jassyr

I think people are amused by the irony of the original post arguing semantics and then proposing an equally poor solution.

I can't think of any worthwhile stories based solely on rational, moral characters. I mean I love watching Great British Bake Off as a palette cleanser for exactly this reason, but real characters are flawed, make mistakes, and are involved in real life conflicts.

>Works of art actually don’t have to pass moral judgment or teach so called values to the audience.

Thanks for this, I was trying to put exactly this into words. I actually find Draper refreshing, he's not so much evil as he is a flawed human, as we all are. Blessed with good looks, charisma, charm and cursed with a broken childhood, insecurity, and a secret past.

Can't speak at the population level, but on a personal, anecdotal level I very reluctantly started taking an SSRI a few years ago and my life is substantially better. YMMV.

As far as I can tell it's a business/patent dispute.

https://www.visbiome.com/blogs/visbiome-vs-vsl-3/exegi-wins-...

2000: $19M

2021: $257B

I just can't over how big this company is. $19M would be considered a successful company by most measures, but a quarter Trillion hits different.