This reminds me of the age when the egregiousness of home Internet data overage charges in Canada reached their zenith, with some back of the napkin math, I realized it would be more cost effectuvd to buy and fill a solid state drive (which had only begun to come down in price) with stuff, ship it overnight international, and then destroy it after downloading its contents, than to hit the overage charge limit with my provider.

anyone hitting an individual with private security is going to do surveillance first and account for weapons anyhow.

Unless they’re surveilling with the intent of knocking out the bodyguards so they can give the target a stern talking to free of prying eyes, I’d imagine their only thoughts on the matter will be either “they don’t have guns, we should bring guns” or “they have guns, we should bring guns.” And for the firearms being barred portion, that’s going to vary a lot by locale and venue, but there’s always the option of locking firearms up in vehicles.

I think the most compelling reason not to have firearms is that if someone isn’t armed you don’t want them to suddenly become armed thanks to you. I’m just not so sure about the rest.

The hyperfocus line drives me nuts because if I could do that I wouldn’t have a disorder. In fact I would be particularly “ordered” wouldn’t I? Hyperfocus but I can control it? Sigh me the fuck up! I get hyperfocused because certain activities trigger a hella sweet dopamine rush that my brain is craving. Unfortunately, I can’t control which activities will trigger that reaction, and no amount of self-discipline or willpower will compel my brain to “want” to give me a hit while doing something i find tedious or uninteresting. I can still do stuff I don’t want to do, usually… sometimes… ish… but the odds of me falling into a hyperfocal state while doing so are naught.

There is absolutely no situation where reducing a conversation on gender to basic algebra isn’t stupid

Except this one. If you’re going to be so fundamentally wrong that you can be refuted by elementary arithmetic, why should anyone bother putting any more thought into it than that? No, you can’t reduce gender relations to a basic math question, but you can reduce thst guy’s take without missing anything important.