Definitely died as heroes.

Everyone gotta learn at some point.

Every moment in time is unique, every second that passes is a new second with a new world state. Yes there are similarities and patterns, but by shifting your focus you can always find a new way to look at the world.

Instead of trying to recreate Christmas morning 1995 for yourself, try to create Christmas morning 2025 for someone else.

Exactly. I’d also say that evidence of Trump’s crimes don’t matter to the people who support him because his crimes don’t matter to the people who support him.

Making me pay $80 for Mario Kart World impacts me way more directly than a company exploiting public water resources, ergo Nintendo is more evil than Nestle.

Nothing says “Friday” like the failure of a critical system!

Mission Accomplished.

I’m afraid I’m going to have to ignore what you just said. :(

If it makes you feel any better, as an American I don’t judge people based on decisions made by their country. We’re all stuck on this planet together and I’d like everyone to have some good times if possible.

You’re totally right, lol

I was spelling from memory and I always pronounced it as “yerk” in my head because it rhymed with “jerk”.

I’m going to leave my mistake, I’m not ashamed to be imperfect.

Brain slugs from the Animorphs book series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animorphs

The yerks are on Earth.

Yeah, that’s fair. I guess the hypothetical I had in my mind was if I’m at war and the enemy is torturing their POWs, I’m not going to start torturing mine because that would go against my morals. I was interpreting “going low” as abandoning my own values.

“Growing a spine” is contradictory to “going low”.

Physics isn’t solved, so I don’t think it’s fair to call it ruthlessly inflexible. https://youtu.be/nn94mn8ozOI

“Dream” concept leaves us in total chaos without even a theoretical chance to figure out how things work.

I disagree. There’s no reason the scientific method (observe, question, hypothesize, experiment, record data, draw conclusions) can’t be applied in dreams.

Just because your dreams aren’t consistent or logical doesn’t mean it’s impossible to have a logically consistent dream.

My go to response is usually “what do you mean by that?” Generally people say stuff like that to imply it’s impossible to “know” anything. But does it really matter if this is a dream or not?

Leao, who gained his U.S. citizenship through military service, said he was treated “very fairly.”

“They’re just doing their job,” said Leao, who is of Angolan and Portuguese descent.

What does worthwhile even mean? Have you ever had any sort of positive interaction? Who’s to say that small moment of enjoyment wasn’t worthwhile?

Go find a someone who’s asking for help and help them.

It’s a skill you can develop. For example ask yourself a question like “What do I want for lunch?” and then answer it. The more you talk to yourself the more you can learn about yourself. Be a friend to yourself.

The voices in your head are still you, and it’s up to you to decide what thoughts to act on.

Haha, I can actually get down with that. Anyone crazy enough to do that is probably a genuine person who’s willing to engage with the insanity of existence.