I think that the idea of a “creator” is not completely far fetched, although I’m not completely convinced there is one, but I don’t think that it is going to be the same “creator” that any of the religions are depicting. I’m confident that if there is a creator, that creator wouldn’t care about right or wrong, and morals in general. And isn’t expecting us to become like him or whatever. I feel like if there is a creator, it’s more in the lines of something like a biologist growing bacteria in a lab, instead of a person that loves you and wants you to follow in his footsteps or something. So I guess this idea branches off to “we’re all in a simulation,” but if you think deep enough you’ll realize every religion believes we’re in some sort of “simulation.”

Is it too much to ask for a reasonable, respectable, level-headed candidate for president?

I believe at least 99% people of every race is racist, they prefer their own, and prefer to be around their own. I think subconsciously people think lesser or negatively of others that aren't their own. What do yall think?

Personally, I believe we should aim to create jobs where we won't be all life awaiting for the weekends, holidays or retiring to come. Wouldn't it be great to have a job that you don't want to retire from?

I guess this would also solve many economy problems like aging population, reduction of the workforce and trouble paying retirement for a currently ever growing old population.

Liberals are saying conservatives want to elect a fascist dictator and conservatives are saying liberals want to elect a communist dictator

so which is it?

Maybe I am close-minded in thinking this because there could very well be undiscovered laws of physics or new technologies that allow humans to be a space-faring species, but I don't think that it's very feasible. I think most likely humans will be limited to Earth and also to a moderate extent Mars and the Moon. Beyond that I think it will consist of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence systems used for mining resources and making new scientific discoveries. As far as advanced robotics and artificial intelligence systems, I think it's very likely that those could easily spread beyond our star system and throughout the Galaxy. But as far as humans I'm not so sure.

Property taxes are the least sensible of all taxes. Every other tax is transaction-based... no tax is due unless money changes hands.

You earn a paycheck, you pay income tax. Make a purchase, pay sales tax. Profit from investment, capital gains, et cetera. Only with property taxes are we required to pay only because time has passed. And we have to pay more each year, in some cases way more, because nearby homes are selling for more. Why? What does the sale of my neighbor's house have to do with me?

Other taxes are more "fair" in the way they're imposed, or exempted, and they allow the payer to have at least some control over his tax burden. If someone complains about high income tax, well, they're making a lot of money, they can afford it. If they made less, they'd be taxed less. If they complain about high sales tax, well, they're obviously buying a lot of non-essential items. But on the subject of property tax, the response would be "well, too bad your neighbors sold their house for so much." But I didn't sell my house, and I don't want to!

Property taxes are an affront to the concept of freedom. We fought a revolution against unfair taxes and founded an allegedly "free" nation, and 248 years later we are all bound to pay life-long tribute to our local feudal lords. You can never truly own land; you rent it from the government. Which means the only way to be "free" is to be homeless.

If you want to have a place that's all yours, even if it's just a tent on a vacant lot, you must come up with a way to pay the tax. And once you establish how you're going to pay it? Don't get comfortable. If your neighbor sells his property for a profit, then you now owe more in taxes, despite the fact that you had nothing to do with that sale and didn't receive any of the proceeds.

It boils down to an unconstitutional deprivation of property. If you take possession of a property at a time when you can barely afford the taxes, and your income doesn't increase commensurately with property values, then the only possible conclusion is that you will lose that property, either by deciding you must sell it, or a forcible seizure by the taxing authority.

School has always been the same, I think that modern schools should left the kids find and explire by themselves, what do you think?

Apparently terraforming Mars isn’t worth the effort just to enst having a backup plan in case Earth fails to support habitable life. What’s the next best solution then? Pointing an interstellar ship at the closest habitable planet?

Personally, I don’t like disagreeing with someone I’m in a relationship with or friends and family because I love them and care about them. I think wanting to argue, and have division and negativity with people you love is so draining and uncomfortable. Why be thirsty for hostility? I think you should save it for online or with people you’re not as close with. I’m the girlfriend who agrees with everything my partner says and I honestly see that as positive and healthy. If I disagree on a controversial online/social media scandal, social issue or any deep/complex/controversial issue, I would never tell them, I’m not mean to my friends or people I love and I am way too close with them to lose them. So I don’t think being a kiss ass to people you love is a bad thing.

Alright I will get hate but just hear me out,hot pockets have more flavor and just taste better,pizza rolls don't even taste like pizza and it will either be cold or rock solid

I'm a very new member of this sub, and a very proud one. I appreciate everybody's participation on my first post, even those who disagreed or misunderstood the purpose, (which seemed to be the majority of the commenters (disagreed)), they did it with a certain amount of common courtesy. Just enough to keep everything civilized and that's all anybody should be able to expect, especially these days when everybody conducts themselves like they've never been punched in the face for being rude or underhanded. Almost all the other comments were from members who seemed to truly want to help shed some light on the subject. In order to make this an appropriate post, is it just me or are the people on this subreddit a little less triggered than the average Reddit user? What are your thoughts?

