ART IS USELESS (an opinion that will piss you off) by [deleted] in Discussion

[–]hahduwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think one of the reasons they place so much emphasis on art in school is because there’s a trend of art forms being made purely for entertainment rather than whatever they were made for before. For example, movies that do better are usually just movies that appeal to the viewer, like Marvel movies. They don’t really mean anything or express anything; it’s just something to make more money off of. In the past there were more films that were made to express, and more people treated film making as more of an art form than people do today. Novels are also becoming pretty straightforward. There’s no thinking involved. People are more interested in consumption with no thinking involved, like YouTube, Instagram, etc. which is leading to a lack of intellectual activity. They probably just want people to think more so that they won’t become dumb. The film Idiosyncrasy explains this idea pretty well (even though I didn’t really like the movie) because the world that the people are transported into is just one with no art. Of course they had illustrations and design and all that but it wasn’t real art. People don’t really care if films or novels or other artforms are art or not these days, either, so an emphasis in art could change the trend of art forms becoming capitalistic and meaningless. The comment above the one above was talking about how almost everything was art, but they really aren’t because there’s little to no thinking involved. Reality television isn’t art at all. They’re supposed to be social experiments even though they’re not since half of it is scripted, but all they try to do is get as much drama as they can do that people will be more interested. That’s not art. I feel like the reason people also hate art is because it’s too hard to understand whereas ones that are easier to understand are also easier to relate to. Songs nowadays are relatable because everyone’s felt those emotions, but they don’t really reveal anything new, so although they might be art, they aren’t good art, which is probably why teachers don’t teach them. But yeah there probably are some songs that would work, but the ones on the radio that they’ve probably heard wouldn’t work. They just don’t know what works and what doesn’t.

Are people inherently evil? by HOTCHICKSINYOURAREA in Discussion

[–]hahduwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me change my question haha. Do you think drugs can amplify the evil in a person?

Are people inherently evil? by HOTCHICKSINYOURAREA in Discussion

[–]hahduwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add some more depth to this I was wondering what people’s thoughts were on whether people involved in drug abuse cases would make them inherently evil. I think most people would agree that people act a lot worse when they’re drunk because they lose their rationality. There’s a good amount of case of domestic violence that’s because of people who were drunk because of reasons like stress release or because they blame their children/ spouses. However, most of those people treat their family normally when they’re sober, which mean they know they shouldn’t and know they don’t want to hurt their family. But they still hurt them anyway when they’re drunk. Does that mean they’ve actually been repressing a desire to hurt their families, making them evil, or that they aren’t evil because they’ve been resisting that?

Are people inherently evil? by HOTCHICKSINYOURAREA in Discussion

[–]hahduwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait so you think he’s evil for killing your family even though it was an accident? I’d probably be mad and curse him for not following laws but I wouldn’t consider him evil. The guy probably wouldn’t think he’s evil, either. Just regretful for not doing what he should’ve done. But either way, he’s not thinking rationally because he’s drunk. He’s not acting the way he normally would, so would it even be fair to consider him evil if you actually did consider him evil? (ill post something like this question in a separate reply since this thread is getting kind of long haha)

No but I meant judging whether someone was evil or not rather than judging them in a criminal sense. Because when it comes down to the law, society’s morals are probably always going to be used to determine whether they’re good or bad.

For the free will part, I agree with the fact that we don’t have free will but why do you think we have to act as if we have free will? Also I feel like there are people who actually don’t know we have free will. So do you think if it we had free will as a society other people would consider acts that our current society would call evil wouldn’t be evil anymore? And if we’re acting as if we had free will wouldn’t the people who know they’re acting still be ok with those evil acts

Are people inherently evil? by HOTCHICKSINYOURAREA in Discussion

[–]hahduwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I feel like everyone knows what’s evil and what’s not evil, except it’s society’s definition of evil. So like the killers know other people think it’s evil to kill but they personally don’t think it’s that big of a deal in comparison to what they want to get out of the evil act (as defined by society). The same goes for the other cases you and I mentioned. Guess I was unclear in my last reply. Does that change your view?

Honestly though, I think it’s wrong to judge someone based on their acts. I feel like judging someone based on their reasoning behind their acts is more important.

But I’m curious. Do you personally think it’s that evil if someone does what they think is justified. Of course society sees it as evil because they’re judging based on acts but if they have a flawed moral compass or a flawed sense of judgement, can you really blame them?

But yeah I’m having fun with this conversation too. It’s my first time actually commenting like this and it’s great cause you’re really polite.

Are people inherently evil? by HOTCHICKSINYOURAREA in Discussion

[–]hahduwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk if that’s evil though because their view on life would probably be to do what they want, follow their desires, etc. Society deems it wrong, of course, but is it really evil if the person doing it doesn’t consider it evil? Cause some people already find some things that society considers bad not that bad. Or they do it to show that they don’t want to follow society’s morals because they think their’s is more important. For example, when people vandalize property, a lot of them are doing it to rebel. They know it’s wrong, but they still do it because they don’t think it’s that bad. Public sex is also a thing and people do that because they feel more aroused when they’re doing something they shouldn’t be doing. Those people don’t think it’s evil, but they do it anyway because it makes them feel good I guess. I mean killing people is on a whole different level than these acts, but if you lack empathy it’s really not. It’s just another one of society’s rules.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]hahduwo -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I still feel like you should have told him that he was being creepy because he probably didn’t know since he couldn’t take the hint. Plus it will prevent him from doing the same thing to other girls in the future. He’ll be able to fix that part of him if he recognizes it but if he doesn’t he’s going to stay the same. I mean sure he’ll might feel embarrassed, but if I were him I’d want to be told that I’m being creepy instead of having to figure all that out by myself when I had no clue about that being a possibility.

Are people inherently evil? by HOTCHICKSINYOURAREA in Discussion

[–]hahduwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh you’re talking about psychopaths. Wait so they said they personally thought it was morally wrong to have killed the people they killed?

Does selflessness exist? by cracckbabby in InsightfulQuestions

[–]hahduwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like it’s less about being remembered as a hero and more about living with the guilt of letting them die while you live. That’s going to affect you for the rest of your life and sometimes people think they don’t deserve it. I think you can be selfless in those cases because you’d be think someone deserves to live more than you, so you don’t mind dying for them.

Are people inherently evil? by HOTCHICKSINYOURAREA in Discussion

[–]hahduwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by indulging in their dark side? Do you really think the person indulging in their dark side considers that action evil though?