Who is “they”?

So, does that mean that you have no issue with a religious person who does not use their religion to excuse hate or violence?

I wonder if, for a very short second there, he thought “oh shit maybe guns aren’t such a good thing”

when you decide you don’t want kids actually:

Because sugar isn’t unhealthy in the first place, you’ll die without any sugar.

he’s painting not drawing

Well, I’d say that the definition of capitalism changes depending on if you’re talking about capitalism as opposed to feudalism (original/historical definition) vs capitalism as opposed to communism (modern definition).

It’s not about money, it’s about private ownership of capital. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/capitalism

Where’s -5? The map’s way too grainy for me to see.

No. All generative AI is made with stolen labor, and the data centers use shittons of energy and water in order to tell you to eat rocks or make a picture of someone with 6½ fingers.

Also it’s better to read a physical book than anything on a device if you’re about to go to sleep, the blue light is bad for your sleep.

Ape brain often goes “big = good” and therefore “bigger = better”. And since a bunch of other peoples ape brains have thought this before you, then now if you have a tiny business, it’s very likely that your only options are to either get trampled by giants or try and become one of them, even if your ape brain doesn’t think that way.

If we are going by the original definition of the word, it is. The farmer here is growing produce to sell it in exchange for money; they are not sharing it with their community, bartering with it, growing it to eat themselves, or giving it to their liege lord.

But muh power fantasy!

Still, most trick-or-treaters probably expect something other than a handful of scrambled eggs.

I think you’re underestimating 12-year olds here.

What happened?

Where’d you get that “she” from?

The “cars give you freedom” argument also completely breaks apart if you stop to think about the millions of people who can’t drive, such as children and blind people, who are forced to rely on someone else taking them everywhere because they can’t walk without getting run over and public transport is nonexistent.

Hell no. Maybe if it was a really nice weather, but I would still go home with a bus or a tram, no way I’ll carry books that long.