School_Lunch

@School_Lunch@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Executions in Florida and Missouri as 4 days of state-sanctioned killings begin⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I know its unlikely they will hear anything I say, but I like to point out, with solid logic, people who see themselves as rightous (without any actual introspection) are actually giant pieces of shit. I have yet to hear any good argument from them in response.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Executions in Florida and Missouri as 4 days of state-sanctioned killings begin⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If their punishment fetish is what allows them to be ok with potentially killing innocent people, then they deserve to be next in line. They are no different than those they want to punish. I don’t even think punish is the right word. Executions would be vengeance. They have that fetish because they think of themselves as righteous, good people. They are not. People who support the death penalty are no different than medieval peasants cheering on the gruesome torture of a “criminal” like its entertainment. That is sadism. They can not be the good person they see themselves as and be sadistic at the same time. They just love to feed the sadistic part of themselves. I just try to get them to be more introspective, and that if their goal is to be a rightous person, they need to stop feeding their own sadism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Executions in Florida and Missouri as 4 days of state-sanctioned killings begin⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tried arguing that its not about the guilty. Its about us. We are the ones preforming the execution. Killing a killer doesn’t reduce the number of killers. It just brings us down to their level. In my mind, if you take pleasure in the suffering of others, whether they deserve it or not, its sadism. People need to realize that the positive feeling they get from vengeance is just another form of sadism. If you want to think of yourself as a good person then you shouldn’t feed that personality trait.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Know your place⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I liked the character’s from Project Hail Mary perspective. The fact that we experience less time the closer we are to the speed of light is almost like an invitation to explore the stars.

  Another things that gets me is the time experienced by black holes. We would think of the black hole at the center of the galaxy as some enduring, permanent thing, but with so much gravity, from the black hole’s perspective it may only exist for a fraction of a second.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is it called when you believe the U.S. political parties shouldn’t exist?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Political parties are inevitable with fptp elections. It will always come down to 2 candidates. Any 3rd candidate will only split the vote with whoever is most similar. People tend to naturally organize themselves into groups based on who they agree with most. I don’t know if its possible to get rid of political parties all together but having more than 2 would be an improvement. The only way to do that is to change our elections. Either ranked-choice voting or runoffs when no one gets more than half the votes could allow for people to vote 3rd party without throwing away their votes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Age check⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If only the media would cover epstein the way they covered this…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump orders firing of labor statistics chief hours after data showed jobs growth slowed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So our economy is going to be based on incorrect info. Every lie incures a debt to the truth, and that debt will eventually come due. Things will crash. Its not even a question. I figure the last protection in place is Powell. Once he is replaced by a yes-man, its all done for. Before that happens I plan on pulling all my investments. My question is where is a safe place to put it at that point?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peter Thiel’s bestie going mask off⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what racist town you’re from, but that is not reality no matter how much racists wish it was. As for a name for people who take more than anyone could ever deserve, we simply call them billionaires.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starlink dishes found on Russian military drones after being shot down⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about but wouldn’t starlink know the serial numbers or Mac addresses of the dishes they gave to Ukraine? Couldn’t they easily filter that region so only those work?