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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • Yeah, I don’t think it really matters what word is considered a better translation. It is talking about humans becoming property.

    In Exodus 21:2-11, it says Hebrew men are restricted to being indentured servants for 6 years unless they volunteer for more. And Hebrew girls/women are sold forever, just not to foreign nations. And in Leviticus 25:44-46, it directly addresses that gentiles can be enslaved, sold, and inherited with no special restrictions.

    A slave by another name is still a slave.


  • The movies change it based on what creates tension or is funny in the current situation.

    In X-Men the Last Stand he is able to survive disintegration that goes through people around him in about a second by constantly healing the damage back (and his pants repair themselves too I guess). And a similar thing happens when he survives a nuclear bomb in the Wolverine. In Origins: Wolverine he is able to heal back from an adamantium bullet to the head fairly quickly but loses his memories.

    Deadpool is supposed to have a stronger healing factor but it still takes something like hours to a day for his hand to finish growing back after it gets cut off in his movie.

    I doubt the comics are much better about being consistent with the amount of retcons and changing writers that happen.






  • Most people lose money to insurance. It’s a method of mitigating risk. You’re accepting a modest regular payment in exchange for not needing to build up a big reserve (or go into debt) in case something really expensive comes down the line.

    Life insurance is kind of similar. If people saved the money they pay for it until they do die, on average that saved amount would be more. But having life insurance while healthy and working means that in the unlikely event of your death, your beneficiaries will be compensated for the loss of the income you provide when otherwise they would be SOL.







  • Saying something obviously fake like “it’s always been my dream to work here” is a bad idea, unless it’s a prestigious company where that could be true. The question is actually a good opportunity for the candidate to show off something if they want to, without being too awkward if they don’t.

    You can say you’ve done research into the company online and are impressed by the work-life balance/leadership/worker loyalty/innovation. Sincere interest is not only flattering, it also makes you look thorough and driven. You can say you were recommended to apply by someone you know who has a connection. You can also give them some idea of what you are expecting, which can potentially save time if it’s not actually what they are offering. I had a friend get redirected to applying to a better position than what had been listed like this.

    And if you truly are not a good fit, you can actually address that your previous experience doesn’t directly apply by saying something like “I’m looking for a change” rather than trying to dance around it for the entire interview. If your interviewer has any familiarity with the role, you won’t be able to trick them into thinking unrelated experience makes you well-qualified. And when that’s the case, acknowledging it early makes it much less awkward by establishing expectations appropriately. Basically, you have to be careful to limit your lies to things you can actually sell.



  • I read a book a while back called “The Courage to be Disliked”. That title could be used for some manosphere nonsense but it was instead an overall positive book about determining your self-worth based on your own honest evaluation of yourself, with the goal of improving things that you otherwise make excuses for. It was helpful to me as someone who’s been a people pleaser with low confidence. Hearing that mantra reminds me of it. I think it’s certainly not universally applicable, but it can be good advice for the right person.



  • During a stream, his dog moved off the platform she was supposed to stay in. Hasan told her to stop and reached for something off screen, followed by her flinching with a loud yelp. So it looked like he shocked her, and since Hasan is a popular streamer people made a lot of memes about it. I don’t watch Hasan, but she had apparently been laying there for 4 hours.

    I don’t know if it was ever truly confirmed but I believe he did it. Hasan denied it and showed the collar the next day, claiming it was a “vibration” collar instead. But others claimed it was a shock collar that had had its prongs removed. And later he said that she wasn’t even wearing the collar, despite that contradicting his previous statement and it being on video.



  • The vegan’s argument isn’t valid, but it’s on the way to it. If the carnivore does believe that life isn’t sacred, that does not imply they would condone eating all types of meat. It sort of leads into the “name the trait” argument that vegans use to have carnivores identify what makes certain foods morally permissible to eat, but not others. If such a trait is chosen, you can have a valid argument that it is morally acceptable to eat a dog/cat/human that lacks said trait.

    The carnivore’s argument seems to just be a strawman. I have never heard a vegan say all life is equally valuable. Typically vegans oppose the unnecessary exploitation of animals on the basis of the suffering inflicted and lack of ability to consent. This has some edge cases for life that we classify as animals but may not be capable of suffering, but a person committed to the idea that plants and fungi cannot be eaten either will obviously not be able to argue their position for long.

    Many vegans would eat lab grown meat. Some may even eat meat that was harvested ethically, such as an animal that died in an accident, as that would not reasonably lead to encouraging any future suffering. And in an emergency situation, almost everyone would eat meat that they would need to survive. None of this contradicts the principle that preventable suffering should be minimized.