rumpelstinkin

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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
> The way I think of it: I have experienced non-existence for billions of years, I will experience it again after my death. sorry but that's extremely silly. Go read up Parmenides at the very least. If you don't exist, you don
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
anything is worse than death as the dead don't suffer, by all currently available evidence. but yeah, this one is definitely the absolute worse thing that could happen to someone, and let's not forget it is entirely man-made, give
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
it can't be that easy, there's plenty of groups that would routinely use something like that for terrorism etc. It hasn't happened yet, so it must be more difficult than it looks?
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
information doesn't "want" anything... let's not forget that what matters is people. Copyright today is grossly abused by corps, but it was created for good reason, as plenty of authors and artists went bankrupt because
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
honestly though, public toilets are usually so dirty in my area (unless there are entry fees) that I rather use a shop's toilet instead. This is not about failed states, but a large portion of the populace not giving a shit about other
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
it was also meant, like the army and later tv, to create a uniform national culture and erode local communities in favor of the newborn unnatural countries.
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
Think that it might be bad for yourself, but good for your kids because you didn't force them to enter this fucked up world for your own benefit. Speaking as someone who hates being born, and there are countless like me, and you can&#x
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
it's not like you're forced to make them...
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
and yet most humans continue pursuing a lifestyle that is simple not sustainable at an 8 billion people scale, and don't want to give it up. Doesn't sound like they care much about the consequences of their actions on others. Have
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
but what about all this obsession about ensuring that there are still humans in say 200 years, when anyone who might exist is a complete stranger to us?
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
honest question, is it so bad if we go extinct? why bother going through all this effort and anxiety for someone we'll never even meet? taking an honest look at my own life, I'm just a sophisticated robot that eats, poops and labo
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
well, there are plenty of dumb shits who would say that plenty of his drawings are the mark of the devil...
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
thanks
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
thanks, this is a type I never tried before
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
Thanks. Unfortunately I've already moved once with noise as the priority and it didn't work out. About the silicon ones, were they the ones which are custom made?
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by rumpelstinkin 4y ago
honestly, you are being very arrogant. Loudspeakers pumped out at 120db are far too loud. A dog barking at 100db is far too loud. A motorbike revving at 115db is far too loud. If it happens all fucking day, every fucking day, often fo
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Ask HN: Earplugs as Powerful as Fingers?
8 points by rumpelstinkin 4y ago|29 comments