[–] 16 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Honestly a valid concern but it’s a cultural problem.

We don’t live gracefully and we don’t die gracefully. Why are they living so long? For what?

Well, in my observation/opinion it is because all of their prime years were stolen(tricked/finagled) from them.

“Hey let me get most of that” is a wild proposition. Not just most but the significant majority. Let me get 5/7 of that? That’s the ask under our current system. 5 out of 7 days laboring for someone else. You get two for haircuts, laundry, connecting with your kids etc. etc. etc. so basically all of your time from 20 to 65 or whatever “retirement” age is now.

Im gonna tell you right now I am 46 and my best years are behind me. By the time I am 65…. Lmao.

Don’t get me wrong, I lift, have abs, beautiful SO, kids…. Nevertheless years were blown on someone else shit. I’m not doing that. Anyway I digress. My point is that I am very fortunate and have eschewed the grind mentality. I’d rather live it up and die at 68 living humble than go to 85 while my body falls into ruin.

It’s really changed my outlook on healthcare too. Why are we keeping an 80 year old alive with hospital stays every 4 months? That’s insane. Chained to an oxygen tank. Terrified of death living in regret and disappointment. Nothing you know even applies anymore. Can’t even work the tv. It’s crazy. Im good off all that.

Just live and go when it’s our time. That’s my plan.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    That’s your bar? Stop hitting me? That’s like battered person syndrome or something.

    I want Equity. It’s a revolution so wild that Mao would be uncomfortable or I’d rather continue to accelerate.

    All you are asking for is less abuse. I’m cool. Kill me or take me (back) to prison. I’m not interested in being exploited.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Yes moving from smoking to vaping is absolutely “quitting smoking”.

    I am a former smoker and current vaper and it’s laughable that this is even a talking point. It’s not even close to as bad for you. Night and day the difference in how well I can breathe.

    Why gatekeep and look for perfection? What kind of fool argues for that?

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago

    They are just as bad. Or more accurately they are the same thing. They are both classical liberals and a classic liberal democracy is not viable. Capitalists with free reign.

    Given the power of data aggregation, modeling, think tanks and llm human voters are a solved puzzle. At this point they are just testing the models.

    “Says here we can do x and that will only move 3% of the electorate”. “REALLY!!” “Yep”.

    The whole thing has to burn and we need some ground up reconstruction of our political system. Otherwise it’s just a dystopian cyberpunk future.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Same logic for using drugs.

    “I can’t afford anything actually nice but I do have 20 bucks.”

    Honestly there is a lot more value in a 20 sack though.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I think fitgirl will crack their security in like an hour.

    I honestly think that robots or whatever are just going to be vulnerable. Everything has always gotten cracked… so I would be quite wary of deploying a robot army and relying on that. One day some 15 year old boops their bop and they turn right around and now you are in trouble.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    “No the people are not concerned with morality, only that they are hampered in their pursuit of money.” Says Israel-bot spokesperson. “They just want to get ahead”.

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