Thinking about a conversation I was having with an acquaintance years ago. He was a friend of a friend and we were talking about food. I forget the exact phrasing but I brought up loving avocados. He said “what’s that?” I was a bit surprised and explained. He responded “OH thats crazy I thought that was one of those made up words”. The statement was like a flashbang I had to contemplate for a few minutes. PERSONAL STORIES ONLY, DO NOT INCLUDE A STATEMENT FROM A CELEBRITY OR POLITICIAN.

  • AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    45·
    2 days ago

    Okay fine personal one’s first:

    • I once overheard someone saying it was hard to go left on a round about because the entrance slopes right…. As in they were not using a round about like a round about. (Tbf the round about in question was originally an intersection that was poorly modified into a roundabout)
    • I had a psychopathic roommate who, when I called him on it, flat out admitted that given a choice between killing himself or thousands of others he’d choose the mass murder option. I also once asked him if he thought slavery was morally acceptable and his response was “if it would benefit me then yeah.”
    Famous Quote I originally put because I didn’t read the whole post before commenting lol

    “Darwin realized that animals are far less likely to reproduce when they’re dead” -Philomena Cunk

    Stunned because I was expecting nonsense, but ended up hearing what is now my favorite description of evolution ever. It just makes evolution seem entirely obvious, like it’s stupid we took so long to make that realization.

    • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
      2·
      33 minutes ago

      given a choice between killing himself or thousands of others he’d choose the mass murder option

      First of all, that wouldn’t be murder. If the only other option was your own death, it would be self defense.
      Not saying it would be the moral choice, but it wouldn’t be murder.

      Secondly, most people would choose that option, when given those choices.
      I’m sure about this, because normal people are put in that situation in war, and I’m not aware of many known cases where a soldier simply refused to fire their machine gun for moral reasons, when thousands of enemy soldiers stormed towards their position.

    • owsei@programming.dev
      4·
      13 hours ago

      The evolution one is stunning precisely because it’s so good. Evolution finally clicked for me when I asked why reproduction mutations (like colored feathers) mattered instead of only survival ones, my teacher just said “The ones who reproduce, reproduce, the ones who don’t, don’t.”

    • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3·
      22 hours ago

      . I also once asked him if he thought slavery was morally acceptable and his response was “if it would benefit me then yeah.”

      he has that in common with John Patrick Henry

      Would any one believe that I am master of slaves by my own purchase? I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living without them. I will not — I cannot justify it, however culpable my conduct. - John Patrick Henry US Founding father

    • felsiq@piefed.zipEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I love philomena and can’t believe I haven’t heard that one, do you know offhand where it’s from so I can fix that?