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faythofdragons

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  • One day, you wake up finding out that a person you cared about seemingly vanished, and there are no traces of them; Would you trust your memories, or would you think you are hallucinating?

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  • It would depend on the person for me. Like, I've got family I abstractly care about, but they're not a very present part of my life, and they could probably vanish without me even noticing.

    Then on the other end, completely removing all trace of my partner would be very noticible and distressing.

  • Is 16 and 19 really that bad?

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  • Yeah, my first boyfriend had been jumped up two grades, so I was 16 and he was 14. It never went beyond awkward kissing in the alley after class tho.

  • What possible evolutionary advantage is offered by my ears suddenly sprouting tons of hair?

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  • Evolution doesn't quite work like that. Traits aren't always selected for/against, we have a ton of traits that we're ambivalent enough about to pass on, like eye color and ear hair. It's neither advantageous or disadvantageous, people are just horny enough that it doesn't matter and gets passed on.

  • What possible evolutionary advantage is offered by my ears suddenly sprouting tons of hair?

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  • "Unattractive" is highly culturally specific though. Ear hair is so strongly correlated with testosterone levels, there's gotta be some people that think it's virile and attractive.

  • punch a cop

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  • Preventative maintenance? In my America?

  • Everybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problem

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  • I get it. There's a nickname only my estranged family uses.

  • Everybody is fine with celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg making up fake names for themselves, but when someone chooses a name for themselves to suit their gender identity it's suddenly a problem

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  • Yeah, I go by my middle name and nobody thinks it's weird.

  • Anyone in this box?

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  • I sometimes wonder if I hate reading, or just hate that I can't find books I enjoy reading. It feels like all the books that have come out in the past fifteen years are written as YA fantasy/scifi, and I'm just not a fan of that genre. Give me my Agatha Christie knockoffs back.

  • [Jenny Gorelick] Co-Stars

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  • Incorrect. I'd much rather the guy finish himself off than hump me raw trying to get off. Sometimes it's just not happening, and that's okay!

  • Is there anything you're into that no one or basically nobody is into?

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  • So, I've always lowkey wondered if that meteor hammer guy's techniques would translate to slinging at all

  • master vs main

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  • Technically, so does the word 'robot', but it's not from english, so that linguistic connection to slavery doesn't get noticed.

  • We shower in a society, and we are responsible for it

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  • My whole point is that we really can't blame individuals for being irresponsible when we've set up an entire society that punishes responsible behavior and rewards recklessness.

  • Worthless social constructs

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  • No no, that's honestly how you say it

  • Worthless social constructs

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  • The trick is to look at the nail and not your fingers. If you look at your fingers so you don't hit them, you'll hit them.

  • YSK that only by being yourself will you find people who like the real you. No one can beat you at being you, but you’ll only ever be second best at pretending to be someone else.

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  • Also, nobody likes someone that eats poop

    Oh boy, is this how you're gonna learn about scat fetishes?

  • We shower in a society, and we are responsible for it

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  • I'm using it as an analogy because OP did.

    What is the responsible thing to do in that situation? I'm not asking about fault, I'm asking what the correct choice is. Do you go into debt, or do you drive?

    It is a fact that most companies in the US do not consider public transit to be reliable transportation and will refuse to hire you if you don't own a vehicle. It is also a fact that a minimum wage job doesn't pay enough to maintain a vehicle. That we don't have basic worker's rights, that medical care is outrageously expensive and insurance covering what you need is a gamble.

    This is a situation that Americans find themselves in at an alarming rate. Yes, having bald tires makes me at fault for a crash, but we cannot expect people to willingly accept the full responsibility for the failure of the system like OP is asking of them.

  • We shower in a society, and we are responsible for it

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  • And the company isn't at fault for incentivizing dangerous behavior?

  • We shower in a society, and we are responsible for it

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  • Okay, lets go with your metaphor here. Your kid has broken their leg and needs to go to the ER. You know that the ambulance company in your area doesn't take your insurance and just the ride will cost you six months of rent, the treatment will cost money too. It's raining and your tires are bald. Your kid is screaming and you need to make a decision right now.

    What is the responsible thing to do? Anything that goes wrong from this will be your fault.

  • We shower in a society, and we are responsible for it

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  • I was unaware that pilots are underpaid, skip meals to make rent, and could get fired for refusing to fly. If that's not true, then being a pilot isn't congruent with my metaphor.

    My point is that our hypercapitalist society forces people into poverty then compels them to act dangerously in order to secure the basic necessities of life. In such a system, claiming the individual has sole responsibility is a perversion of responsibility.

    I never have to worry if the subway will be running when it’s snowing.

    Nice. Over here the bus shows up when it wants to and can't be relied upon. It only comes by five times a day, and it can be up to half an hour late. I've had multiple interviewers tell me that relying on the bus made me ineligible for hire because I'm responsible for transportation.

    The fact that society views owning a car as a symbol of responsibility is part of the perversion of responsibility I'm talking about. It's the same perversion that requires you to go into debt, so you can prove that you're "responsible" with managing your money. Like, I paid off my student loan debt, so my credit score is now null. If I had to move and find a place to rent, not having a credit score will affect the prices I'm offered. By not maintaining a debt load, I am making my life more difficult, and that is fucked up.