• arendjr@programming.dev
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        I think it’s good for people to have children. At least one and preferably no more than two.

        If we contain population growth, the riches already created are for the taking for generations to come and the planet finally gets a rest.

        It does require a reckoning with the capitalist elite that would like to produce anyway, but I feel that may be coming regardless of our feelings towards children.

  • altphoto@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    Hey I found a rusty steel rod! It’s about 12" long, 9" girth and it comes with an actuator. I just need to test this biologically. Any clue where I might find a deserving biological receptor for this metallic sample?

    Its for a science friend.

  • OldChicoAle@lemmy.world
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    Looked up this fool on social and you guessed it! He’s super cringe with his wannabe lifestyle posts.

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      A good place to drop a reminder to people that MILLIONS of blue-check twitter users are completely fake, they make American-looking profiles and names and then retweet and post tons of propaganda and rage-bait for engagement, because the couple dollars they make on a successful post is enough to make a living in India, where a majority of these people live.

      No hate on India, every country has it’s share of people who are just trying to get by. But for the USA this is really bad because it means we are letting our entire society be influenced by people who have no stake in our future. Elon set this up on purpose because he’s a spiteful, mentally-deficient incel who hates humanity broadly because his tiny dick is broken.

      The best thing you can do is tell people to get off Twitter, no matter who they are. Tell conservatives too if you know any, the fact that most users are foreigners in disguise is a good enough real fact that should discourage them from using the site too.

  • Rezurektme@lemmy.world
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    Welp. Seems I’ve already failed at life. Can’t go any lower than that. Guess I’ll just go live how I want now.

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      And these same people who are MGTOW, or “men going their own way”, are obsessed talking shit about women.

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    I had my son at 28, not by 24. Speedrun: FAILED.

    Oh, and wrote my first novel at 50. Also FAILED, apparently.

  • iByteABit@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Fascist dickheads don’t deserve good answers, it’s hate that drives them not logic

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    People grow, contribute, and succeed on their own timelines. There’s no single deadline for a meaningful life.

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      Well no… There is a deadline, it’s called death.

      Basically anytime before that is preferable really.

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    Related: Gertrude Bell, mountain climber, archaeologist and overall badass british lady that helped shape the middle east post WW1. Despite being a woman, she managed to earn the respect of several nomad arab tribes, you know, those that see women as a man’s property? Those. To the point that, when she died, they all came to her burial and ensured she was treated like a queen.

    A very good, 3h17m doc on her life - https://youtu.be/anjha4JNAWg

  • abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The types of people who believe a woman’s only “biological job” is to shit out kids are the same fuckers who haven’t achieved shit in their lives.

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    All of those examples are just secondary achievements. The true purpose of us humans is to live and make life.

    Everything else is just a bonus

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      Even if you distilled the purpose of living things down to their most basic mathmatical objective, you would still be wrong. At it’s very core the so called raison d’être of living things is to assist in the long term survival of their species. Even for something like a virus which doesn’t even really meat all the basic criteria to be called “living”, overwhelming and killing the host before the virus has a chance to spread is in every way a failure.

      Even better is that this argument, the “most fundamental purpose”, when applied to humanity actually means that the “aberrations” that fundamentalists hate most are actually an integral part of the system. LGBTQ+ and the neurodiverse (ADHD, autism, ect) all benefit the growth of the species. Having members that contribute to the strength of the species, who can fight, gather, and assist with the offspring of others without creating their own competitive offspring is a massive advantage when resources are limited. The fact that those same noncompetitive (offspring wise) members can breed if something disastrous happens to the rest of the breeding stock is such a brilliant design that it makes a lot more sense to use that as an argument for “intelligent design” rather than the other shit that is usually dragged out. As for the neurodivergent, having members that think differently and are driven to try things that would be considered outside of normal range is really the only option for growth once the “normal” resources reach capacity.

      So, if your argument at this point is that humanity should have all transitioned to be LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent, then maybe you aren’t doing it completely wrong, but I am still not sure that is really the answer either.

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      The true purpose of us humans is to live and make life.

      What dictates “true purpose” here? What need does making more life fulfill?

      Your argument is either based on religious indoctrination, or a poor understanding of biology and evolution.

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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      Sure; if you’re too simple minded to do anything except follow the animalistic urge to fuck and shit out another unwilling life into this already overpopulated world. Logically, there is no reason to have kids right now. Those who believe it’s the only thing that matters in life are basically biological puppets, unable or unwilling to recognize they are being driven by base level instincts and too selfish to care about the consequences. Just one step removed from monkeys fucking in trees and throwing poop at each other.