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there i said it
Other countries have worse all those things too.
That's the problem. I don't think my dissatisfaction is doing enough. I think our progress is sub-standard and from that I conclude that society cares less about its members than it should, which makes society unappealing to me.
broseph I am proud of being from Ontario even if Dalton McGuinty was a crow left of fucking Satan
Oh so you want people who are in different time zones or have to work to be spoiled or not be able to read the thread.
That's great Ceddy, real great.
the flag is from a pro-scandinavian-federation movement during the era of german and italian unification[/quote]
weeeeeell not just the federation part of the movement. General call for volunteers to fight for denmark was a large part of it, grounded in a more vague sense of kinship than the clear goal of unification.
NO NO NO
the only Nova we need/want is Dick Rider
This
not this
I don't have the specific numbers, no. Because the inverse is patently ludicrous.
Why.
You should be the opposite of apathetic! You acknowledge that the world is in an unacceptable state, but also that the world continues to get better. This means that the world can be made a better place, that you can fight the good fight and win, and that there's hope that the world will be a better place when you're done with it.
They do tend to excuse their current PM as a weird fluke.
But still it was nice to serve some of them some humble pie with some statistics after hearing them go on and on about how bad wealth inequality is in the US. (Don't get me wrong if was worse in the US, but it was still quite bad in Canada).
And clearly it is better to live in America than, say, Liberia
But there are places with better quality of life and no history of problematic geopolitical meddling
America is great but it is super fucked up!
But thank god for the US
I am drinking bourbon right now
BLESS YOUR ALCOHOLIC FRONTIER FOREFATHERS
Prolly not.
I've refined my determinism/randomness shtick to something that could fit very neatly onto one side of an index card.
Like, it seems simple enough to me.
And I don't have a lot of different places for people to shake my confidence.
Like, it's all right-there.
It's not some sprawling argument that relies on layered assumptions.
The assumptions are simple, and easy enough to recite.
I've made the example observations punchy enough to keep it interesting to laypeople who don't generally enjoy philosophy.
It's easy to keep in my head, easy to bring up, easy to use, and easy to defend, and enjoyable at least for me to talk about it, in large part because of those aforementioned factors.
So
Prolly not, but I wish you'd try.
If I fight the good fight maybe I'll win decades from now after my soul has been eroded by the horrible people I battle and then I can die.
Marvel movie universe is its own thing
Hey, sorry. I don't, um... bind... guys.
I can put you in touch with fornicia, lady of bondage and pain. Or one of my lesser dukes, if that's your thing? Just let me know.
except amount of prisoners.
Made in Excel
There are more births than murders.
Information and technology and medicine are more readily available than not.
This is no by no means a glowing review of the world, but its still more good than bad.
The world is the same way. You're choosing to focus on the negative.
I don't even know where to begin.
most people's lives are okay most of the time?
On my phone but go watch the Ted talks about the surprising decline of violence and statistics that will change your view of the world.
I forget the exact titles but they should be close to that and both should be found in the list of Bill Gate's favorite TED talks.
I'm guessing it's a matter of perspective. Norway's pretty much near the top of all the "best things" chart.
Some people grew up and lived in places nearer to the bottom of said charts.
People can be terrifyingly, and I avoid them.
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but clicking 80 spoiler buttons a page is super fun!
#FreeScheck
#FreeSKFM
Our progress is accelerating at a rate unlike ever before! You have more power to enact change in the world then people at any other point in history. No, it's not going to happen overnight, but you're seriously in a fantastic position to make a massive change in human society.
That's really weird to me.
I could see Toronto as a source of pride, but Ontario? Why?
Could you start a thread called "UNTAGGED SPOILER THREAD, YEA THERE BE DRAGONS INSIDE
r/atheism has taken the concept of Atheism to the almost comical extreme of it becoming a religion, though they'd never admit it.
I was that guy maybe seven, eight years ago. Richard Dawkins fan and all.
Now I kinda get the whole religion thing and why it works for people on an aesthetic and emotional level. I sometimes wish it could be disassociated from mysticism entirely but there are few religions that seem to do that, and those that do hold some philosophical beliefs regarding how to interpret, experience, and act in life that I can't wholly reconcile. Neither of those things is inherently negative, they're just not for me.
Also the notion of reorienting my belief system about the world as a sort of package deal under one banner is incomprehensible. I know it doesn't really work that way for anyone with half a brain, even my Catholic relatives have their qualms with the church and aren't afraid to voice them, but still. It seems strange.
when the indigo children come