A lot of your posts make me feel like I'm missing a lot of very specific context.
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
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This is called "mental diarrhea", and apparently it just never stops.
They said they had early onset Alzheimer's the other day and it kind of explains a lot.
Well I am very easy going. No one keeps me in on most jokes. But feel free to ask me anything. I am at a point in my life that IDGAF or maybe a midlife crises. So whatever you feel your missing I will try to help as much as I can. Like the grapes and testicle thing.
Is it common amongst your peers to say you were born a rapist? ‘Cause I’ve never heard a single person say that in my entire life.
I was mainly talking about courts like so and so shot up a neighborhood because he or she was born with the predisposition for hate or whatever. For me everything in life is a choice blaming your wrong choice on genetics is a cop out.
Got an article about this alleged event?
You want me to get an article for a sentence that you think I am referencing? Do you ask all your teachers to show you articles after making a statement? It's called giving an example. For EXAMPLE I knew this egg who fell off a wall to prove gravity I think his name was Dumpty or something.
Actually, yes, I do. Teachers teach documents—usually primary sources if possible. If a teacher was telling me a bunch of stuff that they couldn’t show me any evidence of, I would be a little suspicious.
Did you ask for article or source?
Yes. Usually with the phrase “where can I learn more about this?” or “what kind of evidence do they have for that?” I remember doing exactly that in my 5th grade history class and had fun reading the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin when the teacher directed me there for a primary source where I could learn more. They seemed excited that a student was engaging critical thinking and seeking additional learning. If you’re comparing yourself to a teacher, maybe you could find it in yourself to see it the same way.
So, I ask you…what kind of evidence do you have for your assertions, and where can I learn more about those events you say happened?
Side step our discussion and not hating on you. What or why do you think critical thinking is not rewarded in grade school or high school like it is in college and Universities?
I have not had that experience.
Now, back to what we were talking about: do you have any evidence for the things you were saying earlier?
sharpening an axe
Turns out, I'm 25% Scandinavian, and wanted to embrace my heritage, ya know? I always used to feel guilty about this, but I was just born this way.
The poor priest: oh lawd.
Because of genetics.
Ok going into this like you are a very smart person. So your telling me that i was going to become a nurse by genetics? Or couldn't deal with kids with cancer or lukewarm because I was predisposed?
Possibly. If the genes that cause you to get satisfaction from taking care of others, that would cause you to gravitate towards nursing. If your instinctual reaction to deformity, illness or bodily fluids outweighs that disposition, then you'd be less likely to be a nurse.
Your reactions to sights, sounds, smells, etc are not choices, right? You can be self aware and modulate your response, but the underlying reaction is determined everyday by your biological coding. Hence your genetics can lead you towards or push you away from careers based on your individual disposition as determined by your genetics.
I'm loving all this, but let's not forget nurture! What we learn through our experiences can create or crush that same desire to help people that leads to nursing.
But of course, but your reaction to your environment is itself a product of your genetics. So it is an inseparable combination. You can't disregard the nurturing, and it has an effect, but it is modulated by your biology, determining your reaction, response, and how it changes you going forward, so inescapably the underlying driver is genetics.