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Anonymous 22/04/06(Wed)16:34 No. 14922 [Reply]
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I want to believe in antinatalism as it would mean I have nothing to fear about death and that’s really appealing to me since I’m quite afraid of dying but I haven’t found any of the arguments convincing.

Red pill me on antinatalism, convince me it would have been better if I was never born.


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Anonymous 22/10/27(Thu)19:22 No. 15163

>>15162
I really think that a lot of wisdom can be obtained through considering the anti-natalist view without actually becoming one. I accept that life is inherently painful and that by having a child you are subjecting them to pain they would not otherwise have to deal with. I also accept that I want to have kids, and the awareness of point A will not stop me. The end result is planning to have kids but recognizing the ordeal I'm putting them through and being very thoughtful about how I raise them.

Basically, I do not intend to act like they should thank me profusely just for bring them to life and not letting them starve until they're 18. I know that human beings need a hell of a lot more to be reasonably happy and free from suffering, and it's not fair to act like it's entirely on them to get it for themselves. I will be responsible for giving them the problem of scarcity, thus I have a considerable obligation to help them deal with it.


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Anonymous 22/10/30(Sun)02:34 No. 15165

>>14922
>>15163

I think the original post was more about OPs stance on death rather than the ethical implications of having kids, I think we're side tracking here.

Anyway, looking at life as a patchwork of either painful of happy experiences and trying to weight it on that basis is absolute insanity.
No, life is not inherently painful, and its not inherently happy. Its more complex than that and cannot be racionalized in such simplistic ways

You're not subjecting your future kids to torture by bringing them to the world. Hopefully your kids wont see life so black and white, hopefully they understand its many shades of grey


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Anonymous 22/11/01(Tue)15:57 No. 15168

>>15165
>no sidetracking allowed on a board that gets two posts a week and all them are about the same dead-end topic
yeah okay buddy




Thinking like a schizo Deleuze Student 22/09/15(Thu)14:27 No. 15144 [Reply]
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I think that we shuld apply Schizoanalysis to all things that we do wether it’s political , writing or painting.
We shuld move beyond the limits of boxes and go in and out of our zones to achive maximum creativity.




¿por qué existance? Anonymous 22/09/07(Wed)03:29 No. 15128 [Reply]
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Its a question that, if you're on this board, you've probably thought about before. I'd find it interesting to know what you've come up with.

For me it kindof validates many possibilities, such as the existence of a sentient, sapient creator. Either the universe somehow came into existence, or somehow god came into existence, and created the universe. Both seem highly implausible, but so does the existence of the universe atall seems ridiculous.


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Anonymous 22/09/11(Sun)16:28 No. 15137

If it ever existed, then it would continue to exist.

We are used to consider things with beginning, but in fact that "beginning" was a transformation.

It is plausible that the universe has always existed.




Anonymous 17/07/03(Mon)01:59 No. 12989 [Reply]
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What does anonymity mean to you and why is it important?


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Anonymous 20/01/23(Thu)20:03 No. 14377
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Anonymity is freedom, privacy, and equality. I can express whichever ideas I please. They are not bound to my real world identity. We are all judged on the quality of our ideas rather than on our status.

>>14356
Nice attempt at sounding intelligent. OP's question made perfect sense and you know it. Trying to unravel his 'assumptions' makes you seem like an unintelligent prick. If you don't believe in meaning then don't respond. If anonymity doesn't mean anything to you, then say that.


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Anonymous 20/01/24(Fri)13:01 No. 14380

>>14375
Nobody should want to be a moderator. I'm one on a channel of a friend of mine, and it's honestly a burden. Instead of dedicating my attention to what he's streaming, I keep an eye on the chat box so I can banhammer trolls who show up with no purpose other than to spout racial profanities and meaningless insults trying to get a rise out of us. Instead of feeling comfortable getting up to get a snack or use the bathroom, I worry that something will happen when I'm gone.

Only children dream of power, not realizing that it always comes with responsibility. Playing Whack-a-Mole with trolls is only fun the first few times. Then it's just tedious. Oh, I banned someone. How fun.


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Anonymous 22/09/05(Mon)22:03 No. 15127

>>14380
>Only children dream of power, not realizing that it always comes with responsibility. Playing Whack-a-Mole with trolls is only fun the first few times. Then it's just tedious. Oh, I banned someone. How fun.

