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@shortstories you are correct. But think about the audience for NPR. They will eat this sort of thing up uncritically, and even those who are not overweight will just accept that "losing weight is so hard for some people".

The larger point is that they are admitting inflation is still bad. The "losing weight is hard" comparison is just an effeminate manifestation of their propaganda.

You know things are bad when state media is admitting that inflation is still bad rather than trying to continue the propaganda effort claiming that our government is beating inflation.

They even admit here that it the everyday expenses such as electricity, rent, and gas prices are higher up. Which is probably why they are in damage control mode rather than "everything is fine, quit believing your lying eyes"' mode.

@DW2 So is Lloyd Austin confirmed alive then? Sometime theories do not always pan out, it seems. But the fact that such theories exist shows a strong distrust with our government. Which is well warranted.

@PraxisOfEvil It does let you chase your dreams. Even if your dreams are retarded, you can still chase them. Just maybe think about if your dream makes sense or not to go for, and don't assume that your dreams will pay the bills.

Some people need to understand that sometimes you are not going to get a job that does not feel like work, and that maybe you have to pursue your dreams outside of what you do for a living.

@Humpleupagus With these standards, my wife is the opposite of the ideal woman. The complete opposite, as she has zero of the qualities listed here.

@Aether Women who try to play the "double standards" card do not understand that men who are looking for a traditional woman are generally traditional themselves, which means they also have a low bodycount and are not engaging in degenerate behavior themselves or demanding a woman who is "good in bed" while being a virgin.

These women are just bitter that men do not want to commit to them after slutting it up from 18-30, thinking that "but men do it too" is a universal retort.

@deprecated_ii Harry Potter was a series of books meant entertain children (and later teens as the "audience grew up"). There is not nearly enough depth in those books to warrant a whole class. Or are colleges so watered down that this is considered rigourous enough for today's students?

Not that most reading/writing/English classes are really all that impressive either, but at least there was pretense of having some writing that had greater substance than that which appeals to tweenage girls.

@Terry >noncommital men who won't propose

It should not be difficult for women just to cease any relationship with a man who does not want to propose. If women valued their fertility window more, they would understand that they need to waste no time with any man who does not want marriage.

My own wife told me if I took too long to propose, she would have ended things. There would not have been a "where is this relationship going" conversation. She just would have left. So it is possible.

@Terry And when I say men are the reason, they are just using their power of backing out from a bad deal, as the risk is far higher for a lesser reward. Women are making the risks worse and the rewards less.

As men, the power to say no to marriage is the one thing they have left to do. Women need to give men a better deal if they want to see marriage come back to a better place. This needs to take place both with removing bad laws and better behavior from women.

@Terry >Witnessing more divorces than weddings

And whose fault is that? Mostly women, as they by and large initiate the divorces.

>dissolution of the social structures that make marriage stable and advantageous

Again, women are the reason. They demanded easier divorces, make their own marriages less stable with their past promiscuity and increased demands while providing less benefits to men.

Though men are the reason marriage is not happening in the end, because of women like this.

@MaleGoddess And yes, immigration is an issue too. Though it is also part of the downstream effect of feminism. Feminism brought on the low birth rates, and politicians used immigration as a "solution." Though it of course just makes things worse as it does not bring up native rates and further prices out the people already on the edge who cannot afford to have a family.

But first and foremost, feminism needs to be rolled back to have real solutions.