The phrase "my world is brighter with you" is literally true
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It's weird looking back at life, and seeing all the paths I didn't go down
It's weird looking back at life, and seeing all the paths I didn't go down - Lemmy.World
I had this thought after remembering one time that my DT (digital technologies) teacher at high school suggested that some of the class could try join a hacking competition. Nothing ever came of it, but I thought it was interesting at the time. What’s really interesting is seeing the choices I made, and asking “what if I did the other thing”. Just off the top of my head, I could be still at uni doing research on maths or physics, I could be working on designing new robots for who knows what, or branching off even earlier, I could have been a doctor like my parents. I’m only 24, so it seems like I might be a bit young for this kind of thinking, but there’s still a lot of things I could have done differently.
What do people gain from cruelty?
What do people gain from cruelty? - Lemmy.World
My general assumption for the lowest I can expect a person to behave is basically always looking for their own absolute gain, and any attitude towards other people comes secondary to that. So while a person living by this standard wouldn’t donate to charity without some other motive, they would have basically the same answer to something like the trolley problem as anyone else. Am I wrong thinking of this as a “minimum reasonable behavior”, or is there something people actually gain from the suffering of other people? This question was born out of seeing how people are being treated by the US government at the moment, but I’m asking about more than just that. People like abusive partners/family, hostile cops, or just bullies in general.
In your opinion, when does something become unforgivable?
In your opinion, when does something become unforgivable? - Lemmy.World
What does someone have to do that means no amount of remorse or effort to fix things will get you to forgive them? I don’t mean forgive and forget to the point where they can hurt you again. If someone repeatedly steals from you, forgiveness doesn’t mean putting them in a position where they can steal again. I’m asking this purely out of curiosity. I’m just wondering what the attitude in my corner of the internet is.
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How much do you blame the people who voted for Trump or other fascists?
How much do you blame the people who voted for Trump or other fascists? - Lemmy.World
To be clear, I am only talking about people like the average working class Trump voter. The ones who just got caught by misinformation, and just haven’t been able to find a way out. Trump and all his mates are terrible people, and should be held accountable. The average voter is another thing. My attitude is that I got lucky, and found out that Trump and his mates are terrible, instead of getting sucked down a rabbit hole of supporting them. Knowing how fascism works, I don’t know if I’d be able to reliably land on the right side if fascism happened in my home country. And if I don’t believe I could reliably spot fascism, I’m not comfortable acting like those who support Trump could have. This isn’t a discussion of “just be a good person”. I know plenty of amazing, caring people who believe they’re doing the right thing. This whole idea of “I can’t say is reliably avoid fascism” is based on this [https://youtu.be/ld6XKm_kJ18?si=MMWBzJD44hS9towG], the school that became fascist for a week. As bad of an experiment that was from that teacher, it was an effective way of teaching how people fall for what should be obviously a bad thing.
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