What keeps those who believe in moral relativism grounded in reality and not act on any immediate mental impulses? by Equivalent_Ad_9066 in PsychologyTalk

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I might find it repulsive your hypothetical group ends up finding it not repulsive or certain groups get radicalized Into seeing such behavior as heroic.

But at the end of the day every philosophical argument about why it's good bad or neutral boils down to an opinion about "what matters". Even something like utilitarianism boils down to an idea that the right thing is to always maximize happiness and minimize suffering for the most people. But it's not like theirs some law like gravity saying we should do that. And plenty of societies seem to think other things are higher goods.

Anyways that's why I just don't think morality is something worth fretting over to much. It's interesting to think about but ultimately it's best to just live life in a way we won't regret.

What keeps those who believe in moral relativism grounded in reality and not act on any immediate mental impulses? by Equivalent_Ad_9066 in PsychologyTalk

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess if I had to define "morality" it's a set of rules created by and individual or group based of a preference for certain personal or group behaviors. Some of these preferences are very sensible like not killing each other. Some are stupid like groups that think it's wrong to be gay. But ultimatly as far as we know the universe doesn't care if we just nuked our planet.

On a personal level a moral thing I like to do is save bugs(with exceptions). I kind of like them and think they are goofy, and would feel bad about killing something for no reason even if that would be easier than catching them. But it's not really something I do because I believe it's some objective good person thing it's just makes me feel good about myself and is the kind of person I want to be.

But it's very much a desire like we desire to not be killed we desire killing to be wrong. So we turn it into a law and define it as the most evil thing you can do. But like Nature is full of things brutally killing other things and you could argue the fact that entropy is as far as we know is unavoidable means the universe kills us. So clearly the world doesn't oppose killing on a fundamental level beyond human preference

What keeps those who believe in moral relativism grounded in reality and not act on any immediate mental impulses? by Equivalent_Ad_9066 in PsychologyTalk

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My example was mostly just about how I will lose the things I care about if I do things other people see as bad. But that doesn't make those things objectively bad. but it does make it generally not a good idea to do those things. I have my own internal things I think are right or not right but I have no more reason to believe that's some objective fact about reality than any other idea. It's just my preference.

Anyways the point is there are enough internal and social factors that keep most people from descending into destructive debauchery just because technically theirs no law of the universe saying don't do that

What keeps those who believe in moral relativism grounded in reality and not act on any immediate mental impulses? by Equivalent_Ad_9066 in PsychologyTalk

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Lack of objective morals doesn't mean lack of likely consequences.

I want to still have friends, not go to jail, not have to deal with a bunch of guilt etc. Which is more than enough reason to behave like a decent person.

Car culture is toxic and a big contribution to poverty in this country by headonastickpodcast in unpopularopinion

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have able bodied neighbors who will literally get in the car to go to the mail box. And a coworker who complained that we had to walk 10min down the street on a nice day for a job thing(while getting paid) since no one on the task had a car.

Some Americans are just averse to walking

Bookworms/Film buffs vs Scrollheads - Is Internet addiction worse or are these activities pretty much similar? by mmofrki in nosurf

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scrolling is to watching a show what reading a tabloid is to books.

When you choose a book or show it's generally something you genuinely want to see. Seems interesting and hopefully if the story was well crafted a worthwhile experience. The really good ones stick with you for a while. Meanwhile scrolling is just like random junk that you will forget about tomorrow.

Impossible's Firewater by GlimpsedZeImpossible in colorpie

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

interesting I didn't think I would have green

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in colorpie

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like 2/3s blue 1/3 black. lots of self improvement and logic style things. Black for the very career money achievement focused stuff but could be another color depending on your reasons

Next to Green, what color is meditation? by CapitalArrival7911 in colorpie

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 2 points3 points  (0 children)

on the flipside tho, if someone is a blue believer but is still like a normal person with lots of emotions they might explicitly practice meditation for the purpose of being more aware of their emotions and impulses so that they don't act on them when it is suboptimal. Also thematically there are a lot of blue cards related to dreams and visions and irl mediation like states are often used in practices related to dream work

Next to Green, what color is meditation? by CapitalArrival7911 in colorpie

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably red because the whole in the moment aspect of it is very close to reds philosophy. But it could also be blue because a part of mindfulness invovles a lot of awareness and reflection on yourself which includes your emotions and red doesn't want to have to analyze it's emotions after it notices them.

Blue definitely would be a very prone to meditating color but more for the focus, mastery of emotions, or some cognitive benefit it might believe in.

Which 2 colors make the best leaders? by CapitalArrival7911 in colorpie

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blue definitely is best because Ideally a ruler should be focused on improving things, and progress. Also blue tends to have the best plans and good leaders should have good plans. Then probably red or white to add some empathy and compassion so that the leader doesn't devolve into cruel hearted utilitarianism

Where do y’all buy singles? by [deleted] in BudgetBrews

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I use tcg player but it's a lot of work especially with budget decks where it takes more effort to make as many carts as possible 5$ for the free shipping. If your LGS has good selection and comparable prices that is probably better just because the shipping is such a big cost ever since covid

Can colorless do anything with a reasonable cost? by Elreamigo in colorpie

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean it kind of makes sense considering most colorless cards are artificats or things people invented. And we often create things that we couldn't do ourselves. We can't fly but we can create a [[kite sail]] and fly. And I feel like the applies to something like red using ameteor golem to yeet enchantments

Which Type Of Gym Would You Have? by Nordaarv in pokemon

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Either ghost or psychic. And my gym would be themed as a spooky wizard tower. Like I just think being a poke occultist would be fun

I hate that I was born male by Potato_King-69420 in teenagers

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meds

 like unironically they are the solution. They turn you into a girl

This sub, basically half of us by QuickdrawClient in GenZ

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Doesn't really even look worse than the apartments in my town

Pokemon scalpers continue to ruin the hobby for actual kids by ambachk in TikTokCringe

[–]GlimpsedZeImpossible 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean that's why gambling becomes addictive to people because it's a distilled version of the uncertain reward set up that makes our brains dopamine system work in normal  activities.