Yeah but you guys still have the guillotines in storage or something though, right? Might be time to dust them off.

Do you love mass shootings or just hate having healthcare?

I feel that. Normal day to day life: a million things to juggle and I don't even know where to start. Crisis: one thing to worry about so I go all hyper focus--100% of neurons are all engaged toward singular purpose.

Yeah but who cares? Twitter was dead the second Elon bought it and we all knew it.

We could die a little faster if it helps.

Dietary fiber. No seriously. 95% of Americans don't get enough, which leads to an unhealthy guy, which leads to inflammation and gut-brain axis disturbance.

Processed food is processed to remove fiber. Americans that eat a higher percentage of fast/processed food (ie. The poorer ones) get less fiber and more sugar, which is a bad combo for gut health.

Ever seen what other apes eat? Leaves, flowers, seeds, shoots, roots, insects, fruit and occasionally meat. In other words, they eat fiber and lots of it.

I mean, without the memes why even infosec

Wait you guys have $200?

Same. Signal to noise ratio seems better imho.

It's a combination of factors. That could be one of them. There's also the onset of an El Nino climate pattern, the reversal of the aerosol cooling effect from changes to low sulphur shipping fuels, spiking methane emissions, some effect from the water vapour injected into the stratosphere by that underwater volcano a few years back, and we seem to be speed-running past tipping points. It's a lovely potpourri of doom we have wrought.

Why are so many leaders in the USA not just evil, but like cartoonishly evil? Like bond villain level evil. If this is the result of a free and fair democracy then maybe democracies are overrated. It is basically a popularity contest, which when you think about it, basic means who ever has the most money is probably going to win.

That's not a plug for any other "-ism" btw so all you tankies can settle the f*** down.

It's just that you never just see a normal Joe on the podium. They're always the same kind of person. The same wide smile, charm, and smooth talk. I'm starting to think that we as a species need to evolve to the point where we savagely kill people like that on the spot.

That's obviously a joke, but also, why are humans so bad at spotting the most egregious grifters? Why are we so compelled to follow a "leader" anyway? Do we actually need one or is this just a hangover from the last few thousand years of monarchism? Maybe we're not as creative as we think.

People sometimes say that democracy is a bad system, it's just that all the other ones are worse. I think that's convenient for those people because you don't have to think any further than that. If you do, you start to wonder... Semi-modern humans have been around for a few hundred thousand years at least... And during that period there have been some very clever humans, surely many that aren't in the historical record... Is this really the best idea we have on how to get large groups of humans to work together toward common goals?

I don't buy it. Look I'm not saying I have the answer. But this has all gotten so ridiculous. America, please get your shit together. If you haven't noticed it's getting a bit hot in here and we have some very real common goals (like not going extinct) that we need to address, and like soonish m'kay.

PS. Gay people exist. Trans people exist. It's fine. The bible is just a book. All your politicians serve one master: money. It isn't a conspiracy, they're pretty open about it. The earth is round. Water is wet. Reality is here folks, it's all around you. Put down your phone and go outside.

Seems like the humans are in a bit of a pickle.

On one hand they can keep using fossil fuels, and that will allow some humans to live more comfortably while they pump so much planet warming gasses into the climate system that it guarantees the future sterilization of the planet.

On the other hand, they could mandate a planet-wide ban on fossil fuels, which would be problematic because their food system is entirely reliant on fossil fuels, without which they could only feed about one billion humans.

Or maybe they will choose to gamble, and attempt to exert their control of the climate system through stratospheric injection of sulphate aerosols. It will be neat to see what possible unanticipated consequences this leads to!

Well whatever the humans choose, just know that we're all rooting for you! 🍿🎉

Makes sense.

It temporarily boosts your empathy. In the right setting, this can result in deep introspection and amazing clarity--the defensive walls in your psyche are torn down and your ego is supressed. It's difficult to lie to oneself in that state.

While the empathy may fade, the lesson it instills seems to stick.

Then there would be fewer of them, which is objectively better for all life on this planet. Seems fine tbh.

Aren't they all?

$250,000 a seat tourist submarine... The ocean can have them.

Because every time the US elite needs to distract the crazies they whip out the UFO circuses and the rubes lap that shit up. Honestly it's getting embarrassing for all parties involved.

You wanna know why aliens don't visit this planet?

** Gestures broadly in the direction of entire planet ***

They don't seem to be coping so well with a non-AI-saturated 'post truth world'.

I'm nice to my crickets though. You don't have to hurt them, you just place them into the freezer and they fall asleep like it's winter time. And then you roast them and mill them into flour. Okay that part does hurt them, but they're asleep. Seems kinda peaceful.

I get that hurting a mammal with complex emotions is very unethical, but where's the limit?

What about fermented food? Tiny bacteria are alive when you eat them. They probably don't feel pain but I can't imagine they're thrilled to meet their doom.

How about mushrooms? They aren't plants, and they apparently communicate with the trees. How do you know they don't possess some kind of sentience?

What about harvesting plants? Everytime you run a combine through a field it's like an insect genocide. Even if you're only eating plants you're still eating insects because they get caught by the harvester and milled into the final product. The FDA allows up to 50 insect parts per 1/4 cup cornmeal.

What about hurting a tree? They're not sentient and cannot feel pain but I still believe it is unethical to harm a tree. Do they not deserve our empathy because they lack our human conception of sentience?

Being a good human is hard. I feel like in principle you're right but I don't know how to exist and not hurt anything ever. You're right, I don't know you. Maybe you're just a better person than I am.

The importance of mulch. The general utility of neem oil. That fish fertilizer works great and is very forgiving for the novice. How much difference picking the right cultivar for your bio-region can make.

I've only been gardening for 4 years and it feels like I've learned a lot, but that the plants have so much more to teach me.