-> file: fediverse/881
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐
║ sometimes ethics can lead to dead ends. │
║ │
║ a hunter gatherer lifestyle is surely the most ethical state for humanity to │
║ embody, and yet somehow it's not the most desirable. I don't think many of us │
║ would trade air conditioning and machine produced clothes for sticks and mud. │
║ │
║ nevermind the amount of clothes produced in sweatshops because it's cheaper, │
║ nevermind the oil cost of being a bit cooler, nevermind the (insert externality │
║ here), modern life is more ethical than the past. │
║ │
║ a rocket can't reach escape velocity without burning a boatload of fuel, so │
║ surely burning fuel is just? │
║ │
║ ah, but you forget, we could design zeppelins that are safe, stable, and can │
║ raise / lower themselves depending on the heat of the gasses in their forms. │
║ Surely we could get to space like that, in a way that doesn't necessarily burn │
║ boatloads of fuel, so surely burning fuel is unjust? │
║ │
║ ah, but you forget, there are simply some tasks that require consumption, at │
║ least until we build a space elevator. No gas is lighter than a vacuum. │
╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤
║ similar │ │ different │
╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘
-> file: fediverse/882
═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────
@user-620
they shouldn't be expected to know how the internet works. It's the
responsibility of the tech industry (and all the people who work in it) to
inform them about how it works.
that's kinda what lobbying is for...? kinda makes me wonder who lobbies for the
poor.
EDIT: or children, for that matter
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐
│ similar │ │ different │
╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘
-> file: fediverse/883
═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────
a wave doesn't look like this:
______/`________
it looks like this:
/`_/\__/_/`_/`_
think like, sine and cosine.
or a heartbeat.
or the waves of the ocean.
not the wave in a sports stadium, which cycles in a close loop.
waves lap upon a shore. whether that be the beach, or the tips of your blood
veins, at a certain point their motion is used to affect physical change.
we, here in this time, the only time that will ever exist, propel the wave
forward through our perception of it.
the life most well lived is one where you're constantly aware, constantly in
the moment, and filled with reasonable emotional and experiential peaks and
valleys. dreams come easy to you because your curiosity is infinite, and all
around you there is beauty and wonder.
and what is life if not for living? a state contrasted to death, a state only
reachable through a failure to keep peril at bay. which implies the existence
of peril - reasonable peril, the kind you consent to, the kind that finds you
and offers.
![darn text formatting messed up my ascii art picture. This is a screenshot of the first part of the post: a wave doesn't look like this: [singular bump on a long flat line] it looks like this: [bumps repeated at regular intervals]](../media/8595ab213f21751d.png "darn text formatting messed up my ascii art picture. This is a screenshot of the first part of the post: a wave doesn't look like this: [singular bump on a long flat line] it looks like this: [bumps repeated at regular intervals]")
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐
│ similar │ │ different │
╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘
-> file: fediverse/884
═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CW: completely-unfounded-no-evidence-mis-information │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
If we make a law that says you can't sell user data, they'll just build an
intentional vulnerability into their system and point it out to specific people
who paid under the table. Then, when they get "hacked", they'll surely be
ashamed and sorry to their users, but hey the data's out there now not like
they can take it back. Oh don't worry we already patched the hole in our
security, that way nobody can get in through the same door that was
intentionally left open for very particular people who've paid, and not for the
people who haven't paid yet, who are still waiting patiently for a door to be
built for them.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐
│ similar │ │ different │
╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘
-> file: fediverse/885
═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────
dear child.
when you're born, fate flips a coin for you. sometimes it lands on it's edge,
but that's rather rare.
the side it lands on determines how your body will grow. the shape of your form
will follow two general patterns, and the pieces are made up of a combination
of your parents and their pieces.
the flavor of who you are is up to you. your actions and your decisions
determine what you are, everything else is unimportant.
may your time be a bit more blessed than mine, and someday may posterity be a
bit more blessed than antiquity.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐
│ similar │ │ different │
╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘
-> file: fediverse/886
═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────
┌──────────────────────┐
│ CW: witchery │
└──────────────────────┘
if you want to win when confronting a spirit, all you have to do is convince it
that you've beaten it.
as long as you're persistent then you're fine. Unless, of course, there's a
beast of a man hiding behind the illusion, in which case you should do your
best to avoid being stabbed or whatever.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐
│ similar │ │ different │
╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘
-> file: fediverse/887
═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────
somehow, it is simultaneously Thursday everywhere at once.
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐
│ similar │ │ different │
╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘
|