weker01

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[–] weker01 1 points 6 days ago

Where do I complain "the quality" of my opponent? I am trying to understand their viewpoint with regard to non-segregated sports.

I've spoken to some athletes about this before -- women and men -- and I found the opinion that sports should be gender-segregated and that the decision of where trans-athletes should be able to participate in should depend on the specific sport in question.

In my mind good sportsmanship includes fairness and I want to figure out what is "fair" in this situation. Many reasonable people disagree in that regard I think.

[–] weker01 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Well for many winning and trying their hardest to win is the fun in sport :/

[–] weker01 5 points 6 days ago (4 children)

What has this to do with income? It's also amateur leagues that would be affected.

[–] weker01 1 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Well if you don't do the segregation you will find that in some sports almost no afab people will ever reach the top.

Some sports are of course worse than others in this regard.

And even if there is no physical barrier, historically male dominated sports struggle to find female athletes/players. See for example chess.

How would you solve this?

[–] weker01 3 points 6 days ago

Another good one is second hand shops. When I was in Helsinki I've found really cool stuff there.

[–] weker01 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Would you say the price did get spread further out or were they always that far apart?

[–] weker01 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unfortunately many US grocery stores geo block the EU :/

Probably because of privacy laws? I guess I could use a VPN but asking here was easier / more fun.

[–] weker01 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Thanks, believe it or not but I find it actually really interesting how prices differ and what products are sold.

If I travel I always try to go to markets where local people buy their groceries

[–] weker01 1 points 1 week ago

Never understood the hate for that comment. Disclaimer I also don't know the actual source context but a series of tubes is an apt description for the Internet IMHO. Especially TCP connections feel like tubes. UDP Connections more like those vacuum tube lines businesses used back in the day.

[–] weker01 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Align with or are those talking points? If so what concretely is the problematic point here?

This is still not engaging with the content itself.

How does your suggestion not lead to an echo chamber? Ideas and arguments should be considered before dismissal.

Btw I find it really strange that you talk for someone else instead of making your own statements. How do you know what that user suggested?

[–] weker01 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

At the time of writing my comment I did not know about that other YouTuber and am glad I did not encounter them since.

That said I still think that video was not "hateful garbage". While I do not agree with everything she said, I do think she makes some valid points and in other parts she represents her subjective tastes in video games.

Guilt by association is not itself a fallacy in all cases but here I think it unfair to not engage with the actual topic at all. This just furthers division instead of finding common ground.

[–] weker01 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Hmmn, never heard of QAT. What does it stand for?

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