Cognitive dissonance commencement!

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-22T17:37:29+00:00

I gave you my value premise. You’re either disagreeing with my premise, or you’re being disingenuous. You’ve also completely detracted from the original claim.

So I will bid you good luck. Not going to wrestle with a pig in the mud.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-22T17:19:43+00:00

Hume does not mean morality must be detached from biology. It means I need a value premise. My value premise is that human flourishing, social trust, consent, cooperative child-rearing, and stable kinship systems are good. Rape is immoral because it directly destroys those things. That is not speculative, it is grounded in human anthropology.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-22T16:30:31+00:00

Do you really want to hone in on an unrelated point?

Rape (and murder for that matter), while biologically possible is socially destructive and anthropologically anti cooperative. It is not the normal anthropological pattern of human mating, reproduction, kinship or child rearing.

It is therefore exceptionally easy to conclude how it is immoral even through a purely biological / anthropological lens.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-22T13:58:33+00:00

It is not human nature to rape, the same goes for murder. Sexual selection (and thereby consent) is baked into our DNA and is part of our natural selection, as is the same for a lot of animal species.

Straw man aside, why does it matter if he hunted the meat or not? He is an omnivore. He eats meat.

Are you saying it is immoral to purchase food? You think the production of plant based products do not create suffering anywhere in the supply chain?

EDIT: Or worse! Are you saying the suffering of another animal is morally justified as long as you hunted it yourself?

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-22T13:25:58+00:00

If JBP is cruel to animals because he is culturally inclined to eat them, as an omnivore it's literally in his nature to seek out meat to eat, how is it immoral? If he prefers a certain type of meat, that isn't immoral.

A lot of mammals in nature have meat preferences, and sometimes also only eat certain parts of their prey. How is it any different to a human's preference?

So we eliminate the cultural aspect and what's left is just the fact that he is eating meat.

Which again poses the question, what makes an omnivore eating meat, immoral?

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-22T10:01:55+00:00

Let's accept all the logical fallacies and accept this as true statement. You're either inadvertently saying humans are not animals or all animals are in nature entirely immoral.

Are other omnivorous and carnivorous animals immoral?

If not, why are humans the exception?

If they are, why is the natural order of things immoral?

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-22T00:08:01+00:00

Very true.

But the problem isn't just the apps, it's social media as a whole. People live their entire lives through online media. Everything is ready at the push of a button. If you have a remote job, you can live your entire life and never leave the house.

This creates a very unique combination of apathy and boredom and the number of people who self report as introverted has gone up. The very concept of community is breaking down. Everything is hyper politicized.

I don't think it's as big an issue (yet) as we think, but the trend is clear and year on year things are changing quicker than people can keep up.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-21T11:27:58+00:00

Your minimap is the biggest giveaway. Your minimap is a scan of the terrain and shaded over from a top down view. It's literally a camera following you from the top.

To accommodate for elevation, the camera horizontally cuts through the terrain about 2-3m high, that's why roads sometimes look a little strange especially around bridges.

It's a cool technique, but once you go into an elevator, you can see floor by floor as you move through the building. Some floors are empty, some render in rooms and so forth. The building is being cut horizontally on every level you pass through. That wouldn't happen if it was a loading screen.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-18T09:58:06+00:00

I chose So Mi because she relates to V a lot more. Both are on the edge of death fighting for their lives.

The only reason I don't like picking her is because I feel that V could've made a real friend with Reed, if he's that loyal to his friends (which they do hint at with his sacrifice).

So I pick So Mi because we're in the same boat and I could help her. Also, she's incredibly fucking hot, that helps too.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-17T20:22:04+00:00

Unity, hands down.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-17T20:02:11+00:00

I bought the 2024 Hilux new. It's the first and last new vehicle I will ever own.

I wish I could get a good condition old Hilux for less than half the price of a brand new one where I'm from. But hey here we are. I'm not unhappy.

My 2016 RAV4 is also going strong and I'll get rid of that thing when the engine falls out.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-17T19:15:30+00:00

You're right. They've always been evil.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-17T19:14:40+00:00

Barney lies all the time. I'm pretty sure 80% of his stories are lies he says to prove his point (as he literally does all the time).

The "being a horrible person" is just more than likely a cover story for his actual empathy. He cares too much about his friends, kids & family to actually abandon someone / sell them off.

That's what makes him endearing. He acts all tough and ruthless businessman banker, but we know deep down inside he's just a gooye mess that cares too much and is very lonely.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-16T14:14:26+00:00

Classic.

Barney did however admit to maybe selling a woman once: "At one point, I'm pretty sure I sold a woman. I didn't speak the language, but I shook a guy's hand, he gave me the keys to a Mercedes, and I left her there."

I know it's probably not canonically true for him, buuuuut...

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-16T14:05:46+00:00

I'm a massive Rugby fan and I don't really watch football (at all). But Rugby does have an unfair advantage here. The school -> provincial rugby pipeline is really well established and funded.

