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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

This. Being able to pee without necessarily setting down is great when you're outside, or in a public toilet but I see absolutely no sense of doing that at home.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

~~gold color~~ tanning cream

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Free sauna without a high electricity costs. Sounds like a win to me!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I guess this question has to be looked at from multiple dimensions.

From a purely economical and short-term perspective, maybe yes. Every human not contributing to society at an at least average level, is consuming ressources and driving up the costs. No matter if it's due to illness, disability, depression, age, weakness, missing intelligence etc.

From a social perspective, such a program quickly can turn into a nightmare: First of all, everyone would be under pressure. If you're not a constant top performer, you'd feel like a burden on society. And the bar to be a top performer would constantly rise as more and more people on the 'lower end' decide to end their lives.

Second, it's impossible to quantify the value of a person holistically. People can provide no direct economic value and still be an important member of society. Like emotionally supporting others, being loved, providing jobs etc.

Furthermore - in a society where at some point the 'weak' are expected to 'voluntarily' end their lives, people would be constantly scared. No one would be willing to take any risks because getting injured, getting a depression etc. would be like an implicit death penalty. This would again lead to devastating effects on economy.

I personally think that everyone should be allowed to end their lives if they really deeply want it. But this should never be expected, actively promoted or pushed for. And I think it should involve at least a consultation with a medical professional to avoid hasty decisions due to a temporary crisis.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 72 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Does not work with the cybertruck.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Looking at history, doing that at work might become the norm much faster than you think.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Username doesn't check out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

If lil' chip here had a snowflake for every birdie he killed, he'd be covered from claws to beak. ☃️

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I learned that term on Lemmy and other social media platforms, never really questioned it.

I now quickly scrolled through that Wikipedia article and the most recent date reference given there is 1995 with the majority of events being in 196x or earlier. No recent event is linked there to the Zionist movement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m sure if he kept having it he’d grow to like it

The tofu or the farts?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Aren't bees dying after a single sting?

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