Comments | despair57: "...all that's benign corrupts in time..."

despair57

"...all that's benign corrupts in time..."

Feb 23, 2006 18:44

So in the past few days, I've had somewhat of an epiphany ( Read more... )

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tallest_spork February 24 2006, 05:13:17 UTC

You're missing one point though: People are trying to meet their own perceptions of other people's standards, so they often don't actually hit what other people are looking for at all, or if they do they do it totally inadvertantly.

despair57 February 24 2006, 20:09:23 UTC

Yeah, that's true.

syrax February 24 2006, 10:05:27 UTC

^ ...what ( ... )

despair57 February 24 2006, 20:18:58 UTC

There isn't any point of existence if you hate everything. And, by your logic, if I hate human nature, I end up hating everything as well. Now, what do I do when I wake up tomorrow? It's a given that I'm going to follow my own hedonistic impulses and indulge myself in activities that cause me to be "happy". The question is, where do I put my own self indulgence in accordance with the morals that I used to follow? If everything is meaningless, is there a point in morality? On the other hand, if I set an example by following morals, maybe I can indulge myself in a way that I couldn't do by not following them. Or maybe I can be "happy" because of the fact that what I'm doing is somehow "good". Gratification is the only thing we understand. All that's left is how we go about it. I guess.

syrax February 25 2006, 07:29:12 UTC

That's what I mean, there's no point of existence in that sense, but that doesn't stop you from being alive, unless you kill yourself which would be just as pointless. Is there a point to morality? As for the whole following your morals, yeah, ignorance is bliss. Religions come and go. You can use morals to give you some subjective satisfaction that will help you objectively, but it's still not going to be true and it is still not gonna tell you what is best for you. You can be "happy", but why not be happy? Or maybe "HAPPY". Or just HAPPY ( ... )

despair57 February 25 2006, 16:38:05 UTC

What you said about Buddhism makes a lot of sense. Maybe I'll try to meditate more often.

So as far as suffering goes, what kind of suffering is best to experience? Is it best to suffer a lot, build up a tolerance, and thus ignore suffering or is it better to make a game of life, try to suffer as little as possible and suffer less because you don't experience as much suffering?

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nelsor February 26 2006, 04:02:33 UTC

jeff, do you just like to hear yourself type?

syrax February 26 2006, 18:11:49 UTC

I kinda forgot how to write anything that couldn't be used in some APA paper was less than a few sentences. I learned to bullshit too well in high school.