• Flying Squid
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      17720 hours ago

      Sometimes I wonder what it must be like to go through life without a sense of shame.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 hours ago

        The sci-fi books/series “The Expanse” features a rogue lab where all the scientists got the part of their brain responsible for empathy intentionally destroyed.

        I sometimes think about that and wonder what it would be to be like that. How easy it would be to make a ton of money. And how sad it must be for these people to live only for themselves.

      • Track_Shovel
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        3316 hours ago

        A friend and I were discussing this. It seems like these days it’s more rewarding, objectively, to be a shitbag than to actually be a good human. We’re constantly being played for suckers despite having morals. Everyone else is cheating in this tragedy of the moral commons.

        • @[email protected]
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          2713 hours ago

          There’s a selection bias, we usually hear about the most successful shitbags. Most ordinary shitbags live pretty terrible lives. Just look at the life of the typical red state resident. Usually working their ass off in a blue collar for some plutocrat who abuses them, subjected to country music all day long. Almost makes me feel bad for them.

            • @[email protected]
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              97 hours ago

              The point is, just because one shitbag gets away with it, that shouldn’t motivate you to also become a shitbag.

        • SeaJ
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          512 hours ago

          I hope you don’t think this is just a recent thing…

      • @[email protected]
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        4518 hours ago

        It actually seems like it feels pretty great. The downside is you’re probably some degree of sociopath or other disorder. But I’m neither qualified nor experienced to diagnose.

    • Chozo
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      3519 hours ago

      Isn’t calling it a meme supposed to be the quiet part? I thought we called them “meme” coins because everybody was in agreement that the coin wasn’t meant to be taken seriously?

      • @[email protected]
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        3019 hours ago

        Nah, you call it a meme so everyone doesn’t look at it too closely.
        It’s like the typos in scam emails and texts.
        The people that would actively investigate such a thing dismiss it immediately.
        The stupid people buy right into it.

        • @[email protected]
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          517 hours ago

          Nah, that’s just his current pet. Once he doesn’t find a use or loses interest he’ll move on. Maybe he’ll stay close to usurp the cult once Trump croaks.