Submitted by ADefiniteDescription t3_z7xlul in philosophy
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Gyoza-shishou t1_iyakdg1 wrote
Equally, never consider a fight won until it is actually won, I've seen way too many amateurs get complacent after the first knockdown and it always comes back to bite them in the ass a couple of rounds later
S-Vagus t1_iy9vx6v wrote
Or how about any emotion at a large enough scale or intensity of impact should be circulated or cycled amongst others so as to limit burden to the individual?
The less we burden the individual the greater our collective relief truly is.
ameekpalsingh t1_iya1508 wrote
Yes, very true ^^^^^^^^
moonaim t1_iyceg5z wrote
Unfortunately because of survival instincts emotions like fear and disgust are probably the most easily circulated ones.
S-Vagus t1_iycgslo wrote
If you can't evolve out of projective paranoia, then perish.
moonaim t1_iych5i8 wrote
Many people on Twitter can not, but they don't perish, the society as we know it might though.
I'm interested in social media and how it affects trends in nowadays society, that was the background of my comment.
S-Vagus t1_iycjeni wrote
In how digital diets affect digital diets? How strange. My online life and public life are very detached and uninvolved with each other no matter what I do.
moonaim t1_iycumgf wrote
Good for you maybe, but I'm more interested in general and statistical level of how mass behaviors evolve. Perhaps "living many lives" suits reading books and to game play, I'm not entirely certain it's a good (on average) for authentic relationships online and off-line. But everyone has their rights of course, I'm not advocating taking any of those away - just interested in how technology shapes culture
S-Vagus t1_iyenn4g wrote
The interstitial answers to the question of if I am an object or a person and how that is expressed?
D_Welch t1_iybeac5 wrote
Pity has two faces, one seen from sympathy, and the other disgust. The former stems from empathy, something I would argue is the cornerstone of "Humanity". The latter stems from a blind narcissism which - IMHO - is the root of all evil.
Okay, lots of it anyways!
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ameekpalsingh t1_iy9pay8 wrote
From going to an MMA/boxing gym for 10+ years and making all kinds of mistakes. This is what I have learnt about pity:
If you feel pity for the person you are facing across the ring/cage, you may end up making him win. You won't perform at your best. The end result of this pity is that you subconsciously end up making other people feel pity on you (because you lost the match, you lost money, you didn't perform at your fullest potential, you didn't make your coaches look good etc.).
Basically you END UP feeling pity on yourself and also make others feel pity on you.
Never feel pity for people who happen to be lower than you on the ladder. Never disrespect and put them down either (treat people like you want to be treated). Never subconsciously make yourself worse on purpose either (you are part of the universe and you matter). Always be at your best. Never let anyone make you feel "bad" for being at your best.
I wish I knew all of this when I was younger. I wasted most of my life feeling "pity" for people and then subconsciously making myself worse so that I don't have to "feel" pity.