A little bit of 'Be Kind' with a twist of 'Kill billionaires'
I have recently comes to term with my faith. I grew up missionary Baptist and it wasn’t charismatic or anything but even as a kid it kindof feels ridiculous and I started to just try to take the moral lessons and that’s all. Science and astrophysics have always interested me at a hobbiest level but it wasn’t until recently the way it all works it quite beautiful. I am fully atheist but it’s all so ridiculous I would accept a God somehow started this all, but not really. Explore approachable science books, podcasts, and YouTube videos (and other federated stuff, if it exists). It is so fucking miraculous we exist in this vast empty void that (at the same time) is unimaginably large. Our planet and life is a miracle. Even if microbes exist out there, the fact we got to the point of “reason” is crazy! Any tip of quantum physics rules one way or the other and the universe is something else entirely. The way atoms come together and how we use them today is a species is miraculous. Humanity could really do anything if we were convicted enough. The whole “we are made of star stuff” is also quite deep when you go through the whole cycle with it. We are quite literally the universe somehow scraping itself together through energy, time, and space to culminate (for now) in some piece of itself that can question itself and move indepdently, reason, etc. Dope. If there is any reason to be good to one another is that we are soooo special. All life. And this planet! Hippy status activated. I don’t know if this changes my behavior but it can be some good feelings to pocket for rainy days.
I used to feel like I had this all figured out, then I got older. All I know for certain is that I'm not often certain these days.
I'm an apatheist, if God exists, they made the universe how it is. If they don't exist, the universe just is how it is. All we can truly know is what we experience while we're alive. So the unanswerable and unsolvable question of God or God's will isn't worth debating. Just do your best, try not to hurt other people, and find what peace and joy you can while you can.
We are the adults in the room. If God exists, they don't interfere with their creation in ways we can observe. Laws and moral codes only have the power we give them. If we don't hold people to them they're worthless. There's no provable divine wrath, so it's up to us to make things just.
Everyone understands this on some level, but it scares the snot out of some folks. The idea that every individual human is in some part responsible for the fate of the species is just too damn BIG. Everyone rationalizes and fantasizes this away to some degree, much to our detriment.
Randoml stuff:
There's nothing shameful about an ordinary life.
Organized religion is rarely done right. Most often, it's simply a way for people who fear being unexceptional to feel better about themselves. Far too often, it's about control.
If you want people to join your movement, temper your moralizing with practical demonstrations of how it's in their own interests.
Helping people support themselves wins more goodwill and loyalty than charity.
Garbage men, utility workers, health care, and teachers do far more for your quality of life and the success of the nation than police and military and we should treat them like it.
A progressive and inclusive civic-mindeness is what seems to be missing in so many areas of our lives. Be proud of your community and work to improve it.
So, so many problems are solved by letting go of the idea that we must be productive members of society and just giving people homes and food.
Offline and analog skills have real value in the present, not just in the apocalypse. Learn them, share them, and teach them for their own sake.
Literacy is the life's blood of human progress. The measure of how great we are is our wisdom, not our technology.
Violence should never be necessary, but some people will force your hand. What you do at that time is up to you. But you should try your best to prepare for it ahead of time.
"Paying it forward" is fundamentally the most important weapon we have against the oligarchy, and simply refusing to participate in the endless cycle of new technology.
A long time ago, I kind of stumbled into a habit of "paying my hardware forward". It started because it was simply a pain in the ass to try to sell something on ebay because your first ten offers are scam artists.
So when I upgraded a drawing tablet that I was using, I had a friend of a friend that was looking to try digital drawing and said "Here you go. The only thing I ask is that when you upgrade, or when you're done with it, give it forward to someone else who could make use of it."
Later, the same thing happened again with a camera stabilizer. I had bought one that it turned out was too lightweight for my DSLR. So I had to buy a heavier weight one. Meanwhile, a friend's son was a budding filmmaker just using his cell phone to make stupid movies with his friends and I said "Hey...he'll like this. The only thing I ask is when HE upgrades, or whatever, he passes it forward to another person"
Even something as simple as a dog ramp I bought for my aging dog. After he passed, it hung around in my shed until a friend of mine's dog needed an operation and couldn't do stairs. When her dog recovered she asked if I wanted it back and I said, no...just pass it forward.
I've done it with spare monitors. Old laptops that someone has needed for school, etc...
So what started as me just being too impatient to deal with ebay became something that literally makes me feel good knowing that I'm helping someone out, or even better, supporting another person's artistic passion.
I really admire your habit of paying it forward. It reminded me of a belief I hold: instead of paying for everything, you can try to create a kind of exchange circle with the people around you.
