jdmtheNth's comments

On: The Maximum Human Lifespan Will Rise Dramatically ...

[jdmtheNth]

Will it be worth it? If you've ever been inside a long term care home, you know that there's no dignity left after 70 or so.

[hammyhavoc → jdmtheNth]

Only 4% of people over 65 live in a care home in the UK. What is your point?

On: Why the fuck are you going to the King’s coronatio...

[jdmtheNth]

Because not everyone is an angry child that wants to hit back at his parents by destroying tradition.

[dismantlethesun → jdmtheNth]

In case anyone gets the wrong idea, the author of the post is going to the Kings coronation and responds to criticism against that.

In fact the author calls out that their younger self would have been against thus, but now that they are older they have different views.

[jacknews → jdmtheNth]

or you could read the post

On: Liberal Faculty Don’t Hate Conservative Students E...

[jdmtheNth]

Vaguely reassuring.

On: Bluesky is starting to feel like Twitter

[jdmtheNth]

I suppose if it's invite only you can keep the rabble and anyone with different opinions out.

On: The joy and freedom of harmlessly upsetting social...

[jdmtheNth]

What would Kant say about this?

[coldtea → jdmtheNth]

Kant's ethics are useless abstractions.

[uvnq → coldtea]

Just my guess but he probably would not have said that

[jdmtheNth → coldtea]

Spoken like a person incapable of self-regulation that needs external rules to function.

[Takennickname → jdmtheNth]

So someone who needs social norms.

[coldtea → jdmtheNth]

Yeah, whereas your ad hominem non-argument shows a fully self-controlled character.

On: Veganism is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce our env...

[jdmtheNth]

If everyone is so determined, perhaps we can start by halting all meat exports and sanctions on countries that import meat.

On: The DVD’s demise leaves many films gone with the w...

[jdmtheNth]

Just makes it easier to dismiss them as offensive relics of an oppressive white supremacist patriarchy. No-one under 40 is going to miss what they don't want to know about.

[wharfjumper → jdmtheNth]

Are you hopeful that all books written more than 40 years ago are purged too?

[jdmtheNth → wharfjumper]

Not at all; My comment was entirely facetious. I'm opposed to destroying the past to appease the present. That's why I scour used bookstores for older copies of challenged books. I've had to add Roald Dahl recently, but someone has to remember the past.

On: When did mass layoffs become so normal?

[jdmtheNth]

When employers realized that there will always be someone desperate enough to do the job for cheaper.

On: You Should Be Worried About Substack

[jdmtheNth]

You should be worried about random people on the internet telling you how to think.

On: Space Law Society at Harvard Law School Hosts Pane...

[jdmtheNth]

“All the resources we’re talking about are finite resources. As much as people looking for investors want to talk about space being infinite and there being infinite resources, these are finite, limited resources, they’re not going to last forever,” Nesvold said.