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  • Isn't the judicial branch supposed to be more powerful than the executive? The POTUS shouldn't be able to blatantly ignore the SCOTUS, right?

    If course, this being Trump, I fully expect them to let the "Democracy!" mask slip whenever he wishes...

  • Thinking about Cuba, who have such a national "excess" of doctors that they're able to send teams of doctors to international disasters.

    If Cuba is the world leader in medical technology and capability, I wonder what is the strawman that conservatives raise to argue that Cuba is actually bad and their people actually hate communism.

    What is a reliable source that I can consult on the real problems that exist, or don't exist, for Cuba?

  • OP: "god, it's hard being a paraplegic and trying to run..."

    You: "guys, don't listen to this asshole, being a paraplegic means you can't run. If this person were actually NPD, it would be an extremely positive sign for them to seek to improve themselves and since we can see this person trying to improve themselves, they are clearly lying and manipulative. Classic NPD."

    Log off and touch grass. You can come back when the stench of your self righteous diarrhea of the mouth fades.

  • I think you raise a very valuable point here. "Narcissist" is so often used simply as a label for the villain with no consideration for the terms use as a medical diagnosis.

    In your case, you may be labeled a narcissist but you make a continual conscious effort to account for the weaknesses implicit in that diagnosis. This is different from the vitriolic insult so often used to condemn people.

    This is a failure on our part, in the way we use the term. You may be (technically) a narcissist, but, you are not "evil" in the way that others popularly labeled "narcissists" are. You are a good person.

  • There were some anecdotes I remember reading (that I'd really appreciate some sources on, if ever I get around to investigating) about how the Soviet Union during the Cold War maintained a steely eyed, ice cold resolve as the US was doing everything they could to spark a nuclear war. Pieces I remember are times the US flew bombers at Moscow, watching for Soviet reaction, hoping to find out the range ability of Soviet radar.

    And then the Cuban Missile Crisis of course

  • Lmao

    Jump
  • Okay so.
    \ I... have a friend...
    \ who has difficulty ejaculating with a partner but never with masturbation. He thinks because the problem never arises with masturbation, it couldn't be caused by medication. Is this logic sound? Or could his antidepressants be the reason he's limp-dicked for real women?

  • Hmm... I haven't observed that pattern myself so I can't speak from personal experience but... if you've got right-wing-douches complaining about your work that might be effective advertising to your target audience?

    I have a question of my own that isn't quite related but is in the same pond of water. I'm considering writing a story from the perspective of a post-op trans-masc person. I worry about a trans story coming from my mouth though, I'm a cis het white male American.

    I have begun composing the story based on the following logic. Before I worry if I'm the right person to tell a story, I might as well write the story first and judge its merit once it exists. Plus, I could then take the story to trans people and ask them if this story feels honest/respectful.

    My question is this I guess, does my logic make sense? Are there any points you would recommend I keep in mind as I work on this story?

  • I'm in your seat.

    I understand that all these platitudes about how a person should behave are good things, so I try to do them. I try to be a good person in all these ways and try to not be an asshole is all those.

    And here I am as an unhappy mid-thirties autistic fuck with unfilled needs. I don't understand how to weigh my own needs against all these platitudes, if I need it but it's bad to seek it in any of the ways available to me, then I won't get it. Simple.

    Whereas other people have some magical spectrum they measure things on that tell them when it's okay to break any of the rules they believe in because "this was right for me".

    Edit: Excuse me, I'm really grumpy today