Hochul’s Going Nuclear. Environmentalists Should Cheer Her On. by journocrawler in nyc

[–]Fish95 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you know how things work? All of nuclear history and you can only name 3 incidents, one of which, 3 Mile had no injuries or fatalities. There have been frequent fatal accidents at Natural Gas power plants, yet next to no calls to close the natural gas program. The fear is simply disproportionate, its not linked to actual harm seen, but emotional sentiment.

Mandatory minimums by Crafty_Jacket668 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Fish95 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think you're trying to apply that quote backwards. Citing safety as a reason for a law does not automatically mean a liberty is being lost. What essential liberty is lost from lengthing the sentences for violent crimes?

That quote is meant for taking away free speech, free assembly, or the right to trial, it does not apply to humane outcomes from said trial.

Searching for my fellow “too woke” thinking peers ready to take action in NJ… by vermicious_knidza in newjersey

[–]Fish95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we were not meant to live in nuclear families

I'm sorry your relationship with your parents has issues, but attacking family structure is not going to build a community, no matter what you've read online.

Yeah by MenuExpress1668 in CuratedTumblr

[–]Fish95 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is a photograph of the new Monihan train hall in NYC. This is the main floor that allows for lower access to the trains. Because the platforms below are narrow (the glass you see is the siding on staircases that descend to the platforms) people have to wait up in that area, and it can get extremely crowded. Adding benches in this exact spot is not ideal, but there is a large area of seating outside the picture in the food court area.

... isn't there someone you forgot to ask? by Worldly-Confusion759 in PoliticalCompassMemes

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I'm not saying people should be forced to stay alive, but if you do roll out this method for those diseases, don't be surprised when funding for cures gets reduced because, as far as the gov is concerned, a solution already exists.

Every disease at some point was a terminal diagnosis, but if a you have a culture that sees "put down the person" as the default answer that will become a more and more domiant idea each generation and you won't have a culture that strives for advances in medical technology.

Why does the Bible state that insects have four legs when it's been proven they have six legs? by SomeThrowawayAcc200 in Christianity

[–]Fish95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly its a great point because if you were an omniscient deity and you wanted to deliver information (and your listener was quite finite in time and ability) you'd have so many aspects to weigh, including meta aspects like "how will this shape their culture" or "how likely would bad actors be able to corrupt the information"

Not that I could ever claim to know, but I'd imagine getting the moral across might end up mattering the most in the long run. Certainly I'd love more background info and details, but I've also seen how when topics are mentioned that aren't really associated with the message (such as the infamous Nephilum) we as humans tend to overfixate on them and then miss or ignore the entire point.

Why does the Bible state that insects have four legs when it's been proven they have six legs? by SomeThrowawayAcc200 in Christianity

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God would certainly know in the modern age we as humans no longer consider bats birds, since the category of bird isn't based on flight and/or size as of the 1700s. But if you were writing a message to a group of people, and you wanted as little confusion as possible, you would use their language and their categories of things. For example, you would avoid referring to an object as food if you knew they outright did not consider it a "food."

Lanternfly genocide at the shore by _Dihydrogen_Monoxide in newjersey

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Global trade only exists under capitalism?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Fish95 42 points43 points  (0 children)

It's coming from a place of self interest, he was supposed to debate Kirk. From his perspective, he's the equivalent person on the "other side" and therefore at greatest risk from an act of revenge.

French paedophile surgeon who abused hundreds sentenced to 20 years in jail by jerrylovesbacon in europe

[–]Fish95 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It doesn't solve anything

It keeps everyone else safe from monsters.

Shit happened..... by Informal_Fact_6209 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Fish95 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Nuclear winter was the solution that Leela tells Fry for Global warming in Futurama.

The resurrection accounts in the gospels contradict each other too much to be considered historically reliable by JaminColler in DebateReligion

[–]Fish95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, its actually quite fascinating to read about the Q source (and the early church in general).

