There already was a poll of sorts on this as I recall and people seemed to want to keep upvotes and downvotes. Personally I like them because they give me a dopamine boost whichever way I go because faux social interaction with others. And ziq seems to use downvotes to suss out posts made in bad faith or otherwise break TOS and delete them.

Mm, I can see the value in that. Refreshing and rethinking ideas and see if you reach a different conclusion through a new you. A record doesn't have to be a shackle though and can be a scale for growth if you frame it in such a way and have forgiveness not to tie oneself or others permanently to their past.

Violence without purpose is cruel. This is why pacifism doesn't hold water. Some vegan telling me I can make a choice to live without meat holds me above all other species. It's like they argue once you reach a certain level of cognitive reasoning your privilege must then be held in check. How ridiculous. Tell star bear or star dolphin who's brain has just evolved to change their diet. No. Step lightly with nature and accept an adequate way of life. Unleash a torrent of violence and free animal siblings. Not eating meat affects morality in zero ways. The pheasant theoretically didn't die by my spear today just to be torn apart by a wild dog tomorrow. Nature is sated either way.

Umläut might be fitting?

I'm not allowed to buy guns because of past suicide attempts so don't worry! I meant that meat eating isn't inherently wrong. A human kills a bear and eats them. A bear kills a human and eats them. A bear kills a deer and eats them. A human kills a deer and eats them. It's all equal. If you don't hold humans to a higher standard over other animals from a nihilist standpoint without privilege, than meat eating is morally neutral. The pain inflicted from the hunt sustains another being through nature. Veganism is a means to break human carnism and cruel dominance over other species. But it loses the script when it tries to place some moral implication on the consumption of meat or animal products itself. The bear who eats a honey comb in the forest is no more cruel than a human who comes upon a hive. The cruelty is forcing the bees into general captivity and destroying their homes for the capitalist consumption of their honey.

Repost it on f/askraddle, @everyone, and make it a requirement that all Raddle users answer.

I felt the vibration of your human foot intrude upon my web. You have entered the wrong neighborhood...

I think they meant that the person's comments and posts were deleted and unfindable by the very security nature of Raddle when you delete your account everything gets deleted. So it would be kind of wasteful I guess if a person with years worth of posts and comments got fed up and just rage or shame deleted their entire account? I don't know. I think it's basic accountability to never delete posts or comments and stand by your word at the time. You can always explain yourself and backtrack later if you feel remorseful and people can decide if you're genuine or not. Or you just let the mods decide to transfer or delete your post or not. Admins can move posts around can they not?

I DEVOUR seaweed! Seaweed salad is tasty and healthy! My seaweed farm nourishes the ocean! I might even add in salmon skin if I'm feeling evil!

Bleh, fine. I will turn it into the urban wild and hunt humans! Anyways, it seems to all be based on morals to challenge modern cruelty. Meat is meat. The way one interacts with nature is perverted by swaying into one extreme or another. Say someone refuses to buy store bought meat, but takes a crossbow to a wolf once every few months and feasts. Where is the cruelty? What has that person lost? I don't see any loss. They are viscerally connected to the land in a way that doesn't destroy it. Veganism is a means to an end that ends with animals not being categorically slaughtered and used for parts. Hunting is not cruel and trying to guilt trip me into saying I am slitting the throats of animals is a silly embellishment. I am stabbing projectiles into them. Perhaps even doing it hand to hand. Of course this is all fantasy, but one I don't see a problem with. Animals hunt each other and kill. So what?

Everyone here keeps telling me to look at my teeth and to try biting into a living animal and see if I like it, but I still don't see the difference between sister bear and I. I have canine teeth. Bears are omnivores. Bears can be kind and gentle. The bond between indigenous Finnish and bears where bears are their ancestors is something I like a lot. Why would I separate myself from nature even farther and do something outside my nature like not partake in meat occasionally? Industrialized slaughter is not natural and is cruel. The hunt is primal!

Yeah. I never looked it up, but that's just how I remember they ask if I want to register to vote. I guess they send you a registration letter in the mail otherwise? I don't remember.

What's in the Canned-Have-It-All, Resheph? What? Human?! What a treat!

I hated being in the psych ward because that place was awful and depressing and just made me want to hurt myself more. How do they expect people to get better when you offer parsley group activities in between forced boredom. My mental state was destined to only decline. The recovery shelter I was at after was better because the people there actually seemed to care, were LGBT (one nurse was transmasc and the head psychologist was a lesbian so I was very comfy), and it was run less like a prison/zoo. Still, the feeling of deprivation of freedom always kept why I was there on my mind. I kept trying to remind myself I was trying to get better, but it felt like I was just a failure every time I was denied something basic like a usable pen to draw with. Constant crushing reminders that I was a danger to myself and possibly to others. Incredibly depressing.

I was referring to the initial fine in Australia. It's like $20 or something. But I do think you actually do have to pay to vote in America. Like it comes with getting a state ID or driver's license at the DMV which they charge you for. You get asked at the kiosk if you want to register to vote and a bunch of other questions and it's like $55 for your license with the privilege to vote.

Huge Douchebag vs. Shit Sandwich. Same as every four years.

Nope. I never vote. Haven't voted since I was 20 because I slowly started to care less and felt the social pressure start to ebb away as I fell into apathy. I recently learned about compulsory voting in Australia or they hit you with increasing fines. And then argue that the coercion better helps politicians hear everyone's voice. A fool proof excuse that they're listening, even if no one on the ballot represents you at all. I will trash my mail-in ballot in peace and save $20.

It's a Simpsons joke I think.

Don't mind me. Sometimes I sway pessimistically with my mood and get into a misanthropic headspace. It's good to foster empathy and recognize these disparities and work hard to correct and balance them. It does work like a ripple where helping one minority directly or indirectly helps another. I don't have to think in mental bandwidths where I hoard all my care for certain people. I just get really negative sometimes. It's more than a tactical priority. Covid deaths and long covid disproportionately affecting minority communities isn't something I want to see. It should be hammered into white people's head that covid is still a threat and they should work diligently to prevent it.

It's like a gentle starscape. Perfect for macro!

Honestly same. Anything 2019-2021 is comfy af. Covid nights with Vtubers. 😖🤍

Nyahaha, this sounds like the anime nights I have with my gf. Laze around on the floor while watching Aharen-san and try not to be hyperactively weird. All it needs is cheap snacks and shrimp chips and I can die on that floor happy.

ma. mi tawa Ion ma

mi noka Ion supa anpa