When I used to run into people with these sorts of views on reddit, there was always one common denominator in their post history - constant consumption of content that graphically documents suffering. In goes /r/watchpeopledie, out goes David Benatar et al.

I see it as being in such a deep psychological pit that the only way your debate bro logic brain can make sense of it is to claim that this is what existence is like for everybody. They fill their feed with anything that will affirm this position.

I can’t blame them for being unwell of course, but I can blame them for projecting.

doughnuts

How do Welsh folks feel about independence?

Good explanation for a layman like me with only a beginner’s understanding of electricity. Really makes me want to learn more.

Lol Ethan should have known not to do this. He literally brought Sam on his show a few years ago to trap Steven Crowder, who panicked and hung up.

If Sam is good at one thing, it’s body slamming useless reactionary streamers.

He’s a pompous ass but I really felt for the guy in that moment and genuinely wanted to hear what he had to say.

Wow this man can riff.

Yep, you definitely also made the right call.

Hitting your physical max isn’t fun. Eleven years ago was my first and only trip where I didn’t have enough food, and that has engrained into my brain a particular understanding of scarcity that I never would have otherwise (having not grown up in poverty, of course).

I can’t in good faith recommend that kind of extreme to anyone, but once you’ve at least approached your limits, you have a much better sense of when to stop and rest, how much food you need, or how long that last litre of water is going to last you.

Get into hiking, but consider getting into backpacking or overnight backcountry camping in general. I’m a long time canoe camper and did an ambitious hike last year.

The more you do this the more you learn:

• how to prepare and preserve food
• how to acquire water safely
• how far you can get in a day under your own power, on water or land
• how much direct sunlight can actually drain you
• which kinds of weather are too dangerous to go out in
• your own physical and mental limits
• how to help others who don’t share your skillsut or abilities
• plants that can be useful
• flora and fauna to avoid

Yeah wait, where does this idea even come from? Judas’s betrayal or something?

The math is still what it is, and unless they land right at 171 (or 170 and Mike Morrice wins his riding - currently 450 votes behind with 2000 left to count), Green support isn’t enough to pass bills.

The NDP will still whip their caucus, appoint an interim leader, and hold a leadership race soon enough. As much as there’s a part of me that wants the party to die to open some some room to the left of them, I’m not convinced it’ll happen just yet. They’ve been pretty far on the sidelines for most of their history.

Considering the Liberals are less than seven seats shy of a majority, the NDP have quite a bit of power still - Libs have to turn to them or the Bloc to pass any policy, and especially so for any that requires confidence of the house or it will trigger an election.

It’s effectively the same parliamentary calculus as before the election, except now the NDP have far less presence on committees and we pretty much lost anyone who cared about Palestine.

They got a few small policy wins but other than that you’re right. I’m hopeful a new leader can move things in a more popular and left-wing direction.

And if the acting wasn’t dogshit lol

Might even lose Mike Morrice too.

This is a really, really disappointing election and is only going to lead to shitty policy and probably a conservative majority next time. But of course the only national conversation is, “we stood up to Drumpf!”

You can tell from his voice that his humours are very imbalanced - likely a severe lack of phlegm and an excess of black bile.

I’d make The Da Vinci Code canon.

It reminds me of my idea for a cult where the last person to join automatically becomes leader.