Re:Ohio gas well blowout leaked more than many countries do ...
by scotty79 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @09:16PM
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> One is forced to wonder why people who think this way bother to get out of bed in the morning.
Because they get hungry. You are animal, you don't need a noble cause to do things.
Re:Ohio gas well blowout leaked more than many countries do ...
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday December 20, 2019 @09:02AM
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The thing that (supposedly) separates man from beast is our ability to reason and supersede our animal nature.
Re:Ohio gas well blowout leaked more than many countries do ...
by scotty79 on Friday December 20, 2019 @10:42AM
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Supposedly. Still, you can't overcome hunger with reason (at least not for very long) and hunger is sufficient to give you a reason to get out of bed.
Re:Ohio gas well blowout leaked more than many countries do ...
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday December 20, 2019 @11:24AM
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Actually lots of people have voluntarily starved to death. There's a whole religious practice [0] about it and it's frequently used as a means of self-termination for quality-of-life reasons [1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallekhana
[1] https://compassionandchoices.org/end-of-life-planning/learn/...
Re:Ohio gas well blowout leaked more than many countries do ...
by scotty79 on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:24PM
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> Actually lots of people have voluntarily starved to death.
As I said: Not for very long. Besides, I wouldn't call that reason (except for people who do that to die, it's pretty efficient for that purpose).
One is forced to wonder why people who think this way bother to get out of bed in the morning. On a global scale you are insignificant approaching nonexistent, so by your own reasoning nothing you do matters and therefor you shouldn't bother doing anything.