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MyBrainHurts

@ MyBrainHurts @lemmy.ca

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    What's one beauty standard that you don't agree with?

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  • being fit becomes a way to signal discipline, long-term planning, a healthy lifestyle, competence, and so on.

    Yeah but I think it'll just be a more explicit marker of wealth instead, sort of how so much of fashion boils down to "how much are you willing to spend?"

  • Why should I continue to financially support the development of Lemmy when the developers operate .ml, an instance that is a prime example of arbitrary censorship?

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  • This really just seems like "I want to complain about .ml" with extra steps.

    I don't care for them, so I don't go there.

    Open source projects will be used for things of which you approve and of which you do not, that is life.

  • Putin ally: Russia ready to facilitate Trump-Musk peace deal

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  • Fyi, what's happening in LA is a much more trumpian distraction; it'll suck up all the media oxygen, it's an (possibly the only, if iirc) issue (immigration) on which he not only has overwhelming Republican support but ALSO a net favourable rating with the public overall.

  • Putin ally: Russia ready to facilitate Trump-Musk peace deal

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  • Oh yeah, he's absolutely trolling and doing so delightfully.

  • Putin ally: Russia ready to facilitate Trump-Musk peace deal

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  • Ehhhh, trump's incredibly successful modus operandi for distraction is to bait the Left into over-reacting etc. Epstein is actually important to a swathe of his voters (as is, I assume the respect of one of the wealthiest men on Earth.)

    If trump wanted a distraction, he'd sifn another ED targetting trans folks or somesuch in a way to make the Left freak out so that the fight becomes about that/our over reaction depending on your pov.

  • Who here cries at TV shows or movies?

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  • I was 34. But maybe a late emotional developer?

  • Who here cries at TV shows or movies?

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  • It's funny, I was pretty much in your shoes (who cries at imaginary people?) For most things. Then covid hit, something flipped and damn, I'm pretty sure I've had tears in more movies in the last 3 years than the 30 before that.

  • POV: You laid down in sight of her majesty.

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  • Well yeah, it's not like you'd have a choice. She does not allow insubordination.

  • The Economist's global rip off

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  • How on Earth is this irrational? Why would they charge less than the maximum the market will bear? The paper is literally the Economist.

  • I'm thinking about swapping my house with someone in another country. Any tips?

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  • My folks have done this maybe 10 times without issue. There are whole websites etc, happy to pass on the one my parents used if you'd like. (I'd have ti ask etc or I'd just share it.)

  • MyPillow Founder's Lawyer Filed AI-Generated Brief with Near 30 Bogus Citations

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  • If chatgpt is good enough for American foreign policy, it should be good enough for the law!

  • Gen Z is very underwhelmed by congressional Democrats

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  • "But it's borrrrrrring when it's not an election! What, you want me to show up to vote in the primaries too? What are you, some kinda fascist make me vote guy?"

  • How my day is going:

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  • It was going to be announced at his retirement party on Monday... You know the dev likes surprises.

  • When you think back to a day at work that left you feeling accomplished and satisfied - what happened that day?

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  • Honestly, a lot of days make me feel satisfied. I work on the comp side of a fundraising department for a large public university. I'm good at what I do, enjoy it and have earned enough of a reputation that people generally let me tackle whatever comes my way however I want.

    So, if I have a good productive day, I feel like maybe more students got scholarships because of my work that day. And I work from home so if I did well at work, found time to do my "old man refuses to stop playing sports with kids in their 20s" exercises AND had a couple good homecooked meals, well yeah, I feel pretty accomplished and satisfied.

    But yeah, doing something I like for a cause which I ferverently support, I have more good days than bad. Working from home is a heck of a cherry on top though.

  • Why is Germany so prevalent on Lemmy?

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  • I've wondered and never thought to ask. Thanks, the resulting conversation has been awesome.

  • Is it ethical for a parent to raise their children in their faith tradition?

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  • Utilitarianism makes sense from first principles, Kant is just his opinions.

  • Is it ethical for a parent to raise their children in their faith tradition?

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  • It's act vs rule ethics, what is ethical in a particular situation may not be broadly applicable to society.

    Edit: And from the religious parents perspective, letting your beloved child suffer an eternity of torment is probably not super moral. I may disagree but that's their perspective and there's no arbiter make the call.

  • Is it ethical for a parent to raise their children in their faith tradition?

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  • I think that's the ethical answer too.

    We can't know who is right, so I don't see any ethical way to intervene.

    I hate when I see parents giving their kids a screen instead of interacting with them or worse, ignoring their kid im favour of their phone. But again, I don't feel it is ethical to interfere.

  • Is it ethical for a parent to raise their children in their faith tradition?

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  • Their kid, their call up until the point the child's safety is in danger.

    I have no more right to tell them how to raise their kids than they have about my entirely hypothetical and undesired kids. I may not agree with their choices and they may not agree with mine, I may think they are raising their kids to be less moral, they may think the same with the added bonus that I'm condemning mine to an eternity of torment.

    That's life in a pluralistic society.