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Schizophrenia is the price we pay for minds poised near the edge of a cliff

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262 points Anon84 | 4 comments | 28 Jun 25 21:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ninetyninenine ◴[29 Jun 25 19:17 UTC] No.44415548[source]▶
Homosexuality is a similar prevalent trait.
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Aeglaecia ◴[30 Jun 25 16:55 UTC] No.44425467[source]▶
gay uncle theory is good enough of an explanation for me personally
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ninetyninenine ◴[30 Jun 25 17:08 UTC] No.44425613[source]▶
Never held water for me. There's no evidence that gay uncles expend the majority of their time raising the offspring of others in the family.

In fact the gay uncle is behaviorally driven to do things that are evolutionarily detrimental. Like spending time mating, flirting and being with other gay men. I don't really see gay men abandoning all of that to care for a nephew or something like that.

Take Sam Altman for example. He's not spending time caring for other kids in his immediately family. He's sinking time into getting rich from openAI and snogging his current partner.

The gay uncle gives about as much of a shit about nephews in the family as the straight uncle which is virtually for all intents and purposes: zilch.

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1. Aeglaecia ◴[30 Jun 25 17:17 UTC] No.44425724[source]▶
maybe theres a reason religion represses gay people, without the pressure of raising their own offspring there is 0 barrier to overt hedonism. lacking the opportunity to live this way and instead existing under a system of morality, the energy of gay people would naturally be inclined towards taking care of their own family, especially when a sibling dies in battle or by disease
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2. ninetyninenine ◴[30 Jun 25 21:57 UTC] No.44428341[source]▶
They must participate in capitalism or trade and other activities that help survival. I don't think it just switches to doing favors.
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3. Aeglaecia ◴[01 Jul 25 07:20 UTC] No.44431425[source]▶
its not like capitalism forces the hand of a gay person any moreso than a straight person , I dont see why the extra time on hand of a gay person could not be devoted towards aiding children in the family for example babysitting or financing extracurricular activities , a gay person elsewhere in this thread concluded as such
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4. ninetyninenine ◴[03 Jul 25 18:19 UTC] No.44457807{3}[source]▶
I'm thinking from the shoes of Sam Altman. "I'm gay, I'd rather become rich and famous and build OpenAI then babysit my nephew"

I'm saying capitalism forces our hand to the maximum extent such that it eats away all time involving free favors to other people. The ladder is unlimited in height.

So if I have 8 hours or 16 hours available for productive work it doesn't matter, I'm going to allocate all of it to capitalism because that's a never ending hole.