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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Early previews of Metroid Prime 4 prominently feature a companion that you rescue in the first area, who tags along for a large portion of the playtime. He makes dumb quips: “It’s about to get real nerdy in here”, screams when enemies appear: “Is everything on this planet trying to kill us?”, states very obvious things: “missiles work better on enemies with hard shells” and nags you about what to do at any given moment: “You want something to shoot? Try that piston”.

    He’s also an escort that you need to protect or you get a game over.






  • I disagree with your line of logic then. Something doesn’t need to be a moral duty to be moral. It’s not a moral duty for a poor person to donate to charity, but being charitable is a moral act.

    Similarly, you can probably point to edge cases where the following line of logic cannot be applied broadly due to people’s circumstances.

    For me personally,

    1. Livestock animals are sentient, they display a preference to live and be free from suffering and confinement.

    2. I do not need to purchase animal products to be healthy and happy.

    3. In the absence of necessity, intentionally confining, harming and killing animals is not morally justifiable.