It’s a nice gesture. But so long as we keep not holding Trump, his administration, or the UDoJ to account for breaking laws whenever it suits them, it’s security theater. At the very least it’s not hurting the voting process and may hold some immediate benefits in getting more participation.
Another day working as a Chuck E. Anesthcheesiologist
There are no Gods. Only me.
I agree. What RFK Jr. and the whole federal admin is doing is fucked up, making shit worse, and destroying faith in policies that once protected us (at least somewhat).
And I’m confused by the general reactions I’m getting like they read “RFK JR. did nothing wrong” or something rather than the actual words I typed.
We do want more attention to these issues. I am not telling people to tune out or anyone to stop posting about it. My final message was only have some discernment for when the media is trying to make you feel a certain way. We really have to figure out how to actually talk about the issues at hand instead of raging about every single bait post dangled in front of us.
Hey gang. Quick reminder from recent history:
There was a train derailment incident that was so bad it got US national attention. Spilled a bunch of chemicals into a sensitive area where people live and it polluted a nearby river system.
For months after that story, the media ran more and more derailment stories. Because public outrage about the issue was popular enough that they could keep highlighting ongoing derailments and keep getting clicks and views. Everyone thought it was some new problem we weren’t addressing or that someone caused.
The reality wasn’t that derailments were suddenly some big new problem we needed to fix. Nothing new was happening to cause them. America’s train systems have had this problem for ages. The news just never thought to report on them with as much significance before because the public didn’t seem to care. Only when it affected an area where people live.
I know some of what the Trump administration has done is particularly egregious. I’m not defending them one bit. Nearly every recall we’ve had with meat and produce has some tie to recent food safety deregulation. Now, however, we have to be careful not to fall into recency bias. We have food recalls all the damn time.
This tofu contamination recall is incredibly small. There are seemingly no ties to administration changes in food and drug safety. What the media, and social media, are doing by highlighting more of these events is making the problem seem bigger and more dastardly than it is. They want the eyeballs on them for calling it out, no matter how well or poorly it fits into the narrative. And some of them want you to be scared to buy food.
Take the issue seriously, but also have some discernment.
I’m tired of seeing people talk about the worst people all day long. I see people I really don’t give a fuck about all damn day long, and upon learning even a little bit about them, wonder why the fuck anybody even cares to keep bringing them up. Even the jokes are a hate ritual.
He doesn’t matter. He never mattered. Whatever he does with his life is none of my business and I really don’t give a fuck what happens to him. So why do I have to see him against my will on a regular basis?
What it comes down to isn’t just the soul, but knowledge itself. Knowledge is the ultimate power of the series. Or, so it seems to make argument for. We see essentially all throughout the story that knowledge and science-like discovery brings great wonders and horrible terrors. Animals don’t hold much information or memory. It’s not that they couldn’t use animals for philosopher stones. It’s more likely an efficiency problem, or like you pointed out they’d just use animals.
Another reason why human transmutation is prioritized is because it’s a lot more taboo. You’re not gonna feel the same stakes watching a show where some alchemists make a philosopher’s burger out of cows and use it to get their bodies back. Tada! story over. Humans don’t care much for animal life the same way. We already benefit from the mass slaughter of animals. It’s when humans see themselves in the slaughterhouse that horror is properly introduced. It compels the viewer and the main characters to find more ethical alternatives (eventually discovering that with alchemy, there are no ethical alternatives).
That’s why the ending is about sacrificing knowledge to regain a human body and soul. It brings the conversation full circle.