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I just wanna code without thinking about the stuff happening in the world. Political stuff has its spaces, why does it have to infest everything else

cies 5y ago
Because sanctions. Trade is obvious, but sports, visas, communication and software are also used. I think even most trade sanction are bad, it leads to more escalation. "When trade stops war begins" it is said.
- toxik 5y ago
  In this case, war begun and then trade was stopped.
toxik 5y ago
You are quite literally saying "I want to exist in a vacuum", and that is just not reality. Let's use a thought experiment. You are the neighborhood's mechanic, and you do small jobs for everybody - bikes, cars, trailers. Now, your next door neighbor has been throwing dog shit on your lawn, started kicking down your mailbox in the morning, set fire to your hedge during the night. So you say, hey, asshole, I'm not fixing your bikes anymore. In fact, you want people to acknowledge what an asshole your neighbor is when you fix their bikes. But then, nigma1337 comes along, and says, "bikes don't have anything to do with your dispute, you should still fix his bikes, and I don't want to acknowledge anything!", and that's just absurd, man.
- nigma1337 5y ago
  That is a very good thought experiment, but i think this situation is more like me, as a mechanic going "Hey toxik, if you want me to continue to fix your bike, sign here that i'm right in my dispute against my neighbor and he is bad", while I agree, i'd prefer not to be dragged into it/reminded of it everywhere I go.
aaomidi 5y ago
No one is stopping you. If you're engaging with others, and you're using their shit, then you're participating in a thing that's much larger than yourself. Don't want that? Write your own stuff from scratch and don't think about what's happening in the world. You're currently demanding the world change to play to your whims. That's not how this works.
- nigma1337 5y ago
  I'm just putting out my opinion, I say the exact same thing when politics get brought up at the dinner table, it has its place, right now i just want to have dinner.

cies 5y ago

Because sanctions. Trade is obvious, but sports, visas, communication and software are also used. I think even most trade sanction are bad, it leads to more escalation. "When trade stops war begins" it is said.

toxik 5y ago
In this case, war begun and then trade was stopped.

toxik 5y ago

You are quite literally saying "I want to exist in a vacuum", and that is just not reality. Let's use a thought experiment. You are the neighborhood's mechanic, and you do small jobs for everybody - bikes, cars, trailers. Now, your next door neighbor has been throwing dog shit on your lawn, started kicking down your mailbox in the morning, set fire to your hedge during the night. So you say, hey, asshole, I'm not fixing your bikes anymore. In fact, you want people to acknowledge what an asshole your neighbor is when you fix their bikes. But then, nigma1337 comes along, and says, "bikes don't have anything to do with your dispute, you should still fix his bikes, and I don't want to acknowledge anything!", and that's just absurd, man.

nigma1337 5y ago
That is a very good thought experiment, but i think this situation is more like me, as a mechanic going "Hey toxik, if you want me to continue to fix your bike, sign here that i'm right in my dispute against my neighbor and he is bad", while I agree, i'd prefer not to be dragged into it/reminded of it everywhere I go.

aaomidi 5y ago

No one is stopping you. If you're engaging with others, and you're using their shit, then you're participating in a thing that's much larger than yourself. Don't want that? Write your own stuff from scratch and don't think about what's happening in the world. You're currently demanding the world change to play to your whims. That's not how this works.

nigma1337 5y ago
I'm just putting out my opinion, I say the exact same thing when politics get brought up at the dinner table, it has its place, right now i just want to have dinner.