Premise 1: The evolution of life on exoplanets or solar system ice moons is a morally significant event.

Premise 2: The possible outcomes of evolution on these celestial bodies are numerous and varied.

Premise 3: The range of possible outcomes in terms of well-being or suffering is extremely large.

Premise 4: Near-future microbial contamination of planets is likely to result in a sub-optimal or negative outcome for an enormous number of animals, leading to widespread suffering.

Conclusion: Therefore, humanity has a moral obligation to exercise restraint and prevent interplanetary and interstellar forward contamination for many years, lest it forfeit its moral justification for continued existence, since the astronomical suffering at stake may never be possible to compensate afterward anymore, as per the trolley problem.

Meanwhile, the space industry globally is still growing exponentially, which is intolerable.

Recently I’ve been sad and just overall moody, not depressed, but just not in a good mood and quite upset. I recently broke my monitor on accident when getting angry. I told my mum and dad who were surprisingly calm about it. My mum ordered me a new monitor which is really nice. But I have this guilt and sadness inside of me that makes me feel guilty and bad. There was also something else today, I wanted this framed picture from this shop for Christmas. I really wanted my mum to buy it for me but she said to wait until Christmas, and I wasn’t in a good mood about it. I went outside for abit when shopping and my mum came up to me and asked if I was ok. I apologised to her for the way I’ve been acting recently and she forgave me and said it’s ok. Then we went to the shop and got the picture I wanted. It was a Spiderman one btw. After buying it I felt pure guilty again for it. I don’t know what to do about it. It’s like I’m happy but also feel guilty you know. If someone could talk to me here about it and what I should do would be really appreciated. Thanks ❤️

Why is it that people tend to make others feel bad for liking things they don't. Take the new KSI song for example, it is bad in my opinion but that doesn't mean I should make others feel bad for liking it, after all we all differ in some way or another it's just not right to harass others over their interests.

NSFW isn't exactly the right tag here so apologies, I just figured this post probably needed some kind of trigger warning? Also I'm sorry if this is the wrong spot, it seemed slightly off topic for the sub but I couldn't find another good spot. If you know one, feel free to redirect me there.

I (16) started working with a guy (22) we'll call Nathan about 3 months ago, and he kind of imediatly became my favorite coworker. Id say we got pretty close, and around the two month mark I noticed a shift. He wasn't flirting with me, but he became more receptive to our conversations, and when he spoke to me or looked at me it was just different yk. So I decided to asked him out to an amusement park for a couple of hours.

  I definitely did a little convincing, we had 4 different conversations about it before he agreed to go with me, but I'd loke to point out I asked him if he was concerned about it because of my age, and if he said yes I would have backed off. I didnt, because he told me he wouldn't be uncomfortable hanging out with me he just wasn't sure because he'd be tired.

 When we were on the date, I asked him questions about himself, some of which were about past realationships, and he told me he'd never had a girlfriend, and he'd never had sex. This might be important, because I've had several realatuonships and sexual partners. We went back to his car and hung out, but I didn't do anything outside of kissing him. I later found out from another coworker he hadn't kissed anyone either (he didn't tell me that) which means I was his first kiss. 

 A few days later, I asked him over to my house one night, and he was really hesitant. We talked about it, and he told me he never felt guilty about being with me, before during or after, but he still knew it was wrong and that "we but know better" I told him I didn't care that it's wrong, and that I wouldn't ever tell anyone. As far all my friends know, we just went on that one date and he told me we couldn't see eachother cause of the age gap.

 We never met up that night cause it was late by the time the conversation was over, but   we talked about seeing eachother a different day. I'm rethinking it now though, because while I don't care about being a "victim" (air quotes cause to me it doesn't feel like that and so I don't wanna claim it) I definitely don't want to be a predator.

My friend says I'm the predator because I was the one initiating everything in a situation that I know is wrong, which is true, but I don't feel like I've manipulated or pressured him in any way, and my intentions have never been to hurt, control, or take atvantage of him. 

All of that to say, I need opinions and explanations. Please tell me what yall think about this situation and if I'm being a predator because If that really is the case I need to be more aware of what I'm doing. The last thing I want is to take atvantage of someone-

How is it that random idiots on YouTube can make people dying into politics? How is it that we (America) are just casually proceeding with elections like everything is normal when there are multiple wars happening? We’re the land of the free because of the brave, and yet not a single person is brave enough to get it together. People are dead because of hurricanes. People are dead because we’re not meddling in international affairs. Forgive me for not really caring about whatever FEMA is or isn’t doing, whatever’s going on with the borders, I genuinely don’t care. I simply cannot fathom how we’re acting like everything is fine when all this is happening, and I’m not just upset. I’m absolutely furious. How is it that modern government doesn’t take care of their own people, isn’t brave enough to stop wars internationally like we used to, and is so unfathomably boned that they take from their own people, yet don’t help the people they’re taking from? I apologize if this is the wrong place, and my intention isn’t to offend, but I needed a place to drop the ‘hunky dory’ mentality and vent.

