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Flip it on its head - the

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:09:26 +0000

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Flip it on its head - the affluent can buy access so their kids are able to do what they're good at and interested in. I think people are prone to a few areas in general, and clustering knowledge around that early can make a happier, more productive person than the theoretical generalist. The number of kids dashed against the ramparts of mathematics early is heartbreaking, both because most people don't use 1/10th of the fancy math, and because much like statistics can be learned later. (yes, I've requited young ones of Calculus, but again, only to pass a requirement, not to fill a career or avocational need or interest.)

there's a money sentence in

artappraiser — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:35:54 +0000

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there's a money sentence in that long piece, both figuratively and literally:

Simply put, the more affluent can buy access to better peer groups and selective schools, more geared to their child’s abilities special needs and limitations.

Found at the site the case

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:14:00 +0000

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Found at the site in the comments (unrelated) the case for specialized education:

https://geary.substack.com/p/why-school-choice-is-mostly-a-distraction/c...

If you have interest in truly

artappraiser — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 16:11:24 +0000

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If you have interest in truly understanding why transgender activists can be some of the nastiest activists, especially towards J.K. Rowling types - and I would totally understand if one doesn't - I found this article is incredibly clarifying without even mentioning any of that. Understanding what went on in the recent past with the small world of scholarship and treatment in the field is crucial to understanding the whole thing:

The Truth about Autogynephilia by Helen Joyce @ Quillette.com, Sept. 7

It's not really a political article arguing one way or another per se, it's more of a history that explains a lot of current developments.

What it does make clear, at least for me, is that attributing psychological problems of many pre-teens and children to gender dsysphoria is a fad that is incorrect diagnosing things except for a few rare cases.

I think you mean "stadium

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:25:00 +0000

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I think you mean "stadium sports", where the hooligans come out. Not a lot of warlike behavior in golf tournaments or Wimbledon. Not even a lot of warlike emotion or skirmishes at stockcar races. Hell, even major league baseball pales compared to say Big 10 football - 100k students packed in a stadium on a Saturday afternoon watching knights in plastic armor bashing each other around...

No surprise that patriotic "America fuck yeah!" won out over Take A Knee. Blood sports need focus and continuity. Traumatic Brain Injury is just gravy.

And yes, even a buff MMA chick will have an impossible time against an ex-Afghanistan male soldier, whatever his current anatomical configuration. Chokehold indeed.

heck my meme was just

artappraiser — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:29:32 +0000

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heck my meme was just reinforced by your own photos which appeared to me again while posting the above comment. That person, male or female or whatever, is a warrior, that's what it wants to do: war.

Here's what can happen with

artappraiser — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:24:18 +0000

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Here's what can happen with your wholesome violence-free sports:

This weekend during a game at the @USYouthSoccer regional tournament in Salt Lake City, children ran for their lives when a man arguing with another man on a soccer field threatened him with a semiautomatic rifle.

Utah allows open carry with no permit required. #utpol pic.twitter.com/AMc58Rj9mb
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 12, 2021

There should be social workers or violence interrupters at every Utah soccer game in case arguments break out?

I said "spectator sports" for a reason. The idea is for the "fans" to get passionately addicted to a team or a single athelete's prowess, the more passionate emotions involved the better. Let it all hang out if your team or guy or gal gets what you think is a bad ruling from the ref or loses a game! Heck even some victory celebrations get violent...

In high school, I saw the most popular team sports and the related "pep rallies" as intimately tied in with support for the Vietam war. Training for cannon fodder by boot-camp-sargent coaches and unquestioning patriotic support from the fans back on home terrority, my school is better than yours we're gonna "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!"

Of course it's a replacement for real war and it's human nature so it's never going away blah blah blah. That doesn't mean I have to like it! Most spectator sports turn my stomach just like yours was turned by this match. My point was just that. I don't like capitalism manipulating this particular trait of human nature. You think it's okay as long as their are rules making sure the participants are equally matched. Well, such rules doesn't stop my stomach from turning, it's the whole principle being sold.

1) not all sports are brutal

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:22:00 +0000

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1) not all sports are brutal

2) many sports are race against the clock or the course, or otherwise outshining the opponent (gymnastics, diving, figure skating...)

3) a basic to competitive sports is that they're all largely in the same class. Boxers, wrestlers, judo, etc. all are relatively of similar in size so there's some semblance of a contest. Even MMA.

4) when a Wilt Chamberlain comes along, they/we usually change the rules to make them more competitive again. Chamberlain did nothing wrong, but the sport required balance.

5) ever since Bobby Riggs as a 50-something year old washed up male beat the top women's player that there's a distinctive difference between testosterone-supplied bodies and women, with disadvantage female.

6) so we continue to have female leagues to allow reasonably fair competition for women's sports. Perhaps the Williams sisters could have held their own with some of the men during their prime, but it's still th exception that makes the rule.

7) adding transgender players to the mix completely destroys female sports and the ability to field close stimulating competition. It's not quite Putin slamming a kid's arm during arm wrestling, but it's often close.

8) somewhere on the way to finally putting resources towards women's sports with significant turnout (more than just tennis, such as recent soccer leagues and the decent freestyle skateboarding), we threw a wrench in the spokes by allowing transitioning "women" to compete as women despite having much more body mass, muscle strength, testosterone, and other advantages, such as not having to endure a week of menstruation each month to hamper your training.

9) the Afghanistan vet transformed into "female" MMA fighter is indeed *not* what it's about, even though MMA fighters come in a few different size. MMA fans aren't looking for Conor McGregor to face off against Paris Hilton or Serena Williams - they want another similarly equipped brute. Similar for the reverse - a hot shot female MMA fighter or whatever other competition should be against a reasonably matched performer. This doesn't "drag it on" - it creates real competition even if life isn't completely fair and balanced.

10) and no, i don't watch many sports, but used to enjoy watching 300 pound Otis Taylor crush the opposition. You might find a few girls to play MLB, but i wouldn't suit one up for NFL except maybe the extra point team. Similarly, i wouldn't allow Otis Taylor with a vjay to intrude on women's football. This isn't from being old fashioned or squeamish - just think women deserve a league of their own - and not overloaded to fill society's other battles.

Will the Chinese government

artappraiser — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 05:46:14 +0000

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Will the Chinese government succeed in making Chinese men more masculine? https://t.co/srwnvSIUjy
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) September 12, 2021

We assume that this is not the kind of thing a government can do. But China operates from a different set of assumptions. We assumed the Internet could not be controlled by a national government. China went ahead and did it.
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) September 12, 2021

Is this another thing that we assume a government can't do that the Chinese will then proceed to do? Real question.
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) September 12, 2021

Uh, you lost me.

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 22:23:31 +0000

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Uh, you lost me.

https://youtu.be/glpIgnmKrZc