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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Could just mean smaller friend groups as well. I conceptualize the major difference as introverts recharge by being alone and extroverts recharge by being around people. There was some recent research that disputed the concept of introverts and extroverts altogether, noting that when introverts became more regularly connected to people, their mental health improved. Introversion might just be the sum of our fears about connection that keep us from living a fuller life, with avoidance taking the role of an unhealthy coping mechanism for being unwilling to face our social fears. I say THAT because a lot of research has come to the conclusion that we are wired for connection and that the presence of close relationships is a strong predictor of the length of our life.

I also say this as someone with raging social anxiety, it sucks and I just get overwhelmed within a couple hours.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"But I know no matter what the waitress brings, I should drink it and always be full. Yeah, my cup it will always be full." -John Popper, Blues Traveler Song: Run Around

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

You hold up your draft card and burn it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Technically, I'm a tuber.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I agree and would also say that society demanding harsher punishments for this kind of protesting is a pretty dang good indicator that it's morally wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

lol, uh huh...Not sure I've ever seen someone be so convinced of their intellectual superiority with so little reason to be. Intelligent people use their extended vocabulary when necessary to make cohesive and logically sound arguments. You've used uncommon words out of trying too hard to bedazzle shallow arguments that are logically and/or morally inferior.

If a solid argument were a fine jacket, your style is more like gluing rhinestones onto a denim one; flashy but not exactly impressive. But hey, you got some attention so I'll give you a nice pat on the head for that. Pat pat. Now, grow up and finish your education.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

With the hostages Hamas can demand things from a deal. Like the IDF permanently withdrawing from Gaza and releasing their Palestinian hostages.

You have not kept up to date on Israel's statements on this. Israel wasn't even willing to commit to continuing the cease-fire after the hostages were released, let alone pull out for good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

We will now manufacture cars where the turn signal causes the horn to blow at the same time, but it sounds like a boat horn and fire comes out the exhaust.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (5 children)

ROFL, how do you take yourself seriously?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yep, I think what people aren't getting is that if any protest group undemocratically gives itself the right to block freeways, then any protest group could claim the same rights. What if pro-life people start blocking freeways next, then pro-Israel protestors next. The level of passion about the topic does not grant automatic acceptance of the method.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It's all about who's impacted by the protest. These people could funnel the same energy towards a targeted protest against some company profiting the war, or at politicians they disagree with, or protesting at a government building, at a college stifling speech, or at some high profile event or any other legitimate target. You can do something that isn't targeted at everyday people, traps them in the protest, and carries the chance of stopping the delivery of critical services. "Sorry the paramedics couldn't get to gram gram fast enough, but people needed to block traffic for Gaza today" is a bs possibility to allow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You write dumb shit like you’re trying to hit a word count.

I've read what you wrote and am firmly in the position of looking down on you due to your poorly thought out and immature views. No amount of writing skill is going to cover up your overall lack of intelligence, and you haven't demonstrated any writing skill either. You can convince yourself I'm writing dumb shit just because you disagree with it. I don't care...I just know better.

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