whaleross
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- Comment on How would you run a society? 1 week ago:
It doesn’t have to be a person or an entity or deity.
I haven’t been nerdying on religion for much long many moons but AFAICR Buddhism has this core idea that “yeah we have symbols and chants and icons and totems and rituals and we pray but the more we dedicate ourselves we understand that they are just there for us to see beyond them into the nothing and the everything”. In Buddhism this has evolved into place, so it would be interesting to see if it was possible to kickstart straight into some sort of non deity centric anti religion without the animistic precursory heritage.
- Comment on How would you run a society? 1 week ago:
I’d prefer not to. I’d like to make it Buddhist philosophy inspired non-religion if possible. But people seem to have this need of something to gather around and have rituals and festivities and believe in so religion is still useful. I’m thinking it would be easier to get everybody pulling together early on in a theocracy though the deep teaching aims to dissolve itself.
The teachings would promote (or demand) something of an egalitarian society with food and shelter and healthcare for everybody and encourage learning and education and culture and arts and own responsibility and critique and discussion and questioning the whole shebang in orderly fashion with ongoing goals of improving it for everybody.
- Comment on How would you run a society? 1 week ago:
First steps would be to create a religion with all the usual “be kind and caring and patient and forgiving and nice in general to others and yourself” and then “do not be an asshole unless the others were an asshole first and then you may respond in moderation with an appropriate pinch of extra salt” and the ritual of an Aztec pyramid with slice and dice and flush them down the sewage sacrifice of any billionaires and power hungry totalitarians and corrupt public servants. Every year that do not require any sacrifice pleases the gods. But any year it is needed, the gods are content that required action was taken.
- Comment on What causes individual variation in what animals you like? 1 week ago:
Biological programming goes a long way.
It goes hand in paw with being instinctively scared of things that can potentially kill you and other species evolution with patterns and markings that make them less likely to become a succulent meal, Chinese or not.
- Comment on What is it about humans when society rewards individuals with the power of millions they want to use it to fuck up society? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been leaning lately to understanding all the weird shit going on that people are just people are driven by whatever inherited animal traits that made humans the dominant species on the planet in the first place. Expansionist hoarders of resources until we run out and then expand again. Until there is nowhere more to expand. Then it be war times.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
You also risk killing x3 more innocent bystanders.
Don’t play with motor vehicles on public roads or whatever happens is not an accident.
- Comment on Motorcycle knowledge 4 weeks ago:
I don’t want to speculate.
- Comment on is it likely that someone like this will change? what would be her possible mindset for doing all this? 5 weeks ago:
Good for you!
- Comment on is it likely that someone like this will change? what would be her possible mindset for doing all this? 5 weeks ago:
As far as we know, from what OP has told. But it doesn’t really matter. The only thing that matters is that OP moves on. Both OP and this girl will be better off without this toxic interaction of theirs.
- Comment on Ben Shapiro getting knocked out by a boxing bag 5 weeks ago:
The algorithm is spot on.
- Comment on is it likely that someone like this will change? what would be her possible mindset for doing all this? 5 weeks ago:
Harsh truth for you bud. She doesn’t like you and she probably hates you for trying to get her to like you. She treats you bad because you let her and keep coming back for more. Honestly, I’d hate anybody doing that with me. I’d lose all my respect for that person very fast. I think most people do. This is on you to accept it and get on with life. She’s already made it clear that she’s not interested in whatever you are hoping for.
- Comment on Influencers people are finding their way to the Fediverse 1 month ago:
Yeah, “Fediverse Girl”. Most lazy alias ever.
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- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
From my Xennial experience, some time in the 00s. Maybe because the wide spread (heh) availability of internet porn, but I don’t really know. 90s were bushy. 00s was a transitional era and 10s and onwards are bald eagles everywhere.
(Personally I don’t enjoy shaving my parts, I don’t enjoy having shaved parts and I prefer lady parts with some trimmed carpeting rather than both desert dunes or wild djungles.)
- Comment on People complain that it's poor design that humans eat and breath through the same pipe(throat). Are there any animals which don't though? 2 months ago:
Fun fact. So do bears.
