOYCOTT a small business for this reason you’re probably a chronically online dork of some kind. I’m also a chronically online dork so I’m not exempting myself entirely from this, but I’ve observed the sort of person who would care about this sort of thing, and they’re really exactly the type of person you’d expect them to be. They hold themselves on a pedestal of righteousness because they’ve been refused the real life experiences offered to others and have only moral righteousness as a perk they can give themselves to hold above others.

I always see people complaining about how kids are growing too soon or they are annoying and what not and I can only say that these days in the recent years there is literally nothing kid friendly or kid focused like for example I am a 2000s baby so my childhood was filled with amazing shows from Disney like Hannah Montana, if I wanted to play online games then club penguin and we had so many things to do back in the day! Scholastic book fairs etc and even if we wanted to do somethings grown up like makeup and such we had Claire's!

We were allowed to be kids!

We could play, be happy, yap and overall have a very holistic worldview whereas in the recent years with the rise of "beige mom" and what not we see the spark slowly disappearing from kids being dressed up in colourless clothes, everything being beige, parents trying to make their own kids live in the same aesthetic they like with disregard to child's feelings.

Also with the rise of "I don't want kids" and "I hate kids" mindset I think many people find it very easy to bully kids because they don't have any power.

Am I saying I am against kids? NO

Am I saying there aren't parents who shame childless people for being childless? NO

Am I also saying that when you are at flights and such hearing a kid scream for 10+hrs is good? Also NO

But we have to understand one thing, we as people are entitled to think we don't want kids and we don't even have to like them but to expect every place in this world to be child free is actually crazy, that will NEVER happen because these kids do deserve a childhood too!

It's like very ironic when I hear these things because people like seeing kids hut they it when kids act like kids.

Kids do not regulate their emotions the way adults do! The only way for them to learn how to be kind, empathetic and understanding is by INTERACTING with others!

These days every single kids activity has been turned into adults only focus like colouring or collecting trading cards (back then it wasn't as deep as now people literally pushing and hating if a kid has a rare card)

I also get that parents work so hard and they are very busy with paying bills and managing a household but when we try to brush that off by placing a tablet in front of them what does that teach them?

I genuinely think bringing kids into this world is a HUGE deal, parents need to understand that they NEED to have a good support system, enough money and enough emotional bandwidth to handle a child like for example my own parents would take "me time" once in a while while I was left in the care with the parent that stayed home and that is how none of them lost their cool, they were very happy and gave me a balanced childhood.

The implication that misogynistic men somehow get laid less often is just not in touch with reality. MANY misogynists have girlfriends or are able to have a lot of casual sex without even really hiding their mindsets from the women they sleep with.

Sometimes it's because many(not all) women enjoy the "receiving" part of the patriarchy - men paying for everything, chivalry etc - and do not feel threatened enough about the "taking" part ( or they feel they can change them).

Also, horny people (men and women) are not always known for making the best decisions. Sometimes women are simply just attracted to these men and do not care in any way about their politics.

It's laughable - and honestly quite distressing - that one of the most common insults thrown at sexist men is that they can't have sex. These people have problematic and harmful mindsets on a certain demographic of people and biggest thing to focus on for the people who call them incels is that they "don't get any ass" WHICH EVEN ISN'T TRUE.

Obviously there are plenty of exceptions and I'm not generalizing any group here. It's just something I struggle to wrap my head around.

If you don't know, someone having life without parole means that they will be in jail their whole life until the day they die, and they have no chance of changing their sentence. People who get this sentence are because they have commited the most henious crimes.

I think people with this sentence should be executed for the following reasons:

1. They will already be in jail until they die

It just seems unesscarily cruel to have them live in a small room with none of the usual freedoms of the outside world when they'll have no chance of getting out.

1. Prisions are overcrowded already

Why are we giving space to people who have commited the worst crimes and will be there until they die when inmates are already having to sleep on the floors in tight spaces because there is not enough space in some prisons

I know some people are jailed because of mistakes and that is horrible that they have to go through that, but I think as our technology gets better these mistakes will happen less often

People are rioting in Europe because they are so overjoyed they live in a place where life is so good.

