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I wonder what opinions and values you hold which someone could make a convincing argument for cutting you off about. Or who would find your job offensive.

tempaccount5050 5mo ago
Worrying about what other people think is the biggest waste of energy. I'm glad a lot of people wouldn't be friends with me because of some of my ideals. I don't want to be liked by everyone. Why would you?
- halestock 5mo ago
  Because society functions a lot better when it has people in it who like each other.
  - tempaccount5050 5mo ago
    Homogeny is not good for society.
    - halestock 5mo ago
      Nothing I said has anything to do with homogeneity.
- teachrdan 5mo ago
  > I don't want to be liked by everyone. Why would you? Eh, this is a bit of a straw man, no? It's one thing to be liked by everyone. It's another for a (presumably) long time, close friend to say they can no longer respect you due to your decisions. In this case, it's someone who is already making a lot of money, who could make even more by working for a company that builds AI killing machines. Telling that person they are making a serious mistake is doing them a favor. Wouldn't you want your friends to do the same for you?
  - tempaccount5050 5mo ago
    Yeah, that's what I'm saying. "Liking" or blindly accepting everyone regardless of what believe or do just because you have known them for some period of time is silly.
karim79 5mo ago
My job doesn't involve murdering people. It does not contribute to the death of people nor animals. It is somewhat insignificant. My job does pay my bills and put food on the table but is certainly less glamorous than something which changes the lives of millions of people (though in some way it might). It is definitively inoffensive. Adding a line of code to a killing machine. That is something else my friend.
- bulbar 5mo ago
  So you don't live in a country supporting another country that's at war or has been at war lately? Otherwise your taxes contribute to the death of people. People feel much better having some distance from cruelty, that's why they prefer to eat meat from animals that were tortured their whole life and then killed, but somewhere else where your don't see it happening.

tempaccount5050 5mo ago

Worrying about what other people think is the biggest waste of energy. I'm glad a lot of people wouldn't be friends with me because of some of my ideals. I don't want to be liked by everyone. Why would you?

halestock 5mo ago
Because society functions a lot better when it has people in it who like each other.
- tempaccount5050 5mo ago
  Homogeny is not good for society.
  - halestock 5mo ago
    Nothing I said has anything to do with homogeneity.
teachrdan 5mo ago
> I don't want to be liked by everyone. Why would you? Eh, this is a bit of a straw man, no? It's one thing to be liked by everyone. It's another for a (presumably) long time, close friend to say they can no longer respect you due to your decisions. In this case, it's someone who is already making a lot of money, who could make even more by working for a company that builds AI killing machines. Telling that person they are making a serious mistake is doing them a favor. Wouldn't you want your friends to do the same for you?
- tempaccount5050 5mo ago
  Yeah, that's what I'm saying. "Liking" or blindly accepting everyone regardless of what believe or do just because you have known them for some period of time is silly.

karim79 5mo ago

My job doesn't involve murdering people. It does not contribute to the death of people nor animals. It is somewhat insignificant. My job does pay my bills and put food on the table but is certainly less glamorous than something which changes the lives of millions of people (though in some way it might). It is definitively inoffensive. Adding a line of code to a killing machine. That is something else my friend.

bulbar 5mo ago
So you don't live in a country supporting another country that's at war or has been at war lately? Otherwise your taxes contribute to the death of people. People feel much better having some distance from cruelty, that's why they prefer to eat meat from animals that were tortured their whole life and then killed, but somewhere else where your don't see it happening.