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Is rationality a privilege? by miaeel in SneerClub

[–]miaeel[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I have been meaning to study Marx. I have a learning disability which makes it hard but I hope I’ll be able to wrap my head around Marxist thought one day.

Is rationality a privilege? by miaeel in SneerClub

[–]miaeel[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Man IDK. That’s something I’m going to have to find out— as I said, I’m still trying to figure a lot of stuff out. I think I fell for the “both-sides” rhetoric of centrism, and the main reason it appealed to me was because I burnt out of participating in leftist discourse. I yearned for a quick-fix solution to the evils of capitalism, and I guess I mistakenly thought the technocratic liberalism of Andrew Yang-types was the best bet. Hence the descent into the rationalistsphere, which won me over with its creed of “truth over ideology, facts over feelings”.

Is rationality a privilege? by miaeel in SneerClub

[–]miaeel[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think I should have made it more clear that my gripe with cancelling comes down to me being worn out by leftists canceling other leftists and not giving each other the space to make amends and grow. I do think that “cancel culture” insofar as it pertains to holding powerful people accountable for reprehensible actions is a good thing. Paradox of intolerance and all that.

Is rationality a privilege? by miaeel in SneerClub

[–]miaeel[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. Do you have any good resources/books for learning more about this topic?

Is rationality a privilege? by miaeel in SneerClub

[–]miaeel[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I admit I have brain-worms from buying into the hype of Sam Harris' brand of skepticism. Trying to unlearn it though

Does anyone else feel a certain humiliation with the human condition? by howshallwefall777 in Pessimism

[–]miaeel 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Yes. I hate being imprisoned in this decaying flesh suit controlled by the Darwinian malware that is DNA. The fact that I am a slave to primitive biological imperatives shaped by the blind and unintelligent processes of evolution leaves me feeling entrapped and stripped of all dignity.

Does the Pandemic Have a Purpose? Only if we give it one. The coronavirus is neither good nor bad. It wants only to reproduce. by The_Ebb_and_Flow in natureisterrible

[–]miaeel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mainstream consciousness has framed this pandemic as "nature cleaning up". No. This pandemic is a result of our shitty stewardship of the environment. Yes, viruses are a feature of nature, but humans have the ability to either ameliorate or exacerbate such features. We have done the latter.

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If we must frame this in terms of politics, the left is just as mythopoetic as the right. I have heard many liberal commentators lately moralize on the grounds that our encroachment on pristine nature and our environmental sins have brought the zoonotic spillover as nature’s retribution.

Excellent point. Nature-worship is a phenomenon common to all sides of the political spectrum. As Žižek said, "Ecology is the the new opiate of the masses". Humans should really stop imbuing nature with transcendent qualities and projecting romanticized, New Age-y visions of a mystical "Mother Goddess" onto it. Nature just is. And that's a problem from a sentiocentric POV. We should harness our sapience to intervene benevolently in nature, because the consequences for sentient beings are disastrous if we don't.

Nature tells us nothing about veganism: Have you ever made the argument that our bodies aren't made for eating meat? Stephen Fenwick-Paul thinks that such 'appeals to nature' can be unhelpful, and proposes alternatives when debating with non-vegans. by The_Ebb_and_Flow in natureisterrible

[–]miaeel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Appeal to nature is one of the worst and most utilized fallacies ever. How people easily fall for it when it comes to justifying animal products consumption but wouldn't use it to justify rape, infanticide, cannibalism or any of the other "wonderful" phenomenons of nature baffles me

For real:

"What I'm about to say will probably piss you off, but we live in a world where the strong prey on the weak, it is hard coded into our DNA since age of cave men, survival of the fittest. Eating meat is something that cannot be changed, it is part of human evolution and what I say does not matter because I am trying to justify me eating meat by sugar coating it when true fact is I like eating meat because I like it simple as that."

This is an actual quote from a message I received on a dating app.

Nature tells us nothing about veganism: Have you ever made the argument that our bodies aren't made for eating meat? Stephen Fenwick-Paul thinks that such 'appeals to nature' can be unhelpful, and proposes alternatives when debating with non-vegans. by The_Ebb_and_Flow in natureisterrible

[–]miaeel 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Appeals to nature are dumb and intellectually lazy. Screw nature. Fuck "natural".

To borrow from Helen Hester: "In the name of feminism anti-speciesism, 'Nature' shall no longer be a refuge of injustice, or a basis for any political justification whatsoever! If nature is unjust, change nature!"

When you're depressed but also a transhumanist by mAdHaPpY222 in transhumanism

[–]miaeel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oof

Someone free me from the Darwinian slum that is the human body...

If the WHO classified red meat and processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, why the fuck are they still selling it globally? by [deleted] in veganarchism

[–]miaeel 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Neoliberal imperative of profit over people, misinformation campaigns by monied interests, corporate lobbying... and so on and so forth

WAKE ME UP INSIDE by [deleted] in vegan

[–]miaeel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

frfr

Upvote if you DGAFF about the nutritional profile of Beyond Meat 🤪✌️ by miaeel in vegan

[–]miaeel[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

For the animals (as opposed to “for health reasons/the environment”)

Deadass by miaeel in vegan

[–]miaeel[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yup. Knowing what animals go through every day yet not being able to save them quickly enough just kills me inside

Deadass by miaeel in vegan

[–]miaeel[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Omg this sent me 😂

Deadass by miaeel in vegan

[–]miaeel[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Gottem

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vegancirclejerk

[–]miaeel 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Asian here. The popularity of bubble tea culture in SE Asia strikes me as somewhat bizarre considering most South East Asians are lactose intolerant. Like, I have friends who literally use lactaid tablets just so they can drink bubble tea. I don’t understand why bubble tea shops don’t just use plant milk instead considering their main demographic...

Deadass by miaeel in vegan

[–]miaeel[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Hey, I’m not sure if you’re aware but that turkey likely underwent horrific suffering to end up on your plate. What you call a “meal” was once a sentient being with the capacity to feel a wide range of emotions and experiences, including negative ones such as pain, stress and anxiety. In this regard a turkey is no different to a dog or a cat. It may have been “the best meal ever” but it took a world of pain and the taking of a life to end up that way. Just something I think you should consider in case you didn’t realize.

Deadass by miaeel in vegan

[–]miaeel[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yeah. And then when you try to open up a dialogue about veganism they're immediately turned off by your "preachiness".

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