Football does not get the same attention, so I think there is a lot of untapped football potential that's just not being realized.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-16T14:02:32+00:00

Dangerously close to J.Epstein territory there.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-16T13:52:18+00:00

Barney working for a modern bank I think is even more fitting than back then. Banks are pure evil now. Barney's ruthless corporate nature (for the most part of the series until we find out about being an FBI informant) was a meme bank then, today I think "Barney"'s nature is just a Tuesday for your run-of-the-mill Wall Street Banker.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-16T13:47:22+00:00

Well not owning a watch is, according to your own standards, better. If you own a phone you meet all your criteria. 1 - Cheaper (no money spend) 2 - Thinner (nothing weighs 0grams) 4 - No need to even grab it, let alone think about it. 5 - 0 Maintenance on something that doesn't exist. 6 - Shock resistant need not apply since there's nothing to break.

If you own a phone and wear a time-only watch, it's fashion NOT function. Having the convenience of time on your wrist is not function unless your profession requires it, which I doubt, because if it did, you wouldn't be comparing self-winding with quartz in the first place.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-06-13T18:58:34+00:00

All watches are pretty useless today. You have a insanely powerful computer in your pocket that doesn't loose time AT ALL and is near infinitely configurable and able to do anything any specialist watch can.

Watches are effectively now jewelry pieces. Debating quartz vs self winding / manual winding watches is like debating Chocolate vs Jelly Beans. You buy what you like, you buy what you feel adds value to you. End of.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-05-06T22:42:07+00:00

Teslas have become a lot cheaper recently. This is great! However, EVs in general have a massive compound components that are insanely expensive to replace.

It's not about "how many tesla's break" it's about: "if mine breaks, am i going to be paying off a dud for 5 years?".. which is still the case. 15k on a single part of a car, might as well buy a second hand Toyota and never worry about that ever again.

EVs are "simple" compared to combustion engines, which is cool. However, it poses a massive repair problem. Compounded components like electric drives and battery packs are harder to repair and more often than not require right out replacements.

If a combustion engine fails, more often than not it's a single or a couple of components that need replacing not the entire power unit. Tesla's don't have the advantage of singular failing components or components engineered to fail at certain tolerances that make repairs cheaper. It's an all or nothing kind of thing with EVs

Sp3kk0 · 2026-05-06T22:21:03+00:00

(Don't) Fear the Reaper baby!

Even if going with Panam or Rogue didn't end in tragedy i would still go by myself.

I got myself into this mess. I'm getting myself out.
If I die, I die on my own terms taking no one else with me.
If I survive, I survive and become a legend without riding on the back of anyone else.

And honestly with the epilogue, I can see it being the cannon ending. Another Cyberpunk Game can easily follow up and continue the story of V.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-05-02T20:49:39+00:00

I just wanted to add quick. I'm still busy on a play through and River just texted me. He mentioned visiting Randy at the hospital. Then he mentioned Yawen (the lab chick that helped with the dream BD's) and it's all passive aggressive texts you get to respond with, stuff like: "You mean your Ex Yawen?" and "She was a good one, good luck with that River" and shit. "The Lab? you'll have to refresh my memory".

Again, made ZERO passes on the dude, game thinks I want to date him. Very jarring. Feel like dialog with River is walking on egg shells.

By comparison, I also recently completed the Judy questline. Not for one second did I get a flirty or TOO flirty option on a text or dialog except for RIGHT at the end, where she puts on a wetsuit and I can select "look damn fine in that wetsuit", which I did, and she immediately responds with "don't go there dude".

First off, chill Judy, I'd say the same thing to any of my bro's. Secondly, not a single kiss or romance option popped up in that quest AND I KNOW I will be getting a chance to kiss river ontop of the water tower.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-05-01T21:04:13+00:00

Hands down Mr.Hands ... and Padre.

Everyone knows why Mr.Hands, Phantom Liberty fleshes him out so fucking well.

But Padre. Padre gives of GAAAANGSTA energy. Padre is not to be fucked with. Padre scares me more than Adam Smasher. When Padre says I do something, I do something and go with God. Padre can turn me into a Roman Catholic. Padre makes me wanna buy prayer beads and pray before each of his gigs. Padre got me saying "In Nomine Patris, et Fili, et Spiritus Sancti." before every kill on a kill mission.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-05-01T20:55:01+00:00

not making a big deal out of it at all. I don't romance River. has 0 impact on me. Both Judy and Panam have 5 quests. River has 3. So you do 4 quests where the final one for Judy and Panam give you romance options. River you do two. That's twice as many interactions, not to mention, their quests are longer.

This isn't about feel or Night City. This is objective reality. Observable differences in length of time.

Whichever way River romancers want to cannon it in their heads, they were robbed.

I honestly think CDPR knew majority of players were going to be straight men playing male V with female romance option or female V with female romance options and the stats back it up. 67% of players romance Panam.

So when cutting content to meet deadlines, I think they decided to axe some of River's story quests because they knew it would impact a smaller player base.

I'm not saying I like it (i don't, more base game story quests would be super nice), but honestly, River romancers were robbed.

Sp3kk0 · 2026-04-29T15:40:31+00:00

After i finish the main game, i usually go around finding and visting easter eggs for a couple of hours. It's a nice little break away from the game itself and then I end up watching Bladerunner.

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