If you haven't been to BLMS for a while...

[lovemyswitches]

Lawrence is a good man and that was a hard thing to say. I really appreciate that you took time to share your perspective and the steps you have taken, not only to not get blocked from servers, but to make customers and your relationships with them better and most importantly, for your daughter(the pretty thing make a lot of women pissed, so you are not alone on that). It means a lot to many people. You're awesome!

Aww thanks! I can be a miserable fuck at my natural resting state so I have to make sure I take moments like these to feel gratitude that we can share some good vibez over words posted on a forum. I wish you well and may the world continue to improve for all of us.

Also, I realized that me mentioning my daughter being called "pretty" could look like a humble brag. That wasn't my intention. I'll just go ahead and brag. She is the cutest creature I have ever snuggled, second is my first born: Ladybear the cat.

[Zigcat]

Edit: Nevermind, arguing on the internet is dumb.

Yeah, I'm done for a few years. Out of my system.

[Frag Magnet]

Be the change you want to see, people. That's all.

Presuming something was directed more or less at me...

Look, the best we can possibly do as a society is afford people the Liberty to pursue their passions and take everyone on a case-by-case basis as the individuals they are, not what someone of their identity group is 'supposed' to be. I'd be shocked if someone on this particular forum would honestly argue against that.

That being said, the "blank slatism" fashionable at the moment within certain political ideologies is neo-Lysenkoist hogwash and some average differences between groups are going to naturally crop up. Given that those of us fortunate enough to live Western Europe, the US, Canada, etc live in the freest and most economically permissive societies in human history, we shouldn't be shocked to see them. But even when those average differences in various traits reveal themselves, you still have to remember that we're talking about bell curves and there's going to be much more variation within groups and overlap between groups than mean differences—that's why it's so important to treat everyone as an individual.

[Govmnt_Lacky]

I am kinda disappointed that, even with the name change, my stupid work server/firewall will not let me get to the site (not at all a Lawrence problem... my work's firewall is very picky)

That was another reason for the name change! Does it tell you why it's been rejected?

Unfortunately no. It might be because it is not an "https" address. I wish it gave me more info but....nope 

[lovemyswitches]

I am kinda disappointed that, even with the name change, my stupid work server/firewall will not let me get to the site (not at all a Lawrence problem... my work's firewall is very picky)

That was another reason for the name change! Does it tell you why it's been rejected?

Unfortunately no. It might be because it is not an "https" address. I wish it gave me more info but....nope 

The address is HTTPS! https://lovemyswitches.com/

[Govmnt_Lacky]

The address is HTTPS! https://lovemyswitches.com/

Like I said. It must be the firewall at my work. I can get to it just fine from home.

[culturejam]

certain political ideologies is neo-Lysenkoist hogwash

Wow, right out of the pages of National Review! 

[lovemyswitches]

certain political ideologies is neo-Lysenkoist hogwash

Wow, right out of the pages of National Review! 

I had to google it:

Neo-Lysenkoism
The word "Neo-Lysenkoism" has occasionally been used by hereditarian researchers[Like whom?] as a pejorative term in the debates over race and intelligence and sociobiology to describe scientists minimizing the role of genes in shaping human behavior, such as Leon Kamin, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould and Barry Mehler.[19][20]

[culturejam]

certain political ideologies is neo-Lysenkoist hogwash

Wow, right out of the pages of National Review! 

I had to google it:

Neo-Lysenkoism
The word "Neo-Lysenkoism" has occasionally been used by hereditarian researchers[Like whom?] as a pejorative term in the debates over race and intelligence and sociobiology to describe scientists minimizing the role of genes in shaping human behavior, such as Leon Kamin, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould and Barry Mehler.[19][20]

It's a roundabout way of calling somebody a Marxist:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2013/04/28/the-disgraceful-episode-of-lysenkoism-brings-us-global-warming-theory/#70d23cf97ac8

[Aleph Null]

So...uh.... I just got some of those short Taiway switches and the anodized nuts. Both look great!

[madbean]

I think that everything that can/wanted/needed to be said on this has been said. So, let's leave it here.