It's funny because I recently had an argument including a bunch of .mlers about how words aren't really 'reclaimed' if there are still a large amount of people who consider the word an insult.
I think it's easy to associate adhering to values with being unkind (those values could easily exhibit kindness, depending on what they are).
I just don't believe you're unkind. If you were, your values wouldn't tell you that we should shut down power to a neighborhood for a cat. You would just think something like 'glad that's not my problem' and move on. I don't think that people who are unkind are bothered by things like this, because again 'not my problem'. You have made it your problem by caring, and are thus precluded from being unkind (in my opinion).
It is easy to choose not to care about anything, it is very hard to care about everything. I myself am dealing with having learned to turn my heart off to certain things. Things that would just be too overwhelming to carry.
A friend of mine died recently and it was incredibly shocking. He was much younger than me, I guess he was driving too fast on his bike. One of my first thoughts was that I could have been kinder to him. Maybe if I'd reached out more, stayed more consistent in his life, maybe he would have stayed more tempered.
We can't know what will happen to us nor the people around us. We can only dictate our words and actions. I, however, am much less kind than you — I hope that those who can't be bothered to exhibit the slightest bit of empathy are cursed to suffer in the ways they've been overtly willing to ignore. I hope they experience what it is to decay and have the world fade around them.
It would be poetic. Aneurotypicality is not an excuse for callousness.
Spices were associated with rotting food, because they were often used to cover up the flavor of overly game-y meat — at least that was common in the U.S. .
I don't think you can blame people for eventually realizing that if a piece of meat has a suspicious amount of spice on it, it might just make you sick. You also can't blame someone for being averse to the flavor afterwards — spice kicks twice, and if that second kick is also associated with one of the most violent shits you've ever taken... well you get the picture.
That being said, I do love spice. Not a terribly huge fan of the second kick, but such is life.
If that's you trying to be nice you need to get some therapy. Great job proving you aren't a child, by the way — with the 'I'm rubber you're glue' argument. Very intelligent, your points are very valid. I'd give you a gold star but I'm fresh out, darn.
While I'm doing that, how about you look up burden of proof buddy?
You'll figure it out. Actually, on second thought, you likely should have already known about this. Which does beg the question 'Why are you acting like you don't?' .
It's amazing because electrical grids are designed to be able to have sections shut down at any time. The intended purpose is literally to prevent a catastrophic shutdown.
Imagine pompously stating that your suggestion is somehow more logical on the basis of 1) there's a good likelihood you aren't an electrical engineer and 2) that there's some kind of genuine risk here (because apparently this guy thinks the whole lynchpin to the fucking grid happens to be this exact pole).
Dunning Kruger, at its finest. Glad to see you still have your head on straight.
It's funny because I recently had an argument including a bunch of .mlers about how words aren't really 'reclaimed' if there are still a large amount of people who consider the word an insult.
Guess they agree with me.