klugerama

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[–] klugerama@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

War is God’s way of teaching us geography.

  • Paul Rodriguez
[–] klugerama@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

that's a comma

[–] klugerama@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Must have been doing a lot of base-12 math?

[–] klugerama@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe that the reason everyone is having an issue with your question - and your replies - is that you're communicating poorly.

You seem to be inventing usages for words and terms that have well-established, widely understood meanings: "house trained" already means something unrelated to human behavior, but you seem to be using it in a way similar to "domesticated". "Manic" is commonly associated with mental health conditions, so you being confused as to why that was mentioned doesn't make sense when you were the one to mention mania:

Since when I experience protohuman traits such as Kill, Conquer and Reproduce. It doesn’t feel anything like what is explained or expected with Mania.

Also:

House trained (less calm (instead of more controlled)

I just can't figure out what that is supposed to mean. Being civilized is less calm?

Regardless, to attempt to answer what I think you're asking: these "protohuman traits" such as "Kill, Conquer, and Reproduce" were selected over millions of years of predatory competition. But once civilization became the dominant selection filter, survival was more contingent upon cooperation than domination and aggression.

Physiologically, our endocrine systems didn't need to change, though - there's been either not enough selection pressure or not enough time for there to be a noticeable difference in how we process various enzymes and hormones that we evolved to survive as hunter-gatherers. It simply hasn't been necessary to our survival to "control" it.

Besides, it took millions of years and thousands of mutations across thousands of speciation events to develop that extremely complex system, and civilization has only been around for about 20,000 years, and - at most - two or three hominid species.

[–] klugerama@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was thinking the same. I've always had a "sensitivity" (?) to kiwi, mango, papaya, avocado, and melons (plus bananas and tree nuts when I was younger, but that seems to have disappeared). Never had an issue with latex.

I've been told that it is technically an allergy, but like you it's not the kind (or at least magnitude) that will kill me - it just gives me an itchy, burning mouth and throat. I've never tried taking an antihistamine to alleviate the symptoms, though - I just avoid them. Don't especially care for most of those anyway. Besides, it's a very weak reaction so even if I do end up eating them it's just kind of annoying.

[–] klugerama@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Sadly, I admit I could not locate Aberbijian on a map either.

[–] klugerama@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Interesting. So even Hannity is sensing that maybe this isn't a great look for MAGA, and is trying (lying) to act like it really doesn't have anything to do with them.

Unfortunately, because 99% of Hannity's audience lives in an echo chamber, they'll never know what he says is just plain lies. They'll never see Politifact, and wouldn't give a shit even if they did. It almost seems pointless to fact check these shit gibbons - their followers won't hear it, and their critics already hate them and know that they're liars.

[–] klugerama@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How can I Access that kind of inspiration?

[–] klugerama@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I partially agree - of course no one should disparage a victim for an honest reaction. However,

  1. her one recorded reaction on one day doesn't align with the months of hateful shit she spews and literally defending SA perpetrators, so it honestly doesn't seem authentic.

  2. being an SA victim doesn't give you a pass for life to be a piece of shit.

It's really hard to have empathy for a person who exhibits none themselves. She seems less human. The schadenfruede (sp?) of her suffering is a lot easier when it's someone who has themselves deliberately caused so much suffering.

I mean, not to overplay an analogy, but when a mass shooter is killed nobody says "I hope they didn't suffer."

[–] klugerama@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

For one thing - it's not just one grenade. I said it 3 times: grenades. Say, scattered all around the playground and classroom.

I'm not asking who is responsible. Knowing who is responsible isn't going to stop the ankle-biters from blowing each other - and themselves - to smithereens. It doesn't matter who is responsible right now - first we need to stop them from exploding.

I'm asking what the better solution to the problem would be: should we try to separate the kids from the grenades, or try to teach 5-year olds the proper use and care of handheld explosives?

[–] klugerama@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Let's say we have 2 kindergarten classes, and in one of them we let them play with balls, Frisbees, and playground equipment. In the other, we let them play with balls, Frisbees, playground equipment, and grenades.

If some of these tykes get exploded, do you think it would make more sense to limit their access to the grenades, or to try to teach them how to use the grenades responsibly?

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