TʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ⁽ᵗʰᵉʸ‘ᵗʰᵉᵐ⁾

Being a bodyless head with a freak long tongue is not only okay—it can be an exciting opportunity

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Cake day: August 23rd, 2024
  • TʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ⁽ᵗʰᵉʸ‘ᵗʰᵉᵐ⁾@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Who wants to help me make the greatest children's book that ever there was?
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    9 days ago

    Hard work and determination

    Jk, here I’ll break it down for you. Going from memory so apologies for any inaccuracies

    Level 1 (not a real vegan imho)

    • No animal products in diet or clothing

    Level 2

    • Talks kindly to plants before harvesting or eating them

    Level 3

    • Before harvesting any plant, politely negotiates with nearby insects to relocate peacefully

    Level 4

    • Avoids making any noise that might disturb animals

    Level 5

    • Avoids breathing out CO2 in the presence of animals (use of personal oxygen recycling mask is acceptable)

    Level 6

    • Does not step on animal shadows

    Level 7

    • Travels exclusively by stilts to avoid crushing bugs

    Level 8

    • Refuses to eat any food that has been blown by the wind

    Level 9

    • Only eats food that has not been observed by any living being

    Level 10

    • Refuses to consume anything that might have existed in the past or future
  • TʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ⁽ᵗʰᵉʸ‘ᵗʰᵉᵐ⁾@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPtoBestOfLemmy@lemmy.world•TheOubliette on neoliberal complacency, ego, and whataboutismEnglish
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    3 months ago

    This is a terrible analogy. I get that it conveys your feelings about it, but that’s it.

    For a better analogy:

    A badguy tells you to kill someone else, or they’ll kill you and your family, and also probably someone else too. Your choice, I assume, would be the utilitarian one- to kill someone else. This is the so-called “logical” answer to the trolley problem folks love to bring up with this topic, because less deaths = good, and the ‘someone else’ was probably gonna die either way.

    The field of philosophy that discusses these questions, however, is vast, and there is no one correct answer. You and I happen to have different opinions on ethics.

    I would argue that refusing to kill someone doesn’t make you responsible for the badguy’s actions. I also wouldn’t argue that people who kill the stranger are bad people- they just made what they thought was the best decision. I just disagree that that’s the best decision, and can’t justify doing the same myself.

    You folks, however, seem to beat around the bush about it to avoid admitting what you did. You decided that the continued genocide of Palestinians was worth it to keep Trump out of office. That’s valid- that was the only choice you felt you had. You don’t need to rationalize it away.

    It’s disrespectful to both me and yourself to not be upfront with yourself about that.