…the one on the left or the one on the right?

Ok, so my boring take on this: I think the word privilege is overused. In my mind there is a basic level of human decency everyone should be treated with. If you are treated above and beyond that, you have some privilege. Situations like the one mentioned in this post (to my mind) don’t speak to a lack of privilege, but to the presence of oppression.

Ok, so if the Republicans took power tomorrow what do you think their policy would look like re: Gaza?

Let’s be real here: the entire US government is supporting a genocide in Gaza. Trying to make it out to be a problem only on the left feels incredibly dishonest.

I still listen to Disposition/Reflection fairly regularly. Those two songs still hit me pretty hard (in a good way).

Lateralus by Tool

As an ex-christian, the most un-christlike behavior is often espoused by Christians.

You could seriously text without looking at your phone screen. It was awesome!

And the reason God couldn’t have just put conscious souls directly in paradise is because shut up, that’s why

As a resident of Milwaukee, this made me lol

That’s my understanding as well. So since I don’t see anyone else saying this in detail here goes:

I am not a biologist or a medical professional, but this is my understanding of the process.

The human body does not monitor blood oxygen levels. When you or I hold our breath, the feeling of urgent discomfort we feel is due to a rise in the carbon dioxide (more specifically the carbonic acid) in our blood. Inhaling pure nitrogen will still allow CO2 to exit the bloodstream, so if someone is not made aware of the fact that they are breathing pure nitrogen, they won’t even know they are dying.

This person knew they were being executed, which I can only imagine induced a ton of stress and anxiety, yes. However, if you were to tell me that I was being executed tomorrow but I could pick which of the methods currently employed in the US I would be killed by, this would be at the top of the list.

If you want to argue that executing people is morally wrong and we should stop, sure, let’s have that discussion. However, we don’t need to characterize this method as more inhumane than others to do so.

My guy, this is the onion

Buy a gun, I guess?

When all the infrastructure is gone, let the user decide between starving and eating shit.

Laws for thee, not for me.

Is there an angry upvote on Lemmy yet?

Not trying to be contrarian or a smart-ass, but aren’t water cooled systems kinda just air cooled systems with the radiator moved elsewhere?