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Strategic Tea posted:As internet leftists are all very sensible rational materialists, OP, they would like you to know it is incredibly important that you personally feel depressed about current events that you can't influence. You shouldn't feel bad about it or good about or escape it all together; you should just use your own skills to do what you can to make the world a better place. IMHO
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I have been helping people out this week and having a good time. The world is going to poo poo but my personal circle of control means I can try and ensure the wellness of people I care about. It's pretty good! Also another person offered to touch my peepee but I am very busy so that will have to wait 
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Feb 6, 2022 03:43
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syntaxfunction posted:I have been helping people out this week and having a good time. The world is going to poo poo but my personal circle of control means I can try and ensure the wellness of people I care about. It's pretty good! that's like three different people now! in like two days!
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Feb 6, 2022 03:45
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Cosmic Thing posted:that's like three different people now! in like two days! Yes it is! I have good people around me and it is nice
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Feb 6, 2022 03:47
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AcidCat posted:Coming of age in the late 80's/early 90's, it was a different time. Morality was for the religious fringe, and to be mocked. Our concerns were what music genres you listened to, how you dressed, what drugs you did and how much booze you could drink. We cared about our own curated social circles and scorned all others. This being Southern California, this was not about race or sexual orientation, enjoying the wrong kind of music would make you a pariah, the Other, all other differences that take primacy these days were almost irrelevant. This guy named Josh, who they call jesus, told me it was cool to be nice to everyone.
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Feb 6, 2022 03:47
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i think it's neat to have fulfilling relationships with other people and to help them, and my broader community it gives me a sense of purpose and direction
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Feb 6, 2022 03:55
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having good peepees in your life is important
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Feb 6, 2022 03:57
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Ad by Khad posted:having good peepees in your life is important Good goons in your life is important too. Ed: wait is peepees people or something else
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Feb 6, 2022 04:19
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well having good people in your life is important too but I most certainly meant dicks
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Feb 6, 2022 04:27
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AcidCat posted:Coming of age in the late 80's/early 90's, it was a different time. Morality was for the religious fringe, and to be mocked. Our concerns were what music genres you listened to, how you dressed, what drugs you did and how much booze you could drink. We cared about our own curated social circles and scorned all others. This being Southern California, this was not about race or sexual orientation, enjoying the wrong kind of music would make you a pariah, the Other, all other differences that take primacy these days were almost irrelevant. Asking people to roast you is loving embarrassing, OP. Its something that 17 year old incels on reddit do in hopes that people will acknowledge their existence.
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Feb 6, 2022 04:55
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Maybe this makes me “uncool” but I’d rather be around good people than not good people
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oldpainless posted:Maybe this makes me “uncool” but I’d rather be around good people than not good people where do we find these "Good people"?
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Feb 6, 2022 05:13
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:where do we find these "Good people"? They’re all over
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oldpainless posted:They’re all over over what?
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Feb 6, 2022 05:18
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Yeah, I get it. I grew up with the understanding that the more detached and unflappable you were, the cooler you would be considered by society. At some point things changed, and I hate it. It was a loving bait and switch. There are a finite number of things I can care about without giving myself a horrible panic attack, and I hit my limit probably 25 years ago. If I started caring about social justice, or climate change, or wealth inequality, or any serious problems, I would just be constantly agonizing over my inability to do anything about them.
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Nigmaetcetera posted:Yeah, I get it. I grew up with the understanding that the more detached and unflappable you were, the cooler you would be considered by society. At some point things changed, and I hate it. It was a loving bait and switch. There are a finite number of things I can care about without giving myself a horrible panic attack, and I hit my limit probably 25 years ago. If I started caring about social justice, or climate change, or wealth inequality, or any serious problems, I would just be constantly agonizing over my inability to do anything about them. 
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Feb 6, 2022 05:33
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i was a communist for a number of years in my early to mid 20s and was constantly worried about all kinds of stupid poo poo I couldnt do anything about. to vent our frustration over this we would spend most of our time having dumb fights with other communists over historical events and interpersonal issues. Everyone there was an alcoholic. I can’t recommend it
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Feb 6, 2022 05:36
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ChunTheUnavoidable posted:i was a communist for a number of years in my early to mid 20s and was constantly worried about all kinds of stupid poo poo I couldnt do anything about. to vent our frustration over this we would spend most of our time having dumb fights with other communists over historical events and interpersonal issues. I can’t recommend it you were a socialist. unless you were actually living in a commune
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Feb 6, 2022 05:39
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:you were a socialist. unless you were actually living in a commune I lived in a very large, very run down house with a large number of permanent and temporary residents, all communists. I don’t think I would call it a commune but maybe it qualifies
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Feb 6, 2022 05:43
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ChunTheUnavoidable posted:I lived in a very large, very run down house with a large number of permanent and temporary residents, all communists. I don’t think I would call it a commune but maybe it qualifies that's just a flop house, man.
