Free_Opinions @ Free_Opinions @feddit.uk

Independent thinker valuing discussions grounded in reason, not emotions.

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Probably? I'm fairly certain that saying mean things about Musk on Lemmy has no effect on him whatsoever.

I’m not interested in trying to convince you otherwise.

I cannot defend nor explain the cause for a view I don't hold.

At least he's living by his own principle on this one:

If you’re not adding back at least 10% of what you remove, you’re not removing enough.

I'm not interested in trying to convince you otherwise.

Carbon monoxide similarly replaces the oxygen in your red blood cells. There are even suicide tutorials online by using carbon monoxide as it's a painless way to go.

Also, this is not advice and it's also potenttially lethal to the people coming to save you. Don't do it and if you do, for the very least, leave a sign warning others about it.

Yeah, that's the thing with gasses like nitrogen, helium or carbon monoxide: it feels like breathing air except since it contains no oxygen you'll just go from feeling light headed to passing out and suffocating. CO2 would otherwise work the same way except that inhaling pure CO2 instantly causes panic and the sense of suffocation.

Infact, I've heard of people who euthanize pet rodents with CO2 and recommend others doing the same which is terrifyingly bad advice. That's a fucking awful way to go. Just imagine being so ignorant and doing that to your pet. Makes me feel sick to even think about it.

You’re free to think of me what you want. I’m not interested in trying to convince you otherwise.

You already said "I'll take that as a yes" and that's more than fine by me. You're free to think of me what you want. I'm not interested in trying to convince you otherwise.

My comment clearly states that it's about life in general. Not everything is about the U.S.

The acronym for Department of Government Efficiency is DOGE

No need to apologize. I'm only amused by this.

Please, tell me more about me. It's my favourite subject.

I don't know about pleasant but I imagine breathing in nitrogen is among the least unpleasant ways to go. You first pass out and then suffocate while you're unconscious. I believe that carbon monoxide acts in a similar fashion.

Finland.

19€/month for unlimited everything.

The future doesn’t look too bright at the moment, but what’s the alternative? You’ve just got to play the hand you’ve been dealt. In Buddhism, they call it “the second arrow” when you’re in a bad situation but make it worse by overthinking it. Looking back on my life, I can think of countless times I worried about something that never even happened. I’d essentially tortured myself mentally for no reason - and that seems counterproductive.

I try to live in a way where I don’t contribute to making things worse, and wherever I can, I try to nudge things in the right direction. Beyond that, I avoid worrying any more than I already do, because intellectually, I know it’s probably wasted effort and a form of self-harm.

Oh no! A random person on the internet thinks I'm something I'm not. How can I ever recover from this.

So, because you can point to one example where the worst-case scenario happened, we should live our lives constantly fearing the worst? Is that really what you’re arguing for here?

The only news site I follow is my country’s equivalent of the BBC, which leans left. Lemmy also skews heavily to the left, but the podcasts I listen to tend to be more centrist or center-right from my perspective - though some might argue that someone like Joe Rogan is far-right, which I disagree with.

I don’t align myself with any particular side. I form my opinions on an issue-by-issue basis rather than adopting the beliefs of "my side" - whatever that may be - as a package deal. I’ve been on the right, and I’ve been on the left, but I’ve since settled somewhere in the middle. I feel like I have a fairly accurate understanding of both perspectives and can often argue for most hot topics from either side’s point of view.

As a Finn, I've often wondered about the same thing. In the summer the air is filled with mosquitos and in the winter it hurts your face and lungs yet some people were like "yep, we'll settle here"

In life it's generally safe assumption that the vast majority of things we worry about never happen or if they do it won't be as bad as we thought.