I don't believe in reincarnation, but my mother did, based on childhood experiences. It sounded convincing to me as she told it.
Personally, as far as I can tell, when you're dead you're dead.
Demonmariner
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Not exactly an argument, but I once overheard a restaurant owner bribing a cop. It was an Italian restaurant in San Francisco. Kind of unsettling, but the food was great, and reasonably priced. 4 stars.
It looks like the rebut to the original post was generated by Deepseek. Does anyone wonder if Deepseek has been instructed to knock down criticism? Is its rebuttal even true?
I lost contact with everyone I knew in school, but curiosity got the better of me and I tried a web search a few years ago (he had a very unusual name). Turns out he died in a fight when still pretty young. I wasn't surprised.
According to Gallup, 44% of American households have guns. This is survey based. If fact, the actual number is unknown. A good guess is somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3.
Gun ranges where I live (California) require employees to wear an exposure monitor for a week or so each year. I talked to a range officer about it, and he said that they had never had the monitors indicate anything that is remotely a problem. Nevertheless, careful gun owners are aware of the problem and ranges that I've been to post notices and have hand cleaning stuff ready at hand.
My wife still watches some television. I stopped altogether several years ago. I do like YouTube though, which I suppose scratches the same itch.
Easy, just start a new instance and leave this one.
Maybe The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, by Ursala McGuin?
It was a great try, visually stunning and true to the overall feel of the book, but it didn't have a very cohesive story. They tried to cover too much ground. It would have been better if they had just stuck to the first book.
They teased a sequel at the end of the movie.
I'm just waiting for canned bread.
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They especially remember bad people. It's ok to not like crows, but for your own good, never let them find out. Or always park your car in the garage.