Hyperreality

Excuse me, excuse me. She didn’t put herself -- and you have some very bad people in that group, but you also have people that were very fine people, on both sides. You have people in that group. Excuse me, excuse me. I read the same article as you did. You have people in that group that are there to protest to them, a very, very important issue.

What the science actually suggests is this:

Despite their important implications for interpersonal behaviors and relations, cognitive abilities have been largely ignored as explanations of prejudice. We proposed and tested mediation models in which lower cognitive ability predicts greater prejudice, an effect mediated through the endorsement of right-wing ideologies (social conservatism, right-wing authoritarianism) and low levels of contact with out-groups. In an analysis of two large-scale, nationally representative United Kingdom data sets (N = 15,874), we found that lower general intelligence (g) in childhood predicts greater racism in adulthood, and this effect was largely mediated via conservative ideology. A secondary analysis of a U.S. data set confirmed a predictive effect of poor abstract-reasoning skills on antihomosexual prejudice, a relation partially mediated by both authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact. All analyses controlled for education and socioeconomic status. Our results suggest that cognitive abilities play a critical, albeit underappreciated, role in prejudice. Consequently, we recommend a heightened focus on cognitive ability in research on prejudice and a better integration of cognitive ability into prejudice models.

Which is something plenty of conservatives lack the functional literacy to understand.

Look on the bright side. Maybe today will be better than tomorrow.

I blame antifa.

Excuse me, excuse me. He didn’t put himself -- and you have some very bad people in that group, but you also have people that were very fine people, on both sides. You have people in that group. Excuse me, excuse me. I saw the same video as you did. You have people in that group that are there to protest to them, a very, very important issue.

Meh. Lime mortar absorbs and releases moisture. IRC "Roman" lime concrete is much the same.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan, but that kind of thing isn't compatible with modern insulation. You end up with damp and mould issues in the walls.

Sure it works great in uninsulated stuff though. But people and governments want every room in a building to be insulated nowadays. The whole one warm room, the rest of the building is cold and you'd better wear a three piece suit or heavy wool jumper thing, is abhorrent to our spoiled western arses.

Also: the Romans didn't build their buildings that high. AFAIK Lime concrete has lower tensile and compressive strength, which is an issue with high rise buildings.

Thousands of years, to be exact.

Israel: Now do Hamas.

Whataboutism is stupid. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Prime games too, although I've noticed they offer less GOG games than they once did, and I refuse to install their app on my pc.

In my defense prime is very cheap in my country, because they haven't crushed the competition yet.

Complex person with plenty of contradictions.

Genius musician, at one point said "Hitler was one of the first rock stars" and collected Nazi memorobilia, but then later called out MTV for featuring so few black artists. And the whole underage groupie and rape allegations thing really isn't great.

At times I've found it hard to separate the art from the artist. Some of his music is genuinely great. Then again, so is Gary Glitter's Rock and Roll Part I...

I don't think it's fair to victims of sexual violence, to pretend his record is spotless, but that doesn't necessarily diminish his impact on culture and music.

Sounds fine to me.