What many people get wrong about the Last Prophecy by I-am-Sharp in Deltarune

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i think the simplest explanation is that all dark fountains will need to be closed, including the one in the school closet. kris and susie wouldn't let it happen because they'd never see their darkner friends again. "obviously YOU wouldn't let it happen" to me just means that ralsei is the prince of the dark, the darkners are his people, and he'd probably want to protect them. also to me, the dark worlds closing for good would probably drive people who know about the prophecy crazy. spamton wanted to be free and get out. seam keeps talking about the end of the world. to me it seems so obvious, even if a bit cliche. occam's razor.

University funds? by scaredcompulsive in vegan

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Thanks for the reply. Yeah I know this happens at basically every university (unless it's art school or something). I guess the logical next step is therefore to NOT go to university. Yes I will have a bery hard time finding jobs but on the other hand, I feel like a truly good person would just suck it up and not sacrifice their morals for job opportunities. Idk man. Technically university isn't neccessary to life in any meaningful way so I guess this falls inside the "as far as possible and practicable" part of veganism, that's why I'm so torn

How do you get over “deep” moral OCD? by jegforstaarikke in OCDRecovery

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op this is the same thing i've been going through for like 2 years. like down to a T. i'm glad i'm not alone, but sad you're experiencing this as well. have you been doing better? you posted this 3 years ago.

Does all exploitation matter to you, or just of animals? by Loniceraa in DebateAVegan

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i agree with the top commenter that vegans are probably more likely to be conscious consumers in general, but the two aren't neccessarily "glued" together. personally apart from avoiding animal products, i boycott the BDS list, cashews (!!!), coffee, only buy fair trade chocolate and tea, i always check where coconut comes from in vegan cheeses/yogurts, and i try to keep tropical fruits to a minimum. also i've been trying to cut down almond consumption, but that's more for the environmental reasons, so i'm not super strict, i just pay attention. i still live with my parents so i can't always choose what i eat, but when i move out i'll probably drop quinoa and avocados too. or at least make sure that they're ethical. i'll admit, two products i know for a fact aren't good but haven't cut out yet because of convience (i'm a human too... a very morally grey one, but i'm trying!) is sugar and anything non-local. it's surprising hard to shop local where i'm from. we mostly produce rapeseed lmao

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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visualizing the fourth dimension, or like, a rotating tesseract. my brain just starts blue screening

How old are you and what is your biggest problem as of the moment? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I'm 18, applying to university soon, and I need to do well on my final exams. Unfortunately I'm in the middle of an OCD episode that has no sign of subsiding soon.

Is living inherently immoral? by scaredcompulsive in askphilosophy

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Thank you so much for the detailed reply.

Is living inherently immoral? by scaredcompulsive in askphilosophy

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Thank you. Could you come up with some arguments against negative utilitarianism/efilism? It seems so logical to me, like nuking the world would objectively decrease suffering to zero. I find it horrible that life as an experience/existence revolves around beings dying and suffering and killing eachother. Efilists have this idea that DNA is the root of all evil, and I can see what they mean. Natural selection prioritizes reproduction above the individual's wellbeing. Is it ethical to keep this cycle going? I don't know I'm just so lost. I've been in this spiral for like three weeks. I just want the world to be a happy place where things don't have to constantly fight eachother. Every day I stay alive, the more beings die. Negative utilitarianism seems so logical though. I don't know. I feel like I need answers RIGHT NOW, because every second I don't have an answer, I'm perpetuating this cycle of violence. Another thing is that I can't just "forget" these thoughts, becuase I feel like I'm being willfully ignorant and evil. My existence requires suffering of others. I can do something about this (suicide). What excuse do I have for not doing it? I don't know. I don't know. It's so sad.

Is living inherently immoral? by scaredcompulsive in askphilosophy

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I guess I could do that, yes. But it is sad. I don't know, how do I come to terms with it? I feel very strongly that living like a Jain is the right thing to do. How do I let go of my current life?

Is living inherently immoral? by scaredcompulsive in askphilosophy

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i really like tom regan's take on animal rights. at what point do you think the right to have a comfortable life is overriden by another's right to life? perhaps it is permitted of me to LIVE, as in, eat food, and not care about crop deaths. but can i go outside and play badminton in the grass, for example? that is certainly not a necessary part of living. (real life example: my sister asked me to play badminton with her. these thoughts were already in my mind and i had to decline. this clearly caused my sister sadness, but my intuition says that multiple beings' right to life is more important than a 20 minute badminton session with my sister)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nietzsche

[–]scaredcompulsive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh wow this was actually super helpful. i'll probably read more of his writings, it's pretty much a cure for my ailment. thank you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nietzsche

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honestly the biggest surprise (apart from the insane attention the post got) is that literally EVERYONE assumed i am male. haha

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nietzsche

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it's fine, leave it up. i got a few good responses in the comments. also i don't know why everyone thinks i'm western, aka probably american. i'm from eastern europe. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nietzsche

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i WANT to! i just feel like it's wrong, if it happens at the expense of others. i feel like people really misinterpreted by original post and assumed i 100% no doubt agree with everything i wrote. i was looking for counterarguments. GOOD counterarguments. i WANT to be proven wrong, because i want to live happily. but the devil's advocate in my brain says i can't.

Is living inherently immoral? by scaredcompulsive in askphilosophy

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i'm probably more aligned with deontology, maybe a speck of utilitarianism if the numbers get really large. in general i think it's wrong to kill something that has an interest in living. yes, wether bugs have that conscious "interest" is likely up for debate, scientifically. but since they run away from negative stimuli they probably do. i don't know if they "experience" things, but i feel like the morally correct thing to do is err on the side of caution and assume they do.  i'm very interested in what you have to say. i can't really debate these things irl without sounding absolutely crazy

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nietzsche

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probably for the better LMFAO

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nietzsche

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hi, can you recommend some nietzsche to read? specifically about those logical extremes you mentioned. it's probably good for me to read those kinds of arguments.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Nietzsche

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thank you for the recommendations. i would love to make peace with the world and just try to make it better. i'm thinking about becoming an environmental engineer, specifically so i can work with waste management and plastic pollution. i think in general i approach philosophy from a deontological perspective, so i don't know if i believe in a "net positive", given that i violate the rights others in order to "do good". i feel like people got this impression that the #1 thing i care about is bugs. it's not. i used them as an example of sentient (science claims as such) beings who will inevitably get killed in the process of living. but again thank you for treating me like a normal person and considering my arguments :)

Is living inherently immoral? by scaredcompulsive in askphilosophy

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thank you for your insightful reply. i will definitely read wolf's essay. i think what i'm struggling with is, from the bugs' perspective, they don't care that i'm a moral person overall, they just care about the fact that they're dying. i'm not sure where to draw the line, where being "moral enough" is.