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What is something that most people normally do that you find weird? (feddit.org)
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A lot of people kiss their pets or non-human animals in general. I find that very weird. I understand that it is a sign of affection but it seems so off. One reason is that I doubt whether animals really understand this. Also it seems to be on a level of intimacy to me that I find weird sharing with a pet. Not necessarily romantically or sexually (that would be even more weird and wrong and probably illegal). But it is still "more". I am not sure whether I can really explain why exactly I find that weird.

Anyway, what is something that is weird to you but not to most other people?

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I don't get having kids before making the world at least a decent place. And the main thing that is wrong with the world is not climate change, some resource constraint, or even the psycho dictators ruling over us all.

It is the human flaws that make this all possible. There is just something fundamentaly very wrong with humans. We won't make it unless we engineer this out on a fundamental level.

We need to treat Psychopathy genes as a lethal disease, as if it were SARS, and everyone needs to be "vaccinated".

Just giving humans a predisposition towards empathy would be step 1.

Step 2 is creating an anti-trust structure where no one can really have power, that keeps itself strictly in-check. Constutionaly allow citizens to dislodge or if necessary kill leaders who violate the law, and don't get arrested.

And those citizens should be let off free, if certain conditions are meet (illegality of the leader obvious enough, he was asked to step down, law-enforcement did nothing, certain amount of time passed).

Everyone needs to have their own independent resources. No one should be in the position to be exploited. This must be ensured by LAW.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    I see it from the complete opposite direction. What is wrong with the world and humans is all the generational trauma and how we used to raise and treat children.

    So in my view the only way to heal the world is through children which are raised from parents who ideally have already worked on their trauma to be strong and caring individuals and learned to handle their emotions without supressing them.

    Of course the political system is important too, but the thing is you need strong individuals first. If you have a population of people which have had their individuality "beaten out" and are slaves to their emotions they will inevitable seek comfort in groups and leaders leading to authorian regimes and fascism.

    You can't change adults much. Every change has to come through our children.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I don't get having kids before making the world at least a decent place.

    That seems like a very tall order for a single generation, and for such a large area (worldwide).

    If everyone thought this way, we'd probably be extinct by now — or at least massively declining in places where birth control and abortions are widely accessible, since every birth would be an accident.

    (To be clear, I can understand why one might not want to bring kids into the world in its current state. It doesn't seem unreasonable)

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