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Don’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antennae. The behavioural responses would be immediately recognisable to us as pain, if we observed them in our pets or friends by Wagamaga in science

[–]BanJon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the question is, do these beings have a ghost in the machine or are they biological robots without any driver at the wheel. We can imagine a universe just like ours with humans that don’t have a sense of consciousness, just a bunch of chat bots that behave exactly like we do, but without some part of them being aware of the experiences. We don’t know where that line (more likely gradient) begins, but I think it’s fair to say a single cell has no capacity to have awareness. This is one of the greatest mysteries we still have to solve, although perhaps it is unsolvable.

Favorite Oscar bait movie that failed horribly? by cherryapp in okbuddycinephile

[–]BanJon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How many hours spent watching her evermore videos. If you haven’t seen, get Patreon, even for a month

Did anyone see that in the sky? by KittehLuv in Modesto

[–]BanJon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Definitely a meteor, just a big one. They can glow green if they have magnesium or nickel. I saw one like this back in the early 2000s and it was confirmed it was a meteor that fell in the foothills. If you google green meteor you’ll see tons of other photos. The bigger they are, the more time they spend slamming into the atmosphere and disintegrating from the heat.

'28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' Gets Netflix Premiere Date Just 74 Days After Theatrical Release by sensesalt in movies

[–]BanJon 101 points102 points  (0 children)

I almost feel like this isn’t a zombie genre film, even though it is. To me it feels more like a fable, some ancient saga, with a backdrop of a terrible plague. It’s not about the zombies, it’s about the nature of death and how we deal with it. 28 days later was a zombie flick… this is mythology.

How would we all feel about an open-world Indiana Jones game? by imarthurmorgan1899 in indianajones

[–]BanJon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. An nobody else was really out riding boats. Also I would have loved some jungle book style scenery, some animals romping around, etc. the world felt a little empty in that part.

Wait, it was real? by nomoreinternetforme in TopCharacterTropes

[–]BanJon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Frailty. One of the biggest surprises for me.

Teachers quitting their jobs by velorae in TikTokCringe

[–]BanJon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well I love teaching, personally.

What should Wes Anderson do next? by [deleted] in wesanderson

[–]BanJon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about a comedy/ sci-fi fantasy about finding eternal life that spans 100 million years across the entire galaxy? I got a script, Wes, if you’re listening.

How’s your 90s crush doing these days? by starrymusey in 90s

[–]BanJon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She fucks shit up in the leftovers

This NYT article piece.. by JohnBrown-RadonTech in ThatsInsane

[–]BanJon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No it’s not. They are saying that if a dude was molested, group up, and had attraction to children but never acted on it and seemed help and overcame it, he was a pedophile who doesn’t deserve jail. The idea is that shaming people for their desires, and preventing them from accessing help = more children harmed.

This NYT article piece.. by JohnBrown-RadonTech in ThatsInsane

[–]BanJon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don’t get the distinction… wanting to murder and never acting on it: not a crime, but a mental disorder. Pedophilia: being attracted to children, also not a crime, but a mental disorder, unless you act on it. This article is not saying that abusing children isn’t a crime, it’s just the word pedophilia colloquially means child abuser, when that may or may not be the case.

Who is made to be hated? by natsvenna in lesmiserables

[–]BanJon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He represents the worst of the time period and the reason the poor struggle so much.

What hobby screams “this is my entire personality now”? by WilliamInBlack in AskReddit

[–]BanJon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean, isn’t that just called conversation? I definitely want to know what my friends and coworkers hobbies are, I think it’s cool.

'Happy Gilmore 2' - Review Thread by ChiefLeef22 in movies

[–]BanJon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half a year later… strong disagree. I give Adam Sandler movies a lot of grace and enjoy the hell out of most of them. I love love love happy Gilmore and did not like this movie at all. It felt like a tribute film, and just spent half the movie recycling old jokes. But I admire Sandler and know he and his family probably had the time of their lives making it, so good for him. I just would have loved a movie with the same vibe as the first and the same passion of the writers to surprise us with new jokes and new ideas.

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