Don’t you mean group A? Group B seems kinda lame.

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It is a fair point, being obese and poor can definitely be a a horrific feedback loop to get out of.

In developed countries anyways, you don’t really see it in places where food is scarce, of course.

I don’t think it can get any more graphic than eviscerating yourself and covering your oponent with your own guts!

(Some sea cucumbers do this, others produce a sticky substance specifically for this purpose.)

I’m more fascinated by the countertop. Although thin and probably composite rather than natural stone, it’s still stone and that can get really expensive. It might honestly get more expensive to do this and fix it later than just do it right from the getgo.

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Here’s a springboard article, if you want to do your own research.

https://www.nzz.ch/english/how-the-myth-of-stockholm-syndrome-came-from-a-media-driven-hostage-spectacle-ld.1752897

The woman, based on whom the term was coined (the psychiatrist never even talked to her) wrote an autobiography “I became Stockholm Syndrome”.

There’s also the works of Allan Wade, a Canadian psychologist, who has talked to the victims throughout his career.

Basically when you’re at the whims of an armed lunatic, you might cozy up to them in order to appease them. The victims were also really afraid of the police coming in and shooting them. Which is pretty justified, considering the police couldn’t even identify the perpetrator before conceding on his demands and bringing in his prison buddy.

The guy with a gun, whom they’ve been talking to for days and has not hurt them in the slightest looked much less dangerous than the impending doom of the police barging in and shooting the wrong person.

Stockholm syndrome was made up to cover for police incompetence

Oh god, that reminded me of this statue. It has a LOT going on. So many questions. Perhaps they’re better left unanswered.

I love how every single source emphasizes it’s “single-planet”, just because it’s by Hello Games.

Cause fantasy games with dragons are famously known to all contain interstellar travel.

Be careful, we might have some citrus-stealing whores in this community

https://youtu.be/d_V-BQ-FSlI?si=HmFsx4jnpv_4v7jA

Oh my god, can’t you let another country suck for a minute without making it about the US?

The UK is a joke you can live in.

I love how just a year ago, he was the one to call out FTX.

People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones and all that…

The whole industry seems like a criminal plot at this point.

My comment was written poorly and it was rightfully downvoted. I did my best to explain my thoughts in the comments and edited my initial comment to add context.

I have no ill will towards people reacting negatively, I did my best to explain my stance, certainly did not intend for it to sound condescending.

I’m not here to win you over and it really doesn’t seem like there’s any actual discussion happening anymore, so I’ll peace out. Have a nice day.

Where exactly was I upset? I did my best to explain my stance. And yes, my initial comment failed to put my thoughts across clearly and got rightfully downvoted as a result.

That is why I edited it and that is why I tried to explain my thoughts further.

I sincerely do not think the first comment goes against what I said here though. It was written poorly, but the sentiment and thoughts behind it are the same.

That does not mean it is a choice. Like I linked in the other comments, there are studies on identical twins where the concordance is around 60-70%. That still leaves a lot of room for other factors (none of which are a conscious decision).

There’s a pretty big field between “We are born gay and it is 100% genetic” and “sexuality is a choice”, it’s not a dichotomy.

Here’s one. Though I believe this is with twins, who lived together. 65% concordance for monozygotic twins, 30% in heterozygotic. Implying genetics is a significant factor, but not the only factor. (Monozygotic twins have identical DNA)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8494487/

Here’s a more recent one:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11058483/

You are strawmaning me pretty hard here. My point is, it does not matter whether it’s a choice or not. That is the argument the homophobes bring and I refuse to engage with it.

I also NEVER even implied it is a choice to begin with. The current model involves genetics as well as very early childhood experience, definitely not a “choice”.

What matters is, there’s nothing wrong with being gay. Regardless of what makes us gay.

The current accepted model involves both genetic and early psycho-developmental factors. There are studies on identical twins that grew up in separate households and the co-inheritance is nowhere near 100%.

My point is, it should not matter whether you were born gay, or not. What matters is, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the way you are.

“Their whole argument is we have to choose the way we are.”

That is exactly my point. Let’s not pretend their argument is in good faith or in any way truly relevant. Even if it were a choice, it would in absolutely no way detract from the point, there is nothing wrong with it.