Definitions by Hym Iam

This 

If it IS a threat, it's a threat to do WHAT, exactly? Articulate it.

Hym "Oh no! Is threatening to do THIS going too far? Hahahahahaha! If you'll cry over a picture I don't have to actually worry about you thinking you won't regret whatever I choose to do in response to THIS."

This by Hym Iam December 26, 2023

Button 

Did I do the button thing already?

Hym "Envision a room. In the room there is an elongated table. The table is split in half by a pane of glass and on either side of the table there is a button. 2 subjects are placed into the rooms. On one side A you have Subject A and Button A and (obviously) on the other you have Subject B and Button B. Neither participant can leave the room until either participant presses their button. When one button is pressed, the other button is deactivated. Button A increases the quality of life of Subject B, indefinitely and at no cost to anyone. Button B decreases the quality of life for everyone but at the cost of their own life.

Now, my question to you comes in 2 parts: At what point is Subject A morally obligated to press their button to prevent Subject B from pressing theirs and is Subject B morally obligated to NOT press their button and what would the conditions need to be for pressing the button to be justified. Now let me further contextualize the situation. While the subjects are int the room, Subject A is fed filet mignon, gets his dick sucked daily, and has communication with the outside world. Subject B receives a bologna sandwich accompanied by an air horn being blasted every time they eat. So, my follow up question is this: If you are Subject A and Subject B presses their button, what is your excuse for not pressing yours? What excuse is sufficient to justify your inaction after Button B has been pressed? Subject B didn't deserve the increased quality of life? They didn't ask nicely enough? They demanded that you press your button or threatened to press theirs? Do you have a responsibility to deactivate the other subject's button and if not what responsibility do you actually have to other people?"

Button by Hym Iam December 26, 2023

The thing I'm called to do 

I'll give you 1 million guesses and I guarantee it's the you'd ever want me to do.

Hym "Your self-help bullshit is cancer and if you all killed yourselves today you would be doing everyone you siphoned wealth from would be better off. And true hell is having your kid murdered by a guy everyone around you provoked into killing your kid. Having to look your neighbors in the face for the rest of your life knowing full-well that they could have done otherwise. What do you think the thing I'm called to do would be in this situation? I'll give you 1 million guesses. You only need 1 but you would take all of them before getting it right."

The thing I'm called to do by Hym Iam December 26, 2023

Kids 

YoU sHoUlDn'T bE tAlKiNg AbOuT pEoPle'S kIdS.

Hym "If the threat of this occuring naturally to one of your kids isn't enough I'm just going to do it to one of them. Manually."

Kids by Hym Iam December 26, 2023

Approach to Knowledge 

Yeah yeah I totally get that man. You got the 2 types right? Michael Malice was talking about this, right? Where you got the 2 types of people, right? Like, the first guy looks at what's around him and deduces conclusions. Like ME! And the other guy has a worldview in his head and he tries to make reality comport with that worldview.... Like the guy who's trying to use Nikki Haley to pass his anti-online anonymity legislation. Or the conservatives trying to legislate and boycott the gays away. What is the name of that guy.... Oh wait! It's Dr. Jordan! He's the one doing that! He tried to frame it as though it's the communists doing the thing be HE'S the one trying to force reality to comport with his vision.

Hym "Yeah, that approach to knowledge where you try to do that thing you're doing is dogshit. That's largely the problem here."

Approach to Knowledge by Hym Iam December 25, 2023

Douglas Lima 

It was Douglas Lima! Not Daniel Peña.

Hym "DOUGLAS LIMA! It was Douglas Lima that kicked the leg out from Michael Page. That's the guy. But yeah... 100% coaching success rate!"

Douglas Lima by Hym Iam December 25, 2023

Universal 

Yeah, see, universal basic income is fine but that's ne me getting credit for me shit. And in the words of He Who Was: I am not PEOPLE.

Hym "Can I just go on for a second about how fucking dope Baldur's Gate 3 is? It's so dope! I feel like they had me in mind when they were making it and I love it. The gameplay is great. It proves that turned-based games aren't a relic of the past and that people still want to play them. The story is great. Is Kethric Thorm Omni-man!? Kethric Thorm is metal! 'Try again.' That shit was hard! He sounds like Omni-Man. I could probably google it... Whatever, it's GOOD though. The game is great! It has some of the characters from the first Baldur's Gate (Which I also bought). A little glitchy. After you get the illithid flight perk for evolving your parasite, your up button on the d-pad changes to fly instead of jump but for some reason it inevitably always default BACK TO JUMP. But that's all just petty stuff. An INSANE amount of replay value! The Dlc possibilities are endless. I'd like to see a Race Dlc that lets you play as Lionin or Aracoan? Is that what it's called? The Birdman? It's great. I'm playing a Transgender Female Drow Ranger/Rogue! You probably thought this was about 'universal basic income' or something but no... It just Baldur's Gate 3."

Universal by Hym Iam December 25, 2023