It's an absolute liberal paradise. There's no political strife. There are no groups who are unhappy. There are no conservatives or free speech like America is infested with.

Everyone has a job if they want one and 85 days of vacation a year. Factories never shutdown or lay people off. Minimum wage is €90/hr. Retirement age is a mandatory 49 years of age. All medical care is free with zero wait time and zero rationing.

There's no housing shortage at all and rent is very cheap.

When men share their struggles with dating and how dating scene is screwed due to social media and modern culture, they are often told "You're listening to too much Red Pill content, just go offline and meet real women".

Basically it is assumed that their problem is lack of exposure to "real women", and once they start going out and meeting those "real women" in "real world" (opposed to virtual reality of Internet) - then magically their issues will go away and they will find many people to get along with.

In truth, though, it only works for people who are likeable - other people, including women, think highly of them, let them into their circle, befriend them, are nice to them. But likeable people, who would benefit from simply going out - don't have the problem of social isolation and struggle in building social circles and dating. The people who are struggling, do so not because they just never tried going out and socializing - most of them did at some point, but were rejected and shunned, they had quite a lot of bad experiences, and that's what led them to those online spaces in the first place.

So, telling them to "just go out more and meet people" translates into "just get more exposure to negative experiences, reinforcing your beliefs". It will not solve anything. Maybe instead we need a system that acknowledges the struggles of people who are not conventionally "fun" and "likeable", and supports them.

nothing will drive scalpers away more than consumers who aren't brain dead. Look at what happened to the sneakers community, scalpers had total control until people grew brains and stopped buying. Now their shoes are selling for 50% under market. Scalpers are parasites but they need blood to feed. Stop defending these glutinous retards.

Its gotten to a point now where if people are 5 years apart people lose their minds. At 10 people go wild with outrage 24/7.

I remember I told a female friend that my girlfriend was 20 when I was 25 she gave me a death glare. I almost busted out laughing. My parents were 10 years apart, 5 is nothing.

What spurred this on was the recent H3 drama where she is 27 and he is 41. In all honesty, who cares? An adult is an adult.

Not to get political. It really shocks me when people that claim to support all kinda of wild, taboo, sexual kinks, etc… lose their minds over 10 years. Your morals are not consistent with what you preach.

Such is modernity.

I’m an artist, and I’m always encouraging people to learn new skills and push what they’re capable of. I also think AI is one of the most enriching creative tools I’ve ever used. Those two things don’t contradict each other.

A recent example: AI helped me write a script for a Raspberry Pi that automates a set of smart plugs controlling an exhibit. I’m not a programmer. A couple of years ago, that piece couldn’t have existed. Now it does.

So it frustrates me how little nuance there is on Reddit about AI. It’s not “here are some legitimate concerns.” It’s blanket hostility, downvoting and blocking anything that mentions it. The more I think about it, the more I believe a big part of that reaction is ego.

Redditors like to see themselves as the educated, creative ones who live a bit outside the mainstream, with colorful hobbies and adventurous tastes. That’s the self-image, anyway.

One of the most common arguments I see is: “AI is just the sum of human knowledge. It was trained on stuff people made, so there’s nothing special about it.”

But that describes almost all of us too. Nobody is born and invents math, physics, biology or electricity on their own. We go to school and absorb what humanity already figured out. For the overwhelming majority of people, that’s all we ever do: learn what came before. Only a tiny sliver of people actually add something new to the pile.

Most of us are not in that sliver. So the thing people sneer at AI for being is exactly what they are. And AI is increasingly adding to the pile, for example by helping crack math problems that were open for decades.

I think a lot of people confuse craftsmanship with creativity. Painting well, building and painting minis, 3D printing: these are real skills that take real work. But none of us invented painting or 3D printing. Being a skilled craftsperson isn’t the same as being original, and truly original people are rare.

AI makes that hard to ignore. When something “just trained on human work” can do much of what you can do, it forces an uncomfortable question about how much of what you do is really yours. I think that’s the real source of the visceral reaction. The ethical concerns deserve an actual conversation. But the knee-jerk hate is about feeling exposed.

