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And you are in an engineering/tech firm. Which brings up a big problem with such goals -- the underlying feeder group doesn't support them. There is nothing close to 45% women or POC in engineering, let alone engineering management, to support those goals. So you end up with a diverse C Suite of supporting staff -- HR, legal, finance -- to make the numbers work. Earlier Gutter made a comment about already having 4 white male SCOTUS justices. Guess what? Most lawyers are white males (88% are white, 63% male). A higher percentage of federal judges are white males. https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/news/2020/07/potlp2020.pdf

Good one. I was going to say "the kung foo master in every bad Chinese martial arts movie from the 70s and 80s." But it doesn't roll off the tongue.

You forgot "bleach blonde" in the beginning. She had her rap going. Also, I expected Rep Fake Eyelashes to be pushing 3 bills, based on making fun of MTG for having a fit body, but she's actually only somewhat chubby: https://www.google.com/search?q=representative+crockett+from+texas&sca_esv=75ce3f1a0c12c434&tbm=isch&sxsrf=ADLYWIJg-76MV5Vb-8FKwGIO-TWo3q8cLg%3A1716232592643&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=911&ei=kKFLZojMEtavur8P_MKI8Ao&iflsig=AL9hbdgAAAAAZkuvoAllTthsz4R-_fUtb0llhiablHxl&oq=representative+crock&gs_lp=EgNpbWciFHJlcHJlc2VudGF0aXZlIGNyb2NrKgIIADIHEAAYgAQYGDIHEAAYgAQYGDIHEAAYgAQYGDIHEAAYgAQYGEinM1AAWLgbcAB4AJABAJgBkAGgAYkLqgEEMTguMrgBAcgBAPgBAYoCC2d3cy13aXotaW1nmAIUoALnC8ICBBAjGCfCAggQABiABBixA8ICBRAAGIAEwgIOEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEYigXCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICBhAAGAgYHpgDAJIHBDE4LjKgB7Rr&sclient=img#imgrc=haICE8w1tn38-M

These people enact our laws, and determine how to spend trillions of our dollars.

Eli, from The Book of Eli (Denzel Washington)

That's so funny, I was going to post this -- I started watching Wick 4 for the first time last night (wife came home 1/2 way through; that movie is almost 3 hours long with non-stop violence!). That dood is pretty bad ass.

Why would the current president, in an election year, basically tell young black people (and the world) that he's done nothing to fix this perceived problem? But hey, vote for me, I'll fix it next time!

I'm not sure that we can conflate "done the most for black people" with "give them the most free stuff." If that were the case, then freeing the slaves would have no value in the discussion. I would argue that record low black unemployment, and the First Step Act/sentence reductions, are more important than more free stuff. And no, I don't think Trump did more than Lincoln. I watched the video: he said "since Lincoln -- and perhaps in some ways, including Lincoln -- but since Lincoln"... https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/-an-insult-rev-al-slams-trump-for-saying-he-s-done-more-for-black-people-than-lincoln-211239493982 My guess is that the speech said "since Lincoln," but Trump couldn't help himself, because he is a narcissist, so he riffed the middle part. I imagine his campaign people were doing some after he added that part.

Wow, Billy Zabka became a much better actor when he got older. Ralph Macchio still kinda sucks at acting, tho.

I saw YouTube listed which I consider social media or at least adjacent, since people subscribe to content and comment back and forth. But I can accept that this is not the general definition, at least not enough to argue about. I look forward to BeachBlade, who obviously never even read the article/poll and instead followed you around saying "yeah, you tell him, Gutter!" what an idiot I am. In 3rd grade language.

Fair point, I'll address it in a separate response. First though... ... hush, troll. Adults are having an adult conversation. Hmm... yup...

Interesting with the Taco Bell comments, as all three of my kids would probably list it as their favorite. I think that the spirit of the OP is the menu on paper, in which case Long John Silvers is a good one. They might be more of an east coast chain though, as I can't think of any around here.

