Interestingly, research shows a surprising trend related to this topic: young adults today, on the whole, are engaging in less sexual activity than any generation for which we have data. Yet, this shift isn’t equally distributed across genders—where young men (ages 18-25) once reported slightly higher rates of sexual activity than young women, the pattern has reversed. Now, young women report engaging in sex more frequently than their male counterparts, with the gender gap widening now to a degree that significantly favors women in this area.

The reasons for this shift are still under debate. Economic pressures, the influence of digital media, and evolving social norms are all posited as contributing factors. But the data does suggest (this is based on CDC and JAMA studies) that a smaller subset of men are experiencing a larger share of sexual activity, aligning with certain internet memes and narratives about “Chads” dominating the dating scene. Whether these cultural constructs, such as the “MRA” or “Chad” phenomenon, are reflective of or reactive to this social shift remains unclear. Nonetheless, they generally resonate with the timeline of the observed trends around sexual activity. I’ll be curious to see how the trends indirectly the future of dating and sexual relationships among young adults.

But, all that aside, if more women choose to opt out of traditional dating or sexual encounters with men, more power to women. Coincidentally, it could begin to narrow or at least slow the widening gender gap in this area. I am unsure if that would be good, bad, or neutral. In general, a healthy sex life seems to be an important dimension of the human experience. I would imagine the fact that the overall trends are going down is probably a negative for the psychology of a generation, but I guess we’ll see.

This age cohort also drinks less, has more eating disorders, smokes/vapes less, is more sleep deprived, parties less, is more risk-averse, has shorter attention spans, experiments with drugs less, is more (prescription) medicated, is more depressed, is more socially isolated, and is more anxious than previous generations at the same ages. Looking at research on Gen Z is pretty crazy. And it can be depressing sometimes, but it’s a particularly unique age cohort. Scholars widely acknowledge Gen Z as being markedly different than previous youth generations.

I would never vote for the Green Party after watching two decades of their utter disregard for political calculus while being both supercilious and patronizing about it. If the party’s behavior wasn’t enough, their supporters are utterly obnoxious, self-congratulatory egotists.

I fully intend to support nearly any candidate running against a green party candidate at the local and regional level, and will happily make political donations to any organization running ads and/or mobilizing on-the-ground efforts against the green party. The green party has been one long abysmal failure after Nader/LaDuke.

They certainly don’t need my help to die, but I’ll help dig the grave anyway.

Because the person who said those things and to whom I’m responding is the “Trump voter” I specifically referenced? In case the fact that I’m directly responding to their comment and they’re the OP of this post didn’t make it clear enough for you.

Remember how it took merrick garland two full years and an independently organized governmental January 6th committee forcing his hand before he pursued criminal charges against Trump? How investigations by the NYT and WaPo showed that, over a year onto Biden’s presidency, Garland had ordered no investigations into Trump at all? Yeah.

That dude is singularly responsible for one of the biggest law enforcement failures in the history of the United States and an extreme dereliction of duty. What a coward. Like most cowards, he hoped if he did nothing and stayed quiet no one would notice him. Unfortunately, now anti-Trump people hate him for his failure to meaningfully prosecute and pro-Trump people hate him for attempting to prosecute in the first place.

This dude is the squirrel that runs across the street, then gets scared and tries to run back, then gets scared and tries to run across again, then gets scared and tries to run back… and then gets run over by the car.

Yes, people did precisely that in this case. Or do you speak for all trans people and trans allies? I didn’t get the memo. You’re literally doing the thing being criticized. I explained to you that they were pushed out for defending the terms female and male for biological sex in her field. Your response: “yeah, that’s not what it was, it’s because she’s a crypto-conservative working for the IDF.”

It’s like, well. OK, but that’s not what happened. Many people on the left have gone on fox news to defend positions. Do you just assume they too are all therefore secretly conservative? What a silly worldview to have.

Regardless, I’m not going to bicker with you, I don’t want you hyperventilating again. I’ll block you and make it easier for both of us. Good luck with your video games.

Buttigieg/AOC 2028. Never forget that despite looking like a choir boy, Mayor Pete is a bulldog. Love watching him regularly demolish frothing Republicans. AOC is great at/for a lot of things, but at the top of the ticket, she’s got too many cheap, easy character weaknesses. Too young. Her voice. Her big-time speeches, like at the DNC, show she’s an unpolished orator. No executive experience.

Other than her voice (I like it, but many people find it annoying), all of those flaws would go away if she serves as VP for 4-8 years.

If Newsom is the democrat’s candidate, I will vote third party. Fuck that guy.

Trump voter believes in small government. Also that the state should be able to legally compel you to electronically track your children and that 11-year-olds shouldn’t be able to walk around outside without constant surveillance and sides with parents being arrested for allowing it. Believes “some” parental freedom should be “allowed.”

I just rolled my eyes so hard I gave myself a headache.

Ignoring most of the article, bringing up the fact that “Trump gained support from every racial group except white people, where he lost one percentage point when compared to 2020,” is a real and damning statistic for the Democrats. I’ve been saying for some time that I continue to be amazed as democrats turn themselves into the party of suburban and urban white privilege.

