Hotter, Badder, and Unpopularer Takes

[morgankingsley]

IMO, Avengers Endgame was a well made movie but was a terrible sequel to Infinity War that narratively did more damage than good

[DaWN]

People at large, including almost all users on Atlas, vastly underestimate how popular most of the progressive agenda is in suburbs.

Atlas still thinks that Medicare for all plays better in McDowell County, WV than in Fairfax County, VA.

It likely won’t play well in either county when Dems try to implement it . The next midterm will be a massive GOP wave .

Well, looks like Nostradamus has spoken

[Badger]

People at large, including almost all users on Atlas, vastly underestimate how popular most of the progressive agenda is in suburbs.

Atlas still thinks that Medicare for all plays better in McDowell County, WV than in Fairfax County, VA.

It likely won’t play well in either county when Dems try to implement it . The next midterm will be a massive GOP wave .

Just like Medicare itself was so unpopular, am I right?

Though In fairness I'm more in favor of Mayor Pete's plan of Medicare for all who want it. Though I don't know why he doesnt phrase it as Medicare available for all. It rolls off the tongue much easier

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

The impeachment thing may be overplayed. Two points I want more data on. One, how important is it really to voters? Like VA was against removing confederate stuff by a 20 point ish margin but still voted for Northam by 9 ish. Because while people agreed with the GOP on it, it was not that big of a deal. Two, I am among those high fifties to low sixties percent who don't want to see Trump impeached, for strategic reasons. I know other dems like me, I wonder what percent of the anti impeach movement is like that.

[morgankingsley]

Middle school was slightly less unbearable than high school

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Middle school was slightly less unbearable than high school

I agree.

[538Electoral]

Warren won't do so well in the early primaries. I think CA has a decent chance of deciding the entire Democratic primaries. If Warren doesn't win CA it's probably over.

[morgankingsley]

I think CA has a decent chance of deciding the entire Democratic primaries.

I agree

[Continential]

Frenchrepublican isn't French

[John Dule]

Just like Medicare itself was so unpopular, am I right?

Just change your profile pic already, dude.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

In terms of songwriting and musicianship, the 1940s had better popular music than the 1960s.

[morgankingsley]

Music these days, while not great, is nowhere near as god awful as many people say it is

[TrendsareUsuallyReal]

Music these days, while not great, is nowhere near as god awful as many people say it is

You’re right. It’s far worse. We should bring back the talent of the 80’s

[Badger]

Just like Medicare itself was so unpopular, am I right?

Just change your profile pic already, dude.

I didn't realize supporting Medicare was such a "liberal" position in 2019.

[HisGrace]

Iceland's policy on downs syndrome should be applied elsewhere.

I'll see that take and raise you the take that Iceland's treatment of Down Syndrome (my understanding is that it can't really be called a "policy") should attract the same level of opprobrium that China got for the one child policy.

One child policy at least makes sense pragmatically even if it is awful on moral and human rights grounds. What Iceland is doing is pure eugenics and pseudoscience.

[Hindsight was 2020]

New age atheism like Dawkins, Harris, the late Hitchens, Bill Maher, etc.. seem to becoming an increasingly right wing reactionary group in this day and age as opposed to the liberals they were branded as in the 2000s

[HisGrace]

New age atheism like Dawkins, Harris, the late Hitchens, Bill Maher, etc.. seem to becoming an increasingly right wing reactionary group in this day and age as opposed to the liberals they were branded as in the 2000s

I would imagine if you did a poll atheists would demonstrate much more liberal views (at least on social issues) than religious people. There are probably more right wing atheists now just because there are more atheists. Obviously religious conservatives are not going to be atheists so they are going to be other right wing groups like libertarians or the alt right.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

New age atheism like Dawkins, Harris, the late Hitchens, Bill Maher, etc.. seem to becoming an increasingly right wing reactionary group in this day and age as opposed to the liberals they were branded as in the 2000s

I would imagine if you did a poll atheists would demonstrate much more liberal views (at least on social issues) than religious people. There are probably more right wing atheists now just because there are more atheists. Obviously religious conservatives are not going to be atheists so they are going to be other right wing groups like libertarians or the alt right.

