I think there’s some kind of general fascination with rich people ingrained naturally in the human mind. It’s not just in comics. It’s present in many fairy tales, mythology, religious books…

Iagree it can help the rich to get away with things. But I also think it’s not fair to blame authors for using good old archetypes, while I also support kindhearted critique of those archetypes - it’s important to understand their role in social context and to make authors aware of the downsides.

This is awsome. What is it from? Are there more planets?

He’s probably into it. It wouldn’t be the same if they were conscious. And maybe he thought the fact they agreed to come over made it less probable he’d ever get sentensed.

How about shutting your mouth and consuming what we show you. No one’s asking if you’ve seen it already. Watch the ads!

And let’s make the video be an ad too, why waste time.

If the goal is human survival, then I don’t see it as selfish. In that case, the whole species is being selfish, but the individual is altruistic. Altruism does exist - evolution works on many levels, which makes many things possible. The Selfish Gene is a pretty good book that is still interesting even after all the decades, but sciece goes on and we now know much more.

We are all aware. The terminology used for the two different drivers is the problem. You don’t call a woman a female, that’s insulting. He had no problem to call a guy a guy, no “male” or such. It makes him sound like a misogynistic asshole.

Explain that to the insurance company, that seems to be the relevant problem here.

Ready to ponder.

The only reason the dog is not satisfied is that they can’t lick it into reality.

And while we’re at it, I think Naegleria fowleri, the brain eating amoeba that lives in warm water and gets in through your nose should get an honorable mention!

Prions - yeah, they’re definitly creepy. They’re also hard to destroy, so they can accumulate in nature over time.

These are nasty, but I still find rabies the most scary

That explains my life.

Or a child at heart (which, I admit, can overlap with being a marine biologist)

Not in space, though?

Meanwhile altos and other supporting voices: No lyrics to learn? Yay!

It sounds like an asocial network - something for me finally, perhaps :)

I think teenage atheists are right that they’re clever using it. It’s kind of age appropriate.

Christianity is not a homogenous group, of course. Actively spreading the word is only part of some of the churches. I do agree it’s a very obnoxious part of any religion. And unfortunately it’s a winning strategy. The actively spreading branches of any religion tend to actually be able to gain more believers by their missionary practice, so the “telling people what to believe” continues with no change in sight.