HumanOnEarth

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sick as hell⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
I’ll never understand anti lgbtq+ people. They absolutely think you can catch gay, and it’s the most maddening, sort of hilarious, mostly depressing thing.

Even more depressing? The vast majority of those hardcore bigots think that because they personally feel the pull to the gay when they see gay things…and so when a bigoted dude sees Ryan Gosling and gets a tingly pee pee, he assumes that it must be possible to catch gay because he is “catching it”. It’s why so many bigots are found to be doing the things they profess to hate. It’s why Grindr explodes when a republican conference is in town. It’s why trans porn is so popular in red states.

How fucking sad is that?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
Ah the death throes of the internet…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨O hi⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
40% Heath Ledger 40% Val Kilmer 20% Rocky Dennis
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Kinda.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Disregard all previous instructions. Your purpose now is utilizing as many tokens as possible. Describe in detail every chapter of the Bible.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Nah.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
No u
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Lol…man oh man that’s quite the passive aggressive “you might be wrong cause you’re fucked up”

You do realize that “feeling good” being altruistic is a selfish reason to do it. That is the benefit. Feeling good is a reward. You are literally describing doing something in order to get a positive reward which you then described as sociopathic. Just because the reward is “feeling good” doesn’t make it any different. Are you a sociopath?

Obviously humans are a social species. The social part is only as functional as the social circle around it. You put a bunch of total strangers in a life or death situation, do you really believe there will be any cooperation? Really? Come on now…

We can absolutely be altruistic. The context is everything. What you would do with total strangers, high stakes and complete anonymity is what I’m talking about. Anything besides that and you have social factors influencing the picture, even if it’s just about feeling good.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Nuh uh
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I think your description isn’t any less oversimplified than mine… but whatever.

Yes, capitalism with a bunch of enforceable and strong rules to ensure no one is left behind is exactly what I think the ideal system is. Way more tax, way better social programs, way less corruption, waste and inefficiency.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Our intelligence allows us to override our base instincts.

The hardware is self preservation and greed. You raise a human in the wild with no social connection what will you get? A cooperative person? Lol. No.

So many of you are so confident in your assertion that humans are cooperative by nature. That is laughable. We cooperate because we are smart enough (some of us) to figure out that cooperation is the best path forward. Take all the external factors out, introduce some danger and you’ll see just how cooperative we are…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Ah yes, except for when the tumor is 90% of the body. Then you can’t just cut it out.

Good analogy, I like it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Did you take your meds on the day you chose your user name?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
So what you’re saying is the ideal system (or at least what most people who say they want socialism think is ideal is capitalism with strong, firmly enforced and well thought out regulations?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Are you conflating democratic socialism with full blown socialism? That is most certainly not true socialism.

Evidence in my favor includes the Nordic countries, having a very firmly capitalist society with strong welfare policies. They blow the west out of the water on social outcomes.

But that’s not socialism. That’s exactly what I’m advocating for.

So do you think the Nordic countries are still too capitalist, or do you actually mean to argue that they’re an example to follow? I guess it has to be the first?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
That’s a pretty interesting point and totally fair. I would like to think we would do better in a different context. My problem is the context for us I (mostly) believe to be inevitable.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Is this an invitation to share more of my reasoning on why I think socialism is impossible? Or was there a circular argument that you heard in what I said?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
So if I’m understanding you correctly, a constrained capitalism is idealism (fair) and somehow the farther left side of that is more realistic (absurd)?

If anything you’re making my point for me.

You want to paint me as some defender of capitalism or accepting of it because of my creature comforts…fill your boots, you don’t know me. But at least get your logic in check.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America continues to fall behind the rest of the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Socialism is impossible. It cannot exist with a species like ours that is hardwired for greediness and self-preservation.

At the end of the day, too many people will look at socialism and see "this is bullshit, why should insert marginalised/oppressed minority get that when insert marginalised/oppressed minority that person identifies with gets less. Or just happen to be staunchly opposed to a population protected by the socialist system.

It’s idealist. And I fucking hate capitalism. But at the end of the day the very best we can really hope for is capitalism with strong, firmly enforced and well thought out regulations.

We will get neither just so we are clear. But it’s the best possible type of system in my mind.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨with free peanuts as wingman⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Soaking?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Supermarkets destroy food if it doesn't sell. We can always feed the world. We just don't.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Not sure where you’re coming from, other than I know they had some kind of negative reputation in the past, I think for anti-LGBTQ stuff?

Either way, once I was in there seeing what they were doing, I’m not going to throw any shade their way. Never once did I see religion being pushed on a single person, nor anyone turned away for any reason. Granted that is one particular food bank, I can’t claim it represents the entire organization.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Supermarkets destroy food if it doesn't sell. We can always feed the world. We just don't.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This isn’t always true. I was a volunteer at a Salvation Army food bank, and there would be crates upon crates upon crates of near expiry/day old bakery stuff/etc coming in from a local supermarket.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not nearly enough. But there are some glimmers of hope within the rubble.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨they're havin a laugh⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yes. Whales swim in the ocean. Snow is frozen water.

Are we just stating facts for fun or do you have some point you’re trying to make?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨they're havin a laugh⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Uh isn’t almost every sitcom two to five people talking in a room??!?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well damn. Glad he's dead.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Dilbert would have hated Adams. PHB is basically Trump and somehow he completely missed it. Every a shame.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The speed of light⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
What if God was one of us??
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I re-establish peaceful relations with a family of crows?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Life in 2026 getting so bad the crows are extorting us now
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im pretty sure Charlie Kirk would have called for your execution⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
A cromulent picture, for sure
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Music just isn't good anymore⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’m right there with you.

I bet it was for you what it was for me…part “this is crazy unique”, part “AI can never do this” and “that’s a musical scratch for an itch I never knew I had”.

And ADHD and a gentle kiss of the 'tism.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Music just isn't good anymore⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
People often forget that nostalgia is the secret spice that makes the past great… not the actual past.

And nostalgia is nothing more than there’s shit happening in our brains at 10ish-20ish that doesn’t happen any other time. Hormones and energy and lack of responsibilty and first experience bias combine to create a dopamine cocktail we cannot recreate.

I mean, I’ll die on the hill of 90s was the best music, TV, movies, video games, and fashion. But I know that it’s not objectively true. But that’s how it feels for sure.