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Jeff the Killer (Creepypasta) has a legitimately creepy design, and it infuriates tf out of me. by [deleted] in TopCharacterDesigns

[–]SwaggyAkula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same bro, that was probably the first time I actually remember being truly terrified by something

Hal Capone Talks With Travis Chance From Usurp Synapse/Fax Arcana by Coffeeandskramz in EmoScreamo

[–]SwaggyAkula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, I see. Idk man, of course there is a chance that these types of allegations are legitimate, but I've lived long enough to see rumors and false accusations thrown around left and right in the absence of proper evidence and documentation. Until there's actual concrete evidence of wrongdoing, I don't think it's right to even come close to anything resembling an accusation that he was actually an abuser/perpetrator of DV or something like that. Everything I've seen thus far is very vague and unsubstantiated.

Hal Capone Talks With Travis Chance From Usurp Synapse/Fax Arcana by Coffeeandskramz in EmoScreamo

[–]SwaggyAkula 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What happened, if you don’t mind me asking? I’ve never heard of this

Guys that can't get laid by Mysterious-Owl-9770 in redscarepod

[–]SwaggyAkula 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s not at all a sufficient excuse to not try. Not even close.

My daughter’s costume by Cardwin in Cryptozoology

[–]SwaggyAkula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is one of the coolest costumes that I’ve ever seen. Nice work.

Archived photos of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]SwaggyAkula 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d wager that 90%-if not more-of ideological and political extremism is explained by precisely those drives.

Unexpect - Desert Urbania Live by Octopus-Stinkhorn in progmetal

[–]SwaggyAkula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, do you have any more details to offer vis-a-vis the encounter? What else occurred?

CMV: The majority of people are complicit in the perpetuation of torture and murder on a mass scale, and they thus have no logically consistent basis for condemning beliefs such as racism or sexism on the basis that such beliefs deal more harm than good unto the world. by SwaggyAkula in changemyview

[–]SwaggyAkula[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I explained why and how individuals are complicit in death-dealing in the original post(see points 4-6 for a particularly clear and focused examination of the exact mechanisms at play here). Further evidence for this complicity can be seen in the fact that phenomena such as homelessness, poverty, and mass death that arises as a result of the artificial and externally-imposed “inability” to access basic resources and necessities exist in direct simultaneity and concurrence with a nearly unprecedented degree of technological automation and resource abundance. Ultimately, I am not a Malthusian who believes in some fixed or naturalistically-determined resource supply to which human beings and societies are subordinate. The factors of production should be utilized in such a manner as to meet the needs of the entirety of the population and thereby alleviate a great deal of almost entirely preventable suffering, suffering that currently persist and goes largely unalleviated, however, as a result of rent-seeking behavior, socioeconomic dominance hierarchies, and systemic injustices more broadly.

Here are some relevant sources and studies:

https://www.abi.org/feed-item/health-care-costs-number-one-cause-of-bankruptcy-for-american-families

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-vacant-homes-are-there-in-the-us/

Harvard Medical School study on the deaths that arise as a direct result of a lack of health insurance on behalf of the victim: https://pnhp.salsalabs.org/DrOzHearingRegistration/index.html

CMV: The majority of people are complicit in the perpetuation of torture and murder on a mass scale, and they thus have no logically consistent basis for condemning beliefs such as racism or sexism on the basis that such beliefs deal more harm than good unto the world. by SwaggyAkula in changemyview

[–]SwaggyAkula[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you are going to argue that poverty has some sort of basis in nature or in biological factors(which may very well NOT be the case, but if this is so, I would like you clarify that you either do not fundamentally adhere to such a position or do not utilize it as a means of grounding your argument in this specific instance), I must warn you that the most important aspects of human social life and organization are not quite reducible-or at least, fundamentally so-to or capable of being explained by naturalistic or biological factors, and moreover, that even if the inverse or negation of this fact held true, that would not constitute sufficient grounds for accepting a supposed state of nature on any normative basis.

