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mleku | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 charging a price that can be paid is not dancing around a golden calf and murdering babies

completely false equation and you know it
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Laeserin | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I wasn't equating. I was offering a situation in which I am obviously allowed to pass judgment, thereby negating the claim that I am never allowed to pass judgment.
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mleku | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yeah, an extremely unlikely one in which someone is not simply going to charge more because during a disaster their supply lines are cut and their own future is uncertain also

which is deceptive and dishonest argumentation and something that politicians use to convince people to accept unacceptable things, that paint normal people as demons , in order to win votes and cast shadow on their probably more honorable opponents
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Laeserin | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 That was the scenario he described and that I was originally responding to. This was not about buying toilet paper before lockdowns.

What is going on with you, lately? You sound angry, all the time.
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mleku | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 i'm not going to take part in some fucking stupid fake hypotheticals like trains and people tied to the tracks, these are not honest arguments and neither is the hypotheticals people cook up for these stupid price controls idea, or the idea that i can just ify stealing something from someone because reasons

there is no exceptions to the decalogue and you should know that

why am i angry?

because people are repeating mindless garbage that erases thought and i want to do something to shine a light on how and why it's wrong

and yes, i stopped drinking entirely 5 days ago, thanks to the help of our Lord and Savior

maybe he'll help me ignore stupidity at some point too but perhaps i like this game
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Laeserin | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Hey, congratulations! 🥳 Amen! God is good.
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Laeserin | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Just noticed that grumpy cat was back. 😂
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mleku | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 yeah, alcohol was my way of trying to hide from it

sick of the way it hurts me and slows me down and makes my work disorderly
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Laeserin | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well, then be grump for a while, then. You'll eventually adjust.