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Totally agree. Apply can pry my iPhone SE 3 from my cold dead hands.

The perfect form factor. Touch ID instead of Face ID. It's the absolute pinnacle of the iPhone models, based on the iPhone 6.

I don't understand why I can't just have this same phone with a slightly better camera. That's all I want.



I read for about 30-60 minutes in the sun before the UV gets too high.

Started this ritual a few years back and I couldn't imagine not doing it now.


Thanks. I've read that the early morning light has many health benefits: https://www.hubermanlab.com/newsletter/using-light-for-healt... Do you notice any of these?


You probably want to use Discriminated Unions https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/concepts/unions/#discrimina...


Yeah, I'm doing that


This response to the point made by the person to whom you're responding is the philosophical equivalent of plugging your ears and going "la la la can't hear you".

> In the grand scheme of things, we're all just temporary cosmic dust, right?

What else would you be able to justify using this platitude?


> What else would you be able to justify using this platitude?

Have you been reading Earthly Ed's books? ;)

Yeah, that justification taken to its extremes goes down a VERY dark path.


People will say they've had children to quell existential dread _and_ also claim having children is an unselfish act all in the same breath.


So?


They're called "knockers"; generally the score threshold for a free game or "replay" isn't hard-coded but is instead based on the grand champion score, so depending on location they can very from very low to very high.


As an avid (but terrible) disc golfer, this gives me an idea...


As another avid and also terrible disc golfer please build this app so I can salvage my favorite plastic. Even better maybe help me track down those errant field work throws that I forgot about? :)


Imma need an aquatic one for a particularly nasty hole...


A package of tofu costs $1.99, which is enough for a meal for 2. How much does meat cost you these days? This trope is so tired.


If you trace this thread backwards to its root (by essentially responding to every answer with "so what?"), you end up with the question "would it a 'bad thing' if humanity were to become extinct?"

Anecdotally, the vast majority of people I've met - from all walks of life and religious/political leanings - will answer this question with an unthinking "yes, of course that's bad".

I've been curious lately why this is. From the standpoint of Christianity, isn't the end goal rapture followed by total extinction anyway? From the standpoint of agnosticism/atheism, wouldn't an extinction mean the end of human suffering?

Why are we as a species so afraid of not being able to sustain ourselves through a constant churning of new births? Is it just our monkey brain ultimately calling the shots?


You are a monkey brain. It is not the case you should replace your monkey brain value system with some "better" value system.

Or rather, if you choose to replace your monkey brain value system with some better value system, such choice can be made only under your monkey brain value system. Value-system-yet-to-be-adopted is not your value system yet (entire question is about whether it should be your value system) and can't be the basis of your choice. (Yes, humans often make mistakes here, but that's because humans are vulnerable to circular reasoning, not because circular reasoning is valid.)


The end of human suffering also represents the end of the (IMO vastly greater) aggregated joy of being alive as a human.


What's the point of aggregated joy if only a few select elites have it?

Why even give birth to humans that are most likely not wanted in this world?


I would say most children in Western nations are wanted by their parents. They're mostly just a cost economically speaking, so no incentive to have more than you want.

I think most people can achieve happiness in their situation, even under bad conditions, if they have a sound mind. Those elites might have a better shot at accidental happiness, but being upset over that will do nothing good for your own state of mind, so why let it bring you down? You can't change how the world works.

Happiness comes from within, and from meaningful social connections.


Most everyone experiences joy at many points in life. Joy comes from family, friends, accomplishment/mastery, personal growth, learning, and sometimes just from having a great day. It’s not like you need a yacht to find some joy.


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