And when you take into account those christians who support Israel because they think Zionism will trigger the apocalypse they want, you have a good portion of them thinking they can do this *literally*.

Heck, and here I am doing exactly that with audiobooks XP Hate to see this asshole pretending literacy and giving that a bad name.

1x sounds glacially slow to me, can’t stand it. (Also use library apps and have not much time to listen during the day, so 1.25x helps me actually finish things)

I was going to include 'how it repeatedly and clearly condones slavery' in the parts they don't like, but let's be honest, they've been renegotiating that one for a long time, and they're *aching* to let it be explicit doctrine again.

The 'submitting unquestioningly to an authority that tells you what to do' is the part they like. The parts they don't like, like 'feed the hungry, clothe the poor, visit the prisoner', are going the way of other parts they don't like, like the bits about shellfish

She *thinks* she wants this, until she gets drawn from the front and looks like a mildly baffled eagle.

What I’ve found (in, unfortunately, talks with my parents) is that people like this have led lives so free of misery or empathy for the misery of others that they can’t coherently describe the difference between discomfort and harm. It’s depressing.

It is extremely easy to Succumb To The Horrors.

In my experience, I much more often see 'the government SUCKS, but corporations are heartless greed machines that cannot be trusted to act in good faith'.

And I feel the clear answer even to that is for gov to be made *less* evil by restricting harm abroad and holding the corrupt to account here.

You GOTTA stop being so desperately afraid of the audience. Look at me. Look in my eyeballs. Stop being so desperate for approval. Stop writing for the whiny babies in your audience and start writing for the freaks who like cool fucked up shit

God, is this what's happening in every creative industry? People with no skills except 'be important and extract money' not understanding the actual steps that go into creating things and just telling people to do whatever 'feels right' to them?

the thing about "inalienable human rights" is they do have to apply to everyone or else they're no longer "inalienable human rights"