This may or may not be inspired by the nebula original abolish everything, a show I have not watched.

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    Green bell peppers. I hate the way they taste. Had someone tell me they don’t taste like anything. Ok then why even bother if there’s no taste?

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    Black licorice. Don’t even try to tell me that shit is candy. It tastes like some horrible byproduct of an outdated process for manufacturing tires.

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    I would like to abolish subscription fees for most items that really shouldn’t have subscription fees. If you bought the item, it should be yours. That’s the point of buying the item.

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      I think if you buy something, and you modify it to provide subscription services without being subscribed, it should be legal.

      Example, that stupid Mercedes where they charge a fee for the heated seats. If you flash your own software on the car that allows heated seats, it should totally be legal to do so.

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          Yeah, the crap car companies are pushing is dangerous. Imagine not being allowed to modify the software on your phone or computer. They are essentially arguing that.

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    The ability for human beings to advance scientific knowledge further than it currently exists.

    Something needs to protect the rest of the galaxy from us.

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      Ah, the Amish Philosophy.

      Pick a time period and stick to it like it’s a moral virtue

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        LOL, the Amish Philosophy.

        Nothing so crude. I simply think it’s better for the universe if we don’t propagate it, because we’re not a good enough example for other species to follow yet. It’s not about respecting “God’s” law so much as acknowledging humanity’s limitations. We’re a pathetic species, not ready for rulership over multiple planets, let alone multiple solar systems. My comment simply suggests I don’t have confidence we ever will be. This has nothing to do with the Amish belief that we’re better in a simplistic state; just that the universe is better without us in whatever state.

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          You include earth in that?

          I guess I’m wondering if you’d agree things would be better if humans didn’t exist.

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            Largely, yeah. I think it would have been fine if we’d stayed in the Iron Age. Things started getting fucked up with the Industrial Revolution.

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              Did you know that that painting was the reserve of the rich before the industrial revolution and the invention of synthetic pigments?

              Now we let toddlers play with paints at preschool.

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    I want to abolish door knobs. They account for a thousand injuries in the world every few months. They must go.

    (For the sake of the question since the question is over everyone’s head in the section)

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    Digital billboards. That degree of rapid pace advertising is toxic, also those fuckers are bright AF.

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    Video tutorials without captions/instead of text. I don’t want to watch someone fumble through over 30 minutes what I can skim in 5.

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    People saying “blog” when they mean post. You did not write a new blog on your blog, you wrote a new post on your blog.

    You do not drive your car on the car. You drive your car on the road.

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    The now ultra-common usage of “whenever”, when they actually mean “when”.

    I can’t fucking stand it. But it’s everywhere now. I have no idea how it got so common but I’m surrounded by people who use it incorrectly.

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      I wonder if I’m using it incorrectly now.

      We can go to the cinema whenever you like.

      That is how I would use it. And I would use when like, when did you go to the cinema?

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        You’ve used it correctly! An incorrect usage would be:

        “Whenever I go to the cinema, I get popcorn.”

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          Huh…

          I would use that too, so I decided to search it up and this is what I found.

          When is used for a specific time or single occurrences.

          Whenever is used for repeated events or entries with uncertain dates or times.

          So your example seems like it should be whenever, as it’s not talking about a specific time but more every time they go.

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            You’re correct that it’s not grammatically wrong, but a subtle semantic mis-match. Let’s bring in the difference between “every time” and “whenever”. While “when” and “every time” are interchangeable, “whenever” and “every time” are not. “Every time” is exact and without fail, while “whenever” implies unpredictability or indifference to the exact location.

            “When (strongly implied every time) I go to the theater (exact location), I get popcorn.”

            “Every time (explicitly) I go to the theater (exact location), I get popcorn.”

            “Whenever (unpredictable, indifferent) I go to the theater (exact location -mismatch with unpredictability) I get popcorn”

            Does that make sense?

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              That explanation makes logical sense, but honestly I suck at spelling and grammar. I also feel like a lot of it is location and setting dependant and people interpret things in different ways.