hildegarde

so..... its a news article in 2025?

Waist measurements for women are made quite high, above the navel. Hip measurements are made around the middle of the butt. The jeans will only be the width of the waist measurement if they are high rise jeans. Mid rise jeans don't go high enough to reach the natural waist, so the waist measurement is less of an issue.

Keep in mind the measurements are a circumference. 8 inches seems like a lot, but it equates to around 1-2 inches of linear distance, which is much less than it seems.

Women's jeans tend to be made with much stretchier fabrics than men's jeans. That's why women's jeans look better and are more form fitting. If the measurements are a little off in some place, the stretch of the fabric will help.

I just measured my jeans looping the tape measure through the belt loops and it went from 39" when relaxed to 45" when pulled tight. There's a lot of leeway.

I would recommend getting mid rise jeans and prioritizing the hip measurement over the waist measurement. If you pick the size that is close it will probably be close enough.

Trump is against medicine.

"How is the RAF so incredibly good at spotting German planes at night and in the fog?"

don't say radar don't say radar don't say radar "ummm yes... its carrots. Carrots, lots of carrots, that's it! Its because they... um... improve eyesight."

Crashing the stock market doesn't destroy capital. The market crashing means that the sale price of shares are reduced temporarily. Shares are still a proportion of ownership in a company. The rich will still own the overwhelming majority of all shares no matter the share price. The reduced prices also allows the rich to buy up shares from ordinary people who had to sell to afford necessities. Capitalists use economic crashes to further entrench themselves.

Even if companies fail and collapse, any valuable assets will be taken by other companies. A crash doesn't destroy capital, it just reorganizes it.

The US has gone through much bigger crashes than this, and none of them dismantled capitalism, and neither will this.

If you want to dismantle capitalism you have to actually put in the work of dismantling capitalism.

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Trans is an inclusive term. You are trans if you want to use that word to describe yourself.

Speaking purely for myself, I didn't feel comfortable calling myself trans until I started HRT. Its a thought process a lot of trans people have, thinking they need to be trans enough to be called trans, me included. Its a misconception that needs dispelling.

When describing her design of the trans flag, Monica Helms said,

"The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are intersex, transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender."

Did a little reading on don bacon, the representative mentioned.

He represents nebraska's 2nd district, a district where the majority voted for biden and harris. He is known for being a moderate republican who is noted for working bipartisanly. He retained his seat by a narrow 50.9%:49.1% margain.

Basically he's one of the most likely republicans to support something like this. And if viewed purely cynically, with the slim margin of victory, he has an incentive to introduce bills to nowhere like this use for the upcoming 2026 reelection campaign.

Until this bill gets cosponsors or goes for a floor vote, it doesn't indicate a breaking of ranks. He's the kind of republican who often goes against the party line.

the article is from decrypt.co what are you on about?

Edit: Who are you quoting? I never said "insignificant" in this discussion.

Edit2: I think I'm arguing with an llm.

shhh they have to discover that for themselves

The headline did not say 4% of the market. It said a large number without context.

Why are you responding with new information? My critique this whole time has been about this specific article, and the kind of reporting that leads to it.

I don't have any particular insight, nor have a been discussing the economy.

Obviously you should draw new conclusions when new data is available.

As told by he ancient legends, there are better restrooms with no urinals if you only have the courage to find them.