SnoopSqueak
@SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
I was abused by my christian parents.
I would like to live long enough to see humanity mature out of superstition and free the world from human greed.
- Comment on What's the thing you're supposed to be doing right now instead of scrolling? 2 days ago:
Nah, just take one when you get the job. Then never again. For luck. 😉
- Comment on What's the thing you're supposed to be doing right now instead of scrolling? 2 days ago:
I was late on my first day for the same reason. 🙃 But I soon realized my mistake and worked with them for a couple of years before moving on to something else.
- Comment on Would somebody like Stephen Colbert be just as good if he or she was being sarcastic to the left? 2 days ago:
Yeah. The right is an audience that enjoys shit like Jeff Dunham. Less clever satire, more “HUHUHUH THE RACIST PUPPET SAID A RACIST THING I AGREE WITH UNIRONICALLY”
- Comment on Stop Talking To Me, Google Search 2 days ago:
But there are better choices.
- Comment on What's the thing you're supposed to be doing right now instead of scrolling? 2 days ago:
Also, I’m no longer in my underwear.
I was nervous about the phone interview (no video) for my first job, so I took a shower before it started. But I didn’t realize we were in different time zones, so the call came an hour sooner than I expected. I did the interview with a towel wrapped around me. I got the job.
- Comment on Stop Talking To Me, Google Search 2 days ago:
Why are you still using google?
- Comment on Republicans head home for the summer after a string of losses in Congress 4 days ago:
You were probably being rhetorical, but it does make sense, in a way that should provoke revolution. Rich people are paying to make everything worse. The self-serving and shortsighted are happily helping them do it.
- Comment on Why do some people identify with a political party even if many of their views don't align with that party's platform? 4 days ago:
Lack of integrity, inconsistent or non-existent values. They just do whatever works for them at the time. My parents are the same way.
- Comment on Why do some people identify with a political party even if many of their views don't align with that party's platform? 5 days ago:
They are falling for the lies.
Republicans lie that they are pro-life, but really they are pro-birth. If the babies don’t grow up christian, they are worthless. They don’t care about all life, they care about life that serves them. They view children as disposable and they simply have more to replace those they’ve lost. It’s unacceptable.
- Comment on Centrist Democrats Rebuke Party’s Left Wing: ‘We Are Capitalist, Not Socialist’ 5 days ago:
I agree that people don’t need religion to be bad.
But also, the more excuses we remove, the fewer places they have to hide.
Religion is not just aesthetic window dressing. It is often the willful embracing of things that cannot be measured, including deadly falsehoods.
My main issue with religion is that there is no consistent standard.
- Comment on How do I become more "woke"? Just to aggervate the right a little. 6 days ago:
Nice. I think many of humanity’s problems could be solved with more effective communication. Some people act like we don’t live in the same world, which makes it very difficult to hold each other accountable for our choices.
Thank you for the pleasant interaction. I hope you also have a nice weekend. 🙂
- Comment on How do I become more "woke"? Just to aggervate the right a little. 6 days ago:
Think critically and exercise empathy. Humanize people. Oppose ongoing abuses. Enjoy the lifelong pursuit of knowledge. The truth is a threat to them, which is why they keep spraying lies everywhere.
- Comment on Centrist Democrats Rebuke Party’s Left Wing: ‘We Are Capitalist, Not Socialist’ 1 week ago:
you can’t ban beliefs
I literally can’t control what people think, correct.
because it’s just a disguise for the morals doing the talking
You got it backwards. We are all morally obliged to align our beliefs with reality because mistakes can cost lives. I don’t have to ban belief. I have to educate whoever is willing to listen to reason. It is in everyone’s best interests for everyone to believe in the reality we share. All our lives depend on it.
People like my father are proudly exercising their right to be wrong, to accept claims with no evidence, and their choices as a direct result of their magical thinking have directly led to abuse. No one should be okay with parents abusing their children because they believe in magic, but it is cheered here in the bible belt. I think people are underestimating how harmful these beliefs are.
- Comment on Centrist Democrats Rebuke Party’s Left Wing: ‘We Are Capitalist, Not Socialist’ 1 week ago:
Did I say ban?
