5too

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What I’m saying is that it suggests uncomfortable things about the ethical framework in which whoever is making the valuations is operating. Not because of any specific valuation schemas, but because reducing people to numbers (values) is inherently dehumanizing.

  Any ethical framework or decision that dehumanizes people I would consider inherently unethical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So it lets us work out certain laws inherent in our universe? Wow, I did miss that implication…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hadn’t heard of her before! The theorem sounds interesting, but the Wikipedia article is a bit dense - I got that “any system with symmetry will have conserved values”, but I got lost on the implications. Would you mind expanding on her theorem?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Declaring people to have a certain value relative to each other strikes me as uncomfortably close to treating people as things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Delicious rocks⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That part tracks, nice!

  Is it tasty, though?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason ⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s how we’ve been getting onions into our kids’ food. Juices stay in whatever we’re grating into, but I’m not sure if it makes a difference in the final meal.

  As for the eyes, it’s tricky - it’s much faster, but yeah, the exposure is more intense. Feels to me like it’s done faster though, I don’t feel like I need to see as well to grate as to mince.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason ⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would grating them get similar results for less effort?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason ⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Overcooked, maybe? I like 'em any way, but I think they’re cooked best when they’ve just softened a little, and still have some crunch

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨50/50 chance this is a shit post⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  …is she capturing it, or is that the poke ball she keeps it in?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That was my first thought - aren’t homosexual relationships documented in Greek and Roman culture, among others?

  That sounds very traditional to me!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨be a friend to the animals⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Vanilla flavoring used to be made from castoreum, which is harvested from beaver anal glands

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got Banned for Fixing Roku — The Paul Blart Mod Chronicles⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, post the fix here!

  (Think you could get away with linking the fix post here from Reddit?)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As I recall the exchange, Paul Ryan said at one point that RATM was one of his favorite bands. Morello was asked about it in an interview, and said something to the effect of “He can like what he wants, but he’s part of the machine we’re raging against”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This man is suffering⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I honestly think that a large part of their appeal is that you can pretend to be subtle

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PUT THE TRAINS IN THE BAG⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If Tylenol caused autism, there would be a lot more support for trains in the U.S.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨McDonald’s CEO is grappling with a ‘two-tier economy’ as he slashes prices on value meals—and signals backing for a minimum wage increase⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is, but putting a hot thing next to other cold things also warms them, and can allow bacterial growth to start if it’s a large enough heat source. Letting it cool some first avoids that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨McDonald’s CEO is grappling with a ‘two-tier economy’ as he slashes prices on value meals—and signals backing for a minimum wage increase⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …might let it cool first, then freeze it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's an impressive drop. Any ideas why?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, okay, I didn’t see that from the comment tree. I don’t think that’s gender specific though; if anything, women seem even more likely to be rejected due to age than men. And there’s also other confounding factors with age: as your cohort ages, they get paired off, and have less time to devote to dating, and do have a somewhat decreased sex drive pushing them out there. So the dating pool is quite a bit smaller - even if your looks didn’t diminish, it likely won’t carry you as far as your dating pool ages regardless of economic factors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's an impressive drop. Any ideas why?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ever heard about STD rates in nursing homes? There may be a factor that’s correlated with age, but age itself doesn’t stop sex, or even slow it down that much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like regular patrol cars might work like this already - who’s going to blow past a cop driving down the road?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teddybears - Punkrocker⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, that’s the disconnect - you do not need to dehumanize someone to consider them an enemy. Police and militaries often do so, because it makes people easier to shoot; but it is not necessary. And the cognitive dissonance of dehumanizing their targets leads to a lot of the issues soldiers face later on. (And oh, hey - look who’s become rife with fascists!)

  Fascism absolutely needs stopped. It and the people supporting it are an existential threat. But the way that fascism starts out is by treating some people as less than human, as something other. And if you have to make an enemy a nonperson to beat them, then the groundwork is already laid for fascism to return with the next generation - after all, you’ve just shown dehumanizing people can get the results you need, right? Why not make a habit of it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not stealing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that really depends on the kid too. I’ve had one behave like that fairly regularly until he grew out of it; the other will get upset rarely, and never in public.

  The post read to me as the dad cracking a dry joke, not actually making an excuse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teddybears - Punkrocker⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Who’s arguing against violence? I’m saying don’t dehumanize them. Humans are quite capable of being monstrous and horrible all on their own.

  Absolutely fight back against the fascists! My grandad did, and I think he’s a fine example to follow. He didn’t have to treat them as something other than people to do that, though. He just treated them as the enemy they were.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teddybears - Punkrocker⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not talking about name-calling. Go hog wild with that, it seems fairly effective.

  I’m talking about dehumanizing them. Deciding that any means that will end them is justified. Treating them like feral animals. Harvesting their organs for profit, like outhouseperilous suggested further up. That’s what I’m pushing back on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teddybears - Punkrocker⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Right - fight them! Resist them! But do not let them push you into being inhuman yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teddybears - Punkrocker⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At this point, my best guess is these guys just don’t actually read any Punisher material.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teddybears - Punkrocker⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, bit of a tangent, but even as a fast thought experiment, Thanos’s idea was bad. Just his motivation was (debatably) good.

  The problem is, the vast majority of species populations can easily double in a generation, given plentiful resources - and plentiful resources was what he was aiming for! Even if everything went exactly as he thought it would, he’s just kicked the can down the road for one generation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teddybears - Punkrocker⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Whether they deserve it or not, I won’t dehumanize them; because I don’t want to become someone who dehumanizes others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How often do you take him for a walk?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Raised properly… to not go exploring every nook and cranny? Personally, I’d rather let them be curious, and take steps to be sure they can explore safely.

  Rather than thinking of it as a person on a leash, compare them to strollers. You see kids in strollers all the time; they’re strapped in, don’t really have any control over what’s happening, and kinda have to be passive. And they’re generally pretty happy like that for a while. But, not every kid is alike, and not every parent has the resources and help they should have. A leash lets a kid run around without the stroller, without getting into trouble where their parent can’t immediately see what they’re doing. It’s a step between being strapped into something, and running around freely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Incident⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure I agree. 10 or so kids lets them get a lot of practice socializing, with 3-4 caretakers. Without a tool like this, it’s really easy to miss that nobody’s needed to change little Mikey’s diaper today - but that’s information that can be important for them and the parents to know.