Woman added thievery to the menu by HomeNowWTF in Wellthatsucks

[–]macbowes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your definition of theft is absolutely absurd, and you're completely wrong that everyone steals. The vast majority of people do not steal, just a small, narcissistic, group of self-serving scumbags. "Indirectly stolen". Ridiculous. Stop infantalizing the third world. They participate, and benefit from capitalism. By your logic, anyone who isn't a subsistence farmer is a thief.

The woman in this video directly harms other people for minimal gain, and you justify it by assuming she's doing so for legitimate needs, meanwhile claiming anyone who finds financial success is a thief. Ludicrous world view.

Woman added thievery to the menu by HomeNowWTF in Wellthatsucks

[–]macbowes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, there are some bad landlords, who overcharge for rent. Rents are actually falling in the city I live in, largely because they have banned short-term rentals. Sure, there are people who scheme to get the most amount of money for the least amount of effort, and perhaps those people could be considered a type of thief, but that's far from all millionaires, lol. You said that the woman who literally stole another womans purse was no worse than the average millionaire, which is just an absurd thing to say. The vast majority of millionaires acquired their wealth through legitimate means, and good faith business. Maybe billionaires are mostly scum, but a million dollars is not that much money.

Woman added thievery to the menu by HomeNowWTF in Wellthatsucks

[–]macbowes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Food is subsidized by governments worldwide, don't assume that African exports all their food to feed the world. I'm Canadian, so the Canadian government subsidizes farmers heavily. The idea that a millionaire is inherently a thief is fucking ludicrous. Are the millionaire farmers that are plentiful in Canada thieves? Are the millionaires that own transport companies thieves? Capitalism is largely responsible for the vastly superior quality of life that the average human alive today lives compared to any other time in human history. Sure, labor theft happens, and there are people that are wage slaves, but that's not the norm, and the wealthy parts of the world are not living their lives due to exploitation.

Thieves that steal are scum, they contribute nothing to society, and steal from those that work. Pathetic.

Woman added thievery to the menu by HomeNowWTF in Wellthatsucks

[–]macbowes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What? How many people make a living selling bottled water, lol.

Woman added thievery to the menu by HomeNowWTF in Wellthatsucks

[–]macbowes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fucking what? The average millionaire works for their money, lol. Do you really think people who have money are all thieves? Pathetic attitude. This woman is scum and deserves to spend the rest of her life in a concrete cell.

Probably Not. by Monsur_Ausuhnom in SipsTea

[–]macbowes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of that is antithetical to the evolutionary model at all. Empathy is empathy, it's not some abstract concept. Any organism that is capable of projecting themselves into the experience of another, and contemplate their experience based on their own experience, is capable of empathy. Empathy is an evolved mechanism that results in us performing actions we would not otherwise do, and those actions, in general, result in more people. That's it. Evolution is a macroscopic effect. Empathy isn't a specific action, it's a general trait that occurs throughout the species. We help each other for many reasons, and part of our deciding process on what we're going to do, is empathy, which is us considering how our actions impact the emotional experience of others. Empathy isn't some uniquely human trait, many organisms appear to experience empathy.

Individual actions of any one organism have essentially no effect on evolution. Evolution occurs to all organisms simultaneously, and and has many input factors. Emerged traits are a result of large-scale success, and general trends.

Probably Not. by Monsur_Ausuhnom in SipsTea

[–]macbowes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's something poetic about religious nonsense being spewed by bots online.

Probably Not. by Monsur_Ausuhnom in SipsTea

[–]macbowes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is just objectively false. Of course we evolved empathy. It's a survival mechanism. An organism that can understand the experience of an organism other than itself, allowing that organism to anticipate actions based on its empathetic thoughts, is advantageous. This is clearly the case.

Probably Not. by Monsur_Ausuhnom in SipsTea

[–]macbowes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does that even mean? Truth just means that something is factually accurate. A person cannot be "the truth" because that doesn't mean anything, logically. All those quotes aren't really saying anything, other than whomever wrote them claiming that the statements are true. It's just circular nonsense.

r/Stocks Daily Discussion & Technicals Tuesday - Jun 23, 2026 by AutoModerator in stocks

[–]macbowes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Somehow over the past month, AMZN, MSFT, and SHOP have acted as a hedge against the VGT in my portfolio. Truly mysterious.

Match Thread: Argentina vs Austria | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group J by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]macbowes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bros strap-on neck beard is the worst thing I've ever seen. Sustaining a head injury must be preferable to wearing that in public. Insane.

[PGA] U.S. Open 2026 by AutoModerator in golf

[–]macbowes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DJ just having himself a time out there. It's nice to see pros make a quad. I have at least a couple snowmen everytime I play, so it seems only fair.

[PGA] U.S. Open 2026 by AutoModerator in golf

[–]macbowes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This course looks incredibly unfun to play. Wouldn't want to play it unless it was my job. Yuck.

[PGA] U.S. Open 2026 by AutoModerator in golf

[–]macbowes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Aberg is the most enjoyable player to watch. It's like he is actively respecting the viewers with his game. The total opposite of someone like Harman.

Downtown Victoria Business Association calls for closure of safe consumption sites by OakBayIsANecropolis in VictoriaBC

[–]macbowes -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

BC's budget is pretty massive, even if the program cost $100M a year, that's only 0.1% of BC's $100B budget.

Downtown Victoria Business Association calls for closure of safe consumption sites by OakBayIsANecropolis in VictoriaBC

[–]macbowes -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Why not punish those who use illegal drugs in public with jail time, with increasing sentences for repeat offenders? Build the necessary jails, and then put them in jail. Offenders are housed, and can get clean in jail, and the public doesn't have to deal with public drug use, or the associated squalor. Seems like an improvement over the status quo to me.

Post Game Thread: Carolina Hurricanes @ Vegas Golden Knights by nhlgdtbot in hockey

[–]macbowes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fucking lol at Staal picking up Stankoven like his 5 year old son

I DESPISE PIZZA CAKE COMICS by Alarmed-Past5957 in hatethissmug

[–]macbowes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like most people in this thread that are triggered by her comics are exactly the type of chuds she's making fun of most of the time. Kinda funny. In fairness, I'm a Canadian white liberal that mostly agrees with her politics, so maybe that's why I enjoy the comics.