I’d probably vote for the option causing a bit less suffering in Gaza, as hard as I could. I would not refuse to vote because the lesser evil was still bad.

It’s not hard really

R is pushing more support for Israel so D is the lesser evil. There’s a reason Netanyahu wanted Trump. If you think it couldn’t get worse than D level support, stay tuned

Kanye West?

well at least you’re consistent…

Btw, your chosen course of actions indirectly supported the option of spending even more tax dollars on killing people in gaza, so you might want to consider breaking your consistent streak of picking the wrong choice and try woting in a way that aligns with your stated goals

So it’s the moral argument of killing kids now in the hope of making a point that might or might not affect future politicians?

It doesn’t have to make sense for people to convince themselves to do it. It will certainly lead to worse outcomes for gaza

If your morals disregard the probable outcomes and is more focused on normative rules you could make some arguments but that kind of purity won’t save a single starving child in gaza

Edit: spelling

Asus Zenphone 10; headphone jack, minimal bloatware, two physical sim slots, good battery, small size so it actually fits in a pocket, finger print sensor on the power button so it’s seamless to unlock. Best phone I’ve had in quite a while

One possible drawback is that I don’t think it supports esim or has an sd card slot.

The value is tecknically the effect of what is called a stock market, and it does vary quite a bit over time as perceptions and economic factors change

Your things didn’t increase in perceived value as much as Amazon then

amazon grows its revenue → amazon stock value increases → amazon share holder richer

Many companies also pay dividends directly to the share holder but iirc Amazon has preferred to reinvest in growth

Amazon has been really successful in several domains and he’s owned a lot of it from the start

Although if you did earn $5k per day and managed to invest at a yearly return of 3% above inflation, you’d have about $41 trillion

At 1% above interest you’d just have $3.6 billion so invest wisely

(edit, corrected the numbers)

So if we make refusal to vacate a uterus a capital offense, we have a path to compromise

Well, one is a poll, one is a meme with no data source or explanation of what’s been done to get to the possibly not very correct number

Here’s a pew research thing finding about 61% of men supporting abortion in the US in 2024; lagging behind women at 64% but not by much

You sound very unhappy with being alone. If you feel stuck and like you’ve tried everything you can think of, it might be a good time to ask for help from a therapist or similar. They might have ideas or tools you haven’t thought of yet

People in relationships can be miserable and feel extremely alone too, if the relationship isn’t working well. It’s not a one-stop-shop to happiness sadly

I hope you figure it out and start feeling better

Yeah, the 20th least polluting country is near 1000x worse than the estimated CO2 footprint in the article

You’re right… The “more than 20 countries” thing, is about 1000x away from the real number too, so I guess they dropped a “kilo” somewhere and somehow didn’t react to getting an obviously absurd result

This is hugely incorrect

… equivalent to 281,315 metric tons of CO2. This is roughly the same quantity of emissions that 75 coal-fired power plants produce in a year, and it exceeds the annual emissions of 20 individual countries and territories.

A single medium sized (1MW) coal power plant outputs about 6.3 million metric tons CO2 per year, so the comparison is three magnitudes off

I wouldn’t trust any other numbers from that site without verification

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