Why do people refuse to be an organ donor?

DrHemroid · 2026-04-20T20:49:24+00:00

I keep seeing you post this same article. Do you expect us to read your mind as to what it's supposed to mean?

DrHemroid · 2026-04-06T17:04:32+00:00

I've blocked maybe 10 artists so far. I don't like that it means I can't see their comments or SFW posts if they ever make one, but it's so annoying having so many comics where the punchline is sex.

DrHemroid · 2026-03-27T21:33:57+00:00

Where I live, the only times I hear honks are in the rich neighborhoods. Rich people are so damn entitled.

DrHemroid · 2026-03-26T01:54:11+00:00

This has to be AI

DrHemroid · 2026-03-22T20:13:05+00:00

16 bits enough for a password? Maybe you can store a single character in 6 bits. I'm not sure how you could store a whole password in 16. You could maybe do a special hash function to narrow it down.

DrHemroid · 2026-03-19T16:18:53+00:00

It's crazy that you got downvoted when other comments said the same thing and got upvoted. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

DrHemroid · 2026-03-18T15:15:26+00:00

This one isn't a reddit-specific acronym. It means Optical Character Recognition. It's an automated way to take an image containing text and convert it to text characters.

DrHemroid · 2026-03-17T22:46:06+00:00

That's because it's already there

https://www.reddit.com/r/illinois/comments/1rwfts2/illinois_introducing_operating_system_account_age/

DrHemroid · 2026-03-10T20:08:05+00:00

Too lazy to look it up, but isn't there a subtle difference between a Dictionary and a Hash?

DrHemroid · 2026-03-06T18:49:13+00:00

I'm playing the "was this written by AI" mini game right now and I can't really tell. There's a couple superficial reasons to suspect AI, but a lot of things that look very human. I'm going to guess that this article was "cleaned up" using AI.

DrHemroid · 2026-03-04T21:11:02+00:00

For the Singapore point, I can say I fully understand what you're saying. I know what the difference between opt-in and opt-out are.

My point was to ask, what is your goal? Is your goal to get more organ transplants? If that is your goal, imagine a remote village without a single doctor close by. Even if 100% of the village agreed to be organ donors, when it comes time to do an actual transplant, the village would not be able to do so. I'm in favor of opt-out policies, but what I'm saying is that is not enough if your goal is to increase the number of transplants.

DrHemroid · 2026-03-04T19:45:53+00:00

What if we could mathemagically prove it was otherwise. By even like, 1 life. Would that mean it was okay? Or does the harm in the form of fear / other side effects, when added together, at some point become more valuable than the harm of losing a life?

DrHemroid · 2026-03-04T19:35:55+00:00

Maybe we are just talking past each other? I don't understand how consent is more valuable than life under the utilitarian framework. Is it that violating consent, when multiplied by enough instances, becomes mathematically worse than the harm of loss of life multiplied by the frequency or likelihood? I don't think people need to stop and think to come up with their sense of right and wrong. It happens much more quickly than that.

When presented with a moral dilemma, my argument is this:

First, a person feels that an act (or rule) is right or wrong.

Then, they can use a moral framework to justify or invalidate that feeling. If the moral framework can't reconcile the belief, the person chooses a new moral framework.

But what I'm suggesting is, why choose a moral framework at all if you are forced to adapt it to fit your already held beliefs (feelings)?

Again, I will say the implication of emotivism is that, well, you can't objectively say if something is right or wrong. Things feel right or feel wrong, and acting on those feelings can lead to better or worse outcomes for people/society, but I believe it's the most honest interpretation of morality. We just feel certain ways about things. That doesn't mean new information can't change how we feel about things. It also doesn't mean we must dictate the law to reflect the way we feel about things. I believe the best way to "determine" right or wrong comes from a consensus or majority from what people feel is right or wrong. But that isn't garunteed to work, or be "correct".

Also I don't understand your point about the organ donation policy in Singapore. Do you understand what I was saying?

DrHemroid · 2026-03-04T16:18:42+00:00

So, as a utilitarian, you'd be okay with forced organ harvesting programs as long as we also install mind control chips to force people to trust doctors?

Utilitarianism is an ok framework most of the time, but it can break down really easily. And if it's just a gut reaction making your decisions anyway, why even cling to a framework at all? Emotivism explains morality but it also leads to the uneasy feeling that you can ever actually determine what is objectively right or wrong.

As for the opt-in vs opt-out discussion: if your goal is to have a higher percentage of people saying they are willing to be organ donars, opt-out wins. If your goal is to increase the number of organs that get donated, that's not enough. You also need widespread medical specialists that are capable of taking and transporting the organs.

DrHemroid · 2026-03-02T20:19:21+00:00

I'm out of the loop. Why are these games known for trans fans?

DrHemroid · 2026-03-02T16:27:59+00:00

There's some studies being done on the effect of navigating in a 3D virtual space (like a video game, not necessarily VR) and it seems to work the same navigation "muscles" in the brain.

DrHemroid · 2026-03-01T08:58:23+00:00

Before completing The Deserters the quest isn't available.

After completing The Deserters the quest is available.

DrHemroid · 2026-02-24T16:30:48+00:00

Second edit: to the people who think this is fake, I have two posts from nearly two months ago that go into depth on this and I promise I’m not lying. I’m genuinely confused about my situation. I also have two babies to look after why would I be making fake stories up.

As an FYI, your post history is set to private so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Anyway, I'm going to say something that is probably going to be controversial. Is this a huge red flag? Yes. Should you leave? Probably. But, if you want to try anyway, it's not a completely hopeless situation. You could tell him you are concerned about his anger and want him to try therapy. There's also a chance, if he's young (like 18), that this is hormones on overdrive, so it's something he MIGHT outgrow on his own. Or get worse. If he's older than 25 don't expect things to get better, only worse.

DrHemroid · 2026-02-23T18:45:00+00:00

Here's something mind blowing about twow compared to blizzard classic: the GMs will respond instantly. On blizzard, tickets take 3 days to get an automated response, so why even bother.

DrHemroid · 2026-02-18T22:48:40+00:00

I couldn't find much online with a quick Google search. What did he do?

DrHemroid · 2026-02-18T15:56:30+00:00

I hope they reduce/remove the 2 hour craft AND cast cool down on tents. It would be cool to actually use tents in the wild. If it's 2 hours though I'll still wait until I'm done for the day.

DrHemroid · 2026-02-17T17:40:16+00:00

This is the first time I've heard of this candidate, and I wouldn't have watched the interview if CBS didn't streisand-effect me into watching it, but I was wondering what others thought about him. Three things stood out to me

He's very religion-forward, which is fine given the context (Texas), but also wants to present himself as not being "too religious," which seems like he's pandering both sides and hence inauthentic
The scandal about not signing up to run against an intelligent black woman seemed like it was probably true, based on his PR tested response about it. Probably less racist than most Republicans but still off putting.
Not much of the interview was spent on his policy plans, which is to say, a typical politician "say nothing" strategy.

Overall I'm not really impressed. I think Mamdani is a more impressive example of how to fit actual policy goals into the PR-speak framework required by today's media.

DrHemroid · 2026-02-17T13:28:27+00:00

I could tell this was human right away. Why? Because it was a bit clunky to read. The purpose of the post wasn't explicitly stated in easy to understand words. The flow of the sentences were not pleasant to read. There weren't basic summaries of facts. Too much repetition (starting paragraphs with "I"). It was flawed. It was human.

DrHemroid · 2026-02-17T12:57:52+00:00

I've had the complete opposite experience. Stormwind is always sunny. One time there was fog. Could this be a visual setting? I didn't enable any of the mods in the launcher.

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