• Alk@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    Also, it’s possible to be priveliged and also understand and sympathize with the problems of other people.

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    It’s also possible to be in a stereotypical privileged position while still suffering from terrible things such as health issues that are not covered and are costly.

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    2 years ago

    Evidently you don’t feel as strongly as he did to throw his privileged life away.

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      Meh, one person’s feelings and how they act are hard to measure up to another person’s feeling and how they act.

      Someone who lost a loved one because of insurance bullshit might feel way stronger than a knowledgeable kid who sees the injustice. And a thousand other viewpoints too, might feel more strongly about it than the shooter.

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        Meh, that makes your point even more invalid than mine. Anyone could do anything for any reason and there’s no real way to know anything for sure. Might as well sit in my room watching paint dry.

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            You can’t compare how anyone feels at all. Feelings are subjective, relative, and are only able to be compared by actions (including words). Even then they are famously difficult to communicate and compare. All I’m saying is that if you’re going down that road you quickly hit the “technically we can’t compare anything” wall.

            So you’re either stuck floating in apathy, being able to react to anything with “meh, we can’t really know anything.” Or you have to infer feelings based on actions and words.

            Hell, I’m not even going to the mat for Luigi in particular, I just thought your response was silly. Actions alone can’t compare how people feel, but unfortunately for us actions alone are all we have to compare.

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    Apropos of nothing, have you seen the prices of handguns these days? Even the parts for a 3D printed one can run you $900, easy. Fucking ridiculous out here.

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      Yet getting hernia corrected is $16,000. $900 barely pays the rent for a month anywhere in the country.

      When the cost of living is so high the cost of dying needs to be levied on the ones responsible.

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      Holy shit really? I could get a pistol for 400€. Is there some kind of monopoly stuff going on that tries to reserve weapons for the rich?

      Edit: did a quick search and found one a lightly used one for 130€

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        I have no idea what the guy is talking about. Hi-points are under like 200$, and thats a complete pistol. It ain’t luxurious but it shoots.