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Feb 6, 2022 05:48
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:that's just a flop house, man.
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Feb 6, 2022 05:59
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I suppose thats the logical meaning of a commune.
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Feb 6, 2022 06:08
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staberind posted:I suppose thats the logical meaning of a commune. no it isn't.
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Feb 6, 2022 06:15
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All communes have a turnip field. Was there a turnip field?
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Feb 6, 2022 06:16
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Then again, you can't be a socialist unless you live in a social.
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Tarkus posted:Then again, you can't be a socialist unless you live in a social. that is the loving problem isn't it?
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ChunTheUnavoidable posted:I lived in a very large, very run down house with a large number of permanent and temporary residents, all communists. I don’t think I would call it a commune but maybe it qualifies at some point everyone romanticizes their drug addiction
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Feb 6, 2022 07:34
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Nigmaetcetera posted:Yeah, I get it. I grew up with the understanding that the more detached and unflappable you were, the cooler you would be considered by society. At some point things changed, and I hate it. It was a loving bait and switch. There are a finite number of things I can care about without giving myself a horrible panic attack, and I hit my limit probably 25 years ago. If I started caring about social justice, or climate change, or wealth inequality, or any serious problems, I would just be constantly agonizing over my inability to do anything about them. Once I realised how little is in our control, life became alot happier and SIMPLER.
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Feb 6, 2022 12:05
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Oh no people expect me to pay lip service to the crushing horrors that other people endure. Oh why oh why is this my lot? Oh Lord what have I done to anger thee? Woe is me I cannot bear this weighty burden. 
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Feb 6, 2022 12:15
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Lol at op being in complete denial about how hosed we are due to climate change
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Feb 6, 2022 12:16
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Most people you see online claiming to be good do it as a way to gather political influence, since “good people” do “good things” and if you just let them things would work out great! Of course this is utterly ridiculous, beneath all this preening and virtue signaling lies a deep seated vanity and arrogance, and unfortunately we’ve removed our cultural barriers that would cut down on such behavior. It’s a fascinating topic and the more I see “Good People(tm)” making terrible decisions the more I see that it’s all bullshit.
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Feb 6, 2022 12:25
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i think it was zoroaster or socrates or some other twat
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Feb 6, 2022 12:34
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Platos once said that goodness was the warmth of an apple saving you from the brink of death. That makes me think sometimes. If an apple can be that much goodness imagine a person doing something good without expecting anything in return! Sometimes that happens, and it's a nice thing. It's pretty good.
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Feb 6, 2022 12:40
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AcidCat posted:Coming of age in the late 80's/early 90's, it was a different time. Morality was for the religious fringe, and to be mocked. Our concerns were what music genres you listened to, how you dressed, what drugs you did and how much booze you could drink. We cared about our own curated social circles and scorned all others. This being Southern California, this was not about race or sexual orientation, enjoying the wrong kind of music would make you a pariah, the Other, all other differences that take primacy these days were almost irrelevant. Good news, it will most likely be confirmed in our lifetime that the fate of our universe is heat death so all actions eventually sum to zero. The key I believe is not becoming a "Good Person", but to achieve a constant being of becoming a less bad person. Classical Buddhism says this by saying that all karma is bad and it's your job to figure out how to generate less of it. Not an easy task by any means but probably the most meaningful one in a meaningless world.
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syntaxfunction posted:Platos once said that goodness was the warmth of an apple saving you from the brink of death. That makes me think sometimes. it's not nothing in return for the apple. you walk a bit after eating it and poo poo the seeds out somewhere else the apple is just using you a person giving their body to you for cannibilistic sustanance though... that is the purest of offerings plato was really onto something there i'd chill with him
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haha it's quaint reading all the posts that are like "why, people can just, can just LIE about being good! my stars!" like welcome to earth haha
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Feb 6, 2022 13:10
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I'd argue that being a "good person" has been simultaneously popular and unpopular throughout history because there has never been a universal standard of good that we could all agree on, and I even have a recent experience here on these forums where I was given poo poo for not being good enough through my actions. Morality is a hell of a thing, OP. However, I already had my fill of that kind of a thread so for this one I think I'll go with "suck my balls"
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Feb 6, 2022 14:17
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Ad by Khad posted:having good peepees in your life is important 
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"Good" is in the eye of the beholder. I believe criminals can still be good people if the crimes are social constructs.
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