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Any blog should start off by introducing its subject, but in theory, Utilitarianism is quite simple. It’s a theory of ethics under which you should take whatever actions will lead to the greatest happiness for everyone involved. There are no other rules or restrictions–just make as many people as happy as you can make them.
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Oct. 21st, 2026 05:28 amPeople on the Internet love to talk about how they had a "sense of foreshortened future" when they were teenagers. They thought they wouldn't live much longer, so they didn't bother planning for the future. Now they're adults, and they're happy to report it gets better when you're finally away from your parents.
Hey fuckers! What do you do when you're 34 years old and have a "sense of foreshortened future"?
Hey fuckers! What do you do when you're 34 years old and have a "sense of foreshortened future"?
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Sep. 22nd, 2026 01:38 amI'm doing a Let's Play of Kinophobia, a mystery-horror text-based game.
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Sep. 10th, 2026 11:02 pmA contradiction in my beliefs: I think any government capable of classifying information is an enemy of the human race. I think the FDA is important to keep companies from poisoning us. I have no idea how you get something like the FDA without a big government.
I'm playing Thousand Hells
Sep. 9th, 2026 03:52 amI feel like I don't have the right mindset to play this game. It seems like it's supposed to be fun without much deeper thought, but the concept of hell is so appalling to me that I can't really get into the idea of breaking in just to get rich and leaving its prisoners behind.
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Sep. 3rd, 2026 01:43 amReading the Axtara series, and of the five major characters . . . I don't think any of these people have serious flaws? They make mistakes, have things they don't know, and even learn a little, but they never double down on a bad idea. And I feel like that works for the story being told. I think the fundamental thesis of this series is that an open mind and a willingness to be flexible protects you from the worse impulses of humanity/draconity.
Also, Victor can't have flaws because the author is too busy using him to reassert Axtara and Mia's heterosexuality after two books of being the most important person in each other's lives.
Also, Victor can't have flaws because the author is too busy using him to reassert Axtara and Mia's heterosexuality after two books of being the most important person in each other's lives.
I’m reading a book about dragons
Sep. 2nd, 2026 03:06 pmIf you think about it, a dragon eating boiled eggs is like a human eating a cow’s afterbirth.
I hear Creek arguing as soon as I enter the shrine. It's Vittorio again. It's usually Vittorio.
"Just one day of clear weather," he says. "For my great-niece's wedding. That's all I want."
"I can't keep changing the weather patterns for you," she says. "We need rain eventually."
"But it's just one day--"
Most demigods would have thrown Vittorio out by now. Most demigods aren't fifteen years old. She's still finding her sense of authority.
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"Just one day of clear weather," he says. "For my great-niece's wedding. That's all I want."
"I can't keep changing the weather patterns for you," she says. "We need rain eventually."
"But it's just one day--"
Most demigods would have thrown Vittorio out by now. Most demigods aren't fifteen years old. She's still finding her sense of authority.
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Aug. 21st, 2026 12:54 pmWhen my mother was young, if you kept trying to accomplish something and another person refused to treat it as important, you’d say “Do you think I’m doing this for my health?”
I’ve considered asking insurers “Do you think I’m trying to get healthcare for my health?”
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Aug. 14th, 2026 06:35 amI found some old Steven Universe ending salt, and it reminded me of Arknights salt (specifically the Kazimierz arc.) I think the SU salt was in some ways more justified, but I think both posters missed what the problem was.
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I tried Ledgerbound
Aug. 14th, 2026 02:47 amIt's trying to do the cozy, casually queer-inclusive thing you see in games like Boyfriend Dungeon, and at the same time it's trying to do the joke that fantasy adventure protagonists are horrible people. I think horrible protagonists would work better if either it ditched the cozy stuff, or else it explicitly mocked toxic "woke" communities.
Kill the Shadow thinks undiagnosed DID lets you rewind time.
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Aug. 6th, 2026 05:16 pmHot take: the reason almost every modern adaptation of The Island of Doctor Moreau does "people turning into warped animals" is that "animals turning into warped people" was a metaphor for "black people turning into warped white people." Modern stories assume the target audience isn't racist enough to be scared of that. (There's still The Album of Doctor Moreau, but that's the same joke as the lab-engineered boy band in Gravity Falls.)
Additional hot take: this is also why The Planet of the Apes doesn't hit anymore. If you read the original book, "apes rise up and overthrow humanity, but aren't smart enough to build a functional society" is blatantly "black people rise up and overthrow white people, but aren't smart enough to build a functional society."
Additional hot take: this is also why The Planet of the Apes doesn't hit anymore. If you read the original book, "apes rise up and overthrow humanity, but aren't smart enough to build a functional society" is blatantly "black people rise up and overthrow white people, but aren't smart enough to build a functional society."
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Aug. 2nd, 2026 06:01 amMy latest doctor clearly doesn't believe me when I tell her that what ultimately messed me up so much I could no longer work was a simple respiratory illness that most people recover from without issues. I told her that I'm immunosuppressed and I've already had COVID, and the respiratory illness was on top of that. I told her that my eighty-year-old aunt got the same illness and was hospitalized for it, because if you're frail enough already, minor respiratory illnesses can mess you up. She just did that voice doctors do when they think you're making shit up but they don't want to put any more effort into arguing with you about it.
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Jul. 17th, 2026 03:38 pmFor the fun of it, here's what I've figured out so far about the equipment and classes in labyrinth.os. At this time, I have no idea what the stats do beyond unlocking skills and presumably boosting weapons.
For non-player classes, left side of the slash is its name when you select it, right side is its suggested character name. Right side seems to be an indicator of what it actually does.
Equipment types
