Redfox8
@Redfox8@mander.xyz
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 19 hours ago:
Exactly! Which was my original point that this ‘power thing’ is about using/tied to abusive/instluting behaviour rather than something separate.
- Comment on Bouyancy 1 day ago:
Oh dear lord that made me laugh rather a lot! This is my life now!
- Comment on 27 March 2025 1 day ago:
They’ll never let you diwn either…
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 2 days ago:
No, the discussion was not about whether different words were of equal or differing offensiveness. My discussion is about what saying ‘it’s a power thing’ actually means and how it relates to abusive behaviour.
- Comment on but what happened to logsday? 2 days ago:
I still remember Domesday, it only happened the once before ‘they’ covered it up. I’ll never forget it, so many questions.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 2 days ago:
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One thing I agree with you on is that it isn’t necessarily always abuse, however the original post is about that group of friend’s chat, which I believe is abusive in nature from what has been shared (and hence why so many people have disowned them) and which you turned into (and are still rambling on about) some political somethingor another…
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Again, this has nothing to do with politics.
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You know nothing about my political beliefs so are shouting into thin air. (I’m not even from the US so can’t even ‘be’ a Dem! Oh boy.)
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This has nothing to do with politics, did I say that already?!
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- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 2 days ago:
What have far left (or far right, or even centrist) politics got to do with it? This is about what’s socially acceptable. Yes that feeds into politics and left/right/centre opinions, but I’m not discussing politics (nor was the person you replied to). Which ties in with my first comment that you’re combining politics with social issues erroneously.
Ultimately abuse is, abuse, is abuse, no matter how you dress it up.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 2 days ago:
So, if you were to replace ‘cocksucker’ with ‘towelhead’, slut, Yid, or Nig*** would that still just be a power thing?
Not that it actually makes a difference. This ‘power thing’ you refer to is controlling abuse for self interest. Introducing a predudice is just a way of trying to justify and/or hide the abuse.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 2 days ago:
I think you’re getting caught up in the state being abusive and controlling to it’s citizens (as Dump is doing now) and society self-regulating itself for it’s own benefit (something that happens in all social groups) as being one and the same. Just because someone calls out another person’s bad behaviour, that does not equate to supporting a dictatorial, or similarly controlling, leadership.
- Comment on Where to find help for a game name 1 week ago:
I don’t know Gaaga, Xenon & Xenon 2, Megablast was my Atari ST era. I remember the soundtrack/music being very good for that time.
- Comment on Where to find help for a game name 1 week ago:
Well I hit the right era, didn’t expect it to be that old! The game you describe does sound very familar, I’msure I’ve played it…now you’ve got my aging memory working away!
- Comment on Where to find help for a game name 1 week ago:
Megablast!
- Comment on Where to find help for a game name 1 week ago:
Horace goes skiing?
- Comment on mass 3 weeks ago:
How would it carry the load?
- Comment on Could every monarchy and authoritarian/tyrannical societies have been the result of child abuse? 2 months ago:
But unfortunately abuse creates deep insecurity, which creates a drive for power (control), so I think the OP isn’t far off the mark. Benevolent ruling is largely history washing imo, even if some good acts were carried out. The winner writes the history after all.
But your point is broadly fair - in most cases there is great variety in life. The ruling class, however, consists of less than 0.0001% of the global population so lies outside or the majority (figure made up for illustrstive purposes!).
- Comment on Time is an unstoppable force 2 months ago:
I’m with you ‘brother’, albeit one year behind. Let us tell tales of effective protest and civilian action!
- Comment on Cunk on Life (2024, showrunner Al Campbell) 3 months ago:
Awesome! Can’t wait for some more Cunk!
- Comment on Petrichor 4 months ago:
At 45 i consider myself to have reached Pro-am status.
- Comment on Optimisation is a Slow Process 4 months ago:
I believe the receptor cell responds to a particular part of the molecule in question. Artificial flavourings and scents have identical (or similar enough) parts to trigger the same response, but are otherwise different molecules.
- Comment on WILD 4 months ago:
But what came first? The jellyfish or the egg??!!
- Comment on It's the spherical chicken of legend! Somebody get the frictionless vacuum! 5 months ago:
So do you
- Comment on Should i be giving a shit about my posture? 5 months ago:
I spend too much time at my pc or driving so get lower back pain. I recently found this workout that’s really good. It’s challenging but really works well! I sometimes have to ease back a little, especially on the last part, but it still helps.
Apologies, I can’t remember how/where to get alternative YT links.
- Comment on Posting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate thread 6 months ago:
But then who are the criminals and ‘bad’ people if not those that have rejected the contract? Life is never all or nothing, so there will be times when someone will abide by the contract, for whatever reason, and times when they wont. This discussion centres on the times that they don’t and assumes that is the option taken the majority of the time.
True, a society does demand sacrifice of free will, however it can be argued that there can never be 100% free will even if you’re a hermit in a cave 100s of miles from another human. E.g. “I want to stay in my cave all day today, but I can’t because I’ve run out of food.” Hunger removes the free will for that period of time.
- Comment on Posting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate thread 6 months ago:
Ah but is that not peer pressure? You and others don’t want your cars damaged etc and therefore critisise people who leave carts around selfishly. This then creates a scenario where people may feel guilty or wish to avoid said critisism and put the cart away as a result.
I agree that social contracts exist, but only between those who accept them and are willing to make an effort for everyone and anyone. Those that do not return the cart are in effect rejecting that contract.
- Comment on Posting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate thread 6 months ago:
I’d argue that doing something because of peer pressure is different to being taught or learning to be considerate, so what looks like considerate behaviour from the outside, may just be e.g. avoidance of guilt/judgement. It doesn’t necessarily equate to being civilized.
- Comment on Posting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate thread 6 months ago:
But the ‘test’ is peer pressure, no? Which exists permanently in real life so there will always be a portion of people only returning the cart because of that.
- Comment on Posting the shopping cart theory because people had questions in a separate thread 6 months ago:
Well the discussion started off ok before ending in a rabies infested rant against humanity! Talk about going off the rails!
Anyhow, many people return the trolley so they don’t look bad/feel guilty. That doesn’t necessarily make them ‘good’ or ‘civilised’ and therefore fit into the ‘being forced’ category through peer pressure. Does that make them ‘animals’ and ‘savages’ too?
- Comment on Too many looks. 6 months ago:
2024…
- Comment on giving her 🧀 6 months ago:
I need the text highlighted please, I’ve no idea what anyone is talking about…
- Comment on Which one is selected? The "Yes" option or the "No" option? 7 months ago:
I think we need to know what the UI looks like before a selection has been made, or what it looks like when the curser is over each option. The ‘interface’ part is lost by a single screen shot.
