I gotchu, boo 😘

This is what I was looking for. Thank you very much!

Get ready!! In my opinion, it’s one of the best movies ever made.

Nice! Regarding that shower thought, have you seen Everything Everywhere All at Once?

No, I don’t think that, mostly because I don’t know what that is.

What post/comment did you get banned for?

The percentage of linux users is also great.

Yes! I don’t feel like a weirdo here for using Linux exclusively on my computers. It’s nice to interact with a community that shares the values which lead each of us to use Linux. But even within that, the users here are not only respectful, but celebrate novice users that use distros like Mint. In my experience, some Linux users can be rude by presenting a sense of superiority for using distros that take lots of technical expertise. Not only does that not seem to be the case on Lemmy, but it’s actually made fun of (I use Arch, btw 😉).

This so much. I feel like the founding values of Lemmy lead to creating a community in which users want this to be a respectful place. There’s nearly no tolerance for hate. It’s awesome.

Lemmy seems a more safe place for LGBT+ people

In my opinion, Lemmy is a trans party 🥳🎉 There are so many memes about being trans almost daily. I can’t tell if there is a large portion of Lemmy users that are trans, we just like celebrating the idea, or I happened to subscribe to trans-heavy communities like !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone. Either way, even though I’m cis-af, I love it. You go, girl/boy!

Pop Goes the Weasel like this one (not mine)

What are things? What is energy? What is my soul? Where did it come from? Is it even in this spacetime, or is the body an avatar and I’m connecting into to it via some process? How was my soul created? Why do I experience rather than my body function solely as a biochemical robot? Where does my soul go when my body dies? Is there an end to eternity? If so, what happens or doesn’t happen? If not, how does change continue? What does my soul do until then? I understand life. I don’t understand experience.

One time I heard an assumption that every single electron is the same electron in different places and times. I asked a physicist what they thought of that idea. He thought for a moment and responded, “Would it even matter?” Sometimes I imagine that we are all the same person in different bodies living different lives. Every normal person, every genius, philanthropist, every monster, every slave, every billionaire, every dead fetus, every person I’ve dated, my parents,…we’re all the same person living in a different body going through every single experience of life. When I do that, everything seems so simple.

So would it even matter? Yes, because what if individuality is false? What if we’re all one thing, but the current structure of life doesn’t allow us to experience it as such so we incorrectly think that each individual medium of perception is completely independent? Giving everything to others would be selfish. Working as a team for the benefit of everyone would be the ultimate selfish move. We could stop all competition, treat each other with utmost compassion, and maximize our limited time in each body. But alas, the selfish versions of us are too underdeveloped in that dimension to let that happen just yet. I wonder what it would take for each of us to reach the understanding that we’re all the same soul.

Some classical symphonic music greatest pieces album that’s at least 2 CDs worth, but hopefully more. Being on a desert island, I’m sure I will go through all sorts of moods and emotions, so I’ll need something for everything.

I argue that in a low traffic scenario, it would be more helpful to respond with “you’re welcome” because it increases engagement and interaction.

1k ant-sized lions, easy. just run over them while high-stepping. how is this a question?

omg 🙏 can you 🫵 imagine 🧠?? that would bee 🐝 crazyyy 👉🤪

It is my understanding that the light used on mosquitos don’t attract them. For zappers to work on mosquitos, they usually make use of a refillable odor to attract them enough to zzzzzapp! 💨🦟⚡😈

YT wants to keep you watching YT, so:

1. stop watching rage bait videos
2. watch only videos you want on your feed
3. thumbs up videos you want more of
4. “not interested” videos you dont want
5. hide users that post rage bait material
6. 66 😈

Assuming that demand for car insurance is artificially inflated because people are mandated to purchase it, wouldn’t an open market still drive down prices due to competition? Another market that has even more demand is food. People aren’t even legally mandated to buy food. They either buy it or die. There may be a few people that can grow enough of their own food to sustain themselves without ever purchasing it, but I would guess that there are more people that make enough money to live without insurance than people that grow all of their own food. Despite that, food seems to be relatively affordable. If one food vendor is charging too much or I don’t like their product, I can easily go to a competing food vendor and purchase there. Adam’s invisible hand then ensures that the market provides an efficient quality-to-price ratio. I’m not arguing it’s perfect, but we don’t hear about how food stores are ripping us off as much as we do about insurance companies. My argument is that despite there being inflated demand, the insurance companies still have to compete with each other for those customers, which would have a considerable impact on price. Let’s say we all buy cars that are valued at $20k. If one company is providing insurance for $100/month and the other company is charging $150/month, everything else being equal, the former would earn more customers.

Also, since demand is high, I think it would LOWER rates. Here’s why. If insurance was not mandated, then the people that would get it would include everyone that thinks they may need it. The ones that think they will not use it will avoid wasting their money since they’re not receiving anything in return. That means that there will be less contributions and more expenditures from the pooled money, making insurance more expensive. Mandate insurance makes it so that even the people that will not use it contribute to the pool, so everyone’s costs are lower than otherwise. Of course, this would only happen in a market that allows for competition. Otherwise, if there were only one insurance provider, they would be in a position to price gouge everyone since the only other option would be to break the law.

yes, and also with women

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