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[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Compassion is a part of human nature.

I think that people who need to be cared for should be cared for.

I think that’s a different issue than the one presented in the meme.

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is there a point of disability at which you no longer believe someone should be cared for? Like, say someone is colourblind and has no other conditions, do you think that person needs to earn their life?

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So… let’s keep this in the context of the general population.

There seems to be a subset of perfectly well adjusted able bodied healthy adults that complain about anything that distracts them from video games.

I think that’s a problem.

How about you?

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, those are imaginary people you made up to complain about. And if you act on the existence of those fake people, you'll harm actual people.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why am I getting the feeling that the only people you acknowledge as actual are disabled?

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In case you’re worried: you deserve to be alive.

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's really hard to actually accept that as a capitalist's opinion. Liberals tend to say all kinds of nice things, and then turn around and pass policies that completely contradict that. Like, y'all say I deserve to live and then you don't implement a UBI. It's like you're lying to yourselves that you're actually nice people.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I personally would support UBI.

Promise.

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Even knowing the lazy gamers you believe in would use it to play video games all day if they existed? Big if true.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What do you feel gives a person the greatest feelings of true contentment, confidence, and achievement?

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago

You mean at once? Heroin and cocaine. Over a lifetime? Good health, useful work, kind deeds, meaningful relationships, safety, self-determination, knowledge, and fun.