👀 You're pretty keen, didn't think anyone would notice that.
Yeah, I did skip over that silly little aside, I had near exactly the same feelings as you about it too. It was surprisingly juvenile, but even worse for someone like Ed, totally anecdotal as well.
For someone so thoroughly armored with counterfactual evidence to dispel basically every prevailing narrative of today, seems quite odd that he took the bait on that one of all things.
I don't think he is covering either. What's more likely is that Dowd is in a place with his personal life that allows his emotions to usurp reason and govern on this topic. I've been with guys who make camp in statistics labs, and I think they can be at odds with other men who have been more physically inclined throughout the whole of their lives, particularly after they start working out and devoting time to health themselves.
I think about Obama and the reports about his relationships with the Intel and military folks. Even his SS detail. Seemed like he had a little bit of jealousy towards some of them at times, from various anecdotes. Nerds with status and power can feel threats to their masculinity that isn't there at times, I suppose? Doesn't seem to be a huge stretch.
Besides, Ed, you're on Maui for Cripe sakes man. Average 30-somethings are NOT vacationing there the last couple of years... if they are taking holidays at all! Doesn't tell me much that you could run circles around Sam Bankman-Fried lookalikes: but hey, whatever makes you feel macho. 🤣
👀 You're pretty keen, didn't think anyone would notice that.
Yeah, I did skip over that silly little aside, I had near exactly the same feelings as you about it too. It was surprisingly juvenile, but even worse for someone like Ed, totally anecdotal as well.
For someone so thoroughly armored with counterfactual evidence to dispel basically every prevailing narrative of today, seems quite odd that he took the bait on that one of all things.
I don't think he is covering either. What's more likely is that Dowd is in a place with his personal life that allows his emotions to usurp reason and govern on this topic. I've been with guys who make camp in statistics labs, and I think they can be at odds with other men who have been more physically inclined throughout the whole of their lives, particularly after they start working out and devoting time to health themselves.
I think about Obama and the reports about his relationships with the Intel and military folks. Even his SS detail. Seemed like he had a little bit of jealousy towards some of them at times, from various anecdotes. Nerds with status and power can feel threats to their masculinity that isn't there at times, I suppose? Doesn't seem to be a huge stretch.
Besides, Ed, you're on Maui for Cripe sakes man. Average 30-somethings are NOT vacationing there the last couple of years... if they are taking holidays at all! Doesn't tell me much that you could run circles around Sam Bankman-Fried lookalikes: but hey, whatever makes you feel macho. 🤣