@JeffiniteVC@abundancechud@somewheresy Don't forget all of the healthcare workers who benefit from treating obesity. Or the pharmaceutical companies benefiting from selling obesity cures. It really does super charge the economy.
@Nostalgia150360@Dhavidote People still talk about the film as they find the story bothersome & if it had the cliche twist you're describing it'd be totally forgotten.
The movie should have been forgettable, but sadly it seems a lot of people find milquetoast humanism actually horrifying & challenging.
@DrunkWoodworker@UnforchCsoldier@Pasghetti45 Stripping all the meaning away from a technical word so that it's in line with the most normal understanding of that word is dumbing down language, no?
@RobertOnley@lovetocook12345 I think the strategy is put Europe in a position where it has to make itself a superpower again as just asking them nicely clearly hasn't been working.
@Dizc0rz@romanhelmetguy If morality can only arise from choice then existence itself is morally arbitrary. Under this scheme a beautiful sunset or a baby's laugh is morally arbitrary. Strictly speaking that's true & fine, but also strange to emphasize.
Lack of control has nothing to do with luck.
@Dizc0rz@romanhelmetguy Then if luck isn't necessary then what was the point of bringing it up in the first place?
Calling it morally arbitrary is a bit strange way to put it. It's morally necessary as without existence there is no choice to be made & your traits etc are necessary for your existence.
@Dizc0rz@romanhelmetguy When the dice leaves the hand the answer to which side it lands on is immediately knowable due to the laws of physics, but we call predicting it correctly luck since we can't actually determine it in the moment.
@Dizc0rz@romanhelmetguy Not being able to choose has nothing to do with luck & you're not seriously thinking about what it means. When we analyze the mechanistic processes of the universe we don't see luck, it only arises as a contrast between our incomplete human understanding & those processes.
@Dizc0rz@romanhelmetguy Where is the luck arising from? Your natural abilities & circumstances are you. You were never going to be anyone other than yourself.
@LPunov@whollyfists@conor64 You aren't giving both sides something here you're just implementing half of one side's agenda so of course both are going to be annoyed. Something like don't ask don't tell would be closer as an example.
@dieselnyc1@Ruggs2Riches@stabmarine@zerohedge Like people who got screwed in their credit score for circumstances outside their control but are otherwise responsible will be hurt the most. Thing is most people in this bucket aren't like that & are just retarded & can't be trusted with easy lending.
@dieselnyc1@Ruggs2Riches@stabmarine@zerohedge Low return (on interest) low risk cardholders (aka wealthy and responsible people) are very desirable as it's straightforward revenue.
It will only impact high risk people, but you're right in the sense some of those people aren't actually high risk and now they lose options.
@codybaldwin You're equivocating by putting all problem solving on equal footing. Throwing carrots on the ground vs feeding them to the dog are very different solutions. The latter is still probably bad but quite reasonable. The former is not reasonable at all & should not be encouraged.
@codybaldwin Why are you assuming that he never explained why it was important to pick it up? Perhaps it's good for the child to learn their "understanding" isn't always correct or has the final say — they are also only human after all.
@breadphobic2@gfodor@Aella_Girl Do you happen to also believe without religion (the arbiter of ultimate consequences) checking people they'll behave worse?
Regardless, human behavior isn't solely or even largely determined by consequences. You should try to broaden your mind.
@conor64 "People live much longer lives & no longer regularly die or become permanently disabled due to disease. Failing to see this by focusing on this negative trend of people refusing to take vaccines suggests a distorted mind."
Do bad things ever happen?
@ianlarkin Given your profile pic I'm curious how you see this compare to drone usage in Ukraine. I have heard the explanation of "you can't surrender to a drone" to videos of pleading soldiers getting blown up.