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  • Nothing odd about that.

    The reason why America has the best food is because of this. Wave after wave is immigrants from all over the world over several hundred years, bringing their food culture, adapting, mixing with indigenous food, feeling free to experiment, and mixing with other cultures.

    Just don’t call me out because “Canada”. I love Canada, have a Canada escape plan, and appreciate the differences. It’s that there’s much more culture shock going to various parts of the US than their geographically similar places in Canada.








  • I did something similar in school. Laid out the kid making fun of me.

    We were in pads and helmets. It was middle school chickens establishing the pecking order.

    Kid was more abusive than most and picking on me in particular. Put him on the ground, made it clear that this would not be tolerated.

    Then I caught up with the running drill.

    That’s kinda the attitude that is cultivated for success in athletics.



  • PhD here.

    Be interested in whatever you want. Someone else said speculative fiction. I’m not aware of a scientist who didn’t grow up reading that. Just be curious and care about if you’re correct.

    Young people now just don’t have easy access to popular science from people who are telling them the truth, and I don’t know what to do about that. You need to learn how the basics of reality work before you can gain the proper level of skepticism.



  • So there’s this concept “agent provocateur”.

    It means the guy from the opposite side who throws the first stone as if he were on side he disagrees with.

    The one who throws the first stone is the villain.

    The reason why 60’s era civil rights demonstrations were so successful is that no white person was able (or probably willing) to infiltrate the African American side to throw the first stone.

    In a modern protest, plenty of people without any identifying group support any side, so someone just has to turn around throw a bottle onto their own side to start the violence.