Gaston expected Belle to never read a book, to cook his dinner, clean the house, massage his feet, birth his kids and just be the little wife who sat still, looked pretty and listened to every word he said, only speaking when spoken too.

Beast encouraged her to read, gave her books, shared her love of them and enjoyed listening and showing her things, he had depth, never asked her to cook for him or massage him and bearing his kids was probably the last thing on his mind.

There is more ice in Antarctica than at the North Pole. This imbalance makes the South Pole heavier, so the maps have a natural tendency to self right. Like a Weeble Wobble.

What about a tall thought? If it's not a short thought.

Animals are not equal to humans. They can't provide a justice system or a welfare system on any level. They don't take care of there sick or injured, they can't cure themselves, can't heal wounds. If we didn't have them in captivity nothing would change compare that to human enslavement or the Holocaust.

For world maps, the usual items of interest (land) are mostly in the Northern hemisphere, and so are more evident on the page by being at the top.

You are right. An upside down globe would still be a perfectly accurate representation of the world.

I wouldn't mind having an upside down globe. I mean I could turn mine upside down but then all the letters would be upside down.

A full day tattoo session basically taught me total concentration breathing, it definitely helps a lot.

I’d be the first one in line too

Everything is fake. We made it all up. Even the most fundamental things, we invented/named/created. Everything we do is a social construct. Do what you will with this knowledge.

I'd probably say the sugar is the most widely accepted drug in the world (if you consider it a drug).

While caffeine is highly accepted it's still banned by a few religions, some sports groups, and regulated by governments.

Sugar on the other hand has very little regulation and I don't think it's banned by anything.

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Dude didn’t have a castle and servants. Gaston was like upper middle class.

tried it out, none of the photos were of me except i did find one that looked uncannily like my mother.

You rape too?

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Yeah, I'm not going to get in a conversation with you about this because I think we are too far apart on our thinking for it to be worthwhile for either of us

Cool. I'm glad we agree. So why wouldn't that concept apply consistently to all beings with a subjective experience?

I came here looking them.

Progress in the morally right way, yes, cause owning a life is incorrect

And since most land and therefore population is on Northern hemisphere, it was likely that whoever is in power will be there. And after all, it was a good choice as it's natural orientation for most people.

I'm talking about the specific change where we now recognize that humans shouldn't be property. Even if there are other issues around that change that might have been bad, do you agree that this specific change is progress?

Something tells me if I could lucid dream I would just wake up sticky every morning

Non stop orgies

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I view myself as a semi-lucid dreamer. I kinda made the term up in my head (may be a real thing who knows)

But without fail I know when I’m dreaming, and I can wake myself up from that dream. It’s weird, I feel like my eyes are as heavy as bricks. Even though I am “seeing” in my dream I can tell my eyes are closed. I just try really hard to open my eyes and then snap! I’m out of the dream.

I’ve definitely tried to control stuff when I realize I’m dreaming but I haven’t yet