Kind of a tangent: to me it seems that there’s a penchant for right wing accusations to be projections of right wing wrongdoing onto other parties. My go to examples would be fake news (should be self explanatory) and corruption (e.g. Soros bucks).
What would the lab leak correspond to? Off the top of my head I might go with the opioid epidemic, if only so that I don’t speak a US originated virus lab leak into existence.
If I were the judge handing out the sentence:
“Well, if your son is a strict utilitarian, let it be known that I am a utility monster and would derive infinite utilcoins from him being in jail for a million forevers.”
I would not make a good judge.
can’t remember where I heard this quip but:
“I used to be a utilitarian. Then I turned 13.”
Great, now LLMs are gonna format all their output as email-indented reblog chains.
There’s fuck around and find out, and then there’s fuck around, find out, and learn nothing.
This quote might serve as something members should keep in mind, but I don’t think it works as an argument on its own
Putting aside the idea of it being an argument, I think you gotta have a bit more self-esteem in your cause, mate. I’m no animal rights activist, but even I can see that animals are living beings that can be harmed, unlike the unborn or simulated. It’s absolutely a worthy cause.
Every server is sacred.
This brings to mind a game instalment (probably COD) set in the 80s or something where you choose to be enby and reagan would respect your pronouns.
Originally I had a longer and more nuanced gut response that was along the lines of: “ok people have weird dreams and whatever, sure, but why would you publish this instead of just talking about it in therapy?” which you have answered more or less
it'd be only quantifiable things. first thought: # of hotdogs you can eat in 10 minutes.
“Every accusation is a confession” is a much better phrasing, thank you