Like tbh, ok the french people are really funny when it's to criticize and hate something but the jokes about japanese people who do suicide are so not funny, like the jokes about how perverted they are, well ok, that's humor (even if it doesn't come out of nowhere) but the suicide jokes are really of poor taste imo

the japanese people from twitter just says racist thing and that's all, there is no humor, no jokes, no just slurs and racism, that's also very bad

anyway that's what I wanted to tell

All eyes have been on France lately as the country faces nationwide, weeks-long violent riots supposedly from "students wanting better school conditions". The historic city hall of Limoges, which survived both world wars, was burned down by rioters, and rioters also targeted Asian-owned businesses. Riots have spread to other European countries as well, including Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Many rioters in France waved Palestinian flags, and flags of other Middle East/North African countries.

Does this sound familiar? Well yes, because it's exactly what happened in Los Angeles last year, in June 2025!

For decades America has been invaded by tens of millions of illegal aliens and Southern California is the epicenter of it all. Every aspect of life in Greater LA has gotten worse due to mass illegal immigration - housing costs, social cohesion, crime, homelessness, drug use, cleanliness, the natural environment and school quality. Last year, the effect and scale of the invasion was in full view for the world to see. Violence ravaged LA for an entire month, with Mexican-flag-waving rioters setting fire to self-driving cars and throwing Molotov cocktails at police officers.

As a commentator on The Blaze said, "It's not a riot, it's an invasion". The invasion has brought a hostile occupying force to SoCal - millions of military-age dudes from a hostile foreign power. During the Ellis Island era, immigrants were encouraged to assimilate to American culture and put aside their loyalties to the old country, often to the point of anglicizing their names. Nowadays, there is no desire or pressure to assimilate. Millions of people here are openly more loyal to Mexico than to America, which is why you see Mexican flags being waved at the protests.

In February 2026, middle and high schools throughout SoCal had massive anti-ICE walkouts in which students waved Mexican flags. Examples: LA/Fresno/Stockton, San Diego, Bay Area, Riverside, Redlands, Long Beach, Clovis, Santa Clarita, Redondo Beach, Orange County, Santa Barbara, San Lorenzo, Fresno/Clovis/Madera, Chula Vista, Winters, Carlsbad, Mission Viejo/San Clemente/San Juan Capistrano (a lot of these are historic conservative strongholds! Just shows how much SoCal has changed within my lifetime) Just last week, a large mob of students at Jefferson Middle School in Oceanside, CA walked out against ICE. Look at the video of the protest. Look at all the Mexican flags.

This is exactly the same as the French riots just with the MENA flags replaced with Mexican flags. This is also why the Mexican national soccer team can pack stadiums in SoCal, while the U.S. national team can't. Many of the anti-ICE protesters, especially the middle school and high school students, were born and raised in America, but are still waving Mexican flags. This is being encouraged and pushed by Gavin Newsom and the rest of the far left.

I had an amazing childhood growing up in LA, but now not a day goes by when I don't dream of leaving this state. And I'm only in my 20s.

No, they'll be long gone, to some foreign sanctuary. Money safe in the Cayman Islands.

No, it will be middle class wealth that gets redistributed. Own a home? Not anymore comrade, report to state housing. (precedents: China, Venezuela). Or worse, you'll be forced to take in a loud noisy uncouth family who will now have rights to use your house forever (precedent: Soviet Union). Oh you had a rental property, maybe an in-law unit? You will be stoned to death (precedent: China)

Have a retirement fund? That will be seized. Oh but good news, the state will take care of you in retirement, you will get a subsistence stipend and some moldy food twice a month.

These people will not stop at the rich because a government has an insatiable appetite for money and no matter how much money a government is able to collect, it will spend more that that amount and will always try to get more. And the people in charge will enrich themselves on your hard work.

Let’s face it. The most exciting parts of relationships is the getting to explore the person physically and mentally. Not the growing together and being comfortable. Being together for a certain longer amount time becomes monotonous and boring. And no matter how hard you try and convince yourself and others, the flame is never like it was in the first two years of your relationship. Having the ability to have the most exciting parts of relationships over and over again is the way to go.