I advocate for education. All life depends on the truth; therefore, certain falsehoods threaten all life.
As we are living people, it is in our best interests to hold each other accountable for our words and actions, which are driven by our beliefs.
Instead, we currently have adults pretending that bronze age blood magic is real and that’s why we should dehumanize LGBTQIA+ and immigrants.
This is insane, yet the average person has bought the comforting lie that everyone is entitled to believe whatever they want. We should correct this deadly mistake every time we see it.
- Comment on Centrist Democrats Rebuke Party’s Left Wing: ‘We Are Capitalist, Not Socialist’ 1 week ago:
I agree in spirit. But:
Much like American Christianity.
Bad analogy. Christianity is terrible all the way through. The bible exists to normalize abuse. There is no world where “all-powerful and loving being chose to make us suffer” makes sense.
Jesus said love thy neighbour, American Christians are chanting build a wall.
He was talking to those who would inherit his kingdom. He was more dismissive of others. “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
The golden rule predates christianity. There is no such thing as a christ, Jesus was a delusional narcissist who caused endless problems for us.
It makes the author a hypocrite, but it does not invalidate the idea.
To prevent such hypocrisy in the future, we cannot pretend false things are true. “Freedom of religion” makes accountability impossible. Grown-ass adults need to stop pretending magic is real. I don’t think baseless religious claims should be protected under the first amendment, it is akin to yelling “fire” in a crowded theater when there is no fire.
We can’t get on the same page when people are encouraged to believe whatever they want. Honest people believe what is most likely true whether they want it or not. We need to rely on standards that are grounded in observable, measurable reality.
- Comment on Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? 2 weeks ago:
It causes needless suffering.
I’m happy with a vegan patty and cheese.
- Comment on If a famous person or character's likeness is copyrighted and you need to license it to use it, could you find a real-life lookalike and say you modelled your character off of *that* person instead? 2 weeks ago:
Right, but a celebrity look-alike would be much cheaper than the celebrity, and their faces might be practically indistinguishable.
- Comment on Is it reasonable to tell a person you once loved about the fact years later? 2 weeks ago:
I am reacting defensively, you attacked OP by pretending to know their mind and confidently asserting you know they are wrong when you can’t possibly know that. It’s a pretty shitty thing to do and it’d be wrong of me not to point that out.
Here’s one for you: you don’t actually love your father, it’s stockholm syndrome. How do I know? It happened to me, therefore it must also be your experience.
Does that feel good?
- Comment on Is it reasonable to tell a person you once loved about the fact years later? 2 weeks ago:
Some of the people here are family men who actually do know what we’re talking about. To falsely equate your “I don’t know” with experience driven advice, is a disservice to OP.
Kindly fuck off with your assumptions. When I was young, I chose not to have children because my parents were unable to raise me without traumatic fear and pain, and I never wanted anyone else to feel that.
I love someone, but we are not together and likely never will be.
Would you be upset if someone told you that you don’t love your wife?
Stop pretending to know things you cannot know. Your experience is not everyone’s.
- Comment on Is it reasonable to tell a person you once loved about the fact years later? 2 weeks ago:
Other people do not know how you feel. It may well be love. But it may not be worth bringing up to her, she may get the wrong impression like others here. I wish society encouraged honesty, but I don’t know what’s best here.
- Comment on Bruh 3 weeks ago:
“Two teeth, two eyes?”
“Yeah, whatever.”
“Hmmm… We could probably save on eyes if we add more to teeth.”
“Yeah, whatever.”
Six… Months… Later…
- Comment on Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? 3 weeks ago:
“We owned slaves for a long time, who are you to tell me it’s wrong?”
Hello. We are trying to be decent human beings. Please join us in building a better society. I don’t give a shit how many people were wrong for how long, wrong is wrong and we know better now.
- Comment on Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? 3 weeks ago:
Because people are selfish and shortsighted. I was for most of my life, it wasn’t until this year that my excuses stopped working for me.
I love cows more than beef. There is a crazy amount of pro-beef propaganda in the comments here. No, most people do not require meat. I hope most people would change their habits if they saw the consequences of their choices.