@horace said in "The Dumbest Thing I've Ever Seen": But unfortunately the white ruling media class can only be counted on to push them further and further into retardation. I think it is mostly just the white men. They don't even have a men history month White men are retards

@rainman It has been awhile! Good to hear from you, Rainman!

For those who are not familiar with distributions visualized as in the first example: The dots are individuals. Their x- and y-coordinates measure how handsome and how nice they are, respectively. The "round" shape indicates that these properties are not correlated. The correlation is illustrated with the blue bar, which is computed to go through "the middle" of the dots. This is what correlation of such dot clouds looks like: [image: 1616264992467-72379f84-6549-43c5-8cff-3176ce0ae5b3-image-resized.png] The middle shows "uncorrelated", as in our example. To the left, it shows more and more correlation. For instance, if you measure height and weight of people, you'd get a graph like the 0.8 one. To the right, we see more and more inverse correlation. For instance, if you'd measure HP vs MPG of engines, you'd get a picture like the -0.8 one. The point of the "paradox" is that if you filter the population by two positive traits (you date men who are nice and hot), then in that subset there's an inverse correlation, as illustrated by the diagonal blue line on the right picture. It doesn't look as "clean" as the "-0.8" picture I posted above, but mathematically it is still clearly a negative correlation.

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Hardly seems possible. Wonder if they taste different?

He defines an opening to write about his gifts but the last paragraph was not courageous at all.

@george-k said in Danglin': Aqua's seat on the chairlift after "the event." [image: 1616190336513-17424745_10212574680389111_8991481352148414135_n.jpg] He musta had the Franks & Beans....

“I would not be going out with your best friend if I were married to his best friend."

@jolly said in Convicted of family violence: His parental rights are one thing. His abridgement of free speech is another. In both cases, the court is wrong. Or, the law is. Maybe, maybe not. But I doubt that either court or the law is wrong. In either case he has the right to appeal to a higher court. In the meantime he must comply with the lower court rulings or face additional charges and jail time. The only issue here is that he is currently in contempt of court. We obviously do not share the same values in this and, I am sure, many other topics.

Link to video

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/8078/fired-for-smoking-weed But, your thread title is better - much better.

@mik said in Walmart rock stars: Gets a lot of music out of that POS geetar. Why sir, you mean that the player means more than the instrument? I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you....

@aqua-letifer LOLOLOLOLOLOL

As Jon would say, "Jesus" Read history and you see what could happen, and what has happened repeatedly in the 20th century. Good point, Aqua. Really good point. And as fast as possible, the idiots are changing the curriculum in public schools. Didn't they read history? Of course, just like the rest of us did in public or private education. So, how is it "they" want to go in a direction that could be so awful, where people have no choice because the government has mandated how and what will be acceptible? As a school board member of 12 years in a large district, I should be able to answer my own question, but I can't. I could not figure how the progressive changes demanded by the SJW could so easily be implemented without discussion. I saw the dramatic changes in curriculum and classroom issues taking place, but there was nothing I could do. Even asking an assistant superintendent in a public meeting, "please explain what Social Justice is, in how it will be implemented in our district, and will be undertood by everyone." I asked similar questions for the final 4-5 years of being on the Board, as I saw the changes taking place without argument, or rather, arguing was not allowed. She could not answer, I became the target and was basically forced off the board. And now, all 5 board members are far-left. As Reagan would say (Jon's favorite pres), "Here we go again."

And no, I didn't cheat. Dennis Weaver Mike Wallace Dick van Dyke Danny Thomas Loretta Swit Sally Struthers Edith from All in the Family Tommy Smothers Red Skelton Eric Severied Telly Savalas Roy Rogers Dale Evans Rob Reiner Tony Randall Carrol O’Connor Jim Nabors Jack Lord Art Linkletter Vicki Lawrence Martin Balsam Charles Kuralt Walter Cronkite Mary Tyler Moore Jack Cassidy Bob Keeshan Danny Kaye Andy Griffith Zsa Zsa (or was it Eva?) Buddy Ebsen John Forsyth Tim Conway George Burns Carol Burnett Lucille Ball Ed Asner Steve Allen It was a misspent youth, I tell ya!

@horace said in History of Tipping in the USA: @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA: @horace said in History of Tipping in the USA: @doctor-phibes said in History of Tipping in the USA: Sorry Klaus, I actually thought Jon made that comment. 'Condescending' doesn't apply to you, at least. Here's jon tipping his landscaper. "Hey, José, come over here for a second. Listen, José, I don't want you to feel bad about taking this, because honestly this amount of money is meaningless to someone like me. But for you, I feel like it would be life-changing. And jon-nyc is in the business of changing lives, José. Today, it is my great privilege and honor to change yours. Take this 20 dollars, José, and go buy your five kids a Happy Meal. Tell them it's from uncle jon. There's a good lad. Now run along." I'm sure nobody has ever accused you of being condescending, Horace. That is correct. Thank you for recognizing my humility. Few people do. In fact it's one of my most-overlooked qualities. The masses have proven unable to recognize many of the things that make me superior to them, but I appreciate your perceptiveness in this regard. I'm going to leave you a shiny new penny as a special thank you for your humility.