Thanks. I'd be interested in your wife's take on Butker's speech. My wife thought it was a good message. Then again, she is an engineer who took a break in her career to stay home with our kids. Regarding the TLM: I've never been to one, but I wouldn't mind attending one. Our parish does something of a "high" mass, singing a lot of the parts that are spoken in other churches. I don't see anything wrong with the "necessity" comment, he is a Catholic talking to other Catholics. Nor do I object to him explaining why he thinks so. Covid, meh, I didn't notice the omission you noted. I suppose he could have said something about weighing the risks. But his general message was that Church leadership should be more courageous in defending the faith, and in prioritizing the spiritual needs of their constituents.

Before I answer, are you Catholic?

Why call out the others but not TikTok?

I presume that NBC want to make a point and that including TikTok would not have helped them.

I already posted the text from Vox, but I apologize for omitting the link. https://www.vox.com/culture/23997305/tiktok-palestine-israel-gaza-war Your link disagrees: says 40% under 24, 65% under 35. Seriously, why are you wasting our time about whether most TikTok users are under 24 or 28? What is the gotcha here?

I understand perfectly. My post captured it. Your thoughts on my point?

Now that I've accepted your apology, let me give you some potential ammo to disagree with me. I just finished reading the transcript of his speech. Wow. Not wow because the homemaker part, frankly that barely registered a blip with me. But wow because of my spiritual journey. I was raised Catholic, quit church in college, met my future wife who wanted to learn more about my religious upbringing, through that she converted to Catholicism, we were married in the Church, attended for years, kids raised and received the sacraments, then left for a long time... only to resurface in the past few years, with us going back and re-engaging. In fact as I type this, she is at our church helping to feed some temporarily homeless families who are staying there. I struggle with my own faith, but I appreciate the conviction that Butker has. And he was extremely eloquent in describing the challenges facing the Church. The battle between the progressive Pope and the traditionalists, with whom Butker clearly aligns. I see value in both sides. I don't want to sidetrack this thread on these things, but rather want to say that this speech has given me a lot to think about, and the homemaker thing is low on the list. But... since those comments are the topic of this thread, I'll say: like I said in my initial comments, I don't think this was necessarily the time or place for them. Or maybe more accurately, he could have stated them more politically correct. But reading them in the context of the entire speech: the speech was so real in his convictions, that it is hard to see how he could have addressed it otherwise. Note also, and I haven't seen this addressed: he calls on men in a similar fashion. Yes, it's part of his traditional ideas of the roles of women and men, but there is an overarching message of the importance of an integral family, and a focus on children above all else. IMO, if it makes more sense given the skills of the people to reverse the roles, I don't think that goes against the premise of his message on this point. And mostly I'll be digesting the Catholic part, which was most of his message. Rail away.

Accepted, thanks.

Note the emphasis on WANT Tim, seriously, you are all over the place here. Please reread this and see how you came at me throwing a bunch of crap at the wall that had nothing to do with what I said, then you referred me to MO and when I asked where he said what you implied, you said he didn't. See the bolded in your statement on this. Note also the emphasis on my OP, because it wasn't "semantics." I emphasized it to avoid the situation of people who WANT to have a parent stay at home, but can't because of, say, financial reasons (or in your scenario, some greater value to society). Regarding your last paragraph, I'll just say: personal health is important, and if that includes scheduling some time where you aren't 24/7 caring for kids, that is not only understandable, but I agree completely. But that was never my point.

Woo hoo, I'm the best loser!

https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/05/10/israel-hamas-tiktok-research/ Now, if you engage there for long enough, and manage to ferret out the small minority of conservative content, then yes, the algorithm will direct more of that to you. But that does not change my point that TikTok was omitted from the OP poll, and that the vast majority of TikTok users are young, Biden supporters. And I'll add: if you were a conservative with strong political convictions, would you engage long and heavily on political topics within a platform that has minimal such content?

Congrats Cloaca! How do we break the tie for first pick in the Memorial?