I'm bored. AMA.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 03:23:52 AM

What if I told you that when I say, "intoxication is bad," I'm not making an argument from morality?

January 19, 2015, 03:26:16 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 03:23:52 AM

What if I told you that when I say, "intoxication is bad," I'm not making an argument from morality?

Then all you're doing is judging people based on how you are living your life, which is just as bad.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 03:27:54 AM

If I found a philosophy that works, very well, why would I not advocate it?

January 19, 2015, 03:29:06 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 03:27:54 AM

If I found a philosophy that works, very well, why would I not advocate it?

Advocating your own philosophy isn't the same as putting others down for how they choose to live. If your philosophy can't be put forward without doing so, it's a shitty philosophy.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 03:32:47 AM

Why does that make it a shitty philosophy? If anything, doesn't it just mean that I'm passionate?

January 19, 2015, 03:39:05 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 03:32:47 AM

Why does that make it a shitty philosophy? If anything, doesn't it just mean that I'm passionate?

Because any philosophy that judges how another man lives behind closed doors, affecting only himself, is a terrible one. You have no right to disdain another based on such trivialities.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 03:44:16 AM

Why? I think I have the right to disdain... literally anything or anyone I want.

January 19, 2015, 03:45:15 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 03:44:16 AM

Why? I think I have the right to disdain... literally anything or anyone I want.

Well, I guess you do have the right. But you're still wrong for doing it.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 03:48:05 AM

Does it hurt you?

January 19, 2015, 03:51:08 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 03:48:05 AM

Does it hurt you?

No, but that doesn't make it any less wrong. And I'm talking on social grounds, not ethical. If you're judging someone based on his own personal, private business, then you're probably a shitty person.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 03:52:51 AM

Probably? In what type of circumstances would one not be considered a shitty person by you?

January 19, 2015, 03:54:52 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 03:52:51 AM

Probably? In what type of circumstances would one not be considered a shitty person by you?

If I say "you're" I'm referring to someone in general, not specifically the person I'm talking to. Hence the "probably". It varies depending on the specific person.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 03:57:58 AM

Could you give an example? I want to learn how to judge people's personal, private business the correct way.

January 19, 2015, 04:03:43 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 03:57:58 AM

Could you give an example? I want to learn how to judge people's personal, private business the correct way.

There is no correct way. That's what I've been saying.

Talking to teenagers is exhausting.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 12:02:57 PM

I mean, that's just not at all the correct use of the term "probably"--the way you use it implies that there are ways for you to judge people without being a shitty person. You would be correct in making that concession, but if that's not what you were saying, then you shouldn't have said that.

So...

Did you know that there are correct ways to judge people?

January 19, 2015, 12:40:09 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 12:02:57 PM

I mean, that's just not at all the correct use of the term "probably"--the way you use it implies that there are ways for you to judge people without being a shitty person. You would be correct in making that concession, but if that's not what you were saying, then you shouldn't have said that.

So...

Did you know that there are correct ways to judge people?

First off, if you're talking about people in general, you can definitely use the word "probably". I type how I talk.

And if someone's doing something that affects others or his environment negatively, then that's different. But if what he's doing only affects himself, then judging him for that personal choice just makes you the idiot.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 12:48:00 PM

Judging people doesn't really affect anyone negatively, does it? And yet, it's still idiotic? Why can't I apply the same standard, then, to smoking pot?

Smoking pot makes you happy, judging people makes me happy. They don't negatively affect anyone.
You think judging people is idiotic, I think smoking pot is idiotic.

January 19, 2015, 12:51:43 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 12:48:00 PM

Judging people doesn't really affect anyone negatively, does it? And yet, it's still idiotic? Why can't I apply the same standard, then, to smoking pot?

Smoking pot makes you happy, judging people makes me happy. They don't negatively affect anyone.

No, which is why I earlier said it's a social problem, not an ethical one. There's nothing immoral about judging people, it just makes you a dick to go out of your way to label people. And it's idiotic to become a social reject just so you can keep your precious ability to judge.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 12:55:35 PM

Then smoking pot is a social problem.

How do you know I'm a social reject?

January 19, 2015, 04:51:01 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 12:55:35 PM

Then smoking pot is a social problem.

How do you know I'm a social reject?

It's not a social problem whatsoever. Smoking pot doesn't require disdaining your fellow humans like judging them inherently does.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 04:52:41 PM

Why is "disdaining your fellow humans" a problem if humans are so disdain-able? You may not find them disdain-able, but I do.

January 19, 2015, 04:55:43 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 04:52:41 PM

Why is "disdaining your fellow humans" a problem if humans are so disdain-able? You may not find them disdain-able, but I do.

It's not that humans aren't "disdain-able", it's that the act of smoking weed isn't. Disdain and judge away if someone's actually doing something wrong.

Dopameme · January 19, 2015, 04:59:37 PM

Have you ever tried any psychedelics like dried mushrooms or pure LSD?

Rinev · January 19, 2015, 05:04:04 PM

What's you favourite type of beverage?

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 05:24:05 PM

Quote from: SecondClass on January 19, 2015, 04:55:43 PM

It's not that humans aren't "disdain-able", it's that the act of smoking weed isn't. Disdain and judge away if someone's actually doing something wrong.

You don't think there's something wrong if people start using substances to substitute having a social life (and I'm the social reject?)?

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Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 05:30:17 PM

It's funny, because putting it in a spoiler tag actually gives it higher scare potential.
Quality monitoring, TBlocks.

Verbatim · January 19, 2015, 07:52:21 PM

Quote from: SecondClass on January 15, 2015, 01:05:18 AM

18.

just saw this

you realize i'm older than you, right?

talking to teenagers is so exhausting

January 19, 2015, 07:56:34 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 19, 2015, 05:24:05 PM

Quote from: SecondClass on January 19, 2015, 04:55:43 PM
It's not that humans aren't "disdain-able", it's that the act of smoking weed isn't. Disdain and judge away if someone's actually doing something wrong.
You don't think there's something wrong if people start using substances to substitute having a social life (and I'm the social reject?)?

People don't do that. Smoking weed isn't substituting anything, that's what you never seem to understand. It's just an addition. You can easily have a social life and smoke weed. Usually, it enhances your friendships.