Oh but for some reason Floridaman is okay?

Weird, so did I.

I just tried Google Gemini and it would not stop making shit up, it was really disappointing.

Don’t chew your food with your mouth open, holy shit Michael where are your manners

famous potatoes

I’m genuinely not sure what the ethical position is. Maybe they are. Having watched a generation squander the massive wealth gains of what will likely be a unique economic boom, I don’t necessarily think the consumption of that wealth in the name of “living” - often a euphemism for hedonism - is something to be celebrated.

How can we be reaching this conclusion, with all the accumulated wealth in the world? How can we be seriously believing everybody should start at zero? I can’t believe what I’m reading here. Generational wealth is absolutely a thing, we inherit everything from the past. As a species, we inherit the wealth of the previous generation. Where are we imagining it goes? Given that it exists, why are we not entitled to benefit from it? There is so much wealth in the global economy, the issue is of distribution.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to pass the product of your entire life to your offspring, surely. We can’t be so atomised. Where do you think it should go? Inheriting an empire is one thing, but why shouldn’t you be able to give your own house to your child? I say this as somebody disowned by their father.

https://lemmy.ml/comment/15291634

Yes, it’s a rich tapestry.

I’m aware - I think we disagree on which is the proximate and which is the ultimate cause.

But for real though, Osama benefitted from Western Imperialism and was directly motivated by religious scripture, not his socioeconomic position.

I think it might have been Islamic terrorism.

Bachelor of Science, however SSC doesn’t have a different meaning that I’m aware of.

Maybe Australian?

Have you seen a Gen Z-er trying to research something on the internet?

Block FlyingSquid, it improves the community a huge amount.

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might be preaching to the choir a little bit

What happened?