CileTheSane

CileTheSane , vor 10 Tagen

Where the fuck we gonna put all the waste product?

In the air, so everyone everywhere is interacting with it on a daily basis.

Oh wait, that's what we do with waste from all the other power plants.

A waste product that can put on a specific spot is easier to deal with than a waste product that can't.

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

I would be surprised if many younger people in this era would have the patience to make it to the bottom row of this graphic.

That's not a patience issue, that's a design issue that has been eliminated in modern games.

There's no reason to delay progress by making players repeatedly play through several trivial fights before getting back to where they are having a challenge. It was done in the NES era because they were operating under the philosophy that "the longer it takes to beat the game = the more hours of gameplay in it." It didn't matter if most of those gameplay hours were trivial digital chores like stomping Glass Joe yet again.

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

It's more of a "This is all we had" than it is "people used to have more patience". Looks at all the MMOs that are non-stop digital chores that people have the patience for.

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

This reminds me: I need to change my default search engine.

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

Your actions are what matter

Not voting is also an action. And if your refusal to vote allows someone to take power that will not only continue the genocide, but also start more genocides, then you are complicit. No amount of hand wringing will change that.

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

denouncing the protests while doing pearl clutching over property damage.

Sounds like Republicans to me.

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

If your choices are Hitler and 99% Hitler, you still do what you can to stop 100% Hitler. Less bad is less bad.

Nobody cares about your smug sense of superiority when 100% Hitler is in charge and you proudly announce "I did nothing to stop this, other than try to encourage other people to also do nothing to stop this."

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

You mean the logic of "I'm not going to do anything and neither should anyone else"?

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

Considering I specifically suggested doing something is better than doing nothing, I'm going to go ahead and guess that listening to what other people are saying isn't a strength of yours.

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

I understand that the people protesting are doing something. This is the first time you've actually advocated for an action.

People are fully capable of both protesting and voting to keep someone worse from doing worse things. The fact that you don't understand these basic things is truly phenomenal.

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

It's the trolley problem with a single track: you can pull the lever and the trolley will run over 5 people before it stops, or you can not pull the lever and the trolley will run over 10 people.

If you're standing beside the lever with your arms crossed refusing to pull it, saying "the fault is on the person who tied the people to the track. Getting involved makes me complacent." Then yes, people are going to blame you because even if you didn't cause the problem there is something very easy you can do to make it less bad.
You can't save all 10, but you can save 5. So you do what you can, and then you also go after the guy who tied the people to the tracks.

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

"anyone who disagrees with me is a racist!"

Good talk. Engaging with you is definitely worth while...

CileTheSane , vor einem Monat

If your meme uses definitions of terms that are different from what people generally understand when hearing those terms, then it's not a good meme.

CileTheSane , vor 2 Monaten

I don't think it even fucks the file, windows just can't open it until you put the file extension back.

CileTheSane , vor 2 Monaten

Scissors beats paper for no good reason. What does it do? Cut paper? Now I have twice as much paper!

CileTheSane , vor 2 Monaten

I would suggest grabbing your phone and quickly looking up the game on BGG before you start to see its length and complexity rating. Would take less than a minute and would give you a broad idea of what you're in for.

CileTheSane , vor 2 Monaten

BGG is user reported game length and weight. If you're learning the game you'll need to plan for it to take a little longer, as the times usually represent experienced players.

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

Jesus: Love thy neighbour

These people: act in ways that is the opposite of loving their neighbour

Sure as fuck sounds like they aren't following the teaching of Jesus. Going to a church doesn't make someone a Christian any more than going to my garage makes me a mechanic.

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

If I call myself a Scotsman, despite not meeting the definition of a Scotsman (never been to Scotland, have no Scottish heritage) then it would be fair to call me not a "True Scotsman."

If the definition of "Christian" is "someone who follows the teachings of Jesus" then someone who spreads hate does not meet that definition.

If the definition of "Christian" is "anyone who calls themselves a Christian" then the definition is so broad it is useless as a descriptor. It includes someone who is loving and caring, and someone who abuses and murders anyone they disagree with. It tells you nothing about the individual or how they behave.

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

Truly no one knows how hard it is to be a follower of the majority belief

That's the thing, it is the majority belief (well over 50% of the population) and yet the draconian over reach you are complaining about does not have the support of nearly 50% of the population. Therefore there must be a large number of Christians that are also against it. They are on your side. I don't know why you are trying so hard to insist they are your enemy.

