That’s probably a joke for legal reasons but I have to wonder how often someone like Vance thinks the phrase, ‘One little push…’

Not until after the trial.

If this is the simulation the entity that is running it is ineffably more complicated than you can possibly imagine with your tiny simulation of a brain.

Mmm…

Also, what is that… what appears to be a baseball, but green with red stitching?

Second. Someone did the United Healthcare guy already.

The technologies were/are not grifts. They were used as buzzwords to enable the grift of spending investor money.

This feels especially hard because, broadly speaking, those who will be overly nice will be the more ‘normal’ people, which is the more useful group to get reviews from because their reactions would be more representative of the broader public, but the ones more likely to be brutally honest are more likely to be unusual people, who are less representative of the people you are most likely to meet on a day to day basis, so the reviews are less likely to be useful. The specific cross-section of willing to be honest and capable of providing useful insight seems somewhat limited.

Social anxiety is not neurodivergent. It’s more unusual to NOT think about how you are perceived. Asking the internet because you don’t trust people to be honest with you, though…

Assisted suicides do not consent to die. They request to die. They initiate the process themselves rather than allow the desire of others to dictate events. There is a subtle but important distinction.

Assisted suicide is suicide, performed by the dying individual. Assisting in a suicide is enabling a killing, but is not murder if done correctly. The one performing suicide is the active party, not simply granting consent to the actions of another.

To bring things back to the original point, rape and murder are covered by different ethical principles. Consent has no bearing on murder. Consent is definitive for rape.

The moral standing of a killing is completely unrelated to consent for most people. Most would say murder doesn’t become moral because the victim was suicidal. The killing itself is the basis for the moral stance, not the desires of the victim. The act is valued. Consent is neutral.

Sexual interaction is different. It does not necessitate a state change. It can be done to positive effect if done with consent. But animals, much like children, are viewed as insufficiently capable of granting consent. The consent is the basis for the moral stance, not the act itself. Consent is valued. The act is neutral.

Tastes change over time so I’ve never thought of it as a conversion. I used to think fish was disgusting. Then I aged and started liking it. I used to think asparagus was gross. Then I aged and started liking it. You probably ‘liked’ pasta salad for a while (as in you would have enjoyed eating it) before you had reason enough to try it again.

Sexual morality is rooted in consent. Mortal morality is not.

Messed with my chair a fair bit. In terms of getting value for money, building one would probably not be so great. The parts add up quickly, so you usually won’t end up paying less to build than to buy. Best bet is to look for a thrift shop find and maybe upgrade/repair over time.

The most annoying part is how often you go to look for a chair you liked and find out they don’t make it anymore.

He’s cute but that chonker looks mostly only ready to hunt the kibble in his bowl.

Do not share advertising. Mocking is sharing, not stopping. The only attention we need tp pay to advertising is blocking its presentation and banning its production.

Will there be movies about haunted figurines that kill the people who buy them?

Other way around.

There’s a fucked up comedy sketch in there, somewhere.