So prejudice is back on the menu and all it took was the murder of one completely innocent child in Ukraine. Why didn't the killing of absolutely innocent children in Gaza or Sudan or half the fucking world make you prejudiced? Why is it specifically a child from Ukraine that disturbs you?

Disappointing.

Unsurprisingly, that is exactly what I did... however, most people don't care about the same things that I care about, so it doesn't matter.

You are on the right track here with that analysis. Imagine a person that had no weaknesses (even kryptonite). What does it really mean to be a force for good? What is good? Saving an old lady crossing the street and about to be run over? That appears to unambiguously good; however, now let's say that she is the owner of an evil corporation that is using children as mulch for lawns... is it still good to save her?

Obviously contrived example is obviously contrived. Obviously; however, the question still remains: What is good? Having the examination hampered by weakness clouds the analysis.

Wikipedia is a weird resource. I did some volunteer work in the forests of New Mexico back in the 80s and we discussed how "the plague" was active even then and was carried by small mammals. Wikipedia is like a guy with dementia. Sure, they can prove that that plague was acknowledged in the 90s; however, it is then pretended like nobody knew of the plague out in the wild prior to that... which is absurd.

Heh. Not good enough. Some people want to take others with them to demonstrate exactly how unhappy they are.

Physically, it should be impossible, but, is it possible for an automated system to have activated the switches?

Is there something wrong with acknowledging the truth? We are constantly bombarded with the message that society cares and that if you don't care you are a piece of shit... and yet somehow or another, the reality of the situation is that, as a society, we really do not care about an individual unless they have lots of money. We pretend we care about children more than the adults in the society, and yet, somehow or another, a kid just died in a car because a mother had to work and couldn't afford day care. A bunch of children just drowned in the middle of Texas because "the libs" offered money for an early warning system and was rejected on that basis.

The truth is, society only cares about money regardless of anything else that is said or done. Truth? Justice? Those are not The American Way.

In theory, this is true. In Reality, it is a maze of paperwork and exceptions that are so difficult to navigate that the only real care that you will receive will be some checkups and ER visits... although, due to navigation difficulties, an ER visit can rob the senior of their home/living situation.

People call me a pessimist; however, I like to think of myself as a realist. I am rarely wrong (but I am definitely wrong sometimes). In this case, I was absolutely correct. As soon as the device needed to communicate outside of my own network, I knew it was going to get knee-capped at the manufacturers discretion. Why else force the product to communicate outside of the local network network?

What is even funnier is that they use security devices that are connected via wireless. Thieves merely jam the signal and the cameras and alarms all fail to do what they were purchased to do. It is absolutely hilariously terribly stupid.

But somehow or another, they sold numerous rubes billions (trillions?!) of dollars of shit. I am so disappointed in how stupid manufacturers and society are when put together.

Past results do not guarantee future results. A LOT has changed since then. Your optimism is adorable.

Dude, I am feeling a very strong rush of empathy for you. I don't know what to say other than I feel for you. I hope you find some amount of satisfaction.

Huh? The balance is this: One person gets everything and everyone else services that person. If you are not servicing that person's will, then you have no resources to exist. That is the balance, simple and easy. We are still a long ways from that lofty goal, but we are charging towards it at light speed.

Can you explain to me why everyone in this topic is talking about those mothballed 747s? DC and Houston are both on the water. Why couldn't it be taken by ship over water?

Same, but my takeaway is that people just don't care about even using the trashcans/dumpsters. As long as the garbage is away from their own area, they don't really care.

There is a pretty awesome AI generated video with War Pigs as the song. It is actually fairly old now. It paints an interesting (not in a good way) reality.

Oh shit. It is gone. The only trace I can find is:

https://www.reddit.com/r/black...