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Gravitiger
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re: TIL there are more Samoans in the US than Samoa
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/17/26 at 7:46 pm to Kafka
quote:English is still the most common self-reported ancestry in the US. German is second (very close behind). Irish is third, with Mexican a close fourth (though I imagine that data is harder to accurately collect and evaluate, so could be higher).
the interesting part of this stat: in 1972, outside the South they were no more than 25% of the pop in any other region. It's probably even lower now
For over a century the most common ethnicity in tUS wasn't English but German. However that may have changed w/all the Mexicans here now
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re: TIL there are more Samoans in the US than Samoa
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/17/26 at 7:28 pm to yaboidarrell
Not really surprising. There are also more people of English descent in the US than there are in England.
re: Women don't understand the secret unwritten code of the mens' public bathroom
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/17/26 at 7:07 pm to AlterDWI
quote:Actually heard of a study about this, where they observed a shite ton of men in public restrooms after going to the bathroom, and the only statistically significant predictor of whether a guy washed his hands was whether someone else was present.
Rule #5 is if there are other guys in there you make an attempt to wash your hands. As a grown man, you've pissed outside a million times without washing your hands, but you don't want to seem like a slob in front of the other guys so go through the motions as if touching your dick with two fingers is so disgusting that you must immediately rid yourself of the nastiness.
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/17/26 at 6:58 pm to wdhalgren
quote:If it goes badly, Vance will be thrown under the bus.
What does that cryptic line mean?
re: I need a ruling on trashy/not trashy.
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/17/26 at 6:40 pm to Slippy
Where's the HOA when you need one, amirite?
re: Doctor’s office weigh in (lbs vs kgs)
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/17/26 at 12:52 pm to andouille
quote:Last time I was at the doctor they weighed me in kg and asked me if I wanted to see it in lbs, too. I gave her the number in lbs and she looked shocked.
If you can't do kg x 2.2 in your head, I feel sorry for you.
re: Should you feel guilty about rooting against the US in the World Cup?
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/16/26 at 9:20 am to TideSaint
quote:I left shithole Louisiana but I still pull for LSU.
My favorite is all the migrants from shite hole countries come to the US for a better life yet they root for the shite hole countries they fled when it comes to the World Cup.
re: Michelle Obama can settle this by filing suit.....
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/16/26 at 9:14 am to antibarner
Sure, she can file suit, but she's not going to embarrass herself having it dismissed because she has suffered no damages. Public figures must show actual financial loss related to the reputational harm to win a defamation suit. Unless someone has already told her, "Michelle, this UFC guy said you're a man, so we can't work with you anymore," she has no damages.
You're mad that she's not being petty and immediately filing a frivolous lawsuit? You're promoting lawfare and SLAPP?
You're mad that she's not being petty and immediately filing a frivolous lawsuit? You're promoting lawfare and SLAPP?
re: Should you feel guilty about rooting against the US in the World Cup?
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/16/26 at 9:12 am to RLDSC FAN
What a disingenuous article. If the author was really this dogmatically ideological, they would be against the the World Cup coming to the USA altogether, not just against the USMNT.
In one sentence, they say sports should be a respite from politics, then in the next, they say sport and politics are inseparable. Which is it?
"As I argue in my book..." Just promoting their own sales.
In one sentence, they say sports should be a respite from politics, then in the next, they say sport and politics are inseparable. Which is it?
"As I argue in my book..." Just promoting their own sales.
re: Michelle Obama can settle this by filing suit.....
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/16/26 at 9:07 am to antibarner
Lawsuits require actual damages. She has no damages to speak of, unless she can show somebody actually pulled out of a financial deal because of this very specific comment made last weekend.
re: Flock camera map
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/11/26 at 5:37 am to Roy Curado
quote:Yes, I'm sure our founding fathers were thinking, "As long as you're out in public, the government should have the power and right to know where you are and what you are doing at all times."
Flock is passive, public infrastructure recording vehicle movements in shared spaces for public safety reasons (same with FR). Anyone driving by is visible to the naked eye anyway. Demanding my email credentials is active, targeted, secret-access surveillance of my entire digital life. One is observable public activity; the other is giving one person control over my private personal account. The scale, consent model, and intrusiveness are not comparable at all.
re: Flock camera map
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/11/26 at 5:32 am to slidingstop
quote:One is the government, the other you theoretically consented to and can do something about.
Whats the difference between the flock camera tracking you and your cell signal providing your track?
re: Karmelo will lose his best dick years.
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/10/26 at 3:25 pm to OysterPoBoy
Very weird post
re: Guy calls his ex after 20 years because he found out his daughter is dating her 20yo son
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/9/26 at 12:50 pm to Penrod
Yeah, all the misunderstandings and assumptions they make about each other are really frustrating.
re: Guy calls his ex after 20 years because he found out his daughter is dating her 20yo son
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/9/26 at 12:47 pm to Penrod
Not yet. The cliffhanger at the end of this last one was him finally confessing his love to her, and her leaving to go meet her boyfriend who is about to propose.
re: Guy calls his ex after 20 years because he found out his daughter is dating her 20yo son
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/9/26 at 12:08 pm to DesScorp
Also in the most recent Cormoran Strike novel.
re: Interesting article about the shrinking public schools in Louisiana
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/8/26 at 8:16 pm to TigerintheNO
What were the student:teacher ratios before and what are they now? These numbers don't tell us a whole lot in a vacuum.
re: Should We Have Professional Jurors?
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/7/26 at 4:32 pm to liz18lsu
quote:They never get frustrated with people they work with or projects they have? They never make errors because they are distracted by their outside lives?
Not in their jobs.
quote:You expect that person to have the professionalism and cold rationality of your idealized engineer?
As someone with an iota of the law, a little more than a Wendy's employee.
quote:That doesn't answer the question. How much "reading" would they be required to do to be qualified?
Reading isn't that complicated for most humans, although statutory language can be cumbersome.
quote:Which defeats the purpose and in your mind doesn't exist (meaning you again don't have a good answer for this question).
Maybe a non-partial jury
re: Should We Have Professional Jurors?
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/7/26 at 4:28 pm to liz18lsu
Okay, so you're not actually serious.
re: Should We Have Professional Jurors?
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/7/26 at 4:13 pm to liz18lsu
quote:LOL
I work with corporate attorneys, not ambulance chasers, so I’m used to professionalism.
re: Should We Have Professional Jurors?
Posted by Gravitiger on 6/7/26 at 4:06 pm to liz18lsu
quote:How much do you think these jobs would pay? How much education and training do you think would be involved? Who would do the hiring--and what biases might they have?
Apologies if I imagine these people to be more like engineers than impulsive children.
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