Why exactly is being cringey and full of itself fine as a criticism, but being sexist needs its special little carveout "for those who care?"

Using a special little carveout theoretically satisfies two groups of people:

1) Those who won't engage with material if it's sexist

2) Those who think other people are stupid for not engaging with material if it's sexist

As an example, I could write:

> Because the book is very cringey at times and full of itself.

I've said this before, and the response was multiple times "who cares about that, what about how sexist it is? Can you believe how the female characters are written?" And then the topic of conversation is about the sexism of the author (and whether or not I can reliably identify sexism) instead of the content of the book, which is what I wanted to talk about.

I could also write:

> Because the book is very cringey at times, full of itself, and quite sexist

But then the response is either "why are you recommending it if it's sexist?" or "no it's not sexist, why would you say that?" And then the topic of conversation is again about the sexism in the book instead of the content of the book.

When things like HPMoR come up, the conversation trends towards the more controversial parts of it and less about the useful parts. I thought that using "for those who care" was enough of a lead-in to prove that I both (a) understand that the book is sexist and (b) understand that one doesn't have to ignore all of the content of a work just because it's sexist, but... apparently not.

Honestly, fair enough. I didn't initially get that out of that comment, but I can see how you meant it.

Idk. Her point that now that phones are maxed out to being comfortable for men and have stopped growing really nails it. They even having folding ones now, because forcing men to have a phone laughably large for their hands just isn't an option, whereas it is for women.

Have phones maxed out? Seems the evidence is inline with it basically growing to cannibalize all of the other utilities that it is able to replace.

This is so condescending.

Gee, I'm sorry you feel that way.

Anyway, enjoy your... [checks thread]... bathtub waste water heat reclaimer. I'm sure that will make a big difference to your energy bill when your thermostat is turned up to 30C in January.

Isn't that precisely the point of the entire article? It literally ends with encouraging you to try the other one. People don't need encouragement to do easy things.

Istanbul has an oddly good system, where vans run a set route, but you can ask for them to stop wherever. I feel like this would be a better balance that would allow for greater coverage, while also lowering the cost of equipment and in the very least, eliminating the need to walk as much to a stop. It's also faster because it's basically a large taxi, so once the van is full, you only stop where the passengers need. This is only a supplement there, but I think it would work better than the majority of bus set-ups currently used.

Maybe the reason you're too "lazy" is because you're exhausted because you have sleep apnea.