• elmtonic@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    My optimistic read is that maybe OP will use their newfound revelations to separate themselves from LW, rejoin the real world, and become a better person over time.

    My pessimistic read is that this is how communities like TPOT (and maybe even e/acc?) grow - people who are disillusioned with the (ostensible) goals of the broader rat community but can’t shake the problematic core beliefs.

    The cosmos doesn’t care what values you have. Which totally frees you from the weight of “moral imperatives” and social pressures to do the right thing.

    Choose values that sound exciting because life’s short, time’s short, and none of it matters in the end anyway… For me, it’s curiosity and understanding of the universe. It directs my life not because I think it sounds pretty or prosocial, but because it’s tasty.

    Also lmfao at the first sentence of one of the comments:

    I don’t mean to be harsh, but if everyone in this community followed your advice, then the world would likely end.

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        10 months ago

        Whenever I see someone saying they are freed “from the weight of “moral imperatives” and social pressures to do the right thing” my immediate assumption is that they’re about to suggest something genuinely reprehensible or, best case scenario, advocate for crabs in a bucket positions.

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      10 months ago

      The cosmos doesn’t care what values you have. Which totally frees you from moral imperatives and social pressures. Also, I’m doing this particular set of values which is better.

      The limit of the cosmos not caring about what values you have, is the cosmos not caring if people choose to have value in their life.

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      10 months ago

      It directs my life not because I think it sounds pretty or prosocial, but because it’s tasty.

      Who wrote this, Hannibal Lecter?