• Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I think you underestimate the term “improvement”. Lossing two fingers instead of three is an improvement. 8inches from the ledge is better than 4inches from the ledge even if either measure isn’t even one whole step. If in never going to see best then I’ll take any better I can get.

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      1 day ago

      Yeah but any invasion probably pushes half of the country over the edge before the war would be over.

      I wouldn’t wanna risk death and destruction for a mere potential 4" further from the edge.

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        5 hours ago

        My dude, you’re on a federated platform. You don’t think you’re going to dodge being lumped in with all the political dissidents and “terrorists” when they run out of trans kids to gas? It’s literally a death risk either way, this way just means you get to watch tv until they get you.

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          4 hours ago

          I’m one of the trans kids adults, I’d be fucked anyways. Just wanted to illustrate that being invaded, if you welcome it or not, is usually a pretty rough affair.

          War is brutal, I don’t know if I would be willing to suffer through one, just for stuff to be slightly better afterwards, maybe. Provided I had the choice in the first place ofc.

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      A permanently better world is possible so why settle for a temporary better situation with little hope for further improvement? Why insist people have to lose fingers when no one losing fingers is achievable and not at all far fetched?

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        19 hours ago

        “Unless you’re creating an instant utopia you should not change to the status quo”

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        1 day ago

        That’s like insinuating that I refuse to lose weight because I can’t lose 60lbs today. I’m literally saying I will take any movement what so ever if it means movement.

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          24 hours ago

          It’s more like offering someone a weight loss pill that will work for a couple months and then make you gain more weight than you started with.