Okokimup @ Okokimup @lemmy.world

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I am also in the no-free-will camp. This whole discussion was sparked for me by reading Incognito by David Eagleman, where he makes a good case for lack of free will from a neuroscience perspective. He mentions the studies where people's unconscious biases are shown by how fast or slow they respond to positive or negative words in conjunction with human characteristics like race. We may be outright anti-racist, choosing to engage in activities that help achieve racial equity, yet still have biases that our conscious mind has no control over.

This is very healthy and emotionally mature of you. We would definitely be doing better as a society if everyone who is capable of doing this would.

Yes we're in agreement about how alcohol affects inhibitions. The question is more about our thoughts. When impaired, we don't hold back from speaking, but are we speaking our true thoughts or just the basic garbage that's been littered on top of our thoughts?

Also to be clear, I'm not excusing the behavior. It's not OK to express racist thoughts regardless of whether it's how you feel when sober or not. And if drinking causes someone to do that, they ought not drink. The purpose of this discussion is more about how we judge the person afterward: do we judge them solely on their actions? Or, as people online usually do, also judge them for their thoughts?

This is not OK. Regardless of what provokes her, her feelings don't define you and you deserve to be safe.

An interesting counterpoint, thank you.

I moved to a shitty small city a few years ago. My most diverse grocery store is a fucking Food Lion.

Avengers theme ring tone. Captain America theme alarm.

Lovely!

I don't have any pics, but I'll link you this list of artists using recycled materials, and you'll have a good time if you Google that phrase.

I do shipping fulfillment for my brother's business and at least 60% of the boxes I use are just reused from stuff getting mailed to us. I reuse all kind of stuff for packing material, especially xmas/birthday wrapping paper.

Colorful paper packaging can be good for collage art.

Aw c'mon, you wouldn't download a shitposter would you?

Pshh. Name one.

I sometimes like to know the general area someone's from (country or state), so I understand the context of their experience or point of view. It's not anything I would push if the person felt uncomfortable sharing. That sounds like a red flag.

Stitch is Mephisto, confirmed.

I'm currently reading The Immune Mind by Dr Marty Lyman. It discusses how the immune system and nervous system work in concert to keep us healthy.

You can at least go to the medium place.

There are probably studies done on why women tend to prefer written porn, but off the top of my head: it's easier to find material that's made for women's titillation rather than men's. Women are more likely to have been raised with both body-shaming and sex-shaming, and keeping the visuals hidden in your brain may feel safer. Also some people (raises hand) are more turned on by scenarios than bodies.

Still porn.

So you're a bottom.

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