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0 pointsEtheryte2y ago0 comments

Someone has a problem? I will bring my problem!

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I don't have a problem with people having problems. I have plenty of problems. What I do not like is putting absolute statements like "never seen anything more disgusting". That usually just means you are not looking hard enough.

But, the fact that I have a problem with this relativization of everything does not mean I think problems people do not consider "the most disgusting" should not be tackled.

Look at my country for example. Corruption in local government affects me more that what is going on in China. I can also fight it more that what is going on in China. And, in the end, I care about it more in the "daily on my mind" sense of the word. That does not mean I should label it as being objectively worse or "most disgusting ever".

chambored2y ago

I think they were just speaking hyperbolically…

ruszki2y ago

Hopefully, that’s the case. However, the past decade seems to show us, that if something seems hyperbolic, it’s usually rather serious at the moment. When I was hyperbolic any time in my life, I simply lied even to myself at that given moment, and I believed in that lie until my self-correction didn’t kick in seconds or minutes later. But it’s quite difficult to interpret the current political climate, if most people has such self-correction.

flir2y ago

Isn't that how you get regexes?

malfist2y ago

Oh yeah? My problem is bigger that your problem!

salawat2y ago

Y'all keep making a fuss about being part of the problem, and I assure you, I will stop this thread and become the whole problem. Do not tempt me.

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