nickiwest

joined 2 years ago
[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Gerrymandering has been a problem for decades, and it's only getting worse.

It's possible that the only way to get fair election maps is to min/max the system to the extreme. And once everyone sees how horrible it is, maybe they'll be willing to actually work together to fix the system.

If we wait for a perfect solution that causes no friction, we'll be waiting forever. We can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

As people age, they start to think about what comes next, and the idea of an afterlife is a lot more appealing than nothingness. I think a lot of non-religious older folks go all in on Pascal's Wager when they are faced with their own mortality.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago

This is the most reasonable course of action. Some things can't be unseen.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for this suggestion. I hadn't heard of this, but I'll try to remember it the next time I get a bout of tinnitus. Mine is pretty intermittent for now.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

You shut your mouth ...

He is human and he needs to be loved, just like everybody else does.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Especially if the hanging occurred in a public or outdoor place. That feels like an unusual choice of venue for suicide but a very common choice for a lynching.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nah, he was manufactured in Mexico.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just to throw this into the mix, 95% of the Zionists I know personally are evangelical Christians with no Jewish heritage whatsoever.

Their particular death cult requires the existence of Israel as a state for their end-times prophecies.

They have no particular love for Jewish people -- and, in fact, they frequently employ antisemitic language and stereotypes -- but they absolutely love the Israeli government.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Yes, but the price of that temporary earthly magic is your immortal soul!

So, theoretically, it's not worth it.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

According to the story, if your character dies in-game, by that point you're so addicted to the black magic that you ultimately can't go on living without it.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Definitely still do.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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