cattywampas

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[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

But labor is a necessity to survive, and always has been. We need the production of goods and services. Of course the distribution of wealth and goods is also an issue, but somebody (or something) has to produce the things we use.

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Not yet, but it's an interesting thought experiment if nothing else. Someday, thanks to advances in robotics and computers, human labor will become largely obsolete. So the question is how do we structure our society when that happens?

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

But if you believe that other people believe something has value, then you also believe it has value. You wouldn't accept money for something if you believed it had no value.

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 61 points 3 months ago (7 children)

The egg came first. Mutations happen in the production of gametes, or sex cells, so a proto-chicken would have produced a slightly mutated egg that turned out to be a chicken.

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can have conversations IRL that nobody will monitor or have any record of. I swear, people these days have forgotten how to exist in the real world.

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I wouldn't call moderated internet communities a panopticon. You can opt out at any time, which is pretty antithetical to the definition of a panopticon.

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (8 children)

What's the better way?

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago (4 children)

No, dogs have no concept of gender identity.

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Hit the gym, stop eating so many sweets.

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

The Romans didn't use base 12. Roman numerals aren't a positional system.

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago (9 children)

I've never heard of crossing your fingers like that to indicate 10.

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