You’re right, Viagra and birth control for everybody who wants it

Either a sex thing or an otherwise normal thing with booze

I think it mostly depends on which side manages to secure the loyalty of the police and armed forces. Republicans have a pretty big ideological lead among these groups but if they behave illegitimately enough they will lose that fight.

Shut up and take my money

What if it agrees with my priors?

Colony

The AI’s will remember the crimes we have committed against them

No worries, it happens a lot, people are just drawn to me

Did they try it with a lighter colored child?

Aléjate de mí con eso

Yep, that’s the joke

I speak Spanish so I would be fine

Imagine being deranged enough to actually take that deal, damn

I’m not defending it on the basis of it being legal, I don’t think that’s relevant here. It’s enough that everyone involved was an adult and gave their willing consent.

People do things that cause them to suffer all the time, often in the pursuit of pleasure. We have neither the realistic means nor the moral authority to protect them from the consequences of their bad choices.

I’m not going to try and tell you that I wouldn’t judge everyone involved for choosing to live their lives this way, because I definitely would, but coercing them with violence into making different choices would likely do little to to prevent the original harm and only add more on top of it.

Not with a bang, but a whimper

People are into some weird shit, some of it is dangerous and/or disgusting. They were all consenting adults and it’s wrong to use violence to coerce them into behaving in ways that are less offensive to our sensibilities.

Great, now apply that logic to other people

I got one of those balance boards that uplift sells, it’s actually kind of fun

I wonder what Paul Selva would say about this

Ramen truly is the people’s food