Spector Lumis (Juke)

Eww. He looks like a jackal from Halo. And why change their legs to digitigrade when the metal boots/robot legs has always been the design and has considerable lore speculation about it specifically?

Germans: Why are these grenades so accurate? Americans on a Tuesday.

@adventure_dawg Philippians 4:8

Thinking about my wife

A Harvard Business Review finding showed that mandatory race training in workplaces produced higher levels of racism in the end, similar to the white bear suppression effect. We were so close to a colorblind society… then all the crazies ruined it with performative politics.

Hello Julia, sans aucune ironie, c'est top que tu prennes le temps de te renseigner. Mais le problème quand on lit Marx aujourd'hui, c'est qu'on prend pour acquis sa prémisse de départ, alors qu'elle a été démontée scientifiquement il y a plus de 150 ans. Toute la pensée de Marx repose sur la théorie de la valeur-travail. L'idée que la valeur d'un bien vient de la quantité de travail nécessaire pour le produire. Si tu acceptes cette prémisse, alors oui, tout son raisonnement tient. Le capitaliste "vole" la plus-value du travailleur, l'exploitation est mathématique, la révolution est inévitable. Sauf qu'en 1871, trois économistes (Menger en Autriche, Jevons en Angleterre, Walras en Suisse) découvrent indépendamment la même chose : la valeur n'est pas objective, elle est subjective et marginale. Un verre d'eau dans le désert vaut une fortune. Le même verre à côté d'une rivière ne vaut rien. Le travail incorporé est identique. Donc le travail ne détermine pas la valeur. C'est le consommateur qui valorise un bien selon son utilité marginale dans un contexte donné. Exemple concret : tu peux passer 1000 heures à tricoter un pull moche que personne ne veut. Selon Marx, ce pull a énormément de valeur (beaucoup de travail incorporé). Selon la réalité, il ne vaut rien. Parce que personne n'en veut. À l'inverse, Bernard Arnault crée des milliards de valeur non pas parce qu'il "exploite" mais parce qu'il a su anticiper et organiser des désirs humains à grande échelle. La valeur est créée par la coordination, pas extraite par le vol. Cette découverte (la révolution marginaliste) a invalidé tout l'édifice marxiste. Pas pour des raisons idéologiques, pour des raisons scientifiques. C'est pour ça que plus aucun département d'économie sérieux au monde n'enseigne Marx comme un cadre d'analyse valide. On l'enseigne en histoire de la pensée. Maintenant, le truc important. Si ton intention en lisant Marx c'est d'aider les pauvres (c'est une intention noble), alors tu vas être surprise par ce qui suit. Regarde les chiffres de la Banque mondiale. En 1820, 90% de l'humanité vivait dans l'extrême pauvreté. Aujourd'hui, moins de 9%. Cette chute historique ne s'est PAS produite dans les pays qui ont appliqué Marx. Elle s'est produite dans les pays qui ont libéralisé leur économie. Chine post-1978, Vietnam post-1986, Inde post-1991, Pologne post-1989. À chaque fois qu'un pays libéralise, des centaines de millions de gens sortent de la pauvreté en une génération. À chaque fois qu'un pays applique Marx (URSS, Cambodge, Corée du Nord, Venezuela), c'est la famine et les goulags. Ce n'est pas une opinion, c'est l'expérience la plus massive jamais menée en sciences sociales. Plusieurs milliards de cobayes humains, sur un siècle. Donc paradoxalement, si tu aimes vraiment les pauvres, la position la plus cohérente n'est pas d'être marxiste. C'est d'être pour la liberté économique. Parce que c'est empiriquement la seule chose qui a jamais sorti massivement les gens de la misère. Pour creuser, je te recommande trois lectures qui vont changer ta vision : "La Loi" de Frédéric Bastiat (court, lumineux, gratuit en ligne) "La Route de la Servitude" de Hayek "Économie en une leçon" de Henry Hazlitt Bonne lecture, et vraiment chapeau de chercher à comprendre plutôt que de rester dans tes certitudes. C'est rare.

@ozzyplozzy @naffy37 This app needs a laugh react so badly. XD

@naffy37 Yes correct that's bashing gay people

You don’t have to be Christian, but if you make a habit of bashing Christianity I’m probably just going to move on. I don’t want to associate with these kinds of people.

For years, @RepThomasMassie was popular among MAGA: until he opposed a couple of Trump policies, and Trump told his followers to hate Massie him because he's a "grandstander" who accomplishes nothing. Overnight, huge numbers of MAGA followers started reciting that like some mantra. Last night, Massie just helped defeat renewal of warrantless domestic spying on Americans: accomplishing more -- just in this alone -- than 90% of House members.

