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The weirdest thing about American culture (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That was infuriating the whole way through. I don’t exactly want to recommend reading further, because it’s just a depressing story all around, but this was well written and provided the piece of information I was shamefully burning with curiosity about

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Thank you regardless. That definitely is a sobering read. Poor Webb Haymaker, he tried..

    It didn't have what I was thinking about, though.. Even though the country is completely in the gutter with gun crimes by civilians and law enforcement alike, it's at least nice to know that my initial assumption, that the Brady Bill the community helped enact probably was decommissioned, is in fact still active and enforced.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Poor Webb Haymaker, he tried..

    Honestly, I think he probably succeeded in helping a lot of people, he just couldn’t keep going forever. It’s absolutely tragic that he didn’t make it to meet his daughter though.

    I’ve always been an atheist, but the older I get, the more I wish there was a traditional Christian afterlife (just with the moral values determining where people end up significantly tweaked). It would be nice to think he and Yoshi could be reunited and at peace.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    In traditional Egyptian faiths/cosmology, spirits can join each other at the Field of Reeds -- in fact being with loved ones is a core concept of that afterlife too -- but the criteria for entry is simply the morals which we all live by: no stealing (selfishly) from others, no lying (with intent to harm), no murdering and no polluting the Nile (eco terrorism, desecrating the Gods and sabotaging the sole sustainer of life in the desert). Selfishness, greed, malice, and cruelty. Everyone who can prove their goodness gets in. Oh, and the alternative isn't endless torture, but a second death -- nonexistence.

    I've always looked for an alternative faith system to Western ones -- I've never been a fan of oppression or rule via fear -- but the Egyptian faith is one of my favourites.

    Maybe they're in the Field of Reeds. I don't think there's anything wrong with taking solace in an idea - even though I myself can't believe in them.

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