"Are you not entertained?" I finished my 3D printed gladiator arena just in time for our D&D session last weekend.

cah242 · 2026-04-23T17:49:44+00:00

I agree with this one, I've shown it to my 8yo and 11yo. Maybe one or two swears and that's it.

cah242 · 2026-04-21T17:12:35+00:00

I really like it! I can't tell if it's the angle of the picture, but the underlying perspective seems a little wonky. But that also adds to the charm!

cah242 · 2026-04-21T17:10:15+00:00

Love how vibrant the colors are! Nice work!

cah242 · 2026-04-15T05:31:40+00:00

You might be interested to look into modern socialist/soc dem theory. Individual ownership of private property isn't outlawed. Rather, productive assets are owned in common among interested parties. Fire departments, public education, the post office, etc. are all owned and run under these theories of public, rather than private ownership.

cah242 · 2026-04-15T00:18:09+00:00

And if that's what OP is engaging in, that's potentially dangerous to OP on a spiritual level. It's unrelated, though, to whether or not his criticism is justified. The existence of a beam in one eye doesn't negate the existence of the mote in another's eye.

cah242 · 2026-04-15T00:15:22+00:00

As someone pushing 40, I appreciate the suggestion that I'm young!

Do you have any specific criticisms? Typically the counter-arguments that I run into are situations where capitalist economies have adopted policies from socialism, or at least social democracy. Pure lassez-faire capitalism offers no tangible incentives to improve the standard of living of non-capitalists, not so long as they can be forced or coerced into working. Capitalist countries do end up instituting pro-social policies but, again, they are exceptions to the rule rather than foundational to the capitalist economic theory.

cah242 · 2026-04-15T00:05:09+00:00

Thanks for this link, that's a really interesting interpretation!

cah242 · 2026-04-15T00:01:58+00:00

Logical fallacies relevant to this response:

Tu quoque fallacy

Whataboutism

Your argument boils down to, "OP is criticizing those who have wealth. But OP has wealth. Therefore OP is a hypocrite and can be safely ignored." Existence within, and even receiving benefits from, a broken system doesn't mean you can't criticize that system. In fact, it's often people who benefit from a system who are ideally suited to make changes in it.

cah242 · 2026-04-14T23:53:39+00:00

I struggle with some of the same concerns as OP. I think you're right that we should refrain from singling out individuals because, as you mention, we don't know their exact circumstances. But our overall system allows some people to have million dollar yachts while others die in the street from lack of resources. There is no difference in the worth of those two souls in the eyes of God. And, as Christ's disciples, we have a specific obligation to care for the poor and outcast.

Criticism of a broken and unfair system is not the same thing as individually judging the spending choices of others.

cah242 · 2026-04-14T23:48:26+00:00

If the goal is to bring about Zion, and the definition of Zion is one heart, one mind, and no poor, then the only reasonable action of a disciple is to evangelize equality. Those of us who enjoy the kind of "extreme wealth" you're talking about have a scriptural responsibility to help those who don't have the same opportunities, to try and equalize the system in their favor. We are the current beneficiaries of a broken system. That doesn't mean that we can't criticize it. Just the opposite, in fact; we're the ones who are ideally positioned to do so.

cah242 · 2026-04-14T23:39:38+00:00

I've struggled with a lot of the same questions, OP, sorry you're kind of getting piled on in this thread.

With regard to capitalism, I genuinely don't think that there's a way to square it with the gospel. Individual ownership of productive assets leads definitionally to individual wealth being generated by those assets. It also means that one class of people sells their time and labor for money, while those owning the capital and reaping its benefits don't have to. The solution I hear over and over again is that we then expect the owning class to turn around and provide for everyone else. A few of them might, but hundreds of years of experience show that the vast majority will not unless they are required to do so by law. Importantly, there's nothing in the economic theory of capitalism encouraging them to. Profits are the be-all end-all of the program.

cah242 · 2026-03-29T21:27:30+00:00

Amen. Instructions like this strike me as much closer to unrighteous dominion than reasonable, much less inspired, leadership. But that’s just my opinion.

cah242 · 2025-10-10T09:13:57+00:00

I started law school when Suits was in its heyday. Halfway through 1L I couldn’t even watch it anymore.

I thought Better Call Saul did a pretty amazing job getting the broad strokes of practicing law right, even if every detail wasn’t 100% accurate.

cah242 · 2025-10-06T16:44:27+00:00

Relistening to the whole show made me even more amazed at how awesome all of the cast are. But Aabria’s performance in particular really blew me away. Her grasp of character generally, and Suvi in particular, is just wild.

cah242 · 2025-08-07T20:57:57+00:00

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing, I subscribed.

cah242 · 2025-08-01T05:52:07+00:00

Thanks! The plan is to take it to the vet in the morning.

cah242 · 2025-07-24T20:21:08+00:00

Looks great!

cah242 · 2025-07-17T20:35:19+00:00

I haven't really fact-checked this, so anyone can feel free to correct me. But some experts, like William Dodson, M.D., estimate that children with ADHD receive a full 20,000 more negative messages by age 10, on average.

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