chewz

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1711.
by chewz 9y ago
I disagree. Sex puts you through a lot of suffering (disappointment, self-doubt, rejection, bad life decisions etc.) and simply is a great waste of resources (time, money, energy etc.) and in modern times even more so cause it isn't us
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by chewz 9y ago
I have been trying to be sarcastic. Sorry. I do not support legalizing drugs, decriminalization yes. I am afraid that capitalism and greed, lobbying and 'free market' will be given a chance to make big profits from it. And put mor
1713.
by chewz 9y ago
Exactly. But Protestant Work Ethic doesn't make sense anymore when work is scarce and there are millions of unemployed without any prospects. So how do you avoid revolution and keep voters happy? Legalize drugs, supply computer games a
1714.
by chewz 9y ago
Sure. How do you keep millions of unemployed people happy? Give them drugs and UBI.
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by chewz 9y ago
Deleted account in 2013. All facebook related domains blocked via hosts file on my router and on VPN that my iPhone uses. Used Instagram but it got creepy too. Never used WhatsUp.
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by chewz 9y ago
I would rather say that it is more like disenfranchisement of middle and small landowners in the late XIX century in Europe. Land lost it's store of wealth status, governments aimed at land reforms and wealth creation shifted to areas
1717.
by chewz 9y ago
Start new religion. Few sermons, overturning few tables in a temple and provoking violent retribution. Chance that elite will reorient it's aspirations from militarism into monasticism and the evil empire will be a toast. Organize a sm
1718.
by chewz 9y ago
Well market supposed to be self-regulating automata aiming at discovery of optimal price at maximum benefit to the consumers. And it is clearly not working like that - both price and quality benefits are nowhere to be fund. Isn't over
1719.
by chewz 9y ago
Really disappointed that 90% Buddhist country lead by Peace Nobel Laureate is persecuting minority Rohingya for years and on such a scale.
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Rohingya persecution in Myanmar(bbc.com)
3 points by chewz 9y ago|2 comments
1721.
by chewz 9y ago
I disagree. I have grown up in Poland, in 70-ties and 80-ties. We were agricultural but poor country with communist economy. The meat - ham and sausage were rationed, so were sugar. Some of largest strikes in 1976 broke out when government
1722.
by chewz 9y ago
Soviet Union lost Cold War due to being overspent to death in arms race by Reagan and his Star Wars programs. They had decided to drop the towel and re-group rather then reverse to pre-1956 economic levels. However the neoliberalism, dereg
1723.
by chewz 9y ago
Lots of pre-1917 Russians weren't fond of socialism or any form of wealth redistribution. They have lost all their wealth and their lives as well. Some levels of inequality are healthy and motivating, extreme social inequality with lar
1724.
by chewz 9y ago
Sorry for late reply. This book is pretty good introduction for modern reader. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13629522-philosophy-for-... I am also close to epicureism (enjoying intellectual pleasure without
1725.
by chewz 9y ago
Rome has kept entire population on Universal Basic Income for hundreds of years. Some of best an most peaceful years in the history of Europe. Wars of I BC century and Roman laws that put people into slavery for debts had brought hundreds o
1726.
by chewz 9y ago
booking.com is a deliberate scam. Their business model is to lock customer into reservation that he would have to cancel and booking.com will keep the money. Booking.com puts a lot of pressure (through dark UI patterns) to make a reservatio
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by chewz 9y ago
Perhaps the Nature is starting to fight back against explosion of human population and associated damage.
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by chewz 9y ago
I won't deny it. Pickups driving 150 km/h, minivan drivers on pills, no seatbelt. It all happens. But living and driving and driving in SE Asia makes me always wonder where these data come from. It is against my personal experienc
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by chewz 9y ago
I am a cynic. I do agree with compassion and kindness as basis of humanity. Eudaimonia. But I do reject shame and guilt as motivation. For me this is just a mechanism of social coercion, especially for urban societies. https://en
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by chewz 9y ago
I am more then 6 years sober through AA. Before I have tried a professional help and it didn't work. My personality is allergic to psychotherapeutics b..t, I cannot stand someone telling my about my flaws. What has worked for me in AA
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by chewz 9y ago
You should check calcium, vitamine D. and parathyroid hormone levels and consult a physician. Brain fog is typical for elevated levels of calcium. I had a thyroid cancer which affected parathyroid glands (rare) and had a brain fog for like