- Comment on Why Are People Surprised When Trump Actually Follows Through? 2 months ago:
It could also be conditioning and culture. A lot of American culture seems to be centered on the ego, the satisfaction of the ego and then a very fast escalation to anger and violence if the ego is perceived to be threatened.
I don’t think it is realistic to wish it go away with the generation exposed to lead paint. And I doubt it is productive to make microplastics the new excuse.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
He had completely gotten the point but is afraid you’ll do an irreversible mistake. He is clearly looking out for your best interest. Because he loves you.
- Comment on Developers: "Yes, the users love cluttered homes, just put everything there and ignore guidelines" 2 months ago:
In my mind you could use it as your regular hierarchical file system, but the hierarchies are dynamic to your associations or needs.
- Comment on Developers: "Yes, the users love cluttered homes, just put everything there and ignore guidelines" 2 months ago:
Developing it would be way above my skills but I’ve been fantasising about it for a long time. lemmy.world/comment/14344097
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Dangerous line of question as it is easy for sociopathic fucks to twist and manipulate it all around into justification.
- Comment on Why did Nvidia stock drop with R1 hype? 2 months ago:
Because stock traders have no interest in any company or any product. They are all about staying one step ahead of the next trader. As opposed to investors that also have no interest in any company or any product. They are all about the next quarterly report.
This economic system is bullshit.
- Comment on ADL defends Nazi salute 3 months ago:
I’d imagine Musk thinking everybody are laughing with him always because he is so desperate for validation and those that he can’t gaslight himself are with him is why he is a nazi.
I’d imagine Trump to laugh to himself with self indulgence of all his smarts, and mostly scoffing and despise everyone that supports him or not including those closest to him and his own family. Thinking of it, it’s not impossible he despises them all because they are supporting him. Idiots that allow themselves to be herded like sheep by a wolf like himself.
- Comment on What are examples of things that would get you banned on reddit, but is okay on most major instances of Lemmy? 4 months ago:
Or even just punched in the face. Or making fun of self identifying Nazis has been enough to get me temporarily banned.
- Comment on Are there any actual free programs that clean up all bloat ware on a new laptop? Without them putting hidden stuff in? 4 months ago:
Smug nerds gone smug.
- Comment on Is it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"? 5 months ago:
Calling up your family and workplace and tell them you’ve been stealing for your drug habit are also just words.
- Comment on Is it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"? 5 months ago:
Oh no, policing. Like in everything else in a functioning society because people do things they are not supposed to. You’re free to drive wherever but you’re but free to ram your car into pedestrians. Oh my god the oppression.
- Comment on Is it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"? 5 months ago:
Yes. There is no contradiction. Freedom or speech is the freedom to discuss or criticise as part of a discussion, in particular the freedom to criticize those in power without the fear of repercussion. Discuss sensitive topics to all your hearts desire. Hate speech does not intend to discuss anything. Hate speech is there to target, to threaten, to belittle, to dehumanise, to attack. Hate speech is violence.
- Comment on Why don't we just gather up all the ocean's trash and all the nonrecyclables, put them in a rocket, and launch it into the sun? 6 months ago:
The problem with launching nuclear waste with a rocket is that you’re shooting an enormous dirty bomb and hoping it will make it out of the atmosphere. One single incident and we’ve got an environmental disaster of unprecedented scale.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 6 months ago:
One aspect of punishment is retribution for the victims when there is nothing else and another is to keep people that are harmful away in order to keep other people safe.
Here in Sweden we have a current massive problem with organized crime that are now systematically abusing our criminal justice system that is built on humanitarian ideals for rehab and protecting suspects and criminals rights to the absurd. So yes, in those cases I think punishment will do. Cynically abusing protection measures of society deserves punishment. It may not change those individuals for the life they have chosen for themselves but it will keep them out of making even more damage to society and violent crime against individuals and I honestly see no problem in harsh consequences for their own decisions.
- Comment on These notifications are bundled together for some reason. So if I want to be notified when my subscriptions renew themselves, I have to also be notified of random games going on sale, too. 10 months ago:
“Do no harm to the stockholders” would be the contemporary take.
