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History Major. Cripple. Vaguely Left-Wing. In pain and constantly irritable.

Sorry to anyone I didn't DM goodbye. I sorted people very 'ad hoc', and my own spotty focus and memory didn't help. I recognized a lot of users in my time on here, and most of you I enjoyed very much. I think, in particular, I forgot some Slrpnk users.

Good luck, going forward. o7

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  • Yes, that’s me. Maybe the bit you’re missing is that if you work at a company, the company’s products are your products.

    I'll be sure to tell the janitor.

    It's like you don't even understand the core moral dilemma of being an engineer working for a military supplier.

    No, that’s not what I mean, and I’d appreciate you not putting words in my mouth.

    So this isn't you?

    We were at “working for companies profiting from genocide is wrong” and we’ve started right there.

    Or is this not actually where we are or were at, and this line is complete disingenuous bullshit?

    There is a material difference between providing Israel with military equipment and with some random consumer product that is just distributed everywhere. Sure, I’d argue it’s still wrong to do the latter, but it’s still a huge difference.

    Ah, of course, if you're enabling the genocide through non-military means, it's okay. I mean, it's not like supplying Israel with goods frees up more of Israel's resources for military production and action.

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  • You could’ve just said “yes, I think that’s where the ethical line is”, instead of linking logical fallacies wikipedia like a fourteen year old atheist.

    Except what I'm pointing out is not where I think the ethical line is, I'm pointing out that you're arguing in blatant bad faith because you know your actual position isn't defensible.

    We haven’t moved anywhere.

    This you?

    If you’re working for a western arms manufacturer you can be pretty certain your products will end up in Israel too.

    Sorry that you can't remember what you said a whole comment ago.

    We were at “working for companies profiting from genocide is wrong” and we’ve started right there.

    So what you mean is "If you're working for a major Western company, period, you're in the wrong." Since the list of Western companies that don't do business with Israel is very small.

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  • How many Eurofighters does Israel operate?

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  • Weapons can be used for defense or offense. Just be sure that you can sleep at night with the potential consequences - and that your work may be used on the wrong side just as easily as the right side.

    On the other hand, if you're working for an Israeli defense company, you can be pretty certain where your results are going to go, and should maybe just... not.

  • Teleporting to Albania seems OP, I'd definitely take it.

  • Funny enough, by the time I reached college, my professors were all extremely positive about Wikipedia. Though they emphasized that, as an encyclopedia, it was not valid to use as a source, they all praised it for its breadth, accessibility, and providing citations to valid sources that often could be used in an academic context.

  • Legitimately, Wiki is one of the great institutions of the modern net. One of the few things that I look at, with all its flaws, and say "Damn, that's a fine contribution to human society"

  • Just gotta bargain 'em down

  • Like kids balancing on railings

  • Precious!

  • I know people like this. I grew up with people like this.

    They will express genuine, deeply-rooted outrage at an issue, and then file it away in the memory hole under "All politicians are bad anyway" when they go to vote Republican in the next election.

  • Government drones gone rogue

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  • Cutting. I love it.

  • "How could the good Tsar do this!? 😭"

  • With the popularity of the Yellowstone series on that side, I think the base is going to be torn here.

    Nah. It'll go right down the memory hole.

  • I once saw a video of a soldier coming home to his cat. The cat leapt right up into his arms. Sweetest thing I'd seen all month.

  • I think your cat has acne

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    You came to the wrong neighborhood, motherfucker

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    "I'm begging you, with tears in my eyes"

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    Real talk

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    Lord, do I

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    Hoc regula est

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    "AND THEN NERO RAN AROUND HIS PALACE DRESSED AS A FURRY RAVISHING HIS CONCUBINES"

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    "Have mercy!" they all cry. But like the Romans, I have no mercy.

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    This meme is okay

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    You'll take my carbs from my cold, dead hands

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    Legitimately makes my day

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    The good doctor

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    Varlet! Copium has no expiration date!