Use it or lose it. This is the most likely answer.
They have an unusual amount of paper towels on their desks.
Just an observation.
All drugs are addictive. Any substance that creates a novel conscious experience can become a dependency.
With that said, any and all drugs should be legal.
I work my ass off so that on the weekend I can do whatever the fuck I want. You can have your shit together and enjoy altering your conscious.
By telling me I can't have sovereignty over my own mind you are falling into the same wrong think trap that you so vehemently hate.
This is just like guns. It has nothing to do with the substance, they are tools for enjoyment by responsible adults. This is about bad, stupid people. They exsist in a vacuum. They will exsist with drugs, they will exsist without them.
You are just plain wrong my friend. Girlfriend is based and child free. I am based and child free. We are going to stay that way.
The media may have the power to sway public opinion, but public opinion means nothing in court.
Like, what do you think CNN is going to do? Render legally binding decisions on their own lol?
Definitely. Without question.
What is their argument? I mean, they can't say it's because they want to cheat.
The law seems pretty clear, both sides have the right to observe.
Check my post history, called this weeks ago. Got my SO, who has never voted, in all six elections she could have voted in to register.
MN flipping red. Landslide incoming.
Bruh, if you're gonna troll, don't be so obvious.
I know what solipsism is lol. It is the belief that nothing can be truly known but self.
What I wrote was a joke, as in, am I being punk'd?
Chill out man. And solipsism is in a way, correct, there is no way, currently, for you to truly know anything exists beyond your own mind, because it's the only mind you have experienced. Any conclusion you can come to, regarding the existence of anything else, is in fact subjective. Nothing can be objectively known, because any supposed objective truth, must be filtered through your mind, thus making it ultimately subjective. This is inescapable.
We can choose to believe otherwise, that's fine, I know I do. Doesnt change the fact that my beliefs, your beliefs, everyone's beliefs about anything and everything are subjective.
Call me solipsistic, but I refuse to believe that 2020 isn't one giant episode of punk'd. Come on out Ashton, I can't take anymore.
A+ shit post.
Pipedream incoming:
My hope for the best future, as long as we can naviagate the ethical hellscape this will create is an actual miracle cure. Paedophilia is attributed to a wire being crossed near the hippocampus. Oddly enough, area for gender orientation is right next to centers that help identify feet, pain, and children... Intelligent design amirite?
We are perhaps only a couple decades off from being able to fix these crossed wires...
This could also mean a complete solution to all the worlds problem which is stupidity. We make dumb people smarter, many problems disappear.
/End pipe dream. We'll all be dead in 20 years anyway.
The drug addicition metaphor is to parallel to battling demons, a stepping stone.
Also, according to many, there is no cure to drug addicition either. It is a lifelong battle that doesn't simply go away when you get clean. There are treatments for paedophilia btw, it's called chemical castration.
Trust me, I was on meth for many years and I have been clean now many years. That doesn't stop the urges, thoughts and bargaining my brain does to try and trip me up. I am sure the same goes for any intense destructive urges.
I am not saying it will stop, but just like my urge to eat sugar, it helps to create an environment that keeps opportunity to a minimum and support to keep you accountable.
I have no doubts that things like deep fakes, virtual environments and advanced sex dolls will eventually give outlets to those who cannot resist, but we aren't there yet.
In the meantime, early identification and prevention could save many.
I would think the evolution from realization to criminal is not overnight. Play enough mental gymnastics you can convince yourself of anything. I think early detection withput stigma on private treatment and counseling could get some to come forward. I think assuming the worse about people battling demons is the wrong line to take. There comes a point when all drug addicts hit rock bottom, and want to stop. Without support system there, they may never...
What we are doing isn't working, that's what I see.
And for the record, I am not for normalizing acting or rationalizing this at all. I simply want to create an outlet for people to get help, and treating it like a disability or disorder.
Put emphasis on finding them early, and offering help before they cross the line. Treating like the mental disorder it is, and while not condoning it whatsoever, at least offering understanding and compassion to those brave enough to admit it.
Every predator was a confused and perhaps self loathing victim in their own right before crossing the line. If we take away the stigma, and treat it like any other disability, perhaps people would seek help privately.
I'm not saying this is easy, and I am in no way condoning the abuse of children, but just imagine how terrible it must feel to be them. Sexual gratification is a prime directive in the brain, and an over powering one at times.
I would hate myself, and I am sure there are paedophiles out there that never act, but simply suffer. Probably a lot of them.
100% agree. The problem is way bigger than the single issue.
I have none. I admit that. I am simply making a logical leap that perhaps finding them early, and offering them professional compassion and decency, that perhaps we prevent a would be predator from victimizing a child.
The current system of retroactive reaction still leaves a trail of broken children...
There are a ton of sad truths in the world. One of them is paedophilia is a thing, and it's not going away. We should deal with it logically.
I'd rather blow that bridge up when we get there and stop more children from becoming victims in the first place.
Yeah, retroactively it works great, but a child was still ruined to get there.
How about we stop that child from becoming a victim in the first place?
I am going to say something that is going to be unpopular. Paedophilia should NEVER, and I mean never be acted upon, but we need to change how we look at paedophiles, so we can actually save more children from assault.
Gay people have a sexual orientation disorder, but this is not a problem because gay adults can consent.
Paedophiles have a sexual orientation disability. We should have more preventive measures in place that let people who realize they are paedophiles to get help privately without stigma. Whether it's voluntary chemical castration, or simply counseling and support to keep them accountable, we absolutely need to look at this different. This could save many children from would be predators.
I dont understand why people don't understand this. Paedophilia isn't going away, but turning a blind eye just creates more victims.
You mean brisket?