Nah, I don’t like my own boobs

Think of it this way: Nobody wants to use the gas station bathroom, this means that the worst cases of explosive diarrhea are necessary for usage, rendering it even dirtier

Indeed it is, back in the university there was a kind of meme among students

Whenever you had any bullshit argument you pulled out of your ass you could say: “this is trivial and the proof is left to the reader”

On a more serious note, it was one of the main points of attriction betwee professors and students

In maths “trivial” is usually when the author has a statement they could prove, but chose not to (either because is too obvious, stems from a result in another text, or is a lenghty proof)

The fun is that it applies both ways

Well Europe had the benefit of full sovereignty over the entire continent, instead of investing in infrastructure it was all just plundered in the name of profits for the honeland

I mean, don’t get me wrong I know that China is not doing anything of pure benevolency, still having China as a partner is better than being a colony I guess

I believe that a better counterargument would be: “well when Europe was relevant to the african continent electricity wasn’t even deployed in all of Europe”

Good, now I need to try it

Arranged marriages were very common throughout human history (and I believe it likely must still be in some places)

Which I’m sure some of them are, but not in the capacity that anyone wants them to be.

I laughed, then I cried :_(

Also, I’d like to point out that your reply to the allegations in the meme are very justified given the “is not even real” sentiment, using the “social construct” card to toss everying in the bin is a very much dumb take and it prevents any meaningful discussions

(But I get that the intention was to put it in a less “rigid” structure by pointing out we can change it)

I believe that economy can be both a social construct, and very much real

Yes, it is something created by humans that only makes sense in a social setting and doesn’t have any ties to the natural world

Yes, it also is necessary and there can be “certain rules” with universal effect, but we are still able to shape the definitions and our views according to human necessity

As a minor gripe: planned capitalist economies are a thing (there is no contradiction in it whatsoever)

Fair enough, I can agree on some points, and agree to disagree on others, I believe our conceptions largely align even though the labeling is different

You (and the other guy that replied) are indeed thinking of usury (which is a very evil thing, even frowned upon by most religions), which is the situation of lending assets to for the sake of profit

Debt on the other hand is a more general concept, did you ever borrow a pen from another person? While you were writing you were in debt for that pen (but this is a silly example that can be disregarded)

Did your parents take care of you as a child? In most cultures, thar means you’re in debt and owe them care when they get old (though I understand that this varies from culture to culture, but the idea is there anyway) If you are friendly to your neighbors and they invite you home to dinner several times, you are also expected to pay back the favor sometime down the road, this is another form of debt

To sum it up, debt is much more intrinsic to our behavior as humans than we usually think, even though “formal debt” might not be

Are you thinking about usury? Debt in general is actually one of the moat important threads of our societal fabric

:_(

The mean, however is matgematicaly bigger than 0

We should see more Disco Elysium memes

Plot twist: only destilated water got turned, effects are minimal

It looks like someone is on David Graeber again…

Be careful with these kinds of realizations around here… (Apparently the term ‘horseshoe theory’ can summon half of lemmy user base on the thread)