• jray4559@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    You could say the same thing about posting on Lemmy. Or a new game in your favorite RPG series coming out. Or Starbucks’ newest coffee flavor. Or any number of other comforts.

    This is the “don’t be depressed, starving children in Africa have it worse” kind of argument. Please don’t.

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      1 year ago

      Magnitude matters, and the resources wasted doing this could have a legitimate impact.

      about posting on Lemmy.

      Lol. Settle down there and think about why this doesn’t make any rational sense.

      This is the “don’t be depressed, starving children in Africa have it worse” kind of argument. Please don’t.

      No it’s not, and you’re resorting to analogies because you can’t argue against the topic at hand. Please try to stay on topic.

      Funny watching people like you defend wasting money on electric dresses while kids go without food, water, electricity, education, and shelter. You’re trying to save face because you like contributing to the problem but don’t want to admit it.

      It’s okay, I come across people like you all the time. You’re the kind of person who thinks those who have more, deserve more, and those who have less, deserve less.

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        I think the richer shouldn’t be buying the dress so I get you there. But I read the comment about the technology being created in the first place. Advancements are going to come regardless. Yeah there is suffering but not much we can do on people creating new things

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          I think it’s important what that technology is and priorities should matter.

          Right now people prioritize whatever makes rich people richer faster, hence “we’re passing a bunch of money around at the top.”

          Lots of people who contribute to the problem don’t want to admit it, though.