charonn0

joined 2 years ago
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 4 weeks ago

We must blame them and cause a fuss

Before somebody thinks of blaming us!

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 57 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Amazon .com denied a report on Tuesday that it planned to disclose the cost that U.S. tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump were adding to its products, after the White House blasted the initial story.

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/white-house-amazon-tariff-price-announcement-is-hostile-2025-04-29/

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

Mike Duncan's The History of Rome and Revolutions podcasts (particularly the French Revolution series).

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 17 points 1 month ago (5 children)

If forward time travel counts, then yes by a large margin.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Arguably, that's what happened. The three estates (noble/clergy/commoner) were summoned by the king to an Estates General to discuss political changes, which led to the establishment of revolutionary government.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is better: to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Each teaching has to be evaluated on its own merits, its basis in reality, and its effect on the child and how they relate to others. Whether it's religious in origin is ultimately beside the point.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I can scratch any point on my own back.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 62 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I could fit if I didn't have these damned arms!

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