I think the beauty of Trump for them is that his going off script is what he’s supposed to do. He floods the zone with daily nonsense so that the behind the scenes stuff can go ahead with minimal scrutiny.

That’s not what would happen. They’re gonna “Weekend at Bernies” him as long as possible.

The club itself probably is. The restaurant specifically, maybe, maybe not. I’ve been to a bunch of yacht clubs over the years and the restaurant doesn’t always break even. Part of the appeal is having the exclusive spot. If members need to subsidize it, they’re often OK with that.

I too think in absolutes. Either you’re a Christian or a devil worshipper.

Either you’re with us, or you’re with the terrorists.

Wow, life got much easier when I eliminated nuance.

Sure, but I don’t think telling them so is a productive avenue for conversation.

Nothing automatically makes someone a good role model obviously, but going through a program like Judo teaches you a lot of things like being humble.

I’d actually contrast that to supposedly softer martial arts like aikido where you don’t actually train with resistance and therefore don’t get that humbling effect that I was talking about.

No you won’t read the comments?

I’ve had the same experience. Or if you do hear about it, it’s reluctant and only in relation to how it affects women.

I’m fine with women having their own advocacy group, I don’t think they’re equipped to take on men too.

It’s an attempt to set it up to compete with pride for June.

That sounds very paranoid.

there is no argument that men’s health isn’t important

Read the comments in this very thread.

This is a social problem, so the solution is to look at what successful people do and copy that.

This is how the pick up artist community started. Be careful what you wish for.

I just don’t really think something as simple as taking judo classes is really going to do much to tackle a problem that likely started at the socioeconomic scale.

I think a role model of positive masculinity is a good place to start.

Tell me you’ve never been to a judo class without telling me you’ve never been to a judo class.

If mine could do that “find me the approval email for x last week” I’d use it, but if outlook had a decent search I wouldn’t need it.

Broken clocks and all that

The word does seem overused. Any time he raises his voice or writes in all caps it’s a “meltdown”

In Montreal pedal bikes are $0.18/min and electric are $0.45/min. You can make that much cheaper by buying a plan. I got the summer plan and it works out to $12/month, free for pedal bikes on trips <45 minutes (which all of mine are)

You’re describing corporatism.

It used to be more. Then someone pointed out it was more expensive than a cab from downtown to the airport.

I’m told he’s woke too!

It’s the opposite of right. It’s meant to prevent the thing she thinks it is.