tweeks

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[–] tweeks 2 points 2 months ago

Doomscrolled Instagram

[–] tweeks 8 points 3 months ago

If you have a whiteboard marker, you can draw over it and then erase it. Works wonders.

[–] tweeks 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Well it's mostly that at least a certain group with disabilities has access to a way out when life is too harsh. It is to limit unneeded suffering. A respectful way to end one's life should be available to everyone, but that is a hard pill to swallow for many neurotypical / religious people. So it gets limited to a certain group, and then they use that compromise as an argument..

You don't decide whether you are born, at least let us have more control over our own death. In a progression of our human civilization, this should count for everyone.

Framing this in a bad way is exactly what some conservative politicians and media want.

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And things in itself that are too small to see with even a microscope do not reflect light right? Light might interact there but will not reflect in the usual sense, it can however emit light though. As far as I understand that is.

[–] tweeks 3 points 3 months ago

Interesting video, thanks. I think the main point is that most (historical) data has a lot of gaps and wrong interpretations / extrapolation. People like Pinker seem to (perhaps just ignorantly) somewhat cherry pick data and use it as an argument for their optimistic statement.

[–] tweeks 2 points 3 months ago

It depends on what you mean by "ugly". Seeing so many people worldwide vote for harsh xenophobic policies made me realize that I consider most people sort of ugly.

Perhaps they are just afraid, but it paints the real world picture. I don't think people are good or bad inside, just egoistic. Me included.

Still I try to see the good in people and I tend not to whine, but I do understand the pessimistic views.

[–] tweeks 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Congratulations! Same here!

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