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Re:Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the ... by throwaway803453 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:03PM (#27921442)
That statement needs tuning then. It's doubtful you have a 529 for your neighbor's college fund or you are bankrupting yourself to pay someone else's medical bills. Did you buy a $2 coffee today ? $2 is what the average Venezuelan earns in a month.

That quote is often associated with Bill Gates in the context of running a charity. In that case it has merit. But on a personal level it makes no sense, at least literally.

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Re:Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the ... by Ccecil on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:11PM (#27921539)
The discussion was about self worth.

The fact that the response to that is discussing money should be a red flag to you.

You can be good to your neighbors without giving anything but a smile and a kind word.

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Re:Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the ... by vkou on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:18PM (#27922377)
Well, since I'm spending $2 on a Colombian coffee today, instead of supporting a Venezuelan, I suppose I should just double-down on my disregard for human life, and lobby for the creation of gulags, the return of slavery, and a general expansion of the right of the strong to dominate the weak.

That would be as silly as that criticism of equality. I'm still unsure how we go from 'All people are equal' to 'Are they? I don't see you sacrificing <arbitrary amount of money> to help your fellow man.'

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