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In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
That's part of life. I accept the suffering that comes with life.
October 11, 2021 at 01:29
In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
It is your moral stance which does not affect me at all.
October 11, 2021 at 01:27
In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
It is a complex issue.
October 11, 2021 at 01:25
In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
Now all you have to do is pass a law forbidding the public from having children. Good luck!
October 11, 2021 at 01:24
In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
Is this a moral imperative?. This is simply an oversimplification of the human condition.
October 11, 2021 at 01:20
In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
What circumstances precisely? It is very hard to understand what your talking about unless you're a professional philosopher (and many of us aren't). ...
October 10, 2021 at 23:05
In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
From my position right now (because I have no access to powerful people or institutions), antinatalism (as you formulated it) can be categorized fairl...
October 10, 2021 at 19:35
In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
It was never my intention to cooperate with you. You've dug yourself into antinatalism, I know that. All I'm am doing is commenting. Excuse me...
October 10, 2021 at 19:25
In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
:gasp: I think we'll end the conversation right here.
October 10, 2021 at 19:21
In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
What do you expect from him? To fix society? :lol: He's part of the academic coffee shop community. I'm not because I don't fit in well with them. :wi...
October 10, 2021 at 19:20
In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
But I don't. Who are these masters who place me into economic systems?
October 10, 2021 at 19:18
In: Why being anti-work is not wrong.  — view comment
But what's the alternative? Is the government to serve all our needs? I would love to experience a technocratic utopia where robots and artificial int...
October 10, 2021 at 19:15
In: Why Black-on-Black Crime isn't a Racist Deflection.  — view comment
And if they don't "pick themselves up"? What is the solution? Lock them up? Do you know that the United States has the highest prison population the w...
October 10, 2021 at 17:07
In: Who needs a soul when you can have a life?  — view comment
:up:
October 10, 2021 at 05:30
In: Who needs a soul when you can have a life?  — view comment
I see religion as cover for a lot of human nastiness. Hate groups, ant-gay, anti-Semitic, bloodthirsty people(kill the infidel and the atheist!), ofte...
October 10, 2021 at 04:01
In: Who needs a soul when you can have a life?  — view comment
An we are not even supposed to scrutinize nor criticize religion. Yet religion has been given a free pass here in America (and other places around the...
October 10, 2021 at 00:11
In: Who needs a soul when you can have a life?  — view comment
While others serve no purpose and are even pernicious.
October 10, 2021 at 00:06
In: Who needs a soul when you can have a life?  — view comment
An atheist can also be more effective at helping humanity by adopting secular ethics and values rather than bronze age myths.
October 09, 2021 at 23:27
In: Who needs a soul when you can have a life?  — view comment
That's interesting. I bet there are christians now plotting to keep Christianity as the dominant belief.
October 09, 2021 at 23:22
In: Who needs a soul when you can have a life?  — view comment
All of which (IMO) promote and pressure conformity to certain (particularly monotheistic) religious values and traditions.
October 09, 2021 at 21:23
In: Who needs a soul when you can have a life?  — view comment
How do you know that "soul is subsumed now-days under identity and individuality?" I don't know that.
October 09, 2021 at 20:32
In: Who needs a soul when you can have a life?  — view comment
Is that a fact?
October 09, 2021 at 20:27
In: Who needs a soul when you can have a life?  — view comment
:lol:
October 09, 2021 at 20:26
In: Who needs a soul when you can have a life?  — view comment
That's a physical definition of life. I'm not talking about that. That's an insult. Not talking about that. Is that a Christian teaching? Those are ju...
October 09, 2021 at 19:57
In: Profit Motive vs People  — view comment
I don't think so either. Sorry, Marx.
September 30, 2021 at 16:23
In: Profit Motive vs People  — view comment
Democratic governments are created by and for the people. Yet we still talk about how the government (as an entity) treats its people. Business are li...
September 30, 2021 at 16:20
In: Profit Motive vs People  — view comment
But they are not people.
September 30, 2021 at 07:26
In: Profit Motive vs People  — view comment
Exactly! You end up with tons of miserable people at entry level jobs.
September 30, 2021 at 07:11
In: Profit Motive vs People  — view comment
:up:
September 30, 2021 at 07:08
In: Profit Motive vs People  — view comment
I was focusing more on businesses and how they relate to 'people'. But your raise an interesting point about our biological needs and resources. We do...
September 30, 2021 at 06:58
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
"Echo chamber (media) - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_chamber_(media)
September 29, 2021 at 00:14
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rococo
September 27, 2021 at 23:14
In: What Are You Watching Right Now?  — view comment
https://youtu.be/kB-dJaCXAxA
September 27, 2021 at 22:45
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
"Enemy complex - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)
September 27, 2021 at 22:02
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cultural_icons_of_Russia "Korean Symbols & Korean Traditional Patterns | JapanVisitor Japan Travel Guide" https:...
September 27, 2021 at 21:32
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
"Crazy Like A Fox | Definition of Crazy Like A Fox by Merriam-Webster" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crazy%20like%20a%20fox
September 27, 2021 at 21:28
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
"The History Press | Peace symbols through history" https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/peace-symbols-through-history/
September 27, 2021 at 20:55
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
"Latest articles from North Korea | KCNA Watch" https://kcnawatch.org "National symbols of North Korea - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na...
September 27, 2021 at 20:44
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
"Communism Quotes - BrainyQuote" https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/communism-quotes
September 27, 2021 at 20:38
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
https://euvsdisinfo.eu/russia-as-a-victim-of-western-aggression/
September 27, 2021 at 20:33
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
"Alejandro Cao de Benós - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Cao_de_Ben%C3%B3s
September 27, 2021 at 20:27
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
"120+ Famous Chinese Sayings and Proverbs" https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/learning-chinese/chinese-sayings.htm
September 27, 2021 at 20:15
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings/the-100-best-jobs
September 27, 2021 at 19:57
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
"Hate Symbols Database | ADL" https://www.adl.org/hate-symbols
September 27, 2021 at 18:20
In: Evidence of Consciousness Surviving the Body  — view comment
:fire:
September 27, 2021 at 17:12
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/19/17469176/roman-empire-maps-history-explained
September 27, 2021 at 16:55
In: Stuff Thread  — view comment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_alphabet
September 27, 2021 at 16:53
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https://www.justice.gov/jm/justice-manual
September 27, 2021 at 16:48
In: Anti-Vaxxers, Creationists, 9/11 Truthers, Climate Deniers, Flat-Earthers  — view comment
Yuck! :vomit:
September 27, 2021 at 06:11
In: Anti-Vaxxers, Creationists, 9/11 Truthers, Climate Deniers, Flat-Earthers  — view comment
They probably smell. :lol:
September 27, 2021 at 05:47
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