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Balerion

@ Balerion @piefed.blahaj.zone

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covid isn't over, wear a mask

  • Does total privacy entail isolating yourself from 99% of people?

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  • This is part of why I've given up on most privacy measures aside from basic ones. The cost is too great, the government will most likely never look into my shit anyway, and if they did decide to look into my shit, they have the tools to find whatever they want no matter how careful I am. Also, being excessively privacy-conscious is itself suspicious and tends to attracted unwanted attention.

  • Epstein puts my morality into perspective

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  • Honestly, I think my moral OCD needed to hear this.

  • NSFW

    Why are there not any super well known nsfw community's on lemmy?

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  • If you're only looking for videos of two or more real people fucking, that may be true. But for other kinds of porn (hentai, erotica, audio porn, solo), there seem to be plenty of posters who do it just for the love of the game, so to speak.

  • It bothers me when cat memes refer to the pictured cat as "he," but I can tell from its coat pattern that it's female. I may know too much about cats.

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  • Yes, plus the tabby variants of those (i.e. tabby with orange splotches, tabby-and-white with orange splotches).

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    Balerion @piefed.blahaj.zone

    It bothers me when cat memes refer to the pictured cat as "he," but I can tell from its coat pattern that it's female. I may know too much about cats.

  • What would happen if the eugenesists had their way?

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  • That is also wrong.

  • What is the difference between a platonic and a romantic relationship?

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  • The major difference is the feelings involved. It's very hard to describe how romantic affection feels different from platonic affection, but it does.

  • What would happen if the eugenesists had their way?

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  • Honestly? Nothing except a lot of pointless suffering. Eugenics isn't just immoral; it literally does not work. The nazis did their damnedest to kill all people with schizophrenia during the Holocaust. Schizophrenia numbers were back up to normal within a couple decades.

    See this video (linked to the correct timestamp) for more on why eugenics doesn't actually do anything.

  • What would happen if the eugenesists had their way?

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  • Both are unjustifiable. Governments should never get to decide who's allowed to reproduce.

  • [Politics] What is, in your opinion, a necessary set of minimal restrictions on freedom of thought, speech and expression?

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  • Right, but there are degrees of abusable. There's a difference between "yes, you could abuse this thing" and "this thing will inevitably be abused." In my opinion, hate speech laws fall into the latter category. I know of too many cases of them being abused... and worse, they don't even seem to do much to prevent hatred. See this article.

  • [Politics] What is, in your opinion, a necessary set of minimal restrictions on freedom of thought, speech and expression?

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  • Say what you like, but I just can't think of any way to write hate speech laws that isn't incredibly abusable. Handing the government an excuse to punish to people is inherently dangerous. While it's certainly necessary in some instances, I think we should be very, very careful about adding to the list of things you can get thrown in prison for.

  • [Politics] What is, in your opinion, a necessary set of minimal restrictions on freedom of thought, speech and expression?

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  • You claim these laws aren't a problem, then mention that governments are in fact abusing them literally right now.

  • [Politics] What is, in your opinion, a necessary set of minimal restrictions on freedom of thought, speech and expression?

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  • I think speech that depicts a real person being abused--e.g CSEM, revenge porn--should be prohibited. Credible threats should also be illegal. Otherwise, I don't think there should be many state-enforced restrictions on speech. I think hate speech laws are a pretty bad idea, because the people in power will inevitably use them against marginalized people. Laws intended to protect the vulnerable can easily be used to oppress them further. We're seeing this with pro-Palestinian groups being labeled hate groups right now in the name of "protecting" people from "antisemitism." (Antisemitism is a real problem, don't get me wrong, but a lot of people who get prosecuted for it haven't actually done anything except support Palestine.)

    I do think that communities should enforce their own speech prohibitions, though. For example, social media platforms shouldn't tolerate racism. Even if you think racists have a moral right to spread their racism (they shouldn't), you have to understand that some forms of speech inherently suppress others. If you've got a neo-nazi screaming racial slurs at an event, obviously the people of color there will not feel safe to speak up, and their voices will not be heard. You have to decide whose speech you want to protect.

  • What's the equivalent of rose coloured glasses for always seeing something in a negative perspective?

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  • Jade-colored glasses?

  • What book should I read to my new rescue dog so he becomes accustomed to my voice and presence?

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  • I'd say to pick something light-hearted that puts you in a good mood.

  • Our parents promised us we would feel like fools for thinking we were smarter than them as kids. When exactly does that start?

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  • I'm 29. My opinion on my parents has not changed much since I was a kid. My dad has a lot of practical knowledge, but his worldview is pants-on-head stupid. My mom is a far better person than my dad, but her technical knowledge is limited.

  • How long have you been journaling for?

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  • I journal pretty much at random. I want to do it, but I struggle a lot with habit-forming (ADHD), so it's not easy.

  • What's something you started doing arbitrarily that's been really positive for you?

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  • I tried intermittent fasting for like a year. The hunger never went away.

  • What's something you started doing arbitrarily that's been really positive for you?

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  • I went vegetarian 13 years ago. I lost a little weight in the beginning, then immediately gained it all back once I figured out what I liked. If being vegetarian makes you healthier, that's a skill issue, considering pizza and ice cream can be vegetarian.

    Seriously, though, congrats.