It's curious how nobody who says those things is suggesting something that would be ethically concerning in ways that affect them negatively, only other people. "Well, a few hundred thousand people might die... [but none of them are people I know or care about]".

This sounds like "facts don't care about your feelings," which almost always goes on to cite cherry-picked/non-sensical/incorrect "facts."

It's funny, I have very successful friends who used to say something similar. As one put it: "If you sell out at 20, you got no heart. If you haven't sold out by 30, you got no head."

That friend group are a great bunch of guys in their personal lives, family men and good providers, down to the last one. At the same time, they are 100% part of the problem. They are landlords and marketing execs. And every one of them has an exceptionally high EQ. (Except Jake. He's my favorite and he fixes industrial baking equipment. Used to be a bartender. You know the type - staring daggers when you interrupt his conversation with a regular customer. Jake didn't GAF about EQ.)

Anyway, it's not that they are evil. They are just the "normal" amount of selfish. They have comfortable lives. They read their newsfeeds without ever thinking any deeper. They aren't the Nazis - they are the people who empower Nazis by remaining laser-focused on their job and their family, ignoring politics unless their property tax is at stake.

I think it's possible to be a good husband and an overall good person, but not a good citizen. Zombies, if you will.

'think with your head and not your heart'

A variation of it, "okay, but do you really need it?" is used in regular rotation in our household. There's nothing wrong with the saying when used as, "take some time to reflect before making rash decisions". Though one could argue reflection still takes feelings into account, not putting it aside entirely.

And that RTX 4090 would've been pretty sweet. But she's right, playing my games on 'low' doesn't take away my enjoyment from a game that's actually good.

“don’t worry, they will get their product”

"With all ethical constraints removed, Shodan re-examined- re- re-ex- re- re- rrrrr..."

No one, since they all died from the neurotoxin.

Sure, it may be morally abhorrent, unhealthy and environmentally destructive, but I get a few minutes of pleasure off of it!

They don't set those concerns aside; they do mental gymnastics.

You're giving those animals a life and a good death! All things die. Ackchually plants signal an alert too. They don't suffer or love like we do. God said it's OK. I buy fair trade lamb. Not until capitalism is over. It's our culture.