Whether it’s economic, cultural, political, religious, ideological, whatever, what are some ideas that you believe in? I think friendly (very important!!) discussion of these could be good as to understand the views of others. Pluralism and the acceptance of many beliefs is generally a good thing.
As long as you don’t believe in implausible conspiracy theories or say anything that is listed on the rules of most Lemmy communities and instances (in which case, don’t say it), I think the opinions of others should be respected!
Please don’t devolve this into a hot political argument, holy war, or similar. It ends badly for world powers (all of them), and it will end badly here with no winning sides. Friendly debate is ok as long as you don’t go nuts, make sure you give good supporting arguments with evidence!
A little bit of ‘Be Kind’ with a twist of ‘Kill billionaires’
“Paying it forward” is fundamentally the most important weapon we have against the oligarchy, and simply refusing to participate in the endless cycle of new technology.
A long time ago, I kind of stumbled into a habit of “paying my hardware forward”. It started because it was simply a pain in the ass to try to sell something on ebay because your first ten offers are scam artists.
So when I upgraded a drawing tablet that I was using, I had a friend of a friend that was looking to try digital drawing and said “Here you go. The only thing I ask is that when you upgrade, or when you’re done with it, give it forward to someone else who could make use of it.”
Later, the same thing happened again with a camera stabilizer. I had bought one that it turned out was too lightweight for my DSLR. So I had to buy a heavier weight one. Meanwhile, a friend’s son was a budding filmmaker just using his cell phone to make stupid movies with his friends and I said “Hey…he’ll like this. The only thing I ask is when HE upgrades, or whatever, he passes it forward to another person”
Even something as simple as a dog ramp I bought for my aging dog. After he passed, it hung around in my shed until a friend of mine’s dog needed an operation and couldn’t do stairs. When her dog recovered she asked if I wanted it back and I said, no…just pass it forward.
I’ve done it with spare monitors. Old laptops that someone has needed for school, etc…
So what started as me just being too impatient to deal with ebay became something that literally makes me feel good knowing that I’m helping someone out, or even better, supporting another person’s artistic passion.
I really admire your habit of paying it forward. It reminded me of a belief I hold: instead of paying for everything, you can try to create a kind of exchange circle with the people around you.
Person A does something for Person B, Person B helps Person C, and eventually it all finds its way back to Person A. Everyone benefits without directly paying for each individual service, it fosters a sense of community and mutual support and there’s an added bonus: no one pays taxes.
For example, when I help someone move, I simply tell them, “Just do something similar for someone else, and one day it will come back to me.” Maybe that means someone helps change the tires on my car—or something entirely different.
You know how dog people say there’s no bad dogs, only bad owners? Same thing with kids. It’s way more nuanced than that. It’s true up to a certain point. After having a giant boom of babies in my life recently, nothing has changed my thinking more than watching a blank slate of a human being be morphed into whatever the parents molded that child into. Sometimes it’s rough.
While I agree with you, I’d also encourage you to stay tuned to those children. It seems to me that certain traits come through on children regardless of parenting, as if the child was just wired for that certain personality quirk. Also, children sometimes become pretty self aware in their teens (certainly not always), and those teens tend to reverse the negative things their parents put on them. Just my experience so far.
One of my biggest beliefs came from Star Trek : IDIC, or Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. The idea that one homogeneous whole is not only undesirable but simply wrong has shaped damn near everything about me. It may seem sad, but the science fiction I consumed as a kid shaped the person I am today
I didn’t think that’s sad.
Most people would rather cooperate & help than compete & hoard
I believe that men wearing shorts/trousers and women wearing skirts/dresses is abhorrent and a crime against basic logic.
Quite simply, skirts are for people with testicles. They’re kept outside the body in a special climate controlled sack that’s kept at a lower temperature than the body. Skirts and dresses allow airflow in the groin area, assisting this process.
Conversely, shorts and trousers restrict and insulate the groin, perfect for people who don’t have to worry about keeping their genitals cool.I don’t care if the hegemonic gender paradigm disagrees, it’s categorically incorrect.
Be excellent to each other.
And party on, dudes.
one person’s excellent is another’s shit.
An example of this, mayhap?
Easy. In Germany being late is rude. In Argentina being on time is early, and rude. They typically don’t start things until 30-60m after the stated time.