In the case of Dr. Hooven – the person being referenced here – her usage of binary biological sex categories was why she eventually needed/was bureaucratically forced to retire from Harvard. She never had issue with using people’s preferred pronouns or names. She taught a well-regarded course, “Hormones and Behavior,” and was attacked, in my opinion, for going on Fox News to defend the usage of “female” and “male” as categories of biological sex in medical classes.

While she’s a life-long Democrat, I suspect if she hadn’t gone on Fox & Friends to defend the position, the blowback would have been less targeted and vicious.

That being said, Harris’s piece is exponentially more troubling and offensive than anything Hooven ever did. In my estimation, it’s misguided, short-sighted, and poorly conceived. Worse, it’s largely wrong.

Yeah, usually that really thick, bleach-white chowder is frowned at. Really traditional chowder only uses the starch from the potatoes and cream to thicken it, and it’s more soup-like than the kind that’s basically the consistency of soft-serve ice cream. Really traditional chowder would someotimes used crushed ship biscuits (hard tack) as a thickener, which is why some people use flour/roux these days. Hard tack is basically the progenitor of modern crackers, including the often served oyster crackers. I like a crusty sourdough myself. Better for the mop up work!

Rhode Island, a suburb of Boston (😁) has an interesting chowder that has a clear broth that is pretty good too. It’s basically identical minus the heavy cream. Great for people that don’t get along with lactose.

Also, pro tip, if you don’t have fresh clams, get a bottle of clam juice to add to taste. Usually you steam the clams open and then take out the meat and chop them up for the chowder, and you use the steaming juice leftover to add more clam flavor, as desired. Bottle of clam juice does the same basic thing (without needing to strain out the grit).

Usually the best chowders aren’t brilliant white. They’re a little darker like yours and almost look a little “dirty,” for lack of a better word. If someone served me a bowl of what you made, I would expect it probably will taste great just from the eye test.

New England chowder comes in about 15 “main” ways to make it. It’s pretty different from region to region in New England and even house to house. Just eyeballing this, it looks pretty legit. Some in the mighty northeast might accuse you of “being fancy with it,” but it looks great to me.

Bacon is kind of a west coast addition because their clams are wicked shitty, kid. Salt pork is used, but crispy bacon less so. And traditional chowder isn’t thick. Finally, some might quibble with carrots, but that’s definitely one that you’ll see regularly with and without. This doesn’t look overly thick to me, and I’ve done bacon add at the end and it’s hard to say it’s not great!

The Mayans and Aztecs were imperialist prior to contact. They regularly practiced oppressive, military expansion and colonialism. True story.

Not particularly, no. Coyote isn’t a mono-divinity like they are being characterized here. It’s ok to simply recognize a lack of knowledge about Indigenous cultures. But the fact that the characterizations that are used here clearly come from a western conceptualization of divinity while posturing like it’s criticism of western divinity is fairly ironic.

Cmon, you gotta admit Tom Sawyer is a jam.

Oh, but she went on The View! So, she’s all set.

We all know you’re just trying to convince yourself to stop looking for her on craigslist, OP. You aren’t fooling anyone. 😁

Wait, the Mars Rover is single? Asking for a friend.

Commit a crime against others, pardon crimes against friends, dissolve criminal investigation of self.

Totally normal first-day agenda for a supposedly democratic country.

Yes, absolutely. I was largely restricting it to domestic factors and admittedly jamming a lot into the phrase “supply-chain issues.” ☺️

At its core, that basically is what they’re saying. The argument points out that while the cost of goods went up because of supply chain issues, it wasn’t just that—prices also rose because consumers were in a better position to pay more. The Recovery Act and the student loan repayment pause boosted disposable income, making it easier for people to absorb these costs. As supply chains improved, prices have come down somewhat, but not entirely, partly because wages have gone up, increasing production costs. But there’s also truth to the idea that corporations took advantage of the pandemic to hike prices, blaming it all on COVID-related issues. This kind of “pandemic pricing” kept prices higher even when some original causes started to ease up. That being said, that isn’t the main factor at play—it was for FY21, to be sure, and it’s part of the broader problem, but it’s not the main driver like it was then.

To deny the Recovery Act’s role in shaping today’s economy misses the bigger picture. A-1.2 trillion-dollar injection obviously needs to be recognized for its effects in the economy. Even so, without that support, a lot of people would likely have struggled even more to cover basic costs. Ultimately, the choice was about providing a financial cushion when people needed it most, even if it meant dealing with some inflation down the road. Unfortunately, voters don’t envision the worse reality they would be in where they didn’t make it, they see the world where the costs of inflation has them barely make it. It would be difficult to argue that more people are worse off than they would be without the Recovery Act, but it’s hard to envision because the hypothetical worst-case scenario never seems as bad as the actual bad-case scenario. It’s what’s called the “preparedness paradox.” And you might be doing it right now. ☺️

Article filled with examples of men expressing hatred and misogyny towards women

“Ayup, no one hates women more than other women!”