Enter bioengineering: empathy virus

I think he means the mental framework where levels of privilege are assigned to swaths of the population based a facet of their identity: white privilege, female privilege, vegetarian privilege, etc.

We can disagree a bit about the sacredness of life but I think we agree about oreseving nature. Yet I think national parks are both a good and a practical necessity. If the general public can’t get a taste of wilderness they will not value it, and will not protest its demise. So it’s a balancing act— in a perfect world sure have some very large untouched reserves, but if you care about any wilderness surviving then national parks are a must imho.

Why would distribution be illegal if everyone is of legal age? Not saying it’s a good thing to abuse the trust of someone like that— but unless they had you sign an NDA as soon as you send something to someone over the internet you should assume you’ve given up control over it just practically.

Batteries have a plus and a minus, the spring is generally the flatter end which is generally negative, they’re designed that way to be stackable, although we could probably come up with a slightly more intuitive design.

Aha ok yeah that does make more sense will give it a shot— thank you!

Let’s say I’m using a streaming service for instance

It’s good, plus as a person with pale skin it acts a social signal to reassure others in my presence that I am not in fact a vampire

Dude did you need the “(first)”? I’m really trying to be optimistic this morning x.x

Could you explain