Shotgun_Alice

@Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Your first point, do they remain uncontacted forever? They have been contacted several moments through history once in the 1880s by an exploratory survey. In 1991 there was an attempt to contact them and understand their language. But the people of the island repeatedly warned people off. And so India in 1997 made the decision to make no contact with them going forward and to actually protect the island from contact because they have had such a history of violence towards people that have washed up or stranded themselves on the island.

  Is it an ethical thing to do? I think so, only in the sense that they’ve made it very clear to outsiders that they do not want to have contact with us. It’s obvious that they’re surviving just fine. They’ve probably figured out how to live in balance with the island on managing resources etc. It’s clear that they’re doing fine. I don’t think the outside world owes them contact. I think the outside world needs to respect their decision to be left alone.

  Should we give them modern technology or medicine? No but again I just point to the fact that they’re doing fine on their own. If anything further contact with the outside world only further endanger them because we have the immunities too many different illnesses and diseases that they may just not have.

  I’m not a philosopher by the way I’m an artist actually I’m just giving objective fact here. As far as the outside world is concerned, they are protected people. The Indian government has made it part of their territory and have made the decision to protect that island and those people. I guess my point is like the outside world doesn’t owe them anything.

  Was there future? I suspect they’ll just continue to live on this island until a disease arises that wipes them out or environmental conditions worsen that they have to make the decision to leave and make a break for the mainland. But the fact is we know they have been living for centuries on this island with relatively no problems. During the great Malaysian tsunami there was concern and worry that the people may have been swept off the island or the entire tribe killed. But quickly after the tsunami aerial survey showed that there was activity on the island. So obviously they were able to survive that.

  I honestly think their biggest threat is the outside world to them just diseases alone would probably decimate their population. If contact were to be made, I don’t expect them to really change their way of life. I do think it’s really interesting from anthropological position. I do think like these people give a window to our past, ann opportunity for us to understand our own survival through time. I think any study in that regard just has to be done from afar and respect them for the people and life they live.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says he has 'a group of very wealthy people' to buy TikTok⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ugh, god he would do that too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says he has 'a group of very wealthy people' to buy TikTok⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Na, 10 bucks says it’s Elon he saw how much mileage he got out of Twitter so why not? Just think of the new damage he could do with TikTok.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taking screenshots of everything is no different than elders printing out emails.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My mom doesn’t know how to save an image to her phone or iPad, so she will use her camera on the phone to photograph something on her iPad to send to my aunt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Signing it now just to spite piratesoftware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is flirting redundant?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just think of it as a bit of fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I replace honey with maple syrup?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For my granola I do a 50/50 mix of honey and maple syrup. It’s so good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Piracy, maybe see if Internet archive has any of his writings. I would just try to find a source where I didn’t have to pay for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 19-year old cis lesbian woman was beaten unconscious and robbed after she tried to use the women's restroom at a McDonald's in Carpentersville, Illinois⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  TERFs will try to blame trans people for this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Random Screenshots of my Games #61 - The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This game was super fun and really cute.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Collapse of GPT: Will future artificial intelligence systems perform increasingly poorly due to AI-generated material in their training data?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fingers crossed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Demo for the fangame Pokemon Gamma Emerald is out!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Cease and desist coming in three…. two…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird to juggle in the park?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d think it be cool as heck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The upside of the cyberpunk dystopia⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve bought books from here, lol. Hi, VCU.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨are terfs actual feminists or do most transphobic women just call themselves that?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the correct answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any way I can realistically send a message to Donald Trump and have him read it?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but the FBI agent assigned to you will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Beating Link’s Awakening as a kid. No internet no hints or help just hours of exploring when I was stuck on a puzzle. It’s so hard for me to get lost in a video game like that now and not just reach for an answer or check the internet to see what I’m doing wrong. It’s a shame now, I know links awakening now like the back of my hand and I’ll never get to explore a first play through of that game ever again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If I was in the jury I could be persuaded to push for jury nullification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can someone give me an overview on the Jill Stein situation?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Funnily enough in 2016 I looked into her platform after Bernie was pushed out. And honestly I agreed with just about everything she was running on, except for one thing. She was pushing anti vax stuff and it was enough for me not to vote for her. I feel that strongly about vaccines and public health concerns.

  Her intentions is not to be a spoiler, she’s not, she’s filled all the legal requirements to run for office of president and is allowed to be on the ballot. She is just getting a lot of attention in this current race because the margin is razor thin between the two main line candidates and that has people nervous Kamala could lose like Hillary did in 2016.

  Personally as an independent voter that feels continually ignored by the by the right and left, third parties can be an attractive choice for some. Honestly, if the left or right want to court my vote they could produce better candidates. Let me say Kamala is a great choice, my issue is how she got there. I feel if Biden had decided to not run for reelection before election campaigning started and allowed other democrats to throw their hat in the ring it would have the appearance of a properly run election cycle for democrats. As for republicans they need to drop trump and his brand of mean spirited politics and have an honest return to the middle right vs where they are now at the far right. Anyways those are my thoughts on Jill Stein, third parties and the left and right. I already did early voting so my choice is done, if you care at all about the direction this country is going or needs to go, GO FUCKING VOTE! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GO VOTE!

  I had that all written and had one last thought. Now I do actually think Stein could spoil NC, she is on the ballot and the person most likely to win the governor in NC also has the last name Stein. A conversation I actually had while standing in line with an aging neighbor, she has a tough time getting around and asked if I’d take her early voting when I was going absolutely not a problem. But in line looking over a sample ballot I had to explain to her that Jill Stein and Josh Stein are not related in any way. So the fact there are two Stein’s on the ballot might make it confusing for some voters. Ok enough out of me, go vote.