Check out Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harrari. It’s my pick for the best non-fiction book and after reading it I found A Short History of Nearly Everything suggested as a similar read.

It’s a bit more dry than Bill Bryson’s work but a lot more informative. I listened to the audio book which was brilliant but would probably find it a lot harder to read.

It goes over the history of humans from around 70,000 years ago until current day. I would recommend everyone read this book to give them perspective on the things we find important and the rules we collectively chose to follow.

Really very cool. Only a couple of hours long

This is my point. The person I replied to said OP shouldn’t expect more than what they got. I pointed out this same business model has worked for decades so OP shouldn’t have expected the outcome of a bricked device.

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You’d be shocked to hear that people purchase radios for over $100 to listen to music they don’t own.

Honestly it’s just a meme. We have deadly snakes and spiders but the death count each year is like single digits. They also just keep to themselves and will only attack if you’re a dickhead. Crocodile and shark attacks too are rare. Kangaroos will only fight you if you walk up to one swinging.

Most fear of Australian animals comes from residents of NA but I’d rather my Aussie creatures than the NA bears, wild cats, wolves, moose (meese?) Etc.

Bowie is mine too. I’ve never been more affected by a celebrity death. I still get a lump in my throat when listening to his music, it was truly an art form of its own.

This is fucking horrid

This community has like 30 views a month. Do you really think it’s necessary to create separate instances for specific Fallout games at this point?

Good Old Games. They sell lots of old PC games that you can’t find anywhere else and since many old games can’t run in modern architecture, they will usually package the games up in a way that they can run without you having to run your own emulators or virtual machines.

They also sell modern games and have their own game library software similar to Steam except unlike Steam it is DRM free.

I never get sick of these

Surely rolling my eyes and sighing is a better option.

There is nuance to rule following. If you’re following blindly and never question why the rule is in place, then you’re a chump. If you question the rule and conclude that it’s there for a good reason and follow it, you’re a champ.

Some rules are arbitrary but society expects them to be followed. Going outside the bounds of these rules can cause upset, so following them is generally the safer bet. However if there’s a rule in place that prevents your happiness, and breaking it has no negative consequences, just fucking do it.

The person is looking forward to Autumn/Fall so is uninterested in August

Lol, yeah people react negatively to concepts when they’re only familiar with extreme examples of said concept. Just like how people shun the idea of communism because some communist nations were ruled by cruel dictators.

I’m not suggesting purging races or cultures or anything like that… but the small act of ruling that “this rapist is banned from procreating” is a form of eugenics.

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I’m Australian and always assumed it was Australian. It seems Australian but maybe we picked it up elsewhere… likely Britain if anywhere.

Imagine 2 boxes. One has an armed mouse trap inside and one has a chocolate bar. There are signs on the box explaining what is inside. You and an infant must each put your hand inside one of the boxes and retrieve its contents . In your understanding of “equal”, both you and the infant are considered equal in this scenario when you, an adult capable of reading and reasoning, have a clear advantage on determining the outcome of the box test.

The thought that humans and non humans are equal too broad of a statement. We of course have advantages over non humans. What should be said instead is: humans and non humans have an equal right to live.

There’s nothing special about us in the grand scheme of things that puts our lives above the life of anything else. Of course humans consider human life as the most important just as an ant would consider ant life the most important, but there’s no universal accountant keeping a list here.

But, as far as we know we’re the only creatures with morals, ethics and empathy. We understand that pain is felt by any creature with a nervous system. We understand emotions can be felt by many creatures with brains. We can’t truly call ourselves equals but we must be obliged to reduce the amount of pain we inflict on others because we’re the only beings who can.

We’ve reached a point in our understanding of the environment and dietary needs where we can sustain ourselves without needing to enslave other species. The fleeting joy one experiences from eating a Big Mac is not worth the torture of the cow the meat came from.

I’m reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.

I’m maybe a 3rd of the way through and my mind has been blown at least 3 times. It’s very eye opening to learn about the earliest societies and the reason we believe the things we do.

It would be hard for me to not recommend this book to everyone… Especially if you have even just a small interest in history and anthropology.

Have you played Outer Wilds and Return of the Obra Dinn? They are 2 of the best narrative puzzle games I’ve ever played.