zbyte64
@zbyte64@awful.systems
- Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives 1 day 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 1 day ago:
Wish they’d pray for forgiveness because then that would mean admitting mistakes.
- Comment on Is empathy based on a financial bell curve? 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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 4 weeks ago:
Description: Elon talks about the implications to JD Vance.
- Comment on Why does (human) organ trafficking exist? 1 month 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 1 month 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? 2 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? 2 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] 3 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? 3 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 5 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? 5 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? 5 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? 5 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? 5 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] 5 months ago:
Is energy being conserved? Because otherwise you would have an infinite energy source…
- Comment on How Tortillas Lost Their Magic 6 months ago:
Great read, seems relevant given Mexico’s own drive to bring back domestic tortillas.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
I mean we should all be able to leave our desk to go pick up a prescription for ourselves or a family member. That’s the problem, not that parents are the only ones with the privilege.
The discrimination in regards to parents is real. In an interview I was asked if I would be able to keep up with a demanding schedule because I have kids. In my experience, women with children get the opposite end of that consideration than with men. This is messed up any way you slice it.
- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1m to U.S. President-elect Trump fund 6 months ago:
I wonder if this guy is disliked by Americans as much they dislike that UHC CEO, or is it more?
- Comment on Che Mangione 6 months ago:
Isn’t that just what we say when we imprison people?
- Comment on If a hostile country has installed a puppet leader to dismantle your government from the inside and the only thing that would expidite its destruction is a violent revolution how do you combat this? 6 months ago:
First all, glad your friend recognized this.
I found this article to be a prescient good grounding: wagingnonviolence.org/…/10-things-to-do-if-trump-…
I’m finding local communities to participate in (potlucks, picnics, movie night, anything that doesn’t spend more money). Sending holiday cards to my neighbors, anything to connect and integrate because what comes next will test all our bonds.
- Comment on Will Republicans try another Federal Right to Work attempt? 6 months ago:
They’re onto killing a bigger fish: The National Labor Review Board.
- Comment on TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal 6 months ago:
They don’t have a problem with what is being done, just who are the ones doing it.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 6 months ago:
I want his story to be told then have a jury nullify the case. But I don’t see how any of that will happen.
- Comment on Under Trump will anything happen to my brothers Social Security Disability? He is 42 and draws it for mental illness. 7 months ago:
americanprogress.org/…/the-top-5-ways-project-202…
Seems like they will be pushing for more work requirements, less funding, and fewer legal protections (ie pre-existing conditions)
- Comment on Would Kamala Harris have won the 2024 election if Latinos didn't shift hard to the right? 7 months ago:
Idk, white folks voting for Trump is an issue if you ask me, a white guy. Too many white folks sane washing his shit. Morning Joe went from “he’s a fascist” to “let’s put out differences aside”. Other whities need to realize this is a grift that will likely kill your own.
- Comment on Not disparaging the dead or anything. But why does it seem in the US we are expected to feel sorry for a person who overdoses on illegal drugs? Didn't they make the choice knowing the outcome? 7 months ago:
Why should I feel sorry for you and answer your question?