• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    14 months ago

    I’d rather someone hold my hand while I’m drowning than actively try to drown me.

    • @yggstyle
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      14 months ago

      We should really want better for ourselves.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        14 months ago

        Yes, but given only two choices, I choose the one that isn’t trying to drown me.

        • @yggstyle
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          14 months ago

          That wasn’t the example. You are falling into the exact statements that people who have given up do: it’s less bad.

          Neither is helping the drowning victim: it doesn’t matter if one is nice or otherwise. Where is the lifeguard? Stop accepting less bad and start seeking a change. Look around. This is where the status quo of ‘less bad’ has gotten us.

          I feel you on the sentiment but nobody should have to hit that level of acceptance.

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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            14 months ago

            There is no lifeguard. So do you want someone trying to drown you, or someone who’s going to leave you alone so maybe you can tread water until a lifeguard comes around or you figure out how to swim?

            • @yggstyle
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              14 months ago

              The example is lost on you here- you are warping it to construct a completely different outcome.

              It’s like taking the trolley problem and saying ‘oh I’d just build wings on it and make a third option to fly away’