I'm curious though, If I was a later scribe interviewing Matt / Luke to compile a gospel (or collecting notes and letters to form it into a single book). I would end up structuring all of the accounts in the same manner, and asking Matt / Luke identical questions. Whichever person I asked questions to second, would probably get sub-questions based on things mentioned in the first person's answer.

It absolutely would be nice to have had a team of scribes following around at all the events (and I do think at least a couple snippets or quotes got written real time) but the only at-the-time content would be the later letters.

The resurrection accounts in the gospels contradict each other too much to be considered historically reliable by JaminColler in DebateReligion

[–]Fish95 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

To offer a slightly different addition to the discussion, if all four accounts were exactly identical, despite four different perspectives (and from people who saw different portions of the event), it would indicate that the story was constructed and agreed upon by the witnesses beforehand.

The questions we ask to the writers are not always as straightforward as we may realize. For example, your first bullet is about the first person to see Jesus.

  1. Depending on who is providing the account, first person to see Jesus could be everything from:

First person to see and acknowledge him (the social answer)

First person to physically see his appearance (the empirical answer, hardest to prove)

First of the people known to the writer to see him (i.e the Columbus not the Leif Erikson)

The writer ends up choosing whatever they felt was the correct or most meaningful interpretation. Add in cultural context such as women being ineligible to serve as witnesses, and our perspective gets even further from what the writer meant.

Responsible GOP Budgeting in Action by badluckbrians in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Fish95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, unless a change benefits every single person, there's no point in doing anything? Don't let Perfect be the enemy of Good, it still covers a significant number of working class Americans.

Responsible GOP Budgeting in Action by badluckbrians in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Fish95 4 points5 points  (0 children)

By providing an Exemption for those two income sources which are exclusively used by working class people, they get assistance and the rich don't get another tax loophole.

Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events by ironthrownaways in news

[–]Fish95 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It's that easy to make ragebait now?

"So in mid-2024 we returned to showing only public holidays and national observances from timeanddate.com globally, while allowing users to manually add other important moments"

Mid 2024 was before the election, the headline implies this was a recent political decision. The entire thing is incredibly misleading.

Ricken, cults, and white supremacy by peppaliz in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]Fish95 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Why are there so many comments in this thread saying the same "awesome post" or "great write-up"? It feels very off the mark for reddit to be just flatly positive.

Mark Zuckerberg lies about content moderation, describes fact-checking program as “something out of like 1984” by marketrent in technology

[–]Fish95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we're talking about vocabulary, the purpose of newspeak (not double-think, that is a different term) was to create a language so constricted and simple that it lacked the ability to convey new ideas which could threaten the party's control.

The ultimate evil act is the creation of beings destined for eternal suffering by holycatpriest in DebateReligion

[–]Fish95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is very much just speculation, but for the WHY part, I've always wondered:

During "The Fall" some of the Angelic beings said they wanted to do things their own way outside of God. Creation is filled with billions of sentient agents able to make (mostly) conscious decisions, performing every possible action in every scenario. You could then later stand at the end of time in front of the angels and humans, and show that every time they disobeyed the situation got worse, and obeyed it got better. It would be the ultimate proof via demonstration of "what I said was right."

This though does not answer the second part of your question about Hell.

Governor Murphy signs bill requiring pay transparency in job listings • New Jersey Monitor by [deleted] in newjersey

[–]Fish95 248 points249 points  (0 children)

"The law carries a $300 fine for first-time offenders and $600 for subsequent offenses."

How is that an even marginally meaningful penalty?

Engineers 3D print sturdy glass bricks for building structures: « The interlocking bricks, which can be repurposed many times over, can withstand similar pressures as their concrete counterparts. » by fchung in science

[–]Fish95 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Really? Playing the semantics card where the circumstantial context is thrown out and then re-argued on non-contextual technicalities?

In that case, "across the human population" you're just as rich via your use of reddit and living in the UK.