Jerkface (any/all)

3d print artifacts kind of spoil the retro aesthetic

Again, I don’t think the fallacy causes this behaviour. The fallacy is adopted as a way of coping with the fear of becoming homeless. This is important because you cannot change the behaviour of a person holding the fallacy by successfully refuting the fallacy, because the fallacy isn’t the reason for their behaviour. It is merely a cover that provides moral license for their bad (ie, unempathetic, uncompassionate) behavior. If you strip it away, they will immediately feel compelled to find a different one, and their behaviour will not change. You have to address the underlying emotions that give need for these fallacies in the first place.

Yes, I understood your point of view, and I disagree. It is not a “rational” chain of thought like that. It begins with the emotion. The emotion is not a reaction to the chain of thought, the chain of thought is a rationalization for the emotion.

People don’t come to the decision, “I don’t want homeless people near me,” for those rational (at least, rational for the sake of discussion) reasons. Rather they use those things as rationalizations for their feelings of disgust, fear of impurity, and insecurity about their own potential poverty.

Hatred of the poor is universal phenomenon that cuts across all cultures, and yet does not even have a name. The closest we have is “classism”, but this is something different. This isn’t a preference or a bias, people go out of their way to abuse the poor. Abusing the poor fills some kind of emotional need.

Is this true?? I suspect something closer to the way the KGB was “dismantled” and then re-assembled around the entire government.

Not that trans hate/hysteria isn’t a very real thing, but in addition to being its own thing, it also serves as a cover for gay hate. Because it’s briefly become socially unacceptable to go after homosexuals. But they still fucking hate them. So “trans” becomes a sort of proxy or dog whistle. Sure as fuck, gay marriage is going to be an issue before the end of the year.

Russian orphans are not free… Can’t say otherwise.

Extrovert problems.

I can’t believe you were serious. That’s funny!

Are YOU serious?

Imagine that, people in the wealthiest nations in the world, wanting to meet their basic needs for survival with dignity. Ha ha ha, when will they ever learn, right my friend?

People in glass houses, name caller.

Just open TikTok! Now your problem is solved, as well as mine.

Whaaaaaaaa…?? “A human creation?” You can’t have it both ways. Either the Bible is the word of God, or it’s ALL “a human creation”. But allowing for the sake of discussion that God exists, etc, the NT endorses slavery, discusses how to practice it morally, and says nothing to oppose it. The Christian god thinks it’s okay for humans to own humans, according to both the OT and the NT; no different than owning a house or livestock.

It’s so weird how the last few years, Christians act like the OT has nothing to do with them.

I started wearing women’s glasses and I cannot go outside without people complementing them. I go out with my gorgeous sexy partner, and people still complement my freaking glasses. They’re translucent pink cat eye frames.

Here’s an interesting one: kissing a gay guy on the cheek, or letting him kiss you on the cheek is neutral, as long as the guy is out of the closet. Hugging and/or kissing a straight guy is gay.

– from “Gay/Not Gay” by King Missile

Bandcamp was acquired by Epic, but they still offer DRM-free downloads of all your music, give artists good cuts, and if you buy on Bandcamp Friday, the best cut any artist could hope for. I’d rather there was a distributed solution without a corporation taking a cut off the top, but it’s still getting you pretty close to the artist.

Have you ever completed a personal project?