bill_joy_fanboy

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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
I think I broke your brain.
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
My guess would be that this would depend on income bracket. My worry if divorced would be splitting up my retirement savings. Alimony would probably be comparatively cheap. Still, most people who get divorced probably have nothing to divide
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
> Nothing? This is worse than nutrition studies in terms of being able to draw conclusions. This research result doesn't have to prove causality conclusively to be useful. It is an established fact that higher numbers of premarital
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
If you care about your population surviving, you know that a birth rate below 2 is a serious problem that must be solved. Allowing your populace to sedate itself with weed/booze/porn/etc. is the opposite of solving this probl
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
This isn't really a good answer. "Society" isn't really a unit. The decision to "tolerate" alcohol isn't unanimous, I mean. > If we can tolerate the harms from alcohol, why can't we tolerate the (m
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
Well, a society that makes deleterious substances illegal is more alive than one that embraces them with open arms. Don't you think?
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
Why is the argument always "It's less harmful than alcohol..."? Alcohol is definitely bad. What does marijuana have to do with alcohol?
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_effects_of_cannabis#... Immoral? Yes. However, that's not the only factor. It's actually bad for reproduction.
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
Beer is okay. Therefore, weed is okay. I follow your logic.
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
They won't. Birth rate in Germany is ~1.5-ish. The West seems to be dying by a thousand cuts. This is yet another cut.
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
> This is not the role of the police. Their role is solely punishment and deterrence. Wrong. The role of the police is to enforce the law. If the law says you are not allowed to be in possession of certain substances that you are in poss
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
I agree with you. Our global leaders are trustworthy, as is our education system. We're the smart people. We think the right thoughts.
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
A lot of people would probably be willing to give up a minor drug or alcohol habit to have/keep a high-paying intelligence job. I would certainly accept being "always sober" as a condition of employment if the job was one I r
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
Or, we could call them non-degenerates. You can call them whatever you like, I suppose.
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
Yeah, why prevent anything bad from happening, LOL BTW, if it's a crime to use certain drugs, and you use those drugs and are arrested, and that arrest prevents further crimes, this was NOT an example of "pre-crime". You comm
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
This has gotta be the most intellectually dishonest comment I've ever read. Nobody trusts U.S. intelligence agencies anymore, bro. Whatever.
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
Might it not be smart to prevent those crimes from happening by preventing drug use/abuse in the first place?
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
Alcohol as a "luxury market" is really just a marketing gimmick. It's dressed up to be palatable and to entice people. Dealers gotta make money. "Society" isn't really a unit. Plenty of people would happily mak
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
For an intelligence officer, I would say, yeah, you should probably never be high or drunk. Maybe "never been high/drunk" is too strict. If you're mopping the mess hall, you can probably go home and have a six pack if yo
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
The United States is constantly at war. If spying prevents war, it's not working. LOL...
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
Saying "it's okay to do something bad" (smoke weed) because "someone else did something worse" (drink booze) is hardly an argument. Both are not ideal for people in positions of public trust. I don't want my in
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
You don't get flu-like symptoms from quitting gambling. Is gambling not addictive? Addiction has nothing to do with physical symptoms. It is an urge to engage in a behavior that is damaging. I think you need to get your definitions
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
Like you said, I think looking at younger ages is sufficient. In 1999, teen (15-19) suicide was at around 8/100k, and it's now around 11/100k. It's lower in absolute numbers than in the general population, but there&#x27
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
One way to cut the nonsense is to look at things that can't be fudged. Suicide is an example. You can't "overdiagnose" suicide unless you outright lie that it happened. The rate for suicide was something like 10/100
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by bill_joy_fanboy 3y ago
Where did you come up with the numbers 90% and 10%? Did you just make them up?
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by bill_joy_fanboy 4y ago
It's difficult to worry about higher-order emotions when your basic material needs aren't met.
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by bill_joy_fanboy 4y ago
> Is it possible maybe the problem is they are just a bit too entitled on average, and when things don't go perfectly they can't cope? Maybe it's that things today are generally just worse than they used to be. It is gener
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by bill_joy_fanboy 4y ago
Whenever someone uses the word "entitled", I just hear my mom. People who participate in and contribute to society are entitled to things. They should have a sufficient wage, safe housing, food and clean water. If I as a tax-payin
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by bill_joy_fanboy 4y ago
> You want to fleece your own... but others you let just... walk in ? Sorry for the late reply... No, I don't want these people to just "walk in." I support BTFO'ing all of the above people with punitive taxes. I mi
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by bill_joy_fanboy 4y ago
Well, I don't need the freedom to smoke. So, by having that freedom "taken away", what have I lost? I'll gladly give at least that one thing up to live in a society of healthier people.

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