Okay so I was "hired" to work at a job recently but I never received any official training for it and when asked about being given my schedule....I haven't received any yet. This is the first job that's ever done this to me. I wanted to know about that because I've decided not to continue working there. It feels like they're so slow to put a schedule together and when asked.... they're too busy to make one. I understand that they work at multiple stores and have a family but ...this all feels....off to me. Can anyone help me with this one?

Ok so I was wondering what y’all think. If a woman rapes a man and forces him to impregnate her, does the man have the right to tell her or make the woman have an abortion so he doesn’t get stuck paying child support and have a constant reminder of a traumatic event? Or does the woman have the right to say no because it’s her body so she can decide whether to have the baby or not?

So, I was reading up on how some top athletes stay at the peak of their game, and I came across something interesting...Turns out, a lot of them don’t just drink regular water, it’s like SUPER filtered water that’s also had minerals added back in...As I was looking into it, I kept seeing this water filter pop up especially…Figured if it’s good enough for the pros, it might be worth trying, so I decided to order one and just do the monthly payments to make it more affordable. Waiting for it to get here, does anyone else have this brand already?

I know the question is bad I know but I have a reason

I in my OWN OPINION will not and Never will because they nearly killed me when I did want sex

Quick story, I went here and wanted sex, and I spent $200+ on scammers that I didn't know was scammers and I was outside 10+ miles away from home stranded in the middle of Winter and nearly froze to death, so I have made it my own opinion to Never support those kinds of people because of Trauma

I just got hit in my leg with a stun gun inside of my pocket and I'm super worried,both of my parents are medical proffesionals and my brother is studying to become one and he told me that I'll mostly be fine but what do I do now

Whats stronger Pride or Guilty

I dont know whats been going on, since last year (may) i havent been able to feel emotion other than anger and similar stuff to that. Started right around the same time i had a mental breakdown. But in that same time frame i also took shrooms. I smoke a lot of za and used to do nic. I honestly just want to know if ill ever be able to feel love again. I wish i could get definitive answers because i dont want to live a life of no feelings just working until i die. I have a gf and i know i love her but i only feel from the memories of our first week together. Its not like i dont like her either because i havent felt any emotions for any other girl. Shit sucks ngl.

I'm dead serious.. I watched Hamilton and believed it ever since

i am a very big person when it comes to apologizing. recently me and my ex have gained feelings for a each other again and the only thing really keeping us apart is his parents not liking me. the last time i went to his house, in front of his house i raised my voice at him because of all of the things he did in the past. now he has changed significantly but his parents have not liked me since then. i want to apologize for the yelling and all the times we were sneaky around them and all the times i made their son cry. would it be reaching too much if i wrote them a letter apologizing for my actions and wanting to repair my relationship with them?

me and my ex hooked up monday in my car. about half way through, the condom fell off and i freaked out and told him to put it back on. he then started to say it’s fine we can do it raw and i said absolutely not and laughed because i thought he was joking, we then decided to go back and forth for a full minute on going raw or not and i yelled NO. i then said no means no dude and he then got mad at me for saying that. i then started to apologize and said “i didn’t mean to say that i was just joking” and we continued and i put the condom on him. i don’t know if this is sexual assault or rape since he did put the condom on eventually, but him getting mad at me and going back and forth with me is making me very unsettled and honestly sick. i just would like some confirmation knowing if this is some sort of assault or just a arguement.

Could someone give me tips on how to get money fast. Im 17 and i live in Latvia (sorry if my English isn't that good😅) and I need 140€ as soon as possible (I need them to start earning in Internet). If there is some useful tips on hot to get money quick (without mowing lawns or something like that) I would be super thankful (and maybe if it works I'll give some present to whoever's tips worked).

So, I hate pretty much every aspect of my life, yet, after trying to find legal was to essentially "fix" my life, nothing seemed possible. I'm trying to stay legal, obviously, but I need a whole change of my person. Age, name, identity, ext. And drastically. I don't know what to do, and I simply hate it. Any advice? Legal or not, I don't care at this point.

I'm mourning tonight. My homework absolutely gutted my dog and aye his organs. I'm disgusted and heartbroken. Whay do zi do to get happier.