Culture

legalization of prostitution

In countries that legalize prostitution, it is no longer prohibited, and there is legislation to control and regulate it. The extent and type of legislation varies from country to country and may be regulated by work permits, licensing or tolerance zones -- wikipedia

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Culture

Priority request. "These communities and other nomadic groups... share a number of characteristics in common: the importance of family and/or community networks; the nomadic way of life, a tendency toward self-employment" -- travellermovement.org.uk

Percent of school shootings attributable to anti-depressant side-effects

According to multiple sources, there is no evidence of a direct link between school shootings and antidepressants. However, studies suggest that a minority of school shooters were prescribed medication prior to committing their crimes -- usatoday.com

creating a "smokefree generation"

Request: Prohibiting sale of tobacco products for people born after a certain date. Is the net effect positive or not? Example: New Zealand's Smokefree Environments Bill was passed on 13 December 2022, which will ban the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 1 January 2009.

statement: porn undermines love

The bumper sticker slogan "Porn kills Love" is at 200. The verb "kill" brings it down in calibration. The verb "undermines" is a more telling variation on the theme.

MeToo movement

social movement and awareness campaign against sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and rape culture, in which people publicize their experiences of sexual abuse or sexual harassment -- wikipedia

Labor Day

created by labor activists in the late 19th century and became a federal (US) holiday in 1894 -- history.com

cowboy

request: yee-haw!

monogamy

Request: In TvF, polygamy was 145. I would imagine monogamy would be 200+.

girl-boss

Girlboss is a neologism which denotes a woman "whose success is defined in opposition to the masculine business world in which she swims upstream" --Wikipedia

passport bros

They believe that western women have been influenced by cultural and societal pressures to behave in a certain way, and by seeking out foreign women, they can find a more authentic, fulfilling, and harmonious relationship -- sltrib.com

the American Dream

"a national ethos of the United States, the set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, as well as an upward social mobility for the family and children, achieved through hard work in a society with few barriers." --wikipedia

T/F: Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion

He was recently found guilty of three felonies connected to shooting her in the foot in 2020 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Also calibrated: Tory Lanez (by request)

mob mentality

a demanding, inflated and volatile alignment with a host of others of similar mindset. At the individual level, a false sense of energy empowerment derives from a "mob" of lower astrals in one's aura. A literal, physical mob is not required for mob mentality: it's part of life at anger.

ancestor veneration

to ensure the ancestors' continued well-being and positive disposition towards the living... The social or non-religious function of ancestor veneration is to cultivate kinship values, such as filial piety, family loyalty, and continuity of the family lineage -- wikipedia