PetDinosaurs @ PetDinosaurs @lemmy.world

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Exactly.

It's a hard argument, but untreatable depression can technically be terminal.

If mine weren't treatable, it would be.

Assisted suicide and euthanasia are messy subjects, but it's just so awful to not allow this for situations where we'd consider it cruel if an animal were in the same situation.

We can provide a "good death" to people who have nothing but suffering left in their life.

If my time comes, I'll take it in my own hands, but the fear is that something will happen where I can suddenly no longer make that decision.

Right. The point is they didn't even try to test it.

That took far too long for humanity to figure that out.

Yes, but this was basically pre scientific.

They just guessed and happened to get it right.

With some exceptions, it really took until the 17th century to actually develop the scientific method.

Edit: what a weird thing to down vote.

What on earth is wrong with this guy?

So, in retrospect, did you get away with it? Or was the mom humoring you? Presumably, there would be signs.

I'm refusing to recall my own cringe, but I empathize with this guy.

If the cringiest moment of your life is pronouncing it fag-e-oli, you have had very little cringe in your life.

Oh. Yeah. Now I feel dumb. Awesome!

I hope you're right. There's too many weapons out there.

Agreed. Does anyone have any idea how this whole situation ends without violence? There's just too many people fed too many falsehoods for far too long.

Wait. What? They don't typically shower or floss or clip their nails or wipe their butts either.

What am I missing?

Yeah... Me neither.

I like audio books because they are slower than I read, which is more peaceful. I read words all day. I'm just done with that in my personal time, aside from the fact that I can listen to books when doing other things.

I listened to the extended version of the stand.

It was 48 hours long and has a diatribe about people complaining about him being verbose.

Excellent storyteller, but he is long winded.

Agreed, but you can't do real CPR on a live person.

They should just not show it. Plenty of opportunities for cuts in a scene where CPR is necessary.

Also, obviously empty cups.

Just put water in it.

Freaking Gravity...

Pretty much all major books are published as audiobooks as well. Even ones that have computer code written in them, which is not something that you'd ever expect to have read out loud.

It used to be that books would be "narrated for the blind" where not a lot of attention would be put into the audio. Nowadays, there tends to be a lot more effort put into them. I suppose that's because they don't need to be packaged as 12 to 20 cassette tapes or CDs any longer.

There's the added element that a narrator can ruin or improve things. The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes is a wonderful book, but the narrator displays an unprofessionally slim knowledge of physics.

Then there's World War Z. I'm not sure that there's a better way to tell that story than the audio book. It's the exact interview style that the author intended.

Orson Scott Card really likes audio books, so the Ender's Game series is really good.

Ok. So I'm not sure why you seem to think I disagree with you.

That's a huge extremely legalistic seeming argument that I can't seem to see as a different argument than mine.

People need to spay or neuter their animals.

Asshole cat is biting me right now. We went on vacation for a few days, left him with a friend, and then had him stay alone for about 36 hours (with his automatic feeder and fancy waterer).

He's just the most social cat I've ever had.