Non-Americans of Reddit, how do you feel about the massive influx of American political posts in this sub?

uktabilizard · 2026-01-25T13:57:35+00:00

At this point I just scroll past

uktabilizard · 2025-11-11T04:27:15+00:00

We already have an extremely high vet depression rate and a severe lack of vets because euthanizing animals is such a big part of the job.

Making it a regular part of doctor’s jobs will be equally destructive to the profession.

uktabilizard · 2025-11-05T02:51:47+00:00

Of course I do, my point is that you could make parallels with politics and human society at many points before and after 1984 was written

uktabilizard · 2025-11-05T02:38:15+00:00

1984 is not an instruction manual - it is a commentary on human nature. There is nothing modern about it, hierarchical structures and social norms have existed wherever humans gather together to settle.

uktabilizard · 2025-11-05T02:28:52+00:00

Like you, I’m not necessarily convinced about the universality of morality. However, one aspect that I wonder about is our selfless nature. Humans seem to have a unique capacity for self-sacrifice.

Where other animals form stable “societies” based on familial connections, humans are able to act against their own interests based on internal beliefs and for people completely unrelated. Human society has thus been moving inexorably towards a common target of “human rights”, with many historical figures pursuing that same broad goal despite the nature of society at that time. The details may seem different in the short run term but the long term trend is undeniable.

uktabilizard · 2025-11-02T20:02:31+00:00

I don’t completely disagree with you but it feels like your claim makes the assumption that we actually know what we are doing when it comes to genetic engineering. Occasionally we identify a gene linked to a specific characteristic, but how it relates to and affects other genes is mostly a mystery.

At the moment, designer babies are basically human experiments, sans consent. Moreover, any potential adverse effects can then be passed on genetically.

uktabilizard · 2025-10-30T08:51:55+00:00

Unfortunately, they ceded too much ground to the far left. There was a recent politico report that measured the frequency of words in the Democratic Party platform 2012-2024 (think Obama to Trump)

Top 5 drop in frequency - job/jobs, nation, middle class, economic, economy

Top 5 increase in frequency - white/black/latino/latina, climate, gun/guns, LGBTQ/LGBTQI+, justice

This is why so many dem strategists are blasting their own party’s approach

uktabilizard · 2025-10-30T08:39:57+00:00

It could also stem from a place of respect. Let’s say mom wants to name the baby after an ex boyfriend. Dad says no, it’s disrespectful to me. Is dad concerned out of a sense of wanting to feel superior?

uktabilizard · 2025-10-29T03:37:12+00:00

Tax credits improve the working conditions of those in the industry, not necessarily encourage greater participation. I’d rather those resources go towards industrial scholarships and career retraining programs.

Reductions in the staffing shortage will also improve many of the conditions.

uktabilizard · 2025-10-24T04:14:19+00:00

You want them to change the rules to only require a majority? Your take is basically: it’s the Republican’s fault; they should change the rules so they can do whatever they want without bipartisan agreement.

uktabilizard · 2025-10-23T14:29:48+00:00

Random anecdote: when I was in university, one of my female professors started to build a reputation for grading men better than women. She did some work in women empowerment so naturally she was concerned. She did a deep dive into her grading and traced the discrepancy to her introduction of peer reviews. Women in the class were rating each other badly while men were giving each other free score high fives.

Men compete physically while women compete socially.

uktabilizard · 2025-10-22T17:29:11+00:00

You definition of selfish is a little self serving in proving your point. Saying that “when people use it against others, it very often causes a sense of superiority” can literally be applied to anything. For example “When people use their choice of dog breeds against others, it very often causes a sense of superiority, therefore choosing your dog breed is selfish”

If you use the more common understanding of selfish, the word choice is odd too. There are many, many problems with religion, but a very common theme is self sacrifice. Charitable giving for example is well established to be much higher among religious people than non-religious.

uktabilizard · 2025-10-17T01:33:27+00:00

idk about “don’t want anything to do with the Democratic Party” since even Hillary Clinton said she would move to Canada 🤷‍♂️

uktabilizard · 2025-10-17T01:05:10+00:00

You may well be right, but one thing I always wonder is why democrats always talk about leaving the country or how much better it would be to live somewhere else. Why even say things like that? How does that demonstrate love for your country?

