I suspect that’s where evolution comes in, as it is a strong driving force that’s pushing us in a direction continuously, so in that sense we evolved a sense of happiness or sadness.

besides, the major reason why i like molotov cocktails and similar things is because of how easily they are made and it doesn’t require any special ingredients. they can be made either with alcohol or gasoline, and both are widely available. the thing with the aluminium, rust and magnesium is that some of these ingredients aren’t exactly what you’d find in every home, and if trump goes all-in, he surely will make it illegal to sell these things in shops if people actually do use it to build fireworks out of them.

A sandwich bag of aluminum and rust with a magnesium starter will melt through 4 inches of steel.

howo do you apply that practically? you’ll hardly have time to install that setup on the car of an ICE vehicle or some place where you pass by by chance. Where else could that be useful?

yeah it actually did happen to me irl some years ago when we were on a field trip and a girl who had already flirted with me for the past two days suddenly wore a perfume and i think it was that that made it really difficult for me to stay clear-minded. could have also been the flirting though, i’m not sure actually.

you’re right, i should have been more careful about this.

i just contacted an old friend of mine who had that view, and he too says that he’s changed his mind about this and no longer sees it that way.

Israel does not have a future after this. They’re removing their own credibility, and the world knows it. They’re nothing but a rogue state at this point, waiting to be put to sleep like a rabid dog.

Like a dying star undergoing supernova. A rampant destruction at the end.

genuinely, toss in some starchy bread and maybe fruit in there, please. your gut will thank you.

U might want to change that pepsi for some bananas or baked stuff. Like, fruit cake is excellent. And cheap at the local market. :)

Might become surprisingly relevant as fireworks and other explosives could be used in an attack on ICE vehicles and infrastructure.

alternative organizations need to be established quickly. States need to take it on themselves to independent of the federal government.

I do wonder whether it would be possible to use drones with explosives to blow these things up, ideally before people get there.

today i learned. and it alignes so well with how in medieval times, only firstborns were expected to inherit the family farm and have children themselves. At least that’s how it was in many areas.

I always assumed that homophobia is about a subconscious fear of spreading diseases and stuff, as that’s more common in gay people by a lot.

Uuh that’s a very difficult thing.

It’s like wearing agressive perfume full of hormomes. It might cause somebody to get an erection but it’s still hella uncomfortable and annoying. Not really consensual and i see why it pisses people off.

no they were spot on. it just takes a while for the change to take effect in the outside world.

actually yes, figuratively is the word that i should have used.

The article is well-written. I wonder how many employees will still be needed in 10+ years from now.

In case you haven’t heard about it, the labor market is regulated by supply and demand. That means, if there’s less demand, but supply stays equal, wages decline. That’s what people experience for the last decades. If this trend continues, demand for human labor might become very weak. That’s why people for one can no longer rely only on the incomes through the labor (wages), but need good safety nets (Universal Basic Income, UBI).

And also, demand for labor is another way of saying “how much are humans needed to perform tasks”. What if humans aren’t needed? Will people be ok with that?

You don’t need much of the things they market to you.

Today i learned i don’t need food …

exactly this. i suspect that in any parallel universe with god, there comes a time of enormous stress right before the eternal paradise that awaits behind it. that is because we have to be waken up, and that can only be done through a rough time.

so, in a certain sense, the current circumstances of long work hours aren’t so much avoidable as it is an unavoidable part of history that we have to go through. As such, “we” are the consciousness that carries us through these difficult times.

be glad you weren’t born on a desolate island surrounded only by sharks and inhabited only by poisonous food

point is, don’t compare yourself to the worst alternative. labor hours spiked around 1800-1900, but were significantly lower before and after that.