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neatchee,

This is such a complicated question because it gets into the origins of religion and belief systems in general, but also power and class struggles, economics, social psychology and propaganda, and more.

Lots of people haven’t been properly educated Lots of people have been indoctrinated Lots of people have a reason to exploit the beliefs of others Lots of people value comfort and community above scientific accuracy or consistency

Can you refine your question a bit?

neatchee, (edited )

Da Vinci’s Notebook has you covered: youtu.be/ezd_gZxOukw?si=yQJ38BXRZU7BzJ7-

neatchee, (edited )

Acting funny, but I don’t know why… 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky kiss this guy

Hendrix. Purple Haze

Me vs my ISP

So I was looking into getting port forwarding set up and I realized just how closed-off the internet has gotten since the early days. It’s concerning. It used to be you would buy your own router and connect it to the internet, and that router would control port-forwarding and what-have-you....

neatchee,

This is primarily geographic

neatchee, (edited )

there’s no reason to provide free labor

I never said I don’t return carts

Me thinks there is a contradiction afoot

Are your saying you provide free labor for no reason?

neatchee, (edited )

Right. Animals act solely on instinct

neatchee, (edited )

Ladies and gentlemen, exhibit A

Your misguided attempt at rebellion against capitalism in reality only hurts the grunt that has to pick up after your inconsiderate ass. You think your behavior actually costs the company anything? You think they hire an extra person because of people like you? No. You just make some poor sap at the bottom of the pecking order that much more miserable

Congratulations on making yourself feel righteous at the expense of your fellow plebs

neatchee,

The existence of Aldi carts is proof that there are a lot of people out there with no ability to self govern

neatchee,

Lol “moral obligation”. You don’t do it because you’re obligated. You do it because it’s nice for the worker, and for the other customers who don’t want to navigate around your abandoned cart

neatchee, (edited )

If you’re taking an action, then there’s a reason for it, even if you don’t yourself comprehend it ;D

Also “I do random shit for no reason” may not be a great thing to admit. I point you back to the “Savage animal” bit in the original comment

neatchee, (edited )

The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct.

A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society.

neatchee,

🍿

neatchee,

… So we can pay for things twice? Pass

neatchee,

I’m putting some cloth over the end with a rubberband and filling it with crushed altoids. If I’m gonna huff sewage fumes, let’s at least make it minty fresh

neatchee, (edited )

PROTIP: Whenever possible, shape/place the food you’re heating like a donut. ( O )

Microwaves need to penetrate the food; if it’s a big lump, it’s hard to reach the stuff in the middle. By using a “donut” shape, you are creating more surface area, and spreading out the “middle” so it’s easier for microwaves to reach all the parts of the food equally

neatchee,

Always fun to see how many people don’t realize “zionists” and “Jews” are not synonyms, and that many zionists are only “supporting the Jewish state” because they think all the Jews need to be there to trigger the second coming

Fun times

neatchee,

There are lots of reasons to pirate stuff, but this argument in particular boils down to “We should steal stuff now because maybe some day in the future I won’t be able to use the paid version after they go out of business.” And that is shitty.

You bought it, so go crack it now that the license check is broken and nobody will care. That’s GOOD piracy. Support the creators, pirate when you can’t or it’s unreasonable to pay (more).

Don’t just pirate to mitigate theoretical future inconvenience. Do it to circumvent actual inconvenience, or to get things you couldn’t otherwise afford, or to say “fuck you” to big, shitty companies.

But pirating from a small-time dev just in case there are maybe license problems far in the future is not The Way

neatchee,

… You’re suggesting pirating a small dev’s app…to protest surveillance by the app store owner?

That’s not how it works. If you don’t like the policies of the store, then ask the dev to put it on another store. If they refuse, don’t use their product because they suck.

Choosing to limit your product to a shitty store is a developer choice. That gives you the right to not use their product, not the right to steal it. Otherwise, pay for it and then install a cracked version to remove the surveillance or whatever

neatchee,

Yeah, exactly. It’s the same reason I have little hesitance pirating a game I already have when the platform I have it on doesn’t support mods (looking at you, Xbox game pass)

neatchee,

Absolutely. I do that regularly. Purchase to support the creators, pirate to meet some specific use case.

neatchee,

Totally. Though, that case can be a tiny bit tricky. Like, people should be allowed to remove stuff from the Internet that they’ve created if they want, but it should also be okay to archive content that may be abandoned or lost. Hard to create rules that differentiate the two effectively for enforcement

neatchee,

“I’m going to steal stuff because if I don’t then people who NEED to steal it won’t be able to” is some serious mental gymnastics.

Your argument only works for creating cracks, not consuming them. Absolutely create cracks even when they aren’t needed. But that’s not the same as using the crack even when you don’t need to, just because you can

neatchee, (edited )

“Deprive small indie devs of revenue because advertisers would get a cut” is a bad take. Support small developers or don’t use their product. If a small dev chooses to use a platform you don’t like then don’t use their product.

IMO piracy is only justified when it corrects for a problem. Doing it without consideration for who is being harmed isn’t cool.

If taking $1 from Google also means taking $5 from a small dev, you’re doing more harm than good

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