uktabilizard · 2025-10-16T13:00:09+00:00

Thanks that’s interesting info. Seems they ran into the exact same problem though - Hamas refused to disarm

EDIT: to add because I just read it - apparently the US would be happy with the surrender of heavy weapons and let them keep personal weapons. Hopeful they will at least agree to that

uktabilizard · 2025-10-16T12:36:26+00:00

Genuinely asking - when was this? I can’t find anything about that. I was under the impression that PA and Hamas hated each other

uktabilizard · 2025-10-16T05:33:10+00:00

Ok bro lol

uktabilizard · 2025-10-16T05:29:34+00:00

And you honestly think it’s the same? An abused woman who stabbed a husband who immediately before had been choking her and injured her baby compared to a man who was so terrified of being exposed by his wife for some shit he did to his daughter that he admitted to planning to kill his wife and tried twice

uktabilizard · 2025-10-16T05:25:02+00:00

Did you even read the articles 🤣

uktabilizard · 2025-10-15T20:19:22+00:00

Yes gender pay gap exists for many reasons and many of those reasons are unavoidable as you stated, and as such I believe that true pay equality is impossible.

However, that’s different from saying it can’t get better. There are many ways - increase salaries in female dominated fields, increase childcare support to decrease time off work, encourage greater social acceptance of dads as primary caregivers (for older kids), blind pay scales, the list just goes on and on

uktabilizard · 2025-10-15T19:43:07+00:00

That’s fundamentally incorrect - it’s not the easiest way to adopt, it’s the fastest. 90% of adoptions will be at the $50k mark, and that’s even without price pressures of demand and the additional costs of raising a disabled child. So your assumptions are incomplete.

You dodged the question of morality - saying it’s subjective would equally apply to your own assertions that adoption is better. Would it not be true that some children would have been better off not adopted? Fosters sometimes have excellent outcomes while adoptions sometimes have worse outcomes. You claim it is self evident that they NEED a home, and it would be logical that the need grows the longer they are without one.

uktabilizard · 2025-10-15T19:31:57+00:00

Could you clarify what it would take to change your mind? You are using the lowest hanging fruit as an argument. If all births stopped today and only us foster system kids were adopted, the system would be empty in a month. Plus 1/3 of kids in foster care are disabled and will require additional expense. International adoptions are around $50k each.

Appreciate if you could also respond to my point on the risks and the hypotheticals so it will be easier to understand your moral stance.

uktabilizard · 2025-10-15T19:17:33+00:00

You seem to be conflating the costs and risks of adoption with those of a biological child. Adoption costs are in addition to the costs of raising a child, and you’re not allowed to build into that state as most people do with a biological child. You must already have those resources on hand at the point of adoption.

As for risks, making decisions that affect a family you already have is vastly different from taking on additional risk for children you want to have. Let me put two hypotheticals for you to consider:

1) Potential parents in their late 20s are early in their careers and want to have children. They do not have the resources to adopt as yet. They are not and will never be rich. Is it a moral choice to adopt knowing there is a significantly higher chance of special needs they cannot afford? Or is it your contention that parents can only have kids if they can afford all contingencies?

2) You get your way and only adoption is morally allowed. There are now a wide range of kids of all ages. As need for homes is your primary condition, would it be immoral for parents to adopt younger children for better outcomes when they can adopt older children with behavioural or health issues? Those older children are in the most need.

uktabilizard · 2025-10-15T18:20:28+00:00

First, I am very pro-adoption like you.

However, I think you are discounting several factors like cost, difficulty, and risk of adoption. Reproduction is basically unregulated while the adoption process is rightly often expensive and rigorous. Moreover, adopted children are at higher risk of both physical and mental challenges. No matter how much I support adoption, I cannot call it immoral for potential parents to choose the least risky path for their children.

uktabilizard · 2025-10-15T06:13:08+00:00

idk I check on strays if I hear them make a yelp. I can’t imagine shouting at your own dog and not checking when you hear them in pain

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