Think of all the derogatory terms for standing up for a woman - being whipped, white knighting, “bros before hoes”, violating man law - it’s all terms designed to promote conformance to the culture and swiftly punish and emasculate any man who takes a woman’s side.

Ouch. That’s just appalling.

I LOVE Temeraire. Need to check out these others.

It’s as if electing the loudest, most obsessively awful suckups somehow had a downside.

This is honestly why I don’t buy at least half of the “Their PLAN is to do X to achieve Long-Term Goal Y!” stuff. It’s like thinking the rabid wolverine mauled you so that you’d go bankrupt from medical bills. No, sometimes it really just wanted to maul you, it wasn’t playing 4D chess.

Ooh. Your prof hit the nail on the head there. Well said.

Had to read that twice because I thought it was the Onion. What disingenuous nonsense these fools spew.

What an absolute garbage person. Is he aiming to top Kissinger? Disgraceful.

Wow. That’s … a sentence. Nominally.

Ugh. My scale has done that, too. Frustrating! At least it turned out well.

This is reminding me of how the right uses "criminal" - not defined by deed (committing crime) but membership in a class ("those bad people"). Similarly, their use of "Christian" isn't defined by what you do; it designates the exalted people, as opposed to the lesser people.

He is a globe-bestriding mastermind, deserving of our unquestioning worship. *rolls eyes*

The 2000 is a piston-filler. Couldn’t put a cartridge in it if you wanted to. You might be thinking of the Safaris and AL-stars. I agree about the cartridges. If buying a cartridge-filler i need it to be a standard.

I will stand by the 2000. Absolute legend of a pen; gorgeous, balanced, and a pleasure to write with.

it worked out so very well for the Corinthian. So, yeah.

That does sound entertaining.