No no. I was calling the logic bullshit. The reasoning was bad, not the conclusion. Learn to interpret text.

They do, i know. Theyre not certain. The consequences depend on lots of factors. To disqualify someone because they used drugs without looking more into how it affected that specific person is fatalist bullshit.

I agree brain damage CAN occur. Thats not the same statement i was criticizing.

No. This logic is fatalist bullshit.

With only two states for each finger, you cant count past 1 in decimal. You can count up to 10 in unary.

Uhh, 100 uses 3 digits.

It helps decide how much to actually save, and how much you can spend immediatly.

Even if you have savings its useful to do this sort of thing. It helps get a better idea of how much you can spend on these big thigs and still save money at the rate you want.

My point was just that if most people value A over B, while you value B more, people will say youre stupid when they see you getting B instead of A all the time.

They will think youre trying to get A and failing.

People fail to consider that different people have different sets of values.

I dont know what these jobs are like. If you have less stress in your current job, thats an important point, but maybe not a decisive factor… Have you asked those “smarter” people why they think thats a bad decision?

It may be that people are bothered by seeing someone take decisions differently than they do, they might feel their own decisions being implicitly questioned, so they might be reacting in a way that reaffirms their own values.

If you ask them to express what is stupid about you decision you may get a better feeling for if they actually have a point or if theyre just reacting badly out of their personal insecurities or smthing.

Maybe they also want a less stressful job, but dont have the courage to face the loss in prestige/status/money, even if that woukd grant them better quality of life. Who knows…

Yess

Gluttony would be a better word.

Obesity is something else. People rarely actually want to be obese, but who is actually bothered by having too much money? I guess that makes the wording sound weird to me.

Calling that financial obesity is so weird.

Maybe thats a law where you live but ive definitely been contacted by a bunch of companies through wpp without having contacted them first.

I see what you mean now.

The person you responded to at first, i think they played along with that comparison to argue that, even if it was a disability, being annoying doesnt justify bullying. They werent saying it is a disability, they were using another persons premise to argue that bullying isnt justified.

I know some people that are annoying in a way that doesnt seem to be a choice, they have a natural way of behaving that annoys people. And sometimes, what seems to be a choice to be annoying is just manifestations of a persons natural characteristics. So I think we cant actually make a clear distinction between whats a voluntary behaviour and a natural uncensored behaviour. We should just learn to deal with people less aggressively.

Is the issue in choosing to do something differently? Voluntarily steping out of a cultural standard? Why is it such a pain in the ass? Did he write your consititution like this? Cant you just not read his comments if you dont want to?

I guess your sentiment is what helps humanity cosolidate any culture at all. But its way too big of a reaction, really…

Language evolution is not so much directed by utility, is it?

I dont mind it either

How is that ableist? I genuinely dont see it.