latenightnoir @ latenightnoir @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Well, hey, fully valid that I may be biased in a similar way, but in reverse, having been surrounded mostly by people who refuse to see The Darkness even if it's actively slapping them... In either case, I agree with you, it takes a balance between them, as always!

You've actually expressed my point way better than I have, so I guess that bias is at least present in the direction from which I approach expressing the idea:-?

Oooh, I got it now, sorry!

I'm not saying Pessimism can't be taken to the extremes (same as some Optimists believe that Optimism is best, which is arguably why we're still neck-deep in crap, but I digress). I wasn't arguing for that, though, I was arguing for a healthy inclusion of Pessimism in our thought processes, just as we should do with Optimism.

Also, funnily enough, this is exactly why the thought hit me, I was thinking about just how many people oppose Pessimism without even considering its worth, based on generalised preconceptions:))

I honestly don't know which to which "you" you're referring, it's in neither the last, or the second-to-last paragraph. :-?

As far as my tone goes, well... how else could I make a case for Pessimism if not by using at least a quasi-positive tone around it?

Sure, if you want to neglect the value of trying to picture a better and a worse.

Honestly, you seem to have a problem with Pessimism itself by default, in which case there's nothing more I can say here.

And, to answer your question, how does one learn if not by first being wrong about things?

Well, that would be fair, except I've stated no preference for pessimism:)) In my view it is just as important as Optimism. Two sides of the same coin.

Edit: and the current situation demonstrates that, in fact, reality itself can be horrible enough for the Pessimists to be right:))

But that was my point exactly, Pessimism isn't meant to fully replace awareness of reality. It, just as Optimism, is a Hypothetical at the end of the day, whereas I'd argue Realism, i.e. the ability to see things for what they are is a Concrete. Not even the same conceptual class from where I'm standing.

Edit: to add, I'd argue neither Pessimism nor Optimism can exist without a basis in Realism. Optimism is what I wish reality would be, Pessimism is what I fear reality could be. Without a pre-existing Realistic perception, both would be nothing but unrelated delirium, and then we'd be talking about something else entirely.

Shove it right up my eyeballs!

Reminds me of when I tried MDMA. Everybody in the group was trippin' hard, the others were zipping around incessantly, talking non-stop, and slowly getting naked. I was having the time of my life sitting quietly at the computer and assembling a playlist for 6 hours. Everybody was worried that I was bored, or feeling sick, I didn't know how else I could explain that I was enjoying myself.

Well, I don't use sun block, and I'm still depressed! How do you explain that, Mr. President!

Look, I agree that from a purely logical standpoint, there ain't nothing there. Personally, I believe the Universe is enough as far spiritual anchors go. But from an "I'm just breathin' here" standpoint, I genuinely couldn't care less. As long as people don't hurt others out of their beliefs, they can knock themselves out believing whatever they so desire (*from a "Religion" perspective, to be clear!)

To be perfectly honest, I also think it adds a bit of flavour to the world as long as it's benign, I've had the immense luck of meeting a few religious people who took the good things out of The Text (generalising) and forged their own very personal relationship with the divine! They were the kind of people who took Free Will as being the highest imperative at the end of the day, people who would have fundamentally tried to respect existence even without the pre-existing framework. I'm thinking here specifically of my godfather (raised in an Orthodox household), who's a middle-management kinda' Priest (I don't know the ranks, I'm sorry...).

Having these examples in mind, I prefer all the more to live and let live, as long as they do so as well.

I'm of the "I don't know, whatever" persuasion=))

Oof! One of those moments which kinda' make one wish there wasn't an afterlife...

Thank you for the tidbit, though, and fuck Fascists regardless!

Did it Hertz when he realised the opposite, or did that happen after his time?

You can say "sorry, I don't have chargers for Apple stuff."

"Can I use your wall socke..."

"None of them are for Apple stuff, either, sorry."

Eeeewww! I have never seen anything tackier in my entire life, and I'm Balkan!

Given the state of things around here, we're all at the "we get what we can get" phase=))))

Definitely! Those "outside time and space"/"post-modern purgatory" vibes are strong nowadays. Every day feels like making busy until the storm hits.

Oh, yes! I sure do miss that community made up of ass kissers and people who are just as miserable as I am! Or those 2-3 chill people with whom I meet for a chat weekly anyway, outside work hours because I sure as hell ain't in the mood for socialising while I'm wasting (at least) a third of my day and life doing busiwork for someone else!

Ok, you've convinced me! Today's a wake'n'bake day!

This was the feeling!!! I couldn't put my finger on just how this entire thing felt to me, you've cleared the skies and allowed the light of recollection to meet my shores!

It feels like 70s-80s slapstick!