Harrison

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[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

We brought pigs into existence for the benefit of human conditions, we will take them out of it if and when it becomes necessary.

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

So called ethical treatment impacts the speed and scope of research that can be done, and in doing so delays or prevents the benefits of conducting that research. That means that people who could be saved by animal tested medicines instead die in the time taken to find an alternative.

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's gross is condemning people to die for the sake of some pigs

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I would see a million pigs die before one human.

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hydro destroys environments, uses enormous amounts of concrete and the related disasters have killed orders of magnitude more people than nuclear.

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 11 points 1 year ago

Iraq and Afghanistan had their militaries levelled in a matter of days. It's the occupation that created problems

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 107 points 1 year ago (8 children)

It's neither of those things. Words have meanings, and legal terms have very specific meanings.

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Climate change is not going to be literally the end of the world, or even human civilization. At the worst we'll see mass immigration to the global north and the centre equatorial band become more difficult to inhabit.
Farm yields will probably drop to some extent, and we might see a few wars, but we are fairly well equipped to survive.

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

The same thing except you then have to pay for the disk, distribution and worry about stock and so on.

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

until you have a library that you can rent games for free close to you.

It's called a torrenting client

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Better mod tools and more quickly

[–] Harrison@ttrpg.network 12 points 1 year ago

In the west there are laws about public indecency which legislate what people may wear outside and these rules demand women wear shirts but do not demand the same of men.

In some western countries, there are ones that do not make a distinction

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