Nah. Chikdren dream of fun, not power. Adults males are the ones whom chase power because they think itll grant them access to endless pleasure.
Thats why marriage and desk jobs are sought after like crazy only to end up in divorce and wasting away on TV after work.




rant Anonymous 17/08/07(Mon)14:32 No. 13061 [Reply]
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i wonder how all us millennials turn out
our attitude towards the struggle in transitioning from child to adult can either be anger directed towards the economic system or towards those who raised us unprepared (liberal parenting, university system)
it’s definitely a combination of both, but i think the latter deserves more scrutiny. It’s easier to fix and coming to terms with it will make you happier than understanding economic injustices. I can’t conceive of a world in which communism succeeds, marx created or re-appropriated the term exploitation and makes value judgments about the economy that make sense only through a certain lens. I don’t think this viewpoint will ever gain majority support, it’s an anti humanistic theory in the way it assumes victim hood for poor people, they are “exploited” beyond control. The theory reduces people to non-autonomous beings when in reality there can be many reasons people do not succeed economically. In a communistic society would you even be responsible for your own feelings and emotions? A murderer must surely be held morally accountable, which already seems to contradict the idea that poverty is an injustice. In both systems people MUST be held morally accountable therefore its all a matter of preference. Which moral lens do you choose to view from? It would help greatly if the communists clearly set their moral standards, in doing so they would admit to the fact that humans have autonomy and moral obligation. Capitalism clearly sets its own standards and has its own moral code embedded in the way the economy functions, in rewarding certain members of society more than others. Communism has no replacement, and coupled with social liberalism has nothing to say about the value of individual behavior whatsoever. In order to move forward the left must rework or forget marx, the rise of the alt right and Trump’s presidency have made this clear.


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Anonymous 22/08/27(Sat)07:47 No. 15112

>>13206
>The political reality right now in america is actually the most successful welfare state in human history. If that isn't communism, socialism, whatever, than what is?

What youre describing is capitalism.
That welfare state was made by people breaking their backs for nothing.

>America is a wonderful place and it's made all of this possible through nigh infinite sacrifice, that will continue into the future as well.

Well, if you think alcohol is better than marijuana and think allowing kids to walk and bike to and from school is unsafe and think oversized roads and cars are a necessity then yes.


>The reason why is that the American people want free money, they don't care or understand the future cost of that free money because they want to be even more comfortable

The crux of this whole problem in the first place. Its also why technical skills were taken out of schools and why young people are suckered into thinking college is the only way to go.


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Anonymous 22/09/02(Fri)05:04 No. 15123

In 1918, Rosa Luxemburg asked a simple question: Socialism, or Barbarism? The world chose Barbarism, and it gets what it fucking deserves because of it. The hope for a better world is dead and you killed it. You slaughtered the working class and continued exploitation. You fueled right wing nationalism and oppression towards queer people, people of color, indigenous people, and most importantly the wage laborers. I feel nothing.


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Anonymous 22/09/03(Sat)03:04 No. 15124

>>15123
No one really cares about wanting to equalize the burden of labor.
All they want is to become the new slavemaster.




Obsession with freedom Anonymous 20/02/09(Sun)14:55 No. 14401 [Reply] [First 100 posts] [Last 50 posts]
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https://gwmemorial.org/pages/george-washington-the-mason
>George Washington joined the Masonic Lodge in Fredericksburg, Virginia, at the age of twenty in 1752. During the War for Independence, General Washington attended Masonic celebrations and religious observances in several states. He also supported Masonic lodges that formed within army regiments.
>Such was Washington’s character, that from almost the day he took his Masonic obligations until his death, he became the same man in private that he was in public. In Masonic terms, he remained “a just and upright Mason.” Brother Washington was, in Masonic terms, a “living stone” who became the cornerstone of American civilization.

The American Constitution is the founding document that supposedly promotes freedom for individuals regardless of creed or religion but when you look at who wrote this document it becomes fairly obvious that all this is a mere reflection of slave owning anarchists that refused to obey others. It stipulates that people have a right to bare arms and own land but with what justification? The constitutional rights espoused in the U.S.A seem to be nothing more than the extension of self-righteous egotism that in the modern day society results in mass shootings and exploitation of other people. It's not about building a functional society, it's about protecting oneself from everything that goes against your own interests.


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Anonymous 22/09/15(Thu)16:20 No. 15147

>>15142
Joe Biden was born in a poor blue collar family in the Rust Belt.

But who is Hasan Piker?


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Anonymous 22/10/01(Sat)02:32 No. 15155

It's true America sucks. But it would be worthless to support a foreign country.


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Anonymous 25/06/08(Sun)16:18 No. 16614

People don't want freedom

They want security




Is Hedonism an Asceticism? Anonymous 22/07/22(Fri)06:51 No. 15011 [Reply]
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For example — although this thread should not be limited to them — I was thinking about the hikikomori. Don't they resemble monks in their seclusion? Is there something to this? Discuss.


