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@lucifargundam

Not sure why it would flop the examples. I was mostly agreeing.

@retiolus @zleap @Chrisleon27

This poll is giving me flashbacks to the time I tried to synthesize para-toluene sulfonic acid (p-TSA) and ruined it after days of effort by trying to use acetone to dissolve it to get it out of its flask... needless to say i wound up with something else entirely. Solvents arent too useful when they actually react with that which it solves :)

Forgiving people who have wronged you, and even going so far as to apologize for your own lesser mistakes, can be quite powerful for your own mental health I find. Now to be clear, this doesnt mean you let them get away with it or hurt you again, distance yourself as needed and dont stand for a repeat, but you can do that and still forgive.

You cant control how they act, and perhaps they had little real control, perhaps its just the illusion of control. Either way, thats not your problem, thats for them to grow from or not, to learn from their mistakes. The only thing you are responsible for is learning from **your** mistakes, and admitting them is not admitting a greater guilt. No matter how much they may have done wrong, focus on how you responded to it, how you provoked it, how you caused wrong, worry about learning to improve your actions and let go of the rest.

What is your favorite solvent?

#Chemistry

@realcaseyrollins not too bad. Einstein binge today mostly.. feeling quite emotionally sensative in a good way.. might even be able to write something meaningful.

You?

@realcaseyrollins hey there.

@lucifargundam

All good points. The argument that what something was "meant for" somehow dictates its moral existence is absurd to me. A tool is a tool and the creator of the tool, regardless of his intent, does not imbue it with any special quality through that intent.

@retiolus @zleap @Chrisleon27

@retiolus

At best you can say "fully automatic weapons are made almost exclusively for war". That much is true, but doesnt describe any of the guns owned by civilians.

Muskets, one of the earliest forms of guns, was predominately used for hunting. In fact all guns throughout history outside of fully-automatic guns, were used almost exclusively for hunting and sport with only a small minority used for killing or protection.

Besides, who even cares what they are "made for".. by that logic nuclear power plants are evil because nuclear power was originally made to create bombs. The logic is extremely weak.

@zleap @lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

I am probably one of very few people who can be driven to happy tears from Einstein quotes...

@retiolus

False. Guns are made to shoot chunks of metal really fast. The vast majority of guns are used for sport and fun and will never kill a person nor intended to.

They can kill people, they are not "made to" anymore than a spoon is exclusively made for icecream to fatten you up.

@zleap @lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

@zleap

Sadly I did not coin the term, just adopted it.

@lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

Damn my music player's shuffle is on point today. Apparently it finally found the magickal psudorandom seed it needed to make my life perfect :)

@zleap

I have always strongly said guns dont kill people anymore than spoons make people fat.

@lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

> Who's to know if your soul will fade at all?
> The one you sold to fool the world
> You lost your self esteem along the way, yeah
>
> ...
>
> You should know that the lies won't hide your flaws
> No sense in hiding all of yours
> You gave up on your dreams along the way, yeah

-- Seether, Fake it