You are assuming that people don’t want to be selfish and that everyone wants to live in peace, this is simply not true. People aren’t “evil” because they lack knowledge, nor because they are unloved. Meeting evil with love is a great way to get yourself killed or psychologically damaged by someone who enjoys being “evil” and thinks you’re an easy target to play with.

What does atomic mean in this sense? That seems more confusing than immutable.

I don’t need to prove you wrong with examples, you are wrong, it’s very well documented and widely understood. If you choose to not believe it and can’t be bothered to research it yourself then you have chosen to stay ignorant, and wrong, which is your right.

Name a counter example

Statistics isn’t defined by examples. Educate yourself, this is a very well known and understood concept. Staying in ignorance is your choice.

Maybe do some research about statistical concepts before spouting what sounds good to you. Causation can absolutely ‘come’ without correlation.

You are a great example of someone not understanding that things are complex so you reach for tabloid explanations because they are comfortable and simple.

Got what I assume is this variant. Can confirm it’s nasty and goes on for a long time.

Your palm is nearly a meter wide?!

This was unexpected. I’m a vegan Arch Linux user, never heard of any association to be honest.

Dehumanising people makes it easy to hate and persecute them, and to blame them for a bunch of stuff which isn’t their fault. It really is a classic move with a rich history.

Overlooked doesn’t mean what you think it means.

Is the three musketeers really on par with the count? I’ve been meaning to read it for months but I always got the sense it would be disappointing.

All of HP Lovecraft’s stories.

I liked it until about half way through, it seemed to lose all the intrigue and then there was the weird bit about rape (if I remember correctly) at which point I gave up. Shame because it started well.

Just finished Embassytown by China Mieville. Haven’t read anything for ages so took the opportunity to get back into it on a lazy holiday. Highly recommend this book, or any by China, if you enjoy dense sci-fi.

Wtf that’s crazy

Sound on sound was always well worth a read. That said, I haven’t read it in about 20 years and don’t know if it’s even still going.

Your assessment of probability is speculation and I didn’t suggest you meant “always”.

$DADDY

That’s not necessarily true, I dual boot and I’ve been using Linux for my main OS for about 15 years now. I rarely use mine but it is useful/needed occasionally.

Why is that called a dog whistle?