Hmm. I don't know about that. Maybe certain very rich people have more freedom regarding the way they can live. I just have to do 9-5, no questions asked.
this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2024
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And therefore have the right to end it whenever I feel like doing so.
This is me trying to explain the difference between "fault" and "responsibility"
Posting this quote here is pearls to a swine.
I mean there are lots of deadly poisonous plants, but legally killing yourself is hard as fuck.
Sure you do buddy.
Euthanasia is totally legal and not shunned upon everywhere in the world.
Ehmm.... No you don't
To give OP a boon, my friend's mother had a plaque with a saying along the lines of "I was born against my will and I will die against my will. So please let me at least live like I want to."
I think that's a good philosophy to approach your own life and the people you encounter.
is born female in Pakistan :??
North Korean: 🤷♂️
If I take a week off of work in America I will lose everything I own and be homeless and die....
Isn't that what freedom is all about? The choice of either slaving away or starving?
I'm going to live like a billionaire... I am going to live like a billionaire.
Mate, you have so very little actual free-will. There's still a debate if you even have free-will at all. If it's even a thing or just a concept we came up with.
Well, at least scientists have identified the hormone that is responsible for the "this was totally my own idea" feeling.
Link? That sounds really cool.
Can't find it right now. If I recall correctly they could measure the "decision" happening before the action was performed.
Or maybe those are two separate studies.
I do? So I can quit my shitty soul crushing job and everything will just be fine then?
Yes, because there are definitely more options than waste your years trapped in wage slavery. 🙄
Tell that to my immune system.