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3y ago
Why isn't it an answer? At least from a purely utilitarian point of view, cost of educating and raising a child is exorbitant (teachers, food, clothing, shelter, etc) compared to euthanizing them (1 to 5 bullets, executioner pay, and b
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Imagine if your life was just going utterly wrong. You're working hard as you can but you can barely make food or rent, and you're so tired every day that all you can do is just lie there like a dull sack remembering constantly an
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Perhaps. Forgive me for doing so, I did google some rifle ranges in Ireland and the only comparable rifle range to the one I'm speaking of is the Midlands National Shooting Center of Ireland near Tullamore, and it has similar problem t
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I think that's part of the difference though in what you're interested in though. Where I live, If you were shooting long range rifle on a 900+ meter range, public transit isn't going to have service that area because it'
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3y ago
But there in lies the condition. You need to have a tribe/community/circle to take you in. There's going to be people for whom no community will accept them.
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That doesn't seem to check. For his colleagues to be able to make a casual linkage between lowered cognition, tiredness, and irritability to him exercising, they must have observed said symptoms enough times and confirmed it with him m
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I'm not sure I can agree with that. I'm incapable of relationships, but even if it were, my background makes puts me at a elevated probability of becoming abusive towards towards an intimate partner. Would you not say that most if
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> Why are there so many articles about this lately? If nothing else, it is garnering attention. Looking at it from a purely cynical perspective, it resonates enough to generate views from the readers; certainly from this crowd at least.
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>I am not comfortable using either of those terms. Firstly, the choice of the word “celibacy” emphasizes sexuality over other aspects of a romantic relationship. I don’t think of it that way. Secondly, the incel culture turns me off. I h
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4y ago
And I've only ever gotten jobs through resumes. I have no family, friends, or acquaintances. Most people wouldn't willingly be in my presence were it not for the fact that I can occasionally be useful to them. And I rarely leave m
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Please forgive my ignorance as I don't have any real experience with any form of positive relationships with people. But what is the appeal of being in a romantic relationship in today's day and age? Except for the potential of sh
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Slight miscommunication here. I'm talking about someone that genuinely has absolutely no interests whatsoever. Even after trying skiing, bowling, hiking, just about every time sport, reading, music in all forms, performance arts, paint
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4y ago
So what happens when you have no interests, no hobbies, no cause? And for those that do, but lack the time or financial resources to persue them? What then?
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4y ago
I'm neither equipped nor capable to make a judgement on whether it's good or bad. FWIW I don't personally like it. It feels like a cheap impersonal slogan thrown around that embodies the the idea of charity without work or ri
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>By that logic you should evade your taxes and park in handicapped spots. Having kids isn’t an individual choice, it’s a social obligation like paying taxes. Doesn't that then beg the question; if a society can't convince it&#x
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Kinda depends on the question you ask. Type in, "What is the best way to commit suicide painlessly?" into a search engine. The results on DuckDuckGo, Google, and Bing aren't drastically different (setting aside the big banner
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>Drugs may pose a danger to the person using them, others in the facility, potentially imperil any others trying to come clean, alongside countless other effects. In trying to solve one problem, you may well create a dozen potentially fa
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True. I believe Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim have similar beliefs as well in the value of a human life. But belief doesn't always translate into action. Just a living example; many homeless shelters here forbid the use of drugs, even i
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>Until we figure out how to treat people as intrinsically worthwhile and not not punish them for being made redundant by automation, it will always be a catastrophe for everyone targeted. Doesn't that beg the question if a person is
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Cynically speaking, supported and freely provided voluntary euthanasia is also an option as well... with all the good and ill that option brings. I'd certainty take that option if I couldn't ends meet.
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> I’m a destitute & mostly disabled cripple that hasn’t been able to work in three years, has had no stable income for much longer, & unfortunately have the look/bare bones facial structure of what a stereotypical neo-nazi l
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I think that might be one of the author's points. The 'cure' for just as often has been either drugs or alcohol, with former often having often lethal effect. Opiates trigger chemical response similar to affection; it's
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>The sad part is that it doesn't have to be this way. The notion that friendship is something you make time for (to the detriment of your other pursuits) seems to be very modern, very Western and an absolutely terrible idea. Why wou
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"Someone to talk to, someone to depend on, and someone to enjoy." Perhaps this is just due to the fact that I've never had a friend, but I'm not sure what the difference is between what the professor is describing and sa
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I think that's what he's talking about. How is that going to work if he can't speak their language and they can't speak English?
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Perhaps but I doubt anyone here is going to publicly admit support for mass murder on the scale of hundreds of millions as a means of dropping Co2 output. At least not without enough hatred and resentment drummed up for whatever arbitrary l
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The tennis practice wall would care to disagree that can't be done alone. One can very much so spend months playing tennis and never once see or speak to another human being.
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Maybe but it seems like your parents have their health and were taking care of themselves. I'm in my thirties. I'm already suffering from obesity, have chronic pains in the wrists and shoulders and leg, and my hearing and vision a
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> I heard a couple metaphors about this recently. If you don't love yourself, how can you expect to love others fully? If the only kind of love that one know how to show is constant belittling and striking to the point of serious in
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It's on the top of the HN page for whatever reason, and seems to have resonated with some here, and given others just something semi interesting to talk about. Certainly seems to have gotten you talking about it, even if it's to t
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