arkey

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by arkey 2y ago
So the best you can hope for, if mass control is what you want, is the combination of comfortably and leisurely uneducated people, isn't it?
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by arkey 2y ago
I agree with this and that's why I think social media, mass media and so on exist. However I'm curious as to why you attribute or limit this to 'conservatives' only. Is this really something exclusive or characteristic o
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by arkey 2y ago
I concede you're partially right, and I was later regretting my tone, until I re-read a few of the comments and answers. Still, I actually agree with the content of what you're saying, although maybe not the intention or the concl
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by arkey 2y ago
Again, I find it very small-minded to imply that I'm a denier because I advocate for questioning what we are told. Furthermore, you are putting words on my mouth which make no sense at all. People should understand there can be healthy
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by arkey 2y ago
Please understand the "as is presented to us". I'm not denying climate change as a whole or in absolute, I just want to point out that there's enough evidence to think that the world as we know it won't actually end
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by arkey 2y ago
Don't you think this could quickly devolve into legitimising suicide as something normal and valid, as opposed to something that should be avoided, through proper care, support and help?
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by arkey 2y ago
Hang on in there mate. If not now, eventually they will be grateful.
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by arkey 2y ago
I was that kid (I mean one with boundaries set, with parents that acted against all of this, just to be clear) and now a father, with my second kid on her way. Still very young, so I can't claim to have much experience. But I am gettin
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by arkey 2y ago
No, they can do quite a lot, it's just VERY hard, for both the parents and the kids. But if properly done, it can work. I was/have been the kid in this scenario, and now I'm being the parent and bracing for it. Social pressur
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by arkey 3y ago
Because "medical services" is an euphemism for killing, in this case. You can read my other replies for more context, but what I see as a problem here is that all this will normalise death. By enabling it, we're one step clos
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by arkey 3y ago
Right, so the answer to my question apparently is yes.
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by arkey 3y ago
Also, I'd like to constructively challenge the idea of "enabling" something that someone is free to do. You're free to kill yourself, yes, nothing anyone can do about it. But is it good to help enabling it? If yes, then
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by arkey 3y ago
If that's your position, there's no use in us arguing. I differ, considering life as sacred, and worried though not surprised of how we're moving as a society from holding life as sacred, at least in appearance, to overtly di
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by arkey 3y ago
My general experience received from doctors in my adult life has been, in summary, "Go take some Ibuprofen and stop bothering me". And because of some other, more complex cases close to me, I will NEVER trust a doctor's &quot
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by arkey 3y ago
So we should go about enabling the "better" committing of wrong acts? A killer set on killing will kill anyway, so maybe we could pair them up and have both happy? The "they will do it anyway" argument is as absurd as it
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by arkey 3y ago
> This strongly suggests that sharing genes with a deadbeat dad is worse for you than not being raised by a father. I find that the implications of this being true are very troubling. Maybe you could attribute the outcomes to the differe
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by arkey 3y ago
Apologies, I probably misunderstood your comment and I'm sorry if you missed out on something you hoped for. I agree, today's society in many places can make it very hard for young people to start a family.
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by arkey 3y ago
If you, like me, only go to Amazon when you've already decided to buy a certain thing, then you probably just stay with the "will arrive tomorrow" part. However the countdown could add some pressure if you're still decid
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by arkey 3y ago
Independence is cool and all that, but I'd rather go with the teamwork of marriage and family. Power over their own lives... well, I'd say both men and women give it up in marriage, at least in a functioning, idealistic one. If yo
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by arkey 3y ago
No, I agree with you, maybe I was wrong in assuming parent meant it in a more generalistic way. But then again, the points you bring up, I'd argue it's quite difficult to figure all that out before having a kid. Everything I said
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by arkey 3y ago
> The notion that parents have much to do with how kids turn out is a myth. This is honestly fascinating. It's obviously not true, just by taking into account the consequences of it being actually true. Am I missing something? The s
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by arkey 3y ago
After reading the comments I understand this MUST mean people in Niger, Angola, etc. are more financially ready to have kids than people in Europe, Japan, USA, South Corea, etc.
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by arkey 3y ago
My own experience is that most people focus on the stresses, worries and overall negative(?) aspects. Maybe I've had it easy and I'm incredibly fortunate, which I often feel like, but after becoming a father I would tell you that
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by arkey 3y ago
I think consensus with the partner on how to raise a child would be a given. I don't understand how people get to late stages of a relationship before starting to talk about having kids. And yes, parenthood is hard, it's tough, yo
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by arkey 3y ago
Why can't you have a kid at 25 without messing up your life? Some people do.
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by arkey 3y ago
Reading all these comments I just keep thinking it's all a matter of priorities. If you really want to do something, the sooner you do it the better. Responsibly, of course. What "responsibly" means in any case might also be
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by arkey 3y ago
Thank you for this.
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by arkey 3y ago
> Your mindset and business philosophy matters far more than your degree. I completely agree with you, and therefore with the idea that having a background in engineering is still not a guarantee of success or even good practices or good
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by arkey 3y ago
That's the whole point. That's precisely why you need managers with backgrounds in engineering in a business based on engineering.
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by arkey 3y ago
> Creationism doesn't explain anything. How so? For that to happen you'd need to have the usual "evolution-is-science-and-creationism-is-religion-which-denies-science" stance, no? There are creationist scientists, the

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