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SirSamuel

@ SirSamuel @lemmy.world

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  • Silly answers preferable

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  • Rotund

  • Family trulee

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  • I'd say part of it is about mortality and legacy, part is about belonging to a tribe, and at least a little bit is just thinking genealogy is neat.

    Mortality: no matter what a person's faith and belief system might be, there is a drive to contribute being meaningful after death. A person's future line is directly rooted to their ancestry, and that heritage has a bearing on how one views their legacy.

    Belonging: Why do many who are adopted search for their birth parents? Even if a person is in a loving and inclusive tribe, they still yearn for knowing more about their tribe and who else might be in it. There is an instinctive level of security in having a large group that can rally to you at a time of need. Family ties are historically a strong fallback to threats from outside the tribe

  • Stockport woman sets world record for fastest marathon wearing sari

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  • I'm too lazy to open the link.

    Is the record for being fastest while wearing a Sari, or is the record for being fastest, and she set the record wearing a Sari?

  • Scientists discover how the Twelve Apostles were formed - and their real age [Australia]

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  • For a moment I was thoroughly confused lol

  • The Most Dangerous VPN of All Time (Onavo)

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  • Thanks? NGL the instance I landed on was incidental, but ok. I'm also stoned AF so…

  • The Most Dangerous VPN of All Time (Onavo)

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  • I see. The responses to OP were pretty critical and I couldn't understand why. Now I have a bit of context. Thank you

  • The Most Dangerous VPN of All Time (Onavo)

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  • Honest question. Why? Is it an accessibility thing?

  • What age did you not think you'd make it to and why?

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  • I'll live to my late seventies or early eighties, lose my prostate at around 52 after a cancer diagnosis, and die of complications from type II diabetes or heart disease (the heart disease is from being a fatass).

    Source: every other man in my family

  • Man to cross Atlantic in boat 'size of wheelie bin'

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  • You're my kind of people Jessica

  • What a world

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  • Peter Capaldi looks kinda strange there

  • Business

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  • Yah I immediately thought of Esme

  • Engineering shenanigans

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  • O'Brien is the fifth of four

  • It will probably taste better than usual

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  • Only one person so far, I just thought it sounded funny

  • miss miss miss 🥲

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  • It will probably taste better than usual

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  • Hey Sharon, does this salad taste like batteries to you?

  • AI for good

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  • The shot/countershot and dialogue timing are close to exactly as original. The actual dialogue has been altered by AI

    The dialogue, and those massive breasts

  • How far would you swallow your morals for money?

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  • Neat! I'm gonna come back to this once I've finished work. I was using the OED definitions and understanding:

    Ethics – Rules of conduct in a particular culture or group recognised by an external source or social system. For example, a medical code of ethics that medical professionals must follow.

    Morals – Principles or habits relating to right or wrong conduct, based on an individual’s own compass of right and wrong.

    But this idea of an Aristotelian understanding of ethics vs morals is fascinating. Thank you for the link :-D

    Also it is not obvious from your original comment that English is a secondary language for you <3 French is on my bucket list, but I want to learn basic German first. Both for etymological reasons primarily

  • How far would you swallow your morals for money?

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  • I'm gonna be a pedant here. I understand (I think) what you're trying to express and differentiate. It's just the words aren't perfectly accurate.

    "Personal" ethics are morals. Ethics are community based standards or principles, morals are personal standards. Some people equate morals to religious guidelines or principles, but morals don't have to be religious (nor do distinctions of good and evil, right and wrong). Personal understanding of what is right or wrong is a moral standing. It is possible to have morals (personal belief) based on ethics (community standard), but they are still morals.

    IMO, anyway.

    Morals can be principally driven, and often are even in people that don't understand the principle that underlies an ethical standard. For instance, a conscientious objector might still defend themselves or others from personal violence. In this case the underlying principle is one of, say, political neutrality, or perhaps political opposition, not pacifism. And yet the person themselves might not be able to put into words why is okay to use violence one on one, but not militarily. I'm rambling

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  • I operate in much the same way.

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  • Yes. ++?????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    SirSamuel @lemmy.world

    What is a gender neutral honorific for non-binary folk?

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    A chicken pot pie is a quiche with very mature eggs

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    If a politician was very vocal about the evils of Dungeons and Dragons and it was revealed that he regularly played CRPGs, would the media call the resulting scandal Baldursgate?

  • ADHD @lemmy.world
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    How do I get testing?