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  • Aeao@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonereminder rule
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    9 days ago

    Let me explain it this way:

    I burnt out at work and lost my job a little while back, I moved in with my mother on south padre island.

    This island is only half a mile wide but the rent on the ocean side is a little bit more than rent on the bayside.

    As a joke I’ve decided that makes me better than bayside people. I’ve decided people who live on the other side of the one road are poorly educated troglodytes and they smell like the gross bay over there.

    Obviously it’s a joke but it illustrates how arbitrary dehumanizing can be.

    I do understand you’re point that it can make it easier for some people to do what needs to be done… but I’d argue if you need to dehumanize then you shouldn’t be doing part of the job. It’s bad for your mental health.

    I don’t need to dehumanize bad humans to fight them. If you do then perhaps the physical fight isn’t the best place for you. There’s plenty of logistic works and none physical roles you can slide into. Leave the violence to people who can say “look, you’re human but you’re in the way of improving this world.… I have to get you out of the way now…” best to leave that job to people who don’t have to mentally justify it with “it’s only fine because they weren’t really people” no… they were people but what needed to be done still needs to be done.




  • Sorry dbl reply. I wanted to explain my “hamburger” better. I’m sure you’re a smart person but I know I have a bad habit of explaining something a wild metaphor from left field lol.

    You should also know my mental image of myself is a British person although I’m really from Texas. Forgive me if if I sound posh in my explanation.

    Imagine if we carpooled together to work

    Me: I’ll pick up lunch for us before getting you. You’re right hammer tho aren’t you… tell you what send me the money first! $3 for the burger plain $5 if you want it special and $7 if you want extras.

    How much do you send?

    Well if you don’t care send only $3. If you want pickles on the burger or chips and a shake well that’s extra isn’t it?

    I’m not saying “bacon on a burger is silly” I’m saying if you want bacon ask for bacon. Don’t just pay $7 and hope you like the extras and custom toppings.

    When someone asks “what are these three burgers different prices” I feel like the answer is “just get the cheap burger if you don’t recognize the Swiss mushroom difference… you maybe just don’t like mushrooms”

    Edit: again to be clear I’m not suggesting you should never take risks and order the “special” burger and give it a shot on a night out. I’m just saying if the question is “different prices, WHY?” My answer is “get the cheaper one”

    You want the movie? It has the movie. Boom done. If you want pickles you’ll know to ask for pickles.


  • Like all advice it isn’t one size fits all… I will challenge with this tho:

    Are you disappointed I didn’t get YOU a hamburger when I went out to whataburger?

    You didn’t know, you aren’t missing what you didn’t know about.

    What I mean is if you want commentary on the dvd you’ll read the description to see if it’s on there. If you didn’t care enough to look for it… maybe you’d still like the commentary if you got it, but if you didn’t have it you wouldn’t exactly be “missing” that additional content. However if you pay more for features you didn’t need or want you’ve wasted some money.

    Just my opinions and tho. I’m not philosopher or anything.



  • “I can’t figure out the difference “

    Get the cheaper one then.

    I’m a salesmen and anytime I’m in a situation where a customer is like “what’s the difference “ and I can explain why one costs more than another… it’s normally different features or materials… but at the end of the day if you don’t care about the “extra long deleted scenes with director commentary” enough to see it’s there then you probably don’t need it.

    Just buy the cheaper one you’ll be fine