Do you ignore things to make yourself happy? I guess that would explain why you would assume somebody else would. But, sorry to disappoint - I’m not a Republican.

And, no, I don’t ignore even the insane shit out there. What’s the point? Besides, what kind of fucked up system do you use to decide if you’re happy anyway? Ignore shit and it’s still true.

Anyway, I’ve never met a happy Republican. As I said, they’re always afraid and/or angry. So, yeah, not hard to figure out that the study this article is referencing is bullshit. But you do you.

But my claim must be absurd! Cause you know you’re happy! Whatever, dude…

Are you…a nutcase?

Wow, what bullshit. Cognitive dissonance may give the appearance of happiness, but it is a literal hell on Earth. The psychological damage from pretending so strongly to be happy…? It’s not worth it.

And besides, no one is going to convince me that the people that are always afraid and angry are the happy ones.

He is completely wrong. Couldn’t be more wrong. But preventing a rabies outbreak?! Tyranny!!! Oppression!!! Fascism!!!

What the hell, man…

I’m not gonna teach my daughters who they are or are not supposed to trust. Because I will never teach my children what they should think, but rather how to think for themselves. I will encourage them to only trust individuals that prove themselves trustworthy, but again, that’s not my decision to make.

They’re not extensions of me; they are distinct, individual human beings. So I certainly hope you will not teach her to be distrustful; that leads to misery and pain, all in the pursuit of something that doesn’t belong to you and never will (her mind is her own, whether you like it or not).

Wow. Reading this comment has lowered the IQ of everyone in this thread…

So, Trump is better? Yeah, we know he sucks. We also know Trump is far, far worse. But you know this, don’t you?

What is your plan, exactly? By not voting Biden, you help Trump, and he WILL directly cause far more death and suffering.

What, wait, no; yes, it’s falling apart. Why would you want to prevent that? I don’t want it fixed; I just wanna help others survive while it crumbles to dust around us.

If you don’t let this society die, how will we build the new one??

I can’t help but notice that you are simply making the argument that we’ve done it wrong before, therefore I want it done wrong again.

Okay, sure. What a strong case you made. You win, or whatever.

Really? Yeah, it couldn’t possibly have anything to do with, you know, actually keeping kids safe. No, that actually makes sense, and even worse, isn’t about “me”!

For the record, even if there’s anything to your absurd statement, I’m all for gun control. I care more about kids’ lives than yours.

Nah. Internet edgelords trolling threads about a controversial war are boring…

If you really need a whole lemmy community dedicated to just you, by all means, feel free to create it. 8-D

Thanks for your reassurance. You know, given that the entire purpose of operating as a society is for everybody’s individual benefit, it seems kinda weird to reject a “gift economy” out of hand, doesn’t it? Basically, if each and every member of a society doesn’t benefit from how that society is organized, then said society has failed at it’s most primary function.

The only way to avoid this that I have ever been able to imagine would require our global society to somehow abandon the concept of currency. But that’s insane, of course, so we’re probably screwed…

I recommend Digital Blasphemy. He creates all of his wallpapers using 3d modeling and rendering tools, but plenty of them look like nature or space photography. Personally love the style, but I suppose it’s not for everybody.

Anyway, he tenders all of his work in a variety of resolutions and aspect ratios; should be possible to find versions suitable for each monitor.

So, keeping people from talking about your atrocities magically makes everything better? I do hope your post was a bad attempt at sarcasm, cause nothing else makes any sense.

I don’t know. I rather doubt our bodies can evolve and adapt to a new environment before we die out. At the very least, even if we do take to the stars, whatever survives will have evolved to something new

Lack of sympathy equals hate? No. Just because I do not empathize with somebody does mean I want them to experience harm. I’m just not gonna lose any sleep if they do. Sue me.

Lol. Bullshit. Conflating Zionism with the interests of the entire Jewish population is choosing to deny any Jewish person their own agency. I do not advocate violence, period. However, some jerk that actually chooses to participate in a bigoted authoritarian society finding that’s it’s not all sunshine and roses and instead exposes them to potential danger and violence instead? Boo fucking hoo.

But, sure, pointing out the blatant similarities between Zionism and fascism is the problem. Yeah, whatever. Go on with your bad self…or something. I still have no sympathy for zionists.

Nah, I have no sympathy simply due to the fact they chose to be a part of that so called society. It’s not like somebody put a gun to their head and forced to move there.