kelownabomberfan

wow can that Gritty run! Who is that guy?

Nic Petan clone in terms of tons of potential never really realized. Surprised that Duclair still has any trade value.

I don't know if I've ever experienced the feeling of overwhelming relief more than when I saw that puck go in for Laine. I think the only memory that surpasses it was finally finding a bathroom in Mexico...

And will give you diarrhea. ..

Vegas would never do this......again....

and by your logic, he would retire wealthy because he would only use female dentists and save a giant bundle of cash. Geesh...so ridiculous.

I'm aware that people base their decisions on their confirmation biases. And that's why certain people believe in a gender wage gap that doesn't exist. Chalk full? There was a talk about some dentists, and an old lawsuit against Walmart. And I've provided columns and examples too, which due to confirmation biases, have just been ignored by those that want to keep the victimhood complex alive and well.

Exactly.

here's the Daily Show on female soccer teams in the US wanting to be paid the same as men. Does women's soccer generate the same amount of money as male soccer? No? So what's the solution? Pay the male soccer players less so it's fair and they all don't get paid? Is that what the solution is?

Not really. In fact, I think the argument has gone a bit backwards. Crazy defined as "Have different opinion from those who support victimhood complexes, created by fake issues". Always the same.

this makes absolutely no sense. Unless people are purposely paying female dentists less money. Does that make sense to you?

and what basis do you have to say that they work the same hours? You have a preconceived notion too. You have no evidence, and I have no evidence. Other than I find it highly unlikely that customers are deliberately paying female dentists less for the same work. It just makes no sense. But if it is happening, lets actually deal with this, as that is definite gender discrimination. If it's just a result of free will, why DO YOU CARE??

No, free will for women to have choices they make because that's what they want. I honestly don't even know hat "enjoy the perks of manhood at the expense of women" even means, and I don't think you do either, but it makes your tummy feel warm typing it, so that's all that matters. You didn't answer my question though - are you in favor of men working less? Is that your solution?

Change can be a good thing, if it's actually something that needs to be done. What needs to change? If women of their own free will choose occupations that pay less, or accept lower pay in exchange for fewer hours, and some "study" then determines that on the whole, women make less money (but this is their personal decision) what do you suppose should change? Men should be forced to work less? Why? Why can't people just have free will?

but here's a question - if you guys all agree that gender wage discrimination isn't a thing, why is "the gender pay gap" a thing that anyone has to be worried about? Why is it that female dentists make less than male dentists? If it's not wage discrimination, but simply a choice by female dentists to work less hours, why do you care? This is their choice in a free economy. Is the solution to force male dentists to work less, so that everyone makes less money, but at least they are equal? This is just absurd. I started this thread thinking that maybe this whole gender pay gap thing was a completely invented victimhood thing, and I am now convinced that it is exactly that, and nothing more. No one here has done anything, painstakingly or not, to show that this is an actual issue. It is an invented "thing", and now unworkable "solutions" are the only answer. Invent a problem, then go around creating a victim complex. It's a tried and true formula that seems to work, if your goal is mislead in the name of trying to get votes.

what's funny is that the highest paid dentists are in the province with the lowest amount of teeth.

And I still don't get how this is evidence of a "gender pay gap". There are obviously other factors in play here. As I said I have never personally seen female dentists be paid less than male dentists, so this "independent reliable third party" you state is not telling the entire story.

Thanks for posting that. I am curious though to understand how this demonstrates a "pay gap" - Dentists usually incorporate and then put up their shingle. Are you suggesting that customers that come in to have their teeth pulled/cleaned/worked on are deliberately paying female dentists less than male dentists? Or are male dentists just charging more for the same work? In the first example, that would be blatant sexism. And I don't understand why a female dentist would put up with it. In the second example that's something that could be fixed by female dentists doing more research into what the market will bear and start charging more. I've had both female and male dentists over the past 25 years. They were all good. And I know my benefit plans didn't ask me to tick a box "Is your dentist male or female"? They didn't care. I paid the same amount no matter what my dentists' genitalia was. My point, this is useful data, that bears pondering, but I don't buy that female dentists are being deliberately discriminated against. It could be as simple as them not wanting to take on as many patients.

I honestly don't really know, but it seems to be something pretty bad. Are you ok with TUP insulting me like that? If so, why? Is that what this board is about, just insulting people and incorrectly labeling them? That's pretty bad if it is. I'm not ignoring it. It's sad that you see it that way. What I am saying (and I think you would agree), that what Jussie Smolletts did was wrong and bad (or am I off base here), mostly because he will take away attention from actual hate crimes, and make people doubt real crimes. Can we agree on this? No, but I know TUP definitely is.

I know right? Watching TUP just destroy himself has made my morning so far. And our coffee machine broke down so this has helped a lot.

That's one of them. Are you saying that what Smolletts did wasn't awful? If so, why not? And you aren't thinly veiled anymore either. And I do mean veiled.

and I thought you were smart enough to grasp what I was saying. Awesome. Those are some pretty good discussions. Oh man this made me laugh. The biggest hypocrite on the board is accusing others of immaturity. Dude, you are really sad. If I'm "pushing a white nationalist agenda" then so are you. Stop pushing a white nationalist agenda, it's horrible (honestly have no idea what a white nationalist agenda is)…. AOC is a US politician the last time I looked. You just don't like it when people say something that disagrees with the norm, that AOC is "AWESOME"!!! She's not. She seems to be a really nice person though. I'm enjoying you getting angrier and angrier too. Anger is a product of fear, and you are right, it's a waste of time. So you wouldn't allow yourself to post? Interesting. And I was suggesting that you do the same. You can discuss your gross ideologies, and I can discuss mine.

Not sure if those stats are real, but even if close to real, this really makes Jussie Smolletts look bad. He really needs to be made an example of for what he did.

I agree. Everyone who wants to go into identity politics and jump on people with insults when confronted with a GASP!!! concept that maybe certain politicians on the Left aren't super-duper should have their own thread. This would save a lot of time.

The only one being gross, insulting, baiting, and silly, is you. You chase away all discussion with these kinds of insults. I don't even know what a "white nationalist" is, but the fact that you would even go there is just disgusting. You should hang your head in shame. I think this could work, provided you do the same with the Right Wing Crazies. Then this thread could be purified of the crap from both the "alt-right" and "alt-left". Right back at ya! Right back at ya!