littletimmy

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by littletimmy 11y ago
You should think in terms of communities and their histories, not in terms of individuals.
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It is the plight of a people. The same relation that the Holocaust has to the Jews of today. Perhaps you also think Jews should stop complaining about the Holocaust?
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I am quite pessimistic about the human regard for animals. It was very recently that we got to regard other humans as intelligent and deserving of respect - black people, an example in particular. By the time we get to accepting animals a
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by littletimmy 11y ago
Many thanks for your kind words. It's cool to see that even though our religions are (were) very different (mine was Islam), we nonetheless have a very similar view. :)
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by littletimmy 11y ago
I was happier when I was religious. That's the main reason I've considered going back to it. Couldn't do it :(
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How is unprocessed food engineered to make you want more? You mean if I buy chicken from a local grocer, it's corrupted?
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by littletimmy 11y ago
Is it easy to go back to believing once you not are non-religious? I've only seen it going one way, and I find it really hard to go back to religion even if I want to (because of the whole "it's irrational" aspect, since
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by littletimmy 11y ago
> I bought completely into the whole "liberal arts" marketing sold by "elite" American college Oh brother, this brings back some memories. I also swallowed this "liberal arts = food for soul" bullshit wholes
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Aren't both Twitter and Square not doing so well? Maybe he should focus on one, or learn to delegate better instead of working 18-hour days.
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They're an ethnicity, yes. But you get my point. Native Americans are an ethnicity, but criticizing them as a group is looked down upon pretty heavily.
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Here's the problem: once you allow ascribing a particular laudatory quality to a certain group, you HAVE to concede that certain groups have bad qualities. That is, unless group qualities are only good, a claim for which there is no ev
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by littletimmy 11y ago
The problem is that in the United States, a college is not a place to learn but rather a finishing school to define to what social class you belong. If you go to the Ivy League, you're a member of the elite. What to do to get there? Cu
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by littletimmy 11y ago
This evokes memories of colonialism. Most Indians I know are like "gtfo we don't need your help" and Zuckerberg is going like "well I'm going to help you whether you like it or not." It is SO obvious he's
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Technically correct, but the ad campaign is trying to make it sound like it's only to do good. That's what's hypocritical. That said, Facebook is not good.
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by littletimmy 11y ago
We can take a global macro view when it comes to animals. Why should their lives be as important as people's? Ability to feel pain? Scarcity? [In the sense that there are 7 billion people and only 5000 tigers, so we should focus on sav
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by littletimmy 11y ago
I don't think sentience should be a criteria for value of life. Even if a lion isn't sentient, so what? This speciest emphasis on human-like features as criterion for value shouldn't be dominant in the first place.
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by littletimmy 11y ago
Maybe the Westerners who exploited these lands should pay reparations to Africa and fast-track their development past industrialization. Or just offer Africans resettlement in Europe and the United States, thereby preserving African wildern
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by littletimmy 11y ago
It's not about money, it's about power. He who directs what a few hundred million people see on the internet has tremendous power - and that what Zuckerberg is after. He is not to be trusted with such power - no one should be trus
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by littletimmy 11y ago
Is it the slippery slope you're worried about? Nobody is really talking about killing people in this thread. What is being said is that the unnecessary development of Africa will lead to a population explosion and vast increase in cons
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by littletimmy 11y ago
What's wrong with people living in huts? People can be at harmony with nature, there's no need to force them into buildings. There certainly is no indication that living in a brick house makes someone happier than living in a hut.
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by littletimmy 11y ago
Why is the life of a Zimbabwean citizen more important than the life of a Zimbabwean lion?
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by littletimmy 11y ago
Buy a fiddle. Learn to play it. Seriously. You just got off work, and you want to go back into learning more tech? You do know about the breadth of human experience right? Unplug, read a good book, watch movies, learn to cook Indian food, g
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by littletimmy 11y ago
Well, I look at it from the perspective of history. Wherever modern human development has taken hold, we've had a degradation of animal life. It happened in Europe, it happened in China, it happened in America after it was colonized. A
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by littletimmy 11y ago
I understand your point. But don't you think the wildlife are equally important? There are 7 BILLION people on earth... but there are just 5000 rhinos, for example. That's 1.5 MILLION people to a rhino. This is one of the most mag
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It is sort of horrible, once you think about it. Africa is the last continent on earth to have abundant wildlife. Development in Africa would mean we lose a large portion of wildlife on earth, forever.
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This is so ridiculous. Zuckerberg keeps suggesting that he is doing something good, which everyone can transparently see is just an effort to make Facebook more popular! How disconnected from reality is he?
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TL;DR The collections agency can sue you, garnish your bank account without even informing you, and if you want to challenge that, you can only do so in private arbitration and you cannot also be a part of a class-action lawsuit. Despicable
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Can these scanners ever malfunction and give someone a massive dose of radiation? Does anyone have research on this?
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This is one part of a much larger trend of dismantling all niceness in American life. EVERYONE now works much harder than they used to: workers work more than 10 hours a day with similar or lesser benefits, college students work much harder
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by littletimmy 11y ago
Sam Harris is pretty sophomoric and smug. It's hard not to have contempt towards him, even if one is an atheist.

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