Kacarott

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean, it is weird in the sense that it is unusual. But that doesn't make it bad, in fact it should become more normal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

we invented the modern car

I'm not saying that the left is the correct side to drive on, but you do realise that roads and "driving" (with horses) have existed well before the modern car right?

In fact the US used to drive on the left, until large freight wagons started preferring the right due to where the dude holding the horse whip was sitting.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think money itself corrupts, but power does and power comes with money. Im currently reading a book "Human Kind" that argues that people are generally pretty decent, but that even a little bit of power almost always starts changing people's behaviour, affecting their empathy, etc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If we had to have a video game dictator, he wouldn't be the worst

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You can be mad at both. Those in power should be changing the system to make it better and more fair, but they are not. That deserves anger. But while we are stuck with the existing system, and while the results of the system have serious consequences, then refusing to participate (and voting 3rd party in such a system is refusing to participate) means allowing the serious consequences to occur, and therefore also deserves anger.

It's almost exactly the classic trolley problem. Voting democrat means pulling the lever: you cause some harm, but far less harm than if the trolley had not been diverted. Voting 3rd party is the equivalent to not pulling the lever, allowing much greater harm while feeling morally "clean" for not having caused it yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I mean surely its a negative? You might like Xbox/switch in spite of the closed ecosystem, but wouldn't they be better if they had an open ecosystem?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

But then why spend so much money on a phone? I also don't care about the specs of my phone, but this means I usually buy some $100 phone that gets the job done for a couple years.

I genuinely don't see a reason why someone would buy an iPhone besides as a fashion accessory/ status symbol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There's also quite a bit of English, eg.

Window -> vindu

Leather (animal skin) -> skinn

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes, terminal means "end" or similar. Eg. "Terminal cancer", "the airport terminal" etc. same root word as"terminate"

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how the survey was phrased to participants, but to me a "hobby" is a regular thing someone does, as their way to pass the time/have fun. I've smoked before and have no problem with it, but I do think I would find it less attractive for it to be someone's hobby, as opposed to an occasional social thing they do.

Similarly I have no problem with people watching porn, but if it's gone far enough for it to be considered their hobby, then that is less attractive to me, which also matches the chart.

I might be misunderstanding the word hobby, but so might many of the survey participants.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Often the best opportunities in life are the scariest

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago (2 children)

total overkill

One might consider it the nuuklear option

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