See this was what I was really wondering. Some cryptp like Dogecoin and Monero have unlimited amounts that can be mined and while certainly not practical in my mind I was 100% thinking why not just mine a fuck ton of Doge or something and have it agreed upon that that is the international trade money.

I do see how converting it into a fiat currency would be problematic though but in that case wouldn't gold or silver also he able to be utilized?

Arkansas has had problems like this for a long time.

Are you saying that increasing prices of a good or service to the point where people don't want to pay for it anymore doesn't contribute to a rise in black market sales and distribution of the good or service?

I think you're mistaken.

I definitely understand that but it is quite an important nuance of the topic to discuss especially considering the USA is threatening to ban Tik Tok for this reason and yet, allows all of its American companies to do the same.

I get whataboutism and all that but when it is directly being affected by the rest of the conversation I feel like its important that the information does get talked about.

I love how you equate these things which people do because it makes them feel good to a giant head of fire in the sky lmao. One of those isn't like the other.

And as far as the flat earthers go, exactly. That's the same sort of blind belief that is at play with religion except one can actually be disproven.

Just seems like this god dude could sort a lot of shit out and end the pain and suffering in the world but doesn't do it for some reason. And yes I know I know, some woman ate an apple and then some dude did too so that's why we're all tortured forever.

What an awesome god.

But there's a federal law that says marijuana is illegal and states are deciding on its own legality anyway.

sure I know the story of that book humans wrote and what it says and I'm telling you that's wrong.

If a fiery head appeared in the sky and rumbled the earth with his mighty voice and demands and every camera and human eye saw it on the earth at the same time (I mean it is God right? Should be doable) then nah, no one is gonna dispute that.

You're taking stories that have never actually happened and saying they are the truth. I could do the same with the hundreds of religious texts that predate the bible by centuries but that wouldn't make that true either.

Also, if god knows that a person will remain wicked forever why does he keep them here to live a full life? And in turn, if he thinks they might change wouldn't that be a test?

What would happen if they did it with Islam? The same mental illness but instead with more violence.

I mean south park had to take an episode down making fun of Islam because of death threats.

I don't seem to recall them having to do it for any of the countless episodes (rightfully) making fun of Christianity. So there's definitely something differnt going on there.

My thing is though if these Almighty gods (or the almighty god depending on who you ask) really didn't like to be made fun of couldn't they just, you know, take care of that?

I mean hey man one fiery head in the sky speaking demands for like, 20 seconds of time is all it would take. Boom. Suddenly everyone is on the same page.

But nah, god is a trickster and wants to make you pass tests for his amusement like a rat in a lab. Difference being the almighty god of course knows the results of the test anyway so really just makes you do it for his own enjoyment.

Religion is a disease. It deserves to be made fun of.

Lol what the fuck.

This is a valid point. But it IS still theater when someone says "we should really not be letting these people kill all these other people" but also refuse to say they should leave and stop firing. Its theater.

Right, so effectively never.

Lol no. I never said anything ageist and neither did you in your comment. You said, you know people who are tech illiterate as well and I said wouldnt that be a problem if their job was regulating technology? The point I was making was that someone uneducated and unfamiliar with current tech, shouldnt be making laws about it. You even suggested that they were of the "tech generation" or something like that, how is anything I said even remotely ageist at all? Also, "desperately dodging" lmao you kind of seem like an idiot.