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[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Can we make "secular saints" a thing? Why should we reserve the title of "Saint" specifically for the Catholic Church? I think we should just get in the habit of referring to any unambiguously good person, who has performed great acts of generosity and selflessness, as a saint. They don't even have to be religious. If someone wants to interpret it religiously, they can say that anyone so good is almost certainly bound for Heaven, but it need not be religious. Why can't we have secular saints? Why can't we have Saint Stephen of San Jose or Saint Fred of Latrobe?

[-] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

I'd love for some kind of "social model of a great human" canonization process... A bit like the Nobel prize, something determined by a committee or something, but it would have to be people that were actual genuine fucking awesome humans.

I'm thinking Steve Irwin, Fred Rogers, etc...

[-] lime@feddit.nu 6 points 1 day ago

why call them saints? just call them good people

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Because it has more gravitas!

[-] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 1 day ago

only for people who understand catholicism

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[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's important to recognise exceptionally good imo.

[-] makyo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I like this.

Tangentially related - I was thinking the other day about how it seems like the rich used to feel obligated (for whatever reason) to use some of their wealth for the good of the world. But can you even imagine a 'Musk Foundation' or a fucking 'Zuckerberg Foundation'? No because they don't have even an ounce of shame or a shred of conscience. I don't know what it would even take but I do think it's far past time for us to start talking, bare minimum, about their obligations to the country and world that gave them so much.

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[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Fuckin' class act.

[-] christian@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

This reads like a shot at Jobs.

[-] demizerone@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I saw the Woz at El Burro Restaurant in SJ once and my wife said: Oh it's the guy from dancing with the stars! 🤦

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

I had no idea he was on that show. I bet if he heard your wife say that, he would have been super happy.

It’s wild the simping done for Gabe on Lemmy. Gamers acting like he’s THEIR billionaire and steam is THEIR corporation and pretending he ain’t evil

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[-] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 day ago

Psssh Steve jobs gave his life.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 13 points 1 day ago

he spent all his money on fruity juice

[-] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 day ago

Should have used more lime!

[-] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

hell no i wanna live

fruit juice is all mostly apple anyway

bonus fun fact, lime doesn't help against scurvy. the brits started cultivating limes because it's easier than lemons, but because the steam ship took over at around the same time, travel times got shorter and nobody noticed that they don't actually have the same effect. until the 1910 british antarctic expedition when people's teeth started falling out despite carrying tonnes of limes

[-] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 day ago

Ah yes once again as usual the British are wrong.

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[-] bulwark@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I had an Apple IIgs back in the day "signed" (printed) by Woz. I'm glad that dude is still living his best life.

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This one wasn't signed, but I have fond memories playing "Thexder" on an Apple IIgs in my grandparent's basement growing up. You can guess where my username came from.

That game sure was hard to play with all 4 arrow keys in a line on that keyboard...

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

There is a Thexder game for the PS3 & PSP, if that interests you.

Thexder NEO - trailer

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[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Steve Wozniak's net worth is not definitively known, but it is estimated to be around $100 million. He continues to receive a stipend from Apple for his role as an employee emeritus. In 2006, this stipend was estimated to be $120,000 per year

"I gave all my wealth away"...

[-] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Steve Wozniak’s net worth is not definitively known,

They literally TOLD YOU THEY DON'T KNOW and you're still listening to their estimates as if they're fact.

but it is estimated to be around $100 million.

estimated BY WHO? AND HOW?

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Business insider mentions the yearly $120000.

Market realist estimates it to be 100 mil net worth, but is substantially smaller that it once was, at an estimate of 10bil.

Listen - the point is not what he is worth. The point is that even though he has given away all his apple wealth, he is still a very rich man, who can afford to have this point of view.

[-] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

I think that's his point. Past a certain level wealth makes no difference to your quality of life. So give it away, make the world better, and still have enough for more than 1 lifetime rather than horde and continue to amass like a cancer.

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

Yeah. For me though, sayingig that you dont live for wealth and power, when you have enough to live 2 lifetimes comfortably, is kind of ironic.

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