ApostleO

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[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 3 points 7 months ago

Confidence? Not so much. But it's less a fear of rejection, and more a fear of upsetting someone.

In short, my thought process goes like this:

  • Approaching women can make them uncomfortable.
  • I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable.
  • Therefore, I don't approach women.

I basically limit myself to online dating, but as we all know, that's a shit show unless you're in the top 10% on the scale of attractiveness. And so I've been single 10+ years.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I, for one, thought this was a reasonable take.

What else do people expect you to comment? Like...

Neat.

Or...

Thoughts and prayers for the driver and his family.

?

What discussion can a post like this garner except speculation? And to preface your speculation with an acknowledgement that the story has no real details... seems fair to me.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Currently somewhere around 10 years single.

I struggle with social cues, anxiety, etc.

It's lonely.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago

Golly! Three whole data points?! Now we are cooking with gas!

/s

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

You picked two random days, compared their active user counts, and concluded that it must indicate a continuous trend.

Yesterday, it was 60°F out. Today it's 30°F out. Clearly, by next week, everyone in my town will be dead by freezing.

Experts struggle with statistics. Laymen, doubly so.

EDIT:

Also, that's only a difference of 7%, so it's not even that drastic.

EDIT2:

Also also, what does any of this have to do with your post being removed? What was the post? Did the mod/admin give you a reason for removal?

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 44 points 7 months ago

Which explains why it was standard procedure for presidents to put their money in a blind trust. And why Trump didn't.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The population of NYC is 8 million, and they had fewer than 1M votes for mayor? That, like, 12.5%.

Even if you limit it to just citizen population, I found that number to be 6-7 million. Thats still only a 14-16% voter turnout.

The fuck?

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes! I've said for a while that any public statement by a politician should be treated as being "under oath", punishable as perjury as applicable.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 6 points 7 months ago

I had never heard that before, and that now my truth. It makes so much sense.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The previous conviction was overturned on a procedural issue, like a mistrial. He wasn't pardoned or found not guilty, so it isn't double jeopardy. It's just a "redo" to make sure another jury would still convict without the procedural issue.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 11 points 8 months ago

the [worst] Democrat [is] better than the best Republican

That's generally true, but not in the hypothetical. I'd honestly vote for Mitt Romney before I'd vote for hypothetical Democrat-Ticket Trump.

[–] ApostleO@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago

It's called "Whattaboutism" and it's straight from Russia's playbook.

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