Person A does something for Person B, Person B helps Person C, and eventually it all finds its way back to Person A. Everyone benefits without directly paying for each individual service, it fosters a sense of community and mutual support and there’s an added bonus: no one pays taxes.
For example, when I help someone move, I simply tell them, “Just do something similar for someone else, and one day it will come back to me.” Maybe that means someone helps change the tires on my car—or something entirely different.
Exactly. I think this is what we've fundamentally lost in our communities. People helping neighbours.
We're all taught to distrust one another and to be self-sufficient, but that's never how our society evolved in the first place. Cities evolved because cooperation was needed. Division of labour, etc...
I'm lucky that I live in a small city that still mostly has some of that going on. But it's getting more rare every year. Elderly lady that lived across the alley from me had too small a backyard for her usual garden, so I said she was free to use mine because I wasn't needing the space for anything. In return, I got to know my neighbour, and I got veggies come harvest time. She unfortunately passed away two years ago, and the young family that bought the house...haven't even met them yet; they ignore eye contact whenever we're both outside.
Maybe I'm just weird because I grew up in the country. We had a small acreage within a cluster of small acreages. And we all knew each other. The family down the way was a mechanic looking at our vehicles for us. When hay baling needed to be done, we would all pitch in and help. My dad was a construction worker, so he'd go help the neighbours build stuff. It's just how it was for us.
Be excellent to each other.
And party on, dudes.
Inaction is still an action. Not improving the world around you is a choice to accept it. You need to choose your battles, of course, but choose none and I will judge you accordingly.
I choose to switch off and let it turn to shit. Judge away.
lol lemmy doesn't care that it might be because of depression or trauma, or even simply because of a well-reasoned position. They're so hopelessly conditioned by political talking points that they will write you off without even trying to understand. Sad.
Based solely off face value of the person's initial comment. It's the judgeyness after 'making the world a better place' that I found interesting. I'd prefer someone to be neutral than someone 'doing good for the world' and being cunty about it lest the action and attitude cancel each other out lol
Exactly. Best I can tell, if people did nothing, there would be far fewer problems.
Okiedokie. I don't like you, if that makes you feel better. ❤️
I have learned to not care what a person thinks of me, or whether they like me or not.
I am not so sure. You spent some effort here to signal yourself.
Oh no, anonymous person over the internet doesn't like me.
Oh it turned to shit because of you.
Guilty as charged.
Unionism.Bosses will always try to screw you over, but the workers united will never be defeated.
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One of my biggest beliefs came from Star Trek : IDIC, or Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. The idea that one homogeneous whole is not only undesirable but simply wrong has shaped damn near everything about me. It may seem sad, but the science fiction I consumed as a kid shaped the person I am today
I didn't think that's sad.
I think that we should call # a hash, not hashtag. Hashtags are social media tags with a hash in beginning, the character itself is not a hashtag.
Pretty sure it's called a pound sign, no? Maybe I'm just old
Edit: Apparently it's also called a "hash" or "number sign". Funnily, "hashtag" is actually not considered a correct term for it
"number sign" is quite boring though, three syllables too. Pound sign is another name for it (online searches say it's American origin, interesting) and I think it's acceptable. Hash is much cooler sounding though, one syllable, the name describes its appearance (hashing sounds like hatching, cross threading parallel lines), and it isn't easily confused for a different symbol. "Pound sign" could also be the symbol for the pound sterling £ in the UK (probably why the phrase only stayed in the North America, which uses dollars)
We also use # for the weight measurement pounds.
Like, I need 5# of potatoes.
#5potatoes, gotchu.
I read that as "number 5 taters"
It is an "octothorpe".
You know how dog people say there's no bad dogs, only bad owners? Same thing with kids. It's way more nuanced than that. It's true up to a certain point. After having a giant boom of babies in my life recently, nothing has changed my thinking more than watching a blank slate of a human being be morphed into whatever the parents molded that child into. Sometimes it's rough.
While I agree with you, I'd also encourage you to stay tuned to those children. It seems to me that certain traits come through on children regardless of parenting, as if the child was just wired for that certain personality quirk. Also, children sometimes become pretty self aware in their teens (certainly not always), and those teens tend to reverse the negative things their parents put on them. Just my experience so far.
I wanted to write something but let's say basically star trek. 😂
Most people would rather cooperate & help than compete & hoard
It's fine to change your mind. The world is to be understood through the lens of power and money, but that doesn't mean that you have to agree with it. Assume good intentions. We're all hypocrites to a certain extent and it's okay. Be kind to yourself. You're never too old to learn. Being right all the time gets you nowhere. It takes time to get good. Adopt a thankful mindset, even if you don't believe in a higher power. Never give up. Say 'yes' more often. It's your life and you're in the driver's seat. Live and let live. Worry less. Kämpfen bis zum Verrecken.
