WoodScientist
@WoodScientist@lemmy.world
- Comment on Anon is a paramedic 1 day ago:
I don’t have kids. But in pondering questions like this, I would take some solace that people have always been having children. ALWAYS. Pick the most horrific events and eras in history; there were people having kids and trying to find the most happiness they could for them and their children. The Black Death? The Bronze Age Collapse? The sacking of entire cities by Mongol hoards? People living in literal death camps in the Holocaust? There were people there having children. And when they did, they did their best to give their children as good a life as they could, same as you do now.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
And not just the real famous ones! I want to see a white guy in the US just completely obsessed and fanboying over the Gambia.
- Comment on Booty shorts 1 week ago:
You’re a weirdo.
- Comment on Booty shorts 1 week ago:
No. Nothing so crude. It’s public art. This is just making a contribution to the artist.
- Comment on Gonna be straight forward, how is Donald Trump not considered a Global/Donestic Terrorist? 1 week ago:
Because the only difference between a terrorist group and an army is the size of their budget.
- Comment on Don't fuck them 2 weeks ago:
“No. You kindle doesn’t count! You don’t own any of that shit.”
- Comment on How social medias are reacting to the hantavirus 3 weeks ago:
Hopefully that’s the case.
- Comment on How social medias are reacting to the hantavirus 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on How social medias are reacting to the hantavirus 3 weeks ago:
They’ve embraced open-source by sequencing the virus’s DNA and providing detailed and simple instructions for anyone to reproduce it at home!
- Comment on How social medias are reacting to the hantavirus 3 weeks ago:
There are plenty of known viruses that we don’t worry about simply because we’ve been lucky enough to keep them contained in very localized areas. But an epidemiologist could rattle off a whole series of viruses that they would say, “if this ever gets out and blows up, we are fucked.”
- Comment on How social medias are reacting to the hantavirus 3 weeks ago:
Much like with the AIDS epidemic or the Ebola outbreak, Hauntavirus has a slower rate of spread and avoidable vector for transmission, but a significantly higher mortality rate.
You sure you’re not talking about regular hantavirus? Most strains can’t transmit from person to person; they require vectors such as mice and other rodents. But the variant people are worried about is capable of spreading directly from person to person. Cruise ships and plains may make it easy to transmit viruses that require close personal contact. But they’re not exactly known for their rodent infestations.
- Comment on Anon thinks about Truman 3 weeks ago:
IDK. I could see a sequel making sense. After Truman leaves, the dome is still there and all the infrastructure still exists. Why wouldn’t they just go again with another kid? Hell, maybe that just becomes part of the show’s appeal. You know they’re going to figure it out eventually, and all the drama is on seeing how long that takes and what the reaction will be. You wouldn’t even have to use many of the same characters.
Now Truman himself going back in the dome? That would be stupid.
- Comment on Honestly impressive how pharmacies are able to find a new type of problem every time I go to pick up my meds 3 weeks ago:
Please. Knows HER shit! :D
- Comment on Honestly impressive how pharmacies are able to find a new type of problem every time I go to pick up my meds 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on American workers are tired of waiting. 3 weeks ago:
2020? In 2020, the DNC literally coordinated for all the centrist candidates except Biden to drop out right before a critical primary day. Warren stayed in the race to divide the progressive vote, but literally all the centrist candidates except Biden dropped out simultaneously. There was absolutely ratfucking in the 2020 primary.
And what evidence could you possibly want for the DNC forcing Harris? They were literally the only people involved in selecting her as the candidate. The voters did not get a say.
- Comment on Need a AI update 3 weeks ago:
I don’t see accessibility as the main benefit. I see reduced need for sharpening. Yes, you can always sharpen a knife, but it’s not as easy as people pretend. And it’s another chore you have to do.
- Comment on American workers are tired of waiting. 3 weeks ago:
Historically, that’s exactly what you have to do to topple an autocrat. Around the world, autocrats come to power when both major parties are seen as completely corrupt and ineffectual. Usually the only way to defeat them is to completely abandon both parties. Look at Orban’s recent defeat in Hungary. He wasn’t defeated by the captured opposition, the analog of the US Democratic party. He was defeated by a united front of anti-authoritarian voters that spanned across the political spectrum.
The idea that you can just keep voting for the captured opposition has no basis in historical fact. You can’t defeat a dictator by campaigning for a potemkin opposition also run by that dictator.
- Comment on American workers are tired of waiting. 3 weeks ago:
When’s the last time a third party candidate even came close?
