zbyte64
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- Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada 11 hours ago:
Hukuo in modern China could be perceived as prioritizing the right to have a home over choosing to have none. “At what cost” includes homelessness and higher unemployment rates. We are quick to highlight where there is a lack of right in China but not how it reflects on our own lack of rights.
- Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada 1 day ago:
I don’t know about Canada but the USA has been pro-child factory work lately. China’s wages have been rising faster than expected so they have gone all-in on automation. So when I see people claim their stuff is cheap because of “slavery” or human rights, it reads like projection.
- Comment on Everybody gets one [choose wisely] 2 days ago:
For the Epstein list to be released and for all the wealthy pesos to be executed.
- Comment on The struggle 4 days ago:
Get a squatty potty and it will flow with more ease
- Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada 6 days ago:
And what do interesting things are the Uighurs are making that is so interesting?
- Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada 1 week ago:
Did you know that most of China’s debt is held domestically?
- Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada 1 week ago:
I mean so does the United States thanks to the 13th amendment but we don’t have anywhere near the same infrastructure to show for it
- Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada 1 week ago:
Overproduction of commodities is certainly a problem for capitalists. But the workers get to enjoy a lower cost of living. Like I would much prefer we built ghost cities (Chengdu was derided as a ghost city at one point) than have a decades long housing crisis with no signs of improving unless we deport millions of people.
- Comment on Neighbors take back Southeast Portland street, replacing RVs with community garden 1 week ago:
The RVs are people’s homes because there is a shortage of housing. They move their RV from time to time to avoid tickets/police. The vehicles usually look worn down because people are literally living out of them. Eventually the RV won’t work anymore and it gets towed and the family that was living out of it has to find somewhere else to sleep. Usually nothing illegal is happening because most of them understand they’re living off the good graces of others. But there are a lot of people that feel uncomfortable around unhoused people and would rather vilify their neighbors than take a hard look at that discomfort.
- Comment on Self starter 2 weeks ago:
Ehh, it is not that our dopamine receptors are fried. We are all wired to seek out information. But most of what we get is starving us for actual useful information so we have to wade through an endless sea of slop. The “instant gratification” is largely us not wanting to deal with the bullshit and get straight to what is useful.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
The stock market makes no sense to me.
That’s because “The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.”
- Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives 3 weeks ago:
That would mean admitting they did something wrong, which is impossible for these ghouls.
- Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives 3 weeks ago:
Wish they’d pray for forgiveness because then that would mean admitting mistakes.
- Comment on Is empathy based on a financial bell curve? 1 month ago:
Oh man I have a story about an unhoused lady who has dementia. I walk my dog and sometimes she recognizes me, other times she has no idea. One of the days I was walking the dog and she forgot who I was and asked to pet my dog. She thought I was unhoused as well for some reason and told me about some good spots to sleep. These people know what it means to survive based on the kindness of others.
- Comment on Is empathy based on a financial bell curve? 1 month ago:
I honestly think how we treat the service industry is how many people end up treating their kids.
- Comment on Is empathy based on a financial bell curve? 1 month ago:
I think it was David Graeber that pointed out that the poorer you are the more you need to be able to empathize with your boss and clients in order to survive.
But this notion that the middle class are somehow more empathetic is interesting because I think it is based on the (correct) idea that people need to actually own something in order to be generous. However, I find from personal experience, poor people have an easier time giving what they have because they know they can survive having nothing.
- Comment on The D.E.N.N.I.S ship 1 month ago:
Description: Elon talks about the implications to JD Vance.
- Comment on Why does (human) organ trafficking exist? 2 months ago:
Well, they ain’t harvesting organs for no poor folk and rich people don’t like to die
- Comment on Will AI make humans extinct? 14:52 2 months ago:
How do they expect to keep reign in AI’s “uncheck power and autonomy” when we hardly do that for corporations or billionaires?
- Comment on Can AI replace therapists? 3 months ago:
I’m not a therapist but I think the author is projecting their own sense of vulnerability.
- Comment on If the USA and China goes to war, how likely will Chinese-Americans end up in "internment camps" like what happened to Japanese-Americans during WW2? 3 months ago:
It’s not even a question when we’re literally fighting for due process.
- Comment on My sister’s AMAB friend likes to look like a girl and even said she wanted to be a “Japanese woman”, why would conservatives think using she/her pronouns for her is forcing an agenda? 3 months ago:
There’s a plenty of ideological reasons, but I think it is partly the environment being so stressful makes it harder for people to be considerate to new viewpoints or people.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Sounds like the parents have decided they’re too old (or she is too old) to deal with this shit
- Comment on Just watched the movie Hacksaw Ridge. Got me thinking can people in the military turn down an order because they disagree with it on sensible grounds? Like Trump ordering them to invade CN? 4 months ago:
This is why they fired the JAG lawyers at the Pentagon: there won’t be any legal expert opinions in the military to tell the soldiers the order is illegal.
- Comment on Par for the course 6 months ago:
How to alienate your daughter:
- Comment on Is it wrong to not have a disabled child solely to avoid forcing the child to suffer their whole life? 6 months ago:
The line and reasoning is borrowed from “Bimbo - a philosophical analysis” : youtu.be/FeRIE6JDhCQ , the line “I’m not dumb enough to rationalize my way through life” is a rebuttal of Nietzsche type attitudes.
- Comment on Is it wrong to not have a disabled child solely to avoid forcing the child to suffer their whole life? 6 months ago:
I’m not dumb enough to rationalize my way through life, so just go with what you’re feeling. You don’t need to rationalize it for it to be valid.
- Comment on Are Asian Americans in the US more likely or less likely to get harassed by law enforcement compared to other racial groups? 6 months ago:
He was on the lighter side, from mainland China.
- Comment on Are Asian Americans in the US more likely or less likely to get harassed by law enforcement compared to other racial groups? 6 months ago:
I’m white and the only time cops have been a dick to me was when I was with my Asian friend. It’s happened more than once. But the one time I was speeding by myself the police let me off on a warning and were rather nice about it. It’s anecdotal so take it with a grain of salt.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
Is energy being conserved? Because otherwise you would have an infinite energy source…