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Hi!! 👋☺️

this guy uses Arch, btw

I mean, you guys made it into a literal lottery.

Exactly! Those people were drafted and sent to fight an unpopular war in a country that most of them didn't even know existed until then. The rich were able to dodge it by paying off the right people and others had to leave as political refugees. I think that a lot of Americans learned to fear mandatory government service due that policy.

Effectively it's slave labour for the poor and pay so you don't need to do it for the rich.

The story of human society continues as normal.

Oh wow, soooo interesting! For me, it's the government forcibly taking control of a year of your life. I'm not saying that my perspective is correct. It's just that that's how I see it. I voluntarily served 4 years in the American military, so I'm not opposed to government service. I guess maybe my American mistrust of government is what's making me apprehensive of the policy. It's like I fear that the federal government will misuse it while also taking a major formative year of its citizens' lives. Moreover, even if the government tries its best to make ethical decisions, I don't think government is capable of making those decisions. It's too bloated and compromised by the selfish goals of politicians and elites. Thinking it through for this comment, I would be more comfortable with the government providing incentives for 18 year olds to contribute public service by providing extra benefits such as college tuition, home loan guaranty, preferential hiring for government jobs, so it might be the mandatory part that is the main factor driving my concern. Btw,...woahhh, I'm having a moment since I never expected to be so American with my politics because I generally swing quite left, even for those outside of the USA.

What's the perspective you guys have on it? How do you see it? Is it something like, "This is a good policy because citizens should contribute to their country and government is an appropriate avenue to decide how to do so and enforce this?" I would love to hear how you guys generally see it because this seems like an interesting clash of cultures. I look forward to your response 😀

wtfffff. even for my American butt, that sounds crazy. a government forcing its citizens to conduct a year of national service strikes me like some medieval or fascist level stuff.

that video is limited in accuracy as it is predicated on the idea that the split brain was originally a single organ but became divided at some point leading to more defined differences between the two sides whereas those of us born this way have had our whole lives to cope, adjust, and compensate at the conscious as well as subconcious level

Thanks for sharing! What would you change in the video?

I have a somewhat elevated sensitivity to interpersonal interactions that result in involuntary embarassment displays that i try to ignore but seldom succeed at...and aside from the occasional redfaced reaction to a normally undetectable stimulus i think ive done pretty well

That sounds interesting! Could you share some stories with us please?

lol!! 😂

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woahhhh, you are two!! do you have any other interesting differences due to the lack of corpus collosum, like being able to draw 2 separate things at the same time?

here's a relevant video that describes a neat experiment: https://youtu.be/wfYbgdo8e-8?si=hmkE5MzRvjPW2fMu

I found out at 40. According to everyone in my life, they were pretty sure I was autistic within mins to hours of meeting me.

prolly 🤷‍♂️ i got it done about 10 yrs ago when i wasnt aware of all that.

According to commercial genetics testing, I'm more Neanderthal than 90% of other people that used the same major company. My ancestors were into some kinky 👉👌

totally normal behavior for an organization /j

Thanks for contributing to our community even though you're not autistic ❤️

Eugh

What is does that mean? Is that an expression of frustration like "ugh" or "argh"?

that will hit the limit of your body's ability to cool itself. a person could die by just being in that weather long enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature?wprov=sfla1

I love that you didn't realize the community you were in

Added it to my wish list!

whatttt! were those machines connected to the internet? if so, wouldn't that be a major security issue since XP hasn't been updated since 2014?

I'll do a counter one: an event that I thought I handled maturely for most of my adult life, but came to realize recently that I really handled it immaturely. Warning: venting of implied child abuse.

WRONGGGG!! No one would be using an MS Office version that is 21 years old.