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

If that’s your definition then there are no Christians.

Ok, so you're going with the word is useless as a descriptor.

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

Replace the word "Christian" with "American" and your statement is just as valid.

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

No, I’m saying that christians are people who claim to be christian.

As I said, useless as a descriptor. By that definition the word "Christian" includes someone who donates time to charities, as well as someone who spreads hate about immigrants, wants them sent back to their own countries, and wants to bomb those countries.

The word "Christian" could be applied to a person that wants to take away a woman's right to medical care, and to a person that is pro-choice.

Hell, the word "Christian" could apply to someone who has never set foot inside a church, has never seen a Bible, and has no idea what's even in it, as long as they "claim they are a Christian."

By that definition if I tell you someone is a Christian it doesn't tell you if that person loves Trans people or hates them. As I said, a useless descriptor.

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

Why is this getting upvoted?

Because there are people who really don't like how right wing conservative Christians behave, but also for some reason hate when other Christians agree that the behaviour is unacceptable and call them out on it.

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

Republicans: Act in hateful ways

Guy: "That behavior is contrary to the book you claim to follow"

Everyone: cheers

Christian: "I agree!"

You: "nO tRuE sCoTsMaN!!!!1!"

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

Let me simplify it for you:

The argument that everyone who claims to be a Christian is a Christian, and also every Christian belongs to the same group and is responsible for the actions of everyone who claims to be a Christian, is patently absurd.

You can have two people with wildly different beliefs, but if they both use the label Christian somehow they are both responsible for the actions of each other.

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

Okay: there are shitty Christians.

Now what? Do I now have permission to call out their shitty behaviour and not somehow be responsible for it myself?

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

You can call them fake Christians if you want I guess

Okay, so we agree that if someone says "This behaviour is not in line with the teaching of Christianity" then someone responding with just the words "No True Scotsman" is stupid, useless, and contrary to the point?

you trying to cut them off from yourself like that just makes me think you’re a lot closer to them than you’re letting on

"You trying to say your beliefs are not they same as their beliefs makes me think..... you have the same beliefs"? How does that logic hold up? Someone directly saying "They are not representative of what I believe" means they ARE representative somehow?

I can hardly think of any times I’ve seen Muslims deny that the Taliban are real Muslims

Here you go: https://www.reddit.com/r/islam/comments/16hpv7s/comment/k0h6q7z/

or Jews deny that zionists are real Jews

Here you go: https://www.reddit.com/r/Judaism/comments/18j3yfz/not_a_real_jew/

CileTheSane , vor 3 Monaten

Their behavior isn’t in line with your brand of Christianity, it very much is in line with theirs. Just because you think you and your church are the only actual Christians doesn’t make that the case.

And here I thought we were making progress when you said

You can call them fake Christians if you want I guess

Don't know why you're suddenly walking that back.

If you really didn’t like them, you’d just denounce them, straight up.

In what way is "They're not Christians" not a denouncement, straight up? It is literally, directly saying, "How they behave does not reflect what I understand Christianity to be in any way." How can a Christians denounce their behaviour more than by saying "I don't consider them to be Christian"?

Denounce: verb
publicly declare to be wrong or evil.

Publicly saying "They call themselves Christians and they are wrong" is the dictionary definition of denouncement.

You’re both Christian, this is a fact that you can’t weasel your way out of no matter how badly you wish you could.

What is the definition of Christian? If it's "anyone who claims to be Christian" then the definition is so broad as to be completely meaningless. "You're both Christian" is just as relevant as saying "your both American." So unless every American is responsible for the shitty behaviour of any other American, it makes no sense for every person who calls themselves a Christian to be responsible for the shitty behaviour of anyone else who calls themselves a Christian.

People are literally publicly saying "I do not agree with any of their beliefs or behaviours", what more would you have them say?

CileTheSane , vor 10 Monaten

If someone tries to kill you just say "no thank you."

Legally they cannot kill you.

CileTheSane , vor 10 Monaten

If the rent is covering the taxes and upkeep then the renter is paying it anyway through a middle man.

If the rent isn't covering costs then the landlord is bad at this and won't be a landlord for long.

CileTheSane , vor 10 Monaten

Make it illegal to rent out property you don't live on.

If you want to rent out your basement, or build a seperate dwelling on your property then you are adding to the available housing and can rent that. Most people would rather build their own equity given the chance, and this would provide rentals for temporary living situations.