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lostmymeds t1_jb2b4j3 wrote

Reply to The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) - Portrait of Reddit co-founder, internet whiz kid, open internet activist who committed suicide at the young age of 26 [01:43:40] by Lappelduvide4

He was a genius who was facing felony convictions. I was so tempted (at time of his death) to believe he had depression. Now i believe an out of control injustice system paired with wonky copyright law is what did it

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Borghal t1_jb142r4 wrote

Reply to comment by Qverlord37 in Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction (2013) - Author Terry Pratchett, having been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, returns to Borneo, where 18 years earlier, he encountered wild orangutans for the first time [01:01:50] by BigJimNorton

Have you got some translation there? Because the original goes a bit differently:

>-- "Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"
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>-- MY POINT EXACTLY.

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Borghal t1_jb13kns wrote

Reply to Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction (2013) - Author Terry Pratchett, having been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, returns to Borneo, where 18 years earlier, he encountered wild orangutans for the first time [01:01:50] by BigJimNorton

"Video is not rated. Log in to watch."

Pray tell, how is me giving you a random email address and cloggign your DB with an account I will only use once going to change anything about that, VIMEO?

Stupid.

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Lappelduvide4 OP t1_jb0w1e0 wrote

Reply to comment by krakenfury_ in The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) - Portrait of Reddit co-founder, internet whiz kid, open internet activist who committed suicide at the young age of 26 [01:43:40] by Lappelduvide4

I was once asked "If you could talk to anyone from the past, who would it be?" to which I replied "Aaron Swartz. And I'd really try my best to convince him to not commit suicide"

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Dessert-fathers t1_jb0cf3f wrote

Reply to comment by Stanazolmao in Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction (2013) - Author Terry Pratchett, having been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, returns to Borneo, where 18 years earlier, he encountered wild orangutans for the first time [01:01:50] by BigJimNorton

> orangutans are frequently killed in the most brutal ways as agricultural pests

The local population of people are brutally killing orangutans, but pointing that out is politically incorrect. Which is why this fact is buried on that website and why my post is being downvoted.

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Qverlord37 t1_jazupi7 wrote

Reply to Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction (2013) - Author Terry Pratchett, having been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, returns to Borneo, where 18 years earlier, he encountered wild orangutans for the first time [01:01:50] by BigJimNorton

I learned about Terry Pratchett a little too late, it was around last year did I came across discword, and only now did I learn that he passes years ago.

his writing in Discworld is really fascinating.

my favorite is the ending to Hogfather.

>"All right, I'm not stupid. You're saying that humans need fantasies to make life bearable."
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>"No. Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape."
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>"With tooth fairies? Hogfathers?"
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>"Yes. As practice, you have to start out learning to believe the little lies."
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>"So we can believe the big ones?"
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>"Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing."
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>"They're not the same at all!"
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>"You think so? Then take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and THEN show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. And yet... you try to act as if there is some ideal order in the world. As if there is some... some rightness in the universe by which it may be judged."
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>"But people have got to believe that, or what's the point?"
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>"You need to believe in things that aren't true. How else can they become?"

it gave me a different perspective on religion.

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AlexanderDaychilde t1_jays7t6 wrote

Reply to comment by Sovereign444 in Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction (2013) - Author Terry Pratchett, having been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, returns to Borneo, where 18 years earlier, he encountered wild orangutans for the first time [01:01:50] by BigJimNorton

Well, looks like something pisses you off: https://old.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/qh2lyj/vasily_arkhipov_what_a_legend/hib33d5/?context=3

I'd imagine whatever it was that was deleted was tasteless and crass. Kinda like the "joke" in this subthread.

Kinda like if someone called Fred Rogers, I dunno, an edgelord or racist or something.

You can say whatever you want, but if people value the thing you're attacking, don't be surprised if your "freeze peach" is not appreciated. Or in this case, the person who made the joke.

I guess you, internet person, can be angry on behalf of /u/FloogleFinagler. Oh, but that's different.

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