society
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What a Gift
Locked inside this facilityDesigned to produce clean mindsBinded in by laws to betterImprisoned for good functioningIt’s a world of sufferingThose who succeed are miserableThose who are happy fail miserablyThey claim it’s a giftA gift we need and can’t refuseIt’s a prison and a cultWhy we need it I don’t knowWait I do—to be a good… Continue reading
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I Hurt You
I hurt you.You hurt me.Humanity’s a fucked up family.If you want to have meaningfulrelationships in life,you will have to endure great pain. Continue reading
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Fuck credit scores
The Equifax leak (which still happened and is still a problem for, well, an absurd amount of people, though it’s fallen off the news radar) should really have us question why this sort of thing is allowed to even be. If credit scores/reports were just for credit cards, I could see a case for their… Continue reading
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Pervasive technological problems don’t get solved by just opting out
Interesting article, if you ignore the stupid headline. The mentioned studies connecting screen-based activities and unhappiness is of note. (Though I wonder how ebooks compare to books.) “As teens have started spending less time together, they have become less likely to kill one another, and more likely to kill themselves.” Is, well. Something. (Reminds me… Continue reading
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Ignoring values (is silly)
A certain article on the Huffington Post is making the rounds on Facebook among those opposed to the current actions of the GOP regarding healthcare. The main point is that the author cannot argue for caring about other people on the basis of their being people. This cuts right to a common problem in popular… Continue reading
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Some People Following the Crowd Doesn’t Diminish the Reasons Behind the Movement (A response to Hans Fiene)
Hans Fiene says the move to legalize gay marriage is merely the result of a desire to imitate the Civil Rights Movement. His article has a number of issues, from making false claims to false equivocations, but it can be taken in sequence. He first establishes that the current generation learned about the greatness of… Continue reading
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