The reason behind priests not being allowed to marry originally had nothing to do with their faith though. It’s because Catholic priests were bequeathing church assets to their children when they died. The church just put a thin veneer of dogma on top of the reasoning when they used the dictate of no marriage to stop the theft.

Does “bugs” have a scientific meaning? I was assuming it was a layman’s term that I could abuse.

Not sure what your definition of people is, but Mexicans, Ugandan, and Koreans all eat grasshoppers (and probably others). I know crickets are eaten in Southeast Asia.

Ants seem too tiny to try to eat, but a Google search reveals they are eaten in South America and Southeast Asia.

Shrimp, lobsters, and crabs are kinds of bugs.

The population is being dumbed down by our education system and smart devices/ social media. In addition to that, Republicans’ media strategy completely dominated with this election cycles. Democrat campaigns were being run like all of them were a bunch of seniors citizens who couldn’t navigate the current media environment.

Republicans controlled the narrative on most all of the issues.

I can’t really tell what your argument is here. Are you arguing that people substitute social media interactions for real life connection? And that they get enough from social media to not think vulnerability is worth it?

I guess I can agree to that in some general way for novices to social media (people like me in 2007 or young kids now), but in my generation I’ve observed people valuing it less as we age. Once you mature, if you mature, you can judge your own lack of fulfillment from hours spent on social media.

To quote (emphasis mine):

“I discovered that no one is looking for a meaningful connection or a serious conversation. Everyone wants to catered and be heard, no one wants to listen for just a second.”

In no way does the first part of the post make it sound like the commenter is qualifying the statement to only the subset of people they have dated.

I’m happily married, and I know people I would enjoy spending time with if I wasn’t. The world doesn’t seem bereft of thoughtful, intelligent, generous people to me. To me, it sounds like it’s a problem with the commenter.

I’m expecting downvotes for this.

While I agree with you that social media is very harmful to everyone but especially young people, I think we’ve also socialized an entire generation to pathologize mental distress instead of teaching them resiliency.

I don’t think they need to be shown any particular courtesy since they closed by bashing ‘many many many girls’ as superficial.

Yea, honestly, as a feminist, I think this is reasonable and healthy. How many long term relationships really result from drunken hookups? It’s just an exercise in risky behavior with a complete stranger when your judgement is impaired.

Hearing new voices with perspectives shaped by new places and ideas strengthens us. That is the underlying principle of freedom of speech and freedom of the press in liberal democracies.

You argue for weakness: weakness of mind, weakness of spirit, and weakness of morals.

Exactly. Hence the name distinguishing it as the “American” one… People (Americans?) are so dumb.

The media is just playing to the electorate there, I’m afraid.

I watched the YouTube stream of a recent Maryland townhall: dark blue state, all Democrat Representatives and Senators speaking and taking questions, hosted by a Democrat county executive. Someone got up and confronted them about the immigrants abducted by ICE being held in Baltimore Harbor and not allowed to see their lawyers. Multiple people in the live chat started complaining that they weren’t discussing real issues like Social Security and Medicare. … Even though they had discussed it earlier. Americans are fundamentally selfish.

As an American, I can’t disagree. The best outcome is just to get groped against your will for 20 min like Macron.