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  • The same way we assure people consenting to anything at all are not being forced to. We try our best basically. And sometimes we’ll probably get it wrong and need to improve. I’m completely ok with that when the alternative is guaranteed preventable suffering. Just like I’m ok with people using power of attorney to protect the finances of people with dementia, even if sometimes it gets misapplied.


  • I’m confident you strongly support allowing it as I have never met someone who witnessed a loved one suffer like that and does not support lessening their suffering.

    So since you support allowing people to end their own lives in that context, you understand that people can indeed consent to death. So perhaps consenting to death should be permitted in other contexts too. That’s the only point I was making.


  • Rediphile@lemmy.catoMemes@lemmy.mlNot such a conspiracy theory now
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    11 months ago

    you can sign a contract to allow me to bludgeon you to death, but it’s still murder regardless of your consent

    I agree this is the current law. But I certainly don’t agree with this law. Do you?

    I feel people should absolutely be allowed to consent to death, or potential death. And I mean, we already can in various other contexts like skiing in avalanche terrain, ordering too many big macs, or medically assisted suicide to prevent suffering from incurable conditions (at least in a few civilized places).






  • Rediphile@lemmy.catoMemes@lemmy.ml$1 grilled cheese
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    1 year ago

    It’s definitely poking fun at the fact that people who vape are younger on average than those who smoke cigs, not supposing literally only teens vape.

    Sort of like how lots of old people also use venmo, but it’s particularly popular among the young.



  • Where did I say anything about supporting genocide? You’re the one telling me to die lol. I don’t support any form of genocide and at no point in this thread, or any thread, did I say anything to even slightly imply that.

    Did you get me confused with someone else you are replying to or something?


  • A lot of times I don’t read the drink sections of the menu because I’m not having a drink. Or I might skip the dessert section. Sometimes the special that the server tells me about sounds so good so I just say ‘I will take that please’ without looking at the menu at all. I don’t read menus cover to cover nor do I inspect all signage on a window…but I guess I will now when visiting the USA since apparently that’s the expectation. If I did notice such a thing before ordering, I would just not eat there.

    And any mandatory fee is not a tip by definition so I see this as a completely different issue from tipping culture.