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Anonymous 22/08/27(Sat)09:59 No. 15113

Yea, St. Anthony of desert lived his whole life secluded in the desert, fighting hordes of demons.


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Anonymous 22/08/30(Tue)20:08 No. 15116

>>15111
Human beings have not changed in thousands or years and you are like everyone else all over the world in more ways that you would like to think.


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Anonymous 22/08/31(Wed)04:32 No. 15117

>>15116
I know that. But keep in mind that alot of those historical epics you read are often exaggerated or dross over any flaws. Most of history is just peasants tilling the land in the same spot for their entire lifetimes. All these epic wars were mere blips.
People whom glorify war or radical ideology are often those with no purpose nor contact with daily struggle. Theyre self insulated and have zero empathy.




Germany and Spain, 1920's...2022 Victor Isai Mazariegos, Ph.D, J.D. 22/08/14(Sun)00:48 No. 15094 [Reply]
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How many of you believed the lies and American propaganda about Nazi Germany in the 1930's and how they were at most only a "new" and "work-wear," 'work-wear' as in LITERALLY only "work based." Are you fucking kidding me? The American CIA for years since the 1940's made the Nazi Germany "propaganda" look like Germany was some sort of Christian superpower when it logically, evidentially, and factually was not and still is not. Language-wise they give up easily many of their "responsibility"and "moral freedoms." Then there's the huge irresponsibility of Paul Joseph Goebbels for not just straight up calling the enemies Pharisees and Satanists. Stupid idiot. Tom Hasselhoff sucked Gordon Danning from UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA, USA and so do weird little patzies. Please leave me the fuck alone because you are going to get the dog shit slapped the fuck out of you just like your fathers did.


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Victor+Isai+Mazariegos,+Ph.D,+J.D. 22/08/14(Sun)00:51 No. 15095
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I later killed Tom Hasselhoff at Escuela Politecnica in Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Central America. The stupid motherfucker thought he actually had a chance. LOL "hipsters" are so stupid. I am picrelated. Fuck with me. I am Jorge Ubico.


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Anonymous 22/08/14(Sun)05:10 No. 15096

See a psychiatrist bro


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Anonymous 25/04/23(Wed)15:49 No. 16419

test




2+2 bruhsjxx 22/08/03(Wed)18:53 No. 15049 [Reply]

4


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Anonymous 22/08/07(Sun)20:01 No. 15084

Square root of 16




Anonymous 22/08/04(Thu)20:40 No. 15074 [Reply]
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Blerd seems to be made for black people who feel unconfortable is the vastly white environment of nerd culture, so apparently they moved away and made their own thingy
What sense does it make to create diffrent spaces for diffrent ethnicies? Isnt that the opposite of fighting for tolerance? I think the dream is to have people of all ethnicies feel confortable in any space and with each other, to make every space a safe space in regard to your skin color, not to move away so whites can be with whites and blacks with blacks.
I understand that back people felt ostracised in the convensional nerd spaces, but it seems that now white people are also being ostracised when they enter the blerd zone. How tf is this helping anyone achieving an inclusive society? Are we really going to beat racism by promoting ethnic/cultural segragation? Can't we all learn to include whites and blacks in the nerd scene whithout creating ethnic safe spaces that will inevitably lead us to enjoy the things we like only with people of the same skin color as us?
We invented nerd, why can't we reshape it into somehing more inclusive that better reflects our (more modern) views of the world?
If a black person feels unconfortable in a mostly white work environment, i belive it would make a lot more sense to re-educate said work environment, not only for said white people to be more inclusive of their black co-worker, but also to promote more black people hirings in the future. In this sense, blerd is the equivalent of creating a separate office or busines for blacks only, is that really the smartest move towards defeating racism?
I know preaching tolerance, changing the world one mind at a time, and fighting our way towards a racism free world is a lot of hard work, and segragation is a lot easier if all we want is to have a safe space not be judged by others. But the easiest way is not always the best, reshaping nerd culture into an inclusive one may be hard work, but i think its definitely better (on the long run at least) than to sub divide it based on skin color and make it so that nerd white people dont have to deal with nerd black people and vice versa.Lets not give in to racism and create diffrent spaces for people with diffrent skin colors to live without having to deal with cultural diversification. Lets instead fight racism and make nerd culture a multicolored one.
I want to know what is the general perception of people on this stuff, is blerd perfectly fine to you as black people "moving on" from white people nerd spaces, what are your thoughts on it?


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Anonymous 22/08/05(Fri)17:16 No. 15077
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Too much text
I did not read


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Anonymous 22/08/07(Sun)20:00 No. 15083

What you say is valid but as we all know, things like these are complicated. Humans are far too attached to castes.

This is why I say individuality is relative.





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