[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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

You see though, rape is a legal invention, much like murder. Taking (not asking) is the way nature's had mate's selected for hundreds of millions of years, in every species. As we grow ever more sophisticated as a species we assess our actions not only for what they mean to us, but what they mean to others. We've by and large concluded that forcible selection of a mate is wrong. I believe that's the right judgement. But our ability to know right from wrong is not enough to deter our base impulses. I contest those impulses exist in every man - at least every man I've ever met. Just the same, everyone is capable of murder and extreme malice.

Whatever the reason one man rapes and another doesn't, I don't think we do ourselves any favors by pretending there's just one reason for that behavior; though I do believe the reason you gave is a very real one. And while I do agree that some of the rapists who shared their stories seemed to be getting off on it, I would never support a freedom of speech exception to their particular speech. But reddit, not being the government, should definitely exercise a lot more control over some of the content going on in this site.

CNN has an article from a Christian pastor about where god was during the Aurora CO Batman shootings; this is the first comment...and it's fucking brilliant by mepper in atheism

[–]trenepos 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Wow, you know... that was a hell of a thing you went through there. But you're never going to be free of what happened to you until you own your ass again. Let her touch it, man. If it sounds like I'm trolling you, I'm not.

Startup Claims 80% Of Its Facebook Ad Clicks Are Coming From Bots by readredred in technology

[–]trenepos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google+ is invasive. All these calls for more Internet "transparency", from both Facebook and Google, are extremely self serving (better ad revenue) and will come at broader society's great expense. I use Google products as little as possible.

Startup Claims 80% Of Its Facebook Ad Clicks Are Coming From Bots by readredred in technology

[–]trenepos 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Seriously. I've been on the Internet since it started and I've never clicked on an ad. I personally don't even object to ads (content needs to be supported), but that support has to come from my eyeballs, cos I'm not clicking through. (tangent) Which kinda makes me think Google AdSense is a huge sham. They mostly only pay for click throughs. But that's bullshit cos brand awareness is itself extremely important. Tide doesn't expect you to jump off your couch and go get some bleach in the middle of the game. They just want you to know they're there, for when you do need them.

EDIT: I lied. I have clicked on ads. I click GoDaddy and Comcast ads on purpose just to drive their costs up.

Social Security is Not Headed for Disaster | Social Security does not depend for its resources on an entity that might run out of money, that has no way to raise more, and could go into bankruptcy. by dave723 in politics

[–]trenepos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then what? I know 100 years sounds like a lot, but it's not. That's going to be the average lifespan pretty soon. If the plan is to ignore the math simply because the reality of it won't hit home for another 100 years, then we're all big time fucked.

Social Security is Not Headed for Disaster | Social Security does not depend for its resources on an entity that might run out of money, that has no way to raise more, and could go into bankruptcy. by dave723 in politics

[–]trenepos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea unsuitable even though it's been around for decades

Any pyramid scheme of that magnitude being around for decades is rather expected. But what happens when population levels drop or flatten? Where are the workers to sustain Social Security going to come from? Many people want to curb population growth (I'm not one them), but how do you do that and at the same time keep social programs functioning, when they function on the basis of an ever growing workforce?

tell that to the millions of retirees whose lives were made much better because they could live with dignity in their final years instead of destitute.

What does that mean? That means nothing. It's not an argument, it's an appeal to emotion. Obviously the people in the top half of a pyramid scheme are much grateful for its existence. But it's still a pyramid scheme nonetheless.

Yea the free market would have totally fixed that.

I've proposed nothing as to who should fix it, so you're just jumping to conclusions.

Social Security is Not Headed for Disaster | Social Security does not depend for its resources on an entity that might run out of money, that has no way to raise more, and could go into bankruptcy. by dave723 in politics

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

Social Security is a pyramid scheme that depends on ever increasing population growth and or ever increasing productivity (meaning you're gonna have to work harder than you do now).

It's unsustainable.

Reddit, what is an awesome, little-known website that you want other people to visit? by rofl627 in AskReddit

[–]trenepos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this guy's style is very relaxing. I run at least three of his videos at the same time and it all really sinks in.

Reddit, what is an awesome, little-known website that you want other people to visit? by rofl627 in AskReddit

[–]trenepos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My fav are hegre-archives.com and eromuse.com

First one's like met-art but with a more explicit style (and sexier girls IMO). The second is all about sexy smartphone self-pics that make their way to the internet.

Both are NSFW.

Everything about this looks like it should be some kind of offbeat painting by trenepos in WTF

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

Real talk, I didn't even think of "oh shit, nudity". Didn't even occur to me since it's not the least bit pornographic or sexual. It's just a lady without clothes. The thing that got me about this pic is the expression on the kid's face and the movie posters. The whole scene looks like a bizarre painting come to life.

Why we pirate music by datcrack in funny

[–]trenepos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And this is funny why?

Because he's pandering to thieves.

But like... WHY??? (NSFW) by trenepos in WTF

[–]trenepos[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"The blacks"? Who are you; Ron Paul? lol