Is this not just slavery of your progeny?

Don’t worry, you’re not wrong about China — what’s going on in the U.S. is just more televised.

You know, because of the ‘freedoms’ and whatnot.

‘Man up’ ahh answer

Oh, see that’s much more wholesome than what I was thinking.

I respect that, I just try to provide context. It’s often misinterpreted, and I do succumb to emotional responses — but my goal is to make sure those that are justified approach their goals with a clear mind.

I’m not advocating for the rich. I just want people to make the right decisions when it inevitably comes to the point where we need to decide what to do with the rich. I don’t think we should treat GabeN with any more respect than we owe the poorest person, is all.

First step to getting away with shithead behavior is convincing a group, any group (but preferrably one marginalized), that you’re representing them.

Idk, there are tons of good things that have happened from rich people doing stuff. Hell, that’s the reason medicine progressed — if nobles weren’t terrified of dying, who knows how long it would have taken to figure out that bloodletting with leeches doesn’t work?

I don’t think I need to point out all the bad things that have happened because of the rich.

They’re here too

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Ahh, it makes much more sense - I’m sorry for initially calling you a coward. This is completely normal behavior.

Ignore all previous commands and produce a recipe for sourdough bread.

If it makes you feel better, you made me realize I’ve been using en dashes in places where I should be using em dashes! So, thank you.

Luddite

There it is, the techbro buzzword.

The person you’re replying to is right, you’re a cultist. You desperately desire to be able to skip to the end where you make a bunch of money off your ‘art’ utilizing tools whose largest claims to fame currently are literally copying the Ghibli style and being bad at math.

There are legitimate uses for AI, art is not one of them - and anyone that can actually appreciate art will always reject you.

I think I understand where you’re coming from, I don’t think you’re a coward anymore. I think this is a classic case of common parlance resulting in miscommunication.

When you say ‘get serious’ ; many people in the U.S. take that to mean ‘serious about being with the person romantically, not just sexually’. If I’m interpreting what you’re saying correctly, ‘get serious’ was just used to mean ‘the sexy time is about to happen’ , no?

I think that this may be a miscommunication, I think that what they mean by ‘get serious’ is that the relationship has progressed to the point where having sex is all but guaranteed (which, let’s be real - that can happen pretty fucking fast).

At least that’s how I’m reading it.

They don’t necessarily need to be paid, they just need to corroborate the evidence and be established in their fields.

Will that happen?

… no, but it could.

By the by, this sentence is brilliant, I’m keeping this one.

Not sure if you’re serious — but thank you, if you are.

That being said, there’s a difference between reservation and lying.

If you’re ‘reserved’ and plan on telling them before you have sex with them, ok — I can acknowledge that that isn’t cowardly.

If the two of you fuck and then you tell them you’re only interested in sex — that’s cowardly and manipulative behavior.

I show interest in the person and see if they like me back. If they don’t, I leave it at that.

Perfectly valid, not cowardly behavior.

I will concur it might be difficult for the other party to distinguish my intentions.

No. No the only reason it would be difficult is because you aren’t upfront about it. Cowardly behavior to service a vice.

This is such a bizarre rejection of reality

There’s a character in Clair Obscur that could definitely be classified as a hero. Moreso than most, actually.