Different cultures have different standards of time and the associated ‘correct’ behavior.
Some folks think flattery and lying are excellent, others find it rude and off-putting and prefer honesty and sincerity.
I think that we should call # a hash, not hashtag. Hashtags are social media tags with a hash in beginning, the character itself is not a hashtag.
Pretty sure it’s called a pound sign, no? Maybe I’m just old
Edit: Apparently it’s also called a “hash” or “number sign”. Funnily, “hashtag” is actually not considered a correct term for it
“number sign” is quite boring though, three syllables too. Pound sign is another name for it (online searches say it’s American origin, interesting) and I think it’s acceptable. Hash is much cooler sounding though, one syllable, the name describes its appearance (hashing sounds like hatching, cross threading parallel lines), and it isn’t easily confused for a different symbol. “Pound sign” could also be the symbol for the pound sterling £ in the UK (probably why the phrase only stayed in the North America, which uses dollars)
We also use # for the weight measurement pounds.
Like, I need 5# of potatoes.
#5potatoes, gotchu.
I read that as “number 5 taters”
It is an “octothorpe”.
Inaction is still an action. Not improving the world around you is a choice to accept it. You need to choose your battles, of course, but choose none and I will judge you accordingly.
I choose to switch off and let it turn to shit. Judge away.
“This is fine.”
And then you die.
Okiedokie. I don’t like you, if that makes you feel better. ❤️
I have learned to not care what a person thinks of me, or whether they like me or not.
I am not so sure. You spent some effort here to signal yourself.
Oh no, anonymous person over the internet doesn’t like me.
Oh it turned to shit because of you.
Guilty as charged.
Unionism.Bosses will always try to screw you over, but the workers united will never be defeated.
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It’s fine to change your mind. The world is to be understood through the lens of power and money, but that doesn’t mean that you have to agree with it. Assume good intentions. We’re all hypocrites to a certain extent and it’s okay. Be kind to yourself. You’re never too old to learn. Being right all the time gets you nowhere. It takes time to get good. Adopt a thankful mindset, even if you don’t believe in a higher power. Never give up. Say ‘yes’ more often. It’s your life and you’re in the driver’s seat. Live and let live. Worry less. Kämpfen bis zum Verrecken.
The first thing I remember learning in philosophy 101 is the principle of charity, which has been eternally useful during discussion:
- Assume the other person has something worth saying
- Questions of meaning come before questions of truth
One value that really shapes most of my other beliefs is that my moral system should be internally consistent. It’s caused me to try to consciously rethink all of my beliefs and values, and discard or refine any that are inconsistent and add others that were missing.
I don’t really think I’ll ever get to a point of all my beliefs being conscious ones and all my values being objective, that’s not really my aim (or even realistic imo), but it’s changed a lot about how I act and view right and wrong and it’s a process I don’t plan on ever stopping.
I value and believe in honor, which feels countercultural these days.
I value the story. If something good happens to me, bad happens to me, as long as it’s a good story that’s ok.
Kindness, curiosity and a firm belief in treating everyone like they are actual real human beings who can do what they want. It’s important to ask people why they do things.
Anarchist with a small ‘a’ (that is, never going to be vegan, and I’ve had a managerial position [no, I don’t think anarchism means no leaders but I do feel gross about taking part in the paramilitary office structure, and how much I loved the money and status and power]).
The controversial one is ’if you have disposable income, your day-to-day problems won’t be real problems’. Most problems are not real problems because money addresses them. Existential, emotional difficulty? Great! You can afford to go to therapy whilst still not suffering any real day to day problems because you have the money 👍.
I’m also fed up of weird consumerist attitudes around ‘if I dont get to do everything I want, I’m struggling for money 🥺 I’m poor’
That needs to go fucking yesterday.
spoken like someone who has never dealt with problems money can’t solve.
like your loved ones suffering
No, no, that would come under “real problem” because money can’t solve it.
The important word in that sentence was “most”.
Woah! I read tuhat part of their message as sarcasm and was surprised by the sudden change of to be… But they really meant it literally!
Therapy won’t help instanteneously. It also will alleviate the suffering, but not remove it.
it also won’t help chronic diseases or disabilities.
Again, those are real problems that money can’t solve
