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  • I’m reading when I’m traveling longish distances by train. Which isn’t often but it makes the rides way better. Currently I’m reading up on some political/economical stuff.

    I’m out of university for ~3 years and I noticed I have regained my appetite for learning new stuff. So I’m reading stuff that I want to know more about.

    I tried to have a more regular routine of reading but similar to you it made me read less because it felt like a chore. And I realized that it’s for entertainment and personal growth, which I’m fine with going at its own pace.

    I never got how people read more than one book at once but if it works for you that’s great! I feel like I’d just forget what the other books are about while I read one of them.















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    2 months ago

    There’s a difference between wanting to feel pleasure at the result of killing someone and wanting to feel pleasure over the result of killing them?

    I’m not sure what the difference between those two options is. But those aren’t the two options I was talking about. There are people that enjoy the process of killing things. There are people that like to eat dead animals but do not enjoy the process of killing the animal. Those are two different things in my mind.


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    2 months ago

    There is a difference between wanting food you think is delicious and killing something for that reason and taking pleasure in the process of killing something. In one scenario the killing is a necessary evil in the other it’s the whole point of the process.

    Aside from that the fact that so many people do pay “hitmen” should tell you that they do not enjoy the killing part, because otherwise they’d do it themselves.



  • Not the person you asked but I’m interested if I’m passing the vibe check

    I hate that NATO exists, but I see that it has currently a purpose because other forces would and did overpower countries that aren’t included in a military alliance with mutual support obligations.

    I want NATO to be a thing of the past as soon as possible but that doesn’t mean dismantle it and be helpless again. It means we need to get rid of the need for a NATO.