Kindness, curiosity and a firm belief in treating everyone like they are actual real human beings who can do what they want. It's important to ask people why they do things.
Anarchist with a small 'a' (that is, never going to be vegan, and I've had a managerial position [no, I don't think anarchism means no leaders but I do feel gross about taking part in the paramilitary office structure, and how much I loved the money and status and power]).
The controversial one is ’if you have disposable income, your day-to-day problems won't be real problems'. Most problems are not real problems because money addresses them. Existential, emotional difficulty? Great! You can afford to go to therapy whilst still not suffering any real day to day problems because you have the money 👍.
I'm also fed up of weird consumerist attitudes around 'if I dont get to do everything I want, I'm struggling for money 🥺 I'm poor'
That needs to go fucking yesterday.
One value that really shapes most of my other beliefs is that my moral system should be internally consistent. It’s caused me to try to consciously rethink all of my beliefs and values, and discard or refine any that are inconsistent and add others that were missing.
I don’t really think I’ll ever get to a point of all my beliefs being conscious ones and all my values being objective, that’s not really my aim (or even realistic imo), but it’s changed a lot about how I act and view right and wrong and it’s a process I don’t plan on ever stopping.
I believe that men wearing shorts/trousers and women wearing skirts/dresses is abhorrent and a crime against basic logic.
Quite simply, skirts are for people with testicles. They're kept outside the body in a special climate controlled sack that's kept at a lower temperature than the body. Skirts and dresses allow airflow in the groin area, assisting this process.
Conversely, shorts and trousers restrict and insulate the groin, perfect for people who don't have to worry about keeping their genitals cool.
I don't care if the hegemonic gender paradigm disagrees, it's categorically incorrect.
I disagree. My inspired philosophy is that skirt and pant usage should be restricted based on one's speed.
Skirts have a greater amount of area that can (and, I would argue, must) be covered with pockets. It is a sad truth that this increased surface area and pocket count greatly decreases ones speed. This is not even counting the contents of the pockets! It naturally follows that skirts should be worn by those who optimize for carrying capacity rather than speed, such as construction workers.
The aerodynamic nature of pants lends itself to those who must move quickly and efficiently. This is not, however, to endorse hard pants, which are abhorrent. The most holy form of pants are cargo shorts, which maintain a balance of low drag and limited carrying capacity, and should rightfully be provided to every citizen free of charge.
It's very sad to see people arguing about gender when they should be arguing about SPEED.
(sarcasm disclaimer: I do not really mean this I'm just adding to the bit)
I believe that the human race is stupid, egotistical, irrational and self centred. Yet it is still able to create beauty, still able to show sacrifice, kindness.
I believe the world will only truly be lost when I (from my personal POV) stop believing in it. Until then, my corner of the world will be kept as clean as possible. To quote Charlie Chaplin “as long as dictators die, humanity will be free”
the flippancy you find especially across threads on political news across the fediverse is awful because it drives people away without accomplishing things other than virtue signaling
The first thing I remember learning in philosophy 101 is the principle of charity, which has been eternally useful during discussion:
Politics: practicality before ideology. My (your) favourite ideology has flaws. Policies that are effective should be enacted, policies that are ineffective should not, regardless of being left or right.
Religion: Don't care.
To add onto this, an ideology is an ideal to be strived toward, not a goal to be jumped to.
I'm no politician. I'm just a fella. I think that beer should be cold and boots should be dusty. I think 9/11 was bad. And freedom, well, that's just a little bit better.
I value and believe in honor, which feels countercultural these days.
I value the story. If something good happens to me, bad happens to me, as long as it's a good story that's ok.
Heavily depends on the subject. Of course trying my best to be reasonable person, then many opinions can change over time due to new information or perspectives. So if you specify a subject, i can give my perspective on it and feel free to counter it, as it's rather useful in testing out and refining opinions/perspective.
In general, live and let live(with some exclusions), just try not to make the surrounding area worse than i found it. Sometimes it's even possible to leave it slightly better than i found it. Similar applies to people, while i might be an asshole(ASD, social difficulties) with a fucked up sense of humor, i do try to be helpful and try not to be purposefully malicious(abuse/take advantage/hurt) towards other people.
Some of the more controversial ones: Supporting transhumanism, leaning towards cybernetic augmentation of the human body, but as trans people fall under the same umbrella they get my support as well.
Regarding food: food is just fuel. There's minimal emotional component to it. Daily eating is just another chore to maintain this biological meatsuit. Efficiency to get in a somewhat a balanced meal is the primary concern.
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