salacious_coaster

"Americans can't see nose in front of own faces"

Last year, Mamdani claimed to be 33 years old. Now he claims to be 34. Which is it Zohran???

An old toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol works fine.

Nothing. I've spent my life arguing and several years arguing professionally. There are not many bigger wastes of time. I still do it, just to speak my peace, not because I'm hoping to change a bunch of minds.

For reference, that's almost tied with Biden's low, and still higher than the lows of Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, and Bush 2.

Not really. If the meme had said that white people were genetically inferior because we redo high fives, then it would be racist.

He's now tied with Biden's lowest approval rating. This headline is making it sound like he's in trouble, and he's not, no matter how much we want him to be.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/116677/Presidential-Approval-Ratings-Gallup-Historical-Statistics-Trends.aspx

Human nature. We're hardwired to form tribal groups around perceived similarities, which necessarily entails excluding people who are different. Overcoming the negative results of this biological wiring is an eternal challenge for us.

Edit: downvoting me doesn't make the truth go away. This is established science. Humans will form groups compulsively, over literally anything.

https://youarenotsosmart.com/transcripts/transcript-tribal-psychology/

https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-identity-theory.html

Is there a term for when something seems patently racist but also you know first-hand it's objectively true, so you find yourself looking up racism in the dictionary to see if it counts?

What is it now?