• @yggstyle
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    12 months ago

    We should really want better for ourselves.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      12 months ago

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

      • @yggstyle
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        12 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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          12 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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            12 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’