Atheists in the US do skew left, but most atheists aren't Dawkinsist-Harrisists. People who were "New Atheists" a decade ago have definitely found common cause with the right in terms of attitudes towards non-Western immigrants and refugees, and many are now also adopting increasingly reactionary views on issues between men and women, even though most of them are still pro-choice and pro-SSM.

[Hindsight was 2020]

New age atheism like Dawkins, Harris, the late Hitchens, Bill Maher, etc.. seem to becoming an increasingly right wing reactionary group in this day and age as opposed to the liberals they were branded as in the 2000s

I would imagine if you did a poll atheists would demonstrate much more liberal views (at least on social issues) than religious people. There are probably more right wing atheists now just because there are more atheists. Obviously religious conservatives are not going to be atheists so they are going to be other right wing groups like libertarians or the alt right.

Atheists in the US do skew left, but most atheists aren't Dawkinsist-Harrisists. People who were "New Atheists" a decade ago have definitely found common cause with the right in terms of attitudes towards non-Western immigrants and refugees, and many are now also adopting increasingly reactionary views on issues between men and women, even though most of them are still pro-choice and pro-SSM.

This. I wasn’t referring to atheists in general but to this brand of atheism that poped up in the 2000s that was big in being snobby, in your face, and anti-Bush/evangelist. But many of these people developed a hardon for Muslims to the point they became alt-right gateways. Like Sam Harris who went from “pwning” Affleck on Islam to now inviting Charles Murray onto his podcast to legitimately discuss the Bell Curve   

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

If you go to a strip club, you should NOT seek out the hottest girl in the club for a private dance.

That "plain" or merely average looking girl? The reason she's there and making bank is she knows how to work with what she has. Her dance is far more likely to blow you away, one with model looks probably not only won't try as hard or even know how because she doesn't need to.

Oh yeah no matter how old you are, know this: a stripper well past 30 is going to be way more experienced than a college age one, and yes, that does matter as much as it does in other jobs. Even when I was in college I figured this out pretty early.

Been quite awhile since I've been to a strip club but I thought I'd drop this advice.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

The etymology of the word "embarrassed" is way, way more #problematic than that of the word "ndly".

[brucejoel99]

Iceland's policy on downs syndrome should be applied elsewhere.

I'll see that take and raise you the take that Iceland's treatment of Down Syndrome (my understanding is that it can't really be called a "policy") should attract the same level of opprobrium that China got for the one child policy.

One child policy at least makes sense pragmatically even if it is awful on moral and human rights grounds. What Iceland is doing is pure eugenics and pseudoscience.

Y'all are hugely misinformed.

Iceland doesn't have a policy against Down syndrome. What they do have is a requirement that all expectant mothers must be informed about the availability of a screening test that reveals the likelihood of a child being born with Down syndrome.

That's it.

No, Iceland doesn't mandate abortions for mothers whose unborn children test positive for Down syndrome, & no, expectant mothers aren't even required to actually take that test in the first place. Only around 80-85% of pregnant women actually choose to take the prenatal screening test. The only difference between Iceland & a country like the U.S. is that a vast majority of Icelandic women (close to 100%) who received a positive test for Down syndrome chose to terminate their pregnancy, compared to only 68% in the U.S.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Well, yeah, that's why I objected to the use of the word "policy".

On further thought, I suppose faulting a country for a practice undertaken voluntarily by its populace isn't really a fair analogue to faulting a country for a practice coerced by its authoritarian government. Thus, I'd further amend my observation to say that this is a practice that should cause us to take a serious look at ourselves and the way we understand disability in our own societies.

[morgankingsley]

If you go to a strip club, you should NOT seek out the hottest girl in the club for a private dance.

That "plain" or merely average looking girl? The reason she's there and making bank is she knows how to work with what she has. Her dance is far more likely to blow you away, one with model looks probably not only won't try as hard or even know how because she doesn't need to.

Oh yeah no matter how old you are, know this: a stripper well past 30 is going to be way more experienced than a college age one, and yes, that does matter as much as it does in other jobs. Even when I was in college I figured this out pretty early.

Been quite awhile since I've been to a strip club but I thought I'd drop this advice.

Thanks bro

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Anyone who never eats vegetables because they think they never taste good either doesn't know how to cook them properly or is just too lazy to.