RadicalEagle

Somewhat understandable. I mean new people show up all the time and we gotta tell them. Plus it’s sometimes fun to say things even if we’ve already heard them before.

Why? Because gaining a greater understanding of the world can often provide benefits.

I was in a thread the other week where someone said they hated “religion” but didn’t have a problem with “faith”. I think I’m starting to understand what they meant by that.

When people reduce their faith to religion it loses its power and leads people astray.

It’s not just reading, people don’t want to mentally engage with things. There are people who would rather read movie reviews than go watch a movie and form their own opinion on it.

Engaging with material will always require something of the audience. We can try to make things as accessible and easy to understand as possible, but that doesn’t “solve” the problem, it just lowers the bar. Lowering the bar isn’t bad, but it seems like the wrong strategy for the current era. I think a better strategy is attempting to foster and enthusiastic community at a local level. Get together with friends on the weekends and mess around with stuff in person, talk about it.

Barely passed your English classes as well I assume. /s

Ask the artist in person.

I think this meme would be more funny without the “even”.

*if your goal is to eliminate hunger in a hypothetical future 5 years from now.

I think it’s a mistake to think that donating $50,000 to a charitable organization in 5 years is more important or “better” than buying $100 of groceries for someone who needs it today.

This person isn’t trying to maximize the amount of “good” they can do, they’re trying to minimize what it will cost them because they’re greedy and unwilling to actually give something of themselves.

“Giving all you have” doesn’t have to mean taking all of your money and possessions and just giving them to someone. It can also mean earnestly engaging with the idea that we’re here to serve and elevate each other, and having faith that in doing so we will create a better world.

Such a great movie.

Maybe Vinland Saga.

I imagine that last sentence being“Not because there is anything inherently wrong with women, but because we see women as being lesser than men.”