ChonkyOwlbear

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

First you have to define what "think" is.

Is it being self-aware? Is it responding to stimuli? Is it having brainwaves, or just a brain?

Then you have to ask if thought is something we would always recognize. Could something think in a way that is totally recognizable to us but is still thought? Do computers think? Why or why not?

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

It would also bar courts from considering religious codes, including Islamic Sharia law, in legal cases.

I can't wait for the Satanic Temple to cite this when they try and legislate prayer and/the Ten Commandments in schools.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It is my understanding that the 72 virgin narrative is derived from several hadith which mention 72 houri. What exactly the houri are seems pretty complicated from an outsiders perspective.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago

So wouldn't that make the Catholic one worse?

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (26 children)

I'm trying to decide if there is any material difference between making a Catholic pedophilia joke and the Muslim 42 virgins joke.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Does consent even matter if it's not alive? It's made of fire. Do you ask a campfire before you roast a marshmallow?

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Wyoming really gives Florida a run for its money sometimes.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Alongside the announcement of Noem’s ouster,

Yay!

the president said he would tap Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to be her replacement

Boo!

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's like Trump has to convince everyone he is the antichrist without actually saying it.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Why is it Democrats responsibility to get progressives to vote in primaries? If you don't vote, politicians don't care about your opinions.

 

The government uses the Whiskey Rebellion as justification, ignoring that is both before police existed in the US and before the Posse Commitatus Act was passed.

 
 
 

Remember, ask for a warrant, don't talk to the police, and don't sign anything.

 

Promised Land

Credit Andy Singer 2024

 

I pay all my bills online so I'm used to navigating logins and payment apps. I never have nearly as much trouble paying credit card bills.

My password wasn't working, so I tried recovery. The recovery asked for my email, birthdate, zip code, and last 4 digits of my SSN. All things I know well, but they say it's wrong. Now I'm locked out of my account for the 2nd time in two days....

I almost think it's a conspiracy to enable charging people more late fees.

 

Luna is a 3 year old standard poodle. We have had her for 3 weeks and I already can't imagine life without her.

 
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