@unmind the first philosophy book I finished was Plato's Republic

@unmind Nietzsche loved being German so much that he tried to convince everyone he was ethnically Polish

@julieofthespirits @aud according to wikipedia he also joined a white supremacist gang while in prison

lesswrong teaches you how to lobotomize yourself with a "Bayesian" icepick so you can give Yud more money for "AI research"

"what kind of bigot was Nietzsche" is a great litmus test to see who's actually read Nietzsche

this is still less stupid than the Nazis' interpretation of Nietzsche

Happy Merchant cartoonist died, rest in piss

I like to think the crocodile just gave up. like "fuck this, I'm out"

thank you all so much! 💛💜🤍🖤

@sayyid_qishta happy solar return

As my own narrative and the larger story were ripped apart, I glimpsed a shockingly indifferent world in which I had no more significance than any other edible being. The thought, ‘This can’t be happening to me, I’m a human being, I am more than just food!’ was one component of my terminal incredulity. It was a shocking reduction, from a complex human being to a mere piece of meat. Reflection has persuaded me that not just humans but any creature can make the same claim to be more than just food. We are edible, but we are also much more than edible. Respectful, ecological eating must recognize both of these things. I was a vegetarian at the time of my encounter with the crocodile, and remain one today. This is not because I think predation itself is demonic and impure, but because I object to the reduction of animal lives in factory farming systems that treat them as living meat.

Val Plumwood https://www.aislingmagazine.com/aislingmagazine/articles/TAM30/ValPlumwood.html

I am tired of seeing people engage in emotional self-harm for political purposes

there are a lot of people whose quality of life would improve if they didn't feel so pressured to care about other people all the time

why does the flag of Olympia, WA look like it was made in MS Paint

@unmind according to his website he's a Reconstructionist Jew with a Marxist bent https://www.justinsled...

(pls boost for reach beyond this instance)
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