Dicska

Oh, hierarchy as a concept is a whole can of worms on its own, but the kind of xenophobia I was describing seemed to be independent from the concept of hierarchy: at least by my observation, it's more like a "them"/"us" divide, but indeed with an asymmetric aspect in mind.

Hierarchy being a "recent" thing (and the potential to leave it behind) sounds hopeful, but while us fucking up the planet is even more recent, we might be able to finish that before even thinking about changing anything.

First F-15: "it was friendly fire". Second F-15: "shoots down another F-15".

Great title, BTW: it shows again that 'US' is somewhere it definitely shouldn't be.

I'd be willing to give up my habit, but imagine the DECADES of constant confusion, mistakes and accidents because 8 years into the change you need to figure out whether the right number is 4.827 or 4,827 in the document you're looking at... And now you need to investigate the creation date.

Because with time, this light is also putting an end to not just itself but every other form of life around it.

Whether the positives outweigh the negatives doesn't really matter when there's nobody left around. Once we get to the point where the climate disaster is bad enough and irreversible (it might have happened already), it doesn't even matter if humanity suddenly falls back into the middle ages and gets primitive enough to not do any harm anymore: certain processes won't just suddenly stop.

Well, cutting corners left, right, and at the World Trade Center.

But if everyone is looking out for everyone else

I agree with you, but this takes us back to square 1 : ).

I've been in school long enough to tell you that knowing people might not prevent some from being awful.

I wish it was that simple! Turning on/off some sequences (it might not be the correct term) might actually affect other things, as well.

Humanity can't be fixed, will always be selfish, greedy, discriminating against other people who differ enough, since a bunch of these things are pretty much hard coded. You might not be, some people you know might not be - but statistically, the majority of humanity will happily watch others get oppressed (or worse) for various reasons. There will always be people who manipulate others for power/wealth, disregarding law, morals or the environment, and there will always be a fuckton of gullible/dumb/mean people who happily buy the propaganda for reasons above.

Therefore, no matter what kind of society you try to form, with enough time we will get back to where we are now, and humanity will never be able to break out of this downward spiral, due to its inherent fault.

...which leads to my main controversial opinion, based on the above: the only cure to the mass extinction and the worsening climate happening today is the eradication of the human species. Yes, it would be such a shame saying goodbye to all the great things we have achieved, dad jokes, poetry, the Backstreet Boys; all this means nothing if everything dies on a scorching/freezing planet. At least if we take out humanity, other forms of life could survive, and life as we know it isn't really found on every other planet.

Obviously there will be nothing wiping the human race off of the face of the Earth, and if it somehow ever disappears, it will be by its own doing - but chances are that will also take all other forms of life with it.

Looking at all the awful things humans have been doing to each other, all the pollution, all the ignorance, all the destruction, I wouldn't hesitate a bit if there was a red button in front of me that could magically make them disappear (including me, of course). In the blink of an eye. I would slam down on it as fast as I can.

Europeans, you say?

Yeah, I know, it's still less than 1/3 of the total, but it's used in several continents.

and you know I’m not really there because I can’t magically materialize half-way across the world in 1 minute.

Don't give them ideas

The opposite of Thin Lizzy.

Imagine how awful it would be if Iran had some, too!

I have to be honest, I liked OP's idea so I shamelessly made my own (slightly different) version. I'm not proud of it, but it's been my background since yesterday.

It was literally this time I realised that florida is actually a Spanish word (meaning something like flowery).

You know what? It doesn't have to be all over his body. Just the eyeballs.

Fifteen million merits.

If we want to avoid this shit, we need to come up with a free, open source, ad free alternative, for everything you see doing this. The problem is, once it becomes big enough, you'll need at least some money invested to keep it running (server, maintenance, services, etc.). And then guess what generates enough money that scales with usage. I hate this, and I reaaaaally hope there's some other way.

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Dicska

What’s your most controversial opinion?

Iranian army shoots down US another F-15

Behold.

What’s your most controversial opinion?

Cutting corners left right and centre

What’s your most controversial opinion?

What’s your most controversial opinion?

What’s your most controversial opinion?

What’s your most controversial opinion?

Behold.

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TIL at one time slaves escaped to freedom in Florida.

Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away."

Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away."

Unsubscribe from users without blocking them - Is it possible, at all? If so, how?

I guess I'm joining the protest. Here's my zodiac.

Youngest actor ever - EDIT: mystery solved, thanks all!

How would you take 'stfu' from a stranger online (as their 1st line), provided what you said wasn't meant to be funny?

I live in the EU area; why is the 'Evanston, IL' community ~half of my feed at LOCAL/Active?