Ross Perot came very close in 1992. He would have won if he hadn’t paused his campaign midway through the election. It would be very possible for a third party candidate to win in 2028 under the right circumstances. Imagine the DNC forces Harris through again. And the Republicans run JD Vance. You would have two incredibly unpopular candidates, each planning on winning by blackmailing their base with the “lesser of two evils” strategy. Then a third party candidate comes in, someone who doesn’t cleanly map to the right or left side of the spectrum. And they clean the clocks of the two unpopular turds.
Again, this almost happened within living memory. Hell, it happened within the lifetimes of nearly every Millennial. 1992 was not that long ago. The idea that a third party candidate simply cannot win is just Dem/Rep cope.
- Comment on Child’s school updated the uniform policy 3 weeks ago:
You-sure-like-hyphens.-😆
- Comment on Child’s school updated the uniform policy 3 weeks ago:
Organize the other parents and go on strike. Get enough parents to threaten to take their kids out, and things will change. You have to be willing to use the power you have.
- Comment on Why is the US so into Israel? 5 weeks ago:
You can define things however you want, but words do have meaning. Conquest implies direct political control over a place.
- Comment on Why is the US so into Israel? 5 weeks ago:
Eh. The US really has no interest in actually conquering the Middle East. Outside the main US territories, the US is a trade empire, not a settler one. The US is never going to try and annex territory in the Middle East and make it a state. The US just wants to make sure the oil keeps coming out of the ground and that it keeps getting exported at an affordable cost. It’s primary goal is to prevent Middle East nations from using their oil for political leverage or for purposes other than export. It would have made a lot of sense economically for a country like Saudi Arabia to not get into the oil export business. Instead, they could have kept their oil domestic, built up a supply chain of value-add products, and export those. Instead of exporting raw oil, they could mainly export plastics, highly refined fuels, and the things made from plastics. But the West wants cheap energy, and they want the higher places on the supply chain.
It’s ultimately all about the oil. The day the oil runs out or the day oil is no longer needed, Israel will be abandoned and left to its own devices.
- Comment on Not a good sign 5 weeks ago:
…Yeah…
- Comment on Why is society at large okay with euthanasia for pets but not for humans? 5 weeks ago:
Much of it comes from Christian theology.
Suicide has long been considered one of, if not the, worst possible sins in Christianity. At least in the Catholic tradition, sins can be forgiven by confessing your sins to a priest and having them absolved. But you can’t do this with suicide. Per Christian theology, even a murderer or child molester can some day repent, beg forgiveness, and be forgiven of their sins. They won’t be absolved from the earthly consequences of their actions, but they’ll be forgiven in the next life. That is a core message of Christianity - no actions are truly irredeemable as long as you still draw breath.
But with suicide, this isn’t possible. You can’t confess your sins after you’re dead, and suicide means that your last act on Earth will be a mortal sin. I suppose you could maybe do confession along with assisted suicide. Maybe you have a priest on hand, swallow the poison, and then immediately confess your sin. But most religious scholars would likely argue that doesn’t work. Your contrition has to be genuine for it to count.
Anyway, pardon the digression. But this really is the root of it. Even in modern Western societies. Even among people who aren’t themselves active Christians. Even among those who’ve never stepped inside a church. Secular Western society is still heavily influenced by Christian philosophy. A strong aversion to suicide in any form is a part of this. For most Christians, voluntarily signing up for euthanasia is the easiest direct path to eternal damnation that one can achieve. The only quicker more direct way would be a murder-suicide. We’ve never had that same worry with animals. Christian theology doesn’t assign souls to animals. And even if it did, they would have no moral blame for us choosing to put them down.
- Comment on [insert title card] 5 weeks ago:
I mean…do all Namekians look alike to you?
- Comment on Man on a mission 5 weeks ago:
Like that child molesting robot Dwayne 'the Rock" Johnson built!
- Comment on Man on a mission 5 weeks ago:
Man, it would be really hilarious if someone named “mechoman” got raped by an out of control robot. That would be fucking hilarious.
- Comment on I would watch that ngl 1 month ago:
Well, you’re an illegal driver.
- Comment on I would watch that ngl 1 month ago:
Yeah, the only actual crime is sneaking across the border. But most people here “illegally” didn’t even do that. Most undocumented immigrants didn’t pay some coyote to sneak them across the US-Mexican border. Most come here completely legally through ordinary travel options and overstay their visas.
- Comment on English has too many words for animals 1 month ago:
How about “dry shelly boys” and “wet shelly boys?”