DasGutYa t1_irs8ypz wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Reply to comment by Equivalent-Ice-7274 in The first crop of space mining companies didn’t work out, but a new generation is trying again by Soupjoe5

We could send the homeless up there. Free home but it's in space?

teratogenic17 t1_irscdff wrote on October 10, 2022 at 5:45 PM

I just hacked your bank account and planted false stories about your reputation. Now you're homeless. Would you like to freeze in a stuffy can and work alone for a few years, to pay for your sins?

Of course, I have done no such thing. But the homeless have similar stories. The biggest story is that we have been tricked into letting a super-rich class suck our lifeblood forever. Capitalism is a curse.

DasGutYa t1_irsyi5s wrote on October 10, 2022 at 8:15 PM

'I don't like jokes or any form of entertainment so I'm just going to insert my political opinion here instead'

teratogenic17 t1_irsz703 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 8:20 PM

Jokes at the expense of the homeless are cheap, punching down. I don't find them funny.

DasGutYa t1_irt11i8 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 8:32 PM

Thinking morality is necessary to a joke just reinforces the fact you don't understand what one is.

Enjoy being ignored!

teratogenic17 t1_irt3ls6 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 8:50 PM

On the contrary, justice is essential to a good joke, as it releases the tension we feel with our oppressors. It reduces their power over us, and strengthens social ties; that's why (e.g.) making fun of Ivanka Trump's incompetency is funny. Just think of the blank look in her eyes when someone uses a word like "precarity" or "hegemony." Suddenly she looks like a cornered rabbit.

Punching down functions to release the tension of compassion instead--we feel uncomfortable with a group that needs relief from the oppression that we participate in and/or profit from. Such jokes fuel rage and violence.

That's why Dave Chappelle will soon be forgotten--he makes jokes that encourage hatred against Black transgender women. It's embarrassing, and should be. People who are laughing with him now will "forget" they ever did, within a decade.

DasGutYa t1_irv1hxq wrote on October 11, 2022 at 6:52 AM

'Justice'

'oppression'

Relative terms, a decade won't be kind to you as you slowly find out how easily you are labelled the oppressor in need of justice.

Respect yourself and have an original, critical thought for once in your life.