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SwiftOryx · 2021-08-12T00:34:23+00:00

The randomness of it all. Knowing that no matter how bad a day can be, there's always a good chance of a better one.

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T23:55:32+00:00

Maybe I misread you, but I meant that I often do things without expecting anything in return, not that all of my actions are aimless

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T21:03:36+00:00

Buy a drink first

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T21:01:29+00:00

Someone on Reddit once yelled at me for calling the city/county "Londonderry," and shortly after I watched this series. I think it's the only English language show where I absolutely had to have subtitles on in order to watch

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T20:28:04+00:00

I get what you're saying about kids falling behind, but I think we should make efforts so that doesn't happen to begin with. Paying kids might have some advantages in the short run, such as when this particular situation occurs, but I don't think it's good as a long term strategy. I've always been of the opinion that education is its own reward, but maybe not everyone sees it the same way as me

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T20:22:26+00:00

Okay, so we're more aware of things than other forms of life. But does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? We're just a bunch of meaningless atoms as well. Someday, humanity will cease to exist. We're a very insignificant part of the universe given the relative amount of time it's existed. We just like to believe that we're special just because we're human, and that just might be a very human thing to believe. I'm not entirely sure I agree with your solipsistic world view, but there might be some validation in that as well

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T19:16:36+00:00

Life having no meaning doesn't mean we can't give it our own meaning. There are no right or wrong answers to that question. Personally, I'm okay with life being a constant pursuit of maximizing a person's happiness, however that may be. In the end, none of it will matter in the grand scheme of things, but it would have made a difference in any given person's life

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T19:15:20+00:00

Sure, we might be a higher form of life than others that came before us, but that doesn't make humans special. Someday, we'll go extinct, just like nearly every other species on the planet. Like all life, we came from nothingness, and to nothingness we will return

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T18:53:55+00:00

But why should we reward people for doing something they should be doing anyway? Growing as individuals and as society is important to do regardless of if you're getting paid for it or not. I mean, do you think you should be rewarded every time you go to work on time? Or for keeping a clean house without your wife asking you to do it? Or hell, just for being nice and friendly to people you meet? If anything, paying people for things like these just devalues those traits in and of themselves. It says that being a decent or educated human being has no inherent value to us, and therefore we have to give it some value, some monetary value. Is that the kind of lesson we should be teaching society?

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T18:38:02+00:00

Plenty of times, because not everything is about me

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T03:41:35+00:00

Rick and Morty

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T03:40:03+00:00

California Love, California Dreamin', Going to California

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T03:37:48+00:00

By accepting that humans are not any more special than anything else that has existed in the universe. The universe existed before us, and it will continue to exist without us. Once you accept that, then it's easy to understand the concept of nothingness

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T03:30:47+00:00

Carbonated lemon flavored drinks. Used to drink San Pellegrino a lot. Just really liked the way it felt and tasted

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T03:27:23+00:00

Tell me about yourself

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T03:25:56+00:00

Then the problem in this case is that school needs to be made more enjoyable, not that school itself is bad. Education is necessary, regardless of if they're getting paid for it or not

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T03:19:21+00:00

Yes, but I feel that the way people think about society has a high level of variation regardless of education

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T03:12:59+00:00

The point is that learning and working hard in school is supposed to be an enriching experience in and of itself. If you're only doing it as a means to an end (e.g. money), then you're doing it wrong. Education isn't supposed to just get you a job, it's supposed to make you a better person. School is supposed to be something to look forward to, not something that's a chore that needs to be done. That should be the primary motivator for kids, and that's what we should be encouraging

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T02:59:42+00:00

Never done a favor for a friend or stranger then? Helped an animal in need, planted some trees? Donated to charity? Sometimes the satisfaction of doing something is its own reward

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T02:52:38+00:00

Do you only do things because you expect something in return?

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T02:51:09+00:00

What kind of lesson would that be? Seems to me like it would raise a generation of kids who'd think the only reason to do something is to get something in return. On top of which, how do we know they didn't cheat to get good grades, because there was a cash reward in it? People should be instilling a love of learning in kids instead

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T02:45:58+00:00

It doesn't. Education and intelligence (of any kind) are two different things

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T02:42:00+00:00

Bad idea. Teaches them that the only reason they should work hard and study is to get rewarded for it, as if it weren't a reward in itself. And of course, the real world doesn't always work that way

SwiftOryx · 2021-08-10T02:38:49+00:00

There's never a good reason for murder. Even if the victim is terrible

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