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Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
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« on: April 03, 2023, 08:36:24 PM »
« edited: April 03, 2023, 10:37:27 PM by Command of what? There's no one here. »

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In 2015, Schiappa declared she is sapiosexual.[21]
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Sapiosexuality describes attraction to the intelligence of another person.[28][29] The prefix sapio- comes from the Latin for "I [have] taste" or "I [have] wisdom" and refers to a person's preferences, proclivities, and common sense.[30] Sapiosexual-identifying individuals can also be gay, straight, or bisexual.[31][32] It is not a sexual orientation.[31][33] It first gained mainstream attention in 2014 when dating website OkCupid added it as one of several new sexual orientation and gender identity options.[31] About 0.5% of OkCupid users identify as sapiosexual, and it is most common among those ages 31–40.[31] Women are more likely to identify as sapiosexual than men.[34] Critics responded that sapiosexuality is "elitist," "discriminatory," and "pretentious."[31][33][35] OkCupid removed the Sapiosexual identity on February 11, 2019[36] following what it described as "considerable negative feedback", specifically quoting an article from Vice magazine.[37]
Schiappa is doing her feminist credentials a favor by showing that French politicians of any sex can be pretentious. Yes, even women.
#GirlBoss

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand the pension reform. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of half-baked conventional economic wisdom most of the jokes will go over a typical Frenchman's head. There's also Macron's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from vapid jet-set Thatcherism, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike the pension reform truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Macron's existencial catchphrase "49.3," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as LREM's genius unfolds itself in their public sphere. What fools... how I pity them.

And yes by the way, I DO have a 49.3 tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the soft porn magazine readers' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.
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Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
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« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2023, 03:35:58 PM »

Is there any particular reason why you chose to frontload an otherwise decent series of points with an irrelevant personal attack, Zinneke?
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« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2023, 11:56:55 PM »

Is there any particular reason why you chose to frontload an otherwise decent series of points with an irrelevant personal attack, Zinneke?

It is not a personal attack on Antonio, it is a personal attack on Antonio's political views. I have no doubt Antonio is a thoroughly decent individual with a strong moral code. You can tell this because he actually cares.

Fair enough, but I still think we're in danger of getting distracted by the Playboy aspect, which up until now no one here, including Antonio, has really focused on. I'm not sure why you tried to foreground it given that you don't seem to have an especially high opinion of the focus on frivolous showboating in French politics right now either.
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