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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (25 children)

Wait till you realize morality is shitty fucked up crutch that doesn't work at best and a tool to control people at... usual, not even the worst

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (19 children)

Is this an anarchist perspective? Just trying to see what your broader view might be.

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (18 children)

No, I don't expect there to be any ready label for this. In a nutshell:

  • humans are as much part of life on this planet as everything else. the "killing is wrong" kind of maxims is just plain bullshit, just go watch how other forms of life take care of their sustenance
  • moral dilemmas show by their existence that pretty much any widespread "morally right" way to behave has its limits, yet those limits are somehow "omitted" from most sources that are supposed to teach people what is good and what is bad

also, "good" and "bad" do not actually exist: you can vaporise whole Earth and rest of the universe won't even notice

  • still there is a vivid difference between a kind soul attending to a garden a feeding stray cats and dogs who happen to come by and an idiot torturing kittens in front of their mother just for fun, even seeing these situations produces very different experiences. Substitute humans here with animals and appropriate behaviour, the difference will still stand. So there is some kind of "this is in line with how all life longs to be", "that is not how mature and balanced living creatures operate", but I have no clue even what level to look at to find that difference
[–] dbtng@eviltoast.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still in support. Reality is an illusion. Tuesdays, doubly so. A comet could wipe us all, and nothing will have essentially changed. Morals are power structures. Meaning is where you find it, because you are what brings meaning. This perspective doesn't need a label. It's what ... is.

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you :) And maybe it is not. If reality is an illusion and I am only dreaming, why can't I dream myself immortal and stop getting so sleepy in the evenings already. But yeah, a comet could wipe us all and meaning only exists in the mind of observer, this is a hill I can joyfully die on

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