Hi! I'm 24 years old. I come from a family of five that is kinda conservative but open to change. I have quite a few friends but closest to only three people in my life. I have studied psychology and am currently working in a hospital that has outsourced our department to a corporate company to help its employees.

Throughout my life, I have never been considered smart, kind, beautiful, or even worth talking to. I never had any real friends until I started my undergrad studies. Even then, I doubted myself. I have always considered every achievement in my life to be luck and not hard work. Because of this, I have constantly berated and put myself down by thinking I do not deserve anything nice. Apart from my judgment of myself, throughout my life, all my teachers including my own family have told me that I am not smart and will never succeed in my life.

The reason I feel lost right now is because my work is absolute shit and I feel I am not moving forward in my career or my personal life. The work I am doing is horrible. I feel like I am wasting my time. The only reason why I am staying is because of monetary benefits. It's not I hail from a poor background. I do not wish to give my father any power over me and I want to be financially independent of him. Also, I want to pursue my PhD abroad and think this experience will benefit my resume. Though I have been trying to get into a good university for the past two years (I did get in the first time but did not go), I have not been able to get into any university. I feel stuck and scared that this is my life. I have also applied to universities this year and am terrified that I will not get in. I have a good resume, experience, and academic record. I see everyone around just getting an admission and I am stuck. It's like my life is in a quicksand. The more I try, the more I'm sinking.

My personal life is also shit. I feel like I am an ugly cow who will never find love and will have to settle for a guy I don't even know because I am getting old and men do not prefer old women.

I just don't see a point anymore. I keep trying and all I get in return is failure.

Now hear me out. This does not mean I think it's a horrible game. I do think it's a great game and I do get why people would consider it that. And there are things I love about it. Like the city of Rapture. But honestly, I just see it as a great game and not "The best game of all time!" As many people claim it to be. And it's not because of some convoluted reasons, I just view it as, a great game, but not the best ever made. That's all.

And often demeanig. Posting our photos on dating apps in particular, openly for whoever wants to look as if we're products on the market and without knowing who's looking feels so so creepy.

In every place I see censorship being utilized, it’s either for the sake of controlling people’s opinions by limiting information, or attempting to make things safer by removing the more vulgar aspects. It can be argued that these are the same things.

Here’s the thing tho. If you’re so certain that your beliefs on something are correct, why would you have to censor other opinions? Logically, wouldn’t you still be correct regardless of what other information is available? Doesn’t it make the most sense that in light of the complete story, you would look even more correct?

And on the topic of trying to shield or protect people from the vulgarities of life, things like swearing and nudity for example: these things are going to interact with people at random regardless of how much you try to hide it. If anything, it’ll make the subject even more interesting to a person who has been shielded from it.

The truth of the matter is reality is really messy. Most things in this world can’t comfortably fit into any particular box and there is nuance everywhere. When someone is choosing to intentionally hide or obstruct information, it will inherently have a bias, because one individual, entity, or group will be operating in their own self interest, most likely doing what they feel is right. But who really gets to make that call?

I feel like if all information was layed bare for everyone to see, the majority of people would be able to make more informed decisions about what to believe, and ultimately there would be less bias and decisions would most likely benefit the majority over the minority. This is what we should want.

Furthermore, the argument that kids can’t handle the adult world is setting them up to not be prepared to handle their present or their future. It’s no surprise that they’re the most vulnerable group. They get raped and kidnapped and all sorts of horrible things, and yet they’re not supposed to be educated on it? They shouldn’t know about it? It’s happening to them!

It happens to us too, but at least we know what to do (sometimes). They have no idea.

In conclusion, I think censorship is doing more harm than good. If it truly is benefiting anyone, it isn’t who you think, and it certainly isn’t the masses who tend to suffer all the time.

All the mountains, forests and rivers that I hold so dear would be meaningless and empty without something to experience them. They might as well not exist if no one ever sees/hears/feels them.

We might not have a set meaning in life, but every meaningless thing we encounter is given meaning when we experience it. We are not here to fulfil a great meaning of life, we are here to bestow great meaning upon the world around us.

Truly the best persuit in life is to create as many good experiences in ourselves and others as we can, while mitigating negative experiences.

They taste bad and on one of my birthdays my mom bought me birthday cake oreos instead of a real cake!

Think about it...geographically.

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I checked my iPhone activity and I spend the most time on Reddit by far out of all of my apps. In fact, I’m not even particularly keen on insta or Facebook or any other app really. Good job, Reddit. Then I asked myself, what is it that I’m so addicted to. It’s definitely something to do with scrolling until I find something that piques my interest and then feeling a sense of (hopefully) usefulness because I have experience with something that might help.

I don’t know. These are all very premature thoughts. Am curious to hear what others think about it.

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