Calling them fervent misogynists would be much more accurate, because unfortunately, these hateful hypocrites are anything but "involuntarily celibate" behind closed doors.
This man is NOT your friend, and even if he is, it's not your responsibility to fix him and solve his problems, or even "put him in his place". Otherwise, as you've realized, he will drag you down to his level and make you as cynical and miserable as he is.
You should put whatever you had with him behind you at this point and try not to interact with him in the future, and if you are put into a situation where you have to interact with him, use the "grey rock" strategy and be as boring as possible.
This is almost an "arms race" situation, since when there are so many gigantic SUVs and pickup trucks on the road, driving in a smaller car becomes a lot less safe in case of an accidental collision with a larger, heavier vehicle, and the only way to reduce that risk is to drive a gigantic SUV/pickup truck yourself and further exacerbate the problem.
Having this many large vehicles on the street makes driving on the highway dangerous and unpleasant. LA's traffic is especially terrible.
Musk still doesn't understand why WeChat work the way it does. WeChat, at it's core, is a terrible chat/calling app compared to its competitors, it's slow, doesn't save your messages on the cloud, takes up a lot of space on your phone if you are in a big group, and doesn't even have a read receipt function.
What WeChat is at its core is a PAYMENT app that extended from its chat function, and the "everything" WeChat does all revolves around its payment system as they are the first pioneer of that in China under specific conditions (namely, lack of credit card use and wide prevalence of smartphones among the Chinese) which no longer exists in the US, as mobile payment is dominated by Apple and Google there is not exactly a lot room for a third party to squeeze in, even Samsung and PayPal struggles. For Twitter by X to carve out a niche in this field is almost impossible at this point.
It's pretty clear to me many people here have never either had general anesthesia or talked to anyone who had, you can't really time funny one-liners right before you pass out.
Here's how it works:
They'll put a mask with a rubber tube in your mouth for oxygen, and tell you to relax and count back from 10, so you start counting impatiently(it's boring, and there is nothing else to do), wondering when the surgery is going to start.
Ten.
Nine.
Eight.
Now the anesthesiologist is in front of you, checking on you to see if you're OK. "But I haven't finish counting down yet, when is the surgery going to start?" You ask them.
"It's already over", they explain.
Then you realize you are in a completely different room, the tube is no longer in your mouth, but you feel so weak you can hardly move, and the stitches/staples around your new surgery wound is starting to itch.
It's like a segment of your life was cut out and erased into nothingness.
At this rate, to end this shitshow once and for all, I would like to propose a solution that will satisfy everyone and volunteer myself as the Speaker of the House.
Red blooded all-American woman from the mean streets of Queensland, New York. (Shh...)
An actor, like the hero of the Republican Party, Ronald Reagan.
Nominated for an Academy Award for playing a Fox News employee, so probably pretty good at pretending to be a Republican too.
Expert in Houses (especially of the dream variety)
Top moderator of a 20K+ member internet community on an obscure technology forum, which is more governing experience than most US Congressmen.
Usually have good takes on everything.
Better looking than Marjorie Taylor Green.
I am literally the perfect candidate for the position, vote for Margot!
(But if I can be serious for a moment, this House Speaker thing is getting completely ridiculous.)
Calling them fervent misogynists would be much more accurate, because unfortunately, these hateful hypocrites are anything but "involuntarily celibate" behind closed doors.