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EDIT: Oh yeah and my website.

My stance on eating meat is kind of the exact opposite of what I was asking here. It’s one of the two things I continue doing despite not being able to morally justify it. Piracy is the other one.

And some variety in the userbase as well. This is quite the echo chamber. Not that reddit wasn’t but Lemmy is even worse in that sense.

I’m with you on this one. I tell the truth even when it’s potentially harmful to me. However, it also holds you accountable because it prevents one from doing things they would have the urge to lie about in the future.

Also, not lying doesn’t mean radical honesty. Just that you don’t say things that are untrue. I think lying is only acceptable when used to prevent violence - kind of like violence is also acceptable when defending yourself. So if there are nazies on the door asking wether you have Anne Frank on the attic, it’s okay to lie.

Someone telling me about their dream in a great detail.

Predators can see in the dark much better than you do and not only that; their sense of hearing and especially smell is orders of magnitude better than yours.

As someone who has spent several nights alone in a pitch dark forest, shit’s scary. You hear sounds around you all the time and you have no idea wether it’s a bird, human or a bear.

You really think that the only ones against ending capitalism are a handful of wealthy people?

I stopped putting blame on people. I focus on the grand scheme of things - not the individuals involved in it. The list of people I have negative thoughts about throught the week is zero long.

No, but I only start cooking when I’m hungry but then am too impatient to wait for it to be done so I’ll start snacking while I wait and then I’m no longer hungry when it’s done.

Where I live, there’s a strict screening process to become a cop. It requires a three-year education, and you need a college degree just to apply. There are far more applicants than available spots, so even many good candidates don’t make it in. Trust in the police is generally quite high among the population, they’re respected, and every time a firearm is used for example, it’s investigated thoroughly. Officers do face legal consequences when malpractice is discovered.

So, yeah, I’d hang out with a cop and talk to them about the same stuff I’d discuss with anyone else.

There are tens of millions of cops around the world. The idea that not a single one of them is a good person is so statistically improbable that I’d bet my life on it being false.

Can you name another broad generalization that applies to every single member of that group without exception?

Neo-nazies are the same species of human as KKK members. If what Daryl Davis did worked with KKK it should work with neo-nazies too. Or do you have a valid reason to think it wouldn’t?

That all cops are bastards.

I genuinely believe ACAB, and this news has me conflicted because my new friend seems really cool and super nice.

What you’re experiencing is cognitive dissonance. New information is clashing with your prior beliefs, leaving you with a choice: either update your beliefs or double down and lie to yourself even harder.

Toss my tool bag into my truck and drive to the customer’s house I guess unless told to do something else by the authorities.

“I’m not interested in trying to convince you otherwise” is such a simple statement, yet you keep asking the same thing again and again. If this is too difficult of a concept for you to comprehend I can’t possibly imagine you grasping my nuanced view on any of the subjects you mentioned. I’ve engaged with enough of people like you to know to pick my battles.

I don’t have anyone I’d want to remove and I’m also not so naive to think it wouldn’t come with major unpredictable consequences.

I’m not interested in trying to convince you otherwise.

I cannot defend nor explain the cause for a view I don’t hold.

I’m not interested in trying to convince you otherwise.