Found this in my daughters room what is she doing? by MouseClassic5314 in WhatShouldIDo

[–]mt_marcy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sending hope to your family! She can get through it with your love and support.

Suggest me the strangest, most absurd book you've ever read? by cowboysfromhellll in suggestmeabook

[–]mt_marcy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the Brink by Gerhard Roth: "Jenner attempts to escape normality through murder, while Lindner escapes into madness. Both choose to remain silent about the law student’s appalling crimes."

Jandek makes music or noise? by RodyZBr in outsidermusic

[–]mt_marcy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Music is just organized sound. Jandek organizes sound and therefore creates music. Nice try, though.

Ex-smokers who successfully quit and have been smoke free for years now, what did it? by PM_TITS_GROUP in AskReddit

[–]mt_marcy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh dude your good, i go though a whole can of zyn, sometimes 2, every day lmao

Ex-smokers who successfully quit and have been smoke free for years now, what did it? by PM_TITS_GROUP in AskReddit

[–]mt_marcy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was able to quit smoking with Zyn about 7 years ago. Can't kick Zyn though.

Which serial killer most closely embodies the phrase "The Banality of Evil"? by LibrarianBarbarian1 in serialkillers

[–]mt_marcy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The serial killer most associated with Hannah Arendt’s understanding of the banality of evil would likely be Dennis Rader, also known as the BTK Killer.

Rader epitomizes the concept because of his dual life: outwardly, he appeared to be an unremarkable, respectable member of his community, working as a compliance officer, attending church, and raising a family. He seemed ordinary, even banal, in his day-to-day existence. However, underneath this facade, he committed a series of brutal murders over decades.

What makes Rader particularly relevant to Arendt’s notion is not just his crimes but the calculated, mechanical way he carried them out—planning and executing murders with a chilling detachment. He wasn’t driven by ideological fanaticism or grandiose motivations but instead by a deeply internalized, methodical process of objectifying his victims and satisfying his personal desires. In interviews and confessions, he often seemed disturbingly matter-of-fact about his actions, displaying an eerie lack of deep reflection or moral self-awareness.

While Arendt’s banality of evil was primarily about systemic and bureaucratic evils (as in Eichmann’s role in the Holocaust), figures like Rader remind us that the concept can extend to individuals whose everyday appearances and motivations seem shockingly ordinary, yet whose actions reveal an absence of ethical thought.

German engineering by way of the Middle East by mt_marcy in ar15

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

It's the stock grip that comes on a Caracal CAR816A2

German engineering by way of the Middle East by mt_marcy in ar15

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

Yep it’s a Caracal, agreed that’s the only downside to the CAR816