@sircalebhammer This is the problem… but interesting how two polarized views came up with the same solution 🤣

My tablet was struggling with this one, so after 200 or so crashes, here it is. I've since upgraded to a Galaxy Tab S10 FE, and it's sooo much better!!!

I need to catch up on posting art here! Have a sheebins!

@skywolf76281127 @Shurtugal_Snep @Bronymon_ So in most cases, the "thumping" is because we care about you and want you to find the peace we have. Nobody can force you to believe, but we are absolutely going to talk about it with non-believers as is commanded and as comes with basic empathy through that lens.

@skywolf76281127 @Shurtugal_Snep @Bronymon_ I'm not exactly well versed in that religion, but I'm going to guess that it either doesn't have a salvation path or the path is extremely broad. If so, that's the difference. Christians understand belief in Christ to be the only way to avoid eternal ruin.

I believe most that disparage, & look down upon @Bronymon_ are upset because he’s DENYING his carnal pleasures for something greater than himself. He’s giving up pleasure here for something more. He’s saying the difficult “No” when “Yes” is easier and more enjoyable.

@TheTristantine @SkorchVoluntary @Wintersgoldapp0 XD

@SkorchVoluntary @fiveironfoxy @Wintersgoldapp0 Bro lost the argument and blocked me LMAO

Throughout the time that I've spent on this wondrous invention known as the internet, I have consistently found Christians to be the least problematic towards others; but not towards each other ironically enough. The worst that the Christians will tell you is that you're a sinner, that you're wrong, and that you should repent. That's it. That's the worst they'll realistically tell you on the basis of their faith. Meanwhile, the other abrahamic religions in some way call you inferior, tell you that you must die for their religious cause, or say that you do not deserve good things regardless of what actions you take. As for this man's particular comments about homosexuality, I'm going to pass. I care not to get in some theologian debate. But as for my reaction in general, this is a mild take and unless you are another Christian of some other denomination that does not align with this sentiment, you're really wasting your energy on this one. God bless this man & his family! uwu [SLUR] [THREAT] 🩷🐾✨✝️

Brian Jacques explains why he does not have sympathetic villains in his Redwall series: "When I was a boy, morality was taught in school and in church but I think that is no longer true to the extent that it used to be. I try to create very clear moral signposts of what is right and what is wrong. The children who read my books are generally at an age where they need to have things spelled out in 'black and white,' without ambiguity. I often tell my readers that my baddies are bad and my goodies are good. I won't have sympathetic baddies and schizophrenic goodies in my books." Should more writers do this?

@SkorchVoluntary @constellarphoen @Wintersgoldapp0 The context is right there if you'd dare read it. There's nothing about this that could even honestly sound like Christ instructing Christians to hurt or kill anyone.

@SkorchVoluntary @constellarphoen @Wintersgoldapp0 We get it. You're obsessed with misinterpreting a single verse. bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/… Read the context. Christ is referring to the persecution that Christians will receive for proclaiming Him. Not peace, but the sword.

@SkorchVoluntary @constellarphoen @Wintersgoldapp0 No, I'm not. I'm claiming their actions aren't inspired by the Bible. If a doctor tells you to eat loads of sugar to cure diabetes, it's that a problem of the medical field, or just a doctor that individually is opposing what is expected of doctors to believe?

@constellarphoen @fiveironfoxy @Wintersgoldapp0 There's literally Christian preaching and wanting to practice what I'm saying here. The Crusades were literally spreading the religion by the sword. Again you're trying to claim they weren't Christian by their actions. This is a no true Scotsman.

@SkorchVoluntary @constellarphoen @Wintersgoldapp0 Taking one verse completely out of context is not a basis for a claim like "Jesus was wrong". The entire remainder of that chapter of Matthew stands against your interpretation.

@constellarphoen @fiveironfoxy @Wintersgoldapp0 So Jesus was wrong as to what he's here for and what a true follower should do?

@SkorchVoluntary @Wintersgoldapp0 No. My claim is that that particular action is completely opposite to any of the teachings of Christ, as easily found in the Bible.

@fiveironfoxy @Wintersgoldapp0 Yes it is. Claim "this action isnt Christian" is a no true Scotsman.

@SkorchVoluntary @Wintersgoldapp0 No, it isn't. Again, if sinning made someone not a Christian, there would be no Christians. It would be impossible to be a Christian.

@fiveironfoxy @Wintersgoldapp0 Saying their actions are not Christians... IS A NO TRUE SCOTSMAN.