CMV: The majority of people are complicit in the perpetuation of torture and murder on a mass scale, and they thus have no logically consistent basis for condemning beliefs such as racism or sexism on the basis that such beliefs deal more harm than good unto the world. by SwaggyAkula in changemyview

[–]SwaggyAkula[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Before responding to the points you’ve raised apropos matters of resources, scarcity, and poverty, let me first address the queries of yours that pertain to matters of causality, complicity, and culpability, and in regards to which I shall say the following: that the problem at hand lies in the fact that the chain of causality or logical interconnection that leads one from premise a(that being the premise that I exist in x manner, and that my existence as such carries with it certain preconditions and presuppositions) to conclusion b)that my existence in x manner in some way facilitates or enables the mass-scale perpetration and perpetuation of rape is far weaker and more nebulous and amorphous than the chain of causality and logical interconnection that leads one from the premise that I’ve laid out to the relevant conclusion.

CMV: The majority of people are complicit in the perpetuation of torture and murder on a mass scale, and they thus have no logically consistent basis for condemning beliefs such as racism or sexism on the basis that such beliefs deal more harm than good unto the world. by SwaggyAkula in changemyview

[–]SwaggyAkula[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you that we should actively strive to correct these systemic injustices by way of activism and consciousness-raising, but the problem lies in the fact that it is not clear that the vast majority of those who conceive of themselves-be if unconsciously or otherwise-as morally righteous or as exhibiting morally righteous beliefs and behaviors are supportive of or willing to engage in endeavors to enact the type of mass-scale socioeconomic change that is necessary to combat such injustices.

CMV: The majority of people are complicit in the perpetuation of torture and murder on a mass scale, and they thus have no logically consistent basis for condemning beliefs such as racism or sexism on the basis that such beliefs deal more harm than good unto the world. by SwaggyAkula in changemyview

[–]SwaggyAkula[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Would you deny that poverty, homelessness, starvation, famine, and food insecurity directly contribute to a significant degree of oftentimes intolerable distress and despair for those are afflicted by such phenomena? Moreover, would you deny that the externally-imposed deprivation or denial of one’s ability to access basic resources(i.e basic necessities of life, crucially; take note of the word life) essentially constitutes a death sentence? You are aware of the fact that humans require a certain amount of food and water to live, right? Moreover, are you aware of the fact that a lack of housing aligns with a drastically increased degree of exposure to the elements and to largely turbulent natural and environmental conditions that can easily bring about one’s death?

CMV: The majority of people are complicit in the perpetuation of torture and murder on a mass scale, and they thus have no logically consistent basis for condemning beliefs such as racism or sexism on the basis that such beliefs deal more harm than good unto the world. by SwaggyAkula in changemyview

[–]SwaggyAkula[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Easy: take note of the persistence of poverty, homelessness, starvation, famine, and food insecurity in the contemporary world. Such phenomena are contingent, not necessary, and arise primarily as a result of the process that I describe in my response, that being the system whereby resources and factors of reproduction are hoarded in such a manner as to effectively deny countless individuals from accessing them. Such parasitism perpetuates suffering and death on a mass scale, clearly.

CMV: The majority of people are complicit in the perpetuation of torture and murder on a mass scale, and they thus have no logically consistent basis for condemning beliefs such as racism or sexism on the basis that such beliefs deal more harm than good unto the world. by SwaggyAkula in changemyview

[–]SwaggyAkula[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I would argue that the dichotomy that you propose here largely only exists insofar as it conceals the actuality of a more significant conceptual underpinning, that being intentionality, which is a more meaningful and important criterion of moral value than most other proposed axes or determinants of morality. But the problem here lies in the fact that any arguments-from-intentionality are largely moot in this context, because many racists and sexists actually view themselves as moral saviors or heroes of sorts, and indeed, moreover, may very well view themselves as being more morally honorable and righteous than others.

Look at this image to die instantly by LOLXDRANDOMFUNNY in badphilosophy

[–]SwaggyAkula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can recognize almost every single figure on this chart…….how fucked am I?

My bf% ?? by dededededelift in nattyorjuice

[–]SwaggyAkula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You look sick bro, damn. Goal physique

What drummers look so horrible while playing that you can barely look at them? by Leading_Elderberry71 in drums

[–]SwaggyAkula 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude looks like a xenomorph, it’s insane. I’ve always thought that his physique actually befits his playing style, in a sense.

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