in fairness you face significantly higher levels of scrutiny than they do

The months/seasons in Rimworld are Aprimay, Jugust, Septober & Decembary and for whatever reason this has always tickled me.

yes, but on the other hand it also indicates that someone who voted in the republican primary in 2012 thinks that Biden isn't progressive enough. That tracks with my opinions of Biden but I can't imagine blue MAGA putting it out there.

Yeah, I get that part. I just have been thinking more about the whole "world's most divorced man" formula and divorce jokes lately. I've had two friends go through divorces recently and have been trying to be more aware of how people talk about it and what message these jokes are sending.

also I think this reenforces really bad elements of our culture (i.e. this seems like an expression of toxic masculinity to me not that I have engaged in literature on this)

Are they working? No.

Will they continue? Yes.

May I present to you The Harm Reduction Candidate ™!

I've started using the phrase "unsanctioned democracy" when people start telling me the time to express my preferences is only in the primaries or when they talk about how we shouldn't have primaries because we have an incumbent

It's disingenuous. Sometimes a teen will be addressed as (but not usually called) young man / young lady but it is usually either for the purpose of criticism or just navigating their ego since teens can't accept they're still children.

way ahead of you

remind me, what happened to Epstein again?