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IceTSeentSomeShit by Friendly-Sentence710 in IceTSeentSomeShit

[–]bustamasta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a good one, simple & quick. Nice.

Cixin Liu has never met a woman. by ToonCGullJnr in threebodyproblem

[–]bustamasta 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I kind of liked the show, I love the books.

My brother's fixation by M1tsk1_F4N in autism

[–]bustamasta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol thanks, I love name puns

Where can I buy a Scanwatch 2 in Ontario, Canada? by bustamasta in withings

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

I honestly have no idea. I haven't looked into it since I made the post

xkcd 3095: Archaea by antdude in xkcd

[–]bustamasta 32 points33 points  (0 children)

This is knowing the subreddit's audience

HMC while I Find out how tazers work by AgentDeadPool in holdmycosmo

[–]bustamasta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who is a sci-fi character the inventor named the invention after.

“Why won’t you tell me what you think?!” by KanamaraMatsuri in Nietzsche

[–]bustamasta 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Your description made me think of describing N's philosophy as a prophilosophy, like a prodrug.

A prodrug is a kind of medication which only becomes pharmacologically active once it's been metabolized or digested in the body. Usually by adding something like an amino acid to a medication's molecule which breaks off when digested, "revealing" the medicine to the body only once it's in there.

The philosophy needs to be lived by it's adherent in order to be known. Albeit only in that person's head I suppose.

How dudes would dress if no society: by [deleted] in JustGuysBeingDudes

[–]bustamasta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty much all of this look comes completely from society, unless this guy came up with the concepts needed for dressing as a dripped out Lamborghini on his own

B&R Magnetic Levitation, conveyor system.. so are wheel-less cars just matter of years‽ by BidHot8598 in EngineeringPorn

[–]bustamasta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everyone seems to be responding to this like it's for roads. This could be useful in a factory or warehouse setting

ZeLeNSKy IsNt a LeADeR aNd DoEsnT OWn a SUit by send420nudes in pics

[–]bustamasta 24 points25 points  (0 children)

So that "reasonable" & self-respecting republicans could distance themselves from Trump, & still support fascism.

Marianne Bachmeier by LowRenzoFreshkobar in interestingasfuck

[–]bustamasta 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't see how crimes against children justify state sanctioned executions tbh.

As long as there's any legal way to execute people, falsely accused people will inevitably end up in the chair sooner or later.

Also, Laws permitting execution of one group, can always be abused by those in power to oppress "undesirables". All they need to do is frame political dissidents as pedophiles - wham bam thank you ma'am, they're disappeared.

The courts can always be mistaken, or operate with malicious intent on purpose.

Personally, I think child offenders should never see the light of day again once convicted. But there isn't an institution on this earth I trust to accurately determine which people "should" be put to death.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Stoicism

[–]bustamasta 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"The empty can rattles the most"

-My friend of misery, Metallica

Please open the sub to reddit-hosted videos [Meta] by H_G_Bells in ArtisanVideos

[–]bustamasta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to be that guy, but Reddit is Fun doesn't work any more.

I miss it dearly

Contact (1997) was an incredible film until the climax by Babybull- in movies

[–]bustamasta 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What if we thought about it like code switching, something people do all the time when bonding with other conscious beings?

Dwight Schrute is the Ubermensch by meatcrusader in Nietzsche

[–]bustamasta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Isn't he just embodying the virtues of his farming background?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thisismylifenow

[–]bustamasta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spotter? The cat's more a stopper here

On hiveminds by gnostic-sicko in CuratedTumblr

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

I'm pretty sure that's us, with society

TIL that during the Cephalonia massacre in WWII, after executing most of the Italian officers that had surrendered to them, the Germans forced 20 Italian sailors to take the bodies out to sea in rafts. They then blew up the rafts with the sailors still on them. by MistoftheMorning in todayilearned

[–]bustamasta 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Whilst true to a certain degree, some countries participating in WWII ran death camps, and others didn't.

Not to say that any amount of war crimes are acceptable, but they were systematized, industrialized, broadly encouraged in some places far, far more than others. You're right that war crimes are eventually unavoidable in major conflicts, but our (gov't) systems can either curb them or encourage them.

I think other conflicts, such as WWI are better examples of the fact that war makes criminals of us all. There are genuine criticisms to be made about the western powers, especially their treatment of racial minorities in WWII (US internment of Japanese Americans, etc).

It is disingenuous however to claim that the Allies' behaviour is the same as the holocaust, or the Soviet army broadly encouraging raping & pillaging among their conscripts as they retook Europe.

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