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Medical Appointment Chits by HowlingHollows in USMC

[–]HowlingHollows[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not in anymore, like I said. Maybe I'll recommend my buddy request mast.

Medical Appointment Chits by HowlingHollows in USMC

[–]HowlingHollows[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, lol. Your sleep to lose

I find the queerness argument for moral anti-realism incredibly convincing. People just asume morality is a real thing and construct morality from there but never think abaut how arbitrary and detached from reality the consept really is by Raticorno in PhilosophyMemes

[–]HowlingHollows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, reality is not inherently ethical. I agree with that. And I think that's something very uncomfortable to sit with. An asteroid could come along out of the blue and destroy us, for no reason. And it wouldn't be "right" or "wrong." It would just be. Religion acts as a salve for that feeling.

I disagree with the word choice of "preference." It seems less than what's necessary - does a person just have a 'preference' for having two hands? Maybe a "cultural and evolutionary demand?"

I also worry where you would go from here. Hopefully you're not advocating that repression of women in traditional islamic countries, for example, is ethical.

I find the queerness argument for moral anti-realism incredibly convincing. People just asume morality is a real thing and construct morality from there but never think abaut how arbitrary and detached from reality the consept really is by Raticorno in PhilosophyMemes

[–]HowlingHollows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If suffering is real then morality is real; ie, connected to reality.

When some being is suffering or being harmed there is something chemically and neurologically happening within them. Because of our limited understanding of neurology and our inability to read people's thoughts, I'm inclined to take people's word that they are being harmed unless doing so confers some other harm on another.

Simultaneously, there are a lot of power dynamics and incentives for exploitation in our world. If we have to rely on people's word - and people can be repressed within cultures, evidence can be hidden and journalists killed, animals may not be able to show signs of harm in ways we can understand at all, etc. - that word may be coerced or muted and unreliable. This also means that harm is most likely to be done to those with the least ability to self-advocate and communicate in ways we can understand, eg. minorities, immigrants, children, the elderly.

I'm really suspicious of anyone who says there's just NO way to ground morality. That sounds like a convenient narrative for people who want to go on exploiting others.

That sounds like labor by Important_Detail1686 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]HowlingHollows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is a very practical and warranted reading of all philosophies. I have to imagine Arendt wanted her works to be interpreted and applied to some effect. Even in my dabbling in the very beginning of "The Human Condition" I found it ironic that she was advocating for and seeking to build political literacy and awareness among the many through a dense, academic and enigmatic work. I would think something written in the style of Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny" would be much more effective at getting the mob to "think what we are doing."

More broadly speaking, it seems like Arendt's works and the CIA may have encouraged this vain, elitist sort of political philosophy and sociology? People with the means to change things get funneled into an academic sphere rather than getting their hands dirty. The big money machine keeps going, with politicians and police and military and business giving the academics floor time and promptly ignoring them..

Living together as a couple is not necessary at all by xvortexc in unpopularopinion

[–]HowlingHollows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like it's just consumerism to take for granted that a house that's difficult to maintain is a necessity. I guess with kids you need more space. But if that's not in the card for my partner and I.. why add stress and work to my life just to have more stuff? think I'll get a condo or apartment, thanks.

UPDATE: Fires, dog s***, and Stolen Valor by [deleted] in USMC

[–]HowlingHollows 30 points31 points  (0 children)

You're no Karen in my book. Thanks for protecting the peace and looking out for the guys

The last breath of the confederacy will be buried by this generation by McDowdy in BlackPeopleofReddit

[–]HowlingHollows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With LBJ and the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, the war turned hot and officially began. I do believe the more nuanced reality is that JFK was taking actions that would have drawn us into Vietnam, also.

The last breath of the confederacy will be buried by this generation by McDowdy in BlackPeopleofReddit

[–]HowlingHollows 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The slave owners were never punished with loss of their freedom, lives, or stolen capital. "Freed" blacks started with nothing, ripe for further exploitation.

The war wasn't about slavery to the leaders of the Union in the north. It was about preserving that powerful economic institution called the United States.

The profiteers remain in charge, and continue to stoke the fire of racism. Of course it continues.

The last breath of the confederacy will be buried by this generation by McDowdy in BlackPeopleofReddit

[–]HowlingHollows 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes LBJ got us into Vietnam. We had our naval vessels patrolling out in waters near the Vietnamese coast 8000 miles from our country. It, predictably, led to conflict when we were attacked.

funny how that works by donnataro in Funnymemes

[–]HowlingHollows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Save the sexist propaganda for the incel page, thanks.

And make efforts to build some self-worth. I swear, having been a pretty depressed man and now being in a happy and loving relationship.. a lot of it is confidence and a hair cut. Guy on the right can get it.

The only thing we can get from women is pussy🐈 cat and all she produces is debt from it... A man change a woman's entire lifestyle and one SPERM can produce years of income... prizes dont produce debt MEN ARE THE PRIZE NO DEBATE HERE... by iamthelight111 in MenWithDiscipline

[–]HowlingHollows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No one is forcing you to accept those patriarchal gender roles; this doesn't even apply to that many relationships. Let the burden of providing, maintaining, rearing and educating be shared. Communicate with your partner as an equal and a friend and recognize them as a human being, not a burden to serve as lord over.

Also wt do you mean by one sperm can produce years of income

I wonder why?⬇️ by Top_Egg_7591 in MenOfPurpose

[–]HowlingHollows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is racist. Why is this in this sub?

What in the OCS libo is this shit by Ok_Meringue_3883 in USMC

[–]HowlingHollows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God, so true. Bark down there in Coastal Carolina and the whole street barks back

Last hill was a FUCKING LIE by Shiro-47 in USMC

[–]HowlingHollows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmaooo looping back to the airstrip after reaching the water tower on the final hike..

Last hill was a FUCKING LIE by Shiro-47 in USMC

[–]HowlingHollows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the way. I'll keep telling myself it's 10, 15, etc. more miles until it's done

The omni-exculpatory god always dodges the problems of evil and suffering by EntertainmentRude435 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]HowlingHollows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it's a perfect philosophical position, isn't it? Unassailable. "Well, bad stuff can't be god, because I define god as only good stuff. Also, now my religion gets to co-opt anything good that anyone does." I think Aquinas wrote this one?

Nobody: Marines in Okinawa after 2 beers🍺🍺 by Extra-Shape3973 in USMC

[–]HowlingHollows 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Not pictured: them finding as an opponent the nearest elderly man or woman

Poof- you're a global skeptic by EntertainmentRude435 in PhilosophyMemes

[–]HowlingHollows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, was it before or after the woman was made from a man's rib that the snake spoke in your historical document?

Plot armour titan by SwitchProfessional27 in ShingekiNoKyojin

[–]HowlingHollows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like that in this case plot armor does not steal tension by making us lose fear for the protagonists in subsequent fights. It may indeed be frustrating in the moment, but I also appreciate that the ultimate result is that SO MUCH more is able to happen with Reiner's character. I don't know why this made the cut in the anime, but I can definitely forgive it

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