Sinfest

[Dro]

[Thy Brilliance]

Greatest prank ever. Besides, a dump truck is too obvious.

[crossbow]

this news story most likeley will not make men the world over suddenly decide that it's dangerous to hassle women who reject them. but maybe it'll strike a little fear into a couple hearts. and that's the only good thing i can see of the whole situation. and i know some of the rage that the women must have felt, i just have better self-control. and less badass friends with poor judgement and knives who follow me around.

kat: the philosophy you describe is essentially satanism, and it's really, really ugly. i'd rather do things because they matter to me than because they are 'fun'. excitement is short-lived, and i can't understand how someone can fall into the thrall of that addiction and spend their whole life chasing after it. it's pathetic and gross and utterly thoughtless. but then, you don't care, right?

[Katrin]

[andrew]

[Thy Brilliance]

Oooooh... it's philosophy 101 all over again.

Rather than waste my time explaining why the "I'm the only brain in the universe, I can do whatever I want." philosophy is erroneous, I will instead show you a single definition.

Axiom

Now, try to understand that the famous, and generally accepted axiom "I think therefore I am" is just that, an axiom. Now that we understand this, we can delve deeper.

An axiom is not necessarily true, we simply assume it's true (because it's obvious), and we build from that foundation. However, our, or at least your mind, the one thinking thoughts, may not be able to fully comprehend whether or not this axiom we take for granted is true.

There may be a plane of existence that we alone cannot comprehend, let alone see. The argument is that if you could see that "reality" the veracity of our "obviously true" axioms would change.

The point is, you shouldn't go around believing things blindly, without fully understanding them, and you can never fully truly understand anything, especially existence.
My own axiom, if you will, I could also be wrong.

[Katrin]

[Marik]

I guess that's the advantage with not caring.

[Thy Brilliance]

[Katrin]

Yup!

[Black Kitty]

[Neraren]

Silly BK, thats your solution for EVERYTHING.

[Katrin]

[Dogen]

The problem with "me first" philosophies, when taken to extremes, is eventually no normal people will want to associate with you. You find yourself surrounded by sycophants, parasites and the emotionally damaged, the only people who are willing to put up with you.

So... good luck and stuff.
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"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

[Celaeno]

That's not necessarily true. I have a "me first" philosophy. You just have to broaden your views about what "me first" really means.

I'm not going to do anything that's going to hurt me and my interests in the long term and weighing all the consequences. For example, it might seem like I should spend all my time being lazy and sleeping in and sitting in front of the TV and catching up on my reading. Why should I go to work? It's not enjoyable. But then I think about how money is necessary to do a lot and how these current jobs are stepping stones to a job I'll really enjoy going to, and I go. Or maybe I made a promise to a friend to do something I really don't feel like doing. It might seem like the self interested thing to do is to break my promise, but then I think about how important that person's friendship is to me and how I would want them to keep their promises, so I do it.

If you think about it, the "me first" philosophy isn't so cold hearted after all. And any philosophy taken to extremes has its major flaws.