Xmas (instead of Christmas)
In Greek, Christ starts with an X. But this is not commonly understood. The calibration result reflects current usage, not etymology.
Culture
The Book Of Satoshi
Have you, like the rest of the world, speculated as to the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, anonymous creator of Bitcoin? By Phil Champagne
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, by Louise Perry
While dispensing sage advice to the generations paying the price for these excesses, she makes a passionate case for a new sexual culture built around dignity, virtue and restraint -- amazon.
Holy Grail
a cup, dish, or stone with miraculous powers: providing eternal youth, or sustenance in infinite abundance --wikipedia
T/F: women are the weaker sex
Also calibrated: T/F: women and men are basically the same
Spirituality Subreddit
313,000 truth seekers, according to the Reddit statistics
"body positivity" movement
claiming "all bodies are beautiful", and that neither health, aesthetic standards, nor anything else other than a subject's proclaimed confidence can be a measure of how beautiful their physical form is --request
Hood Feminism, by Mikki Kendall
Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues --penguinrandomhouse.com
Science, the Transgender Phenomenon, and the Young
Presentation at Hillsdale College by Abigail Shrier. Video embedded.
gay marriage
Is it an ego objective based on an illusion, or is it an expression of true principles over 200?
vanlife or van-dwelling
Some vandwellers live this lifestyle by choice while seeking freedom, self-sufficiency, and mobility without paying for conventional stationary housing, while for others it may be one step from living on the street or in a shelter --wikipedia
masterpiece
a work done with extraordinary skill.
especially : a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement —merriam-webster.com
"Not my problem"
used to show that you do not care about somebody else's difficulties... on the other hand, it may not be your problem
airport safety/security messages
Prerecorded messages instructing security-checked passengers to not accept packages from others, to report unattended luggage, to not smoke, and to observe COVID protocols played at regular intervals, often at high volume.
T/F: women are systematically disadvantaged in western society
Social constructionists argue "that gender roles and gender inequity are instruments of power and have become social norms to maintain control over women" --wikipedia